QOTD: Heck yeah

QOTD: If i have a bottle open and not watching TV or with friends then i do sometimes watch WLTV. Also sometimes watching it can make you want to pop a cork or crack a stelvin!

QOTD: I also usually watch (OK, mostly just listen) at work, so no. I do sometimes when I'm at home, but even there, not usually. I drink wine over dinner or dessert 97.62% of the time.

QOTD: Always....what better way to drink..

QOTD: Always. (Almost)

almost everyday ill watch an episode from the archive while i eat breakfast, milk and oj library tv!

Hey there G. Just going through the archives and realized I had not tried a Cote Rotie. Will definitely now!

QOTD: I always have a glass while watching WLTV. Normally after work, I pop a bottle and pour a glass of wine, let it sit, play with my German Shepherd, then go hit the gym, come home, cook a nice dinner, have my wine with dinner and watch WLTV. Always makes for a great ending to the day. Cheers!

Fish cheese!? No thanks, id be gaging. I have to make a plum sauce at work and it gets fish oil in it.... YUCK! I cant stand the smell. It probably harks back to when I was in 3rd or 4th grade and ate some dried squid. Fucked up my fish palate forever, I think. Ive seen the Cote-Rote wines in stores before but didnt know a thing about them, thanks again for hammering some knowledge into my brain. QOTD: I watch at all times of the day since Im trying to catch up to the current episodes, so I usually dont plan a wine pairing with the show.

QOTD: Absolutely!

Gary came out big for this one and I just don't taste what he's talking about. I thought it had a flat bitter cherry taste to it, with a sour dirt undertone - I threw away half of it. It may be just that this winemaker's sensibility doesn't agree with my palate, as I have had several poor to lackluster bottles from Guigal and don't plan on buying any others.

Dang right I drink wine while watching.

As a matter of fact, I had the Espelt Saulo last night while watching, and I gotta say, our pallets didn't jive on that wine. No biggie, I'm going to roll into a bottle of Terlato & Chapoutier Shiraz/Vio this weekend. So I watched this episode to see what I was missing out on by not buying the $55 Guigal.

Excellent - a REAL Cote-Rotie episode, although I have to admit, whenever I hear Cote-Rotie, I think of "Sir Gary". :-)

QOTD: If I watch WLTV at home in the late evening, then I am often sipping some wine. However, I often watch in airports, in a hotel room, or at work during lunchtime and the wine option is, um, not available.

Wow. Microformats appeared on this site :) Kudos for that!

QOTD: Not every single time, but most of the shows, I do enjoy with a glass of wine.

QOTD: No. I'm at work.

Great ep G .... Have not had a Cote Rotie in a while but do like them.
QOTD--- Always have a nice table wine to enjoy while watching.

QOTD- YES! My own Finger Lakes Vincent maybe a Cab Frrrrrrunk from Brickstone Vinyards with a Beemster cheese WITH WLTV.
Need to check out a Cote Rotie after I fill my tank and pay the phone bill.

I love Fun Dip!

Cote Rotie are the greatest. Thanks for all!

Congradulations on episode #293! qotd: Rareley; usually watch in the morning or at the office.

Boooh yeah THUNDER and another exciting EP! We are all about the Cote Rotie and Hermitage. Just can't afford to drink them very often. Gary I fully appreciate your comments on Guigal. They are one of those that people love to bash because of their high volume production, but still is one of my all time favorites because the wines generally show so well --- from entry level CdR through CDP up to Hermitage and Cote Rotie. Hopefully some day I have a chance to try one of the single vineyard La la's from a classic vintage.

QOTD: Sometimes. Tonight it was a 2005 Littorai Pinot Noir Les Larmes Anderson Valley. You are a visionary. The future is WLTV. I'm convinced that it will one day rival the traditional networks and cable channels.

I've been dying to try some cote-rotie for a long time know. The price just kind of holds be back. Now at least I have some guidelines to use. It's so weird to me that syrah can be so earthy and austere in the rhone, and make these nuclear fruit bombs in Australia. I know you're probably freaking out with the vikings rolling the jets tonight.

