Looks great on paper – Episode #260

June 20, 2007

Today Gary tries 4 wines that look great on paper. Let’s see if they deliver.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Allan Scott Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2005 Defaix Chablis Cote De LechetChablis
2005 Ercavio Roble La ManchaOther Spanish Red Wine
2003 Pikes Shiraz EastsideAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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June 20, 2007

glenn
QotD: my med school g-friend Laura!
June 20, 2007

Neil
Will have to try the 2005 Ercavio Roble La Mancha.

QOTD: I bought a Beni Di Batasiolo Barolo from Costco that completely blew. The shelf talker claimed Spectator (or was it Parker?) gave it 90+ points or something like that. One sip, the rest of the bottle went down the drain. A complete waste of money.
June 20, 2007

Cam
QOTD: Ha! My ex-boyfriend.
June 20, 2007

Orion Slayer
Cool episode. Once again, Spanish wines show a great QPR. I will be looking for that Ercavio Roble La Mancha!

QOTD: James Jett. Everything about him looked great on paper:
- played football at West Virginia University
- seven time All-American in track
- gold medal winning 4×100 relay team in the 1992 Summer Olympics
- outran eventual gold metalist Carl Lewis in 100M during prelims
Total bust as a Raider wide receiver!
June 20, 2007

wine-ot
Gv – Thanks for the value driven shows…although the sun has put a hault on my cross country shipping…there’s still so much for us all to learn about regarding wine….even if we can’t be drinking the exact wine while we do!
June 20, 2007

wildebeest
Yay! SF glass!

QOTD: Burned by something that looked good on paper? Over and over again on ebay. I once found three tins of a very rare pipe tobacco for about $60. I was pretty enthused because I’d often seen the same tobacco sell for as much as $60 PER TIN. But when I got the tins, two of them were rusted, and the douchebag hasn’t responded to my complaints.
June 20, 2007

Clifford James
Great show again, Gary. I bought two bottles of the Ercavio in a case a while back from WL and was very pleased as well — a great value. This was an example of a time I trusted how the wine looked “on paper,” as you say. There have been many times, however, that I have been drawn to a wine because of the tasting-notes and rating displayed in the wine store only to be disappointed later; often, it seems, on Australian selections.

My selections have been almost 100% since I started taking your advice on wines, and for that Darcey and I indeed thank you!

Your show/service is awesome … our Vayniac wristband picture should happen soon, as a small payback for all you do!
June 20, 2007

Rob B.
Gary nice episode.
You did the 04 Ercavio in episode 160.
June 20, 2007

Ryan D
QotD: It involves beer goggles.
June 20, 2007

TheDumbPhase
QOTD- My first Russian mail-order bride. I think she was from Belarus…
June 20, 2007

waibeans
sup GV.. what you got for us chooday!
June 20, 2007

italianwinelover
Love thats its early! glad to be a top 10!!!
Nice selection…seems they lived up to the paper…need to find the Ercavio near my house.

QOTD: hmmmm….last singles website I was on…
June 20, 2007

yoshi
QOTD Stock picks!
June 20, 2007

Jeffrey
qotd – Yanks of the last few years! On paper, we should have at least 6 trophies since 96, not 4!
June 20, 2007

KAHUNA
QOTD: the last Porn DVD I got looked great from the cover but was really sucky and blew. None of the girls looked like the ones on the cover art. Oh and the acting was pretty bad also- though the musical score was well done
June 20, 2007

Hinrgman
Great Episode Gary!
June 20, 2007

KAHUNA
The 04 Ercavio was very good also- Not sure if GV reviewed that one but I bought a case of it for some reason- Glad the 05 is just as good will pick some up
June 20, 2007

Karl Laczko
Nice spread of wines here, Gary’s pretty chirpy today as well.
June 20, 2007

KenP
Top ten?
June 20, 2007

Jeffrey
I don’t think GV had anything to do with this being posted early, based on his twittering
June 20, 2007

KAHUNA
Nice and early – ggod job GV!
June 20, 2007

Oleg I.
#2
June 20, 2007

yoshi
hi gary