Best Wine Buys Continue Today – Episode #313

September 12, 2007

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There are so many wines out there today under $13 and today Gary continues in his search for the best ones. A Rhone, Austrian and Portuguese wine make cameo’s today.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Claude Branger Le Fils De Gras Moutons MuscadetMuscadet play review at cork'd
2006 Nec-otium Pinot GrigioNon-Tuscan Pinot Grigio play review at cork'd
2005 Berco Do Infante Estremadura ReservaOther Portuguese Red Wine play review at cork'd
2005 Image Du Sud Cotes Du RhoneCotes du Rhone Rouge play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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  1. September 12, 2007

    pete c

    QOTD- favorite new restaurant is Due Terre in Benardsville, NJ. Very nice wine list with fair pricing, delicious food, and friendly and attetive service. Maybe WL could do a dinner there (hint, hint, Brandon!)

  2. September 12, 2007

    Capt M

    Gary, your bright mood is contagious! Today you’re not running at 45 rpm but 78! Phenomenal episode. The first three wines are phenomenal. You’re thankful and we are much more. QOTD: La Folie. It’s a new, 5-star restaurant in my (new) neighborhood. Punta Pacifica is really blooming in Panama City. La Folie has great atmosphere, wine bottle covered walls, fancy food. Gary, today’s WLTV show is very well done! Txs.

  3. September 12, 2007

    Zgray

    Great show! Love the enthusiasm. Gotta try one those wines

  4. September 12, 2007

    NY Pete

    Damn CHEATERS…no wonder Belichick is a genius

  5. September 12, 2007

    Sumit

    Got me out of lurker status with the restaurant question. Got big up another H-town venue: Reef. Definately worth the price of admission and has AMAZING wine prices.

  6. September 12, 2007

    Bernie Bearnaise

    Thanks for the value wine week and for every winner there are more eliminations. It occurred to me the other day that you could accumulate the winners of each episode and have a tasteoff culminating in a best QPR in different price levels. Announce the winners during Super bowl week….

    I was treated to a very tasty meal at Bistro d’Oc in downtown Wash. DC right across from the Ford’s Theater. I had the lamb and it was delicious with some Mas de Guiot Cabernet/Syrah Vin de Pays du Gard which would also qualify for this weeks theme at retail.

    Ellen D makes me laugh when she dances onto the stage…get funky!

  7. September 12, 2007

    lenny

    Fish City Grill – Houston, Tx.

  8. September 12, 2007

    Dominus

    Crabcakes? Lived in MD all my life so yes, gotta have some of the Muscadet! I’m guessing the wine will go with sauteed soft shell? Now we’re talking.

    Now, I go to buy some of the Berco and it’s SOLD OUT! Damn

    QOTD: Favorite “new” restaurant? I had dinner at Daniel Boulud’s relatively new “Moderne” establishment last week during the US Open which was very nice but da best is “L’Auberge Chez Francois” in Great Falls, VA.

    P.S. With regards to the cheatin’ bum Patsies, like the Nixon Watergate break-in, why oh why? Whether they cheated with some camera action, they were still going to win. They are playing the Jets (sorry Gary) not the Chargers or Colts. Based on stupidity alone, they should lose the rights to next year’s 1st round pick and for their cheating Belichick should be castrated. We won’t get into Brady dumping a woman who is going to have his baby. Mercy

    Go Colts!

  9. September 12, 2007

    Dave Canada

    Stinky inner thigh…..I gotta tell you I was not going to the jockstrap place when i thought of that one…..;)
    QOTD – Just went to a great restaurant in Toronto called Bymark, really great http://www.bymark.ca

  10. September 12, 2007

    Brian Kachel

    QOTD: In NJ… hmmm… there used to be so many. I think my favorite is this BYOB called Porcini’s near Willowbrook mall.. great food, great prices, and I can bring my own wine! I love the atmosphere at Milan but the food has gone down and kinda sucks lately… Chengu46 is the absolute BEST chinese in the state…

    In NC where I live now.. I think Cinelli’s restaurant on Sixforks is my favorite for a #of reasons.. food/taste wise Gaetano’s in Wakeforest is pretty damn good.
    Sullivans is by far my favorite steak joint.

  11. September 12, 2007

    Fred Schechter

    It’s so weird Gary, every time I grill octopus, I invite over a sweaty farmer. So I have been pairing it correctly!!!

