Interesting Wine Packaging and Some VERY Interesting Wines

Interesting Wine Packaging and Some VERY Interesting Wines – Episode #508

July 24, 2008

A special guest picked these 3 wines based on their packaging but stumbled into a few fascinating wines worthy of attention on this edition of The Thunder Show.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Nun Vinya Dels TausSpanish Priorat
2006 J Mourat Fiefs Vendeens Collection RedOther Loire Red Wine
2005 John Anthony Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet

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July 26, 2008

Cheech
Damn dude people we were not laughing at him, Strat, great job man.
July 26, 2008

Rowland
qotd: favorite designer is the Austrian, Gustav Klimt. Also there is an English landscape designer called Capability Brown. Check them out …
July 26, 2008

nougat
Great job Strat. I thought the Stratmiester did a better job swirling, tasting and verbalizing flavors and smells than more experienced tasters.

Gary, what a great idea, going with a suggestion that had potential. I really enjoyed this. But, bad manners upstaging your guest when he’s doing his thing. I know I sound like Miss Manners but, deal with it.

QOTD: Uhh, the Three Stooges?
July 25, 2008

thefaamakesmedrink
Gary,

Some random thoughts about today’s episode:

1. Did you see the look on this goober’s face when you mentioned the word ‘threesome’ about fifteen seconds in? 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000-1 this guy voted for George W. Bush – TWICE!

2. Do you know why his parents named him ‘Basil Rathbone’ or whatever the hell his name is? Because ‘Otis the Drunk’ was already copyrighted.

3. If I had a nickel for every time Billy-Bob said ‘Um’, I could just about wipe out the national debt.

4. When you wondered what food would pair nicely with the ‘Fiefs’, I half-expected Floyd the Barber to say ‘oppossum’.

5. If Exxon-Mobil squeezed all of the grease out of Cecil’s hair, would oil trade below $20 per barrel?

6. Here’s an idea for your next contest. “Who was president when the shirt Ralph Lauren was wearing was actually in style?” I’m guessing Grover Cleveland – 2nd term. Did I win?

7. Why was Junior Sample sweating like Mike Tyson at a spelling bee?

8. And lastly but certainly not leastly, did Frank Lloyd Wright really ask “WHAT is your favorite designer?” instead of “WHO is your favorite designer?”. Based on that, I’m going to have to go with ‘Thing’ from ‘The Addams Family’.

Regards,

Lewis Black
July 25, 2008

Jim in Atlanta
QTOD – Enjoy impressionist art the most. In architecture I was recently at the Guggenheim in Bilbao and thought it was amazing. So Frank Gehry would be the man.
July 25, 2008

John R.
Awesome episode. I kinda like how you guys covered how labels affect wines.

QOTD: Definitely Frank Lloyd Wright also Mott! It started in 5th grade when I did a research paper on him, and then my dad got so into him and now we’ve visited a lot of his places like his home in Chicago and Taliesin West. His ideas were amazing… I would love to go visit Falling Waters!
July 25, 2008

amgryger
QOTD: As an architect/designer/artist myself, some of my influences are Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, PETER ZUMTHOR, CARLO SCARPA, Michelangelo, ANDREI TARKOVSKY, Brunelleschi, Louis Kahn…I could go on and on.
July 25, 2008

kaybee
Nice twist on wine interest, the labels. Sometimes I avoid buying a wine because I think their labels are silly and I don’t want to buy a silly wine.
QoTd
Don’t know graphic design, but in art I love Monet, love B. Makowski leather, and Ralph Lauren.
July 25, 2008

clouder
pretty cool episode here. A nice return from an extended layoff of watching this.

QOTD: I’m going to go with Bill Joy on this one. He’s the creator of Vi, the best text editor I have used to date. The program was designed to be extremely efficient and has changed the way I want to work with my computer entirely. Like wine though the program is an acquired taste and with age both user and program get better
July 25, 2008

JudeMurphy
Don’t know any commercial graphic designers.
My favorite visual artist must be Mark Rothko, though!
July 25, 2008

Terrance
Strat might be on his way to a sophisticated wine palate. For a newbie drinker he was pretty in touch with his complexity side. And nice to get the lowdown on design.

