Super Tuscan and Friday

Super Tuscan and Friday – Episode #184

February 16, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

2001 San Felice Vigorello

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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes a wine from Italy that EVERYONE USE to talk about, will they again soon?

162 Responses

February 16, 2007

DanTX66
1st??
February 16, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Love the ‘on the couch’ episodes!
Couch + wine = good!
February 16, 2007

Brandon M
FRIDAY!
February 16, 2007

Eric S.
TGIF!
February 16, 2007

CW
the couch means, I’m about to go out of town
February 16, 2007

SS Chris
G-dog and Earl of K, Have a safe trip!!!!
February 16, 2007

SS Chris
sorry….I meant

“G-dog and the Erik of K, Have a safe trip!!!!”
February 16, 2007

CHEF
Italiano!!!

+CHEF
-Whenever someone asks what your making for dinner, tell them â€œReservationsâ€â€¦
February 16, 2007

ChrisB
Top 10? If you can’t beat ‘em…
February 16, 2007

Full Throttle
Gary’s the greatest but – Can’t wait to see the Viewer substitute episodes next week!
February 16, 2007

cgf
top 10 have a good weekend and grea time in london.
February 16, 2007

MarioD
top 10 first timer!
February 16, 2007

Susan
SS Chris,
Earl of K??
Gosh,
WLTV has an Earl on staff.
Wow!
Ha!
February 16, 2007

TheDumbPhase
What wines taste like your scalp? I need to know so I can avoid them.
February 16, 2007

bradyt
QOTD…. :ashamed….in the cupboard above my fridge, because they doen’t last very long.
February 16, 2007

Full Throttle
Had to come out of the Lurkers Closet for the best Vaynerism yet:

“There’s a lot of terrior on the scalp” !!! Priceless.
February 16, 2007

Eric S.
QOD: Have some free standing racks in my basement storage room. Stays cool and dark, so it works out pretty well.
February 16, 2007

Dmjperc
Yay Top 20!!!
February 16, 2007

Matt B DC
Solid episode – - I hope you don’t get burnt out doing a week at once!

QOTD: My fiancee got me a 30 bottle electric wine cellar with custom temperature for Christmas. It’s a little extravagant seeing as how I’m not “aging” anything, but it’s nice to have whites above the 36 degrees of my refrigerator but below the 72 degree room temperature.

As for gravatars, I was trying to get mine to work for a few weeks . . . glad to hear he got it running . . . here’s a test!

Cheers!
February 16, 2007

joe
In LA, we don’t have cellars. So I had to store the bulk of my wine in a Wine Storage Facility (Hollywood and Wine) where I have a locker (lots of resteraunts are my locker neighbors). I keep a 280 bottel vino temp at home for daily go-to-wines.
Joe
February 16, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
Hey Everyone,

Jonathon from Evanston, Il. Any other Chicagoans watch the Vaynerchuck show?

QOTD: Just completed my cellar in the basement. 7′ x 7′- Whisperkool through wall chiller, slate floor and a ridiculous 850 bottle capacity. Got the racking from wineracksamerica.com- VERY happy with them. Nice quality, great selection.

Have a great trip Gary, I’ll be watching next week. Where are you going by the way?

Jon
February 16, 2007

jon777
Have a great trip Gary & crew!

Question for Gary (or anyone): What defines a wine as “Super-Tuscan”? The Tuscan part is self-evident, the Super seems arbitraty. Knowing the anal rules of wine naming, I would imagine there are specific reqmts for being a Super-Tuscan.

QOTD: Wine Fridge for anything that’s not going to be immenantly consumed. Closet for things that will be enjoyed sooner. Condo living (especially w/o central AC) does not lead to storing/aging large quantities of wine…
February 16, 2007

Paul M
QOTD: store my wine in my basement in wooden crates … in the summer it is cool (65-70) and moist, but in the winter it is too hot (70-75) and dry

thinking about buying a wine fridge or turning a small closet into a little cellar … I do not have many wines that will need/last more than 1-3 years so not sure I really need to do anything – lots of different opinions out there about what is necessary and I am a bit confused
February 16, 2007

RieZin
Most is still in a 120-bottle fridge in my living room. an increasingly large amount is in off-site storage at a place in the south bronx. Travel safe and thanks for pre-taping.
February 16, 2007

mikeyrad
8.3 mil for Susan!
February 16, 2007

mikeyrad
QOTD, in a closet with a 72 bottle wine rack. Sure I’d love to have a cellar, but we live in a 1BR apartment in Manhattan.
February 16, 2007

Matthew L
Nice show Gary. I need to learn more about(read taste) Super Tuscans.

