qotd: freshly gutted salmon. It smells EXACTLY like cucumbers. You'd mistake it for cuccumber in a blind sniff test.

The starter red I use to ween people off the white zin is J. Lohr's wildflower valdiguie. Pretty much one of the lightest fruitiest low tannin reds I've ever seen, and its served slightly chilled. At $9 its a value too.

Hey Gary, how about doing a vin jaune episode?

204 episodes in and i'm officially no longer a lurker! Originally stumbled across WLTV while looking for some information on Majella Sparkling Shiraz and found Gary's video to be really engaging.

QOTD: I tried the Tolloy 06/07 (Alto Adige) Pinot Grigio at a wedding, it tasted so much of nutmeg but I couldn't find anyone that agreed! Maybe it's a flavour that is hard to recall, i mean the flavour was just unmistakeable to me.

Found the Baron Herzog Cabernet Jeunesse at $8.99 instead of $10.99 which is almost 20% off...
you can find it here:
http://www.mykosherwine.com/productDetail.aspx?...

Hi Gary

Love the review keep up the good work on the Kosher Wine World. Come check the Kosher Wine Society out one of these days.

Thanks
Aron Ritter
www.KosherWineSociety.com

woohoo, finally some wines i can easily get my hands on. what a shame about the yarden - their wines are usually a pretty safe bet. any chance of some non-kosher israeli wines on the show?

Gary
I know this is an old thread but I was wondering what you think of the Domaine du Castel grand vin, specifically the 02 which was supposed to be a great year.
I had it a while ago and thought it was wonderful, but my friend (who was actually involved in making that wine) hates it. Though Rogov and others consider the castel to be the best israeli wine out there.
Also, the C blanc du castel is excellent as well.

Ok Gary, I'm finally commenting on the old post -- I know you've been saying for a while that we should be sure to comment on the old posts as well, and I'm finally coming out of the lurker closet.

That being said, I bought a few bottles of the Concannon '04 petite sirah on your recommendation, being a big fan of Petite, and was absolutely blown away.

As for the kosher wines, I notice that WineLibrary doesn't even carry anything by Hagafen in Napa. I know you don't like the Napa cabs as a rule, but their wines are fabulous. I love the '02 cab, and they have a chardonnay that's surprisingly unoaky and even drinkable to somebody like me who hates the smell of it. They also have some great reserves. Be sure to check it out.

Oy Gary, any of these cool wristbands left?
Nice ep, esp. on the Herzog. In Germany halbtrocken (=semi sweet) reds are still common, mostly from Dornfelder and Portugieser. Often its junk, but then ... sometimes, I have to admit wheezily, I like them, when I just don't wanna think about what I'm drinking, and jus wanne drink on the porch outside, in the sun, without a coke, bit smth sweet, chilled and nice. Still have some Thanisch hb-t Dorns lying around. Try it, maybe a good alternative to the Herzog for your customers.
QOTD: a Freya Vandenbossche wine. Just an extremely dumb girly girl Flemisch poltician I can't stand.

Shoot, scents that everyone thinks I'm crazy when I say them?! Tatami mats, sweaty martial arts clothing, boxing gloves (but that's really like a baseball glove, isn't it.) And my ex girlfriend. That's about it.

QOTD: Ant-Hills,

Possibly an aroma that many others are familar with however the only way I can describe it is Ant-Hills.... The type of scent that ants secrete, a sharp acidic natural-chemically smell.

Love that "Orange Lipstick Granny"...

QOTD: Off the top of my head: I was chatting w/ my wife about a 2000 Vin de Constance (S.A. Muscat dessert wine) that we'd opened. I kept trying to place the flavor that brushed across the mid-palate and I finally hit it: GUNPOWDER. My wife still has no idea what I'm talking about about, but that gunpower smell from a 4th of July fireworks show is in that wine.

Oh...and Brian Chen's puke WILL be on the SS!!

You're nuts!! :-D

Well thank you Mr. Vaynerchuk!!!

