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For your Thanksgiving feast, a bounty of wines
Picking out a wine for Thanksgiving dinner can be frustrating and exhausting, but TODAY wine columnist Edward Deitch says it's less complicated than you think. Here, he reveals the best reds and whites for your holiday meal. Full story
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  About Edward Deitch

Edward Deitch is the recipient of the 2007 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Best Multimedia Writing. He welcomes comments from readers. E-mail him at and find more wine reviews by Edward Deitch at his blog: Vint-ed.

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