Gary, I had a French Apple Cider that was 2.5% ABV and it was awesome, I forgot the name, and it was probably under $6 or 7, but I’ll check back on the name and let you know. Let’s see, at work I am always reccomending our 2005 Sonoma MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir at $18.99, I think its the best wine I’ve ever tried yet, probably better than the $45 Burgandys I had last week. Andrea Immer gave it a 29/30 for taste, better than any other tatse rating she gave for pinots I think (one of my selling spiels). I think I had the 2004 last time, and I have a 2005 waiting to be opened this week, hopefully that will be just as awesome. I’ve been on a mission to find the bvery best Pinot under $20. I really wish you had tried the 2004 Coteaux du Languedoc Les Hauts de la Brune that got 90 points WS, and its $8.99!!! I know this is the 3rd time I’ve mentioned it, I just wish you knew how huge the buzz with this wine has been at my shop. Huge!!! If I send you an intro video, will you try it on your show? that is if you can obtain it before its gone forever.

Anyone who likes apple flavored beverages might like Calvados. It’s some pretty good brandy made from apple wine in Normandy. It’s a nice after dinner drink.

GV – I have a great idea for your next suprise. Why not bring RP on as a guest speaker. What bigger platform is there for the world of wine. It should be an honor to be on the Nightly News of Wine WLTV! It would be enjoyable to watch you with your wine mentor.

Good night!

The number of comments should always be greater than or equal to the number of the coresponding episode. Wine Law! Do I have a second.

Chuck W

GREAT IDEA!!!!!! I like it…

Second…

Third

Brandon M,
Yes, I do remember when
Gary got all fired up about double nickle comments.
Let’s go for 300!

Wine Law!!!

SS Chris…my previous question (What does that mean?) was not directed at you, and was directed at Mr. Bruce Dickinson as TimF had mentioned.

B

Gary-
Fabulous episode!
I always like a bargain!
Inexpensive wines are exactly what I need!
Glad to hear that energy again!
🙂
QOD:
The best apple cider in the world is from
Hainlen Orchard in Indiana.
The have FREE cider on tap when you visit the orchard.
The recipe is very difficult:
Jonathan apples + Jonathan apples!!
Jonathan apples are bursting with many different,
great flavors and it makes great:
applesauce, pies, tarts,
baked apples,
cider, apple fritters,
apple butter, cobblers,
apple sauce
and anything else you want that is made from apples.
I grew up with Jonathans and had
NO idea I would live someplace that you
can’t get Jonathan’s!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
I used to go to Indiana and
buy 4 bushel loads every other October.
Boy, do I get strange looks!
Everyone else at the orchard is getting 5 or 10 pounds and
I ask if they have 4 bushels!
I always remind them to check the license plate:
North Carolina!
That’s why I get a boat load – it’s for alot of people!
For the first time in 15 years we can get
Jonygold (sp?)apples
which are a hybrid apple that is a cross between a
Jonathan & a Golden Delicious apple.
Not as good as a Jonathan
but at least I don’t have to go to
Indiana to get them.
Can you tell I am
an apple fanatic!
🙂
I like apple computers, too!
Apples are just good stuff!!

Susan,

WOW! I think you need to start ALATV (all things apple TV).

I’m feeling an urge to create another SS – God help me!

Gary,

What’s up with the pricing with Chat. Haut Gardere? Last month WL had it for $19.99. Now it’s $25.99. Just curious, what happened so that you had to raise the price??

QOD IMO Cider sucks. Unless you get it from the Love Brothers. You go Matty Van! Kenny Rogers cheating. so what; they all cheat to some extent; besides after he wiped it off the cards still coulnt hit him so was it real or not? I love Iron Maiden but how in the hell did the Bruce Dickenson thing come up. BTW the jurys still out on their new album. It seems to be ok. Priest is still better.

As for the Steelers, man what a let down. My 16-0 prediction is toast and maybe even the playoffs too. Oh well. I still have my NHRA.

Just my 2 cents towards the 300 comments.

It’s past midnight…October 24th..Happy Birthday to Me!!

Should I comment on wine I drank tonight or should I wait two weeks until the bottle shock weares off?

B

SS Chris…In my neck of the woods your still a year younger for another 2:45 hours…..enjoy it man!

Susan…as Denyce would miss out…I think you forgot Appletinis!

B

GIANTS WIN! ESPN has the worst coverage and announcers – they spent half the game interviewing emmit smith, hank williams jr, and jerry “face lift” jones- Ton Kornidiot actually makes Joe Theistink sound halfway decent- It is lousy and a shame they ruined a great Giants victory with their dancing with the idiots 1/2 hour segment.

Brandon M….Thanks for the nice effort to keep me younger, but since I was born in Eastern Standard Time, I think that, from a legal perpective, I am a year older.

Brandon & Susan (& VaynIACS),

Our best chance of the first 300 comment is the previous episode (Ep. #112)…it is up to 273 AND there’s a bunch of things to comment about.

GO KAHUNA, GO!!! Excellent Rant!!!

Can’t believe the Elvis reference at the end of another great episode. Actually sang Elvis on stage at my sister-in-law’s wedding. Maybe I can get the video for you. Or I will have to do one for an opening…if I can figure out how to get it to you. I am not very computer savvy.

Saw an ad for a hand held argon gas gadget to save wine in an open bottle. Do these work?(question mark). Now that my wife is pregnant, I feel bad about opening a bottle just for myself.

And if it’s going to go to 300 comments, it needs to be legit.

No “Comment 274”, or “Comment 275”, etc. etc. etc.

Again, there’s enough REAL stuff to respond to on the video and in the comments.

I just wanted to add to the effort to reach 300 responses.

Also,

Apples belong not in a glass as a juice or in a cup as a sauce, but only and ONLY in a pie as a delicious, mouthwatering dessert. (Sometimes in a nice apple dumpling though, those are good too)

GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

On top of the NFC Beast!!!

Considering opening my only bottle of 2001 Pago del Ama, but i’d be drinking alone 🙁 Maybe will celebrate tomorrow with a nice steak on the grill.

Question: I placed a bottle of white wine (2004 Albert Mann Gewerztraminer) in the fridge to chill thinking i’d be enjoying a particular meal that never developed (that was about 2 weeks ago). Is there such a thing as overchilling a wine? should I just leave it chilling in the fridge indefinitely? or should i be letting this dictate tomorrows dinner (and hold the Pago for when the Giants beat TO, Tuna and whatever quarterback of the day is in Giants Stadium later in the season). I am thinking that letting it slowly cool back to my cellar temp of around 60-62 degrees may be detrimental to the wine. What does Vayernation think???