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Barbera

Ca' Del Sarto

Barbera is an up and coming variety in Italy’s Piedmont region. Medium bodied, full of flavor and reasonably priced, it is something of a poor man’s Barolo. 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

Cantine Sant Ageta Barbera d’Asti Superioire “Baby” ’16  *1/2  $

Ground level Barbera, much improved over earlier vintages

Ca´del Sarto Barbera d’Alba ’15 ** $ VALUE

Good everyday Barbera, with good solid flavors 

Palladino Barbera d’Alba Superiore ’15 **1/2  $  VERY GOOD VALUE

A clear step above, rich and flavorful yet medium bodied

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

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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.