QOTD: Burgundy wines

Super episode. Thanks for the splurge–Luv ya, man!

This set of wines would be my dream evening.

On the other hand, I also really liked your interview with New York Magazine about the Portuguese wines. I’m sipping a Portuguese red right now and loving it. It’s nice to know you can also drink very well for under 15.

Hey, I rinsed my DECANTER with a little of the wine from my treasured bottle last night (hey, I’m a poor housekeeper, and it had spots!!!); I’m glad to know you endorse that kind of behavior!!!! ha ha ha
Great episode. I’ a little closer to dropping that 125 bones on my dream wine… maybe if I book another commercial really soon!!
QOTD: This is going to sound totally lame, but all French wine is confusing to me. I mean, I’ve taken the time to learn basic facts, like what grows where, etc. but I still find it terribly daunting. There is a barrier between me and the French language.

Man Oh Man! Hot Damn!! I’m gonna run out to the closest wine shop ans STARE at all those wines for a really really really long time. You know it!

QOTD: direct shipping laws are fraggin’ confudling!

Great show, even if I won’t be able to afford those wines in the near future!

QOTD: European wines confuse me – so many different types, I don’t even know where to start!

QOTD:

The part of wine making I find most confusing? Hmm…that’s a difficult question. I have to say that I’d like to know how vineyards decide where to plant and what to plant there, though. So many varieties of grapes and so many regions…

Nice to have a place to start if I decide to buy one of the ‘expensive’ wines. The disappointing thing would be, to buy the wine and find you hate the taste.
OTD: As you, I find everything confusing. Still learning the nose and then what I find in the taste.

Gary,

Please tell me Erik was quick enough to save his shoes on the over-tipping and subsequenting splatter when showing the color of the Brunello.

I toasted your, and your family’s health, in return to your toast (albeit with a $15 Shiraz).

Oh, I’m doing, I’m doing alright,(in my best Kramer voice), shivering and clutching opposite biceps trying to stay warm until the shirt arrives.

QOTD – confused why you keep telling me to expand my horizons. I’m having a hard enough time exporing the world of Shiraz and finding those that appeal to me when every time I step outside of my comfort zone I’m disappointed. Granted I don’t make the same investment, I guess it’s a catch 22 I’m buying crap and ending up with crap, but why spend more on a gamble when I know I can get something I can enjoy without breaking the bank?

Great episode. The thunder is a step up, and it showed in your excitement.

QOTD: keeping the contents of Bordeaux straight, and remembering who makes the good wine.

Great show,

I’m a scientist so I want to understand (but do not) the malolactic fermentation process. My friends who make wine tell me that this is the time they sweat: waiting for the “malo”. What is it and why is it so important?

Holy crap Gary!

Great episode and I appreciate you tasting these wines for us. I too watched my yearly wine budget go into the spit bucket today.

Never had a Chateauneuf Du Pape so maybe the special wine this weekend will be one.

QOTD: I have started a tiny collection for aging and I am most confused about knowing when to drink these wines, and also, when tasting a wine how to know whether or not it has aging potential.

Gary love the podcast and found you via Diggnation.

Gary,Rhones are my absolute faves.What CDP’s do you recomend in that $25 dollar range? Vacqueras or Gigondas as well.Help me out!Thanks in advance. Dave

Gary, super show! I really like the message of gratitude you started the show with.

Hey, amazing ep, I think the bucket was smiling.

QOD: I’m baffled by the merchanting/pricing of wine. There are plenty of great wines that come from small yield vineyards and end up reasonably priced. Yet, there are producers that can make thousands more cases and charge an arm and a leg for products that are only marginally better. Is it all marketing or is it middle-man markup? Are we, the customer, getting the short end of the stick when it comes to these ‘big name’ wines? More importantly, are the people that tend the vines, pull the weeds, pluck the fruit, climb into the tanks and scrub them…are they benefitting from the from the huge-normous sticker prices, or are the fat cats just laughing it up all the way to the bank?

GREAT EP! I love when Gary tastes the good stuff but I have to admit that I’m jealous of the bucket. I’ll never be able to afford what was dumped into the bucket today.

Ahhhh it kills me to see so much dumped out, even for the sake of humor.

If I could only afford these… maybe I need to change career paths…

QOTD: naming systems in the different regions of France

Awesome Episode! NOW we’re gettin’ somewhere. Most of us can afford to buy an inexpensive bottle, risk it and taste on our own….and toss it if we don’t like. This kind of episode is great because these price points are a little more risky…and your review goes a long way. I had the Castelgioncondo reserva in my hand last night to buy but didn’t. Now I may go back and get one.

QOTD: I’d like to know more about declassifying grapes in poor vintages…and then which bottles get them! For example…02 Brunello grapes going in to the 02 Rosso?

Awesome Episode! NOW we’re gettin’ somewhere. Most of us can afford to buy an inexpensive bottle, risk it and taste on our own….and toss it if we don’t like. This kind of episode is great because these price points are a little more risky…and your review goes a long way. I had the Castelgioncondo reserva in my hand last night to buy but didn’t. Now I may go back and get one.

QOTD: I’d like to know more about declassifying grapes in poor vintages…and then which bottles get them! For example…02 Brunello grapes going in to the 02 Rosso?

Gary, this was the best episode yet…right up until the part where you said that Patrick Ewing was better that Jordan…How many rings does Ewing sport (that one finals appearance was brilant??!?), how many MVP’s? Ewing is GARBAGE…….get a new team…the…..Knick…..BLOWWWWWWWW! DO you get the message.
Anyways, back to the show. this was vintage buddy!! This was why I watch, the love the enthusiasm, the keeping it real. I love it!!!
QOTD – I gotta say the scoring….it is all so subjective and I have had so many wines that were scored 90, 91 that I thought were complete garbage….If anyting these expereinces have taught me to follow you mantra, TRUST MY PALATE!
You are rockin’ it Gary, keep up the good work.

Gary, this was the best episode yet…right up until the part where you said that Patrick Ewing was better that Jordan…How many rings does Ewing sport (that one finals appearance was brilant??!?), how many MVP’s? Ewing is GARBAGE…….get a new team…the…..Knick…..BLOWWWWWWWW! DO you get the message.
Anyways, back to the show. this was vintage buddy!! This was why I watch, the love the enthusiasm, the keeping it real. I love it!!!
QOTD – I gotta say the scoring….it is all so subjective and I have had so many wines that were scored 90, 91 that I thought were complete garbage….If anyting these expereinces have taught me to follow you mantra, TRUST MY PALATE!
You are rockin’ it Gary, keep up the good work.

Greetings from the Cayman Islands! (Well at least from a born and bread Caymanian)

What happens to all those nice bottles of wine after you get done tasting? what about the bad bottles? You should do an out-take show of nothing but that.

Looking forward to getting into some good wine.

i got “buffered” 20 times before you even got the Sabon to the screen. what gives?

bluescientist,
Malic acid, rather harsh, is converted into the softer Lactic acid.
Read this: http://www.winecaveinc.com/resources/wine/malolactic.htm
Someday you may be a scientist. Can’t cure you of blue.

Great episode that is huge, one day I’ll uncork a four bottle lineup like that… but for now i’ll settle for a little less.Looking forward to the weekend will for sure crack a few nice one’s now that you got me all fired up.. great show keep it up…QOTD french wines got my head spinning