Totally agree with Riezin (Comment 48) about how cute animals on the label typically mean mediocre wine. “Critter wines” should largely be avoided as the marketing ploy they are.

Speaking of critters, not sure what to make of Gary saying, “I like sheep,” on the same episode where he discusses his dating rating. Scary.

Hold on a second, der.

Is the oak monster a bird? I wore a headset while listening to this episode and I swear that I could hear a bird in the background. Do you have a parakeet in the office? A green one I suppose.

Good to see ya back–all da way back.

Lars

Are you sure that Chardonnay didn’t taste like a sweaty, naked Mario Lopez covered in butter in an oak room on a hot day? Yr tasting notes are insane buddy!!!!!

Glad yr back to full form. Now do a vertical tasting episode from one winery that compares mature vs. young wine. I’d super interested in how wine develops, but I haven’t been buying wine long enough to have a stocked cellar of old wine.

The only bottle of wine I can think that I tagged “handprint wine” is Meeker Handprint Merlot. The tag is already stated in the name but I had to actually go find the empty bottle I saved to find the name Meeker on it!. The wine wasn’t memorable to me but the bottle was….so I kept it. The big blob of different color paint/handprint made you think of finger painting as a kid..kind of fun!

Gary, good to see you back in top form, but why root for the Chargers? Do I detect a hint of anymosity towards my PATRIOTS? And a little advice: I wouldn’t talk so much about the sheep; people may start to wonder…

I tagged and commented on the Panarroz Red 2004 & Lagier Meredith Syrah Mount Veeder 2002. Both remind me of very tranquill moments and I really like the labels. I also tagged the Barmes Buecher Pinot Blanc Rosenberg 2001, only because it looked like a Schill. And I almost tagged one of the Siduri labels, but resisted; I figured that you probably wanted to keep this rated PG…but oh, the possibilities!

Glad to see you’re back in the saddle…GO PATS!

I agree with comment #41 by Mikeyrad i.e., the notion of taggging by palate memory, as specific flavors we like are easy to remember and can be reiterated at a later date to those purveyors of like wines who can otherwise point us in an agreeable direction- think worm heads…

Gary…Looks like comments are down from yesterday…I guess you need to act-up every couple of days just to keep people interested… Don’t worry I will stay with you…XXX/OOO

+CHEF
-When ever someone asks what your making for dinner, tell them â??Reservationsâ?â?¦

Gary…You must have been a candy freak when you were a kid…and maybe you still are…True?
Hey, not a bad thing that is for sure. Keep up the good work.

Thanks…..MIller

So it’s a footbal show that just happens to be hosted by a wine genius? …got it. Nice to see the energy back, Gary. Remember, several very good teams didn’t even make the playoffs, i.e. the Bengals and the Broncos, so be proud of your Jets! And thanks for the Charger love.

I gotta get back to my Oak and Butter cave! classic.

Glad to have the ol’Gary V. back.

I love good labels. In fact I love all sorts of good graphic design. I have to admit that I am a bit of a sucker for a good label and would probably buy the better looking bottle and label if faced with a decision between a few different wines with which not familiar. A good website with lots of funny and/or strange labels if not entirely artistic ones can be found at

http://www.winelabels.org/labels.htm.

Hey Gary,

My favorite wine label is “Katrina ‘recovery’ merlot” Toad Hollow Vinyards.
Not only a nifty little label but the proceeds go to Gulf Coast survivor relief.

http://www.toadhollow.com/images/2001_katrina_merlot.jpg

The ‘Aints might have a chance against the Eagles this weekend!!

My husband is a die hard Eagles fan — a silly Jersey boy like yourself– I love to
give him the business about the game.

Pretty soon I’m gonna give you the business if Saints win the Super Bowl!

Who dat?

Thank God, Gary. I couldn’t take another damn episode like yesterday’s. Well, I tried to take one that I haven’t tried yet, but is close and dear to my heart. Aida Hurricane Cuvee Red. It doesn’t come up in the search on the Labels site. What gives? Is it just a select few from WL? Oh yea, and……

GO SAINTS!
BOO EAGLES! YOU DIRTY BUZZARDS! We will beat you then put you in some cajun jambalaya and eat you!

Philidelphia is ancient Greek for “Oak Monster”.

Lee Ann Hunter…you are a wine goddess! WHO DAT! GO SAINTS!

– Ben Lee on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

PS – Gary, No Saints love on the show? Come on man! To hell with the Chargers! LOL

Welcome back with some energy!!!!

I love wines with great labels and names. I once bought Fat Bastard Shiraz because of the title. Also bought in a restaurant Big Yellow Cab (guess what kind that is) and then found out the label had a big yellow cab on it. Anything to grab our attention and hopefully our money.

When you say the wine is tough to judge and that you want to come back to the Rafael Cambra Dos 2004 in a few years, does that mean you plan on doing periodic episodes in the years to come where you revisit such enigmas?

Will the Wine Library set aside some cases of such wines you label as wines that need to be revisited and sell them at the later date?

If the wine improves significantly and/or the producer gets hot, will you point out in the future what the then current price point is versus the price point from the original episode?

Hey Gary…good to see you’re back to normal. I have a bottle of the 2002 Red Car “Sugardaddy” Syrah, so I hope that’s as yummy as this latest one. Maybe I should pop that open soon.

I looked at your label thingy, and it seems neat. I’m not much of a computer guy, so I wasn’t really sure what it means to tag something. So I just looked at a couple labels. Mostly Mouton, since you were doing an art themed show today.

BUT, I gotta get back to work now. I’ll see you later man.
GO BEARS!!
T

Just tagged a bunch of Moutons

I knew you were just draggin us along acting sad. I hate the fact that people will buy a wine just because of it’s label, but alas I have been guilty of this myself. Great ep, I found a label that nobody else has tagged (el roy), and I tagged sangre de toro cause I like the wine and I like the plastic bull.

Great to see you back in form. I’ll have to look more closely at the wine labels now.

i dont care for wine, but your show is amazing.

Tag! You’re it!

Rich

That reminds me of that Madiran again … loved the Ralph Steadman label, even though the wine itself was Oakland (with apologies to the good people of the East Bay).

Tagged: Marquis d’Alesme Becker and added a SCREWCAP tag (hey, there wasn’t much left to say about the Wolf Trap label).

I tried to comment but the boxes were way to the left of the screen and I could not type in them. I do not know if that is a screen res problem or not. I did add a few tags though!

I think this is a GREAT idea 🙂

I remember seeing something the other day about collecting them in a moleskine.

The label site is great. I use “personal wine curator” tracking program which now lets you paste the label image into the program — so this may make it easier to track down some of the labels.

As far as fun labels, I purchased a zinfandel called “Poizin” that had a label of a blood-red skull and crossbones. Sure, it was a gimic, but the wine was actually pretty good.

Gary, keep up the great work! GO BEARS.