I went to D.C. for a long weekend and I'm just catching up!!

MUCH APPRECIATED by the SS!!!! :-D

Jeunesse... I can't believe you like that. It tastes like the sugar is making the wine like candy. Almost Manechevitz! WAY sweet! Not worth it for anyone who drinks wine regularly.. WAY To sweet! but the other baron herzog cab is much better.

QOD -- I could think of many odd aromatic or flavor descriptions that I have given wines over the years, but I had a wine at the Once Upon a Vine tasting last weekend that brought a strange one to my mind.

The wine was a 2004 Lucien Crochet Sancerre and the aromatics and flavor profile both powerfully exuded two strange odors. The first was what I can only describe as new carpet....like when you walk into a brand new apartment. The second characteristic that I identified immediately was "linen". It smelled and tasted like brand new linen when it comes out of the package or the washing machine, but it also had the powerful, but unmistakable scent and taste of the room fresheners/plugins/sprays that Glade and other companies call "Fresh Linen". I found it to be very interesting, especially how intense it was. So, have you ever found the "new carpet' or "linen" characteristics in a wine?

Jester

QOTD: "booty is herbal"
(taken from a tasting sheet... with many spill stains...)

Gary, interesting episode! The Segals & Herzog sound
yummy & good QPR ta boot. Gotta search & see if any
arround here in da 'hood.

Gotta gimme dat wrist band to match me Vayniak T-shirt.

Gary,

about the jeunese

Isnt this a case of do not feed your mogwai after midnight it might turn into a gremlin or do not feed the bears. In other words do we want to encourage people to drink sweetened wines

fine the customers want sweet wines but come on, do we have to give it to them?!

most people who claim NOT to like dry "sour" wines, often LIKE a low acid fruit bomb from australia or california. I've poured it for people who "dont like wine" and they are shocked "wait a minute thats...that tastes good!" is the usual responce. I just dont know if we want to enourage the american addiction to corn syrup.

Sorry that I didn't put down the meanings before.
1."Sally can't wear no thong" refers to a wine that has no finish/butt. Also, this can work with "Sally's got a thong." (Not exactly the most PC term, but it works)
2. "This is an hour glass" refers to a wine that has a big front, finish, but has a weak/thin middle.
3. "Low Tide" refers to wines that just have tons and I mean tons for junk it in..you know what blends I'm talking about...where is just has everything thrown in and is just WAY too messy.

Personal Wine Notes:

1."Sally can't wear no thong."
2."This is an hour glass."
3."Low Tide."

QOTD: It's a toe curler. But this description is reserved only for the best wines. Like when GV says, "this wine is rocking my socks off...changing my world..."

SS-Thanks man. You're one of the folks who keeps this going!!

Gary,
I think you can open an endcap in the wine library for scratch and sniff packets? Get them to make a combo with - pepper, black cherry, strawberry, gasoline, black currant, etc. - the wine tasters pack!

Then we can describe our favorite wines - ok, fans, put the pepper sticker on top of the strawberry sticker, scratch and sniff!

QOTD - Orange Lipstick Granny - for a perfumey wine, like what comes off of the granny that wears the neon orangey red lipstick and the old floor length fur.

Nice episode and, as is often the case, I actually learned a few things. So now I need to try a kosher wine! Thanks for expanding my wine horizons. And thanks for the wristbands - cool!

QOTD: I use "Dave's car" as a description for lots of fruit bombs. My friend Dave always has some sort of berry aroma air freshener in his car and when it is a little warm, it is an overpowering fake berry smell.

Gary,

That day in 2nd grade has scarred me forever. I'm still embarrassed about it. Just when I thought that everyone forgot about it, you have to bring it up on WLTV! My life is RUINED!

Brian :)
well, maybe not.

