Comments on: Cheap Pinot Noir, Any Good Ones? – Episode #259

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:40:47 +0000

Hands down Talus Shiraz was the most god awful wine i have ever tasted. So happy to see you agree

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:48:47 +0000

A question…is Pinot Noir considered a light bodied wine or full bodied?

By: Paul V

Paul V — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:39:35 +0000

QTOD: So keeping in theme for this episode, it too was a pinot N. About three years ago I was living by myself in the deep suburbs of Pittburgh and we had a small wine shop in town. I didn’t know too much about wine and one day while walking home from work I stopped in.

They had a Pinot Noir for $6.00.
Regretfully I forgot the maker of the wine now, on the tip of my tongue though.
I popped it when I got home.

The mouthfeel was quite thin, almost thinner than water.
The attack was seriously all oak
I tried to get some fruit flavors out of it – anything – cherries, raspberries anything to no avail.
It was horrendous. It was hot, it was oak.
It was so bad I tried to find reviews of it online to see if it really was that bad. I couldn’t find any mention of it anywhere.

I’d give it a 50 pts because the scale doesn’t go below … screw it.
I’m giving it a 47.

Great show. Shame the last one was cork’d. What a fitting end to the show though. Horrible, Bad, Horrible, Cork’d.
keep up the great work,

By: Garo

Garo — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:50:36 +0000

you are the best man. I really didnt know anything about wine until I started watching you.

By: Dessert Wine Nerd

Dessert Wine Nerd — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:19:24 +0000

Ouch…. another 0-4 episode. Tough deal. Thankfully Hollywood didnt make me go crazy and buy up wines without doing some research first (namely, you). I do love your rants though when you taste poor wine. Sad thing is my parents drink some of these (Cavit). QOTD: Without question, the Charles Shaw brands. My parents buy these because of the price point, and I tasted a Chardonnay and some red and both were awful.

By: Donna Marie

Donna Marie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:24:55 +0000

QOTD: Haven’t had any.

By: Surekat

Surekat — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:30:51 +0000

poor GV… i have never, ever had a wine from barkan that i enjoyed.

but i DID once have a ‘97 romanian PN at $3.50 that was FAB (my dad kept on buying cases of the stuff until the shop ran out), so there must be other good PN’s out there for less than an-arm-and-a-leg. thanks for making the effort to find them!

QOTD: in the army they used to serve a kidush wine that was literally called “victory wine”. need i say more?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:16:38 +0000

Hi Gary… I dimly remember having some RETSINA in the 80s, which was like battery acid or industrial lubricant, some sort of a non-food liquid masquerading as a beverage.
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