Cellar Notes

Odds and Ends

Robert Pitkin, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Every now and then, the boys end up with a bunch of tasting notes without a particular theme; hence a show called “Odds and Ends.”

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

Domaine du Salvard Sauvignon Blanc “Unique”, France ’22 *** $$
(First rate sauvignon blanc, concentrated, assertive, racy, like Sancerre)

Alain Jaume “Grand Veneur Blanc”, Cotes du Rhone ’23 ** ½ $ VALUE
(A fruit forward white, with floral notes, rounded texture, generous)

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Loosen “Villa Wolf” Gewürztraminer, Pfalz ’22 **1/2 $
(Classic gewurtz, rose petal nose, exotic, spicy, off-dry)

All of these wines can be purchased at Wells Discount Liquors

Cellar Notes

Al Spoler

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.

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Hugh Sisson

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.

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