Well you can sip Bressan wines in NY and NJ restaurants

NY
Angelo's 677 Prime
August
Babbo
Bar Milano (now inoteca)
Blue Hill Restaurant
Blue Ribbon
Carmine's Midtown
Chinatown Brasserie
Del Posto
Felidia Restaurant
Morandi
Oceana
Peasant
Red Cat
Tarry Lodge
The Harrison
The Michaelangelo Hotel
The Waverly Inn

in NJ
Crystal Springs Tavern
Eno Terra
Theater Square Grill

and probably some others that I am not aware of...

We import the Bressan Pinot Noir into the Czech Republic. As Fulvio Bressan says, the mark of a true winemaker is making a good wine in a bad year. It is a stellar wine. And, one should try the pinot grigio, pignol etc. :)

Yep Tassinia so much better than Tiagnello

You're making me hungry!

QOTD: Never been to Boston, but would love to visit some day soon!

>Chris
>2005 Movia Ribolla Gialla is from Istria! Not Slovenia!

Everything Movia is very much Slovenian (from the town of Ceglo in the Brda region - the eastern part of Italian Collio), except that some Slovenian winemakers also own land across the border in Italy. Besides that, there are lots of better-QPR ribollas ("rumena rebula", as we call it) compared to Movia's available here in Slovenia :)

Additionally, a part of Istria also belongs to Slovenia, but you will not find ribolla there. That is primarily the land of malvasia ("malvazija") and rifosco ("refošk").

>Trst zaj nas!

The correct wording is "Trst je naš", meaning "Trieste belongs to us", a nostalgic Slovenian mourning for losing Trieste and the surrounding territory to Italy after WWII.

Having said that, it is nice to see the first Slovenian wine tasted on WLTV. Hope more will follow ;)

Whatever your restaurant is... eh... that one. Even though I've never been to Boston ; )

michael is a very cool guy! keep the guests coming!

Okay, this episode did not completely suck. Matt does need some training from Mott, though. ;-)

QOTD: Since I have only been to Boston a couple of times and I have never eaten at one of Michael's restaurants, I'll pass on that one.

QotD: Never been to Boston. Been to the suburbs of it and to Cape Cod, never to Boston, though.

I'm sure this was a great episode...just like all of the others. However, I had to stop watching it 30 seconds in as I was so frustrated trying to listed to the echo. I had headphones on too! Please use body mics or at the very least table top mics for shows like this...PLEASE.

Great show, Mr. Shlow is a great guest. QOTD: Radius.

Do this more often. There must be a few restaurants in NYC where you can pull this stunt and actually taste wine in its natural habitat.

And Matt really needs some training on the camera. But hey, as Michael stated, you have to start small...

Excellent episode. Overall, a little too long. No worries!, though. I'll keep on watching.

qotd: never been in Boston... will have to try soon

Fan-freaking-tastic episode! I wish I could've met Chef Schlow- he and GV looked like they had a lotta fun. Plus, the food looked good. That chicken under a brick sounded fabulous.

And good job Matt- the conditions weren't as ideal as GV's office, but the video was fine!

QOTD: Well, I'm a simple girl and I like the little hole in the wall restaurants in the North End. I go to the ones that *don't* have valet parking. There was an old pizzeria that I used to go with my family that has since closed. The pizza was so good. Salivating now.

Fantastic show. Being a cook myself, I love to listen to chefs talk about their passion and their foods. Michael is a wonderful person and he DOES have the passion inside of him. Best wishes to him and his restaurants. QOTD: Never been to Boston, but I do love Italian food so your restaurants seem like a perfect fit. See, easy homer answer! :P

GREAT episode- reminds me of my Boston days- great town... miss it.

QOTD: I have to say Finale, a dessert-centric restaurant where I worked for 3 years and began studying wine starting backwards- from the dessert wines that dominate the menu back to dry table wines and everything in between. Finale is a great spot to catch a sweet bite and a sweet sip after dinner, the theatre, or after a long evening walk around Beantown. Three locations in the city: Park PLaza (downtown near the Common), Harvard Square (Cambridge), and Coolidge Corner. Tell them Dave Alfano sent you...

FUN episode. I loved the chef, what a cool guy! Yes, you should have tasted more food on camera, but I loved hearing the stories.

QOTD: Never been to Boston, but I hope to check it out one day.

A fun episode, but I wish you'd tasted all the foods and commented more on how the wines actually paired with them.

QOTD: I used to live in the Boston area but moved away 20 years ago. Most of my favorites are no longer around. Some favorites that are still there are L'Espalier, No Name, and Mamma Maria. One long-gone favorite that I remember most fondly was Le Bourguignon in Dedham, a great Provencal restaurant that had a cellar full of 1969 Burgundies that they sold at affordable prices (based more on what they'd paid than what they could get, I think).

B/c I'm such a foodie and strong believer that wine should be drank with food, I've been watching for years and this was one of my top 3 episodes. Really. I'd strongly approve of more chef cameos. Thanks!

GV - this was one of the best shows I have watched in a while. Real good chemistry with you and your guest. Like the idea of sitting in a restaurant and discussing wine with a chef. You did not taste the dishes enough though.

QOTD - I have never been to one of your guests' restaurants. However, I have liked Grill 23 and a restaurant in the north end (Italian obviously) whose name escapes me.

