Summer White Wines – Episode #238

May 15, 2007

Today Gary makes a Huge announcement and talks about Summer whites that can be drank now and enjoyed!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Domaines Ott Les Domaines RoseOther French Rose Wine
Voga Pinot GrigioNon-Tuscan Pinot Grigio
2005 Domaine Ricard Touraine Blanc Pierre A FeuTouraine
2006 Grosset Riesling Polish HillAustralian Riesling

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May 15, 2007

SoCal
G,
Your review of the Voga was freaking Classic
I almost spit up my glass of wine all over the screen when you said “this is not where the thunder lies, this is where the poison candy lies”.
I am glad you did not feel that way about the Rudi I was bugging you to try.
QOTD: I am staying cool and traveling when I can.
May 15, 2007

Pauly
hey gary, okay, you got me to post out here. A couple weeks ago I was wondering where to vacation to drink and eat well. Finally decided against Vegas and Chicago as posters have suggested. I was up late the other night and impulsively booked a flight to northern Spain to backpack and visit family.

Anybody out there have any suggestions about A Coruna, or Galicia in general?

Thanks guys!
May 15, 2007

kahuna
I am available on Tuesday if Gary wants to buy me a plane ticket also to go to Berns!
May 15, 2007

Kevin Warner
I am going to Fort Knox for some Army training this summer! HOOAH!
May 15, 2007

BCWinesAreIn
Great episode. The smackdown on the pinot grigio was entertaining. 48 points! As for the summer, looking to expanding my palate by trying more roses. Recently bought a BC rose from Joie, a local BC winery, and looking forward to it. Speaking of Rieslings, ICEWINE baby! Had an ice wine during a Mother’s Day tasting. The NK ‘Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Riesling Icewine was so good.
May 15, 2007

Frances
Q.O.T.D. summer time means going to the produce market on saturday mornings and sipping wine on a porch in the evening.
May 15, 2007

Kevin
For the first time since I signed up for Cork’d, I’m looking forward to using the Cork’d account. =) Way to go GV!
May 15, 2007

Kelldey
Great ep! Loved the pinot grigio smackdown. Believe it or not, I am a woman who got my hubby interested in WLTV. We now watch when we get home from work.

That Reisling sounds really awesome. I tried an Oklahoma-produced Reisling last weekend, and found it to be nice, but there were sugar crystals at the bottom of the bottle that ended up in the final glass poured. Is this normal, or is it a sign of an immature wine?

When are you doing the Lacryma Christi ep? I bought a case, for God’s sake!
K
May 15, 2007

Beetroot
I prefer Voss water over Voga
May 15, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
I LOVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE PINK TOO……….;-)
QOTD: Golf trips and drinking wine.
May 15, 2007

Harold
Gary I can’t figure out if you laid the smack down on that Voga or if it laid the smack down on you. Either way, it is just THAT type of unpredictability that I love about WLTV.
May 15, 2007

Craig
Oh great, my OCD side wanted to put in its 2 cents worth …. Please, Gary, even if the wine/beverage rates only a 48, don’t try to improve its flavor profile with cold, hard cash, there may not be enough alcohol in the juice to kill the GERMS !!!
May 15, 2007

Kirk
Gary,

You ask for it…you get it(cause I’m just that dedicated….). You would like my commets….I’d like to see you stop opening wines 2, 3, or 4 hours before the show. There are MANY, MANY wines that fall apart(even in their youth) in the period of a few hours…so I’d like you to think about opening wines an hour or so before the show. What do you think? Are their reasons you’re opening these wines for 4 hours that I don’t know about? Let me know…
QOTD: This summer….I’m working my @$$ off as the wine director for a Cuban restaurant, Havana’s in Bar Harbor, ME. 6 nights a week…just don’t show up on a Thursday night…
May 15, 2007

Garret Nagle
QOTD:

This summer, as you know, I’m graduating, job hunting, and the big one…. getting married. Be sure to look out for some engagement pictures to be sent your way to be posted on WLTV coming up closer to the big day – Aug. 24.