Cotes du Rhone is fabulous in 2003, so heads up for that. Question of the day: of course I always drink wine with Winelibrary-TV ;-) Tonight a simple 1996 Bordeaux. Aged well, but I am running out of them.

QOTD - 50/50 - depends on time of day.

GV - I haven't posted in a while & I watch almost every episode - but I had to post today......
This was the best show in a long time!!!!

QOTD: Hell ya...about 85% of the time

QOTD: No. I watch it at work.

QOTD - I usually watch during lunch at work so no. But when I watch at home, especially on a laid back Friday, yes!!

I watch in the morning over here in Japan so usually don't drink and watch. But sometimes I just gotta.

qotd: 100% of the time i drink wine while watching (pavlov's dog)
i would love to meet you in LA and second the request for a meeting at bottle rock

QOTD: Oh yeah baby. Almost every show since I started watching in the evenings for the past 40.

Great show-I love the Cote Roties-nice to hear your discriptors.

QOTD: Sometimes i do - depends on when/where i'm watching. I had this great Carmenere tonight....

Hey Gary! I'm Baaaaack!! Long time no post, but Cote Rotie caught my eye. Great show. I love the 2003 Giugal I had back on Memorial Day. My TN were identical to yours with the great nose - probably due to the Viognier - and the truest syrah flavor of black raspberry and choclate covered cherries!! Totally worth 50bones!! My last bottle will never last, so I may have to buy another 2 bottles soon! I love Rhone syrah, but if you pump it on WLTV aren't you worried the price will jump thru the roof like Oregon Pinot Noir after Sideways???? How about the less expensive St Joseph or Crozes-Hermitage? What is your other favorite N Rhone syrah producer, other than in Cote Rotie?
QOTD - every chance I get!
Question for you - you still intersted in coming up here to Katonah for a wine tasting dinner after my daughter's bat mitzvah mishap?? We have a wine tasting group and you could be the guest taster...of a menu that we could work out. What do you think?

QOTD - heck yes I do. *burp*

Not yet, but it sounds like fun!

QOTD: hells yeah.

QOTD. Not usually. I've done it only a few times.

QOTD:

absolutely!!!

Guys, PLEASE learn the difference between the plural and the possessive - it's not "cabernet's", and in this episode, it's not "video's", but PLURAL "videos"

It's a relief to have you back... I was starting to get the shakes. Cote-Rotie is the "roasted slope" and pictures of it show a rugged steep terrain with old stone walls. It lies on the right bank of the Rhone river in the northern end of the Rhone region. A large colorful map that pulled down from the ceiling would be an awesome prop but might be too pedantic. The slope has two parts with different soils. The Cote Brune is brownish, rich in clay and has quite a bit of iron oxide. The Cote Blonde has a lighter color combining chalk with clay. The Brune increases its intensity with age and the Blonde is more assertive young and then fades with age. The Viognier is grown together with the Syrah and blended to round out the flavor and bouquet. Due to the steep terrain the harvesting must be done by goats....

I'm imbibing some southern Rhone Valley blend from the Costieres de Nimes called Chateau L'Ermitage. (at $12 a poor man's Hermitage) It's medium bodied with a %40 Syrah, %40 Grenache and 20% Mourvedre. 12.5% alch. the vigneron is Jerome Castillon ages this wine in Oak tanks for nine months. This adds a vanilla element to the berries with a touch of Cinnamon. It's easy to drink and doesn't have any fatal flaws and deserves an 87 IMHO. I'll surely try his white blend next.

Our beloved Redskins are retooling the defense which should take some pressure off our sophomore quarterback Jason Campbell. The Giants lost some of their mainstays and might be ripe for picking. The Eagles always are our nemesis and Dallas has a new coach. Anything could happen...Best of luck to your sons of Namath.

QOTD Yes i do! i'm drinkng 2003 Le Macchiole from the WL right now.