New York City Wine Tour

New York City Wine Tour – Episode #368

December 11, 2007

The Thunder Show goes on the road again on a wine tour of New York City. Gary’s first stop is Shelly’s and tastes some wine with Andre Mack.

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“QOTD: Easy one, Dino in Washington DC takes the cake….” by Tooch
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Once Pinot Noir
2004 Sandro Fay Rosso di Valtellina
2002 La Spinetta Barbaresco

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December 11, 2007

mlong
My aunts restaurant in Lexington KY.
//www.dudleysrestaurant.com/

deep cellar.
December 11, 2007

Martin
Any restaurant I’ve been to with a good wine list has turned me off with the silly price mark-ups. What are they smoking?
December 11, 2007

JordanW
QOTD: Does ‘going to pick up a pizza while the wine decants’ count as a restaurant?

JordanW, Canada Crew
December 11, 2007

on the lake
North Hampton Wine store in South Carolina
December 11, 2007

ChrisR
great ep. i want great wine though by the glass and i have to admit that high acidity but inferior wine isn’t cool. why does wine by the glass have to be simply food wine or stylish. However it was great to hear the philosophy behind the choices.

QOD: DEL FRISCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 11, 2007

maggiej
QOTD: We live in Santa Barbara and the Wine Cask Intermezzo (little bar off the main restaurant) has great offerings by the glass.
December 11, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
Very cool Gary. I like the whole tasting bars theme and it seems like Shelly’s was a great place to start.

The viewer video was cool too (keep them at the end, that’s where they’re best).

QOTD: By a long shot it’s Raval on Upper King in Charleston, SC. Every Tuesday they have three flights, sparkling, white, and red. They give generous pours and the ambiance is nice (thought I hear it gets packed on the weekends). It’s a small place with a regular set of staff who know a lot about the wine.
December 11, 2007

JFvandamme
So I would love to know who imports the wines!?
December 11, 2007

Large Format Fever
The best place to drink wine in Chicago is Tango Sur… BYOB…. I get to drink rockin’ wines without the 300% mark up…
December 11, 2007

Danny C
QOTD: I would have to say either Babbo…or Otto!

TRU!
December 11, 2007

Corvette Tony
QOTD: Saddle River Inn – NJ
December 11, 2007

sky
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December 11, 2007

RichE
My Favorite:
Hands Down my favorite is the Bounty Hunter in Napa, Ca,
They always present great Wine Flights, Great Values on Bottles of Wine, and the food is all good.
Wow, I can taste the bottle of Weiss Waypoint Cabernet(Marco DiGiulio) and a Lamb Chop right now.
December 11, 2007

Mike E
QOTD: Best restaurant for fine wine is in my home with a few valued friends.

Always look forward to your very informative shows Gary. Keep up the good work.
December 11, 2007

sky
yeah! stay at home and cook a steak per yesterdays comments!and drink a barolo barbaresco or,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, protocolo.
December 11, 2007

Ed
I went to this place called the “West End Wine Bar” in North Carolina… It didn’t have the most extensive list, but it was an interesting atmosphere, the people seemed pretty knowledgeable about the wine selection as well. I was with a group of people, and we bought several bottles, all good. Also, never have a problem with the list’s at Morton’s and/or Ruth’s Chris.
December 11, 2007

sky
mott needs an assistant! a whole staff, why not! the offf ffffffffff vintage info is very appreciated,.\ just like 90 points, so misunderstood….
December 11, 2007

Mike E
Great episode Gary.

QOTD: Best restaurant for fine in in my home with a few valued friends.
December 11, 2007

winecliff
Great Episode GV & Andre! I’ll definitely have to check out Shelly’s. Nice to see the high acidity red wines offered specifically for the fish. QOTD-Any Italian restaurant
December 11, 2007

sharon
It was this place in Bologna that served fantastic antipasti on Friday evenings…free. Wine was good enough. I haven’t found anything over here that comes close.
December 11, 2007

sky
yeah !!! forget the restaurant markups!!they are for people with money to blow,unlike me. i savor beautiful gems that i find from southern france for 16$ and i revel in it but i cant drop 200$ a night to play with th high rollers.im stayin home and buyin wholesale. nuf sed.bring it on gary.i love seein the inside of a real nyc wine bar!!! i couldnt afford the cab fare!
December 11, 2007

Big Nick
Great episode GV. Loved the end…too funny.

QOTD: I must admit that I have been studying the wine lists at my favorite eateries, and since I am still developing my palate, I was relying heavily on the scores of the wines. How quickly I was disappointed with the small selection in my area, and now I find that when I am get several glasses, I have been able to try and also find wines I like that I would never have tasted before. Biggest selection goes to the english inn, best selection goes to Cosmos.
December 11, 2007

sky
vj runs a pretty tight ship at the flying frog in asheville nc.what else? maybe my house, with some grill action and a drunken dip into the cellar to pull out something hiding for years………
December 11, 2007

sky
lovin it go gary!!!!!! love the washbasin move at the end. QOTD: i used to love zambra(till they sold it and the wine list changed-it used to be classic spain),then i liked vigne until denisa stopped working there. Maybe its more about the girls than it is about the wine? NaaaaaH!
December 11, 2007

bh
qotd: no restaurant in particular. honestly, most restaurants with bottles in my budget end up offering boring wines, and the restaurants with the good wines want way more than i’m willing to spend. nothing like being able to get a bottle of $8 cotes du rhone for $32 to make you ask for a beer.

but really, for $100 i can have a few friend over on a friday night, crack a few nice bottles and make a really good dinner. thus i do most of my wine lovin’ at home, with friends and family, and i’m perfectly content to keep it that way.

cool episode, and it seems like andre has a good thing going, and is playing with some interesting wines. cheers! also, gv, you’re on a roll with these good episodes lately, man. thanks a bunch