An Exciting Day: Contest Winners, UStream, and Wine

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

July 22, 2008

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

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 SassicaiaTOSCANA IGT
2003 Penfolds GrangeAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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July 22, 2008

K8theGr8
I honestly can say I’ve never been as entertained with wine tasting as I am today (and I’m usually pretty entertained since I’m kind of a light weight and don’t spit)! LOVED this episode!!!

As far as the QOTD, never sprung for a bottle that pricey, and if I’ve partaken in one, I was horribly unaware. As for the wine I would like to sniffy-sniff and give-a-whirl, definitely say “Bouchard PÃ¨re et Fils GrÃ¨ves Vigne de L’Enfant Jesus.” Anything that has the grapes to tout itself “as smooth as the baby Jesus in velvet pants” is fully worth a go in my book.
July 22, 2008

Laura Gellman
QOTD: 2003 Clos Erasmus

Now, on another note, THANK YOU SO MUCH GARY for having the Pesquie contest and being so generally awesome. I am over the moon that Fredrich chose me to come work the harvest in September, and simply cannot thank you enough. Not sure what else to say, I’m simply overwhelmed.
July 22, 2008

WineWoman
QOTD: I’ve had Krug Champagnes, Sassicaia and some other Italian Big Boys at tastings. I have a few bottles of Insignia and Opus I haven’t tried. I did have a 10-year old bottle of Rubicon which I enjoyed and am waiting on 2 more newer vintages of those. However, my single most wine I am waiting to try in the near 100 dollar range would be the Egelhoff Cab.
July 22, 2008

Gongfather
Congrats to all the winners-Congrats to you and your crew Gary…you’re very generous.
I don’t understand wine scoring. Considering how much the Penfolds is, and how unimpressed with it you were, it seems to me that the score should’ve been around 50pts. It seems like most wines, unless they’re corked, receive at least 80pts, so that the real quality difference is a point or two or three. Meh is 88pts, amazing is 90pts?? Am I missing something??

QOTD: I’m a po’boy because I think I’m pimpin when I spend $30.00 on a bottle.
July 22, 2008

Leif erik Sundstrom
Great show, great to see you so excited to make people so happy!

QOTD:
best $100 bottle of wine was probably 1990 Anne Gros Echezeaux (not 100 anymore that’s for sure, I scored) — Runner up was the 1996 Dagueneau Silex CHANGE THAT –these were EQUAL — and both $100 at my time of purchase. Although I’ve had many great wines, some better that were probably more expensive (to someone) but these are the best of memory
July 22, 2008

DougO
The most expensive wine that I’ve had is Cakebread Cabernet…
July 22, 2008

Bryan Garcia
Grates on the winners.
July 22, 2008

stevo
2003 Rubicon – hands down (but I’ve only had a handful of $100 wine)
July 22, 2008

mark b
Great Show; QOTD – 1990 Ducru Beacaillou
July 22, 2008

laposte
QOTD:
I didn’t pay $100 when I purchased it but it sells for that how.
1975 Ch. Rieussec.
July 22, 2008

Dominus
A great lineup with honest results. I’m wondering now if my Dead Arm Shiraz that won many accolades is worthy? I guess I’ll need to try soon.

QOTD: Best $100 wine I’ve had is probably an ‘85 Opus One followed closely by the ‘88 Dominus. What $100 wine do I want to try in the near future? I’ve always wanted to try the Paloma Merlot that won #1 WS of the Year award.= a few years ago.

Congrats to all the winners! Have fun!

Cheers!
July 22, 2008

Jimmy T
QOTD: I have a Brunello that I am waiting on in a couple more years.

Thanks so much for your work. Can I get a shout out to my daughter Lily, 2 years on August 1st?!
July 22, 2008

aaronb
QOTD: Haven’t tasted a $100+ bottle yet, but there’s a 2003 Silver Oak in the cellar. Don’t know when I’ll drink it.
July 22, 2008

Rani Haykal
Great Show!!!

Watched the live steam on Ustream and rewatched on your website.
Major Congrats to all the winners today.

QOTD: Best bottle of wine in that price point is probably the Nickel and Nickel Lightening Strikes @ $125. Its a Cab/Syrah blend that was made by accident and they only sell it at their winery. It ticks me off they dont put that blend into production…..they need to stray away from single vineyard/single varietal wines a bit.

