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Cotes de Gascogne

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These lovely whites from the Southwest of France are the essence of Spring.

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

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Mary Taylor’s Olivier-Gessler Cotes de Gascogne ’22 *** $
(Quintessential C de G, very spring-like, easy drinking, flavorful)

Bernard Margez “L’Aurore” Cotes de Gascogne ’22 **1/2 $ VALUE
(Tart and bone dry with sweet lemon flavors that will work with food)

Mont Gravet Cotes de Gascogne ’23 ** $ VALUE
(Colombard grapes help out with fruit and body to balance the Sauvignon)

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.