QOTD: Folks in the forum know I labored over 57-bottle under counter cooler. I have that stocked. I also have 14 bottles stored in cubies built into our kitchen cabinets. The rest of the wine is stored on a wine rack/cart in our dining room. Whenever we reclaim our basement apartment for ourselves, I plan to build a cellar.
February 16, 2007

Wil Neverspit
top 25…

I wish CHEF would spell “you’re” correctly, just once.
February 16, 2007

SS Chris
Susan, Congrats on the $8.3 million!!!!!

Actually Erik’s name in the “STUPID KINGDUMB” is “The Earl of Kasntner”
February 16, 2007

IanF
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 16, 2007

Rich S
QOD: I have wine stored in a bunch of different places but I have some champagne in my refrigerator, an 18 bottle wine fridge, a 45 bottle wine rack and I also have around 60 bottles stored in my good friend’s basement wine rack because I ran out of room……….. )
February 16, 2007

Susan
8.3 mil for Susan!

Comment 21: By mikeyrad on February 16th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

Please explain this one.
February 16, 2007

winejedi
love friday episodes!

QOTD: my wine is stored in 2 50-60 bottle wine refrigerators and the rest in my sons closet in the basement. looking into a 300-500 bottle wine refrigerator or build a wine cellar.
February 16, 2007

SS Chris
QOTD: anywhere that SS Dede can’t find.
February 16, 2007

Susan
Susan, Congrats on the $8.3 million!!!!!

Actually Erikâ€™s name in the â€œSTUPID KINGDUMBâ€ is â€œThe Earl of Kasntnerâ€

Comment 25: By SS Chris on February 16th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

I won – really? I will be sending you my account info soon!
Ha! I can see where my sarcasm gets me. No one got my joke!
I hope some of the Vayniacs honestly know what an earl is.
February 16, 2007

K Spengler
Gary, love this episode as usual! Have a lovely trip to London, looks like it’ll be Beefeater instead of wine for you. Not sure they’re particularly “wine-oriented” in London, are they?
Thanks for the gravatar help, will work on it this weekend. Safe travel..
February 16, 2007

Lynne
QOD: My basement for now. I have an old root cellar that’s kinda creepy like the one in “The Cask of the Amontillado”; that’s eventually where I’d like to store it. Got some fixin’ up to do.
February 16, 2007

mike volker
In the cellar
February 16, 2007

Nathan Day
You pick your scalp and eat it! I constantly smell everything including ear wax and I’m a germaphobe, since we’re sharing.
February 16, 2007

TagWorld Brian
I was trying to get past the bland, boring, sucky-ass dark wine glass for awhile now. I even signed up for gravatar beta 2.0 last week. But it didn’t take. Glad it’s working now (we’ll see when I post). That super tuscan sounds great. I just love saying Super Tuscan. It sounds so …. heroic.
February 16, 2007

TagWorld Brian
Ooops! Gravatas isn’t working. But I KNOW I signed up for it correctly, uploaded my pic, chose it, etc. What am I missing?
February 16, 2007

Neil
Hey now!

My wife and I are going to Napa this President’s Day weekend. Going after work. Some of our favorite wineries: Reverie, Hartwell, St. Clement, Flora Springs, Chimney Rock, Pine Ridge, Cuvaison, Miner, Raymond, Mumm, ZD, the list goes on and on. Copia is having an event, “Death by Chocolate.” We’re dining at La Toque on Saturday and Go Fish on Sunday. Totally stoked.

QOTD: In the garage, on the ground (cement foundation), in cases, upside down. Even on 100 dergree days during the summer the bottles are always cool. Humidity is good too. We live in South San Franciso by the coast. We’d probably need a controlled environment storage device were we to move. Quick Question For Gary (QQFG): Long term, will storing the bottles upside down, versus vertical, cause problems as the wines age? Right now everything is okay, no leaking, etc., although with unfiltered wines we have to decant. Just curious.
February 16, 2007

wine - o
I store my wine in the bottomless vaults of the internet…i call it my virtual cellar. I actually can’t tast or smell, so i find a wine online I want to drink, pour some cheap stuff from home, and stare at the expensive bottle on my monitor, all the while pretending i’m drinking the good stuff. Later I visit the wine making region via a virtual vacation!
February 16, 2007

SoCal
G,
Happy Friday Bro!
Kickin it, drinking a 1987 Stags Leap SLV and enjoying your show.
Great QOTD:
When I bought my house I converted a storage closet by the kitchen into a cellar.
I have a 504 bottle, climate controlled, slice of heaven.
Next house I will go for 1000+ bottles.
Have fun in London, stay safe, and bring back great stories!!
February 16, 2007

