Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to start sweating about what wines to include with your festive meal. Right? Wrong. There’s no need to sweat about Thanksgiving wine pairings. First of all, this year, you probably won’t have millions of people at your house, and the few guests you’ll have will be very forgiving. Second, given all the amazing flavors associated with Thanksgiving, you can choose many different wines that will work beautifully. Finally, you don’t have to obsess with a perfect pairing for each dish. Nobody eats each dish individually. Instead, we amass all the dishes on our plate and switch between them. Thanksgiving is really a smorgasbord of flavors. With all of this said, lighter, livelier, and lower-alcohol wines are better fits for a festive meal than heavier, more complicated ones. We’ll talk about all of this in the wine-pairing Thanksgiving tips below.