Easter Reds

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Ken Hoggins of Ken's Wine Guide about great red wines to serve during Easter dinner.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello again, dear friends and welcome. It's Connoisseur's Corner. Happy
Easter holiday weekend to all, and today we have Ken Hoggins,
the wine guy with Ken'swineguide dot com. Ken. How about
a couple of red wine suggestions for Easter.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yeah, here's a couple of winners that we found that'll
be perfect for your Easter gathering. So recently covered this
wine with the two wine directors over at Colonial Spirits
and Acton. The previous vintage was very popular. The twenty
two This is the twenty three of the Robert Bali
Party Lines Infandel from California, twenty eight dollars or less.

(00:36):
Medium plus body, nicely balanced, round, very approachable as some
tasty blueberry and mocha flavors in their little black cherryo
long tea touch of tobacco, very nice, dry, dusty tannins.
You know, here it's a little chilly sometimes over the
Easter weekend while you're out there on the Easter egg hunt.
So the adults have really liked this ninety two points

(00:57):
in for that day.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
All right, let's come up with another good suggestion.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, for the Easter dinner, I'm going to go with
the twenty twenty two Flanagin Sonoma Coast pinot. Medium bodied,
nicely balanced, smooth, a little rich BlackBerry and loam and
cinnamon flavors in there. Touch a oak and pomegranate. You
know this finishes dry. And I put this ninety four
point excellent pino with a pan seared duck or lamb

(01:21):
lollipops for your Easter dinner.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Sounds terrific, Ken Hoggins, kenswineguide dot com. Don't forget to
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