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Rosés for Summer

Susanne Nilsson, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

It’s time to pour a little pink wine into your glass and enjoy a warm summer evening.

Price key: $=less than $20 $$= $20-40 $$$=$40-60 $$$$=above $60
Quality key: * = decent wine ** = very good wine *** = superb wine ****= elite
VALUE = exceptional quality for the money

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Villa Wolf Pinot Noir Rosé, Germany ’23 *** $16
(Pinot noir from Germany? The future in a glass, delicious rosé)

Domaine de Petit Clocher Rosé d’Anjou, Val du Loire ’23 **1/2 $ VALUE
(Soft, off-dry, round, with signature pear aroma and flavors)

Puech-Haut “Argali” Rosé, Pays d’Oc ‘21**1/2 $ VALUE
(Weird bottle, delicious wine, peach and tangerine flavors, with minerality)

ALL OF THESE WINES CAN BE PURCHASED AT KENILWORTH WINE AND SPIRITS.

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.