Very good guest! wow,, I learned a lot. Very impressed.
We love Mott! No belly dancing, unless it’s a guest.

QOTD: No. I did not know. wow. Spain rocks!

Question to you: What do you do with the 1/2 bottle of wines left after each show? Have you consider how much $$ you show in a week? hundreds of dollars. cool.

QOTD:
YES !

Spanish wine is my favorite by the way, but I seek out different wines all the time to educate myself (and to have a pretext to drink amazing and not so amazing wines).

On a side note, there is a very special Spanish song, a traditional song in fact, called “La Dolores de Calatayud”, search for it and listen, it will make you seek out a fine Spanish wine.

Very interesting and informative guest, thank you Gary. Excellent show.

QOTD – No

QOTD – Of Course…..went to Spain last year. Rented a car and drove through Rioja. Wonderful. Best wines for the money. Its amazing how friendly and open the wineries are to visitors. It’s not like Napa where you can drive from one to another without appointments.

Very nice show. I really enjoy the guests. Jorge was awesome!

Great show! Another of the top shows! The list of them is getting longer! A true honor to have Jorge in attendance. First Janics Robinson, next Jorge a few weeks later. Truly ratcheding the show up notches.

I too enjoy Spanish wines and his offerings are about 90% of my total Spanish holdings. Keep up the good work.

QTD – no, I may have heard this in the past and might have guessed it but I didn’t realize it as a fact.

QOTD. Yes, as a wine loving Spaniard I HAD to know that factoid. 😉

Great show! Jorge was great. You can recognize a man with conviction and understand why he’s been successful in interpreting the kind of wines the American palate prefers.

Keep it up!

i did not know…

Did Gary check out Jorge’s ass at the 33:00 mark?
QOTD: Yes I did know that.

QOTD:nope

GARY!! xo
I ADORE Spain! Love, love, love it!
QOTD: No. I didnt know Spain had more vineyards than any other country! Now I love it even more!
Thanks Jorge & Gary..
🙂

Love this format. Sometimes you don’t even need the wine. The first 2/3rds of this program would have been enough. just listening to you two go on about Spain and the early days of Jorge’s business was fascinating.
Going to watch the BLIND bordeaux now, but I’ve said it before…hate blind… and find this type of show so much more interesting. BLIND is like watching a game show.

QOTD: YES!
But I am glad that YOU (GARY) brought up the common claims that Jorge’s portfolio is filled with wines that are over-oaked, very new-world in style with over-ripe extracted fruit and concentration. Whether anyone agrees with these claims or not, Jorge addressed them well.

Great guest! Love this format.

QOTD? Yes. But I did think that Airen, not Garnacha, was the most planted variety not only in Spain, but in the world. So I was surprised to hear Jorge say it was Garnacha.

Cool show.

Man, I really want to like Spanish wine, but I haven’t found anything that could pull me away from the McLaren Vale or the Barossa valley (that being not entirely true). Danish people love wines from the Rioja and I’ve tried quite a few. The interesting thing for me is the terroire. After seeing this episode, I’ll probably start trying more Spanish wine again.

I liked how you tried to get him to say that he doesn’t do enough to expand his pallet. Although his comeback was good, saying that he just likes good wine, and not necessarily what the market is asking for.

QOTD: I did not know that.

Muchas gracias! Super episode. And then I looked at all my Spanish wine bottles and saw that practically ever one had the JO mark on it. Wow, he brings in some kick ass wines!

QOTD: No, I was unaware of that. However, I am now the wiser. Thanks.

PS- Everyone loves Mott. How can they not?

yes, jorge, i knew that~! thanks for doing the show–spainish wines rock!

Yes I did know that. What a great episode and tremendous guest. I’ve been a big fan of the Jorge Ordonez brand for years because I’ve never come across a dud and it always represents great value. It all makes sense now seeing the passion he has for what he does.

Thanks for the education about Spanish wines, I think they offer a great value. I’ve never had a really bad bottle from there. Had my first Albarino from Gary’s secret pack a while back and it rocked!

QOTD: I think I knew that but thanks for the reminder.

What a great episode, and great guest. He does show the passion for his wines.

QOTD – Nope.

Great show GV! I had heard of Senor Ordonez on many occasions – Parker, wine tastings, etc. Great to associate a face with a name.
Spanish wines are killer – from Albarino and Rioja whites to Ribera del Duero, Jumilla, Priorat, Toro!

QOTD – I had heard this before, but when coming from a respected guest such as you, I believe it now!

Fishing, cooking, and Spanish wine… could there be a cooler guest that Jorge?

QOTD: Nope, I thought it was Italy… Stupid me!

Very cool guest, and I LOVE Spanish wines, was one of my first wine loves – seriously. Awesome episode.

And Mott rocks.

Absolutely wonderful show. Gary, are you auditioning for your own “talk show”? Nice interview and a very interesting character, as you say. I have certainly heard of Senor Ordonez and have many Spanish wines in my cellar that are “Jorge Ordonez Selection” wines.

QOTD: Yes, I knew that because one of the wine distributors in Cleveland told me that two weeks ago when he was giving a presentation on Spanish wines at a tasting – not surprisingly, he represents a number of Jorge Ordonez wines.