Comments on: Blind Tasting – Episode #197

By: John J.

John J. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:26:50 +0000

cool episode Gary

would love to see 1 on vin jaunes

By: Seattle Zin Guy

Seattle Zin Guy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:33:17 +0000

I bought a few bottles of Turley Juvenile Zinfandel for $17 a bottle and I’ve seen it sold online for $45 a bottle. Sure, that’s only a $27 difference, but that’s almost 3 times what I paid for it.

By: thefanjestic

thefanjestic — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:31:26 +0000

Qotd: Yesterday I bought a case a Garretson Craic Syrah for $125 on closeout – it normally sells for $30 a bottle in Kansas City and Texas.

By: Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:22:28 +0000

QOTD: Bought a 2000 Torbreck Descendant from Barossa Valley for $56.99. Saw it on a couple of websites for $125-131.

Great episode. Loved seeing the inside of your store at the beginning. Lot bigger than I imagined.

By: Rob P

Rob P — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:39:50 +0000

Gary,

Please do another blind tasting like this in 2008. It was a lot of fun to watch. One of my biggest price discrepancy’s was not in wine. I noticed that a (typically) $100 sonicare toothbrush was listed at $0 on bloomindales website a few years ago…so I tried to order it thinking that the price would eventually be displayed. It let me order it at $0 and they had free shipping! I should have ordered 10 of them.

By: surf.sf

surf.sf — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:14:07 +0000

Loved the blind tasting. Can’t wait for another one! Something I paid too much for… forgot to cancel an extra hotel room I booked when I wine tasting in Santa Barbara a couple weekends ago, so I paid an extra couple hundred bucks for a sad old motel room!

By: vivaitalia

vivaitalia — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:38:52 +0000

Oh man, I paid $79.99 for the Antinori Piam Delle Vigne Brunello ‘96 at one of my favorite wine shops and the next weekend found it at this tiny place and got one for $29.99 no joke! At the 80 dollar price I thought it was crap and a rip off, but at $30 it was pretty decent. There still are alot of brunellos that are much better in quality and QPR (if there is such a thing in Italian red wine anymore). I really loved the blind tasting, it’s something you should do alot more often. Very impressive the way you were able to pick those defining characteristics in the wines. Keep up the great work!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:58:02 +0000

Past QOTD. Saxum 2003 Broken Stones. Got it for $45. Saw it in another shop for $125 the same day.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:15:20 +0000

QOTD 2003 Peju Provience Cabernet Sauvignon. Paid $22.50 Seen it around 48+

By: TSchampaert

TSchampaert — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:28:14 +0000

Fun ep this one. Repeat!
QOTD: Biggest difference, … hm. Last I saw a 2004 Haut-Brion for â‚¬ 169 while anywhere else it is around 260! Almost 100/bottle. Kiling. So my fingers itched, I nearly bought some. But then yeah, maybe I’d better wait till I can afford them really.