QOTD: Homemade brick-oven style Margarita Pizza and zinfandel.

GV,
I’m an Irish girl, but I love Italia. I’m Roman Catholic and both my boyfriend and my dog are Italian! I especially enjoy eggplant parm and greens and beans. I have only paired Chianti Classico so far, so I’m excited to expand my Italian wine experience.

Kathleen

PS, if you haven’t already tried it, I love the Barilla Plus pasta, in the yellow box with all the protein, fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. My boyfriend eats it too, but laughs when I call it “the latest in pasta technology”.

Great ep!!! Love the barolos….been stuck in Italy for awhile and I love it!
Shrimp dripping in garlic and a Montepulciano! Fab show….totally hooked on it!

enjoy San Fran and Greece!

New to the show GaryV and really enjoying it. Been watching the old episodes. Keep up the great work.

QOTD: Calizone and a nice Red Zin.

Yum! That is all I can say. I am so glad it is Friday…you have me salivating for a Barolo. QOTD: mushroom risotto with a Barolo or Barberesco!

Great show. Can’t beat steak florentine as far as italian goes. Sweet Chipper Jones reference. If you could work in one Braves reference per show that would be swell.

OK, OK, no more lurking! But you’re NOT looking for comments from grad school students? Come on Gary, no more discrimination…we’re still young enough to come without the preconceived notions about wine!

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Gary or anyone else – What are the drink windows on barolos, generally? Are 99s and 00s still considered young or are they in their prime?

Favorite Italian meal – Sitting in a small Tuscan restaurant eating a steak with a local Chianti Classico Riserva.

Great episode Sensei,

Sorry you had to retape it…amd thank you for putting 12 in the can for us while you are gone. I hope you have a great trip and come back with some great stories! We would all love to see some photos from you summer vacation….

We love Barolo’s and have several laying in wait..might have to pop one tonight since I a salavating thinking about it…:)

QOTD – toss up between Mrs. Grasshoppers spaghetti with Chianti Reserva or Veal Marsala with a nice bottle of barolo….

Travel safe and have a great time!!!

Grasshopper

Hey Gary,
I’m de-lurking after a very long absence from comments–but I have seen every episode. I did a lot of travelling over the memorial day weekend and was able to get caught up on about 25 back-logged shows on the video iPod. Whew! I really need to try to stay current!

QOTD: Did you ever have a magical food and wine pairing? I seem to hit one just a handful of times a year. I’m talking about a situation where it’s not the wine that is necessarily the greatest you ever had (but still good!), or even the food that’s necessarily the greatest (but still good). But something magical happens in the pairing. I hope you know what I mean.

Case in point, for the QOTD: About 2 months ago it was a sausage lasagna and a Villa Caffagio Chianti Classico. I’ve had better Chianti’s, and I’ve even had better Italian fare, but this was magic on the palate! Wow…something just clicked. I love it when that happens.

Kudos for taping so many shows in one day. Of all the times to lose an episode to technical difficulties! But I know that’s how it goes!

Keep up the great work!

Nice show -the CIA in hyde park ny is watching, and liking- thanks for the info, it is helping us wine geeks in training.

I have many favorites, Linguini with clams or seafood fra diavalo. Always enjoy a good chicken parm or lasagna. I recently had a tasty red wine suggested by our waiter, it was “Il Nibbio Grigio” made with 100% Aglianico. Very reasonable too.

QOTD: One of my favourite Italian dishes is Sea Bass baked in Sea – Salt crust. An absolute killer and Soooo easy to prepare…

Osso Bucco with Barlo or a nice Veal Chop

I’d like to suggest maybe decanting wines before you do your tastings, and then funneling back into the bottle. I read somewhere that just leaving the bottle sit open makes little or no difference up to 24 hours after opening. What do you think? Thanks so much, -D

I have been a lurker since hearing you on NPR a few weeks ago but this episode drew me out and gave me a new perspective on Barolos (you almost drew me out with your zin episode this week). My only previous experences with Barolos (at a couple of tastings) hadn’t been all that impressive. I will definitely give them another shot.

Also, I loved your “firm but fair” tannin refence, sounds like you are a boxing fan like myself. By the by, I believe the ref’s name is “Joe” Cortez.

On the QOTD, my fave is spaghetti covered in my own zin-infused spaghetti sauce (have been known to use half a bottle – it’s killer). Needless to say I serve it with a good zin – current fave 2003 or 04 Martin “Rattler Rock”.

Hey Gary!
Yes you, and a little bit of me, are changing the wine world! You rock. Can you REALLY taste all of those flavors in a wine? That’s crazy! Especially in one episode when you referred to a gasoline smell. How did your palette become so trained?

Cheers on your travels–
Karen

Even if the G-men go 4-12 (which will never happen, you are dyslexic by the way) one of their wins…guaranteed is on October 7th. DEAL WITH IT!!!

Fun fun fun! That’s what watching you is! Sheer joy!

Hey, over 170 comments …. something is happening here!!!!!!

Hey Gary … is there a decent Barolo that you could recommend at a lower price point? I kind of hate to ask, but I’ve been trying SO MANY different wines lately that my wallet simply can’t afford those $50’s right now!

QOTD: I go for the good ol’ lasagna. Last time I had some lasagna I paired it quite successfully with a Tempranillo; I am, however, a wine-first kind of guy.

Thanks, as always, for all you do. You are, at the very least, changing MY wine world!

QOTD—-linguini with white clam sauce from Little Italy in NY with a nice Chianti—-heaven. Can’t find it anywhere else in the country.

Love Borolo’s also— enjoyed the episode very much and you got to taste them twice—good excuse–Eric forgot to turn on the mic—sure!!!

QOTD—-linguini with white clam sauce from Little Italy in NY with a nice Chianti—-heaven. Can’t find it anywhere else in the country.

Love Borolo’s also— enjoyed the episode very much and you got to taste them twice—good excuse–Eric forgot to turn on the mic—sure!!!

Gary, great episode!! First time I have commented, so I won’t bash the Jets…yet. I am going to pair my favorite dish with the barolo: Pasta can cinghiale. My suggestion: Hulk Hogan vs. La Lohan in a wine taste off.

Gary,

Good times seeing you again at the SF party. Crazy amount of wine, and I was heartened to see everybody trying different wines and basically being unafraid of anything.

The ranch here in Glen Ellen doesn’t have broadband capable of watching WLTV, so I had to wait until this morning to go into Sonoma to watch the Barolo episode, which I’m doing right now.

Great ep G never had a barolo . I will seek one out now and give it a whirl !!! Qotd Chicken Marsala . Never had a wine with it yet .

QOTD: ooooh! Italian food! It speaks to my Mediterranean heart! Tough to select just one dish… Ossobucco, coniglio (rabitt), tagliatelle al ragù, rissotto ai funghi, focaccia è pesto…

The best thing is that their incredibly diverse wines pair so nicelly with their foods.

Salute!