Even the most talented of wine-and-food pairing experts find themselves perplexed by Thanksgiving dinner. After all, in most cases one is only trying to pick a bottle that goes with two or three items, and only one main course…whereas a traditional Thanksgiving might find the dinner table covered with heaping mounds of very different foods. When this feast rolls around, all bets are off—wine experts find themselves recommending reds and whites, trying to narrow it down to just a few different varietals.

We’re here to help you as best we can. Or maybe you’re fortunate enough to be going to somebody else’s house for Thanksgiving dinner this year. Still, it might be very generous of you to send them the following articles to help them solve this annual conundrum.

About offers a straightforward summary of possibilities…

Winegeeks give you three wine lovers’ ideas for the feast…

Wine blog Saignee, finally, offers a salty, irreverent—and hilarious—cry of frustration for all who are stumped by the dilemma (warning: strong language, one risqué image)

Good luck!