Comments on: Wine ratings? – Episode #178

By: John J.

John J. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:18:28 +0000

qotd wine making kit. unless that basket has a ‘61 petrus in it.

Gary, one day you should have a vin jaune on.

By: Phredd

Phredd — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:00:50 +0000

QOTD: Wine making kit, no question. I’ve already been looking into it. My whole goal would be to just make a wine that doesn’t suck.

By: Walter A

Walter A — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:43:08 +0000

Gary – great stuff! I recently found your website, and I’m browsing around. Enjoyed the segments on wine tasting and training your palate. This helps me understand tastes and terminology considerably. You explained what’s meant by a “hollow” wine (no midpalate) – my question is: what do you mean by a “flabby” wine?

Of course, I’ve got a bunch of seemingly related questions about terms like “backbone,” “structure,” what you mean when you say a wine is “tight” (or has a tight flavor profile… Are there any episodes where you talk about these kinds of wine terms?

Thanks!

By: Devynne

Devynne — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:33:00 +0000

When you tasted the Hermit Crab, you said that it was a “real wine” and should not be for the kids (21 and older). I’m just a beginner (lets say.. 21) and I am trying to switch up the palate with many different types of wine. Shouldn’t we introduce the more finer wines to the up and coming generation of wine connoisseur’s? What’s so wrong about being young and having a great interest in “real wine”.. I DO take it very seriously.

Putting all that aside, I think this is a Great show! I enjoy watching you critique wines, and learning from you.

By: Sarandi

Sarandi — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:33:11 +0000

Hi Gary,

I just started watching your show and I love it. I actually saw the conan episode when it first aired! But now I’m a bit more into food, and am expanding my knowledge about everything culinary, including wine. That said, I bought some nice, fresh, organic broccoli yesterday and really tasted it. It tasted first of grass – nice and clean. After a chewing and swallowing, an overwhelming taste of tobacco was left in my mouth, which is why I’m posting this. You mentioned that one of the wines had an aspect of tobacco on the mid palate, followed by broccoli. Now, I’m not certain as this was the first time I’ve really paid attention – but somehow I think broccoli has that tobacco-ness in it – not to say that that’s where the flavor came from, as tobacco-taste can be present without the broccoli. What do you think? Do you taste food as you taste wine? Can you build the taste profile of a food with other foods, or have you ever found something you thought you knew as a “building block” to taste of something else? I will continue to expand my palate, and thank you for helping all of us on our quests to taste the world. Or wine, at least.

By: Totte

Totte — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:23:55 +0000

QotD : Wine basket…

And great that I found you trying the Hermit Crab. IÂ´ve tried a lot of dÂ´Arenbergs lately : Feral Fox Pinot Noir, Stump Jump Red, Stump Jump White, Money Spider Roussanne, Last Ditch Viogner and of course the Hermit Crab, the only one I liked was the Crab and I liked it a lot. Marsanne is my white grape of choice right now.

Cheers

Swedish T

PS. And now weÂ´re friends at facebook DS

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:59:34 +0000

Hey, watch the Consumer Reports stab (you took it back, though!). Ratings / Reviews if done in an empirical and objective way can serve the buying public in a good way (e.g., cars, flat screen TVs, and, yes, even wine)!

By: WirelessWine

WirelessWine — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:18:20 +0000

Great episode! I say basket….great for the instant gratification!

By: Cellar Rat #1

Cellar Rat #1 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:34:19 +0000

A Wine Making Kit would make my day. I’m biased having started making kit wine last September. We’ve bottled two whites and five reds and have increased our wine knowledge and appreciation exponentially.
I spent a year working in a tasting room at a local winery and did not learn near as much as what I’m learning with kit wine. Highly recommend kit wine making to anyone who wants to learn about wine.

By: ThomasS

ThomasS — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:56:52 +0000

QOTD: a basket of course, what the h*ck would I do with a wine making kit, better a beer making kit then.
So, d’Arenberg, nice you think the same about it as I did: it’s tremendous. We had it blind in a Rhone white tasting … I could not believe that it was NW (so, maybe the NW/OW-prejudices are unescapable). C ya.