Acousticdoc
QOTD: Right now in the basement. Have on order Two Portfolio 3-temp wine cellars from Wine Enthusiast. Will hold 120 bottles and match the furniture in our den.
February 16, 2007

Brooklyn Paul
QOTD: Our wine is kept…. everywhere! But seriously, it’s close. City living doesn’t give you many options, so our wine is spread over 3 wine fridges throughout our place (1 Marvel, 2 Avanti). Additionally keep about 10 bottles in a counter wine rack for quick consumption.
February 16, 2007

Susan
QOD:
Storage is NOT a problem for me.
Why?
Because I only own about 12 bottles.
Would I like to own more?
Sure.
When I get that 8.3 million, storage will be
THE
issue!
February 16, 2007

dabo
Buona festa! What a joyous day… Anyone else ever serve at an Olive Garden back in the day? Love casual Friday couch episodes.

QOTD — 50-bottle wine fridge, under lock and key. Not really using the lock, but I’ve considered it.
February 16, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Have a safe trip and thanks for taping. If all your wine tonight is as good as the San Felice, you will be sailin’ by the end, and that’s a good thing.

QOD- I keep 40 in my home wine fridge and store the other 300+ at a very reliable, temp. and humidity controlled, rental wine cellar 3 blocks from home here in Chicago. I started with just my fridge, then rented one 200 bottle cellar, then rented a second 200 bottle cellar…I gotta go drink! Cheers!

PS- I finally registered on the Forum per your command.
February 16, 2007

E
Now that I think about it, maybe I’ll just have to take me a picture of a sucky-ass blank wine bottle and use that for a gravatar.

QOD: The rack in the abandoned half bathroom-turned-wine room, two fridges, and the rest in styro in the coldest part of the house. God, I need a basement.
February 16, 2007

leatherpalate
QOD: THree levels of storage everyday stuff in the kitchen
wine rack. The step up from that in a wood wine storage thingy.
The good stuff is in our basement in foam surrounded by cement.
Dream of a real cellar some day a personal goal!

Safe travels GV.
February 16, 2007

Wine-o (original)
Enjoy your trip, I too will be away…Thank God for lap tops and wireless internet.
All the best.

QOTD.
1. 24 btl under counter wine cooler
2. 196 btl wine rack in a small wasted space room off the living room
3. 44 bbtl rack in basement (for good stuff) only 13 bottles in that one
February 16, 2007

RandyB
I love Fridays. Super show. QOTD: Built a walk-in wine room off the kitchen in lieu of a pantry when we remodeled. Stores about 600 bottles of wine and is pretty impressive with the etched glass door. I thought it would take years to fill up. After eight months, I am bursting at the seams. I may have to resurrect the ole “man cave.” Take a 25 cu ft freezer, adjust the thermostat or purchase a bottle probe and you have an effective cellar which holds 100+ bottles of wine for a fraction of the cost of a wine refridgerator.

Ciao
February 16, 2007

Orion Slayer
Super Tuscan Friday! Half of me is happy (french-italian ancestry.)

QOTD: I have a six-bottle wine rack that sits on my kitchen counter (next to the refrigerator!) When I have more than 6 bottles, I keep them in the bottom of my bedroom closet. It’s been fine so far this fall and winter (wine journey began in November 2006) but I know I need to change before summer comes!

Learn some cool stuff at your seminar and have fun!
February 16, 2007

Marc Mc
QOD: I have a cellar in the basement. Finished it about a year ago and am changing from basic steel shelving, which scare me, to individual double deep racks made of Utz cedar. Utz is from south american and when stained looks like mahagony, but much less expensive. I have another set made and will install them in a few weeks. Can wait to organise and hang out down there.
February 16, 2007

Dave Canada
Nice to see a super tuscan….
QOTD – I store my wine in a temp/humidity controled Eurocave in my basement all the while longing for a true cellar. Where is your cellar Gary?
February 16, 2007

Nathan L
QOD: I have a 100 storage unit that is full. I knew I should have gotten a bigger one
February 16, 2007

mbannon
Gary – The scalp thing sounds like it’s probably your ancestral monkey-genes coming through. It happens to me sometimes, too, and I’ll suddenly find myself trying to eat my peas with a sharpened stick. My wife always tries to take the stick away, but I just say “Hey Woman, don’t forget who the Silverback is around here!!” Then I lope off to my wine cellar for a while…

Speaking of wine cellars: QOD – I store my wines in the crawlspace under my house (seriously). Here in the Pacific NW that’s the one part of the house that stays about 55F all year long. And by putting my special wines waaaay in the back, it’s easy to let ‘em sit for years at a time.
February 16, 2007

Sir Lloyd
QOTD: 50 bottles in my wine fridge and the rest in basement.
February 16, 2007

Dominus
First off, TGIF! I’m finishing off a bottle of the Reininger Syrah from the Washington State episode is which is drop-dead gorgeous, I mean wonderful. Unfortunately, WL is sold out!

