How To Get Your Wine Palate Trained. – Episode #148

December 15, 2006

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Today Gary tastes a wide variety of “THINGS” to show you how important many of the flavors are to training your palate to find them in wine. Have a good weekend.

Hello newcomers ( and there are a lot of you) This is a long video and it builds up but to see what EVERYONE is talking about you can see the last 2 minutes here CLICK HERE

491 Responses

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  1. April 27, 2009

    G

    nice job. was surprised that I knew many of the flavors from cooking, but hadn’t really picked them up in wines.

    Today I was drinking sauvignon blanc and tried to break down the aroma and got…nothing. went to the winery website and they listed 7 items, 5 of which I’d never heard of and the other 2 I couldn’t pick up at any temperature…kept warming from 40 up to 80 degrees to drive off more aroma and finally decided it smelled like wine.

    so I can get the big picture “smells like the inside of a sleeping bag that got mildewed” kind of smells, but when people take one wine and strip off 7 different distinct aromas, i just don’t get how that is done. so that is my question, how do you do that? do you go in looking for specific aromas, pick them off and then ignore them and move on? I mean I have plenty of nose to work with, but its not very well trained.

  2. April 25, 2009

    Bobbie Smith

    You forgot, leather, smoke and wood. Gotta do it over. Seriously though, that was fricking hilarious. I embedded it on my website, because I just cannot do it any better. Check it out here: http://www.wine-4-beginners.com/Nose-of-a-Wine.html. Sad to say that I have just discovered you, but I will be watching. Thanks for the laugh!!!!!!!!!!

  3. April 23, 2009

    Andrew W.

    heard you mention this episode a couple of times, and wow that was by far the one of the craziest things I have ever seen. Way to show the dedication to WLTV, though you might want to get tested after munching the soil from the Dirty Jerz.

  4. April 23, 2009

    Mr.Hooper

    Hey Gary, I really dig what you’re doing. This episode I had to comment on. I loved the white pepper in the eye with hints of dentist( clove ) lemon peel on the mid palate with BIG Jalapeno on the back end.
    Was that Eric in the back ground laughing??? I nearly pissed myself doing the same.
    I read tasting notes of “cats pee” i’m not sure i’ll start there for expanding my palate.
    Go Canucks!!!

  5. April 21, 2009

    CanadianChris

    Had to watch this episode again to get pumped up for Palate Builder II in Niagara on the Lake. I’m doing a different winery this year. I’m bringing the grocery list to a dozen friends, we’re doin it up. Love this episode, this gets me passionate. Helping folks connect with their palate and empowering them to get past the scores and tasting notes. Enjoy the hustle, good luck with the wee one!!

  6. April 19, 2009

    Pauline

    First time I have ever seen this website and heard of you Gary – you are a complete nutter, but definitely refreshing and I will definitely watch more!

  7. April 19, 2009

    Ivan

    Enough time has passed that you need to take it to the next level – Training Your Palate 2… Berries with white peeper, Dirt, tabacco cocktail and yes jalapeno with cinnamon crunch. Posting this classic on twitter and faceook. Keep crushing it my friend.

  8. April 19, 2009

    Brian Sango

    love your show man, its great!

  9. April 15, 2009

    Carey

    Uh… Gary… think you forgot tobacco. One of my most favorite flavor profiles!

    Good luck with that Big League Chew!

  10. April 8, 2009

    Nathan

    great episode! i heard about it, but never got a chance to see this episode. i love the skittles! i have to try this with my waitstaff!

  11. April 3, 2009

    Brandi

    I’ve never been much of a wine drinker (more of a bourbon gal) because I felt I didn’t know anything about wine. Watching your show has given me confidence to go for it and try it all. I think I’ll start by throwing a train your palate party, thanks for the fun idea!

  12. April 2, 2009

    SargieAZ

    I can’t believe I’ve been watching and commenting for this long and I hadn’t sat through the infamous #148.

    Gary, what about barnyard poop? How do you really know unless….

    Just kidding, you proved it man!

  13. April 2, 2009

    Dillon

    .. that show was sizzling… i’m writing this while still trying to peel myself off the ceiling :-) a true gloves-off, down and dirty battle… love the victory swig at the end… awesome!

  14. April 2, 2009

    mikeinwpg

    Big ups to Eric for not completely losing it behind the camera!

  15. April 1, 2009

    rowland

    holy smokes, that was epic. you forgot the tobacco and cedar box though.

  16. April 1, 2009

    Adam Schoales

    You sir, are a champ. A real champ.

  17. March 24, 2009

    zac weiss

    God. Just.
    You can’t beat this. You just can’t. It must be my fourth or fifth time watching this episode, all the way through. It’s like a perfectly composed symphony, it just keeps rising, yet maintains its moments of doubt (ugh, chocolate covered cherries… then sage? arrowroot? cinnamon stick! clove! oh no! WHITE PEPPER; WATCH OUT GARY! Then you eat the bell pepper and you can see the jalapeno peeking out from behind. dear lord.)
    And finally dirt and cristal. Guns ablazing.
    Beautiful.

  18. March 24, 2009

    Derren Whiteman

    I will indeed try this out. I’m a big fan of a lot of the things you tasted through this and you could definitely do it for a lot cheaper by simply buying smaller quantities of various things as well as raiding the spice rack at home for many of the seasonings that you never really use to cook with anyway. :) Thanks for putting the challenge out there. Keep smiling…

    Derren.

  19. March 24, 2009

    Dan Hendricks

    That was AWESOME.

  20. March 23, 2009

    Travis

    hey, just wanted to say I love your show and It’s been great help for developing my palate. I’ve been drinking wines for quite some time now, but over the last 8 months I’ve started to get more serious about it.

    Here’s a question, What are some great red wines to start a collection with? $30-$50 price range.

    thanks,

    Travis.

  21. March 23, 2009

    Omar L.

    Hi Gary, WOW this is the most craziest video I have ever seeing, but I freaking
    love it.
    The best way to take the heat out of the jalapeño is with milk, so next time you
    attempted this stunt have a glass of milk handy LOL.

    PS: You are crazy :) but in a good way

  22. March 23, 2009

    KyBoy

    Gary,

    I just revisited this episode…when you took the white pepper in the eye I about lost it. This was an “Instant Classic” WLTV episode.

  23. March 18, 2009

    Nik G

    Next time you eat jalapeno’s, get a banana to eat after it. Makes the heat go away!

  24. March 18, 2009

    Flug USA

    This episode was hilarious. But I think all these different “things” would totally mess up my sense of taste :-) I love wine, so I guess I should also try it out to train my wine palate, so far I’m kind of a philistine when it comes to wine. But I might leave out a few of the things, I’m not that tough :-)

  25. March 12, 2009

    kenton8ter

    You rule

    Started drinking wine about a year ago. Love the tips. I salute a man who will suffer for his art. I will try them all…. and peat moss

    Keep it up!!!!

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