Viewers Choice Awards, Well Kinda

Viewers Choice Awards, Well Kinda – Episode #287

August 3, 2007

Gary asked you to pick the show and so here we are another laid back Friday!

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“Another great episode. You seem to bring a ton of energy on Fridays. …” by Dessert Wine Nerd
“Freeze some damn wine!…” by Elliot
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Tait The Ball BusterAustralian Shiraz/Syrah
2001 Truchard SyrahNapa Syrah/Shiraz
2002 Chat PavieSt Emilion

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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August 1, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Another great episode. You seem to bring a ton of energy on Fridays. Must be that getting out for the weekend thing. Love the Jets rant, too. I feel the same way sometimes about players on my teams that jump. The 2005 Tait The Ball Buster sounds interesting to me. Im a fruit fan, so I cant see why I wouldnt like it. QOTD: IM A YEAR TOO LATE!! ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!
October 19, 2007

Elliot
Freeze some damn wine!
August 24, 2007

Brandon M
Sweet #206
August 22, 2007

Brad
Gary,
I own a liquor store in Pulaski TN and have been watching your shows on iTunes for the past few months. I think they are great. They are very informative and my employees and I have greatly enjoyed watching and learning.
This comment has nothing to do with wine though. It has to do with your comments about Vinnie. I wanted to let you know my boys in orange, the Tennessee Volunteers, were the first to make him a loser. On Jan 1st 1986, the Vols sent him and “The U” packing back to Miami on the business end of a 35-7 loss.
Love your show and just thought you would like this little bit of trivia.

Brad
August 15, 2007

Rob Lind
QoD – Madiera !!
August 10, 2007

Porter
Yea.. I hate to burst the bubble but to confirm what Matthew Nguyen is saying… Laube did it on his blog on Wine Spectator
August 8, 2007

Jason
G man get the freezer going stat! this isn’t a high maintenance taste test – and you should definitely crack the bottle one day, try it – film it… then let’s go like a week in the freezer, bust it out, nuke it and lets do it.
August 8, 2007

Happy Wine Guy
I really enjoy the Truchard also. They make a nice Pinot Noir too.

QOTD: Critter wines – which of the cheap aussies do you like best?
August 8, 2007

JayZee
Awesome show, Gary! QOTD: Since I just got back from Barcelona, how about a Priorat episode? Here are a few of interest from WL:

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29164
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29785
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32164
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=9817

Oh, yeah, and what the heck ever happened to my Washington State boutique wine episode? I mean, I even gave you the wines, dude!

And I’m going to keep rattling your cage until you come through, bro!
August 7, 2007

Michael Z
How about a theme of “role of the winemaker”? You touched on it with the Pavie today, metioning that he was able to produce a good wine in a sub-par year. What about a winery that has recently gone through a change in winemaker/ownership?

A perfect post-Hollywood exapmle: Sanford Winery. Sanford was bought out by investors (basically, the Chicago mob) in 2005 and got rid of its long-time winemaker. Now Richard Sanford, the initila founder, has moved on to make Alma Rosa wines, and took a lot of his staff from Sanford with him. Apparantly the new Sanford is harvesting many more tons-per-acre and making inferior wines but at the same prices as before, taking advantage of the Sanford lable and post-Sideways fame. I would love to see you tase some pre-and post-Holywood Sanford wines to compare.

Loved the energy today!

-Michael
Washington, DC
August 7, 2007

Kathleen Lisson
QOTD: ‘Naturally’ made icewines versus grapes that are frozen in the winery to make icewine.

Freezing wine episode: does residual sugar, high alcohol or lack thereof change the quality of defrosted wine? Do reds freeze better than whites?

Does regular wine come back to life after freezing better or worse than icewine that is re-frozen (LOL). Isn’t it adding insult to injury to freeze those grapes again?

I have seen advice to freeze wine in ziplocs and then defrost for COOKING, not drinking purposes.
Kathleen
Albany, NY
August 7, 2007

JimW
QTOD: How about a Cava show? I am a big fan of 1+1=3
August 7, 2007

dkeck
Geeeezzzz happy fingers sorry
August 7, 2007

dkeck
I third a Washington vs. California showdown!
August 7, 2007

dkeck
I third a Washington vs. California showdown!
August 7, 2007

Jaime
I second the Washington vs CA showdown! Or just a focus on Washington
August 7, 2007

Jeff
QOTD: How about a Riesling theme? You could taste a Trocken, Kabinett, Spatlese, and Auslese. Come on, you know you want to. Just do it.
August 7, 2007

FredinNYC
QOTD: I second the suggestion of bordeaux left bank vs. right bank
August 7, 2007

Kirk
Looking back I did see a few coments on verticals….I’d like to agree. it’d be nice to see the same wine in 4-6 different vintages.
August 7, 2007

Kirk
QOTD: Gary, with the recent rumors of the sale of Shea Vineyard fruit to a California conglomerate from 2007-2017 I was wondering if you would do a Shea vineyard episode? There are tons of producers (St. Innocent, Bergstrom, Penner-Ash, Ken Wright, ect.) that buy these grapes in Oregon and it looks like we are about to loose our beloved Shea vineyard wines from Oregon….thanks
August 7, 2007

Jon K
Gary – the other day it was Vinny T, today it is beer drinkers – how about a little compassion!

Jon
August 7, 2007

italianwinelover
nice ep…good choices.

QOTD:bordeaux left bank vs. right bank, would love to know more about the difference in the flavor, alcohol content, regions ability to change the flavors, etc….

great job GV…gave you my dime this week!!!
August 7, 2007

old/new world guy
good epi gary….the carneros syrah ande the pavie sound just like my kinda wines….eh, got a hunerd bones i can borrow?

theme: how about a good solid vertical tasting of a producer’s flagship wine? not 4 consecutive yrs in a row…how about a 3 – 8 year spread, so you get some noticeable differences, from youth to mature.
August 7, 2007

Ferrigno
WOW GREAT IDEA “WLBURK”, I SECOND THE MOTION
August 7, 2007

wmole
qotd: theme sports heroes turned wino’s…joe montana,dick vermeil, ernie ells, mario andretti, callaway, jeff gordon, arnold palmer, peggy fleming, maybe with no scores but winner takes all, best of show, or whatever?

PS laid back friday? you laid back in that couch for a total of 2.5 jersey seconds. other than that it was classic gv. adios from left coast