Old World Wine – Episode #228

May 1, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Today Gary Vaynerchuk takes a walk on the Old World side. Bordeaux, Burgundy and Alsace will make their appearances today.

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138 Responses

May 1, 2007

CW
I’m aged too
May 1, 2007

10SGuy
#2?
May 1, 2007

poquelin
QOTD: Films noirs of the 40’s
May 1, 2007

cdavis
wow 3!
May 1, 2007

Kevin Craig
Yay top 3 perhaps?
May 1, 2007

jsh
5!
May 1, 2007

Ben N.
Top 10 ??
May 1, 2007

mbannon
Old world wines, finally!! Thanks Gary. Now to go watch… Oh yeah – Top 10! psh. whatever.
May 1, 2007

SoCalDaveBandito
My favorite OLD SCHOOL ‘thing’? hmm. hate to admit this guilty pleasure, but old school 80’s rap.

No, not hip-hop. I’m talking about classic Run DMC (Rockbox, King of Rock, etc), Fat Boys & Newcleus’ “Jam On It” (yeah yeah, we know, we know).

It just reminds me of a good time in my life. What can I say?
May 1, 2007

poquelin
MY QOTD: What’s the point of being Number 1 to 10 if you have no comment to make?
May 1, 2007

mike m
Now your talking!!
May 1, 2007

brooklyni
will the new world fans have to leave the room for once?
May 1, 2007

brooklyni
QOTD: old school NY hardcore.
May 1, 2007

Hinrgman
QOD – My Sliderule
May 1, 2007

3dvw
QOTD: 1980’s Met Jerseys … both home and away … the racing stripes look sweet.
May 1, 2007

dc13
Great topic.
May 1, 2007

lifestooshort
QOTD: Old ’70s-era Saturday Night Live
May 1, 2007

Ryan D
Yeah that was me with the 3rd Person comment [Winomoose on the forums].

OMG… I thought I was the only person who liked pickles with dairies products!!!

QOTD: Old school music… Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Procol Harum, Billie Holiday…
May 1, 2007

CW
QOTD: Spending some time with some 20 year olds and younger, I have to say I miss old school child rearing, parents my age have missed the point completely.
May 1, 2007

JimKay
Nice selection today.
What happens to the leftovers?
May 1, 2007

waibeans
mucheos grathiath thenor vaynerchuk

psyched to hear about the OW~!
May 1, 2007

Kelly
Damn you guys are fast/
May 1, 2007

brooklyni
oh god i love coffee ice cream. best flavor of ice cream, hands down.
May 1, 2007

Peter
You should definitely add the word “clams” to your list of synonyms for cash. For example: “This bottle of booze will cost you around 35 clams depending on where you pick it up.” You say “bones” fairly often I’ve noticed and quite frankly your show is missing the word “clams”. Stay “fresh”, go pats.
May 1, 2007

MzTeaze
Thanks for an Old World Episode as I realize that I really love this style of wine.

QOTD: CW said it really nicely (his comment was my first idea). I also miss the old style foot-long MD style – boiled then deepfried and covered with chili, onions and relish. Haven’t had one of those in years. I used to have one during lunch and then wander into Record Traders to flip thru the bin to find the latest British import. (Yeah it was the 80’s….sigh)
May 1, 2007

Neil
QOTD: A good cigar.

Jamocha Almond Fudge isn’t half bad either.
May 1, 2007

cgf
GREAT episode. I was laughing so hard about your red radish pill popping habit.

QOTD: wearing shorts, loafers and no socks in the summer. this outfit may be fine for anyone over the ago of 50, but it really stands out on a 24 year old.
May 1, 2007

KAHUNA
In most pipes i smoked the residue was called hash- just scrape it out and smoke it again! WOOOOOHHOOOO
May 1, 2007

mikeyrad
Great episode today. I am so old school!

