Barbera Wine Tasting. An Underrated Wine From Italy

Barbera Wine Tasting. An Underrated Wine From Italy – Episode #468

May 19, 2008

Barbera needs to get more attention from Wine Drinkers, today Gary explores 3 to see what’s up

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Icardi Barbera D’asti TabarinBarbera d’Asti
2006 Seghesio BarberaBarbera d’Alba
2004 Cascina Roera Barbera D’astiBarbera d’Alba

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January 13, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
Sorry about the 1 for 3. I know how pumped you get to tell us about wines we either havent heard of or almost never drink. QOTD: Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Its not even close. There was nothing like it at the time, and still nothing has been like it ( Sorry SNL, you jumped the shark YEARS ago and are quite predictable). The great sketches that ended at any time, the crazy cartoons, the all out randomness of it. Pure brilliance that’s yet to be topped.
July 20, 2008

MattUD
The is a really tough QOTD… I don’t know if it is my favorite, but one that I can watch over and over is Seinfeld. I was really into sports center as a kid, and that of course has not changed much.
June 23, 2008

Michael H.
QOTD: The Fall Guy.

Disappointed in 1 for 3 with the Barberas…
June 13, 2008

V Mellado
the dragon ball series and captain stubasa, an 80’s japanese cartoon about soccer….there is a book in the bucket
June 4, 2008

SoCal
QOTD: All time favorite would have been any sci-fi…BSG, Buck Rodgers, Dr. Who, Star Trek…….
June 3, 2008

question83
The Wonder Years, no doubt! Great show!
June 2, 2008

Rafa Ibarra
Hola Gary. Tienes razon, aun no he probado un vino Barbera, pero lo hare pronto. Felicidades por el show!
–Rafa Ibarra

PS.-I’m sure you’ll find someone how speak Spanish to understand my words. Take care
May 29, 2008

KyleLikesTies
Back from a relapse into lurkerdom!

As soon as I finish my impending move, I’ll have to grab a bottle of Icardi; haven’t had a Barbera in too long.

QoTD: Hard to narrow to just one … Twin Peaks, My So-Called Life, The Office (the original U.K. series), and Riget come to mind.
May 28, 2008

Mike V
In the pumpkin? I am guessing a fourth generation wrist band!

Send it my way, PLEASE! ;-}
May 27, 2008

Rob Csenar
QOTD: M*A*S*H
May 27, 2008

Blake W
QOTD: HBO’s Entourage for sure!!! in the bucket is a rick flair action figure!
May 27, 2008

subb
QOTD – Definitely Whose Line Is It Anyway. Man that gave me the best laughs of my life. That and Monty Python!
May 27, 2008

Matlatzinca
Crud, just noticed the last cork behind the 3rd bottle. I’m revising my guess to say it is the pen he used to sign the book.
Great Barbera episode, also one of my favorite grapes. Anyone try Barnard Griffin or Desert Hills? Both Washington, both awesome.
May 27, 2008

Matlatzinca
Only 2 wine corks on the table, so the last cork is in the pumpkin.
May 27, 2008

Andy
QOTD— Old school MASH

Probably Gary’s favorite candy bar a whatamacallit
May 27, 2008

David
QOTD: That’s a hard one, but in the end I’m going to go with the Simpsons.

That was a great show for my 20th birthday. Just one more year.
May 27, 2008

nbaisley
Favorite TV Show ever would have to be either Thundercats (for cartoons…it takes me back) or Highlander: The Series.
May 27, 2008

cma82
It’s a trick, the pumpkin bucket has absolutely nothing in it.

I freaking love barbera. I’ve been rocking the barbera hard ever since I got a quartino of it at Otto at 19 with my fake id. It has great acidity, goes perfectly with food, and viable on a CKC budget–what’s not to like.

QOTD: I don’t really watch much tv. WLTV is much better.
May 26, 2008

J Crazy
Looney Toons hands down. I’ve been watching it since I was 5 years old waking up at six o’clock on Saturday to watch all the cartoons: Looney Toons, GI Joe, Mask, Tranzorzee (anyone remember Aphrodite A?!), Thunder Cats, He-Man/She-ra, Care Bears, Gummi Bears (bouncing here and there and eeeeverywhere…), etc. But even now, after the Simpsons, Prison Break, CSI: New York, Law and Order and all these other fantastic shows, Looney Toons alone can make me laugh and forget the life around me for 30 minutes and take me back to when I was still in “zip-up from the foot” one-piece pajamas sitting a nose length from the TV hoping my parents wouldn’t hear the TV and tell me to shut it off so early in the morning.

I love the Barbera, too!!
May 26, 2008

Dan-o
I like Barbera’s and therefore this show was in the zone.
QOTD – Seinfeld by a mile, followed perhaps by All in the Family.
May 25, 2008

Sassodoro
In the pumpkin, well we all saw you put a copy of the book in the pumpkin. So there.

QOTD. I thought you were going to ask us for our all-time favorite Barbera. That would have been easier to answer. All-time favorite TV show? I’m not sure, but I’m a big fan of Battlestar Galactica.
May 24, 2008

J David
Barbera: I’ve picked it, fermented it and almost tossed it 2 months later. So acidic, so tart…this grape needs TIME. And, experience in the vinification. It’s not economically viable for California vintners, so you don’t see it often. But, when you do, and it’s aged for a couple years in barrels with a moderate amount of oak, the wine is a great late afternoon pleasure in warm weather. It’s definitely a ‘red’ with all the fruit and tannics, but it’s also acidic and thirst-quenching enough for a picnic. Enjoy this ’summer red,’ as the Italians do.
May 23, 2008

DARREL LAS VEGAS
GREAT barb show all these cool grape variatials on the show of late keep it going.
RE: your last e-mail still looking in LV!
May 23, 2008

Henry Hlavaty
Gary,
In the pumpkin, pumpkin seeds of course.

Thanks for the shows.

H.H. Willowbrook, Illinois
May 23, 2008

Bernie
Pizza tonight–gonna track down some Barbera.

QOTD: Seinfeld. Period. End of story.