QOTD: 2008 Francois Chidaine Vouvray Bouchet – phenomenal and will be just as good (even better) in 10, 15 or even 20 years

Well, here goes…

QOTD: I have fallen in love with Lopez de Heredia. I am limited in what I can procure, but the 2000 Vina Gravonia is available to me, and I loved it. I even bought some Panda licorice to eat with it!

QOTD: It’s impossible to say because ever since I started watching your show I’ve never tried the same wine twice and you introduced me to so many varietals coming from different regions. But some of the most memorable have been (in no particular order):
1. Sojourn pinot noir
2. 2006 chataeu le gay
3. Tommasi Amarone
4. Champagne in general! I always kind of shied away from champagne, particularly roses but now I consider the varietal one of my favorites.

Keep the hustle going, I would love to fill your shoes if you ever decided to quit but I don’t have the bankroll nor ability to polish off 2-4 bottles a day to keep the show going. (I would never spit so I would have to drink them with my wife.) So save me the hangovers and the financial black hole and keep on spitting into the Jets bucket. Love your show!

Bought two bottles of the Robert Denogent white burg last February. Drank one of them upon arrival and am saving the second. Amazing wine…one that you said had “one of the five to ten best noses in WLTV history.”

4 more big guy!!

QPTD: I think the Les Calice has probably been my all-time fave. But, I’m probably overlooking a few hundo here or there.

Good show. I am definitely a fan of Sancerre which, now that I think about it, is likely do to Gary. I would definitely echo the sentiments I am seeing below. Gary has inspired me to try so many wines. Often I can’t find the wines he reviewed but do try one of the Gavis, or Vinho Verdes, or Cru Beaujolais I can find. I quite simply wouldn’t have done it without this show. Kudos!

QOTD: In addition to the above Wind Gap and Alta Maria but those are really only the most recent ones I’ve tried. A few still in the cellar and a few I just can’t remember off the top of my head.

QOTD: Well I hardly try exactly the ones you review. It´s more about inspiration. I think recently you pushed me into the Nebbiolo corner.

FANTASTIC QOTD: Thank you for introducing me to CDP. But I’d have to say the best wine would have to be 2005 Domaine de l’Hortus Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St. Loup Grande Cuvée. Purchased 1/2 a case from New York State and have loved every bottle.

I have yet to try a sancerre, but recently bought one and will try it soon thanks to GV’s inspirational shows… In fact, I’m drinking wines from all over the map thx to Gary. Yes, you are changing the wine world and we appreciate it!
QOTD:
1. Black Kite pinot noir
2 Gigondas – thx to Kermit Lynch ep. last year.
3 Loring – Pinot Noir
4 Ampelos Pinot Noir

Shout out to the chest hair.

Haven’t gotten into a specific wine because of the show(I live in Canada), but definitely over the last year have been much less critical of fruit bombs, as well as the more modern style Bordeaux. This can definitely be traced back to the show.

Chilean Pinot Noirs and Cab Francs for the Loire for sure!!!

QOTD: Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Rabaja 2005. AMAZING!….

Chartogne Taillet is interesting Grower Champage. Good call on that one.

I still want to try Betz. He gave them a lot of love when he had that wine with that cool guest (specifics are escaping me… its late).

I love WA!

GV- Mad props for all the content, effort, and especially passion given to the humble masses over the last 5 years. It’s been a pleasure & a priveledge to be along for the ride! Early Kudos on epi # 1000! Thanks for everything!

QOTD: 05 Elias Mora Gran Toro- Ian Dorin became my “go to” guy after this recommend!

Whoa! GV! Way to bring the thunder! that was 5 and 1/2 minutes of concentrated wine knowledge. That was to wine blogs what Sancerre is to Sauvignon Blanc.

QOTD: The foreign wines you taste are either too expensive or too rare to find on the West Coast. There are two wines that you have really hipped me to lately: 1) The Amavi Cabernet Sauvignon from Walla Walla – it’s the dark blanket I like to pull over myself in the Portland winter. 2) the Penner-Ash Viognier, which I drank before you tasted it on this show, but you reminded me of how awesome it is.

You’re the man Gary. Thanks for the awesome Sancerre tasting. Keep it rocking 1,ooo and beyond

p.s. Drink Oregon & Washington Viognier!

Gary,

That’s it. Today I had decided I will help you prononce French Winemakers and Producers’s names correctly !!..
Seriously i’ll do it !
Present from me to thank you for all the great shows !

Gary, you are sportin’ the chest hair in this one. Go Jews!

Oui, se vrai. gary c’est un enfant terrible 🙂

Also Nebuchadnezzar is an awesome producer, Hihi! 😉

@QOTD
I’m struggeling between the Poliziano “Asinone” and the 2007 Andrew Will Champoux. Both 94+ wines in my book.

absolutely! as cool as is is to taste baller wines, my pragmatic side, LOVES to find everyday deals like that Mencia…helps to save the pennies for the special bottles.

Nice, tight show about one of my fav whites. Down in the Caribbean right now and your Tasting Room pak will be tonight’s entertainment.

QOTD: There have been many but every vintage of the San Roman Toro stands out at the moment.
http://winelibrary.com/wines/56055-2006+San+Roman+Toro+750ML

5 MORE TO GO!

Cheers!

haha. stalker!

Really good point about the importance of context. It’s so much easier to zone in on what you do like when you’ve established what you don’t like first!