QOTD: I actually have a designated “wine room” where I display antique corkscrews and other wine-making paraphernalia along with storing my wine. I have a built-in wine rack and cabinet which holds maybe 40-50 bottles, a wine frig for the high-end “keepers” which holds approx 40-50 and then I have those cheapo wooden racks you stack as you go which currently holds close to 130. Of course, I log my wine and keep track of my wine on a friend’s website and started to try cellar-tracker.com which works quite well…

Oh, I almost forgot. I have a stash of “drink now” wines in the island in the kitchen. Everywhere you turn, there’s wine.

Life is good. Stay warm and make every pitch as though it were your last.

Cheers!
February 16, 2007

Tom H
QOTD: 35 bottles in wine fridge and 50 bottles on a wine rack in the basement under the stairs.
Great show have a good trip
February 16, 2007

John Blue Label
Gary,
Fun episode. Hope you have a good trip. Can’t wait until the kids are out of the house and I can take a trip to Tuscany.
QOTD: Got so hooked on WLTV that I decided to buy a Eurocave performance 283, so I have a lot there, but that is not enough room to store all the stuff I have bought from WL. Sooooo…. have a lot at room temp, those which I will drink in 6 months or less. And the “cellared” stuff is in the Eurocave. Hope the room temp will be okay for short term. We don’t let it get above 74 or below 68 in the house.
February 16, 2007

Joe P.
1st? Oh, my bad… overachievers! Just 4 hours late!
February 16, 2007

Joe P.
63rd?
February 16, 2007

Kent I
Top 70!

I keep my wine on a rack under the stairs, but I’m thinking I better get a little wine fridge to brave through the hot LA summer months. It really hurts me to know that I can’t buy anything to last for the long term.
February 16, 2007

Paul
63? That’s so lame!!
QOTD – cellar. Hope to build a wine room with enough racks to get my bottles completely out of boxes.
February 16, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Hey JMC #21- There are a lot of Chicago Vayniaks including me. Welcome. Check out the Forum at WLTV meets. There is a thread for a Chicago wine tasting tonight spearheaded by Large Fever Format and others. I have kids’ stuff and can’t go. Join the Forum and chat or leave comments here on the eps. Cheers!

GottaGoDrink
February 16, 2007

Dominus
Testing a new gravatar. Let’s see if it works.
February 16, 2007

Dominus
Nope!
February 16, 2007

JimB
QOD: 24 bottles of white stored in an under the counter wine cooler. 192 bottles of red stored in eight 24 bottle racks in a dark closet at 68 degrees. One bottle open. None of my wines cost more than 70.00 so this works for me. The open bottle is now empty.
February 16, 2007

E-Rock
In my down stairs closet and my wine fridge. Good show, nice to see you do a Super Tuscan.
February 16, 2007

Mike
I love the Friday episode; the leather couch; the WL wooden crate; Vayniak questions; laid back ambiance, etc. GV, your a pro. You’re really hitting your stride, you ‘athlete’ you. What a stud!

I especially appreciate the historical, and in this episode, the economic background you are providing about the wines you feature on WLTV. I learn much about something I’m passionate about, and I consider viewing your WLTV effort among the highlights of my daily life. I raise my glass, and wish you a safe and fun-filled trip.

Mike W.
February 16, 2007

Snarf
I store my wine in my temperature and humidity controlled, vapor barrier sealed, R21+ insulated dedicated wine cellar which has a capacity of approximately 1050 bottles. I have around 400 bottles and it LOOKS pretty full. Have a good trip to the UK!
February 16, 2007

EricB
QoTD – I have a basement (doesn’t cellar sound cooler?) that hovers 55-60 in the winter and 60-70 in the summer. I keep my wines on a couple free standing racks, nothing fancy. Once we redo the basement I want to have a dedicated area in the corner where the temp stays a little more consistent, with some stainless racks (too moist for nice wood).
February 16, 2007