Gary have tasted all of these wines and have to agree on all but the Barolo. Tasted in a blind tasting then afterward and picked it out as a classic Barolo. Perhaps you got less than a perfect bottle. This wine matched up easily with the twice the price Barolos with fw flaws for me. I found a long violet and cherry finish and really enjoyed it enough to buy 3 more bottles. Bought the Baron Herzog for friends who like sweet wines (White Zindfadel) and they loved it. Have you tried or reviwed Hagafen kosher wines from Napa? My signature tasting note on the nose is Redken Hair Conditioner that I feel is the nose of all Alsatian Gewurtztäminers and that makes me dislike them.

QOTD: Laundry detergent/soap on the finish of a 2005 Atwater Vidal Blanc. (I guess other people have said "soap" in tasting notes, but it's the weirdest one I could think of so far.)

Baby Oak Monster! Like Scooby & Scrappy Doo. Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch. I see an Adult Swim franchise developing here. You should do a contest where the best drawing of the Oak Monster and his family wins a free whatever.... :)

I forgot... I was so excited to get hulkamania wristbands that I forgot to leave a comment. THANKS DUDE!!! I don't have a private TN though... I use the same 'cherry' TN for all my reds, lol.

Gary,


I just saw the 07 NFL schedule. I'm gonna really feel bad for you when the Jets lose to the Eagles in the Meadowlands. That's gonna be a tough day for you! Don't worry, I'll get you a bottle of Krug to catch your tears. Will a magnum be enough?

I started serious wine tasting about 4 years ago. I remember the first time I smelled CDP, some of the wines reminded me of fresh or semi-fresh blood. I completed a general surgery residency, and the smell of these wines reminded me of the trauma surgeries we used to do. There was this peculiar smell in the air from all the blood. I guess "animal fur" is another description for this aroma.

I just read about "What Makes a WIne Koser?" at: http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000033155.htm
It says that for wine to be kosher, one percent of the wine must be discarded, a symbolic remnant of the 10% tithe.

Since I'm non-Jewish and a heathen (and a living wine disposal unit), I'll gladly "dispose" of this wine. Where should I send my address?

QOTD: Here's a copy of mine, from my thread on the WLTV Tasting Notes forum, entitled, "2003 Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico ($12, Ep.#185)"...

"... a summer aftenoon at our family cabin in the mouth of the Weber River Canyon (a very rustic little abode, a small A-frame with no services at all). I mean... campfire, wild flowers, a little charcoal grill, the wood shingles warmed by the sun, a hint of mossy smells wafting up from the river below, and yes, even a momentary aromatic jab from the outhouse." :D

I have been doing tastings and Passover wine sale at my temple for about 10 years, drink all types of wine for the last 40. You should try the Weinstock cellar select cab. It is a Kedem/Herzog wine. It sells for about 15.00, and is better than many 30.00 Cal cabs out there. Try it, you'll like it. Nice oak, great fruit, length and balance.

There is a revoulution of kosher wine going on, and it gets better every year.

"Throw-up"??? Oooh... I gotta get me some a dat! :lol:

Interestingly enough, I saw on a Science Channel program yesterday, that 'butyric acid' is the aromatic that gives that special, recognizable character to both vomit and cheeses like Parmesan. I wonder if there could've been some of that present in the Rashi Barolo. Maybe, eh?

QOTD: In a short time, it will be sweaty Vayniac wristband, for sure!

QOTD The 2006 Goose Bay Sauvignon Blanc tastes like a dentist drilling in your mouth and at the end your all clean and done

Gary,
Thanks again for the sweat bands. Helena and I wear ours proudly!
QOTD: The inside of my guitar. Similar to cedarbox.

QOTD: I'd have to say stage weights (I'm a theatre major). It's a combination of iron and metal, but combined with stage dust and spiderwebs.

Gary...Relaxed Couch episode this Friday??????

This episode came just in time. We are having a Seder Meal (I'm Roman Catholic but we have one each year anyways) next week and I'm to bring the wine. The Baron Herzog Cabernet Jeunesse will be served.

Also thanks for the wristband.

Dan in Kansas