Albarino Wine Tasting – Episode #241

May 23, 2007

Today Gary goes after the hot white wines of Spain.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Nora AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Pazo Senorans AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Pazo Pandol AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Havens AlbarinoNapa Other White Wine

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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May 24, 2007

Jimmy B
White fan here, not a red fan. Albarino’s don’t show up around my town, so I guess a trip to New Orleans is in the cards.

Stone Apple Babies – wasn’t that a singing group?????
May 24, 2007

DustyBottles
this is another reason why i love wltv. you can take a grape that i’ve never heard of and make me wanna go out and try it immediately. i’ve been looking for more whites to drink (and to help get my girlfriend into wine), and i think the albarino might be a nice step. but then again..that’s all in a days work for you. Keep up the great work big man.
May 24, 2007

brian moss
I feel like an idiot. I didn’t know Albarino existed until now. Since I don’t live in “the city” I may need to purchase the Nora from afar.
May 24, 2007

barclay
Nice timing. I just did a tasting of an AlbariÃ±o at my local bottle shop, and was totally impressed. Please do more shows like this to help us all branch out and find new and interesting stuff.
May 24, 2007

Jon B
Bokisch Vineyards in California makes a great AlbariÃ±o!
May 24, 2007

aaronT
p.s. where’s the qotd? I feel so cheated! remember, we don’t notice what you give us, only what you take away…
May 24, 2007

aaronT
been lurking for several episodes so here’s a shout for no damn reason.

Cya in SF
May 24, 2007

E
Longoria also has a really nice albarino from SB … I thought maybe it would be fat and overly alcoholic, but no! Good stuff.
May 24, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Fabulous ep!
You have reviewed the Nora before on WLTV.
AND I am sooooo old I remember when you reviewed it before.
I was a childhood friend of Abe Lincoln!!
Thanks for this great ep!!!
May 23, 2007

yowens
gary, how about a show on tokaji? i dont know what the word means but it sounds cool.
May 23, 2007

njbabs
Isn’t your name the same forwards and backwards?

I feel empty without a question of the day. Where will I find meaning and purpose…
May 23, 2007

Harley Stan
Nice episode, I have been on a Spanish wine kick lately so I will have to pick up one of these when I pick up a Rioja.
QOTD
May 23, 2007

Bossman
Okay, okay, I’ll bite (again), I threw a Napa into the cart for the next time I order but you had better be working out with the thumb if history is any indication.

Completely unrelated my musings on the countdown of days(I have too much time on my hands):

On January 4th Episode #159 the magic number was 227

after several shows without the number it reappeared in episode
#168(on January 17th as 224) a slippage of 10 days. It’s been
consistent from that point on.

So it appears it’s not a static date but something being scheduled that
was firmed up between those two dates.

By my calculations the date will be Wed August 29th.

That rules out:

Leon Washington turning 25 years old on Aug 29

The anniversary of Chad being named starting quarterback in 2006

There is a Jets preseason game with Philly but that’s not until 8/30
and I’m guessing the schedule was established long before then.

Movies are typically released on Fridays, that being said I checked a
number of movie databases and there are no Wrestling or action figure
related movies(or any movies for that matter) slated for release on that date (Transformers is slated for July 4th).

Record releases in the US are on Tuesdays (Is Lionel Ritchie or Pat
Benatar due?)

The Vayniac tshirt concert prize is a “three day weekend”

As for wine events all I found was:

http://www.nywcc.com/learn/program_schedule11.php

Class: Personal Winemaking 102
Date: Wednesday, August 29 , 2007
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Cost: $40.00
Instructor: Jan Klapetzky
Location: Educational Theater
This course will assume students are familiar with the basic
principles of winemaking covered in the Personal Winemaking
101 course. The course will cover working with grapes,
fermentation on the skins, acid testing and chemical acid
adjustment, malolactic fermentation and testing by chromatography,
testing S02, sparkling wine and fruit wines. Wine samples
illustrating the various grape and process differences will be
provided.

Instructor Jan Klapetzky has received 21 gold medals in state and national
competitions including a best of show in an American Wine Society national
competition. Heâ€™s a member of the American Wine Society and a past Chairman
of the Rochester chapter.

http://www.mirbeau.com/dining_event_winedinner_schedule.html

August 29
New Zealand Wine Dinner
While New Zealand is most famous for its world-renowned and utterly
distinctive Sauvignon Blanc, especially from Marlborough, it has far more to offer from a wide variety of white and red grapes. In fact the New Zealand wine industry is characterized by diversity and innovation, and the excitement this generates is palpable.

