Wine with Thanksgiving

[hotwine]

There are two schools of thought on how to handle gifts of wine from dinner guests. One school says it's an insult not to serve that wine with dinner; while the other school says the host has the privilege of choosing wines for dinner, and if he chooses some from his own cellar, that's OK. I play it by ear... if it's a really nice wine, I'll offer it with dinner. But if it's supermarket plonk, I'll put it aside and return it intact to the giver at the end of the evening. That's as gentle a way as I can think of to say, "Your wine was crap and I didn't want it to spoil the meal."