A Food & Drink Holiday Menu With Wines to Match

A Food & Drink Holiday Memu With Wine Pairings

Golden Beet “Ravioli” and Soppressata “Cannelloni”

Inspired by @ma_petite_bouchee’s viral tortellini de bresaola, we devised this pair of fun hors d’oeuvres that reinvent the pasta wrapper—ravioli made with thinly sliced beets and tiny cannelloni starring soppressata, both with a creamy filling of ricotta and arugula.

Pair These Apps With Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc will work well with both of these gorgeous appetizers—each a twist on ravioli and cannelloni—picking up the arugula, lemon and fennel flavours and refreshing the creamy ricotta. Here are two great choices below.

King Maui Sauvignon Blanc

Try a classic Sauv’ from New Zealand’s Marlborough region full of intense gooseberry, citrus and passionfruit flavours. Medium-bodied with mouth-tingling acidity and a pleasant hint of bitterness on the finish, it’s a notably versatile food wine.

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Saintly The Good Sauvignon Blanc VQA

Try a lovely dry, tangy Sauvignon Blanc made with Niagara fruit and offering citrus and gooseberry hints among the fresh, herbaceous aromatics. Beautifully balanced, it shows a sophisticated minerality in the finish.

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Sensational Salads

After the appetizers, leave the Sauvignon Blanc on the table: it embraces the vegetable flavours and spices in these deliciously imaginative salads.

Moroccan-Spiced Salad

There is no shame in using convenience foods, especially during the time-strapped holidays. Two of our favourites—frozen peas and artichoke hearts—join forces with boiled carrots in this colouful salad tossed in a spicy, lemony dressing.

Radicchio-Fennel Slaw

With a big roast in the oven, it’s smart to lean into cold or room-temp side dishes, like this Italian-inspired slaw that has the lightness of a green salad. It features bitter radicchio, crunchy fennel, plump raisins and toasted pine nuts enlivened by a white balsamic vinaigrette

Turkey and Sides

Self-Basting Turkey & Make-Ahead Red Wine Gravy

To roast a better bird, we employed two modern tricks. A butter-soaked cheesecloth does the basting for you, while a baking sheet allows for better heat circulation and more even cooking than a traditional roasting pan. Our make-ahead gravy eliminates the frazzle of doing it right before dinner. Make this recipe your centrepiece.

With a crisp top and a luscious texture, we thought croissants would make excellent stuffing, and we were right! Try it with our Croissant Stuffing With Leeks & Emmanthal.

Our decadent Perfect Mashed Potatoes leave the oven free. Another stovetop special is a Warm Potato Salad in a punchy dressing. Finally, this herb-infused Potato Gratin can be made ahead and reheated.

Serve It With a Spanish Red

Yes, roast turkey can take a big Spanish red, especially if you build a flavour-bridge by using the same wine in the robust (and handily make‑ahead) gravy.

El Goru Monastrell/Syrah/Petit Verdot

Get great value with this rich, hearty, full-bodied Spanish red, with ripe black fruit stepping forward. There’s spicy complexity to be found beneath—vanilla and anise and a sound tannic backbone—but it’s the fruit you’ll remember.

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Beronia Reserva

For “big red” lovers, this mature, no-nonsense Rioja wraps black fruit, licorice and cloves around oaky spices and a sturdy acidity. It opens up with decanting and comes to life with food, revealing deep, dark layers of flavour.

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Apple Crinkle Cake

One of the most viral desserts of the decade is Ramena Avakian’s crinkle cake, a Middle Eastern confection of phyllo, butter, custard and sugar syrup. Our version gets an infusion of holiday spirit with thinly sliced apples, nutmeg and rum.

Serve With a Sparkler

Reinvigorate your taste buds and go for dramatic contrast by serving a fresh, fruity, uncomplicated sparkling wine with this rich, syrupy dessert. Crisp and fresh, Trius Méthode Cuvé Close VQA is their first sparkling wine using the Charmat method (used for Prosecco) is perfect as an aperitif, in cocktails or at the table. Made mostly from Sauvignon Blanc, it offers bright lemon blossom and grapefruit aromatics.

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