QOTD: You can’t get more old school than Tom Glavine. No 100 mph fastball, just guile, smarts and execution of the fundamentals. Great fielder, most bunts in baseball history. Future 300 game winner and HOFer. I have total respect for the guy, even if he gets in as a Brave.
May 1, 2007

mikeyrad
pickles and dairy products? millions of pregnant women and GV can’t be wrong.
May 1, 2007

mas
Nice episode Gary, thanks.
May 1, 2007

Sarah L
QOTD: fountain pens
May 1, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Had a split of the 1990 Suduiraut last weekend……… got some from Haskells but you are killing their price!! = ) Wonderful to show my wife what ALL those sauternes I’ve been buying her, will turn out to be some day. Needless to say “I’m a freaking genius” and she loves me even more!!
May 1, 2007

10SGuy
QOTD: I guess “Old School” is relative, but as a 30-something my fav old-school is 90s grunge rock – Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, even some old Pearl Jam.

And going back a little more…Beastie Boys – License to Ill! “Now here’s a little story I got to tell…”
May 1, 2007

SoCal
G,
Very cool episode!
I have really been getting into old world wine…thanks to you.
You know what else I like? Rudi Schultz
QOTD: 1965, Ford Mustang 289
May 1, 2007

noanoa
Thanks Gary, keep em coming
May 1, 2007

PhilB
Good ep!
Vive la France and its Old School wines!

QOTD: Old school one bladed razors… the blade! Forget the 5-blade Fusion, get a shave in an old school barber shop!
May 1, 2007

Mike N
Gary,

please, I know your an Eastern Euopean kinda guy so please, it’s not kielbasie it’s kielbasa
with the ah sound at the end.

thanks,

Mike N – former lurker
May 1, 2007

jorge
Good show, I’ve been drinking old world wines lately, so it was a timely episode. I must admit, I have grown to prefer the fruit bombs, these old guys don’t do it for me anymore.

QOTD: The smell of a baseball field (grass, dirt, sweat and glory).
May 1, 2007

Jennifer
Love coffee ice cream. LOVE IT!
Thanks for the “old school” wine tasting.
QOTD: Saturday morning cartoon & cereal routine.
Or Incredible Hulk & Dukes of Hazzard night. Wasn’t Wonder Woman on that night too? My mother used to tie a blanket around my neck and I’d spin in circles with her purse in my hand.
May 1, 2007

Garret Nagle
QOTD:

A tie between tobacco pipes, and Sean Connery James Bond films
May 1, 2007

sfgiants55
QOTD: Stick ball in the street, Sleep overs, fort building out of furniture and blankets and Junior High slow dances
May 1, 2007

JonE
QOTD: The old skool wine is easy Chateauneuf. Especially Boisrenard, who wouldn’t right. Foodwise though SUSHI. Now some may read this and think about the new wave sushi crap spreading like wild fire all over the country, but after working for a while in Japan having real deal traditional style sushi (or for that matter going full tilt and allowing omikase)there is nothing more hip and old school at the same time. Great show G-Man, way to throw down.
May 1, 2007

KenP
GV, great episode. It moves into my top five! Love Old World wines. Viva La France!

QOTD: From my student days, plotting revolution in the Deux Maggots cafe. Happy May Day!

What happened to mothy? I miss mothy.
May 1, 2007

Alos Diallo
80’s sports cars.
May 1, 2007

Ross
QOTD: 50s hot rods. Like a 51 Mercury with a couple inches chopped out of the roof, painted black, and red wheels with white walls.
May 1, 2007

Kevin Warner
Who loves coffee ice cream? I love coffee ice cream!
May 1, 2007

amgryger
QOTD: My favorite old school thing is old 35mm cameras, particularly rangefinders. I have two Konica Auto S2s, a Canonet QL 17, and a Minolta SRT 102 (slr, not a rangefinder). I try to use them all at least once in a while. The Canonet traveled through Europe with me next to my Digital SLR.
May 1, 2007

Portland Guy
First? Whoa, just missed it. But a solid episode eases my disappoointment. QOTD – Bell bottoms from the late ’60’s & real Army surplus stuff from WWII and Korea. Loved those cotton fatigues. (of course, hated them when the Army gave them to me for ‘free.’
May 1, 2007

GeneV
Great episode. Your list looks like it could have come from one of my orders.

Your review on the Fronholz is very similar to mine.

Couldn’t agree with you more about visiting Burgundy. One of the great two weeks of my life was Burgundy in 1986. Back when you could still afford them.

