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Affordable Cotes du Rhone

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The Cotes du Rhone has long been a source of high quality reasonably priced wines, and Hugh is here to tell you there’s good things on the way.

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

Dom. des Pesquiers Cotes du Rhone ’22 **1/2 $ VALUE
(Fullbodied, forward aroma, hints of fennel and pepper, grilled meats)

Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone ’22 *** $ VALUE
(Great producer, intense black fruit flavors, rich and layered)

WINE OF THE WEEK
Chat. de Ségrièrs Cotes du Rhone ’22 *** $ GREAT VALUE
(4 classic grapes, old vines, lighter bistro style, very drinkable)

All of these wines can be purchased at Wells Discount Liquors

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.