EP 157 94 Point Parker Australian Challenge

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The 94 Point scored Australian challenge is a fun way to start 2007 for Gary as was the huge win on Sunday and the huge game this weekend against the hated New England Patriots. Sit back and chime in with your thoughts on New Years, wine and football.

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corkscrew

Like D'arenberg, Marquis Philips (#9), have a bottle of Jasper Hill, have not had it yet (it's resting in the cellar). QOTD-Don't remember, generally would not open a wine on NYE unless I knew it was good. http://www.winelx.com

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  • SS Chris

    Gary, Happy New Year!! How was your New Years Eve Party?

    Relative to Gary’s statement that many retailers are selling the Jasper Hill in the $80 and above range (WL sells for $59.99). FYI, I just did a search on Wine-Searcher Pro…14 locations came up as selling the Jasper Hill in the USA ranging from $58 up to $104 per bottle AND 8 of those 14 were above $89.

    I’m glad I picked up a few of these a few weeks ago! thanks, Gary

  • SS Chris

    Gary, Happy New Year!! How was your New Years Eve Party?

    Relative to Gary’s statement that many retailers are selling the Jasper Hill in the $80 and above range (WL sells for $59.99). FYI, I just did a search on Wine-Searcher Pro…14 locations came up as selling the Jasper Hill in the USA ranging from $58 up to $104 per bottle AND 8 of those 14 were above $89.

    I’m glad I picked up a few of these a few weeks ago! thanks, Gary

  • Tim

    worst wine was ………..Timbuktu Big Block Red………pure gasoline and almost puked

  • Tim

    worst wine was ………..Timbuktu Big Block Red………pure gasoline and almost puked

  • Jim Kay

    28th???

  • Jim Kay

    28th???

  • Feliz nuevo año. I look forward to all the new episodes of ’07.

  • Feliz nuevo año. I look forward to all the new episodes of ’07.

  • DrWMD

    Happy New Year all…

    Rooting for the Chiefs is like playing Yahtzee…and looks like we rolled 5 sixes this weekend.

    Didn’t have a bad bottle of wine over the holiday…life’s just too short.

  • DrWMD

    Happy New Year all…

    Rooting for the Chiefs is like playing Yahtzee…and looks like we rolled 5 sixes this weekend.

    Didn’t have a bad bottle of wine over the holiday…life’s just too short.

  • Happy New Years all!

  • Happy New Years all!

  • Sorry, didn’t have a bad wine. Worst would have been the Ch. la Rose Tour Blanche, because the sparkler I had at midnight was fantastic.

  • Sorry, didn’t have a bad wine. Worst would have been the Ch. la Rose Tour Blanche, because the sparkler I had at midnight was fantastic.

  • BlairBrooklyn

    happy new year. may there be no skeezes in sight. the worst wine i had was the clos de gilroy grenache. it’s not that it sucked, but it wasn’t interesting enough to talk about.

  • BlairBrooklyn

    happy new year. may there be no skeezes in sight. the worst wine i had was the clos de gilroy grenache. it’s not that it sucked, but it wasn’t interesting enough to talk about.

  • Chad O

    worst wine this season was the cooks brut we had on new years. i choked it down in between some seghesio zin.

  • Chad O

    worst wine this season was the cooks brut we had on new years. i choked it down in between some seghesio zin.

  • E-Rock

    Happy New Year All!! Good show today. I called Sauerkraut on one of the wines in Hoboken.I think it was the Contador.

    QOD = None of them. But I was in a great mood had all my family around really was an awesome holiday season.

  • E-Rock

    Happy New Year All!! Good show today. I called Sauerkraut on one of the wines in Hoboken.I think it was the Contador.

    QOD = None of them. But I was in a great mood had all my family around really was an awesome holiday season.

  • Dan C.

    Gary- Congrats on the Jets! Hope you kill the Pats.

    Fun episode. Thanks. I’m staying away from the S2. You didn’t like the prior vintage either.

    QOD- I had all good wines over NYE. Oh well, many more to try.

