The weather brings back memories of a dismal June. Catching up several weeks later.
QOTD1 - I am not a radish or cucumber fan, i could see celery as a replacement for me. However, I would NOT like this after dessert.

QOTD2 - Chocolate chip.

Fun show, like the change of scenery. We had a fun drive up through Anderson Valley on our way to Mendocino (mini-honeymoon after our Napa wedding). A pinot noir from Navarro brought us up there. Lots of good places I'm sure, we only had time for a few.

QOTD: COFFEE ice cream FTW! Hate coffee, love coffee ice cream...go figure.

Wonderful show. Being in Asia there isn't much access to Anderson Valley, but I'll be keeping a look out.

QOTD2 - Jasmine tea or Ben and Jerry's Fairtrade Vanilla.

Haggen Daz Cappicino Commotion ( a masterful blend: chocolate,cinnamon,dark chocolate,toffeed-almond.
Great show. Honestly didn't know about Anderson Valley, thank you for adding to my to do list. Will look forward to your reporting. Just discovered your show, love your energy and passion, will pick up your new book.

I agree with you on Anderson Valley. I enjoy the cooler climate wines they make there.

Fave flavor of ice cream has got to be Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie crunch! I think it's fairly new (about a year old or so) but it blows me away every time!

dude - you got Mary Elke to comment. her wines are exquisite in good vintages! like she said Scharffenberger really does make a quality sparkler. you come out let me know and we'll cruise around Hwy 128 a bit man.

QotD: Straus Family Creamery Organic Vanilla Bean

I'm not into sweets either, but do love the tart flavors of gelato. If you're ever in the Phoenix area, stop by Gelato 64 for their wine flavored gelato: http://www.gelato64.com/

Loved the episode Gary. I can't believe I didn't make it out to Anderson Valley when I lived in the East Bay for two years. I did, however, get to visit Hess Vineyards in Napa. If you like both Art and Wine there is no better winery there as they have both a vineyard and an art gallery.

QOTD - Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby. How can you go wrong with fudge covered pretzel nuggets, filled with Peanut Butter, in Vanilla Ice Cream swirled with Fudge and Peanut butter throughout. A perfect mix of sweet and salty... YUM!

Yo G, GRRRRRRRRRRRRREAAAAAAAAAAAT EPISODE !!!!! After drinkin' me
coffee & watchin' IT, I'm BOUNCIN' OFF DA WALLS!!!! :)
Themzzz was some Cooool Pinot Noirs & Anderson Valley is a Cooool Place!

qotd1: Don't usually eat a "dessert" per say......

qotd2: I DO likes to have me a Haagen Daaz Ice Cream Bar every once
in a while.... YUUUMMM! :)

Awesome show!! Such a cool look having the fog creeping all over the back ground. Airplanes, cars, and the outdoors. Only on Winelibrary!!

QOTD - Chocolate Mint

QOTD2: I LOVE the Fleur de Sel Caramel from Hagen Das.

Good show.

Bet that hoodie trapped all the wine aromas coming off. Anderson Val does do some good pinots. QOTD: try eating your salad at the end of the meal for that 'sour fix'. Once you do, you'll eat it all the time at the end... i like to get some acid after a meal. i eat 2 oranges after lunch just for the acid. QOTD2 banana strawberry.

Sounds like my English classes I teach over here. "What's your favorite flavor of ice cream, J sensei?"
"I HATE ice cream!!"
"Mommy J sensei's gone fuckin crazy again!"

Hey Gary - As current President of the Anderson Valley Winegrowers, I'm going to hold you to your promise to visit us in the next 12 months and do a couple of Thunder shows. We have many great Pinots, both old and new-world styled; our Alsatian wines are great, and Roederer Estate and Scharffenberger Cellars produce some of the best domestic sparklers - a few days may not be long enough to sample all our "local products"!

Favorite ice cream: Pistachio Gelato
Mmmmmmm

Awesome show - love it that you are back and making the podcast again!

QOTD - Vanilla... with salted caramel a close second

Strawberry..... plain but trustworthy...

QOTD: Fleur de Sel Caramel

Can't remember the first question... favourite ice cream - home made cherry and dark chocolate.

Anderson Valley Gem Navarro Winery enough said

Gary,

I agree on the claim that Anderson Valley Pinots are the best in the US. Also, for recommending tours, rt. 128 is very beautiful and less traveled, which means better service and prices at the vineyards.

QOTD 1: Ice Cream: Salted Carmel

GV:

Schramsberg, an American producer, makes a delicious Anderson Valley sparkler! But its price is a bit north of the range you were talking about. You should give it a try. The also make some more affordable sparklers under the Mirabelle name, but I don't know if the grapes come from Anderson.

