Gary,

I would love to see a sparkling wine show
1. Eric Rodez Empreinte De Terroir 1996
2. Charles Heidsieck Blanc De Millenaire 1995 (The ’90 is one of my favorite bubblers)
3. Foreau Vouvray Brut
4. Schramsberg Blanc de Noir

This is a purely self-serving episode as I window shopped each bottle and would love to hear your opinion.

#54 is Victor Hobson LB from Michigan

My ideal show. Pick on Syrah from 4 countries around the world and compare. Northern Rhone (Core Rotie), South Africa, California, and Australia. Do the whole new world and old world comparison.

Good show as always. Nice to see the Calera on the show. Always love their wine.

A pinot episode! Way to go, Gary. I believe that some of the most exciting things in the wine world are happening in connection with California pinot, especially on the Sonoma Coast and Santa Rita Hills appellations. There has been an explosion in quality over the last five years. Loved seeing you taste some.

p.s. Fess Parker played Davy Crockett. You can get a coon skin cap at the winery.

A pinot episode! Way to go, Gary. I believe that some of the most exciting things in the wine world are happening in connection with California pinot, especially on the Sonoma Coast and Santa Rita Hills appellations. There has been an explosion in quality over the last five years. Loved seeing you taste some.

p.s. Fess Parker played Davy Crockett. You can get a coon skin cap at the winery.

Gary-
Super Episode:) I love the Pinot Noirs!
I would love for you to pick 4 reds from four different countries and compare them.
I would prefer that these reds be dry, full- bodied and low alcohol.
Keep up the good work:)

But the real trivia question is why a Victor Hobson jersey? Probably coincidence, but maybe because he played for Michigan who gave the “rated at 95 pts, tastes like 86 pts” Irish what they deserved!

Fess Parker: Depicted as Frass Canyon in Sideways, scene of the wine bucket dump… certainly a shame that that movie ran up SB county prices but happy for those growers, some of them deserve it (like Melville who I think is 2 for 2 on WLTV, I recall their Viognier was a buy on an earlier episode)

QOD – Blind tasting of some sort would be entertaining, or a virtual tasting where you give us advance notice on what wines you’re going to taste and we can try to track em down (or order from WL? or is that too heavy-handed?)

But the real trivia question is why a Victor Hobson jersey? Probably coincidence, but maybe because he played for Michigan who gave the “rated at 95 pts, tastes like 86 pts” Irish what they deserved!

Fess Parker: Depicted as Frass Canyon in Sideways, scene of the wine bucket dump… certainly a shame that that movie ran up SB county prices but happy for those growers, some of them deserve it (like Melville who I think is 2 for 2 on WLTV, I recall their Viognier was a buy on an earlier episode)

QOD – Blind tasting of some sort would be entertaining, or a virtual tasting where you give us advance notice on what wines you’re going to taste and we can try to track em down (or order from WL? or is that too heavy-handed?)

Gary-
Super episode! i really like th ePinot Noirs!
Please taste four reds from four different countries. These four would be dry, full- bodied and low alcohol.
Keep up the good work!!!:)

Gary-
Super episode! I really like the Pinot Noirs!
Please taste four reds from four different countries. These four would be dry, full- bodied and low alcohol.
Keep up the good work!!!:)

Gary-
Super episode! I really like the Pinot Noirs!
Please taste four reds from four different countries. These four would be dry, full- bodied and low alcohol.
Keep up the good work!!!:)

Yes, Fess Parker was Davy Crockett on the Walt Disney Sunday Show on ABC for three years in the mid 50’s. I know because as a child I watched every episode religiously. Parker also played Daniel Boone on NBC TV.

Hey Gary….its the Stallion

I think the best episodes would be:

1) The Heat episode….the effects of wine stored in high temp and the effects of wines stored at room temp over a long period of time. This is great as many people store their wine at room temp.

2) Do a Show dedicated to the big California Cabs (ie, Caymus special select, opus, phelps insignia, robert mondavi reserve, dominus, beringer private reserve, far niente, etc) This would be an amazing show for someone who loves California Cabs (someone like myself…lol)

Thanks again Gary for a great show

-Stallion

Hey Gary….its the Stallion

I think the best episodes would be:

1) The Heat episode….the effects of wine stored in high temp and the effects of wines stored at room temp over a long period of time. This is great as many people store their wine at room temp.