Great selections.

Enjoyed the episode thoroughly. I also love red radish!
May 1, 2007

Ken B.
Great show Gary! QOTD: You alluded to it earlier, Johnny Mac and Bjorn Bord rivalary!

Liked the emphasis on old world for a change. I appreicate both, but I prefer the earthiness over the fruit bombs.

Regards,

Ken B.
May 1, 2007

Tom T.
I don’t think I ever heard you talk about Jersey trash, skunk, or green beans as a flavor. McEnroe-Borg…classic tennis matches. Love the comparison!

QOTD – cooking. Old skool (BTW you should have spelled school with a “k’) style. For example – Cast iron pan. Sear it. Pan sauce. Eat. When done right simplicity is king.

Coffee ice cream rocks. Starbucks with chocolate chips is may favorite.

W.I.N.E. wine wine wine!
May 1, 2007

Randy B
QOTD: How about old school work ethics. You showed up on time, you worked the number of hours you were obligated, you agreed to what you had contracted to be paid and your employer rewarded you for performance, not mediocrity. I can go on and on…you won awards and trophies for exceeding expectations, not for just participating. I’ll stop now because I might be showing my age. Gen X, Y you’re soft.

Ciao
May 1, 2007

E-Rock
QOD = A tie between… Hip Hop $ Sneakers
May 1, 2007

MikeyB
qotd: binaca. what ever happened to that stuff? and of course i gotta go with the run dmc crowd – my 3 year old knows all the words to “it’s tricky.” i know i know some of that she probably shouldn’t know…
May 1, 2007

RedLoverJim
Old School music. They rarely make good stuff anymore.
May 1, 2007

TimF
Why don’t you open two bottles of each so if you can make sure it isn’t bottle variation that is causing a wine to show poorly? Isn’t that what a pro taster would do?

Dude — pickles, skunk, sardines and green beans? I think you may have lost it. I think I’d dump it.

QOTD: Old school technology/computer stuff. Vic-20 Radar Rat Race, Atari 2600, programming on an Apple 2e…
May 1, 2007

Jeff G
Love the show. I’ve had the pleasure of the 90 Suduiraut Sauternes unfortunately. I’d tend to agree with parker on this one. The nose was splendid and I agree with your notes. However when it came to taste, it was a bit too cognacy for my palate. I agree with the brown sugar, mango, but it felt unbalanced with an overly strong alcohol mouth feel, it almost burned. I gave it the 86.
May 1, 2007

Smith MBA
QOTD – The back of the hand. Lenny Dykstra. The Different Strokes Theme Song. Transformers but they are not really old skool anymore. Mr. T.
May 1, 2007

Jon
QOTD:

Nero Wolfe novels, RBI Baseball and Ninja Gaiden for the NES.
May 1, 2007

Rob Lind
QoD – Fountain Pens.

There is nothing like writing with a good fountain pen. It glides effortlessly over the paper, it provides subtle expression to the writing.
May 1, 2007

H-Why
QOTD – Sting with the Police singing “Roxanne.”
May 1, 2007

KenP
H-Why,
There is a live version of that song from the ‘Secret Policeman’s Other Ball’, a concert, back in the eighties, for Amnesty International, (I think), that Rocks! ‘Message In A Bottle’ is also performed. Just Sting and a guitar.
May 1, 2007

kingfunk
colleco vision and GI Joe, and watching breakin 2 electric boogaloo
May 1, 2007

Adman
Love the old school review and pulling out some older wines – 2001, 2000 and 1990! Love to drink some wine with a little age – if the wine can take it, it always adds different flavors – however, not sure I’d be looking to throw down $140 on a wine with a bouquet as you described for the Bonnes Mares.

Alsace truely is old school – when my wife and I vistied there, you see wine producers (Hugel, Trimbach, etc.) that have been making wine since the 1600’s.