–RH
July 22, 2008

Zinfreak
My favorite wine I’ve had recently was a 2002 Katheryn Kennedy Cab.
It was a fruit bomb witch I loved! Gary would have hated it.
I had it Saturday night, sick of looking at it in my cellar so had had to open it. Luckily I have one more!

I had an Ardore Cab a few weeks ago which was also an amazing fruit bomb, and also amazing, and again, Gary would have hated it.

Gary, the live video thing is cool, but change the location of the camera or something. Its kind of bothersome for us watching when you keep looking to the side.

Don’t spread yourself too thin man!

Maybe I’ll see you in Napa this weekend?

Love ya.
July 22, 2008

Trey
QOTD: the only one I have had over 100 dollars was a 2002 silver oak (it was at a restaurant for a party). It had too much oak imo.
July 22, 2008

Stan Vasily
Not Going to France, I can spit that one out!!! Hey, you did not pick an alternate? How about me since I asked??????? My bag is packed, ready to go!!!Come on Gary, how about it?????? Your question of the day- Hietz Martha`s vineyard 1975
July 22, 2008

Scott EJ
Never had the Grange, but sure am glad John Duval left Penfolds to start own label. It seems as if he took alot if his skills with him at a fraction of the cost. If you get a chance, try his ‘05 Plexus…it’s pretty damn nice.

QOTD: Never had a 100 wine and may never will. I just don’t see the return no matter how good it is. Your take on the Grange today helps w/that theory.

Congrats to the winners!
July 22, 2008

Blake W
QOTD: I’ve never had a 100 bone wine…i’ve had a 1999 Opus One, which I believe is considerably more expensive, and I’ve had a lot of 40-60 bone wines. But I’ve always wanted to try the Schrader T6.

Congrats winners…jealous here.
July 22, 2008

amgryger
Great episode! Very cool that Karl and Susan won the contest!

I noticed that you said you had been decanting the wines for 6 hours. I almost always taste wines immediately after I open them, and have become slightly suspicious of extra long decanting because I often feel that after 3-4 hours many wines start losing some of the nuances they had when freshly opened, which is a little dissapointing to me even if the wines are less tannic and more approachable. In the future, when you do a long decant for the show, it might be interesting to pour half into a 375 ml bottle, cork it, and decant the other half so that you could do a comparison tastings. Just a thought.

QOTD: I just checked my cellar tracker and it looks like I haven’t had anything over $100, although the 199 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto I got to taste thanks to the generosity of CaliCab was up there. I am really looking forward to trying my 1998 Angelo Gaja Gromis Barolo, somewhere around $100, that I bought as a souvenir when I studied architecture in Rome. I will most likely open it in a couple of years when I become a licensed architect.
July 22, 2008

rajiv
QOTD: ‘97 Bussia Barolo

NOSE: Slight barnyard, mushroom, hints of huitlacoche. Pretty good stuff. Funky.
PALATE: Sweeet. Silky tannins. good fruit on midpalate. A little overripe. pretty good. ASPECT: brick red. Overall it wasn’t the most exciting wine of the night (nebbiolo tasting), but it is the only $100 bottle I’ve ever tried.

If I ever spring for a $100 bottle, I’d probably go for Bdx, probably Margaux or St. Estephe.
July 22, 2008

Dan Manu
What a surprise gary doesn’t like the grange!!
Who would have thought!
C’mon peeps!

QOTD 1997 John Riddich cab sav
July 22, 2008

LuvsChandon
Great show, fun catching it live on UStream.

I dont hang with any ballers, and therefore have had no wines over $50 for me.

congrats to the winners, especially the long time Vayniacs!
July 22, 2008

Top 100 Again!
QOTD: 2001 and 2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia. Got them both at Costco for $99.99. The 2002 was WS’s Wine Of The Year so they had a 2 bottle limit. I made 10 trips to 10 different stores to pickup 20 bottles.

Before you all label me as a wine hoard, 8 of the 20 went out as gifts and 4 were resold to a friend who couldn’t make it in time.
July 22, 2008

Harley Stan
HUGE show today and congrats tot he winners.
QOTD- 1999 Far Niente Cab, it was New Years Eve and I think I can still taste it on my pal