1) The wine style that best complements the traditional Thanksgiving dinner features fruity, zesty and lively wines with great fruit/acid balance, low tannin and often a hint of sweetness. It's easier to find a wide range of wines that match this style in regional American wines than in California, where low-acid wines and oak-heavy reds dominate.

2) Regional wines have an abundance of reds, whites and sparkling wines from many grape varieties (and species) that match this style.

3) The original Thanksgiving was the original local-vore American feast, so it's only appropriate to drink local wines for Thanksgiving to match original regional (East Coast) cuisine (which can be adapted across the country for local ingredients).

4) Drinking local, like eating local, is "green" with a smaller carbon footprint than importing wines from across the world or even the country.

5) You can have fun and experiment with obscure and even brand new grape varieties, knowing that wines that are fruity and even not completely dry is a good thing for Thanksgiving menu.

6) You'll surprise and impress your friends and relatives when they find out what fun they can have discovering new wines, especially when it gives a special local flavor to the meal that they can't just buy in any store in the country. Maybe it will give you the opportunity to go touring local wineries with them so they can bring some home to share with their friends!