Great episode.

happy 80th, Gary!

First time even trying

Second?

Happy 80th as well! Keep the episodes coming!

QotD: I’m not a big hard liquour guy either. I do however love a good beer (Stone, Rogue, and Franziskaner being some of my favorite breweries). Lately though I’ve been all about Strawberry Lemonade from Trader Joe’s. That stuff is addictive!

My favorite non-wine drink is either a nice tall ice cold pint of German weiss beer with a nice squeeze of lemon or a well made Tanqueray & Tonic with a nice squeeze of lime. Either way, you can’t go wrong…………

In the book _A Very Good Year_ about the Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc, they said “It takes a lot of beer to make wine” talking about what the winemakers drink while they are working.

Me, too. Usually my alternate drink of choice is a nice, cold Shiner Bock from Shiner, TX. I grew up on beer (being from Wisconsin) and still love a nice cold one.

Here is a deal for you:

How about if you have free shipping to the city whose team beat the Jets the previous week? If your prediction (16-0) comes true, no harm!

You may well ask “What’s in it for Gary V?”

One word. Pride!

Dan (In Houston)

QOD – bacardi limon and coke, if were going NA I would go water or one of the flavored waters.

…water, water, water, all day long. Wine with dinner and the absolute necessity on my weekend…..Grey Goose martini with 3 olives SUPER DRY. The best. I know, your uncles would be proud.

Gary-
I give this episode a 98! Very Good episode:)
I used to live in Jamaica sooooo…………
My Fav Drink is Jamaican!
They have a drink called Ting. It is carbonated FRESH
grapefruit. I just figured out how to get my hands on some. They now have a distributor out of Florida! Great Stuff!
I challenge you to TRY some this week. I am sure you can get it in Jamaica New York.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for drinking some cabernet. Every thumbs up or down is a BIG help to me.
THANKS GARY:)

Wine is my favorite drink aside from wine. OK, OK. I guess it would be iced tea, particularly sweet tea like they make in the south. As far as alcoholic beverages go, it’s beer baby. Of course, I live in Chico, home of Sierra Nevada Brewing, and the most popular pale ale in the country.

Disappointed to hear about the Chat. Souverain. I bought several bottles of that last year, but haven’t opened any yet. Not mad at you at all, just disappointed.

BTW, how are the heat and wine phases episodes coming? I’m getting the feeling that you’re slacking on them. I’d hate to see that happen, Gary. You’d be letting all of your fans down, and you’d feel incredibly guilty about that.

Wine is my favorite drink aside from wine. OK, OK. I guess it would be iced tea, particularly sweet tea like they make in the south. As far as alcoholic beverages go, it’s beer baby. Of course, I live in Chico, home of Sierra Nevada Brewing, and the most popular pale ale in the country.

Disappointed to hear about the Chat. Souverain. I bought several bottles of that last year, but haven’t opened any yet. Not mad at you at all, just disappointed.

BTW, how are the heat and wine phases episodes coming? I’m getting the feeling that you’re slacking on them. I’d hate to see that happen, Gary. You’d be letting all of your fans down, and you’d feel incredibly guilty about that.

Favorite go to Drink is: Beefeater, splash of Diet 7up in a tall glass with 2 wedges of lime. Get the glass wrong and without the real small concentrated limes and still good, but something changes….

Gary, I bought the Chalk Hill chard and the Chateau Souverain cab at my local Costco, thinking I was getting a great bargain compared to my wine store. What a disappointment! I’m definitely seeking out the Clos Mimi syrah.

Once a year I treat myself to a bottle of Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac. Love the stuff.

Cat Piss? As someone who has had to clean a number of litter boxes in her time, I can say you have turned me off from KBSB!

Anyhow, very entertaining episode as usual. For QOD, what I drink the most of is water; but my drink for pleasure is hot tea — but real tea leaves not that stuff in a bag. I get most of mine from Adagio.com (another NJ company). Great stuff, and people who appreciate the nuances of wine can really get into the nuances of various styles and “vintages” of tea too.

My dodgy kiwi friends will love the “cat piss” reference.

I’m not afraid of beer, but if given the choice I’ll always go for a Maker’s Mark and ginger ale – preferably in the vintage high ball glasses that belonged to my grandfather.

Gary, awesome show as always. It was nice to hear someone else describe a Sav. Blanc as smelling like cat piss. My friends think I am crazy when I say that about it. As for what I drink when I am not drinking wine, mostly its water.

Anyway, will you ever do a show on wines from organic or biodynamic vineyards? There seem to be more and more popping up these days. Maybe you can give them a shot and share with us what you think about them.
Thanks and keep up the good work,
Justin

Hot summer day Corona with lime. Rest of the time Diet Pepsi.

Gary,
I love diet coke. As far as another alcoholic beverage, I go for Maker’s Mark on the rocks with a splash of water.

Gary,
Which do you like better the Eaglepoint or the Clos Mimi Syrah?

great show. i agree that little miss sunshine was a great movie, im definitely going to see it again.

i like to drink tequila as much as i like to drink wine. i would say my favorite tequila right now is Don Julio blanco

I’m going 90 pts on this one.

Favorite drink aside from wine:
non-alcoholic: Arizona Green Tea (I am freak about the stuff and the new Pomegranate Green Tea is awesome)
alcholic: tie between Blue Moon Belgium Wheat Lager and Margaritas (which I am sipping on as I write).

P.S. – GV, you may have covered this before – but why do you only rinse your tasting glass some of the time? I noticed that you did it for the champagne’s and now the whites in this episode. What gives?

Gary: another awesome episode. Very educational and practical. I too do not get the WS ranking Chateau Souverain so high all the time – I buy the $18 merlots, cabs and syrahs and never see the reason for the score.

Thanks for the discovery of the Mimi – a find like that really provids substantial value to us viewers. Seeing you taste and experience the wines – and having so many- gives me a high degree of trust in your reviews and recommendations.

My favorite non-wine drink is fresh brewed Iced Tea – no sugar- with generous squeez of lemon. Drank it since age 3. Probably why I like tannic red wines.

Mmhmmm, cat piss.

Who doesn’t love a fresh tall glass of cat piss? I know I do. 🙂