89 Point Wines. A Tasting to Settle the Score. – Episode #132

November 21, 2006

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Today Gary tastes four wines rated at 89 points by the major critics. This is a topic of interest to Gary how one point in a wines rating can make all the difference. A new QOD of the day.

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  1. November 21, 2006

    E-Rock

    Good Show! And I had a bottle of that Nieto in my hands on Saturday when I was at the store. Damn it! Guess i may just have to drop in tomorrow for some.

    QOD = Best tasting wines with a bird on the label? or simply a tasting of wines with birds in the name or label.

    Oh and by the way i thought the picture was mad blurry on the close up!

  2. November 21, 2006

    QueSeraSyrah

    Good to see that you enjoyed the Nieto. They make a great line of wines throughout all in the very good to outstanding range depending one what you get your hands on. Congrats on getting your hands on a Wii. Let us know how you and AJ like it.

    I second, third, fourth… uhh… lost count… the turkey costume!

    I miss the video intros! C’mon VAYNERNATION! Sorry I have no video recording device… maybe this Christmas?

    I think a Black Friday event should be in line for WL!

    QOD-How about that heat episode? (I figure someone should bring it back up!)

  3. November 21, 2006

    Joe F

    Great job on the comments fellas: NEVER spit like that again please! Plymouth Mass wines though? Not very exciting. Also having problems on explorer. Tomorrow’s show?? Store footage would be great grab some customers and let them taste,but if not . . .

    DIGESTIF drinks. Do you carry grappa? SOMETHING to make turkey fullness go away!

  4. November 21, 2006

    Paul

    You’ll meet my folks on Friday; they’ll be visiting from CT for Thanksgiving. They still can’t work everything in the Forum, but they’re trying. And that’s where the story lies. To spread the word among some of my parents wine drinking friends, of whom there are many, can be difficult. All in their 80’s, most are perfectly fine with emailing friends and family, but that’s about it. I figured I’d work on my parents first. In order to introduce my folks to WLTV, I provided a link and then told them how to use the link. Then I provided them with guidance to be able to view the video.

    On to the Forum. More guidance and hints. They say they can read the posts but haven’t registered yet. And they asked what all the letters mean – WOTM, LOL, LMAO, etc. As I said, my folks will be here for the weekend, so I’ll get them onto the Forums and expand the number of Vayniacs!

    But the big growth will come when they get home and spread the word to all their wine drinking friends. They’re very excited about meeting Gary and visiting WL for the first time.

  5. November 21, 2006

    hinrgman

    Don’t forget to vote for Wine Library TV

    http://www.localwineevents.com/blogs/blog_list.php

    You can vote once a day – everyday

    the competition is catching up

  6. November 21, 2006

    GregK

    Gary, how about tasting some tawny ports tomorrow? There are some godd, inexpensive Aussie tawnies plus the traditional tawnies from Portugal.

  7. November 21, 2006

    KAHUNA

    Rob M,
    Are you running a Tv tuner card at the same time- If so turn it off- thats the only time I have a problem

  8. November 21, 2006

    Rob M.

    Does anyone else continue to have difficulty viewing the latest episodes? I can view using Yahoo, but the picture is terrible- all stretched out and blurry. I have tried both Internet Explorer as well as Mozilla Firefox (my preferred browser, but frequently, WLTV locks up Firefox and all Firefox windows must shut down.

    Sorry for the griping- Happy Thanksgiving to you Gary, and all the WLTV viewers.

    TampaSteve and QueSeraSyrah, I responded late, but responded nevertheless to our thread of a few weeks ago- would love to get together in Tampa or Orlando.

  9. November 21, 2006

    TampaSteve

    Hey Gary, can you please tatse the Lemelson Pinot Noir Cuvee X 2003 . You said a couple episodes ago you would taste wines people ask here in the comment section. Hate to bust your chops but you haven’t tasted any…THANKS!!!! You know I love ya!!!!!

  10. November 21, 2006

    Rich S

    Great episode as always GV. I liked the theme of today’s episode. I feel the same way a lot of times about how the distinction is made between 89 and 90 points because you always here people talking about “90 point wines” blah blah blah.

    QOD: As far as tomorrow goes, I like the idea about tasting a few wines from as close to Plymouth, MA as possible to commemorate Thanksgiving. Maybe some local Northeast wines from the Finger Lakes or the North Fork or even NJ or MA?

    Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving GV and all you guys as well. I hope to make it out to WL on Friday. If so, I will see some of you guys there!!!

  11. November 21, 2006

    Jason R.

    The close up on Cam of the wine color really was excellent today. I think the first 80 points on the D;Aren. Chard were off the Color alone.

  12. November 21, 2006

    Jeff S. aka Opus None

    Gary,

    QOD – How about a “Petit” episode. I’ve been hoping to learn more about Petit Sirah and Petit Verdot for a while. But whatever you decide to do, …PLEASE… do not spit like that again – Gross dude!