QOTD: Gotta love the old school price of the Suduiraut – $33 for a 1/2 bottle of a 17 year old wine. Don’t think it could’ve been a whole lot more than that when it was released. Too many things way overpriced these days on release (just wish a had bought a bunch more stuff way back when).
May 1, 2007

ChrisR
QOD: how about old school school stuff like the Trapperkeeper.
May 1, 2007

Paul M
QOTD: Watches … while a $20 Swatch will keep more accurate time than most $10,000 mechanical watches you have to be impressed with something so small built with hundreds of tiny gears, screws, springs, etc. and they run without a battery.
May 1, 2007

Jen
COLD PIZZA!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!! COFFEE ICE CREAM – Holla!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! You rule.
QOTD: The Three Stooges; they are totally old school comedy. LOVE the Stooges.
May 1, 2007

bob pederson
Parker’s last tasting of the Suduiraut was in 1994. 13 years can do a whole lot it seems.

when did WS taste it?
May 1, 2007

GottaGoDrink
QOTD- Football players who just drop the ball in the end zone when they score. Like they’ve been there before and will be there again soon. Like Don Maynard, Johnny Morris, Max Magee.

Great episode Gary. You’ve got it goin’
May 1, 2007

stevo
QOTD: Tecmo Bowl for Nintendo.
May 1, 2007

BV
That was one yummy episode!

QOTD: Pre-cable TV, when there were 3 networks, and I’d memorize the whole schedule.
Here’s to you, “Kukla, Fran & Ollie”!

Bill V.
May 1, 2007

KAHUNA
QOTD: finding an affordable hooker in Manhattan
May 1, 2007

Matt Czinger
First time someone has said “Zinger” with out referencing my last name (yes it’s pronounced “singer”, but still …).
May 2, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Coffee ice cream, yes. With pickles, not so much.
QOTD – A Team, Super Mario Bros and white high tops.
May 2, 2007

Les
Old world wines!!!! I’m a fan – great episode, GV – I WILL seek out some of these wines. Red radishes were quite popular in my childhood, in the north – my mom still grows them in her garden every summer. We get beautiful radishes most of the year here (way way up north) in the grocery stores as well.

QOTD- Steak tartar made fresh at your table in a wooden bowl by a team of servers in a Romanesque, very expensive steak joint – picture mirrored paneled walls, big chairs, plush silence – think JR Ewing, old school enough for you?
May 2, 2007

E
What, nobody’s mentioned those ’60s-era Jets uniforms? Like, none more old school than that.
May 2, 2007

Seth - MacGeek
Gotta love the contrast.. Big fan of salty sweet. Like salted peanuts on ice cream or potato chips on cheese cake (try it)…
May 2, 2007

Matt Czinger
QOTD: When me, TJ, and G-Dubs would knock back some madeira and ‘87 d’Yquem (… that’s 1787). If only I’d saved a few bottles with Tommy’s initials etched on ‘em. Sally kept whisking them away.
May 2, 2007

KC Dan
Nice one Gman Qotd OLD School GAS PRICES !!!!
May 2, 2007

geespot
Way to show us that good Bordeaux is still rediculously expensive, woot. Otherwise, good ep. Love ‘em nice and stinky.

QOD: Who can forget Voltron? That show owned me most of the 80s. Topps baseball cards. With the waxy, hard piece of gum inside.
May 2, 2007

Greg B.
From one G to another. Nice to see ya keeping it Real! QOTD Old school food.
May 2, 2007

TSchampaert
Long time waiting for an ep like this. Great. My fingers go itchy for the Groffier. It’s way above my budget, but just your discription made my mouth water (I am just awake btw – watching you with a mug of coffee). Was Mothy in this bottle?
QOTD: favourite? Difficult to say. So much I love about old world. Maybe it’s hot chalkiness. Some wines, especially some well made traditional Sicilian whites can just taste like a hot chalky boulder in the middle of an olive yard, with crickets chirruping in the scorches grass surrounding it and some chunky lemons squashed on it. They just carry the smell of the sun. Gorgeous.
May 2, 2007

fatdoi
QOTD… old school….. got to be Gundam 0079, period.
May 2, 2007

NathanN
QOTD: The 80â€™s St. Louis Cardinals with the baby blue uniforms Ozzie, Willie, Her, Oquendo, and manager Whitey Herzog. Now that was an old school baseball team.
May 2, 2007