OttawaB
I store my collection in a small corner room in my basement. Temp. seems constant here at around 65-66. Cool cement/stone floor, and a door to close it off from rest of basement. Good wide range of wines (I do not buy by the case, only 1, 2, or 3 bottles of each wine). No first growth or obscenely priced numbers. So I carry roughly 150-180 names at a time. I like to taste many varieties from all over the world. But I always come back to my beautiful dirty, dusty, smelly, Medocs (love Chateau Lascombes). So my little corner does the trick.
I also like my Tuscans (Lamaione, Mormoreto, Solengo, Tig, Piastraia, Le Serre Nuove). Nice to see GV do a Tuscan today.
February 16, 2007

Denman Dave
QOTD – 80 bottles under the stairs…. or better known as the stair cellar.
February 16, 2007

Rob M.
Phew, top 75!
February 16, 2007

AlisonD
My wine is in my basement…”Wine Basement”…hmmm…just doesnt sound as romantic as “Wine Cellar” now does it?
February 16, 2007

ChrisR
QOD

The daily drinking wines are in a redwood tasting table in the basement. The good stuff is in a Eurocave in the dining room.
February 17, 2007

KAHUNA
QOTD- In the bottle
February 17, 2007

Brookhouser
Gary…Great show as usual…Have a blast in London…by the way…where do you sign up for your Job..?

QOTD: Sent you pics earlier when I came out of teh Lurker closet. It should be on the Gravatar now..Built a wine cellar 7×9…fits about 950 or so. Still needs filled up…looking at some of your great bordeaux deals!
February 17, 2007

glenn
QotD: bought the wine closet from The Olympic Club when i moved W of The Sierras last year. holds ~700 bottles with whites/reds cooled to 46 & 58* respectively.

big enough to be buried in too!
February 17, 2007

Nico
Nice Friday episode!

QOTD: In an Avanti 28-bottle fridge, but I have a Eurocave Premier 100 ready for me to move into my new home, that will be the primary storage in March!

-Nico
February 17, 2007

AJ Vaynerchuk
Nice episode today bro!
February 17, 2007

bugbirdfishboy
QOTD: I don’t have much, but the 6 bottles I have are under my bed.
February 17, 2007

rhino
Yeah Baby!

Super Tuscans or baby rose, we love you Gary V.

QOD:

Eurocave via WS, loving the bigboy storage for all the 2005 futures to come…

R
February 17, 2007

SteviefreakinD
QOTD. The cabinet under my kitcken sink. There’s not much insuloation between that wall, and the cold air from the outside keeps it nice and cool. Not sure what I’m gonna do once summer hits. I have a few bottles that I want to cellar for a few years. Any ideas?
Great episode by the way. I’ve had only a few super tuscans, and I was crazy about them all.
You rock dude.
February 17, 2007

Suzanne
Another great episode. Have a great time in London, Gary.
QOTD: On an inexpensive wine rack in our basement. It feels like it’s a good place; cool all year long, but not freezing in the winter.
February 17, 2007

stewart l
Have a good vacation in London.
QOD I built a wine cellar in my basement-potential to hold about 750 bottles
February 17, 2007

Brookhouser
my gravatar wont post:(
February 17, 2007

brooklyni
QOTD: I’m 23, poor and rent … so i built a bunch of racks in that go along the bottom of my walk in closet. it actually works pretty well. temp is OK and can hold 60 bottles but i’ll have to upgrade soon. a little wine fridge for the really good ones.
February 17, 2007

Brookhouser
Sweet Action it posted!
February 17, 2007

TampaSteve
GV you are on fire with these Italian episodes….loving it!!!
Good call on Super Tuscans, I have just posted how I have had a hrad time finding much good under the $60 mark. I will have to try the Vigarello (free shipping next week may help that..lol). Have a great trip guys!
February 17, 2007

Alco Holland
Isn’t it more of a wild berry skittles rainbow? That’s the purple bag.

QOTD I have a bunch of racks in a cool dark corner of the basement. The other place I store wine is my belly which is perhaps the best place to store wines.
February 17, 2007

brooklyni
hold on a sec … i’m seeing if my gravatar thing will work
February 17, 2007