  • Dan C.

    Gary- Congrats on the Jets! Hope you kill the Pats.

    Fun episode. Thanks. I’m staying away from the S2. You didn’t like the prior vintage either.

    QOD- I had all good wines over NYE. Oh well, many more to try.

  • bugbirdfishboy

    First time Long time. At a New Years party/Merlot tasting I tasted 7 different wines. Among them was a 2005? Charles Shaw. It wasn’t bad, but tasted watered down and had almost no finish (I only tasted the wine in the front of the pallet with nothing on the back) compared to the other wines.

  • bugbirdfishboy

    First time Long time. At a New Years party/Merlot tasting I tasted 7 different wines. Among them was a 2005? Charles Shaw. It wasn’t bad, but tasted watered down and had almost no finish (I only tasted the wine in the front of the pallet with nothing on the back) compared to the other wines.

  • John Blue Label

    Gary,
    J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

    Great idea on the wine and cheese pairings. Being Italian, sharp provolone is my favorite. Goes great with Zenato Amarone!

    I can’t wait to smell the sauerkraut wine!

    By the way, was at Epcot this past week. Have you tried the ride Soarin? Way cool. They have smells piped into the ride. At one point, going over the California Citrus groves, you smell orange, and it finishes with grapefruit. Good training for the nose.

    Here’s to 2007!

  • John Blue Label

    Gary,
    J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

    Great idea on the wine and cheese pairings. Being Italian, sharp provolone is my favorite. Goes great with Zenato Amarone!

    I can’t wait to smell the sauerkraut wine!

    By the way, was at Epcot this past week. Have you tried the ride Soarin? Way cool. They have smells piped into the ride. At one point, going over the California Citrus groves, you smell orange, and it finishes with grapefruit. Good training for the nose.

    Here’s to 2007!

  • Denise

    As usual, KAHUNA, you are one rare bird! That was truly classic!

  • Denise

    As usual, KAHUNA, you are one rare bird! That was truly classic!

  • KMANN

    First time noticing the Kermit voice…interesting choice to keep the Jet-green-theme going…

  • KMANN

    First time noticing the Kermit voice…interesting choice to keep the Jet-green-theme going…

  • Italian Stallion

    Happy New Years everyone

    Gary nailed this episode…….GREAT SHOW GARY

    Kahuna…what can I say? I luv ya man and your comment is exactly the reason why. You are absolutely “shit myself” funny. I love your comments

  • Italian Stallion

    Happy New Years everyone

    Gary nailed this episode…….GREAT SHOW GARY

    Kahuna…what can I say? I luv ya man and your comment is exactly the reason why. You are absolutely “shit myself” funny. I love your comments

  • Italian Stallion

    Happy New Years everyone

    Gary nailed this episode…….GREAT SHOW GARY

    Kahuna…what can I say? I luv ya man and your comment is exactly the reason why. You are absolutely “shit myself” funny.

  • Italian Stallion

    Happy New Years everyone

    Gary nailed this episode…….GREAT SHOW GARY

    Kahuna…what can I say? I luv ya man and your comment is exactly the reason why. You are absolutely “shit myself” funny.

  • The worst wine tasted this holiday season: Yellow Tail Shiraz.

    This was an Xmas gift from the boss. Nice gesture. Bad wine.

    My problem with this wine is the artifical nature of the taste – which is not totally unpleasant… it just doesn’t taste real.

    The color is super, mate. Big red berries and some jam on the nose. But the taste… pink cotton candy! This sickeningly sweet, cotton candy, made with Splenda, artificial taste really made this an awful wine drinking experience. My friends said, “But you can cook with it.” No you can’t. It’s just too powerful a taste to complement anything. I dumped it. Sorry boss.

  • The worst wine tasted this holiday season: Yellow Tail Shiraz.

    This was an Xmas gift from the boss. Nice gesture. Bad wine.

    My problem with this wine is the artifical nature of the taste – which is not totally unpleasant… it just doesn’t taste real.

