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Sauvignon Blancs

Sauvignon blancs are perfect partners for hot weather dining. 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

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

VALUE = exceptional quality for the money  

Domaine Bousquet Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza '19 *** $ GREAT VALUE

Intensely flavored, crisp apple, lime notes, racy acidity, super

Ranga.Ranga. Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, NZ **  $

Medium bodied , pure fruit flavors of passion fruit, lime, assertive

Husch Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, La Ribera vyd. '17  ** $

Classic California, with melon and citrus flavors, food friendly

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

Click on the name of 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.