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[quote=Anonymous][quote]First Course:Wine
Second Course: Wine
Third Course: Wine
Fourth Course: Wine
Fifth Course: Wine
Dessert: Wine[/quote]

With Carol of the Bells in my head, I'm going to elaborate a little on the idea.  Because it's nice to think about wine:

First Course:  always nice to start with a sparkler.  I'm going with something from the Mendocino Valley: maybe Roederer, maybe Scharffenberger.  Unless I could find some of that stuff they make in Michigan.  There's a good one there, I forget the name of it.  (Though I wonder how they're doing after all their vines froze in that last harsh winter.)

Second Course:  Pinot gris.  Maybe from Alsace, maybe from Oregon.  Or maybe a Graves instead.  Sauv blanc smoothed out with semillon, and a touch of oak.

Third course:  Virginia viognier!

Fourth Course:  A big old white Rhone varietal or blend.  Maybe Marsanne, maybe Roussanne, maybe a white Chateauneuf.

Fifth Course:   A solid Spanish red.  Either a Rioja, or a Toro.

Sixth Course:  Petit verdot or Tannat from Virginia.

Seventh Course:  A red Chateauneuf!

Eighth Course:  California cab drinkers, jump in here.  Me, I'm not into it.  This year, maybe I'll try a Barolo.

Dessert:  Depends on what I'm eating for dessert.  Maybe a Virginia late harvest vidal or viognier; maybe a ruby port or LBV; maybe a tawny port with a cigar.  Or maybe a Pedro Ximenez dumped over ice cream.

Then some coffee with Kahlua, Frangelico, and Bailey's.

For a nightcap, maybe a Natty Boh.  
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