    And now that the Patriots are back on track (Jets too) watch those comments!

    Happy T-Day

    -Jeff

  13. November 21, 2006

    TampaSteve

    Hey Gary, you forgot to make an announcement for the group of us who are comming to WL on Fri?? You said on Mon you have something that you will tell us on tomorrow’s episode (Tues).

    I totally agree with Jaye, you are scoring wines you are saying are close to undrinkable in the mid 80’s…whats up with that. Undrinkable should be scored in the 60-70’s.

    Video quality excellent today! Just got to get the close-up shots on the labels focused.

    Se ya all 2pm Fri at WL top of the stairs.

  14. November 21, 2006

    Susan

    Gary-Another
    GREAT
    episode!
    Early today- seems the HD Camera is doing well now.
    Super job!
    :)

  15. November 21, 2006

    Matty Van, Rochester,NY

    QOTD: Two words…Turkey Costume or something with a family member..even if its AJ… would it be against win library policy to serve a minor alcohol on the pemisis?

    QOD – I have told my friends that drink wine..like Jason R. above most drink beer, I guess I just such at life

  16. November 21, 2006

    Jason R.

    Gary – Appreciate the shout out to the “GUY IN IOWA – NEXT TO ILLINOIS” Hey at least I e-mailed you to get your approval versus being a “SNEAKY-DABEARSSUX” Guy.

    Show tomorrow – How about a Sparkling Red of some sorts. I have been hearing more and more about this (Specially in Italy), but have never had one.

    Spread the word – I don’t have so many wine geek friends – most are into beer, so I am not much help here – sorry

  17. November 21, 2006

    AnthonyS

    QOTD – I definitely like the idea of getting the family in there for the video. Whether it’s your biologic family or the wine library family, I think that would be a great segment.

    QOTD2 – I try and get my name mentioned or picture included on any episode of WLTV, and then I send the link to all my friends and family so they can see just how great this whole thing is.

    I thought you were going to take my suggestion from the forum and throw in a pickle juice tasting at the end. That would have made my day.

  18. November 21, 2006

    KAHUNA

    QOD- I would like to see you juggle and tap dance and the same time

  19. November 21, 2006

    Jaye

    I have question, Gary, and this has been on my mind for a while. Here is the score key Parker supposedly goes by:
    Extraordinary (95-100 points)
    Outstanding (90-94)
    Very Good to Excellent (85-89)
    Good (80-84)
    Average (75-79)
    Below average (70-74)
    Avoid (50-70)

    You rated the Falesco 85 Points (”Very Good” according to scale above), but your expression, comments and actions came much closer to describing a wine in the 70-74 range (”Below Average”). Is there a scale you go by? How does it compare to the Parker scale? What do you consider as a benchmark of an “Average” wine? All of this would be helpful in determining your thoughts on the quality of a wine.

  20. November 21, 2006

    Jaye

    QOD – If you are going to be on the store floor tomorrow, why not take some footage of the buying frenzy — maybe if there are WLTV viewers in the store, ask them why they watch WLTV?

    As to working on bringing viewers to WLTV . . . I don’t know how successful I’ve been, but I have been creative. I ran around a trade show floor in Atlantic City asking people how I could do a creative picture with a NY Times ad (this of course led to questions on what is WLTV)? This finally culminated in Spiderman coming to my aid. People all think I’m “a bit touched” now because I talk about WLTV so much.

  21. November 21, 2006

    SeanM

    Thanks for the early episode.

    Prosecco

  22. November 21, 2006

    Bill T.

    Gary,
    Great show, I’m looking forward to trying the Nieto Don Nicanor. I was disappointed with your review of the 2003 Bleasdale. The 2002 vintage was one of my favorite “value” wines …real nice nose, lots of blueberry, full bodied, great mouth feel and wonderful finish …perhaps 2003 wasn’t a good year in southern Australia?

  23. November 21, 2006

    Matthew L

    Nice concept for the episode today. HUGE Vayner-Nod for the Nieto. :D

    QOTD: Perhaps you could do something in honor of family. Either bring in some Vaynerchuks or some of the Wine Library family. If not that, how about an episode on a family that makes wine that you tremendously value. For instance, the Browns that make Brown Estate Zinfandel have an incredible story and they continue to make wine as a family (two sisters and a brother).

    Cheers!

  24. November 21, 2006

    Ken

    QOTD: Two words…Turkey Costume.

  25. November 21, 2006

    cgf

    Gary,

    Great episode today. I liked the “winelibrary.com” fade-out at the end instead of you frozen on the screen. nice touch.

    For tomorrow, how about a malbec episode? You have been really high two days in a row on wines that had malbec blended in. How about an episode dedicated to this grape, and a little background on Argentina. It might be hard to top the Achaval ferrer episode, but go for it.

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