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French Reds

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Al and Hugh give their picks for some French reds you can trust. 

The Wines

Ch. de Marjolet, Cotes du Rhone Laudun Tradition '15 *** $ VALUE

Incredible buy for very tasty red Rhone wine

Ch. de Joualles, Freylon, Bordeaux Superieur '10  ** 1/2 $

Already aged in the bottle, classic Bordeaux taste at a good price

Ch. Mancèdre, Pessac Leognan '14 *** $$$

Buy this for your cellar, intense, concentrated flavor

Ch. Leydet-Valentin, St. Emillion '12 *** $$$

One of our favorites, delicious now, very age-worthy

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.