Top 200, YIIIIIIIIIPEEEEEEEEEEE !!!! 🙂

Thanks for a great Malbec show. Tim Ferriss was fun. But what’s with the bee freak out, Gary? Is it fear or just a lack of comfort with “nature”? Maybe its time to get out more…

Does anyone think that bee went out on a “BUZZ” ? (lol)

Well, If you love what you do you never work a day in your life!

Tim must have gotten a very informal info on Malbec’s appearance in the New World. Malbec DID come directly from Bordeaux. (Michel Pouget, in 1868) That’s France. Italians had NOTHING to do with it’s migration to Argentina, though you are correct in that there was a great deal of emigration from Western Europe in general before the mid 19th c.

On the other hand, he appears, by no means to be a dummy on his health, and the grass-fed, high Omega-3 levels contributions to health. The typical American, due to extremely unhealthy diet and lack of exercise, consumes about only 1/10th the omega-3 needed (the good stuff), and 20 to 30, even FIFTY times too much Omega-6 (bad stuff) for healthy blood cholesterol levels.

As the son of Brasilians, who are also huge carnivores, I can attest that they also grill and barbecue (churrascaria) with nothing but rock salt, to produce a meat’s pure, simple flavor. As a little kid, in middle class America of the 1960’s, I found myself constantly irritated that there was never any ketchup around when we cooked out. I found it troublingly ‘un-American’ at the time.

Love Malbecs from all corners. Balbo, Archeval, and Catena’s offerings always VG. Chalky Cot/Cahors, and rustic French is also honest, and good wine.
Clos de la Siete is awesome, and well priced, but it’s a blend, using 50-80% Malbec, and Bordeaux varietals. Amancaya is 50/50 Mal-Cab from Catena and Rothschild. Delicious.

QotD – no change. I’ll prob work till I drop. I like to follow Joeph Campbell’s sage wisdom, introduced to me by my dad, many years ago… “Follow Your Bliss”. Yet, in practice, that being wine, woman, and song, he’s still not so sure about the can of worms he opened there.

The Thunder Cruise WAS Amazing! Thank you Wine Library!
Tim was a great guest. I enjoyed his interaction with you Gary. The Oak Monster mimic was hilarious. Malbecs are near the top of my list currently, right near Tempranillos, Pinot Noirs, and Chenin Blancs.

QOTD: Right now I want to retire so that I can do more enjoyable things than my current job, but I’m hoping to blur the lines between work and retirement before then.

Great guest, and ironically i got into wine in the same way. I took a trip to south america and had a bunch of wine when i was visiting argentina and enjoy malbec although i lean towards australian malbec more. So I understand why you like Malbec so much Tim.

Qotd: I actually do not look forward to retiring. If it happens it happens, but i want to become a consulting engineer with a firm or on my own. If the the stars align properly, i would like to run my own firm eventually. But with consultant work i hope to make it one of those things where i can take less hours and have more control as i get older so that it will feel more like a hobby i do for money rather than a job. And I feel like all jobs should be like that in some respect, it shouldn’t be just to make money but to enjoy what your doing.

Not sure about three journeyman… Raitliff may turn into a high quality backup, and Elam always seems to be around the ball… He’s the Lenny Dykstra equivalent of a safety. Always looking for an upgrade, but always makes plays on the field.

Enjoyable guest. Nice to see him pull some things out of the wine(cinnamon)
even as a wine novice. All about developing you “pal”

QOTD: I’d have to find a second career. Could not do my present job
into my 60s/70s. (too physically challenging)

i’m enjoying this show! i love it.

from japan

QOTD: Not even a factor as I assume that the Mayans are correct in their estimation that the world will end by 2012.

Great Ep!

I just had my first Malbec. I really liked it. I can completely see how this wine would be great with a big chunk of meat. I drank the bottle over 2 days and shared a glass with my neighbor who had also never had a Malbec. It was a great 11.00 bottle of wine called Los Carbos 2006, Malbec.

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Denise

QOTD: chateau, vineyard, food, wine, friends, family, bee hives for honey (really!) and a field of wild flowers, lavender, rosemary and a frog pond a plenty, weeping willow birch, sunshine, warmth, happy people of al ages, olives, dancing, love, and laughter.

great fun inspiring show. really liked watching gary zone in on tim’s comments on taste, wines, headaches, cures, and insights. the wisdom shines through.

cinnamon is awesome and now I am curious to learn more.

eggnog is usually topped with nutmeg so the cinnamon reference confused me.

Solid! Gonna check the book out very soon!

QOTD: Damn, probably not look into a government agency type job.. and start my own business.

qotd: Retirement to me is more about freedom, If you don’t feel free then you want to retire. TO work 100hrs a week doing something you love compared to 40hours something you don’t love, even tho both could be in the same field. I mean I like cooking I work in a restaurant but its a job I have no freedom, I can’t just take time off to travel and eat (to expensive) nor can I work 100hrs a week (industry is to slow to be paid). so thats my answer as cryptic as it is

I always enjoy every episode, but this must be my favorite; not only due to the fact that I have been a huge Melbac fan since the Wall Street Journal club started sending me bottles, but that my personal mentor Timothy Ferriss was on and drank his wine as a true gentleman should. So very impressed by everything he does.

Good show, great guest… Poor Little Bee, it would have been quicker if Mott had just smooshed it.
QOTD: I would have to consider working for less money to start a career doing something I love

Cedre means “ashes” in French, I believe. Might explain the intentional (?) taste of it.

Daria

Eggnog would be nutmeg scent.

Daria

I was wrong!!! Strike the cedre/ashes translation. Cedre means “cedar” and ashes in French is “cendre”. My bad.

Daria

But I’m correct about the nutmeg. 🙂

Great episode – Malbec really seems to be very popular right now.. especially for the 18-35 age group.

QOTD – You can’t play too much golf! I want to retire to be able to play golf, eat well and drink good wine basically every day.

QOTD: I don’t believe they would. I have no real thoughts of retirement at all. Not sure how to feel either way on that.

Hahaha…Chimichurri!!! If someone wants some of this please let me know. Just perfect for meat.

My email is arcadewines@gmail.com

Great show. Argentina and Malbec are coming big time for the next years on the wine market, so you better put your attention over here!

Regards,

I love Mendoza and Argentina in general… the women in Buenos Aires are incredible. I can state this openly because my girlfriend hates it when I watch WLTV and she’ll never visit the site so I’m safe. Quote (in German): “Schaust du wieder die Kettensäge an?” Translation: “Are you watching the chainsaw again?” Kinda what she thinks of GaryVee’s voice. Oh well…

but I think I’m gonna be flyin’ solo when it comes to the cruise next year. Don’t think I can convince her to come.

Keep on keepin’ ON!

Hilarious- I laughed out loud twice during this episode, Toy Soldier! OMG, I’m crying here, tears are flowing.

QOTD: Tough one. I do like what I do, but I want to do more not less, and I alweays thought about retirement what other job I would want to do if money were not an issue. So if I could never retire, my immeadiate priorities would be to focus more on the amount of time I spend doing things that are purely for my pleasure and not for my pocket.