Torrontes a Wine of Argentina. - Episode #155

December 28, 2006

episode155

Wines tasted in this episode:

Torrontes is an up and coming grape from Argentina and today Gary focuses on this grape and adds his 2 cents. Please answer todays question of the day, it’s an interesting one.

94 Responses

Pages: [4] 3 2 1 » Show All

  1. about 4 months ago

    Cato

    Just as Caesar August was viewed as the second founder of Rome after Romulus, Ronald Reagan seems to me to be the second founder of the American Republic after George Washington. He was sincerely committed to restoring the founding principles of our nation, and he communicated those ideals with eloquence and cogency.

  2. about 16 months ago

    boyd

    Haven’t really liked a president in my lifetime. Would have to say Jefferson or Lincoln based on study.

    Is not GWB an answer?

  3. about 16 months ago

    ChuckW

    The Economist - Ronald Reagan

  4. about 16 months ago

    ChadD.

    I’ve had a couple of bottles of Amaicha Torrontes and it does pair well with asian and indian food. My wife who is not a huge white wine person likes it as well.
    QOTD FDR

  5. about 16 months ago

    GeneV

    Torrontes does sound interesting for Asian food.

    QOD: Washington (I just read 1776, and the man was far more awesome than I thought.)
    Others in top 5: Lincoln, F.D. Roosevelt, T. Roosevelt, Jefferson.

    Honestly, whatever your politics, how can you list Reagan or Clinton? Both said whatever they thought the public wanted to hear to get elected. Neither held the country together in a life-threatening crisis like Lincoln or FDR, and neither took truly courageous or novel positions like Teddy Roosevelt or Jefferson. I’ll partially answer my own question by noting that the question really was “favorite” rather than “best.”

  6. about 16 months ago

    JOEYdaMUSH

    CLINTON

  7. about 16 months ago

    JayZee

    OK, I have to admit that I not only haven’t HAD any Torrontes, I hadn’t even heard of it. I’ll have to add that to my list of “Things to try”.

    QOD: Historically speaking, Abraham Lincoln. In my lifetime, Ronald Reagan. I think that the historical impact that each has had are enormous.

  8. about 16 months ago

    eugene

    QOTD

    this link should work

    http://img.clubphoto.com/jerboa/59927170/512/image.jpg

  9. about 16 months ago

    Alco Holland

    Qotd: Favorite president would be Warren Harding of Teapot Dome fame. He allegedly was a bootlegger during prohibition (as president) who quipped as prohibition was passed “See what happens when you let women vote.”

  10. about 16 months ago

    adolfo

    torrontes is a grape used in galicia spain usually mixed with other grapes in the ribeiro DO
    great site and i love the fact that you dont do the usual boring wines seen everywhere
    happy new year
    adolfo

  11. about 16 months ago

    Nice Shot

    Gary great episode. Reading some of the comments I’m thinking that some of your viewers are not living stateside. QOTD: Definitely REAGAN. Regarding JFK. If he was Alive today, he’d be republican. Cheers ~ Jtk

  12. about 16 months ago

    Adolfo Orendain

    I was very surprised. First with the Wine Library TV concept and then with your tasting of Torrontes. It was the first wine i bought after a wine tasting, and now a days i believe that was because i was a 1st timer… Didn’t you smell the rose??? Torrontes normally has more flowers than a bouquet, it’s huge. We actually make fun of the guy that imported them to mexico in the first place. Never sold them. Anyway, congratulations on the concept and i WILL be a Vayniac from now on. Promised.

  13. about 16 months ago

    Wil H

    I have seen 3 episodes now and I can’t wait for the next one. My wife watched this one with me. As a great cook, she appreciates it when you talk about food pairings… keep that up. I have been into Sauternes lately, but they can be a bit syrupy at times, like honey, so I definitely want to pick up the Santa Julia Tardio ‘04.

