Thanksgiving wines???

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We did the communal Thanksgiving at church again after a noon service. In past years we have shared one oven-roasted turkey and one from a fryer but the fryer turkey was so well liked that this year they were both done that way. I took "party potatoes" (you mash them and then add sour cream and softened cream cheese and bake in a casserole dish) and pumpkin cake/cream cheese roll. One church member brought a J. Lohr Cabernet Sauvignon that got high praise from "Wine Enthusiast" I believe (or maybe it was "Wine Spectator") It tasted rather sweet to me. I took a bottle of Trimbach Gewurztraminer, a Stoller Pinot Noir from the Dundee Hills, Oregon and a Chateau des Capitans Julienas Beaujolais Cru. I finished off the Stoller and Julienas at home over the weekend. I didn't get around to opening a Niersteiner Riesling Auslese (Rheinpfalz) that I intended as a dessert wine. People started on the desserts before I was through my main course. The turkey put me to sleep most of the rest of the day.