An Exciting Day: Contest Winners, UStream, and Wine – Episode #506

July 22, 2008

Twitter This Share on Facebook Email This

Gary announces who will accompany him in Napa this weekend and the winners of the trip to France!

Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version.

Comments on this episode(259) Leave a comment ›

  • “QOTD: An over $100 bottle of wine, who do you think I am, Mott? I woul…” by richardvinifera
  • “Great Show. I am catching up on my episodes right now as you are chan…” by looper
  • View all 259 ›

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 SassicaiaTOSCANA IGT play review at cork'd
2003 Penfolds GrangeAustralian Shiraz/Syrah play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

259 Responses

Pages: « 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 [2] 1 » Show All

  1. July 22, 2008

    JordanCLS

    Congrats Winners, Another great show Gary. Not ballin enough to drink those 2 heavy hitters but will stick with the beautiful 05 bordeaux’s and the sleeper 04’s.

  2. July 22, 2008

    Doug

    Was in Ustream and it was incredibly fun.

  3. July 22, 2008

    Terrance

    Congrats to the winners! But GV you gotta hook the Zune winner up with a little sometin’ sometin’ sometime in the future. That was a tough curveball to throw ;-) BTW, ladies rockin’ the winnings house, eh? !

    Somehow I knew the Grange would disappoint. Please do that Aussie wines you love episode. Maybe even breaking format and bringing us some pre-checked, Vaynerfied thunder.

    QOTD: Was happy to see the Tardieau Laurent Gigondas do so well because their $100-ish (drank in Japan so price is variable) Chaty-neuf rocked my world when I taste tested at local wine shop.

    PS When do I get my Yellow Vayner-ranger Wristband? ;-)

  4. July 22, 2008

    DannInNH

    Great show, standing up for your pal.
    QOTD: There’s a 2002 Hillside Select purchased a year and half ago just waiting for us; I am giving it more time to better itself.

  5. July 22, 2008

    rvensel

    congrats to the folks, that won hope you all enjoy the trips or the zune(cool bonus in my mind). I was just hoping to hear my name read if it was as one of the losers at the end. Oh well

    Qotd: Honestly the most I’ve ever spent on a bottle of wine is $40 and thats for an ice wine my buddy’s fiance likes. I’ve always wanted to try 79 vintage port becuase its the year I was born, but from what I’ve seen even those aren’t a hundred bones. So i don’t know may be an 05 bordeaux everyones raving about.

  6. July 22, 2008

    Phil G

    QOTD – Can’t think of any that topped that price… would love to try some of the big-name Burgundy and Bordeaux, though.

  7. July 22, 2008

    Beth

    Congrats winners – I’m totally jealous.

    QOTD – Hmmm…not really pulling the coin it would take to have that kind of a drinking habit. My boss is totally over the moon for Silver Oak – so I guess I’ll through this out there as a like-to-try to see what’s so great about it.

  8. July 22, 2008

    Pete G

    Great show. Great contests. Congrats to all the winners! And thanks for givin us in the loser’s pile a little tasty taste.

    OQTD: Haven’t made it to the $100 club yet but I may splurge this year w/ a couple of my close wine peeps. Got a line on a ‘96 La Grand Dame that I think I am gonna go for.

  9. July 22, 2008

    JamesUK

    Great show Gary!

    Seen a few bad reviews of the Grange over here in the UK recently. Most saying it’s good wine, but just not worth the money. Penfold’s do a couple of other wines for about a third of the price (RWT Shiraz) which might be worth checking out.

    QOTD: Best $100 (£50) Wine, Roberto Voerzio Barolo 2003. Stunning. It was about £100 and I wasn’t buying!

  10. July 22, 2008

    Lee W

    QOTD:Drank a 1991 Robert Mondovi cab at Christmas, first time I could taste faded violets

  11. July 22, 2008

    Dr T from N. Carolina

    Best for around a $100? 2002 Silver Oak, which was very very good, but not great

    “T”

  12. July 22, 2008

    John Farrin

    QOTD: Unfortunately today’s show is probably why 95% of us have never had a $100.00 bottle of wine. You have to be rolling so big to take a chance on plain unsuccessful wine (Penfold’s Grange & many others) or a flawed bottle like my 1989 Lynch Bages. That’s a helluva crapshoot for the non super wealthy.

  13. July 22, 2008

    Eliot

    Long time lurker, first time responder.
    Great Show!!!…Instant classic.

  14. July 22, 2008

    hugh

    hmmmm…i’m guessing if jay miller reviewed the Grange he’d give it 96+….

  15. July 22, 2008

    Keith

    No longer just a lurker!

    QOTD: I’m looking forward to a 1977 Dow that I picked up 5 years ago for 55 bones! Maybe I’ll hold it and drink it when the QOTD is about a $200 bottle.

  16. July 22, 2008

    3robins

    GV is awesome!!!!!!! I have learned so much watching you…don’t always agree, but I learn.

  17. July 22, 2008

    DaveyDonut

    Darn! I totally thought I was going to win the trip to France! Not because my answer was good (it honestly sucked; I was in a rush and wanted to enter before I was away for a week), but just because I was feeling lucky and thought my name would be picked! I guess this is like how I think I’m going to win the lottery every time I buy a ticket, huh? I’m so irrational sometimes…

    QOTD: Probably the 2000 Tommaso Bussola Amarone Vigneto Alto TB. And the most anticipated $100 bottle currently is the 2004 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sorì Ginestra, but that’s probably because I just bought them. The anticipation will have to hold for at least 6 years though, since it’ll be at least that long before I even try one. Doh! Though, I’m even anticipating the day the magnums arrive so I can just stare at them in the cellar…

    David

  18. July 22, 2008

    CABDRINKER

    Top 20!

    ‘94 ‘97 an ‘01 Stags Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 all rocked!

  19. July 22, 2008

    Adam

    QOTD: The one I am most looking forward to try is my 2005 Janasse Vieilles Vignes.

    Congrats to the winners

  20. July 22, 2008

    Mark Tolerico

    Great episode!!!! I bought some ‘05 Sassacia and was curious how it was… didn’t want to open one of mine so early in life!

    QOTD: If you are talking about Over 100… ‘01 HSS was pretty darn good. Also had the ‘05 La Tache recently (slightly over 100) and MAN was it good!

  21. July 22, 2008

    E

    Watch out, that ustream is habit forming.

    Q: ‘73 Lopez de Heredia, whenever I get around to picking one up.

  22. July 22, 2008

    Fangorn81

    NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS A ZUNE!!!!!!

  23. July 22, 2008

    Nick Rose

    I have never had a $100 bottle of wine, and can’t think of one that I want to try. Really, I would love to try ANY $100 dollar bottle of wine. I have found a new mission :-) .

  24. July 22, 2008

    jimka

    so does the girl in Switzerland need to fly to new york to get her free trip to France? France itself is much closer to Switzerland than new york.

  25. July 22, 2008

    Christophe

    watching for a second time. saw it live. great show

Pages: « 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 [2] 1 » Show All

Leave a Reply