The decor and the food were very well presented. I wish Chris had been doing the video though.

QOTD - I have never been to Boston.

QOTD - I have been to Boston many times on business, but not in about 5 years. There are so many good seafood and Itlian restaurants. It is not fair to pick one after so many years away. The show was fun. Good food is so important to enjoying wine.

QOTD: Oh, Legal Seafoods I guess! The food bar at Whole Foods on Cambridge St. is pretty outrageous. I know it's not actually a restaurant.

QotD - Oleana in Cambridge, MA. Chef Ana Sortun.

Great show, I'm from Boston so it's nice to see a sit-down with a chef from a restaurant i have been to. I think your best shows are when you have guests or have blind tastings, keep them coming!

I lived in Boston for the better part of a decade, but I haven't been back there in 20 years, so I don't know if the restaurants I remember are even still around.

I love Italian food, and spent a lot more time in the Back Bay than the North End, so Via Matta is just the sort of place I would seek out. I hear the Crunchy Eggplant is not to be missed, and it would probably go great with that last wine you tasted on this episode.

When I think of Boston restaurants I think of seafood. Legal's was always a favorite, but for a more authentic Boston experience I would suggest No Name or Union Oyster House.

QOTD: Massamino's when the kitchen is hot.
Grill 23 for a steak.
Sweet Basil's in Needham

Good Show and guest.... Never been to Boston.

LOVED this episode, Gary. If I could go back in time, I would have gone to culinary school...food and wine are very dear to me. Awesome guest, and great to see the food and wine pairing.

QOTD: I have never been to Boston, but if I get to go, I will visit one of Michael's restaurants.

Great guest. Love to hear people talk about how they got into the food/wine world.

QOTD: lived in Boston for two years during my starving student phase so didn't get to too many higher end spots. But Sorrentos always treated me well.

This is the best buddy movie of '09. Normal guys with abnormal expertise meet up and bond. I could have watched 2 hours of this one.

Never been to Boston. Long drive from Sonoma county, that's right Zin country!

I had to stop the first time I started to watch this one as I thought Gary was going to talk all over the guest from the very beginning. I was glad I tried again as it was a decent episode.

The sound however blew big chunks!

Also how come you didn't try the food parings? Just the fish and fennel. Next time have the kitchen bring things out as you move along, then it can still be hot, or at least steaming from the heat lamp hehe.

Gary where's your check list for the show, forgetting a bucket until taping is under way. Come on dude we know you can be more organized than that.You need a little "to go" kit for road shows. Like having camping gear all packed and ready for spur of the moment weekends.

Thanks for continuing to fuel wine's thunder.

I didn't know who schlow was, so i feel educated. what a cool guy. any episode with food is a good episode for me!

Good show, Michael seems like a really cool guy. QOTD: haven't been to Boston in a while, they were still working on the big dig, the last time I was there. But we went to a nice Italian restaurant on the North End, Mother Anna's which was nice.

QOTD - never been to Boston and actually never heard of Schlow before.

Would love to see more shows with chefs.. Daniel Boulud, Wylie Dufresne.. or Gordon Ramsay would go down well haha

Great episode, what a nice guy Michael Schlow is. I'm definitely living in the wrong country.

Great show. Chef Mike seems like the nicest guy you could ever know. I've been to Boston 4 or 5 times over the last 10 years and I absolutely love it.

Gary, I gotta tell you, this show was like Kismit to me!!
First: I have been thinking a lot lately about getting back to Boston, and I actually went on line TODAY to start planning my next trip.
Second: I am from Fords, but all of my best friends lived in Edison, so I hung out there for most of my early years.
Third: I am a HUGE Cowboys fan!! (...not to mention a HUGE wine fan)
I would have given just about anything to be at that table with you guys.
I will definitely find my way to Via Matta when I get back to Boston. I am also a HUGE bolognese fan!!!!

Nice show! Awesome that the 2002 Bressan Pinot Nero worked out the way it did.

I would have liked to have known more about the pairing as well. While I don't necessarily choose my wines in restaurants to pair perfectly with food (sometimes I just want to sit with a wine through many courses and so I have time to think and enjoy it), it would have been nice to have known what particular aspects of the ingredients in the food drew you to choose the varietals you did. Basically, more technical things about how the food and wine play together.

As Ed Sullivan would say, "a really fun, fun show." I truly appreciate good cooks and one who has not forgotten their roots. Thank goodness he praised Bobby Flay since he is my culinary idol and all-around great guy.

My ONLY negative comment would be that it is really disconcerting to see "Not Available" on such great wines. I feel frustrated enough with work and life in general and then when I get the chance to try some great wines, you say "not available." Sounds familiar from the women in my life. :)

QOTD: Unfortunately, I have never been to Boston. I took a business trip to Cambridge but did not stay long enough to try any restaurants. So my answer is "nicht."

Cheers!

QOTD: I live just outside of Boston but have not been to Chef Schlow's restaurant. I hope to remedy that soon. However, my favorite restaurant in Boston in Troquet. Since I took Gary and Justin and Matt and Kristin and AJ there this past Saturday night, I'm wondering which Gary preferred.

Nice episode. Never been to Boston, so no favorite restaurants, but I'm a fan of the Bruins (from way back in the Bobby Orr days).