I’m also looking forward to connecting with some of my good friends that are away at college and what not, and I think it’s important to spend a lot of quality time with my groomsmen this summer.

And what am I doing this weekend? Having a graduation barbeque at which I will introduce my friends to the wonderful world of Argentine Malbec and Spanish Cava Brut Rose……. Followed by tobacco pipes and the sipping of port with bleu cheese and pear slices.
May 15, 2007

Brad Coelho
5 comments a week? You best be giving big time material to entice the minions to speak! There’s nothing like panning a ridiculous ‘delivery device’ winemobile w/ a smug smile on the face and a thumbs up- I love it! My wife does complain about your voice, consistently! You’ll need to do more than toss her a t-shirt…perhaps you could toss her a bottle of ‘00 Leoville Las Cases, that will coaxe some favor outta her
May 15, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Really fun episode! Nothing quite like a 48 point wine to get the descriptions going. Nice how it was followed by two wines you really liked. That, in a nutshell, is WLTV.

QOTD- A 4-day weekend of musky fishing in N. Wisconsin with the guys, kids soccer games, kids baseball games, street fairs by the score with live music, trips to Ravinia outdoor music fest, MLB in Chicago, vacation in the Hamptons where I hope to find some $90, 48-point wine, take the kids to summer camp, find something fun to do while they’re gone, try some new wines with our cookouts, turn my friends on to more good wine, go to some outdoor BYO restaurants!
May 15, 2007

TampaSteve
and QOTD= heckle your a$$ all summer long if you don’t make it.
May 15, 2007

TampaSteve
You want my 2 cents……I think you should fly your a$$ in on next Tues May 22nd and join Tim, Kevin and I for dinner at Berns.
May 15, 2007

FTBoomer
Guilty Guilty Guilty. Sorry Gary, like some of the others I’m guilty of hangin in the forums and not posting in the comments. Here are my 2 cents for the day.

Can’t wait to see the integration between Cork’d and WL.

Just looking forward to a nice relaxing summer. Drinking some wine, smoking some cigars and generally just haning out. How about you?
May 15, 2007

geespot
Great episode. Laughing out loud more than once. Love the comment about how the wives/girlfriends can’t stand you, that’s hilarious because that’s exactly what goes on in my house. You know what though, it actually makes the show more enjoyable to watch knowing she can’t stand it!

QOD: Well, summer is here in Las Vegas, it’s already 95 degrees, so anything I do is a summer activity now. Coming to visit the folks in NYC and NJ next week, hopefully I’ll get a chance to sneak off to the store. Her folks are only a stones throw away in Livingston, so maybe I can beg, bribe, or otherwise con my way into a trip over there. My clincher is that we’re having a BBQ in L-town on Memorial Day so, someone needs to go buy the WINE!
May 15, 2007

10SGuy
Gary, at the risk of being labelled a techie, ask your programmers if they could take advantage of AJAX for the comments section so you could post a comment without the whole page reloading. If I post a comment while watching WLTV I have to go back and find where I was in the video which is sorta a PITA. From what I understand AJAX can allow one part of a part to be refreshed without the whole page being refreshed.
May 15, 2007

gabe
the euro is killing me.

uglyfruit is good…..try starfruit is better.
May 15, 2007

Dan
QOTD: Possible trip to Oregon wine country… various weekend trips around the east coast.

I always love when you do a Sauvignon Blanc… it’s my fav white and I find that Sauvignon Blancs either go towards greatness or go towards complete garbage. So it’s nice to find a potential good one.
May 15, 2007

Jared B
Here’s the first installment of my dime…

QOTD: Going on my honeymoon. We were married last summer and our schedules didn’t work out with taking a honeymoon at the time so we postponed for a while.
May 15, 2007

PhilB
Great ep!

GV, you must be SUCH a busy man with all those projects! Good on you!
QOTD: Working as a NICE and FRIENDLY French AND ENGLISH speaking waiter in Paris, France! We’ll see if they are ready to handle that! All the Vayniacs are invited to visit!