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Beaujolais

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Beaujolais the classic easy going, easy drinking wine, and quite easy to understand.Hugh checks out a few.

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

Kermit Lynch Beaujolais ’23** $
            (Super taste, made with old vine gamay, plump and round, easy drinking)

Chat. de Courcelles Brouily, Vielles Vignes ’23**1/2$
            (Forward fruit flavors, very floral notes, supple and balanced)

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Chermette Family “Origine” Beaujolais, Old Vines ’24**1/2$$
            (Juicy, silky easy drinking wine with distinct floral notes in the aroma and flavor)

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.