2) Do a Show dedicated to the big California Cabs (ie, Caymus special select, opus, phelps insignia, robert mondavi reserve, dominus, beringer private reserve, far niente, etc) This would be an amazing show for someone who loves California Cabs (someone like myself…lol)

Thanks again Gary for a great show

-Stallion

Here are my nominations for the perfect episode. None can be considered “the usual suspects”

Basilisco Aglianico Del Vulture 2000

Caves De Colombe Gigondas 2003

Amisfield Pinot Noir Central Otago 2004

Tasca D’almerita Rosso Del Conte 2001

Marcanza Nero D Avola 2004

Calvet Thunevin Cuvee Constance 2004

Rob M – concur fully with your post… I propose a guideline of keeping one’s sports/non-wine chat to the same % GV does on WLTV… sprinkling a little in here or there for flavor is OK, but clearly this vlog is about wine!

On more than one occassion, including today, you have described one of the flavors in a wine as “Asian spice.” Would you specify exactly what you mean. After all, Asian food is a broad category and covers a wide selection of spices, many of which are totally different from each other (Some are sweet and some are pungent).
I would like to see a show (in fact, more than one) where you have a panel (you and two or three others) tasting and describing the wines. I have spoken with several members of your staff and found them to be quite knowledgeable. Not to take anything away from you but I think it would be refreshing to hear from the others. Who knows, you might get a strong difference of opinion or even better additional aspects of a wine that you might have missed.

BTW, when are the tickets for the tasting at the Manor being sent?

Rob M – concur fully with your post… I propose a guideline of keeping one’s sports/non-wine chat to the same % GV does on WLTV… sprinkling a little in here or there for flavor is OK, but clearly this vlog is about wine!

I agree that a blind tasting would be excellent. Let us pick the wines, and you have someone set up four glasses. Then you taste them and try to figure out which is which.

Other episodes I’d like to see:

1. Another bargain wines episode. You’ve done a couple, but I think this should be a monthly episode.
2. Syrahs around the world (I know this was someone else’s idea) and talk about how they are so different even though they are the same grape.
3. Cabs around the world (France, CA, South America, Australia).
4. South African wines.
5. A vertical of the exact same wine from different vintages (maybe 97, 99, 01, and 03 California cab – all consistently good years) and use that to talk in detail about the affects of aging on a wine; its color, flavor profile and characteristics.
6. Taste wines from the same producer in different price ranges, like their $10 cab, their $20 cab, and their $50 top of the line cab cuvee. Compare fruitiness, terroir, complexity, etc.
7. Do an episode on terroir. Pick four wines that you think exemplify terroir in wines and taste through and describe them.
8. An episode on the effects of heat on wine… Come on! You didn’t really think that I would let that slip did you?

That’s enough episodes to get you through episode 100.

For episode 100, I’d like you to taste the 5 wines under $100 in the WL inventory that you think are the best. Five best WL wines under $100. Bar none. Go for it. Tell us what you think the best wines you have in stock are.

Tony

I agree that a blind tasting would be excellent. Let us pick the wines, and you have someone set up four glasses. Then you taste them and try to figure out which is which.

Other episodes I’d like to see:

1. Another bargain wines episode. You’ve done a couple, but I think this should be a monthly episode.
2. Syrahs around the world (I know this was someone else’s idea) and talk about how they are so different even though they are the same grape.
3. Cabs around the world (France, CA, South America, Australia).
4. South African wines.
5. A vertical of the exact same wine from different vintages (maybe 97, 99, 01, and 03 California cab – all consistently good years) and use that to talk in detail about the affects of aging on a wine; its color, flavor profile and characteristics.
6. Taste wines from the same producer in different price ranges, like their $10 cab, their $20 cab, and their $50 top of the line cab cuvee. Compare fruitiness, terroir, complexity, etc.
7. Do an episode on terroir. Pick four wines that you think exemplify terroir in wines and taste through and describe them.
8. An episode on the effects of heat on wine… Come on! You didn’t really think that I would let that slip did you?

That’s enough episodes to get you through episode 100.

For episode 100, I’d like you to taste the 5 wines under $100 in the WL inventory that you think are the best. Five best WL wines under $100. Bar none. Go for it. Tell us what you think the best wines you have in stock are.

