{"id":4681,"date":"2020-11-15T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2021-07-07T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T21:06:47","slug":"why-serve-wine-at-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/why-serve-wine-at-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Serve Wine at Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thanksgiving\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2020, gratitude may well be the least appreciated of all virtues.\u00a0 This November many of us may not be exactly \u201cfeeling the love,\u201d and when asked what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving, a gracious much may flow out of our mouths that doesn\u2019t exactly sound like gratitude.\u00a0 Yes, we are all tired of COVID, the crisis, the illness, the masks, the economic and social destruction it reaps, not to mention, hurricanes, wildfires, the political and socio-economic divide, and everything else that polarizes; yet, we are still alive.\u00a0 We are still capable of looking at what we have and what we can do to make this world a better place, if we choose.<\/p>\n

Yes, gratitude may, indeed, be the least appreciated of all virtues.\u00a0 We may bemoan the ravages of COVID, the devastating wildfires throughout California wine country and much of the American West, the absence of college football, and the list goes on, but we are still Americans.\u00a0 We have a day set aside to remind us of gratitude, a day on which to stop and pause, a day set aside to be anything except ordinary.\u00a0 Instead of being consumed by parades, football, and the specter of Black Friday, all of which have nearly obliterated the meaning of Thanksgiving, let us give thanks.\u00a0 What better way to give thanks than to seize the opportunity to help those less fortunate, share food and wine with family and friends, and give thanks to all who have made the food we eat and the wine we drink possible.<\/p>\n

For me, Thanksgiving is a reminder that faith, family, friends, health, and an abundance of fine wine should never be taken for granted.\u00a0 It\u2019s a day to express gratitude by bringing the finest wines from my cellar to share with everyone who partakes, a time to remind myself of all that I have and what I can still do, rather than a time to lament what I don\u2019t have or can no longer do.\u00a0 Thanksgiving reacquaints me with all that is good in life, and that includes an abundance of fine wine. \u00a0I am sincerely grateful that I don\u2019t have to drink a wine I don\u2019t like.\u00a0 Although, I am still asked to taste some less desirable wines from time to time, I don\u2019t have to drink them.\u00a0 More importantly, Thanksgiving is a day of celebration and a time to share the finest wines with family, friends and whoever else shows up, either for dinner or simply to say hello and wish me a Happy Thanksgiving.\u00a0 This is why I serve wine at Thanksgiving.\u00a0 So this Thanksgiving, may we all express gratitude, share good wine, and all else that is good in life.\u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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