Portugal and South West France, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence

Portugal and South West France, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence – Episode #401

February 5, 2008

I am very passionate about these areas, so much that I have rearranged the Wine Library floor plan and we added more spots to add to our selections, today I yap about them and layout a blueprint for future shows!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Domaine Baubiac ViognierLanguedoc-Roussillon
2005 Carm DouroOther Portuguese Red Wine
2005 Domaine Bila Haut Occultum LapidemLanguedoc-Roussillon
2004 Laplace MadiranMadiran

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February 5, 2008

jfoobar
Tie between scallops and New England steamahs.
February 5, 2008

Reed H
QOTD: Fresh Dungeness crab from Hood Canal Washington by far. I usually have it with cocktail sauce.
February 5, 2008

CoolHandLuke
Great show! Really focused except for the football rant. I can’t wait for the draft. I love lobster, would love to try the Brittany lobster. Raw or slightly barbequed Tomales Bay oysters with ice cold Pacifico. Mmmmmmm. Raw live scallop with a little lemon and sea salt.
February 5, 2008

aaronb
QOTD: Spicy shrimp and sun-dried tomato cream sauce over fresh homemade fettuccine. A bit hard to pair with wine though.
February 5, 2008

Jahlove
QOTD: That’s a tough one. Would have to say scallops.

Sarah sounds like she could have written the Juno soundtrack single-handedly.
February 5, 2008

John Watson
QOTD: mussels, no doubt. In lemon, butter and garlic. Yum!
February 5, 2008

T-Bag
Great show!

QOTD – Split between King Crab and Maine Lobster with melted (and extra salt added) butter. Mud bugs (craw daddies) are a CLOSE second! Oysters are a not-so-distant third….
February 5, 2008

KW
QOTD: Maine / Cold Water Lobster. Sweet meat. Next – King Crab.
February 5, 2008

Alex
QOTD- king crab with a gallon of melted butter
February 5, 2008

The Fanjestic
Good Episode – interested in trying the CARM – and I really thought the song was cool too.

Peace out! http://www.spreadthethunder.com
February 5, 2008

Coupe 60
and maybe….people don’t leave the show after 10 secs because they don’t like the yelling…Maybe they leave because they ONLY like the yelling…Maybe you should do an entire show in the same voice you open it up Gary…just something to think about
February 5, 2008

Coupe 60
Cmon GV….people were buying the carm douro because of the one review on Cellar Tracker…I was on this early…Thanks to Gene V who turned me onto the 2004…

http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=429720
February 5, 2008

Harley Stan
Great episode today, I have a feeling the next 400 episodes are going to be great.
QOTD- Snow Crab, I think it is the best of the crabs even though it is spiney and sometimes painful to open up.
February 5, 2008

Kazi Indakwa
QOTD: Fresh lobster.
February 5, 2008

TROC
Mussels with a good Madiran, like my son and I had at the Cafe Bastile,SF. And the best French Fries on the planet.
February 5, 2008

Grapedigger
Fun episode…I love value wines..Cheers
February 5, 2008

Phil
Shrimp – U.S. farm raised or wild caught only.
February 5, 2008

ChrisR
If you need a song to tell you your not an alcoholic, then you probably are. Great show today! I’m loving the Portuguese wines and hopefully I’ll be able to get into the Southwestern France wines. Don’t know about the stuff from Cote-de-Provence and the Southeast area (had some of their unfined/unfiltered stuff and was repulsed by the crap) but I’m not totally turned off yet. Now I want to see the new Winelibrary, I think that’s a great idea giving these regions more floorspace. This is going to be a special chapter in WLTV, I can feel it!!
February 5, 2008

laposte
QOTD:
Snails with chablis….good as it gets.
February 5, 2008

ryang
QOTD: without a doubt, crab. there is no better meal for me then some nice king crab legs with some melted butter
February 5, 2008

Nickyb85
QOTD: I love me some scallops, cooked just right with lots of garlic and butter!
February 5, 2008

Russ J
QOTD: Mussels, baby!
Speaking of mussels, what happened to GV’s muscles? No work out talk in a LONG while! Plenty of cheese eating though……
Actually, my favorite shellfish is the oyster but no easy lead in to ballbusting there.
February 5, 2008

Walter45
Really excited to try the Carm Douro. I like what you do explaining the smells and tastes so I can try what fits my pal. P.S. The Nero D’avola from Morgantes you did a while back was alright but improved after a couple of hours decanting. Good show today!

QOTD: I love shrimp. Shrimp is amazing. Any wine recommendations for shrimp?
February 5, 2008

Marc
Cute song…fits the show well!

QOTD: Lobster..big, sweet, fresh Australian lobster…eaten in Australia of course!

Damn…I just knocked my big-ass glass over and broke it!!!!! Thankfully, I already drank the wine in it
February 5, 2008

Anthony L.
Very Cool episode. I love Portuguese Reds