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Tuscan Reds: Rosso

Red wine being poured
Red wine being poured. Photo by James Petts via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Many of Tuscany's best reds are pricy bottles, but Al has found a very affordable category, Toscana Rosso.

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

Poggio La Noce "Gigetto" Toscana Rosso '20 **1/2 $$
(A delicious simple red with pretty aromas and flavors, easy to like)

Ca' del Sarto "Ardente" Toscana Rosso '20 ** $ VALUE
(Cab-sauv blend, tasty fruit, mild tannins, perfect with pasta and tomato sauce)

Cielo Gran Passaia Toscana Rossa '20 *** $$ WINE OF THE WEEK
(Impressive, classy, sangiovese, merlot blend, rich and sweet)

 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.