VinoVixen
QOTD: I have about 75 bottles stored in a spare closet. Temp is a good 62-65. Working on the cellar under the house!
February 17, 2007

mikeyrad
Gravatar testing 1 2 3
February 17, 2007

ThomasS
Do some more supertuscs Gary. U know they are worth it.
QOTD: I am a poor student (yet, as of he day before yesterday not anymore … I have got a job! ), but a complete wine nerd so: 1) a room in the cellar of my digs, with four bins, a wooden wine shelf, and a floor of 5×5 m to crowd with 6-packs, 12-packs and cases (by now 250 btls, but still a huge lot of place to go … next september I have to move all this though ). 2) a wine rack at my girlfriend’s for about some 40 btls. 3) a wine rack at home for some 60 btls and a pile of cases. 4) every place of my own I stay for about an hour a week has also some full or empty btls. In my ow room at my digs, there’s always a bottle of six around and in my girlfriend’s kitchen is a permanent hall of fame.
I know :-$ .
C ya!
February 17, 2007

mikeyrad
OK, now this should work!
February 17, 2007

mikeyrad
but it doesn’t. Hmmm. I got it to display on the blog on Gravatar’s site. What am I doing wrong? (Watch, now my gravatar will display).
February 17, 2007

mikeyrad
For all who were able to get their gravatars posted: how did you do it? I created my gravatar and it posted on gravatar’s blog (http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/2/1/gravatar-2-0-screenshot-1/comments/1584#comment-1584) so I know that it works.
February 17, 2007

mikeyrad
THERE IT IS! There’s a delay.
February 17, 2007

Claudio
QOD Response: I store my wine in a temperature controlled wine cabinet.
February 17, 2007

FTBoomer
Gravatar Testing
February 17, 2007

Bill Ross
Thanks to WL, out of space. Started w/ 24 bottle rack, added 36 bottle Danby, and then 55 bottle Magic Chef. My top priced wines are $50, long long term agers. I now have 9-10 cases in styrofoam shipping cases in a closet, and a dozen bottles in a book case. Here in South, house is kept at 70F year round. Need to start purchasing less and drinking more until balance is achieved.
February 17, 2007

Large Format Fever
Wow… I have about 10 cases in my Streetervill apt in Chicago…. All pretty cool stuff. Some of it is in temp control (about 2 cases, The old stuff)… Everthing else is just kicking it next to the “cellar”. I encourage everyone to save a bottle for every bottle you drink… It really is cool what happens to wine when if develops in the bottle…..
February 17, 2007

canadian-kid
QOTD: I have 2 coolers…sub-zero in my kitchen island that holds 46 bottles and a Cavavin cooler that holds 210.
February 17, 2007

dadobs
QOTD: Steel racks (and boxes on the floor) of the coolest room of the basement. Drafty house so the wine is about about 50 degrees in winter and 60 in summer.
February 17, 2007

Corrado
I think winelibrary killed Gravatar! How long has it been taking new registrants for their gravatar image to ‘activate?’ …going on 6 hours since I created mine.
February 17, 2007

thkorent
Hi Gary,

QOTD: I store the wines I believe still need some cellaring in my parents’s cellar…the ones I buy for drinking or just picked up and are waiting to move into my parents cellar…in the hallway. No kidding, it’s cool and dark there and I have a lot of space. A couple of bottles also linger in a nice wooden box on the kitchen floor – it’s a nice deco.
February 17, 2007

Jeff M.
I recently built a new cellar off of my Living Room- it holds 1,400 bottles and at about 98% of capacity. I need to learn how to drink faster than I buy, but with all this great information available it’s tough!
February 17, 2007

TampaSteve
OH BTW….QOTD= Eurocave 520
February 17, 2007

TampaSteve
grav test
February 17, 2007

bradyt
grav test…j/k but seriously
February 17, 2007

ronguy
I have a pretty simple 10 wide X 11 tall wooden rack. I keep it in the basement against an outside wall. I push all the bottles against the wall to help keep them cool. I have also enclosed the rack in styrofoam. Works for me year round. The rack paces my wine buying. I don’t buy more unless I have a slot for it. One problem, some of the fat bottles, like pino noir, don’t fit.
February 17, 2007

Badger Ann
Last year, my kind husband built a little wine cellar for me in our basement. Besides storing wine, it also serves to shore up the floor above in our 85 year old house. It has a WhisperKool unit and steel racks (from Sam’s Club!), and I think the capacity is about 750 bottles. I currently have about 80, and going up!
February 17, 2007

Wil Neverspit
good episode, high energy.

QOTD: dual zone refer… 18 bottles each side… whites at 55 degrees, reds at 64.
does that sound right to you Gary?

Have a grand time in the UK.
February 17, 2007

Wil Neverspit
testing new gravatar…
February 17, 2007

Martin
I’ll have to try that one. Perhaps with a Bisteca al Fiorentina and a nice green bean salad.
February 17, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
GV- great show. I had no idea what a super Tuscan was…until now. I’ll have to try one.

