Gift Wines

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Ken Hoggins of Ken's Wine Guide about great wines to give as gifts this season.

Episode Transcript

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Hello again, Welcome. This isConnoser's Corner. Jordan. Here, we're
talking wine today with one of ourfaves, Ken Hoggins of Ken'swineguide dot com.
Don't forget to sign up for hisfree newsletter. It's great Ken.
Let's talk about gifting wines and somesuggestions for us. Yeah, I got
three super premium wines here. They'reall over fifty dollars, but they make
a great gift for the wine loverin your family. So on the white
side, we'll go with the twentytwenty one Flan again Russian River Chardonay for

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fifty four dollars. It's balanced,it's smooth, it's supple, it's very
approachable, got some oak and pineappleflavors in there. Scored it ninety three
points. It's gonna go great withcrab crakes and baked berry. White wine
lover is gonna love it. Next, we'll go to a pino noir from
Paul Hobbs, the twenty twenty onefrom Russian River for eighty dollars. Excellent,
ninety four points, balanced, smooth, elegant. If you've got a

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pino lover in your family, they'regonna love this one. And then our
last one is a cab from Senegal. We discovered these guys last year with
a nineteen vintage and we were blownaway. Twenty twenty one, ninety five
points medium plus body, really nice, mouthfeel, balanced, round, super
smooth, got some gentle casso inthere, black cherry flavors, perfect rib

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roast wine, Dad or Uncle Jim'sgonna love it. Ninety dollars, but
it's worth every single penny. Greatsounds great. Thank you, sir,
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