The largest single reason for the excitement is the limestone-based
soil. In New Zealand, limestone soils that also occur in areas climatically suitable for grapes are extremely rare. Limestone may have different characteristics to that found in Burgundy.

So unless Gary plans to be in upstate NY (Skaneateles or Canandaigua)
on that day I’m stumped.

The key to this conundrum must be the significance of the 80+30+10=242
equation on the white board in episode #160 on Jan 5th.

On another totally matter, if you want an out of body experience, go to the
archives and start all shows on the page simultaneously, WOW!!!!! Almost as wild as that day in 1973 we shut out the lights, tied a series of knots knots down the length of a dry cleaning bag, suspended it from the ceiling, lit it from the bottom and watched fire drip onto a piece of aluminum foil. We were so transfixed we almost burned my buddy’s house down to the ground as the flame made it’s way to the ceiling(of course back then the drink of choice was Boone’s farm and I vaguely recall some funny pungent little cigarettes being involved.)
Groovy.
May 23, 2007

vivaitalia
Just tried a vouvray last night and loved it. Gonna have to get one of those albarinos now. What happened to the question of the day? also, the technical answer to your question could be: my name backwards
May 23, 2007

eatapc
I’m going to enjoy the recap shows on iTunes. I don’t have time to watch WLTV every day, but I do listen to my iPod for two hours a day while I’m commuting to and from NYC.
May 23, 2007

Capt M
ALBARIÃ‘O!
May 23, 2007

Capt M
Not the first one, but I had to do it: kuhcrenvay yrag
May 23, 2007

Capt M
At least! you present a not very common varietal that I can say that I have tried MANY times in my time, however, I had no idea that there is an AlbariÃ±o that is NOT produced in Galicia (Spain). At any rate, THANKS for another great show. God bless. I need to try that AlbariÃ±o from Napa.
May 23, 2007

Andy
want to try some albarino this weekend ,, Thanks Gary …
Love the summer time wines.

cheers
May 23, 2007

Clifford James
Hey Gary!

Bulljunk? Hahaha

Yeah, I admit I am still a red fan, having been let down by the whites I’ve tried; the feeling was like this: “Hmm, interesting, but it just doesn’t captivate me as much as the reds I love.”

I’ll keep trying, though, becuase you’ve definitely helped me out of my Cab rut, so there may be hope for whites! I have been trusting your palate since starting to watch and both Darcey and I are INCREDIBLY thankful that our palates/tastes are so similar to yours; we like what you have recommended (of what we’ve tried, of course) so much so, that, again, maybe it’s time to give more whites a try, esepcially as it gets warmer.

Thanks again for what you are doing here! I actually really freakin’ appreciate it, yup to the point of being more effusive than perhaps is prudent. But hey, you deserve the kudos. I still LOVE going back and watching your early episodes where you are so polite and proper, hahaha, except suddenly when you drink something you don’t like, then you almost want to apologize, but even back then you NEVER did (I remember that Yellow Tail Shiraz episode … hahaha); THAT is what integrity is, and I’ve been watching closely, and you simply don’t falter (and I sometimes wonder if you will when the winemaker is sitting right there with you, but even then, nope).

So, Dude, keep it up, keep it real (which keeps me a fan), and thanks for making us all feel so included! I do think we are changing the wine world!
May 23, 2007

Matthew Dunn
Gary, speaking of outside the box, I had a French Colombard from McNab Ridge winery. Very refreshing on warm day.

Btw, if you like eating lemons, try chopping up a couple of thin lemon slices with the rind still attached and adding it to a salad.

-matt3866
May 23, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Loved the 04? Nora,, great intro into a different and fun wine. Have you done Austrian wines in depth??? I apologize, I’ll do some searching in the archives.

Keep it going!
May 23, 2007

Dave Canada
Just had an Albarino last week…they rock!
No QOTD ???
By the way? I was watching some back episodes and noticed that there’s no episode 1-10. Where are they?
May 23, 2007

Matty Van - Tampa,FL
eman ym

You never said to spell Gary Vaynerchuck backwards you said to “spell my name backwards” I think I just won, if I did not win I may have to call shenanigans.

QOD – 1972 did it for me, and a close 2nd is the wendys frosty
May 23, 2007

10sGuy
Okay, so this has nothing to do with today’s WLTV but I have an idea. We’ve all seen the WWJD bracelets and the Lance Armstrong/Darfur/Whateverelse rubber bands, right. Here’s my idea: a purple rubber band with “WWGD” (what would Gary do?) on one side and “Drink some goddamn wine!” on the other. That way if I was ever at a restaurant or bar and wondered if I should spring for just one more bottle of Insignia, I could just look at my wrist and see it…”Drink some goddamn wine!”