    QOTD: Thomas Jefferson by a landslide. The founders of this country were absolutle geniuses and Jefferson was the most brilliant of all; a wine-loving architect, inventor, philosopher, writer, statesman! One of my favorite things about him (Lincoln and Clinton did this too…) was that he surrounded himself with people who didn’t always agree with him. Only through spirited debate, can the truth be fully understood. Those great men knew this, and were brave enough to allow opposing viewpoints to be voiced. It is a necessity. In our current political climate, it’s all about cronism and backhanded deals and massive financial gains for a select few. I didn’t see one vote for W (a.k.a. Chimpy McFlightsuit)in these comments. That proves that your audience posesses an intelligence of which Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

    Keep rolling Gary!

    Sadly for the Jets, it’s the Chargers who will take it all, so break out the Edge gel and the razor!

  14. about 16 months ago

    Eric Opheim

    Interesting, I believe I have seen the varietal before, but haven’t yet tried it. Favorite President - can’t go wrong with the first, George Washington.

  15. about 16 months ago

    David Canada

    Never had this varietal…can’t spell it either. Love the episode
    Favorite president……hmmmm. I’ll be conservative and say FDR but want to also maybe throw a little LBJ (very misunderstood and inherited JFK’s mess)

    Dave

  16. about 16 months ago

    joe

    Historically, Abe Licoln can’t be topped. How can Reagan top Lincoln??

    Recent history, “W” has me longing for the Peace and Prosperity of Clinton era. Clinton drank wine too!

  17. about 16 months ago

    TommyO

    Ronald Reagan. He came to speak at St. John’s the same week we were going to the final four … I got my 30 seconds of fame when I was interviewed by ABC news about the presidents visit and the final four … what a week … what a president … could use you in the oval office today …

  18. about 16 months ago

    Jack:)

    Ronnie.
    Definitly not Hillary.

  19. about 16 months ago

    BigMC

    That would be indestructible.

  20. about 16 months ago

    BigMC

    Nice episode…..thanks for taking us outside the box.

    QOTD: George Washington. He started it all and was indestuctible. Just ask the King of England.

  21. about 16 months ago

    Genghis

    QotD: I’m a Truman man myself.

    Also never tried Torrentes, but I haven’t tried -many- of the wines you go into, especially lately, so WLTV has been extremely helpful.

  22. about 16 months ago

    Joe Po

    233 - We Missed You Too!

    Thanks for enlightening us on the Cahors and Torrontes grapes. Have not tried either.
    QOD - Washington and Lincoln, without whom we would not have a nation.

  23. about 16 months ago

    Tony S.

    Hey Gary,

    Nice episode…sorry, I’ve been gone for a while, and I’m not one of those folks who carries a computer with me everywhere I go. In fact, they’re the last thing on my mind. For that matter, my cell phone is the #1 item that I forget to bring with me all the time.

    Anyway, great episode, nice beard. I’ve had very few Torrontes, and frankly, kind of forgot about them. So, I think I’ll search my warehouse for some today, and we don’t have any, I’ll stop by the competition on the way home and throw them a bone.

    I’ll be rooting for the Jets for you this weekend…even though they’re favored by 12 and half, I have them to cover against the Raiders in my office pool. So, I feel good about them. Who knows, maybe it WILL be a Jets/Bears Superbowl. If it’s the Jets v anyone else in the superbowl, I’ll root for your Jets, unless it’s the Saints.

    OK, see you later man…oh ya, QOD: favorite president…neither of the Bush’s, that’s for sure. But I have to be honest, I don’t trust ANY polititian. ANY. So, I’ve never had a favorite. I’m compelled to say Kennedy, but I’m only 36, so what do I know about Kennedy, right? So, I’ll just stick with what I know: My favorite president has to be that girl that was the president of my high school art club…I forget her name, but man she was cute.

    See you later,
    T

  24. about 16 months ago

    Ken

    Gary,

    Good episode. I really like learning about the obscure varietals such as Torrontes. I also enjoyed your episode on the wines of Cahors since they are not well known to me either. Thanks.

  25. about 16 months ago

    Adrian

    Serious levels of Gasoline….I love it…A lot of wines taste like this to me…I think I’ll pass…Never had any of the wines you tasted today…Clinton was the best in my book…

Pages: [4] 3 2 1 » Show All

Leave a Reply