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!

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
2003 Penfolds GrangeAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

Links mentioned in todays episode.

259 Responses

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

July 23, 2008

Chris
At 15:30 gary said he has big wood in his mouth…whats up with that? Also I have to call you out on the mix up. You said you smelled tons of fruit,explosive fruit then you realized…opps wrong wine. Then you smelled alittle fruit with tons of oak. Was that a pre conceived notion type of thing?
July 23, 2008

ColinLukens
GV – Congrats to all the winners and thanks for having contests – so much fun they are. QOTD – I’ve liked Ch. Laforge and Shafer 1.5 (albeit it’s $80). I’d like some 2001-2004 Ch. Leoville Barton (if any were originally at 100 bones)…
July 23, 2008

Paryb
Great show GeeVee!

Actually, the best >100$ wine I’ve ever had was the stars of good ol’ episode one!

2001 Verite La Muse 2001 Verite La Joie a couple years ago. They were freakin fantastic.

Knocked my socks off so hard I still haven’t found them.
July 23, 2008

jtmac
QOTD: Never had a 100 dollar bottle and, honestly, I don’t plan on purchasing one anytime soon.

Gary the UStream stuff is great. Keep it up!
July 23, 2008

George
I’m calling you out on your Penfolds tasting. Your first sniffing was nothing but fruit, no oak, then you caught the mix-up. Your second sniffing was all oak, no fruit and youdid not like it. Two very different descriptions of the same wine.
July 23, 2008

Daniel
congrats to those who won. wish i could go, oh well! maybe next time.
July 23, 2008

Derkec
Gary,

It’s great that you’re doing the ustream thing, but bouncing back and forth like that was annoying. Stick your streaming camera over by the main camera or something.
July 23, 2008

Erick Grau
QOTD: Carruades de Lafite 2005, not sure if it was exactly $100 as I had this in London back in 2007 but I think it was around that price.

Nice tannins, mulberries come out quite nice in this wine with a hint of raw veggies in the back end.. I remember it being – silky.

Good episode and congratulations to all the winners – It truly is an honor to be selected to be at Pesquie AND flying out with GV himself for San Francisco. I believe all Vayniacs are not jealous, but envious of the opportunity. Do US proud and REPRESENT!!!

Erick
July 23, 2008

Tyler RM
Gongrats to the winners; I wish it could be me
July 23, 2008

da Korkmiester
Grange – done in the ‘Grange’ style,
moreover done in a style to age, done with a “balance” to support aging.
Building a wine to merit depth of fruit and complexity at age 10, 15, 18, 20? requires planning. Planning in the vineyard re canopy mgmt, pick date and the resultant acid profile is key. Planning in the fermentation methods and pressing. “And” planning in the oak barrels selected and length of barrel aging. Tannins support aging. If you open a 10 year old Grange and it is an oak monster, ok, then toss the bottle in the bucket. But there is a chance that the oak will integrate with the fruit as it ages and the wine will be nicely balanced when the winemaker’s clock strikes midnight and the cork takes a well deserved vacation
July 23, 2008

JRMoreau
I’ve never had a $100 bottle of wine, but I’m dying to try some of this high end 2005 Bordeaux you’ve been raving about!
July 23, 2008

Kristen
Congrats to Susan and Karl!! Congrats to all of the winners!

QOTD: I’ve never had a bottle over 100 bones, but if I did, I’d love to try a vintage Champagne and a vintage Bordeaux.
July 23, 2008

W Miree
Gary, thank you for being so “tell it like it is”…especially when the wines are expensive, big-name wines. I really appreciate your honest, ethical assessments.

QOTD: One of the best $100 wines I have ever had would have to be the 1991 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny, Cuvee Vieilles Vigne. I bought two bottles of it in 1995 and paid a little over $100 each. Steve Tanzer rated it 96 points, and having drunk my first one just a couple of months ago, I totally agree with this rating. I plan to share the second bottle with friends this weekend in McMinnville, Oregon at the International Pinot Noir Celebration.
July 23, 2008

clarose
QOTD: If it has to be exactly (or close to) 100$, then I would have to say the “Ã‰chezeaux Grand Cru 2005″ from Domaine Nudant (that is 100$ CAD). If it can be a bit higher than that, I would say:

For red: Clos des Lambrays 2005, Domaine des Lambrays

For white: Criots-BÃ¢tard-Montrachet 2005, Domaine Roger Belland

Great show once again!
July 23, 2008

bwizzle
I must say there are so many wines I like depending upon my mood, the company I am with and the food I am eating.

I had a 96 0r 98 Dominus that was awesome, a 2004 Kosta Browne which was phenomenal and Two Hands Ares that was amazing. Also the 2002 Phelps Insignia, that I picked up was great with a juicy rib eye.

sorry, just cant say I have one favorite.
July 23, 2008

clemens
by the way: here you can see pics of the most amazing wines iÂ´ve ever drank! you can guess: burgundy! in this case vosne-romanee! ceck it out: http://gallery.mac.com/clemens.fruehstueck#100154
great, great, great, once in a lifetime wines!!!!

clemens
July 23, 2008

clemens
QOTD:This is not such an easy question. there are so many… but there are two that really blew my mind: nr. 1: istvan szepsy – Tokaji AszÃº 6 puttonyos 2000. and before we tasted great wines frome austria: gesellmann – g 2000 (a great blaufraenkisch – st. laurent cuvee), ernst triebaumer – blaufraenkisch marienthal 2002 and then chateau margaux 2000. but the tokaji topped everything. great, great sweetness paired with loads of acidity, fruit, terroir…. wow!!!

the second great wine was emmerich knoll – riesling spaetlese ried schuett 1983! unbelievebly great riesling from austri. exotic fruit, no petrol smell, huge body! can compete with every great riesling of this world! an outstanding 25 year old wine!!!!

by the way: iÂ´m really looking forward to seeing a program with austrian red wines! this is great stuff! blaufraenkisch especially! check out wines from weninger, triebaumer (both biodynamical), gesellmann, bauer-poeltl or umathum!

greetings from austria,

clemens
July 23, 2008

Ed Salonia
You should try to get the Penfolds RWT Shiraz… I’ve had the 02 (and still have a couple bottles left) and it was substantially cheaper than the Grange you just tried (about 70$) and is 93 WS. I loved this wine.
July 23, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
Great ep, not surprised about the grange.

Q-Probably a Brunello.
July 23, 2008

VinoVixen
I got so excited for Laura G, I just finished watching the episode.
QOTD: I have to say, I had an amazing evening the other night with a group of great women & wine but the shining star was 2003 Clos Erasmus!
July 23, 2008

Paul M
QOTD: 2000 Pontet Canet … had this at a steak house with a big ass piece of meat and it was amazing!
July 23, 2008

Susan
Gary & Mott, not sure who had the idea to go back to the original mic but YEAH!!! BIG, BIG difference!!! I can actually hear you!!!!
July 23, 2008

Neil
Gary,
Thanks for returning to the original microphone setup. It sounds much better.

QOTD: I have never had a $100 bottle. For me, a $20 wine better be good. A $30 wine, exceptional. A $40 wine, over the top, killing it, changing my life, etc. What wine would you recommend that would convince me that there is a higher level of enjoyment to be achieved at $100?
July 23, 2008

jason carey
Drink the Dead Arm for a better big, bold Shiraz at an “affordible” price
July 23, 2008

RonC
Fun episode.

QOTD: In my dreams. I’d like to try the 2004 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Russian River Valley.