Tony

I would like to see you do another Chianti show breaking out some of those $100+ bottles of Chianti Classico you carry, wearing an Italian chiefs hat (you know those big white fluffy ones) with pizza and pizza boxes all over the place. Oh, yea got to have an Italian flag hanging up behind you. Now that would be a GOOD show:)
Gary, my wife and I were out to dinner a couple of weeks ago with another couple and we had a couple of bottles of Barolo. I used that same term “fishy” on the first bottle. I learned from WLTV just to say exactly what I think, just like you said today. It was funny, you had to see their faces…”FISHY, how the heck can a wine smell fishy”. I laughed and said that it exactly what it smells like to me, and it was!
Hey Gary don’t be too bummed out about the Jets, my Buc are 0-2 and haven’t even scored a touchdown yet this season…..thats what you say…..SUCKS!

I’m a new viewer (NOT a lurker) – watched back episodes throughout the weekend. GREAT show, great information and great format.
TWO points for entertainment value on the soy-sauce Pinot?? For 80 bucks I can ALMOST buy a ticket to the upcoming Stones concert if I’m after entertainment value – OR, if it’s soy sauce I’m craving, the $80 would fund a pretty good sushi dinner.
As for the perfect show – I’d like to see you taste a table-full of wines with REALLY stupid names and labels. Some of them may even be good – but I never give them a chance because the names are so obnoxious with their “I’m trying to be clever and creative and memorable…” attitude. I’ve always figured that if they went to that much trouble to come up with a “ha-ha” label, they must be trying to sell something that wouldn’t sell on its own merits! So, I’d love it if YOU would try a bunch so that we don’t have to!
Here are some that come to mind:
Bad Fish
Slack Jaw
Three Blind Moose
Goats Do Roam (Come ON!)
Dead Horse

I’m a new viewer (NOT a lurker) – watched back episodes throughout the weekend. GREAT show, great information and great format.
TWO points for entertainment value on the soy-sauce Pinot?? For 80 bucks I can ALMOST buy a ticket to the upcoming Stones concert if I’m after entertainment value – OR, if it’s soy sauce I’m craving, the $80 would fund a pretty good sushi dinner.
As for the perfect show – I’d like to see you taste a table-full of wines with REALLY stupid names and labels. Some of them may even be good – but I never give them a chance because the names are so obnoxious with their “I’m trying to be clever and creative and memorable…” attitude. I’ve always figured that if they went to that much trouble to come up with a “ha-ha” label, they must be trying to sell something that wouldn’t sell on its own merits! So, I’d love it if YOU would try a bunch so that we don’t have to!
Here are some that come to mind:
Bad Fish
Slack Jaw
Three Blind Moose
Goats Do Roam (Come ON!)
Dead Horse

Post what you want when you want, Gary never asked your opininon about the Jets or the WWE before airing each episode, nor does he ask the producers or sales people if it is ok to bash their wines. You guys need to get over yourselves and have another glass of wine.

Nice show. A lot of my friends gave me no end of grief when Sideways came out in theaters because I have always been a big fan of Pinot Noir. During the movie, several friends leaned over and said “Dude, that is so you!” Whatever, you swill swiggin’ scags.

Fess Parker. Who knew? That, along with the characteristics of the juice itself, is what makes wine so much fun. It makes sense that many in entertainment would get into wine. (Thinking Francis Ford Coppola.)

Idea for a great show…Set up a scenario where you’re walking through Wine Library and you know one bottle of wine. What do you pick? I read a columnist once that suggested picking a wine that had a compelling label. His theory was, any winery that put a lot of thought into the label probably put as much thought and care into the wine. I can’t say that always plays out, but maybe you could grab some bottles from the shelf with “cool” labels and see if the theory holds up.

Nice show. A lot of my friends gave me no end of grief when Sideways came out in theaters because I have always been a big fan of Pinot Noir. During the movie, several friends leaned over and said “Dude, that is so you!” Whatever, you swill swiggin’ scags.

Fess Parker. Who knew? That, along with the characteristics of the juice itself, is what makes wine so much fun. It makes sense that many in entertainment would get into wine. (Thinking Francis Ford Coppola.)

Idea for a great show…Set up a scenario where you’re walking through Wine Library and you know one bottle of wine. What do you pick? I read a columnist once that suggested picking a wine that had a compelling label. His theory was, any winery that put a lot of thought into the label probably put as much thought and care into the wine. I can’t say that always plays out, but maybe you could grab some bottles from the shelf with “cool” labels and see if the theory holds up.