QOTD: Wow, lets see… Rioja, tempranillo, brunello, chenin blanc… I think that’s about it for recent drinking!

Gary, great episode again, I’ll try to have a pina colada tonight too!!!

I’d really hate to see your inbox when you get back… you should share just how many emails you’ve actually had over the past week. Your wife must be having second thoughts too, you sitting poolside, glued to the forums… She’s definitely a lucky woman!

Re: Chef..Nice fake out, Gary!

Thanks to you and free shipping, my wife and couple accross the street (the usual wine tasting crew) tried the Le Noble Chinon for the first time a couple of weeks ago and loved it. Ate some fresh bell pepper with it and WOW did that pin down the green flavors.

Also, just bought a bottle of the Concannon Petite Sirah this week and am looking for an opportunity to try that grape for the first time.

You have inspired the 4 of us to expand our horizons – Thanks Gary V.

Louisiana George

I just had my first cava. Thanks for the tip Gary!

Watch on Gary’s first day back he’s going to taste a Moscato d’Oro….You must have to Brush your teeth four time a Day!!!! I bet you Cry when you go to the movies…I bet you watch Oprah in the Afternoon…I got a hundred of these…Your probably sipp’in on a “Sweet” drink right now with a little paper umbrella in it…

Seriously though, I hope your enjoying you Vacation…

+CHEF
-Whenever someone asks what your making for dinner, tell them â??Reservationsâ?â?¦

never a good one

Gary, you must have been running on fumes, as the air quotes have reappeared, including an interesting one-handed air quote for drinking a Pina Collada in “real time”. Style points for the over-the-arm pour into the spit bucket.

QOD: A Gewurz from New Zealand – Seifried ’05, on the recommendation of my local bottle shop. Huge grapefruit on the nose, some spice and litchie on the finish. Not as floral as you might find from Germany or the Alsace, but very good value at $13. A good match with shrimp curry.

Gary, you must have been running on fumes, as the air quotes have reappeared, including an interesting one-handed air quote for drinking a Pina Collada in “real time”. Style points for the over-the-arm pour into the spit bucket.

QOD: A Gewurz from New Zealand – Seifried ’05, on the recommendation of my local bottle shop. Huge grapefruit on the nose, some spice and litchie on the finish. Not as floral as you might find from Germany or the Alsace, but very good value at $13. A good match with shrimp curry.

Great vid on a wine I HAVE NOT tried yet but have wanted to and definitely will NOW! Thanks Gary!!! Can’t wait for the follow up episode where several are tried and evaluated.

Not normally a sweet white drinker but to answer the QOTD – had a Reisling with sushi lately that I actually really enjoyed. Still a bigger fan of the reds – especially those of Tuscanny and the riojas from Spain.

Thanks for pre-recording this one Gary!

QOTD: I tried, after seeking out your Episode on Lebanon wines, a chateau Kefraya Les Breteches, because I sort of bumped into it in a store. Loved it.

QOTD: Same answer as yesterday. Clos LaChance 2005 Estate Viognier. Gary–You have really inspired me to get out of the main stream and try the new and different stuff. Thanx!

I’ve had some good Argentine Malbec recently. However, you could say everything is new to me since I’ve only been of legal age for about a year.

Cool episode man. Keep ‘um coming.

I’m with Gary- I want to try it all too; life’s too short to miss out on all the tastes in the world. Like dirt and Krystal for instance 😉

Gary-
I like the one wine episodes!
I have never tried Gewurztraminer before!
If it is DRY like you say – I’m going to like it!
I like all dry wines!!!
Thanks Gary – for stretching my mind!
🙂

QOD: Just had my first Brunello, 2001 Fattoria Pinino from episode 167. It was a absolutely fantastic and paired perfectly with an Italian stew cooked in wine (an inexpensive but very drinkable Nero d’Avola) with veal, pork and sausage served on top of polenta.

QOD: 2003 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. I have had Sangiovese before, but never from this area. I liked it very much. Here are my notes. 1/20/2007 rated 91 points: Nice deep red color. Earthy nose. But you can tell right away from the nose that this wine is ripe. On the palette, very ripe plum (bordering on prune), but also some nice blackberry in there as well. This is juicy with pronounced acidity and a nice tannic grip on the long finish. This is screaming for a nice grilled steak!

QOD: 2003 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. I have had Sangiovese before, but never from this area. I liked it very much. Here are my notes. 1/20/2007 rated 91 points: Nice deep red color. Earthy nose. But you can tell right away from the nose that this wine is ripe. On the palette, very ripe plum (bordering on prune), but also some nice blackberry in there as well. This is juicy with pronounced acidity and a nice tannic grip on the long finish. This is screaming for a nice grilled steak!

Nice pour on the signature finish!
QOTD – Gotta be Gruner Veltliner from Wachau in Austria

Gary- Enjoy the vacation and we’ll see you next week. Thanks for showing another grape I’ve never tried before. Sounds worth a try from your description.

QOD- 1998 Pio Cesare Barolo and 2005 Ken Forrester Petit Chenin. Obviously, very different from each other, but both very satisfying. Still have many more to try.

Antonopoulos’ 2005 Greek rendition of Moschofilero (a native white varietal).
It was a shellfish experience at an off the beaten path restaurant on Park Avenue South. The wine’s briny minerality and floral citrus flavors proved to be the best shellfish pairing I’d ever had- goodbye sauvignon blanc and Chablis, hello Moschofilero!

Hi had my first Vacqueyras the other day. Actually my mom ordered a few of the Montirius Le Clos Montirius Vacqueyras 2003 when it was on free.winelibrary.com. We cracked open one of the bottles,and it was awful! It smelled like someone farted in a balloon. And it tasted worse. I think it just happened to be a really bad bottle. It happens. I will not let that keep me from trying the wine again however. We plan to open the other one really soon. After rewatching the video when GV tasted this wine, it just sounds too yummy to pass up.

Two good ones: Samling 88 by Strauss, just a 10 dollar sprite/acidic/delicious crisp white
and a 2005
â??The Chumhraâ?
Paso Robles
viognier/grenache blanc

Dying for someone else to chime in that they had it . . .

Mmmmm I am a fan of the geh vurtz tra meaner.

QOTD: Nora Albarino, 2004