QOTD – in the basement, in a very cold unfinished storage room w/ presently room for 30 cases.
I’ll need more storage racks by the time the 05 Bordeaux futures come in!
February 17, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
testing
February 17, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Neverspit #117- You want the reds a little colder…55-58 degrees. Cheers!
February 18, 2007

mike m
With house remodel 6 years ago,built in wine cellar 1500 750,s and 100 magnums.Full capacity with 25 cases on the floor.Luckily I am beginning to move some of the high end stuff an drinking more!!
February 18, 2007

JavaMonkey
I built a wine rack in my basement that holds 4 cases. Unfortunately, CellarTracker says I now have 71 bottles, and 12 pending. The overflow is either in styrofoam shipping boxes, or in cases hidden in the basement. Looks like I need to build another rack.
February 18, 2007

dealbhadair
Hey, Gary. Have a great trip!
As Napoleon D. would say, “Lhucky!”
*dramatic music swells* Take me with you! Heheh.
Me mum was from Swindon, Wilts.
Can’t wait to get back out to the homeland again!
February 18, 2007

dealbhadair
Oh…
QOTD: A 32-bottle wine rack (right across from where I work at home, where I can admire it all day long).

Haven’t had much need to build a cellar or buy a fridge, yet, since I can’t seem to leave a bottle alone long enough for it to age. Heheh.
February 18, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
QOTD- Wine fridge.

Go PATS!!
February 18, 2007

Celia
Am I gravatared?
February 18, 2007

David
I rent a temperature controlled storage unit in Pasadena. Holds about 400 bottles. Only problem is last minute wine decisions are difficult to fill when your wine is a 30 minute drive in traffic away from you.
February 18, 2007

David
I am gravatared!!!!!!!!!!!
February 18, 2007

David
testing…………..gravatar. No Cellars in California
February 18, 2007

Jason R.
Thanks Gary for the CLIO comments.

I had already popped and drank by the time I watched the Ep.

I popped the 2003 at 2:30pm, did not decant, and drank with spaghetti @ 7:30pm. Loads of fruit on the nose, very pretty bright red color. Smooth mouthfeel, but not over the top silky. Drinking well, held its own to the pasta sauce. Great transitions of fruit from initial, mid, and finish was quite seamless. I rated a 93, which is high for me. As for QPR ~ average. Worth buying a couple bottles, but I wouldn’t run out and buy a case at $35/ea. Solid, fun for everyone. Thanks again Gary V. (You athlete you)
February 18, 2007

JayZee
QOTD: Where do I store my wine? Well, in my basement, but that’s not good enough. I have about 850 bottles in my cellar so I bought a wine room kit from IWA that is kind of like a walk-in closet for wine with a cooling unit and it can hold about 1200 bottles of wine. You can see a reasonable facsimile at http://www.iwawine.com/orstore/showitem.aspx?productid=CR51M-002. I’ve had it for three years now and it is perfect for my size collection.
February 18, 2007

BV
QOD — Just about anywhere – top of the fridge, closets, out back in the garage, wherever a wine rack fits. As you can see, we ain’t purists!
But when I was 8 years old, my folks bought a big old house in New Jersey, on the outskirts of town. It had a ‘cold cellar’ with a dirt floor – always dank, damp & cool , even in summer. It had dozens & dozens of old bottles of wine – covered in dust and cobwebs. Back then, they were just there – part of the woodwork. Since then, I’ve often wondered how old they were, how they got there – and whatever became of them — things I’ll never find out now…

Cheerio in London!

Bill V.
February 18, 2007

pete c
QOTD- Basement closet works fine. Temperature varies slowly from mid-50’s in winter to upper 60’s in summer. More importantly, no vibrations or sunlight to affect the wine. Enjoy London, Gary.
February 19, 2007

Jan Wicher
I feel riped off as i can’t get the 83 million due to the time difference

QOTD: most of my wines are spread over 2 wine fridges
February 19, 2007

SoCal
Test 1,2,3,
February 19, 2007

Matt B DC
The gravatar didn’t seem to work last time . . . second try here.
February 19, 2007

NathanN
QOTD: I have a 50 btl wine fridge in the basement
February 19, 2007

Snarf
Checking if my gravatar works…
February 19, 2007

SoCal
no gravatar yet?
February 19, 2007

Grasshopper
Sensei,

Have a great trip!

QOD – we have a 57 bottle wine fridge(GE Profile) built into our kitchen island and an overflow rack in dining room that holds about 50 bottles. Would really like a 400-500 storage cabinet from vinotemp….

