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Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon

Once regarded as lightweight “wannabes” Chilean Cab Sauv has matured into a very useful and budget friendly wine.

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

Unrated “Xtra” Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile ’19 **1/2 $ VALUE
(Big powerful cab, long on power, short on finesse, fun nonetheless)

Siegel Cabernet Sauvignon “Uber Cuvée” Colchaugua Valley ’22 * $ VALUE
(Very inexpensive, tasty entry level cab, very ripe flavors)

WINE OF THE WEEK
Miguel Torres “Andica” Cabernet Sauvignon, Valle del Itata ’23 **1/2 $
(A lot of classic cab touches, intense and mouth filling, concentrated)

All of these wines can be purchased at Wells Discount Liquors.

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.