Comments on: Bringing the Thunder – Episode #240 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/ Wine news, tastings and reviews from the Wine Library Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rogerheaton http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-969476 Rogerheaton Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:57:00 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-969476 all over it like a tramp on chips all over it like a tramp on chips

]]> By: corkscrew http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-736284 corkscrew Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:28:36 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-736284 Good line up of wines..nice to own a wine store... QOTD-French and Italian wines due to their confusing labels. <a href="http://www.winelx.com" rel="nofollow">www.winelx.com</a> Good line up of wines..nice to own a wine store… QOTD-French and Italian wines due to their confusing labels. http://www.winelx.com

]]> By: John J http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-712994 John J Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:39:01 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-712994 qotd: for the time being Greek wine. Gary, can you put a vin jaune on the show please? qotd: for the time being Greek wine.
Gary, can you put a vin jaune on the show please?

]]> By: John__J http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-803767 John__J Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-803767 qotd: for the time being Greek wine. Gary, can you put a vin jaune on the show please? qotd: for the time being Greek wine.
Gary, can you put a vin jaune on the show please?

]]> By: John D. http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-679821 John D. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:19:57 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-679821 I love this episode Gary! "Bam! 40 bones! Gone!" "So don't pee on me if I waste a lot of wine!" "If you find this in a bush..." "Sort of reminds me of Lincoln Logs..." - I loved playing with these growing up! (Born in '75) Classic stuff! QOTD: Without a doubt, Burgundy. Good God. And the prices. I enjoy Pinot as much as the next guy, but 60-80+ bones for a quality (90 - 90+) French Pinot?! After Burgundy, probably the disparity between critics in scoring wine. Obviously, each person's palate is different. So that probably accounts for a chunk. But sometimes, they're poles apart. For instance, 2008 Bordeaux. Parker is consistently 5+ points higher than James Suckling in all the reviews I've read, and probably a similar amount relative to Jancis Robinson on many wines (even though she uses the 20-point scale). I've come to rely on the tasting note more than the score itself! Thanks for keeping all these old episodes in the archives. It's fun going back and watching the classics. It's like TBS or TNT showing great old movies you would never see anywhere else! I love this episode Gary!

“Bam! 40 bones! Gone!”

“So don’t pee on me if I waste a lot of wine!”

“If you find this in a bush…”

“Sort of reminds me of Lincoln Logs…” – I loved playing with these growing up! (Born in ’75)

Classic stuff!

QOTD: Without a doubt, Burgundy. Good God. And the prices. I enjoy Pinot as much as the next guy, but 60-80+ bones for a quality (90 – 90+) French Pinot?! After Burgundy, probably the disparity between critics in scoring wine. Obviously, each person’s palate is different. So that probably accounts for a chunk. But sometimes, they’re poles apart. For instance, 2008 Bordeaux. Parker is consistently 5+ points higher than James Suckling in all the reviews I’ve read, and probably a similar amount relative to Jancis Robinson on many wines (even though she uses the 20-point scale). I’ve come to rely on the tasting note more than the score itself!

Thanks for keeping all these old episodes in the archives. It’s fun going back and watching the classics. It’s like TBS or TNT showing great old movies you would never see anywhere else!

]]> By: John D. http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-803766 John D. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:19:00 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-803766 I love this episode Gary! "Bam! 40 bones! Gone!" "So don't pee on me if I waste a lot of wine!" "If you find this in a bush..." "Sort of reminds me of Lincoln Logs..." - I loved playing with these growing up! (Born in '75) Classic stuff! QOTD: Without a doubt, Burgundy. Good God. And the prices. I enjoy Pinot as much as the next guy, but 60-80+ bones for a quality (90 - 90+) French Pinot?! After Burgundy, probably the disparity between critics in scoring wine. Obviously, each person's palate is different. So that probably accounts for a chunk. But sometimes, they're poles apart. For instance, 2008 Bordeaux. Parker is consistently 5+ points higher than James Suckling in all the reviews I've read, and probably a similar amount relative to Jancis Robinson on many wines (even though she uses the 20-point scale). I've come to rely on the tasting note more than the score itself! Thanks for keeping all these old episodes in the archives. It's fun going back and watching the classics. It's like TBS or TNT showing great old movies you would never see anywhere else! I love this episode Gary!