    No,,
    wait,, maybe not.

    QOTD:hmm, so much good just here in Oakland, my secret sushi spot in the hood, Drunken Fish (ask for fiona).
    http://eastbay.citysearch.com/profile/37924058/oakland_ca/drunken_fish.html
    (I suck at html and tinurl is screwing me up)

    See if you can get my 8 bucks back from Ellen!

    Great tips Arthur! (time to make the drive down south)
    http://www.ds4design.com

  12. September 12, 2007

    Frank B

    Buying so much of your wine I can’t afford to go to a restaurant.

  13. September 12, 2007

    Bob F

    Hi Gary,
    There’s a terrific local seaford resturant on the waterfront in Portland, ME called “J’s Oysters”. Don’t go looking for a fancy place, just go for some really good seafood.
    Beaufoe
    Longmeadow, MA

  14. September 12, 2007

    crank

    Relative newbie just showing you some love. You know how you could show me some love??? Send me that rocking wrist band I ordered weeks ago.

  15. September 12, 2007

    sharon

    Can’t recommend anything new in L.A. but the old standbys are: Angelini, San Marino, Beacon, Orris, and of course the Hollywood Farmers Market (I wouldn’t
    drink the wine there though). Thanks for another great show!

  16. September 12, 2007

    BYB

    Hey Gary, while you are reviewing values, what about the Cote de Blaye?

    QOTD: Albuquerque, NM. La Provence

  17. September 12, 2007

    kopi luwak

    new to me…Joel Palmer House in Dayton (Willamette Valley, OR). Specialize in mushrooms (chanterelles, porcini, morels…) and truffles. Duck, elk, pork tenderloin, salmon…all the things that match so well with pinot noir. And 8 pages of Oregon pinot is the start of an ass-kicking wine list. Sadly, no grilled octopus.

  18. September 12, 2007

    John J.

    QOTD: The Cantina Real down at Hermosa Beach pier. The food is your standard Mexican fair, but the margaritas are out of this world.

  19. September 12, 2007

    Dougie

    HEY GARY i can’t believe you guys are making all this merch but you havn’t had mouse-pads printed up. everytime i watch i put my emails on hold, push my mouse to the side, and swirl my glass around on the pad. i need a designated swirling wine ring!

    P.S. can’t go wrong at Toy Thai in Hollywood

  20. September 12, 2007

    manpod

    Black Orchid Grille in beautiful downtown Nashua NH. I just love the menu.No urgency to drive to Boston.

    Too bad about the camera at the Jets game. Perhaps he was only doing a Jimmy Hoffa documentary at Giants stadium. The sad part is that they didn’t need it.

  21. September 12, 2007

    wolfie

    hey gv. i’ve been slackin off on the comments lately, so i’ve gotta pay my due today.

    favorite new restaurant….. like new because it’s *new*, or new because it’s new to me? i hit this place in boston called Pierrot, a french bistro over near mass general. just stumbled in off the cuff last week when it was late and we needed a bite.

    turned out to be excellent. fantastic, old school french classics. i had wild boar and snails in garlic butter. the owner was awesome, practically hugging the ladies in our party, shaking all of our hands, etc. you could tell he was truly happy to have us in his restaurant. anyways great atmosphere, great food, great people… the whole thing just did it for me. check ‘em out if you’re up that way. here’ the web site: http://pierrotbistrot.com/

  22. September 12, 2007

    LarryF

    Best new restruant in Greece NY is tasso Bistro. Everything made fresh, everything a NYC Bistro has but the price.

    Same team that had to plow the field to kick a field goal

  23. September 12, 2007

    chenin

    Thanks for doing the show for us. You’re great man!
    My experience with muscadets is that they really need a lot of
    breathing time to show their minerality and depth.
    This might be a factor.
    Sometimes it takes half the day until they shine, so maybe
    decanting would be an option.

  24. September 12, 2007

    Kevin

    Access to wine in Canada sucks compared to in the US. It ticks me off. You get to try all kinds of cheap stuff that doesn’t ever appear here. Wha.

    QOTD: really. are you REALLY going to come to Edmonton? Seriously.

  25. September 12, 2007

    KimG

    QOTD: hardly new, but Fru Larsen in Laurbjerg, Denmark is my current favorite: http://frularsen.dk – Dominus at a fair price :-) And matching food :-) :-)

    Very interesting tasting, though!

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