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Care to avoid be ridiculed by your Thanksgiving hosts following your departure after din din? Good. Then pay attention. (For those of you who have T-Day hosts who regularly gulp Chuck Shaw or Yellowtail, ew, feel free to ignore this post. You're screwed anyway.)

It's here, it's here! Pinot on the River. The Russian River, that is.

Okay, guess that should read "Wine Connoisseurs," or "Oenophiles" as the Supremes did not rule that food stamps could now be used to purchase Thunderbird, Cisco or Night Train. Instead, they ruled that states like New York, Massachusetts and Michigan could not prohibit direct sales of wines from other states if they allowed such sales for local wineries. You can read coverage in the Chron, the Times, the Globe or the Freep.

- ABBA
Gourmets often say that cheese is the food world's analogy to wine, but we think honey is a better candidate. Our food writing idol Edward Behr wrote that "honey, in its extreme variety, is one of the most vivid reflectors of "—the idea that food or wine has a "sense of place." Helene Marshall, "the bee keeper's keeper" at Marshall's Farm Honey agrees. When she talks about the honeys her husband Spencer collects, she offers a quick rundown on how apiary health, weather conditions, and growing seasons create very different products. Even a casual tasting at one their farmer's market stalls reveals a universe of tastes you'll never find on a grocery store shelf. "You'll hear people talk about Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Noir," to their friends, but those same people will say 'Can you pick up some honey?' as if there's just one." She often sees professional chefs taste through all the honeys and then select a single type to order for their culinary creations.