Jon B.
Great episode. Transylvania vid was great. Qotd Mellow smello scratch and sniff stickers.
May 2, 2007

hugh
old school? a great pen, and Pac Man (no, not Pac Man Jones)
Coffee ice cream and pickles…..what’s gonna happen when u r pregnant?!
May 2, 2007

Lynne
QOTD: My VERY favorite….the ‘67 Mustang I had my first date in. I can still hear that car a half mile away on its way to pick me up. Today, I don’t have the car, but I married the guy who drove it!!
May 2, 2007

Brad
The Belarussian sensation was firing on all cylinders today! Between the ‘former soviet union on your ass’ and old world ‘kumbaya’ comment- yeehaw!
No worries about Mossy man on New England, he’s an apathetic infestation of an athlete that will permeate his bacterial infection throughout the squad, rendering them useless. What a waste of space, and a STUPID move for a discipline team to pick up an aloof loser (in his twilight, I might add).
May 2, 2007

Frankallen
Salted Peanuts poured in your Coke,Sock Hops with real slow Music, and playing Marbles on the School Playground!
May 2, 2007

Michael Browning
Great show! The wine descriptions were awesome, makes you want to go out and grab a bottle, but the price is to much for my pocket book.

QOTD: No Traffic, and lisening to 60 & 70’s music.
May 2, 2007

Robert F
Love the old school dirty wines, especially the dirty burgs.

QOTD: Old school 80s rap – Run DMC style “It’s Tricky!!!”
May 2, 2007

cdavis
What is your favorite coffee ice cream? Mine would have to be Starbucks java chip!

QOTD: Love my Old School Nintendo! SMB, Bubble Bobble, Excite Bike, RC Pro Am, Dig Dug, and the list goes on. I break it out about 4x per year.
May 2, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
Gary – Great episode. I love OW wines! Now, how about another OW ep, but this time on the wonderful wines of Rhone?

QOTD – definitely bell bottoms, quiana shirts, and blowdrying my long hair…which I don’t have anymore so I buzz it to a crew cut.
May 2, 2007

Herm
QoTD: I loved listening to the Doors on an eight track tape player….still do….great episode,thanks
May 2, 2007

Scruff
QOTD: Punk rock
May 2, 2007

wayno da wino
QOTD: i’m wit SCRUFF (comment #96); Ramones,
Joan Jett, Green Day, YOOOOOOOO !!!!
May 2, 2007

SoCal
BTW….expresso gelato ROCKS!
May 2, 2007

JimVarney01
QOTD!!!!! Dead heat for Old Skool Rap (Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Fat Boys in the HOUSE!!!) and Old School WWF action, Saturday Nights Main Event, Steel Cage Matches, Jake the Snake throwin his python (Damien?) out into the ring, Brutus the Barber cuttin people’s hair after he won, and George the Animal Steele tearin apart turnbuckles with his teeth when he won!!! So glad my dad got me into that!

Speakin of which, what the hell happened to Nikolai Volkov?
May 2, 2007

Capt M
Muchas gracias SeÃ±or Vaynerchuk. Very nice selection; thanks for tasting such expensive wines for us. I’m not much of an “old world” style wine fan, but any serious wine connoseaur or taster comes across old world more often than not, so you have to know how to interpret and appreciate them.

QOTD: MUSIC, man.. CLASSICAL MUSIC! Every now and then, to enjoy at the theater or at home, either a dvd or just the music of Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Nocturne Serenade)), or Brahms’ or Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, or one of Beethoven’s Symphonys. Pair that up with a glass of nice Port or any red wine. Pretty classic and old world, and pleasant. Haydn’s Quartets; I love chamber music too.
May 2, 2007

YoungDave
GARY! Great Ep., and I’m gonna go old school with a Loire Sauvignon tonight.
Also, I just got back from Ireland, and I’m all caught-up on the episodes I missed. The Guinness was great, but I missed wine! They aren’t very particular about their wine there, and I saw a rediculous amount of Hardy’s imported there! Good to be back and you’re getting my wristband pic soon!!

QOTD: Other than my big wheel (loved the big wheel), and my sweet blue and white striped Osh Kosh shorts, I’ve gotta mention my Marvel Comics and Marvel trading cards collection, Wolverine being the most prized of the bunch. I don’t really miss the blue and yellow striped tube sox, though.
May 2, 2007

Shotgun
The only thing better than coffee ice cream is a coffee or mocha milk shake. Awesome.

