I have found that many wineries have holiday specials which include free shipping. Shipping is my big complaint about buying wines from wineries. The shipping laws are antiquated and the discounts you get from the wineries are eroded by the shipping costs.
My 3 current favorites in the US, Domaine Drouhin http://www.domainedrouhin.com/en/, Municipal Winemakers https://www.municipalwinemakers.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageID=E1FC2091-CADA-0EEF-0E16-2709C2CA1679 and Tablas Creek usually have holiday deals. So far this year Tablas Creek has posted their specials which include free shipping on holiday packages. https://tablascreek.com/shop . I would recommend any of the packages. They do not ship to NJ among other states. TC wines are Rhone type wine. DDO wines are Burgundy style wines and Municipal Winemakers have a variety of wines.
Another favorite winery Daou https://www.daouvineyards.com/, is finally having some shipping promotions like $10 shipping for 6 bottles. Daou has great wines but they are pricey. They also do not ship to NJ. Daou makes excellent Cabernet Sauvignons and various blends.
Recent wines
2015 Bordeaux wines continue to impress. Chateau Siran, Margaux around $35 is very good.
Almost forgot about Nouveau Beaujolais wines for 2018. Usually come out the Thursday before Thanksgiving. The 2018 Deboeuf Beajolais $9 was like grape juice and I would not recommend it.
Desserts
Thanksgiving was great. Baked a sour cream apple walnut pie and a pecan pie.
It tastes much better than it looks with 4 layers of cake.
One of my best dessert cookbooks is Cocolat, Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts by Alice Medrich, 1990. It is available on Amazon. The desserts are gorgeous and she gives detailed instruction on how to do all of the basics to make an amazing cake or other desserts. Only Maida Heatter's dessert books come close.
Enjoy.
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