Master, not sure we needed to know about the scalp thing……:)

Grasshopper
February 19, 2007

Jay
Wine Fridge!
Gots a small 42 bottle Haier. Works for me.
February 19, 2007

Tony S.
Ya…I’m late. QOD: I store all my wine here at work in our tempurature controlled warehouse. I just bring home what I’m going to want for the next day or two. I’m always sure to bring home my wine a few days earlier so that it can stand and get to room temp. I always have a few cheap-o’s hangin’ out at home in case something spur of the moment comes up.

OK…I’ll talk to you later. I gotta watch the weather episode (I was out of the office Thurs and Fri). See you later,

GO BEARS!!!
T
February 19, 2007

SoCal
test
February 19, 2007

Craig
mine wine “collection” is afew random bottles spread around the house, and a HUGE collection at the place I like to call my “Wine Library” which is a “storage facility” about 5 miles from my house. The only bad part about the wines I keep there is that I have to pay every time I go in to remove a bottle
February 19, 2007

Craig
did that work?
February 19, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Right now in a 360 bottle temperature contolled cabinet. In the house we are remodeling there is a basement that the architect is designing a wine room that will hold about 1500 bottles. Again have to thank you for what you do Gary. Introducing to new wines and wineries is always fun for me. Not just learning but tasting. My wife and I and our small (4 couples but goes up to 8 occasionally) wine tasting group just went through our notes for the last 15 years. We have averaged 300 bottles per year for 15 years of tasting and drinking. You have added about 50 more bottles for us to try and as people travel they bring back more. We will be having a tasting first weekend of March of all Paso Robles. Then because of your turning me on to Tensley and Los Olivos wines we will have an all Los Oilvos/Santa Barbara tasting. Any suggestions for Santa Barbera will be welcomed. We are doing a mix of red and white for both.
February 19, 2007

Tim Tamblin
Ditto that Jay. I too have a 42 bottle Haier which is an exceptional QPR. Also, several more cases all over the place…
February 19, 2007

boyd
In a little fridge and under my bed. Small space baby.

Still sad in the ATL.
February 19, 2007

gordoyflaca
55 bottles in a 48 bottle storage cooler I didn’t think I’d fill when I bought it. the rest in the coldest closet I have.
February 19, 2007

sheila
QOD in the basement in boxes direct from WL…in desperate need of storage unit.
February 19, 2007

Rafa From Mexico
Testing avatar
February 20, 2007

wine dog
I have a 50 bottle storage cooler that fluctuates from overfilled when the futures come in and almost empty a week later. Too Much Wine… So Little Time.
February 20, 2007

Carlitos
QOTD: In a 66 bottle wine fridge. Seemed large enough when I got it. Like everybody else now I wish it held 366 bottles. Hence I have some spillover bottles spread around in the nice Wine Library styrofoam boxes.
February 21, 2007

MichaelP
the birds outside were ON FIRE
February 23, 2007

Ben N.
Hay Gary,
Monday I am buying a EuroCave Performance 500 Wine Cellar. I’ve been looking for a while, I live in the high desert in CA, and it is going in my garage. I hope I made a right choice, I have way two many wines to make a bad choice in cellars.
March 7, 2007

Malarkey
currently in the coldest room in the basement, but not for long as I’m moving. That might necessitate buying a wine fridge/cellar as soon as I can scratch together some cash.
February 15, 2008

thefanjestic
This episode was ok. GV did his best as always, but it just didn’t bring the thunder for me Dog!

There originally was a race for the top spots on the posts because Gary was keeping track supposedly. But I guess it got to be too much to keep up with.

GV is just too busy!
July 17, 2009

Mauricio Fernandes (Your #1 Brazilian Fan!)
Hi Gary! Nice show!!

I am reviewing some Tuscan wine shows, because it’s always fun to review (And I want to test if you read new comments on old shows!) and I am going to Tuscany next February on my honeymoon! Definitely going to search this Vigorello, but also Sassicaia, Ornellaia and Tignanello. I’ve always being huge fan of Amarone, now going to expand my “Tuscan wine” palate.

QOTD: I store my best wines on a Samsung wine cellar (29 standard bottles + 1 Magnum + 2 half bottles + 1 Bocksbeutel shaped wine bottle). The rest goes on a dark closet floor.
October 19, 2009

USMCDavid
Too from the high desert, got 100ish bottles at a very nice place called Wine Vault of the Desert, in Palm Desert, CA. http://www.wvotd.com I think it’s $2.50 per month per case. 55 degrees, 60-65% humidity. LOVE IT!
October 27, 2009

John J.
qotd in a cabinet in the coolest room of my place.

Gary, a vin jaune episode would be great