Favorite old school thing: The Old Course at St Andrews Scotland. 600 years old and going strong. Every round of golf played there is completely different than the one before, as if on totally different courses. Endlessly fascinating.
May 2, 2007

Harmony
QOTD: the ice cream/pickle thing reminded me of peanut butter and pickle sandwiches on Wonder bread with a side of cheap generic Cheese Curls, maybe some Depeche Mode in the background, circa 1987.
May 2, 2007

dude
QOTD: gotta be Bob Cousy in the short shorts destroying kids from long range.
May 2, 2007

FTboomer
My favorite Old School thing would have to be putting a record on the turntable and listening on a very good hi-fi system. Nothing sounds as good as needle on vynil on s ggod system
May 2, 2007

Dr. Dan
The Transylvanian hussy is fabulous–I say that in a flattering way. Good theatrics, good humor, good camera presence. Very entertaining. Well done.
May 2, 2007

CampingLisaB
QOTD: Cooking over a campfire with cast iron pots!
May 2, 2007

Kevin Craig
last?
May 2, 2007

KenP
I wanna be last!
May 2, 2007

Kevin Craig
Darn you KenP!

I will let you be last on one condition:

You must drink an entire jug of sutter home white zin in one hour without throwing up.

The white zin challenge!
May 2, 2007

KenP
I give up. You can be last. Wait! I’m last again!
May 2, 2007

Mr. Cabernet
I would say you are one of the toughest critics when it comes to ratings. Even a wine you rave about only reaches the 94-95 wine. I’m wondering what are your 96+ wines and what are the greatest values in that range?

Yes, I’m a ratings whore.
May 2, 2007

KenP
Well, Kevin, what can you do. Wait…!
May 2, 2007

Kevin Craig
Ken, I have decided to do the white zin challenge myself.

I will begin in 5 hours, after it has properly decanted.

A fine wine as such must be oxygenated, as Mr. V taught me!
May 2, 2007

KenP
Well, Mr. Craig, then I graciously bow out. The last post is yours, following this dross of a post, of course.
May 2, 2007

Kevin Craig
May this last post rest in peace.
May 2, 2007

John
Great episode as usual G, Megan (wife) and I are planning a dessert wine party so I will have to throw the Sauternes you tasted today in there.

Shout out for coffee ice cream. LOVE IT, I MEAN LOVE IT, double shout out for the ice cream pickle follow up from my wife. I would think she was pregnant but she has been doing that for the 4 years that I have known her.

Favorite old school: The movie Rad!, without a doubt

Peace and chicken grease
John W
May 2, 2007

DryDrew
Untill I come along
May 2, 2007

KenP
AAAARRRGGHH!
May 2, 2007

John Blue Label
GV,
I love coffee ice cream
QOTD: Leather footbal helmets.
JW
May 2, 2007

KenP
Kevin, sshhh, I think the coast is clear. Do it, man, do it….
May 2, 2007

Kevin
May 2, 2007

yowens44
QOTD: Steel Curtain- there should be no debate here. big bones for those wines gary, may seek out the sauternes
May 2, 2007

Andrew G
QOTD: men wearing hats every time they went out of the house, and 70’s basketball shorts
May 3, 2007

KenP
On behalf of Kevin Craig: LAST!
May 3, 2007

aaronT
I already thanked you in an email but here’s some public props for ya Gary…

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! (a la mid-90’s little ceasar’s TV commercials “pizza pizza”)

Me, with a little bit of you, made Carolyn’s 28th birthday a very special one, didn’t we? We’ll be sure to come introduce ourselves at the SF Vayniac party!!

