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Sparkling Wines Outside of Champagne

Al and Hugh offer suggestions for sparkling wines that are perfect for end-of-summer toasts. Click the links to purchase their recommendations at Kenilworth Wine & Spirits.

 

The Wines

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

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

Rivarosé Rosé Brut Salon de Provence ***  $  GREAT VALUE

Refined, fruity, complex, very well made, crowd-pleaser

Treveri Blanc de Blancs, Extra Brut, Columbia Valley **  $

Very dry, light floral aroma, light flavors, delicate, austere but food friendly

Silverthorn "Jewel Box", South Africa  **1/2  $$

Pricey, but very good, like a lesser Champagne

Nadal Avinyo Reserve Brut Cava '14 ** $

Classic cava, full-flavored, well-made, very informal, fun

All of these wines can be purchased at Kenilworth Wine and Spirits.

Click on the bottle for direct ordering and home delivery.

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.