“Bam! 40 bones! Gone!”

“So don’t pee on me if I waste a lot of wine!”

“If you find this in a bush…”

“Sort of reminds me of Lincoln Logs…” – I loved playing with these growing up! (Born in ’75)

Classic stuff!

QOTD: Without a doubt, Burgundy. Good God. And the prices. I enjoy Pinot as much as the next guy, but 60-80+ bones for a quality (90 – 90+) French Pinot?! After Burgundy, probably the disparity between critics in scoring wine. Obviously, each person’s palate is different. So that probably accounts for a chunk. But sometimes, they’re poles apart. For instance, 2008 Bordeaux. Parker is consistently 5+ points higher than James Suckling in all the reviews I’ve read, and probably a similar amount relative to Jancis Robinson on many wines (even though she uses the 20-point scale). I’ve come to rely on the tasting note more than the score itself!

Thanks for keeping all these old episodes in the archives. It’s fun going back and watching the classics. It’s like TBS or TNT showing great old movies you would never see anywhere else!

]]> By: richardvinifera http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-668752 richardvinifera Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:16:53 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-668752 One of my favourite episodes to date, it's just an enjoyable episode and you can feel you are experiencing the wines vicariously (even more than normal!) plus the classic Vaynerchuk banter, "Bam! 40 bones, gone!" One of my favourite episodes to date, it’s just an enjoyable episode and you can feel you are experiencing the wines vicariously (even more than normal!) plus the classic Vaynerchuk banter, “Bam! 40 bones, gone!”

]]> By: richardvinifera http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-803765 richardvinifera Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:16:00 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-803765 One of my favourite episodes to date, it's just an enjoyable episode and you can feel you are experiencing the wines vicariously (even more than normal!) plus the classic Vaynerchuk banter, "Bam! 40 bones, gone!" One of my favourite episodes to date, it’s just an enjoyable episode and you can feel you are experiencing the wines vicariously (even more than normal!) plus the classic Vaynerchuk banter, “Bam! 40 bones, gone!”

]]> By: Phredd http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-662231 Phredd Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:16:24 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-662231 QOTD: I find French wines confusing. You need to have a map of France and a French dictionary to figure out just where a wine is from. Once you have that licked, then you have to realize that the various producers make different blends each year that may or may not taste anything alike, so your knowledge from last year is immediately out of date. You practically have to make it an obsession just to keep up. American producers specifically try to "commodify" wines to avoid this problem. That has some disadvantages, of course, but it sure makes it easier to follow for us amateurs. QOTD: I find French wines confusing. You need to have a map of France and a French dictionary to figure out just where a wine is from. Once you have that licked, then you have to realize that the various producers make different blends each year that may or may not taste anything alike, so your knowledge from last year is immediately out of date. You practically have to make it an obsession just to keep up. American producers specifically try to “commodify” wines to avoid this problem. That has some disadvantages, of course, but it sure makes it easier to follow for us amateurs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/comment-page-8/#comment-803764 Anonymous Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/05/22/bringing-the-thunder-episode-240/#comment-803764 QOTD: I find French wines confusing. You need to have a map of France and a French dictionary to figure out just where a wine is from. Once you have that licked, then you have to realize that the various producers make different blends each year that may or may not taste anything alike, so your knowledge from last year is immediately out of date. You practically have to make it an obsession just to keep up. American producers specifically try to "commodify" wines to avoid this problem. That has some disadvantages, of course, but it sure makes it easier to follow for us amateurs. QOTD: I find French wines confusing. You need to have a map of France and a French dictionary to figure out just where a wine is from. Once you have that licked, then you have to realize that the various producers make different blends each year that may or may not taste anything alike, so your knowledge from last year is immediately out of date. You practically have to make it an obsession just to keep up. American producers specifically try to “commodify” wines to avoid this problem. That has some disadvantages, of course, but it sure makes it easier to follow for us amateurs.

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