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Cat Chat episode 7: Holiday wine pairings

By Catherine Toth Fox • December 22, 2010 • Musings, The Daily Dish, Videos

Ever wonder what kind of wine goes with, say, ham or that fruitcake you got from your co-worker upstairs?

Well, Shannon Ball of The Wine Experience explains the best wine pairings for your Christmas dinner, whether that includes turkey or generous helpings of sugar cookies.

(Of course, you can always ditch the wine and grab a cold beer or Diet Coke. But I digress.)

Shannon tells what I can’t — which is what’s the best wines for your Christmas get-together so you don’t look as ignorant about wines as me when you show up to dinner holding the wrong bottle. (Or, in my case, a bottle of Patron.)

You can thank Shannon later.

Got a question for Shannon — or me? Post ’em here. We love hearing from you!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

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18 Comments

  • Reply Ynaku December 21, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    I have no problem. Bring beer. Well that’s what my invitees ask to bring. 🙂 Interesting to know though.

    • Reply harrycovair December 22, 2010 at 8:12 pm

      @Ynaku Pairing a beer is just as complicated as pairing a wine.

  • Reply Ynaku December 21, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Bwahahaha watched it again and you guys too much. Cat, you gotta taste da wine. Make sure “not too sweet, not to rancid, but jus’ right eh?” Aunty Marialani would be so proud.

    BTW what’s the name of the wines you had on the counter left to right please.

    Thank you, thank you very much.

  • Reply turkfontaine December 21, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    living in the bay area, i drink wine almost every day, either with dinner or later with a snack like Stilton cheese and Gaeta olives. ok, and Twinkies

    i get into a rut about what wine with what food. Shannon has a real avant approach. i’d like to see more of his expertise on NSHNL. thanks, Shannon.

  • Reply NeilYamamoto December 21, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    so, I agree w/ Ynaku, just bring em da beea! I also notice that Cat, you suck em up eh?! just kiddin’ Bottom line, you gotta enjoy what you’re pouring… if your guests or your friends don’t like it, too bad, and that just means MORE FOR YOU! Happy Holidays Cat, be blessed in 2011!

    • Reply Cat December 23, 2010 at 4:13 am

      @NeilYamamoto Hey, how do you know there was really wine in that glass, huh, huh?

  • Reply Cat December 22, 2010 at 6:23 am

    My MOM just texted me: “I didn’t know you were a closet lush.” ACK!

    • Reply nonstopmari December 22, 2010 at 7:22 am

      @Cat I KNEW IT!! that diet coke ruse was too transparent. u DOWNED that wine! next time i’m drinking w/ u!

    • Reply harrycovair December 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      @Cat You are soooo busted!

    • Reply Cat December 23, 2010 at 4:12 am

      @harrycovair @nonstopmari My mom was shocked at how I just downed that glass of wine at the end. Oh, what moms don’t know. 🙂

  • Reply nathankam December 22, 2010 at 6:49 am

    “Not too sweet, not to rancid, but juuuuuuuust right.” 😉 I was waiting for you to go all Aunty Marialani on us. Fun segment Cat. Did Shannon bring that first bottle half empty or were you folks sampling before the camera got rolling. LOL!

  • Reply nkvball December 22, 2010 at 10:30 am

    Wow down that wine in one gulp like drinking shots. No sipping just tank ‘um. LOL! Must be the antlers.

  • Reply cma3rd December 22, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    “Patron” Nice!!

  • Reply cma3rd December 22, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    Love the deer horns….

  • Reply harrycovair December 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Love that video. Swirl. Sniff the top of the glass to breath in the essence of the wine. Sip and taste the wine at the back of the tongue. Taste the different flavors of the wine. Swallow and taste the lingering effects of the wine. If the wine is good, TANK the rest of the glass in one shot. Oh yeah!

  • Reply WildeOscar December 23, 2010 at 1:18 am

    Excellent, fun Cat Chat. If that segment was, say, 15 minutes, I suspect that all three of those bottles would have been empty. How I celebrate every Holiday. Any wine can make relatives all blurry.

  • Reply swbatzer December 23, 2010 at 5:15 am

    It’s Wine the Experience, not The Wine Experience! We love Shannon, and we love WTX. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

  • Reply dbjack December 24, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    So how long did it take to finish all three bottles? BTW: Cat you were slamming those glasses down. A two glass limit on a 6 minute spot… 🙂 you could get a bit of a buzz that way eh?

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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