Agree with Comment 52 by Stewart: petite syrah can offer great value and flavor while removing all your tooth enamel. Why not compare a couple of the super values to the heavy hitters like Turley or Rosenblum’s stunning Rockpile?

Oh, hey, since you’re really busy, here’s a possible line-up from WL:

Bogle (60570; $10–sometimes a solid value buy along with…)
Concannon Limited Release (9674; $11–again, can be a great value in certain years)
Earthquake (9068; $23–awarded best red of the entire S.F. Chronical wine competition; over-rated?)
Carver Sutro (30312; $40–never had it but Parker obviously likes it)

Will eventually be buying the Rutherglen…thanks for the show.

Yeah Gary! Fun episode. Lots of good suggestions. I agree with Arneis: it’s a fun wine, and great for summer.
JW

Someone recharged his batteries over the weekend! Welcome back!

Show tomorrow: 2004 white burgs.

QOTD – How about good QPR from the Rhone? or Portugal? or Eastern Europe? Or another blinded tasting and let Eric pick them (say less than $20)?

Listen Big Guy,

I’ve given you some fabuloso suggestions (um, Albarinos anybody?).
I give and I give, but still you want more.

OK, ready?

You’ve got a great team there on the floor of WL. There’s at least a full baseball team roster – POSTSEASON. (that’s 40 – not 25) kicking ass for us simple folk. Great people all of them… so let’s see what they’ve got. Go down and ask 4 or 5 of your staff for their suggestion of the best sub-30 or sub-20 dollar bottle of wine to match a certain meal.

Maybe it’s you, maybe someone anonymous – give them each the same menu – roast pork and parsnips, t-bone steak and asparagus, whatever – ask for their recommendation. You can tell them they’re all in running for GV’s seal of awesomeness or some such nonsense.

Maybe the winner gets a wristband

How about, if this hasn’t been done already (haven’t seen ALL episode, only found your awesome site a week ago)…talk about one of these 3 :

1) What are the characteristics of a wine that you know you can buy to age? what wines do you age/for how long?

2) What do you need for a home wine cellar? What would make up a good collection? Or what makes up YOUR collection?
3) Take on some wines from one of the big lists like the wine enthusiast top 100…like some of the wines that should be bought as collectable/ why/ prior vintages/ which are a waste of money?

These topics are probably too lengthy for WLTV format, but you could do a mini-series 😛

How about, if this hasn’t been done already (haven’t seen ALL episode, only found your awesome site a week ago)…talk about one of these 3 :

1) What are the characteristics of a wine that you know you can buy to age? what wines do you age/for how long?

2) What do you need for a home wine cellar? What would make up a good collection? Or what makes up YOUR collection?
3) Take on some wines from one of the big lists like the wine enthusiast top 100…like some of the wines that should be bought as collectable/ why/ prior vintages/ which are a waste of money?

These topics are probably too lengthy for WLTV format, but you could do a mini-series 😛

Good ep, GV. Lot of energy today, a Monday person, wow. For the QOD… another BLIND TASTING EPISODE! Not only is it fun to see you be right, but it’s actually better to see you bash wines that are supposed to be good (Not to mention how funny it is when you’re totally wrong). Also, I’d like to see a Cali cabs from 20-40$ episode.

Good ep, GV. Lot of energy today, a Monday person, wow. For the QOD… another BLIND TASTING EPISODE! Not only is it fun to see you be right, but it’s actually better to see you bash wines that are supposed to be good (Not to mention how funny it is when you’re totally wrong). Also, I’d like to see a Cali cabs from 20-40$ episode.

I also loved that dentist comment. Maybe I will throw that out at cocktail parties and tell people that the wine smells like my office.
I had some trouble with that player too, it kept having to buffer every minute or so. Quick Time worked much better.

QOTD: I’d like to see Rioja show

qotd: something obscure, like the german reds someone mentioned, or any little known grape varietals, even obscure american wines would work, from regions not known for wine. Mexican wines, hey, ever done Okanogan wines?? they are hard for us to get here in the U.S., unless you bring them directly back from there…

qotd: something obscure, like the german reds someone mentioned, or any little known grape varietals, even obscure american wines would work, from regions not known for wine. Mexican wines, hey, ever done Okanogan wines?? they are hard for us to get here in the U.S., unless you bring them directly back from there…

You were on fire today. Love the bad labels. Without a rating or recommendation, I’d never buy them based on those labels. How sad is that? I guess I’m a slave to marketing.

QOD:

How about “This Just In?” Pick a few wines that just arrived. Tell us why you bought allocations, whether or not you tasted them or if someone on staff tasted them before hand and give us your insight.

I’m still having problems watching the episodes….frustrating.

Anyway….how about an episode on Pinot Blancs or Gewurztraminers?

QOTD: Values from Northern Rhone style wines.

QOTD: Chinon or Bergerac wines!

QTOD: Another idea is I just looked at all the Spanish wine at WL for under $30 with 90 pts+……SPANISH .

QOTD: how about matching up Corton Charlemagne And Montrechet with Califirnias best Chards jerrt the 2THDR

I have to echo the calls for Cali Cabs

Gary
My wife loves RED wine!!!!!! But last week she got into that part of the Eurocave where â??weâ? are trying to age some French whites. I came home and she was knee deep into these bottles of 2004 Pouilley-Fume Silex and Pursang and LOVING themâ?¦.How about doing a show that includes NEVER talked about French whites?? Thanks for taking MY answer to your QOTDâ?¦.Just a little piece of you is needed to put this on your show for tomorrow.
Thanks
MontanaMike

Gary, how about a show on box wines? From lowest end up to the newfangly, supposedly OK box wines. You did 2BuckChuckeroo, so I think this would be interesting too. And I’ve seen the videotour of your store. Looks like you stock some boxes.

Or how about some fine Pinots. Penner-Ash, Costa de Oro, La Tache. 🙂

– TWB

Gary, another great epsiode today. This price category is always a challenge because a the number of bad wines in it. Anybody can find a good wine that costs $20 to $40 but to find one that is good AND under, or around $10 can be challenging. When you were talking about the Viticcio, you said that most Italian reds at around $8 suck. I would tend to agree but hereâ??s another one for you to try: Capestrano Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. This is also around $8 and IMO is a winner.

QOTD: How about another blind tasting tomorrow? My choices for a blind tasting show are as follows:

1.Budget Spanish wines. Have someone pick about 4 wines that were recently scored well (88 or higher) by Jay Miller, a new reviewer for the Wine Advocate. Letâ??s see how your palate matches up with Jayâ??s.

2.Have someone pick 3 or 4 wines from your 3 or 4 largest suppliers.

3.This one is not a blind tasting. Pick about 4 Ports from different price points. Dessert wines seem like they always score well regardless of how good they are. Letâ??s see what you think about some.

4.Not wine this time, but vodka!! Iâ??m not sure if you are a drinker of spirits but try about 3 or 4 vodkas, Are the premium vodkas (Grey Goose, Ketel One, etc.) really worth a premium compared to â??good oldâ? Stolichinya, Pinnacle – which is supposedly made by Grey Goose, or Svedka?

Had to watch the back episodes before posting — that took a while!.

First off, thanks. Lots of great info in a very enjoyable format that beats any other source I’ve come across hands-down. Please keep it up.

QOD — I agree that Georgian wines would be a great topic. Personal wish-list would be to see you review some stuff from my hometown region, southeast Pennsylvania, (Chaddsford Winery, for example) and from where I’m at now, Monterey County in California.

Again, I’m extremely glad I found this vlog.

I would love to see more on everyday(15 or under) wines from S. America or Spain.