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Thanksgiving Ideas

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

Mosbach Gewurztraminer, Alsace, '18 **1/2 $ VALUE Wine Of The Week

(An off-dry very fruity gewurtz, with spritely aromas, and substantial fruit)

Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir, Santa Riat Hills '21 *** $$

(A very impressive and complete pinot noir, perfumey, very complex, silky)

Pedroncelli Zinfandel "Mother Clone", Dry Creek Valley'19 *** $$ VALUE

(Perfect Dry Creek zin, soft, restrained, but generous with fruit and aroma)

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

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.