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Pinot Noirs From Strange Places

Not all delicious pinot noir comes from Burgundy. Here are three winners that hail from around the world.

 

 

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

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

VALUE = exceptional quality for the money

Bench Pinot Noir, Sonoma '18 **1/2  $$

Classic American pinot noir, every iteration of cherries you can think of.

Jean Boisellier Pinot Noir, Ile de Beauté '18  **  $$

From Corsica, Beaujolais-like, light, bright fruit, simple and enjoyable.

Italo Cescon Pinot Noir, Veneto '18   *** $$  WORTH THE PRICE

Amazingly good and convincing, spicy, supple, full of varietal flavor.

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

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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.
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.