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Thanksgiving Whites

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This week: What to pour into your white wine glasses! Print out this list of recommended whites for your Thanksgiving dinner, or click the links to purchase Cellar Notes recommendations at Kenilworth Wine & Spirits.

 

 

The Wines

Price key:  $=less than $20  $$= $20-40   $$$=$40-60  $$$$=above $60 VALUE = exceptional quality for the money

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

Chateau de Montfort Vouvray '15 **  $

Lovely off-dry white that will be compatible with everything on the table

Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier '17   ** $ SOLID VALUE

The old reliable, one of our all-time favorite buys 

Colin Barollet Bourgogne Chardonnay '16 ** $ GREAT VALUE

Drinks like a baby Meursault, creamy, elegant  

Brutocao Family Vineyards, Sauvignon Blanc '16  * 1/2  $ VALUE

New Zealand-like SB, with vibrant citrus flavors, tons of fruit 

Fritz Winery Sauvignon Blanc, Dry Creek Valley '15 ** $

Soft, round easy-drinking SB from a great producer

Schramsberg Vineyards Brut Rose sparkling wine '15  **1/2 $$$

Great idea for a splurge for the Thanksgiving table

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.