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Languedoc/Roussillon Reds

Bouteilles de vin rouge. Photo by Karolina Grabowska/STAFFAGE. Campus France via Flickr Creative Commons under the Public Domain.
Karolina Grabowska/STAFFAGE
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Photo by Campus France via Flickr Creative Commons under the Public Domain.
Bouteilles de vin rouge.

Languedoc-Roussillon isn’t well known, and that should change once you hear about their marvelous reds.

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

Le Mas de Mon Père “Tu m’interesses” ’21, Languedoc red ** $$
(A blend of 5 grapes, fruit forward, good every day rustic red)

 

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Ch. Saint-Roch “Old Vines Red” Cotes du Roussillon ’19 ** ½ $
(Bargain priced, big forward wine, berries, chocolate, olive notes)

Dom. François Lurton, Les Hautes de Janeil, Cotes Catalanes ’21 ** $ VALUE
(Low price for a very tasty wine, black fruit and anise, round and silky)

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.