    The color is super, mate. Big red berries and some jam on the nose. But the taste… pink cotton candy! This sickeningly sweet, cotton candy, made with Splenda, artificial taste really made this an awful wine drinking experience. My friends said, “But you can cook with it.” No you can’t. It’s just too powerful a taste to complement anything. I dumped it. Sorry boss.

  • TimF

    QOD: Korbel…

  • TimF

    QOD: Korbel…

  • jbev

    Happy New Years

    Great show.. Sauerkraut and pickle juice, I have Polish friends who
    eat pickle soup I wonder how that would pair? This week I am a Jets fan
    but Go Ravens!!!

  • jbev

    Happy New Years

    Great show.. Sauerkraut and pickle juice, I have Polish friends who
    eat pickle soup I wonder how that would pair? This week I am a Jets fan
    but Go Ravens!!!

  • Herm

    Happy New Year! I enjoyed the show….I had some good wines and some not as good but nothing awful…The Jets will need some good fortune to get past the Patriots…..I hope you can continue with the playoff beard….

  • Herm

    Happy New Year! I enjoyed the show….I had some good wines and some not as good but nothing awful…The Jets will need some good fortune to get past the Patriots…..I hope you can continue with the playoff beard….

  • wine-0

    Great energy today…Love the hat, I got a red and blue one just like it.
    QOTD.Between you, me and the Shiek, the worst wine I had was at my parents house on New years Day. Compobasso (giunea jug red). And he mixes it with Sprite none the less, which was not a bad thing I guess considering the wine on its own was barely drinkable. And I’m no wine snob, believe me you.

  • wine-0

    Great energy today…Love the hat, I got a red and blue one just like it.
    QOTD.Between you, me and the Shiek, the worst wine I had was at my parents house on New years Day. Compobasso (giunea jug red). And he mixes it with Sprite none the less, which was not a bad thing I guess considering the wine on its own was barely drinkable. And I’m no wine snob, believe me you.

  • organicguy

    HAPPY 2007 GARY!!!! Thanks for Aussie review. Let the kids pick out the holiday wines from the cellar. They did a great job. Not a bad one in the house. GO JETS-GO JETS-GO JETS!!!!!

  • organicguy

    HAPPY 2007 GARY!!!! Thanks for Aussie review. Let the kids pick out the holiday wines from the cellar. They did a great job. Not a bad one in the house. GO JETS-GO JETS-GO JETS!!!!!

  • David Canada

    Killer episode. I love it when you bring out wines that have been rated by other critics and then see how they stack up to the chief vayniac. Worst wine I drank over the holidays was blind tasting between a Blue Pyrennes ’98 Estate Reserve and a 2005 Concho Y Toro chilian Cab. I was trying to illustrate to my mother what good wine is and what bad wine is and she still choose the chilian one which tasted like fecal matter on garbage, mixed with candied rat piss….yeah that bad, especially for concho y toro whose don mrlchor I love. Anyways….great episode

  • David Canada

    Killer episode. I love it when you bring out wines that have been rated by other critics and then see how they stack up to the chief vayniac. Worst wine I drank over the holidays was blind tasting between a Blue Pyrennes ’98 Estate Reserve and a 2005 Concho Y Toro chilian Cab. I was trying to illustrate to my mother what good wine is and what bad wine is and she still choose the chilian one which tasted like fecal matter on garbage, mixed with candied rat piss….yeah that bad, especially for concho y toro whose don mrlchor I love. Anyways….great episode

  • Sherri

    Gary,
    Well, looks like we’ll be seeing you in Foxboro! GO PATS!

    QOD: Ravenswood Vintners Blend 2004 South Eastern Australia Shiraz. The equivalent of purple rubbing alcohol. Gross.

  • Sherri

    Gary,
    Well, looks like we’ll be seeing you in Foxboro! GO PATS!

    QOD: Ravenswood Vintners Blend 2004 South Eastern Australia Shiraz. The equivalent of purple rubbing alcohol. Gross.

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