Merlot, Now What? Serious Merlot On The Thunder Show

Merlot, Now What? Serious Merlot On The Thunder Show – Episode #375

December 20, 2007

Bashed by Hollywood a few years ago and seemingly finding it’s footing Gary checks up on some Merlot today!

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“QOTD: Watching WLTV episodes and my Scrubs season 1 dvds. …” by Dessert Wine Nerd
“own futures in bordeaux?…” by cheech
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Wines tasted in this episode:

1999 Clarendon Hills Brookman MerlotAustralian Merlot
2001 Newton Epic MerlotNapa Merlot
2002 Engel Family MerlotNapa Merlot

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294 Responses

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December 20, 2007

TennLee
QOTD: Sleeping very soon- work early in the AM
December 20, 2007

Sharon
Gary, you work too hard! Plus you don’t eat. You should be eating 3 square. I’m worried about you. Please give yourself a rest over the holidays!
Do you know that MA is the 6th biggest wine drinking state? WL should figure out a way to ship there . There must be some loophole.
Brandton T. needs to control himself.
QOTD: Watching ‘The Best of Stephen Colbert’
December 20, 2007

Alex
sit around and relax
December 20, 2007

salvatore
Link it up Motttttttttttttttt !

I can see it now. Big Mott behind a video camera with a tiny Gary V in front; “Link it up Motttttttttttttttt!”

Yup !
December 20, 2007

Todd Smith
Love the Mott shirt idea.
December 20, 2007

CindyW
Yes, I want a LinkItUp, Mott! t-shirt
December 20, 2007

Vine22
So glad to see this show. Ever since that darn Sideways flick, Merlot has not been viewed in a good way. Hold your nuts people and have your own opinion! Don’t let movies and critics make them for you!
December 20, 2007

Vaun
QOTD: working on client files so they have them before I start Christmas holidays. Also enjoying the second half (never more than 1.5 glasses of wine a day) of a bottle of Poggio Rosso Chianti Classico Reserva 2001 San Felice Italy.

Same decanter as mine!

MARSHALL is on to something with the the thong. Can we get ones that say “Oak Monster” on the front?

Merlot is just fine people. Just damn fine.
December 20, 2007

nickel and dimed
Another vote for “Link it up, Mott!” T-shirts! Will definitely buy one especially since you’ll be able to ship to Hawaii and I can stop shipping to my in-laws in Florida.
December 20, 2007

Winestein
Gary – Washington Merlot is where it is at. We’ll pour you some in April when you are here for the Taste.
December 20, 2007

mbannon
QOD – Christmas shopping. Starting early this year!!

A Mott shirt would be sweet.
December 20, 2007

cruster
QOTD: Packing and traveling home to Slovakia for Christmas.

Marvellous holidays everyone.
December 20, 2007

Carly
T-shirts are awesome! I would buy a Mott, Link It Up tee with an oak monster tee in a heartbeat (btw, please print up some more Oak Monster tees!).

QoTD: Watching the STEELER Game with my brother who just got into Pittsburgh from Philly!
December 20, 2007

Glen DiGirolamo
Going to the Wine Library to pick up an order.

I like the shirt idea. But you need to get XXXL’s…!!!
December 20, 2007

Joseph M. Kennedy
‘Link it up, Mott!!” that’s a shirt that needs to be made.
December 20, 2007

Dr. Mike
QOTD: Call me a sheep but I’m actually getting into a 20$ bottle of ‘05 Margaux
December 20, 2007

JordanW
QOTD: Going out for beers with my boys.

Canada Crew!
December 20, 2007

Brandon T.
I’m thinking if we all pitched in like five bucks we could hire a hot model to fly to the thunder show. She could take bunches of Petit Verdot grapes and slather them all over Gary’s bum, and then they could drink wine and tell really funny jokes and everyone would cry?
December 20, 2007

Sonnenuhr
Gary – You should have gone with old world merlot. Just had a beautiful 1997 San Leonardo Merlot on Sunday. Now that would have been worth sharing.

QOTD: Tonight we kick off the College Bowl Season – Go Navy! Got a little blue cheese and 1983 Ware’s Port lined up for the game – Oh Yeah!
December 20, 2007

Chris Bartell
QOTD: having a dinner of Pasta, and then settling down on the couch and reading till I fall asleep.
December 20, 2007

jason
petrus is 99% merlot and 1% petit vedot, enough said.
when done right, merlot can be so charming and elegant. right bank is so good when it is good.

QOTD – working in my studio
December 20, 2007

Grasshopper
Have always loved Merlot but have to admit we do not drink them all that often unless is major component of a Bourdeaux . We have some Keenan and Lambert Bridge Merlots and will pay more attention to them after the JD EP yesterday, I am going to start diving into Merlot a lot more! There seems to be lots to learn in Merlot. It’s seems deep and complex…rather alluring after listening to JD yesterday. GV and JD may have changed my wine world……….again!..:)

QOTD – I will probably get some heat about this but I am going to do the most un-wine thing possible….I am going bowling! I bowl on a Thursday night men leaque and we drink beer! My coherts all MGD, Bud Light drinkers but I stick to Becks as only thing they offer that I consider has some taste!

If anyone cares….190 avg..:)

Have a good night everybody!

Hopper
December 20, 2007

Sassodoro
Top 50?
December 20, 2007

Orion Slayer
I like Merlot, but today’s episode is sort of a let down after yesterday’s show that also had Merlot. O well, you can’t always have the greatest show of the season.

QOTD: I’ll be playing guitar at a weekly Bible study my wife and I attend.
December 20, 2007

John Farrin
QOTD: What we do every night Pinky, we’re taking over the WORLD!