Lazy Friday With An All Time Favorite

Lazy Friday With An All Time Favorite – Episode #315

September 14, 2007

Gary breaks out of value week in a big way with a 20 year old Bordeaux and a cool story of how it got here.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

1988 Chateau Beausejour BecotSt Emilion

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September 14, 2007

Cam
QOTD: FRV100
September 14, 2007

Jon B.
Bold prediction for your jets Gary . I hope things work out for you.Thanks for the pretape.QOTD new wines I’m trying new wines every bottle and I love it. It’s a little promise I made to friend a few months back, to try 365 different wines this year(wink wink)… So far so good. Thanks Gary and WLTV crew.
September 14, 2007

Marc
QOTD: Running. Three months ago I would say that, even though I worked out regularly, I couldn’t stand running. I gave it a few tries, and now I like it to the point that I’m running in the Des Moines (half) Marathon next month.
September 14, 2007

Andy
WOW G GREAT Ep …. need to try some Amarone from ITALIA— MAYBE can recommend one
September 14, 2007

AlisonD
I received my order today, free shipping, woo hoo! New wine to try..woo hoo!
September 14, 2007

amgryger
QOTD: I am a cycling enthusiast and early in the summer I decided that I wanted to build my own bike, so I bought a bike frame on ebay and got started. It has been a great learning experience for me.
September 14, 2007

Stu
Great show today. Always love the old wines. QOTD: When I was 10 my dad made me a “sailor sandwich”, penut butter, mayonaise and lettuce. I still eat it today.
September 14, 2007

E. Zimman
QOTD: $4 wine from Trader Joe’s. Better than I thought a $4 bottle of wine could be. Good luck with the Jets this weekend and taping all the shows. We’ll miss you
September 14, 2007

Orion Slayer
Neat lesson today. It’s sort of an old one, but with a different twist:
A – Don’t pay too close attention to other people’s ratings (when it comes to drinkability)
B – Big brother (Gary) is watching

QOTD: Favorite new thing has got to be these cool dim-sum type dumpling things I tried at a Chinese restuarant on the way home last weekend. My friends took me to this Chinese place I’d never been to before and I tried a dish I had never had. It was great! I did try somethings that weren’t so good, but I came out ahead! I was thinking of cherring for the Patriots this year (something new for me) but I’m NOT going to do that after all!
September 14, 2007

SoCal
You looked at my Free shipping order?
What did you think?
Do I get a grade?
QOTD: Tofu…..now I eat it alot…..
September 14, 2007

Jeff O
I’ve been really trying to go out of my way and try new things. The Terroir at Wine Library grape varieties articles are great reading and made me want to try some of those wines people never here of, I have a couple of those bottles on there way thanks to the free shipping.

QOTD: Riding BMX, a friend of mine got me into it; it’s fun to jump around on a bike and ride around
September 14, 2007

t_moderne
Whoo hoo Top 100!
I mean how cool is that – got nothing to say about the episode; just want to make sure I post within the top 100!. Smell that . . . That’s sarcasm.

I was hoping that the Bordeaux was going to be under $12 – but then, would you really want to drink a 20-year old Bordeaux that cost $8.99? Probably was kept on top of someone’s refrigerator.
Hope your Jets do well. We’ll all be taping the Jets game – well, at least we’ll be taping the defensive coordinators and only during the first quarter.
September 14, 2007

Kev and Ams
QOTD: Pottery. It’s f’n fun.
September 14, 2007

JimKay
Hey! You looked at my order? I tried to get something new, but you were SOLD OUT of it! The Fontodi Chianti was new (had to get this before you tasted it online and it sold out). The Charleston Maderia was new – I have never bought a bottle of Maderia to drink. Got one to cook with once.
All the other stuff are gift bottles – no tax, no shipping, why not load up on wines we’ve enjoyed to share with friends?
I don’t take criticism well.
Great show today.
September 14, 2007

jason
WOOOOW WOOOOW, wish i could have been there to try that bad boy. by looking at it from my MAC, the robe is showing not a bit of age! do you pass that around the office, or put it your bag for friday night dinner?

QOTD: new things…. swiss wine. i am living in switzerland, and working my way to it. the french, italian, and spanish wines look so good on the shelf. i need to start getting some. it is bad cause i tell myself it is not as good as it’s neighbors. but i had a swiss pinot noir the other night and it was not half bad. it was not a burgundy, put it tasted like ripe pinot. i am learning the art of fondue eating. there are many nuances that are to be discovered.

i am not a big fan of football, but i hope the jets win for you sometime soon.

hint hint: swiss wine show soon. you did one, a ways back, with one wine? think of the cheese course.
peace
September 14, 2007

jason
WOOOOW WOOOOW, wish i could have been there to try that bad boy. by looking at it from my MAC, the robe is showing not a bit of age! do you pass that around the office, or put it your bag for friday night dinner?

QOTD: new things…. swiss wine. i am living in switzerland, and working my way to it. the french, italian, and spanish wines look so good on the shelf. i need to start getting some. it is bad cause i tell myself it is not as good as it’s neighbors. but i had a swiss pinot noir the other night and it was not half bad. it was not a burgundy, put it tasted like ripe pinot. i am learning the art of fondue eating. there are many nuances that are to be discovered.

i am not a big fan of football, but i hope the jets win for you sometime soon.

hint hint: swiss wine show soon. you did one, a ways back, with one wine? think of the cheese course.
September 14, 2007

1whitetree
Free shipping is awesome. It encourages me to try new stuff.
September 14, 2007

David_G
Gary,
You promised to do an episode on Israeli wines.
The time has comeâ€¦
September 14, 2007

italianwinelover
Very hard question. Guess it would have to be the Mumm Napa Brut 25th anniversary sparkling. Never tasted something that made my mouth dry and wet and the same time. Really an eye opener, now I understand what you mean by that.

Good luck on Sunday, hope you don’t get sad!

enjoy your weekend!
September 14, 2007

John J.
QOTD: I always try to get something on the menu that I’ve never had before. Anything to expand my palette (since I just started a new job and can’t start buying from WL yet, but will begin soon, I promise). Latest new thing? There is this god-awful “value” wine that I buy to make mixed drinks with. I would never ever think of drinking it by itself but today I decided, what the hell, let’s see what really, really bad wine tastes like. I’m still trying to scrape the taste (melted skittles boiled in sugar water) off my tongue…
September 14, 2007

Mike D
Hmm… ‘05 Savoie(?) Jongieux Mondeuse.
It was wonderful with fish, steak, pork. Mmmâ€¦
September 14, 2007

waibeans
Happy New Year GV!!

QOD: went to Rosh Hashana dinner last night and I think the favorite new try would be my aunt’s matzah ball soup. I used to hate it when I was a kid.. tasted like chicken soup with a mound of mush in it. Hers was very simple and austere: plain broth, short floating noodles and a large Matzha ball. I was impressed and actually liked it.

What I did NOT like tho was the gefilte fish.. ugh not fun.
September 14, 2007

Elliot Essman
First Hungarian Tokaji – an eye-opener.

In general, the first good sweet wines I tried were eye-openers.
September 14, 2007

Karl Laczko
Deep episode, you’re thinking there!

QOTD – Indonesian food…..wow!
September 14, 2007

Leephus
Great Show GV.

QOTD: wines in general.. I am so new to the wine world every trip to the liquor store is something new for me.