I just watched the 30 min. documentary on the Coturri website…and I am now officially VERY interested in tasting these wine!!

cool episode!

word 35… the real 35.. “As”

I had the pleasant surprise of drinking the Coturri Zin at a restaurant in San Francisco about 8 years ago and was so blown away I bought a case. Also talked to Tony when I called the winery to place the order. Very nice guy. I highly recommend his wines.

Nice old school episode. Thanks for the link-up from episode 721. Would love to try that sangiovese.

Tony is a gentleman and really cares about his wines,the earth and especially the consumer. Great show Gary, I think you might make it big with this format!

Interesting blast from the past!
So did you end up stocking those wines and how have they done?

Indeed Vanguy! Forgot most of the ep. but memory was jarred a couple of times.

Have to revisit the link up from episode #721. I didn’t much like this episode when I first viewed it, but after seeing more episodes and caring more about wine in general, I found this to be very interesting on re-watch. Tony seems like a good, if pretty low-key, guy.

THROW BACK! I had to revisit this episode after watching #721. Gotta go seek out some Cotturi and Sharp wines…

I love the artwork on the last bottle! Tony’s comment about bringing the wine to American palates really showed me that this guy knows what he’s doing.

🙂 Not that anything else in the interview said didn’t.

I had not seen this episode, very cool thing with the organic wines, I like.

Thanks for the link from #721. Back in #35 GV didn’t interrupt as much. Great interview. Great wine education.

hey where is the question of the day! Nice old school episode

Yo G, and U talk about Lurkers nowadays…… Where the heck was
everybody back then???

Had a Coturri Wine a loooooooong time ago, and can remember it was
definitely “different”. Gotta search me hovel and find the wine
label (wit tasting-note on back) outta curiousity……

Thanks for the pointer to this episode, I’ve tried to hit all of the gaps but this one slipped through. As someone who makes wine at home, I have to say that the winemaker interviews are very interesting and quite invaluable where even the smallest tidbits of information are shared. Please keep them coming.

it’s funny to see how much he’s grown as a host, and even in his wine comments. the color’s “medium dark?” that’s not vaynerchuck!

Tony Coturri! Nice guest Gary. I carry a couple of his wines where I work as well, the albarello and one of his pinot’s.
Nice to see you tasting his charbono on there as well. I’ve done a decent bit of research on charbono, and have heard a few stories as to its origins (not unlike the different stories concerning where zinfandel came from.). But I’ve never heard about it being a cross between nebbiolo and grenache, curious.
I’ve only had the Coturri charbono one time, I don’t remember being blown away by it. At the time, the Summer’s had been all I had to compare it to at that point, if memory serves. I do remember that acidity on it that you guys remarked on. But I also remember the color being quite a bit lighter than I had expected. Although it wasn’t the 04 vintage like you guys tasted, it was either the 05 or 06.
Anway, another great episode, would love to see you dedicate an episode to charbono, and do a tasting. Maybe stack the Coturri up against the Summer’s and few other of the small handful of producers making charbono.

Tony was a great guest, a man of the earth..or still a hippie..but a smart one. His wines sound interesting, will seek them out. http://www.winelx.com

Never hear of this producer but seems to be doing things out of belief rather than market and trend, seems to make more old world style wines which shows that its possible to do sin in Cali. I like it

One word; Biodynamics! This is a great area the wine world is going. I first discovered this type of wine making with Quintessa in Rutherford. Wow. Dedication to the grapes, and the earth.