QOTD: Japanese architect Tadao Ando. He’s a local of Osaka and I live in Kobe (same region) and my neighborhood is full of his buildings. Gotta love a world famous architect who gives back to his community. A Japanese graphic designer I gotta give props to is the late, great Yusaku Kamekura. He designed the posters for the 64 Tokyo Olympics and the 70 Osaka Expo.
July 25, 2008

Pete G
Another great guest. VERY interesting concept show. Loved the contrast between the breakdown of the label design and the breakdown of the wine.

QOTD: The late, great Salvadore Dali. What a face, what an artist.
July 25, 2008

jason kersley
QOTD: very hard to pick one, but the list would have to include Peter Zumthor ( http://tinyurl.com/6rawal & http://tinyurl.com/5ul7kn ) Todd Williams + Billie Tsien ( http://www.twbta.com/ ) as well as Renzo Piano ( http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/ )… main reason is all of these architects are true craftsman. their design is meaningful and thoughtful and as much as personal branding is a good thing, they don’t use their buildings to create that brand like a couple of Franks (gehry & wright).
July 25, 2008

wayno da wino
Yo Guyz, Fuuun Episode !!!! Cooool Vinos !!! Yo G, rumor is…..da
Jets might be gettin’ Brett Farve…….How ’bout dat ????????

QOTD: Me, when i do somethin’ “productive” at me Hizzy……..
July 25, 2008

thebigwineo
David Carson
July 25, 2008

thebigwineo
As a former graphic artist (still do it on the side) Strat’s first answer was contradicting (2005 Nun Vinya Dels Taus.) He said most labels are plain and then he said this label was kinda plain. I think the modern minimalistic look of the label is what makes it interesting and the die-cut is much different than most labels. Label seems very California New School.

(2006 J Mourat Fiefs Vendeens Collection Red) I agree about the shape of the bottle. Label is ok…looks alot like others.

(2005 John Anthony Cabernet Sauvignon) The use of font in that typographical design is very nice and the paper is much different than most other california wines with very glossy paper stock….label is mix of old and new.

Overall I never bought a horrible bottle of wine just picking by the artwork. I would think mostly that if the producer puts that much work, time, & money into the label, the most likely isnt swill.
July 25, 2008

Andy
Great ep G …. Like when you have guest , gives a different prospective.
QOTD— How about Henry Dreyfuss .. a great industrial designer of the 20th century.
July 25, 2008

tom
Gary, Brett Favre is going to be the quarterback of the NY Jets…….
July 25, 2008

CBG
Great episode GV…youre the Howard Stern of wine.

Marc Newson(nike zvezdochka)coolest shoe ever…
July 25, 2008

brainpain
Just an OK episode. QOTD should have been: Whats the most interesting wine label you have come across?

Too often uneducated buyers lean for the look of the label to choose a wine… hasn’t anyone learned that its whats on the inside that counts!
July 25, 2008

dpe111
Hey, nice episode!
My favorite designer/architect is Santiago Calatrava…must see some of his work.
July 25, 2008

mike76
Great episode, my brother buys his wine purely based on the label.
July 25, 2008

Peter Wood
My favorite designer designed racing cars. He was a guy called Colin Chapman who founded Lotus cars in the 50’s. Aside from being an engineering genius, he designed some of the best looking racing cars ever – the Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth, the Lotus 38 Ford Indy 500 winning car and the Vanwall VW5 F1 car of 1958 – stunning cars.
July 25, 2008

DAve A
ok show.
QOTD: I painted my house once, does that count?
July 25, 2008

Jimmy T
Why you hatein’ on Mott Gary?

QOTD: ???

Great times having a rookie on there. He did quite well.