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Jeff Cohn Cellars - 5/20/15

Price key:  $=less than $20  $$= $20-40   $$$=$40-60  $$$$=above $60
Quality key:  * = decent    ** = very good    *** = superb    ****= elite

Jeff Cohn Cellars - A new premium operation from California, featuring superbly sourced fruit.

Jeff Cohn "Smoke & Mirrors", California '13  *1/2 $
(Inspired by Cotes du Rhone, blend of big reds)

Jeff Cohn "The First Date", Napa Valley '12  **  $$
(Inspired by white Rhone blend of marsanne and rousanne)

Jeff Cohn "The Impostor", California '12  **1/2  $$
(Big red blend with a touch of viognier that ties it all together)

Jeff Cohn Grenache "El Diablo"h  Russian River Valley *** $$$
(Limited production, superb California take on grenache)

Jeff Cohn Zinfandel, Cassata Vineyard, Sonoma Valley '12 *** $$
(First class zinfandel, deep concentration, big and expressive)

Jeff Cohn Syrah "So Serene" Rockpile Vineyard '12 *** $$
(A superb interpretation of syrah, complex, refined, powerful)

Many of these fine wines can be purchased at Wine World.

Al Spoler, well known to WYPR listeners as the wine-loving co-host of "Cellar Notes" has had a long-standing parallel interest in cooking as well. Al has said, the moment he started getting serious about Sunday night dinners was the same moment he started getting serious about wine. Over the years, he has benefited greatly from being a member of the Cork and Fork Society of Baltimore, a gentlemen's dining club that serves black tie meals cooked by the members themselves who are some of Baltimore's most accomplished amateur cooks.
As General Partner of Clipper City Brewing Company, L.P., Hugh J. Sisson is among Baltimore's premier authorities on craft brewing and a former manager of the state's first pub brewery, Sissons, located in Federal Hill. A fifth generation Baltimorean, Hugh has been involved in all aspects of craft brewing.