Gary Is Tired From A Day Of Tasting 140 Wines

Gary Is Tired From A Day Of Tasting 140 Wines – Episode #358

November 27, 2007

Gary fights through and puts out an episode for you on WLTV after a long, long day of tasting and buying wines.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Chateau Jonc Blanc MontravailOther Red Bordeaux
2004 Sojourn Cellars Cabernet SauvignonSonoma Cabernet Sauvignon

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November 28, 2007

DARREL LAS VEGAS
QOTD: 20-25 STILL TRYING TO SPIT MOST OF THEM OUT!
November 28, 2007

Deano
Gary great episode It is good for a change. Glad you were able to do the episode.

QOTD:
-I would say after a few different tastes.
November 28, 2007

Yoni Rabkin
Thank you for pulling through an episode regardless of being tired!

QOTD I’ve never experienced pallet fatigue!
November 28, 2007

JimmyC
Great show Gary! Way to be a trooper and still give us a show!
November 28, 2007

Chris
Gary,

QOTD, I start to lose my ability when I am at wine tastings and I have had more than about 10 wines.

Also, if I win the widget contest I am going to bring out my Cleveland Browns bucket

GO BROWNS!
November 28, 2007

DavidB
I must have low tast bud tolarence as I can not get past a dozen wines, oh wait that may be because I don’t spit and after a dozen I’m hammered! Yeah that could be the problem….
November 28, 2007

Pardus
QOTD: I am going to have to say somewhere around 50 if I am spitting and somewhere around 10 if I am not.
November 28, 2007

Elliot Essman
Up to 30 wines and I’m all right. After that, I don’t think it’s palate fatigue, but brain fatigue.
November 28, 2007

Carl
Hospice d’ Rhone. Paso Robles, California. 300 plus wines(Rhone) from around the world. It is a lot of work. My hands were stained for 3 days. I highly recommend it!!! Hey Gary, are you coming out this year?? The largest gathering of blue teeth ever assembled.
November 28, 2007

Kirk
QOTD: I would say that my fatigue comes in two stages….around 125-150 I start loosing subtle flavors, however I can still gauge quality…and around 200…I stop being able to gauge overall quality….it’s always fun to go to the larger tastings…but I’ve learned the hard way to taste the “important” wines first….
November 28, 2007

Daniel
Wow, that really was a cool angle. I guess you normally shoot straight on in order to show all the bottles you’re tasting, but that little side-like shot was a breath of fresh air.
November 28, 2007

Rob
Love the angle you shot at today. Except… kill the screen saver (cute, but it’s distracting).

BTW — if Wine Advocate was doing a wine show, wouldn’t they shoot head-on with a flat, beige wall in the background? The angle is better and also highlights your Jets schwag. Nice.
November 28, 2007

Rick McQ
Gary: I’m usually buzzed before my palate gives out and wouldn’t realize it. Then they all stat to taste the same. My max at a tasting was about 50.
November 28, 2007

antony
The way you shot tonight looks so much better than the usual – I mean I love the usual but lighting and composition… Tonight was kinda intimate too. On the palate front, generally its all over the place, which I don’t understand. That said, the more I drink the more I tend to enjoy. Wonder why…
November 28, 2007

Joel M
First time poster here. Going to the forum after this to say hello. Been lurking for a couple of weeks, however. I will start off my first comment by saying, what many other have expressed, that I truly appreciate the value driven message for al wine drinkers. Many of us can not afford big expensive wines,, but Gary and his crew do a fantastic job of uncovering good wine values. Thanks so much. Have been to only one tasting, so can’t really answer the QOTD. Caio for now. Joel M
November 28, 2007

amaroneisforeveryone
Gary:
Terrific show; but again saddened by the fact that the wines you recommended yesterday are not easily available up here in Ontario. Same old sad, pathetic story.

Was that your Mac in the background?
November 28, 2007

YoungDave
Thanks for sharing a value with us, Big G.- you know I’m always about the under $15 solid buys.

QOTD: Well I only think I’ve done about 25 in one sitting when learning the by-the-glass list at a couple of the restaurants at which I’ve worked, and I only noticed a slight decrease in ability to pick out subtleties in aroma or flavor… so I guess my fatigue number is somewhere above 25 and below your 130!
November 28, 2007

stefano
I liked the tired Gary. Please have Lars come as your guest sometime.
He and you would be a gret pairing!

Stefano
November 28, 2007

PhilB
Good show man, I like the more relaxed atmosphere, kind of a Laid back Friday Tuesday…

QOTD: I recently discovered what palate fatigue was going to huge tastings… I feel more frustrated than anything else by not being able to taste all the wines to their (or MY) fullest potential… I’d say I loose it after 45 to 50 wines…

See ya in Paris (or in NJ if I win the contest!!)
November 28, 2007

Josh in Burgundy
Gary,
So first I want to tell you that you inspired me a few days ago. I was out with friends after a tasting in Beaune and some of them smoke (which I do not) but they roll their own cigarettes with fresh tobacco. I being the vayniac that I am decided then would be a good opportunity to taste straight tobacco. I took a little and threw it in my mouth, and I wish you could have seen there faces. Priceless but none the less I now know what you were talking about with the loose tobacco taste today.

QOTD: I like to go back and forth a little, when I get fatigued with reds I cleanse with an acidic white then I can go back to tasting most things red or white. So I would say 60 or 70 wines is around my limit, but depends on the tannins in the wines.
November 28, 2007

medo
QOTD: .. when I’m drunk
November 28, 2007

fatdoi
QOTD:….. when i went thru the St. Hallett range @ their cellar door, their stuffs are so strong, they just destroyed my afternoon of tasting afterwards….
November 28, 2007

Micha
QOTD: i can handle 40-80 a day, then my palate quits. By tasting many red wines it was helpfull to drink water and even some Riesling in between to (re)fix the palate.
November 28, 2007

RonC
Nice show.

QOTD: I seldom get past the second bottle. Should I spit ???
November 28, 2007

blobic
Great show, Gary. Qotd: I think I can do about 6-7 wines before my tongue quits. By the way, who’s kid(s) did we see on the screen behind you?