Episode #13 - Gary explores wine tasting parties

March 14, 2006

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2004 Cheeky Chick Pecker’s Blend White

2004 Peirano Estate The Other White

2004 Folie A Deux Menage Trois Blanc

2004 Folie A Deux Menage A Trois Rouge

2004 Peirano Estate The Other Red

Watch as Gary goes into wine tasting parties and tastes some great valued wines.

16 Responses

  1. about 27 months ago

    Ryan

    The episode cuts off at the end - doesn’t seem like it was finished.

  2. about 21 months ago

    Brandon M

    I can’t beleive I’ve never had a tasting party. But I will…someday.

    I bought the Menage A Trois Rouge for the adults at my daughters birthday party. I think I paid $12 at Costco and everyone thought I knew what I was doing… :-)

    Number two? …I’m lovin this

    b

  3. about 21 months ago

    Chuck W

    #3?

    I will be holding a party soon and I want everyone to bring a bottle. I going to go with RED under $15. What’s showing well right now?

  4. about 21 months ago

    Mike F.

    The cut off episode! I’m buying the Peirano Estate The Other Red 2004. Perhaps just for the label ;-)

  5. about 20 months ago

    Jason

    Huh. I thought this was a great episode despite the unfortunate cutoff. Since no one else weighed in I’m going to guess the theme is blends. BTW, Gary if you’re reading this, I’ve got a surprise coming your way soon. Get ready, buddy. :-)

  6. about 18 months ago

    Bob

    Gary; these videos you are uploading are great!
    Very educational, fun, and best of all, not intimidating!
    They must have been getting down to dirty business at that party
    as all the wines have names related to sexual ’situations’(?)

    Menage a trois
    The other
    (and my fave) Cheeky Chick Pecker haha

  7. about 17 months ago

    damon

    you did lack a little of your fervor back then. I guess you’ve been energized by all of the interest in the show. Hope you come back charged up and ready to get into some wines.

  8. about 16 months ago

    Shawn Potter

    I see a huge difference in Gary’s confidence for episodes in the 170s’ versus this old one. It is like his passion for wine and comfort with the medium drastically changed.

    Now he is destined for greatness. Back then Gary was on a tv show pilot that might not make it.

    Well done on the continual improvement. This whole set up is a good idea from a marketing perspective.

    Well done to whomever created the concept. You have the right guy starring as well.

  9. about 13 months ago

    vibemore

    I’ve always wanted to host a wine tasting party. Someday.

    There are some strange comments ahead of me. Gary…keep doing your thing regardless of how many people are watching. Of course, the number of people watching may have an impact on business, but still…do your thing. I like you’re video wine blog better than the others! Wait, there are others?? It is always easiest to criticize from the outside.

  10. about 12 months ago

    wm mole

    Great concept! Would have liked to have been at that one. Default at Kalyra.
    Love this show and learn so much I decided to go “cover to cover”

  11. about 10 months ago

    WA Ambassador

    I love wine tasting parties. I have a circle of friends that I meet up with for tastings every few months. We pick a different theme each time and just have a blast.

  12. about 6 months ago

    Dale Cruse

    I’ve been talking about hosting a tasting party forever. It has now become one of my resolutions for the new year! Fun episode!

  13. about 6 months ago

    Ren

    Hi there and Happy New Year!

    I’m a casual wine drinker. I won’t say what my favorite wine is, as it’s not the most expensive and might be considered trite by wine enthusiests such as yourself. Ruinitie is the label, though.

    Anyway, the video was very informative, especially considering the Menage a’ Trois rouge. My daughter’s boyfriend gifted us with a bottle this Christmas (along with a bottle of W&J Graham’s Three Grapes Porto).

    Where I wasn’t at all sure about Menage a’ Trois, though, I went websurfing and found your site. It was very educational, although I was a bit curious with how you judged flavor, bouquet (nose?), etc. Yet, what you did not say in your video - and maybe this is no news to wine enthusiests such as you and your friends - is at what temperature should the Menage a’ Trois be served? As I mentioned earlier, I am a casual drinker, so casual that I’m more inclined to not drink than to imbide, maybe averaging one glass a month, if that, so as one might expect, I’m clueless about serving temps for certain wines.

    Anyway, thank you for considering your response and I hope you have a great New Years.

    Be blessed,
    Ren

  14. about 5 months ago

    The Fanjestic

    They were having a blend wine tasting or a Dirty Bird tasting!

  15. about 4 months ago

    lawschooldrunk

    I like the Jim Beam in the background.

    First mention of kiwi?

    Like Jason said, above, I’m also going to go with blends as the theme, unless Beam global owns all these wineries, then that’d be the theme :)

    get fa’shnikin!

  16. about 2 weeks ago

    paul

    We can not get enough of The Other red here. It is becoming so hard to find in Texas. That wine is amazing. WE had a wind tasting and this one won hands down.
    I am happy I came upon this site. I have a bottle of the Menage a trois rouge just sitting in the wine rack. I must try it now.

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