-Aaron
May 3, 2007

TR
Qotd- Rheiheitsgebot of 1516 the German beer purity law hops water yeast barley. Wine translation, all you girlyman trying to synthesize wine in a lab make REAL wine you dumkopfs.
May 3, 2007

Johan Alexandersson
This was an excellent episode! Nice to see old world showing it’s strenghts once in a while.
But, what about this nivellation between McEnroe & Borg? Must have been a mistake there, clearly Borg is the upper level? Did I mention I’m from Sweden? Say no more.
QOTD – I’ll never, never forget sitting besides my grandpa in the boat steering the Mercury 10hpmotor from the seventies. That mercury is definitely my old school favourite. I wish I one day will find that smell in a wine. Perhaps it will be in an old riesling auslese, what do you think?

You and a little but of all of us IS changing the wine world. Un point c’est tout.

Btw, I spent a week in Belarus three years ago. It was really interresting.
Keep going Gary, you’re truly inspiring.
May 3, 2007

Justin S
QOTD: Old Skool Wrestling Andre the Giant versus Hulk Hogan
May 11, 2007

Pablo
QOTD: Coffee and Cigarettes. You can’t smoke anywhere anymore and it’s so hard to sit down and enjoy two things that were meant to be together.
May 15, 2007

Steve Ivy
Hi Gary,

Just discovered WLTV after the Cork’d news, and I’m loving it.

As a complete newb, I did not know that Burgundy & Pinot Noir were (sort-of) the same thing. Thanks for the headsup!

I first had Pinot Noir in Switzerland in the late 90’s – I think it was from Neuchatel. Man, it was great. I prefer dry wines, and the Pinot Noir was my first taste of what you guys call Old World wines. Very nice.

Rock on,

–Steve
April 15, 2008

Grif
I donâ€™t know much about wine, but you contradicted one of the few things I thought I knew. You said all Burgundy reds are pinot noir. I thought many of them were gamay. Iâ€™m guessing you donâ€™t categorize Beaujolais as Burgundy. The store I use doesnâ€™t have a Beaujolais section. Iâ€™ve always assumed the Burgundy section included the Beaujolais. Theyâ€™re combined on a web site I use.
May 5, 2008

Exdamyankee
Not sure if you’re ever gonna get this Gary, but wanted to compliment you on a great episode. Love the old world stuff as well as the new world. It’s a great time to be into wine, isn’t it?

ALMOST HALFWAY THERE! Starting from episode 1 a couple of months ago, I made it this far. By summer time I’ll be up to date!

QOTD: I am seriously into old school sports cars, always have been. My daily driver is a ‘74 Datsun Z, there’s a ‘69 Triumph in my garage totally disassembled and undergoing restoration. Always looking for the next one
. The “old skool” rides have a style, personality and soul I think is lacking in modern iron.
May 22, 2008

Mike Gigante
I’m with exdamnyankee. My old school favourite is driving classic roadsters. British roadsters from the late 50s and 60s in my case.

BTW, I *love* old botrytis Semillons. I’m surprised by the price of the Suduiraut given we seem to be stung *really* badly for Sauternes. Luckily we have a lot of pretty good domestic wines in this style.

Mike
July 3, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Are you kidding? I love rieslings. I want to buy cases of JJ Prum and Dr Loosen Rieslings and drink myself silly. Lemonade at its finest? Count me in. The Groffier Bonnes Mares is a little pricey for me for a red right now, but something to think about when my pallete develops. That Sauternes sounds like a dream. I own a bottle of d’Yquem, and now knowing why the color of it is light, I figure now I’ll have to wait some time to open it. Im sure it will be well worth the wait, though. QOTD: Jazz. Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane just to name a few. Classic kick-ass music. Bitches Brew and A Love Supreme? That’s bringing the thunder.
April 2, 2009

Tracy
just bought 2 bottles of 1990 Suduiraut and looking forward to drinking it!

QOTD – old school thing would have to be music… I love Hendrix, Doors, etc. and they were before my time… : )

come to Maui for some pineapple oil we got the original sugar loaf here!
June 18, 2009

Phredd
QOTD: A properly-aged vintage port. I’m talking to people already trying to drink the 2003’s. Ugh. Let’s all kick back, stick the bottles in the cellar, and give these bad boys some good old-fashioned time. I’ll taste ‘em with you in 20 years.
October 19, 2009

dcpatton
QOTD: Music. LL Cool J, Tribe Call Quest, etc.

Good to see some old school wines reviewed. Thanks.

Old World Wine – Episode #228

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