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 23, 2008

jason carey
dont like the oak? buy the St Henri .. much cheaper and no oak!
July 23, 2008

Andrew L.
Congrats to all the winners
I was hoping for over 700 winners but oh well.
July 23, 2008

Pat Sissons
gary, you are now officially friend’d up on twitter. i expect to be using it a lot more as time goes by.

qotd: i’m not quite ballin’ enough to be dropping 100 bones on a single bottle of wine, however i have been known to go big on scotch in the past. Mind you, the bottle of scotch lasts a lot longer so i justify it that way.
July 23, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
Great EP!

I won’t be buying a 100 USD wine any time in the foreseeable future.
July 23, 2008

medo
Great EP & big congrats to the winners! I only tried a 1997 Grange once and it wasn’t that experience I expected…

QOTD: Maybe the 2005 Amon-Ra (a bit less the 100â‚¬) and the 2005 St. Urbans-Hof Riesling TBA (a bit up the 100â‚¬)
July 23, 2008

LarryW
The first (mistaken) sniffy-sniff of the Grange was “tons of fruit.” The second was “Oak Monster.” It looks like labels influence noses. The Grange’s American oak isn’t fully integrated with the fruit yet. Try it again in 10 to 12 years.

QOTD: Less than $40 each when purchased, but well over $100 now, the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou and the 1991 Ridge Monte Bello. Tasted together a couple of years ago, these are remarkably similar wines: gorgeous purple color, violets nose, impeccable balance. The ‘91 MB is the finest Cal-cab I’ve had.
July 23, 2008

Richard Ritter
Congratulations to all the winners, even though it wasn’t me…but I will strive to be a winner in the future!
July 23, 2008

Rowland
qotd: YO my own wine; im gonna blow stuff up with my wine (in the future). im making my first vintage this year! {([THUNDER NOISE/applause])}

yo are you really gonna make a girl from Switzerland come to new york to fly her back to France?
yo juicelibrary TV hilarious, that guy deserves to win!
yo … cut some hands off if the decanters keep moving (ps what the *HeCk` is with these crappy blown-glass decanters? Gary your ballin son, get some proper crystal, or at least Czech cut glass)
yo you made a ricola joke on the same episode as picking the swiss miss lol
yo next time i see someone buying a $175/$265 bottle of wine, ill rob him in the parking lot so i can try that stuffff … heh heh heh! (maybe im just kidding … maybe).

YO Sniffy SNIFFFFF!

yo ps those labels are LAME-O for such expensive wines … just kinda weak.
yo look how many times i typed yo!
July 23, 2008

johnmaki
I think it was a Krug rose Champagne from the 60’s tasted in the late 60’s.
July 23, 2008

victor
Congratulations to ALL winners. Would LOVE to have follow-up show
with stories and pictures from trip(s).

QOTD 1990 Dom Perignon which I bought for the millenium New Year but
ended up sharing with family/friends on my 40th Birthday in 2005.
July 23, 2008

1kailuaboy
Big Ups to all the lucky dawgs, live the dream of WineLibraryTV!
QOTD: Funny, or sadly, $100 these days is not a lot BONES for special wines. However, my $100 special was the ‘01 Beringer Private Reserve Cab. by my admired winemaker Ed Sbragia. FYI, these are drinking wonderfully now.
July 23, 2008

Norm
QOTD- I was lucky enough to go to a vertical of Heitz Cellars Martha’s Vineyard. We tasted 1973-1984. The tasting was wonderful, but the 1974 was FREAKING SPEC-TAC-ULAR.
See my post at:http://eatrdie.blogspot.com/2007/11/heitz-cellars-marthas-vineyard-vertical.html
July 23, 2008

neutron212
QOTD: its the only one ive have is the Opus One that was amazing
July 23, 2008

Moselman
Not likely to be laying out $100 for a bottle of wine (my wallet and palate are about equally limited), but were I asked to pick out such a gift I’d see what they had amongst the Amarones or maybe a CdP. Would it be too ballsy to ask for two picks?
July 23, 2008

Paul V
Congrats everyone.

QOTD: I’ve never had anything close to a $100 bottle of wine. And to be honest, I don’t have one on my list. I’m enjoying very much the $20 – $40 bottles and at this point I don’t have plans to go much above that. Still – if there is an exceptional bottle out there I may give it a try.

Great show as always.
July 23, 2008

Chief Tootles.
Congrats to all the winners!

QOTD: I’ve never had a $100 bottle, but if I did, it would be a Cab with no producer or year in mind.
July 23, 2008

Adam J
Awesome seeing Gary taste the Sassicaia (I have personal feelings about the wine). I also enjoy just having a few regular WLTV episodes (although the Bordeaux trip was great too).
QOTD: Wines that I have had at $100 have been marked up to that point in a restaurant so I’ll have to say the: 2001 Bric Del Fiasc Paolo Scavino Barolo that I purchased for $100 is the most anticipated to drink bottle I own. Thanks for the show!
July 23, 2008

Oklahoma Michael
QOTD= I saved for a pretty long time to buy a bottle of 1997 Masseto, and it was worth every penny. It was a little bit more that 100 bones, but pretty close. I wish everyday that I had bought another
July 23, 2008

davidB
I have a 2000 Rubicon and at some point we will be doing a tasting of the bad boy. I did not pay $100 bones, but that is what they are selling for now……does that count?
July 23, 2008

Anrew Zander
QOTD: I haven’t had a $100 bottle of wine yet, but I did get a glass of 1977 port and was quite impressed.

I would like to get a bottle of Silver Oak one day. All hype, or really good? That’s what I would like to find out for myself.
July 23, 2008

drift
Back when i was in to australian shiraz’s….. the best $100 bottle was the 2001 shirvington shiraz. If you can still get it and you love aussie….. You must seek this one out. In my opinion, its a 98 point wine. This was 2 years ago….i cant imagine what it must taste like now.
July 23, 2008

John Cabot
I had a bottle of 94 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet that abslutely blow my mind. I actually started crying, it was so fricking good, and I a not the biggest Cab fan. I think it was $144 at Larrapin, in Trinidad,Ca. Awesome restaurant with an ocean view. Dig it!! Humboldt County Babe!!
July 23, 2008

kaybee
QoTd
I haven’t spent that much on wine before, but maybe someday.
July 22, 2008

cpd
qotd: 1986 Dominus
July 22, 2008

Timothy
QOTD: Nicolas Feuillatte Cuvee Palme d’Or. My first super premium champagne.