Enjoyed the episode. Appreciate your efforts to educate.

QOTD -None not there yet.

Gary,

it is “few and far between”.

Still luv ya,
Karl B.

Smith-Madrone Napa (Spring Mountain) cab is awesome!

Wow. Thanks for all the orders and mailing list sign ups!! We’re blown away by the response. Email us or call us anytime if you have any questions or are in the area. We’d love to meet you. Many thanks from both of us.
Steve and Stan
707 889 4576
voltawine.com

Nice short and sweet. Love it that way, especially inbetween some longer shows.

Purchased a bottle and spoke to Stan from Volta, and Gary as always is spot on. Stan was a pleasure to talk to and cant wait for his wine to come in the mail! $60 bones is not that bad when some of us spend a lot more when we go out to dinner and buy something we could find in the store for 15 or 25 dollar price range! Great show Gary! and Stan and Volta best of luck hope all goes well!

Great show Gary.
2 wines come to mind – Faust (Quintessa’s little brother) for about $45 is awesome. And Peju.

Andrew

QOTD: none … can tell you a heap of good Connawarra/Yarra Valley/Clare Valley Cab at that price point though

Andrew

Beau Vigne Juliet 2005. By far my favorite Cab, but it is $55. Worth the price every day and twice on saturday. Dave Phinney is the bomb yo!

QOTD: Tough to find under $50 but a few exist:

2004 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville
2005 Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown Oakville

QOTD: Judd’s Hill and Paradigm (if you can find it on sale) for under $50 Napa Cabs.

QOTD: Tudal and of course Titus

2002 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon

A favorite Napa Cab of mine is 2005 Cuvaison Cabernet

I am sorry I have to up the price a bit, but the Match Cab 2002, I believe it was the 02′. Anyway, fantastic wine. So damn good. It was $63.00 at WL about two years ago.

Great show and enjoy the Napa focus. Always my first love. QOTD, any vintage of the Sequoia Grove Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon!

VERASION WINES ARE ALWAYS A GREAT VALUE FOR ME. BUT, ONE MANS TRASH IS ANOTHER MANS VALUE(SO TO SPEAK). I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERONE CAN AFFORD PRICEY WINES. BUT, WHEN YOU WORK IN THE INDUSTRY IT VERY EASY TO GET SPOILED. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TO GO TO ALL THE DISTRIBUTOR WINE TASTINGS AND GET A 20% DISCOUNT ON WINES PURCHASED AT WORK(WINES AT COST). THIS ALLOWS ME TO TRY WINES THAT I NORMALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD. IT IS EASY TO SHOOT DOWN A WINE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE PRICE POINT BUT, LET US NOT FORGET THE REASON WE ENJOY WINE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER WHEN IT COMES TO WINE. JUST A WRONG ATTITUDE! PEACE OUT.

Way to go Volta!

Gary – thanks for the shout-out, bro!

QOTD: That’s a little tough. I love most vintages of the St. Clement Orropas which is technically not a Cab although it is certainly Cab dominated.

QOTD – I’ve had very few as California Cab is actually pretty hard to get in London. Not sure why, but there isn’t a great selection over here.. I guess it just isn’t a popular taste here.

QOTD: Neal

Cheated here. I popped a bottle of 1989 Dunn Howell Mountain that I originally paid $45 for. Now it would go for $145 but after a 2 hour opening was amazing and together.

This was really an interesting approach. I like hearing about the daily happenings behind the scenes at the WL!

QOTD: Sorry to disappoint, but as a CKC, I don’t generally drop $25-50 on a bottle of Napa Cab. I’d rather spend it on some Old World wines. But this Volta sounds like quite the experience.

Trivium (Lewelling Vineyard), Roy Estate 2005 Cabernet, Continuum 2005, Piña 2005 Howell Mountain, Peacock Family Vineyard 2004 – All different and all awesome

2005 Jessup Cellars Cabernet. I like all the Jessup wines.