Thanks for the heads-up about pinots from Anderson - I'll put it on my tasting list.

QOTD: For run-of-the-mill ice cream, I'd say vanilla because it's hard for producers to screw that up. But my absolute favorite ice cream is the pistachio they have at Blue Marble Ice Cream on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

Nice little show. I've had wine from Anderson Valley, but oddly not any Pinot Noir. I will have to check it out next chance I get.

QOTD 1: No, just give me the sweets for dessert. I don't follow it up with a pickle or anything else like that. On the other hand, I love anything made with dark chocolate which is usually bittersweet at most.

QOTD 2: I'm not a big ice cream person, but since I'm a chocoholic, it would have to be chocolate fudge. I also really liked the chili pepper/dark chocolate ice cream I had at XO Primer Steakhouse in Cleveland. Definitely different. Come to think of it, the green tea ice cream I had while in Japan was also very interesting and not all that sweet.

Want great Anderson Valley sparkling?

http://www.roedererestate.com/TechSheet.php?Win...

They've been there awhile.

Plain Vanilla (with chocolate sauce) and I never follow it up with a pickle chaser.

last week i ate a green tea ice cream at a small sushi reastaurant.
it was very nice n refreshing best was that its taste wasnt artificial and not really sweet... very nice would order it at any italy ice store instead of my normal fav pistazie. the asians not only invented pasta maybe icecream too....

Liked the urban feel of the city sights/sounds in the background. I'd love if you took us on a "field trip" to California wine country. My fiance and I are staying in Sonoma for a week of our honeymoon in November and are always wanting insider info.

My fav. ice cream flavor is cake batter from Coldstone, preferably with brownie chunks and bananas mixed in!

Woodsy Lord made a good point. 07 will be a fantastic year for most CA pinots, especially northern climates, so putting the 06 next to the 07, which was just released wasn't very fair. While it may be logistically tough, putting together tastings with vintages in mind might be more informative and you could help enlighten the vaynernation on how the weather can affect the vino.

QOTD2: chocolate peanut butter :)

Great show GV. I went up to the Anderson Valley in Dec. and was a little underwhelmed. I think there are not enough tasting rooms up there yet and about half of what I had was just "meh." Looking forward to your Anderson Valley shows when you explore the hidden gems I wasn't able to find!

yo Vinny ... http://tv.winelibrary.com/forum/

Great show! Love anderson valley pinot. Caught this one a little late but great setting, foggy day in NY. Reminds me of the summer mornings in chicago, when you are right in the heart of the city and yet you can't even see the buildings around you.
QOTD: I would rather eat dark chocolate and cheese for desert than cake or sweets any day!
QOTD2: Pistachio flavor gelato on the streets of venice. Doesn't get any better.

Gary, really love the show... I am in the Air Force and live in Italy so I have gotten to travel all over the country learning about Italian wine. My favorite thing to do is before I go to a region I watch all your past episodes about wines from that area to give me something to look forward to. I am now in Sardinia (for work I promise) for the next two weeks and was disappointed when you didn't have any episodes about Sardinian wines like Vermentino di Gallura or Cannonau di Sardegna. Any chance you have some around the Wine Library you have been dying to try? Thanks.

sky high mud pie! :)

I'll nominate Cherry Garcia.
If you are coming to Anderson Valley (great idea), swing through Redwood Valley, and I will give you a taste of my homemade grappa!

chocolate mint

peace.

Hi Gary,

I live about 20 minutes from Anderson Valley and I used to work in the wine biz out there, I still drink and collect many A.V. Pinots. I don't think this was a very relevant tasting because '06 and '07 vintages were so drastically different. In '06 the vines were heavily overcropped and many producers turned out watery, hollow mid-palated wines, (you picked some of these characteristics up in the '06 Claudia Springs) The '07's were back to the more typical small yields of A.V. and more concentrated and ripe flavors. I think you should have tasted both producer's wines from the same vintage.

Thanks.

wow, how the hell can you live in NYC, especially manhattan. uck.

anyway, gary i got to call you out on this cali crap, cause we (Clinton Vineyards) make some awsome $35 champagnes (yea we been making them so long we are legally granfathered in to call them champagnes). Maybe ill ask my boss if i can bring you some.
... F**K Anderson Valley, how many times do i got to tell you to come to the Hudson Valley (80 miles north of NYC? not as Disney land as other places? more home towny? come on, we got all that and the wine to boot)

what was qotd #1?
qotd 2; raspberry sherbet.

Enjoy Anderson Valley and Anderson Valley wines quite a bit and I have been going there since the early 90's. Great show for a flip cam.

Pete: if the label don't fit, then I must acquit!

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With no forums to stray (to). . . . .