You said you don’t like artificial wines, stats, TURF…
Don’t the J-E-T-S play on artificial turf?
My favorite movie(s) are the Godfather 1 & 2.
You will need the following “ingredients”:
A great pasta sauce, preferably Sunday “gravy”
Great pasta, I prefer cheese ravioli.
Lots of grated parmesan cheese.
2-4 bottles of Amarone, I like Allegrini.

I’m not saying this is my favorite movie… but for some reason when Gary mentioned robots I thought of the “girl-bots” of Austin Powers fame with Gary in the middle, drinking wine and well, oh behave…

I agree with some of the earlier posts that “Casablanca” (my wife’s favorite) and “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” are certainly up there, but ultimately I must go along with Norm, Cliff, Sam and Carla’s choice, “the Magnificent Seven.”

Gary, love the show, I try to catch every episode.
Favorite movie(s), had to chime in
Shawshank Redemption – get busy livin, or get busy dyin…
or maybe
Field of Dreams – dad…wanna have a catch ?

Though the geek in me says either the Star Wars or Lord of the Rings sagas – I’d have to say that Sideways is near the top of my list. Paul Giamati is definitely one of my favorite actors.

I’m curious how the Powers compares to the Woodhouse Maghie Merlot tasted in a previous episode. I notice that both are from Washington and in a Bordeaux style.

Favorite movie: Chinatown. Other contenders would be Godfather I & II, Pulp Fiction and, yes, Sideways. (Pinot aside, the characters in Sideways are written and portrayed close to perfection)

Gary –

After watching episode #60 I was going to ask you to explain what you meant in describing a wine as “charismatic”, a word defined by Random House Webster’s College Dictionary as having the quality to inspire veneration or a magnetism to attract and influence people. Based on what you said about the Shafer Merlot, can we infer that your description of a wine as charismatic means that it inspires you to jump off the building and fly?

Also, your comments on the Powers Meritage suggests that only old world wines have terroir. While the concept is the basis for the French AOC system, it is not unique to it. It is a sense of place, characterized by climate, sunlight, topography, geology and hydrology. These factors, along with modern improvements in vineyard and winery technology, are also figured into what grape varieties are grown in Carneros vs. Howell Mountain vs. the Russian River Valley, etc. Even one of your guests, Phlipe Melka, acknowledged the presence of terroir in his wines.

In case everyone was not aware — The Magnificent Seven was a remake. Go watch the original (Shichinin no samurai) and tell me which you like better…

julius, i think you might be getting a little too deep in this….this is a v-blog, not a college research paper….charismatic means the wine has a character all its own that is enjoyable…it is just a feeling you get, not something quantifiable–just like with people and their character. it means inspiring–that it gives you that happy feeling that only wine can give…you feel as though you didn’t waste your money on the bottle, and your love for wine is renewed…you want talk about the wine….and terrior is in reference to the taste of the soil in the wine…rocky hillsides and volcanic valleys produce different tastes in wine….what you are referring to is the terrior delineation that is simply used to describe the region’s earth in which the grapes are grown. terrior, as an aspect of the taste is usually a characteristic of old world wines, but of course that is a broad generalization. the bottom line is that gary is speaking in generalizations…if one does not speak in generalizations they will simply be straddling a fence all day long…when talking about this sort of stuff there are very few absolutes…

let’s all settle down now. favorite movie would be a toss up between “high noon” and “caddyshack”. I can still hear the voice singing “do not forsake me oh my darling”. love the groundhog as long as he is not in my backyard.

If you want, I can send you a Steelers helmet.

;-D

I don’t think I’m getting too deep. If I drink a wine that I like so much that I am “inspired” to buy more of it (which I have done many times) I don’t think of the wine as charismatic. I think of it in terms of its aromas, primary, secondary and tertiary flavors, mouth feel and how it pairs up with food – in other words, what makes it so enjoyable in the first place. In regard to terroir, if Gary thinks the wine has an earthy quality, why not just say so. Gary himself admitted to the fact that he incorrectly limited his use of the term terroir to mean dirt, yet he continues to use it in that way. He describes all the other elements of the wine appropriately, such as the tannins, color extraction, fruit (on the nose and palate), length and suitability for cellaring. In fact, I have purchased wine at the Wine Library because of Gary’s description and I assume others have done the same. And BTW, terroir is NOT the taste of soil in the wine and as I said previously, although originated by the French, is NOT characteristic of only old world wines.

JULIUS I AGREE. AND ZERO I AGREE. Julius I need to use Terrior more in the way it is meant to be, sense of place and ect… I just have this habit to use it to explain the earthy flavors, I do WLTV in a 1 take improv way so I tend to go to bad habits….I am sorry

Yaa…Miner is a bit bland.

Favorite movie WAS the Die Hard trilogy, but it’s been replaced by Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2.

Go Bears.

My favorite movie of all time is EL CID,starring Charleton Heston and Sophia Loren. Saw it when I was 13 and still watch it at least once a year. Has all the elements, courage, love, vows, good, evil and a great ending.

Julius, if Gary wants to use “charismatic” to describe a wine, I don’t see why that should be a point of argument. Winemaking is an artform, and by simply slicing a wine into it’s parts of “primary, secondary, and tertiary flavors” is the same as saying a work by Picasso is simple “various shades of blue blended on a canvas structure to indicate to the viewer an implied emotion”. If you want your wine viewed reviewed so scientifically, why not ask Gary to list PH levels or residual sugar to precise measurements? And, while Terrior is not an exclusive old world wine trait, you would be blind to say the majority of wines produced in Australia and California don’t blatantly ignore terrior in favor of riper fruit and heavy “in your face” oak treatments.

RC and others I did see the score from Wine Spectator, all I can say is that the Powers was amazing and I am sure you would find the same thing. There is a chance that their bottle was not as great as mine or many other factorsd including different taste buds!

Can’t list just one, but my top five:
O Brother Where Art Thou
Caddyshack
Repo Man
The Big Lebowski
Miller’s Crossing

Can you tell I like Coen Bros movies?

Favorite movies: (tie) “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Singin’ in the Rain”. When you do your riesling episode, be sure to have a JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr spatlese or auslese. Those wines do make me sing no matter the weather. Jim

It has to be for me “A Clockwork Orange”

Great episode, looking forward to trying the powers.

Favorite movie…Tommy Boy. “maybe he’s some crazy glue sniffer? Building model airplanes he says. We’re not buying it!”

Cracks me up every time.

i think the ice creme truck and i are on the same page

Favorite movie is Miller’s Crossing by Joel an Ethan Coen who also gave us Fargo another outstanding film.

I think I’m sold on the Meritage.

Fav flicks in no order:
Godfather I & II
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Fistful of Dollars

Lets not dissect each & every syllable that comes out of our wonderful host’s mouth. Its not that deep. Terroir..meritage vs. heritage…charismatic..whatever just let it go.
Gary you are charismatic & you have inspired me to buy many terroir driven wines..hows that??? ;o