Author matches wines with holiday leftovers

Andrea Immer, a leading sommelier and author of “Andrea Immer’s Wine Buying Guide for Everyone,” offers wine tips on www.winebuyers.com.

Classic wine-food combinations are usually the rule for major holiday dinners. Choosing a wine to drink with leftovers, with their offbeat flavors and seasonings, may be a bit more of a puzzle, but even informal snacks can benefit from a compatible wine.

Immer’s suggestions for leftovers include:

• With turkey sandwich on a roll with dressing and cranberry sauce, serve a red zinfandel.
• With spicy turkey chili, serve a bold, red shiraz.
• With ham and cheese macaroni, serve a pinot grigio.
• With turkey pot pie, carrots and onions, serve a Beaujolais.
• With grilled hand and cheese sandwich, serve a merlot.
• With red beans and rice with ham hock, serve a Chianti.
• With turkey quesadillas and spicy jack cheese, serve a chardonnay.

Web site offers gift ideas

Here’s a site to check out for gifts for the food lovers in your life — www.epicurious.com.

Featured are such gifts as movie night gift baskets, a sushi-making kit, a gourmet party assortment, an exotic mushroom basket, truffle oil and custom gift labels for those who brew beers or make jams and baked goods.