That is so F-ing GROSS! Gary

take 5 minutes and support this http://bit.ly/9DHImo otherwise no more wine or beer shipping in the United States! 🙁 pass it on to everyone!

Gary, thanks for doing shows that you think are relevant and important to expanding the wine world's knowledge. Even when you rate wines in the 85 plus range, I seek them out – depending on price – and taste them to see if our palates are a like. Just like you disagree with wine critics about the points they award, I disagree with you sometimes. I also agree it is important to keep training our palates and experience new wines as often as possible. If you read this message, please challenge me with a wine from a region that you think I really need to try that I might have overlooked. I've been tasting wine for many years now, and am wondering if I'm missing something really great.

QOTD: getting hit by a car while riding my bike to work.

QOTD: Not finishing a presentation :/ Everything else was smooth 🙂
Sub-QOTD: Do not have a sniffy-sniff wristband (or any other one for that matter).

I remember trying a couple different Beaujolais some time ago. I actually really like that wine. Even at lower price-points they tend not to be fruity and thick. I wish I could name those wines off top of my head. Anyways, good episode. Looking forward to more this week!

Amen, brother!! And BTW… I would rather suck a fish eye or bite a smelt head off than touch another Old Millwater!! Ever!! I mean, that stuff is not even good to use when you’re making beer batter for fish, man. 🙂

Because of my own “accidental” aging of a Beaujolais several years ago and the unbefreakinlievably good outcome of said experience (beautiful brick red/brown color and an aged but vibrant palate and nose), I have aged two half-bottles of Beringer ’01 White Zin (that’s right… I used the foul language of the term “White Zin”) that I will open next year when they are 10 yrs old. All in all it’s a very cheap experiment that may yield good results… or more likely blow up in my face!! 🙂 Life is short!!

Yep, why not open up the wristband market to viewers who aren't 21?

Done

qotd: no cinderella, no wine library shopping for me. I have to stick to the swedish wine monopoply and cue once a month for the goodies. Thank you for the show.

I like the way you think. I find the more absurd an idea seems, the more likely it hasn?t been fairly tried. I say, go for it.

ah, så farligt är det inte, beställningssortimentet kryllar av godis och WL har inte ens en del av de viner som visas här, men visst blir man sugen på att köpa lite andra grejer. betsällde nyss lite viner från tasmanien 🙂

Say hello to Sasha, Detroit advanced to the second round. Good old swedes show the way 😀

J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS!

I have to agree with you Gary, very disappointed that my main man Little Leon Washington is no longer a Jet!

Gary, I love the air quotes (particularly around “fakey-fake”), so don't worry too much about them. It was good to see you going for the Cru Beaujolais; I love gamay and am always interested in hearing more about it. I have an '05 St. Amour that I am hoping does not disappoint when I open it this week.

QOTD: stopped by a bar looking for some Live Oak Pilsner to share with a friend of mine from Germany, and they had none on draft. Shame.

I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of some Cru Beaujolais in the past year. Thanks for a show on them! Bummer about the dead one, though. Should have buried him! You should check another bottle, though. Better be sure it wasn't an isolated bad bottle before you pull them all. QOTD – The Colts didn't address their need for a franchise LT. Ugoh and Johnson are okay, but not great like Glenn was. Makes me worry.

Yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh bbbooooiiiiiiii!!!!!! So support those vintners, I say!!

I, too, have been watching for years… and I still refuse to allow cookies on my browser to straight up post a comment… but I will happily use the reply feature to add my 2 cents to the mix… (with much gratitude to GV and his crew in allowing this…)

Dude, that sucks.

QOTD: I sought out a German Pinot Noir and it tasted like one dimensional fruit punch with a little sparkle. I paid $16dollars for it.

Interesting show, even though the last two wines tanked in one way or another. I really like Cru Beaujolais. Too bad the St. Amour was dead because I've never had one so I was intrigued to hear what your tasting notes were. Don't go too hard on Ian – he's my man for setting me up in Paso a couple of years ago.

I'm a big fan of Fleurie, Brouilly, Moulin-a-Vent, Chiroubles, and some of the other Crus. Try this theme again sometime soon. Just bad luck today.

QOTD: Best Buy disappointed me this weekend (I won't go into details here)

Ditto!

It might be a good idea to point that screechy ol’ bat at the enemies of America… they would flee in abject terror!!

GV – who was in the crowd? You seemed different on this ep (faster tempo and like you were trying harder). The quality of the show was still high (just different) and I'm wondering if the peeps in attendance were the reason.

Ive never had a Beaujolais that wasn't a nouveau. Ill have to try one. Speaking of which I had a Georges Dubeof nouveau about 3 months ago that was horrible. tasted like vinegar. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

QOTD – Tried a new restaurant Friday night in South Orange NJ, “ABOVE” it was terrible. I was disappointed as it came w/ great reviews from several people whose opinion I trust. I might give it a second go just to be sure. OK wine list though.