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Barbecue Reds

Price key:  $=less than $20  $$= $20-40   $$$=$40-60  $$$$=above $60

Quality key:  * = decent wine   ** = very good wine   *** = superb wine   **** = elite

(All these wines are distributed by Lanterna)

Brack Mountain Wine Company, "The Boatman" Red Blend '14 ** $ VALUE

(A stunning big red, brawny, spicy tremendous value)

Brack Mountain "A La Carte Red Wine" '14 **1/2  $ VALUE

(Zin based, blueberry pie aroma, serve with the biggest roasts)

Feudi di Guagnano Salice Salentino '14 **1/2  $  VALUE

(Almost like a drier, smaller Amarone, deep and rich, a steal)

Tenuta Novare Valpolicella Ripasso '12  **1/2  $$

(One of Al's faves, a super medium bodied summer red with class)

Quinta do Mondego, Red Blend Mondego, Dão ** $  VALUE

(A deep but restrained Portuguese red that will be great with the grill)

Many of these fine wines can be purchased at Reds 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.