Great show! Being fairly new with wine this is how I usually decide by comparing recommendations, scoring and tasting notes and of course price.

QOTD: My mail order bride.

QOTD: Well, I ended up with swamp land in Florida …

GARY PLEASE HAVE MJK ON THE SHOW

QOTD: Every NY Yankee team since, what, like 2001. Go Mets!

QOTD: A couple of apartment listings in LA…before I checked out the neighborhoods… and determined that descriptors such as “affordable” and “new paint” aren’t the most important things to be boasting about when posting an apartment listing.

So a client of our took us to a really fancy restaraunt in San Fran. It is place called the Carnelian Room. We ordered a bottle of 1986 Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux. We thought that since it had the high price tag that it would be the bomb…We were comparing it a Northern California bottle of RUDD Cab that was 3 times less, and 10 times better…The Mouton was good, but not $900.00 good…It was a once in a lifetime experience but I knew in the back of my head that no bottle of wine is worth that much money…I you told me it was a $30-$50 bottle I would believe you…We all really loved all the wines that night but the RUDD cab was the winner by all 5 of us drinking…No more $900 bottles for me…I have learned that paper or price have nothing to do with quality or pesonal tasting experiences…

QOTD –> this bottle of snapple i have in my hand atm, tastes a little off =/

Hey! Good to see that little brother is a Real Madrid fan! This year league champions! Campeoooneees!

Excited about the Ercavio. I have some 04 but I guess I’ll have to look for the 05 too.

Ercavio looks terrific. will search for it. love the fruit loops tn’s, my fave cereal from childhood.

QOTD

Gary, I’m pretty sure it’s a Toucan and not a Pelican. 🙂
I cannot wait to try the Ercavio.

Ercavio is a great value driven wine. I bought 6 of the Ercavio and 6 of the 2005 Guillaume Gros El Nino Loco that you reviewed and my wife and I enjoyed the Ercavio over the El Nino. Although after sitting the El Nino Loco tasted better. If you have a bottle with dinner 5 days a week you can not go wrong with this $8 dollar bottle. I have since ordered another case.

I cant wait to get the Pasadoble when it arrives…two cases coming.

I really liked someone’s answer above (too lazy to go back and look): Star Wars: Episode I. I agree completely and think it’s a great answer.

My QOTD Answer: Heath Shuler (Redskins #1 draft pick QB).

No, I don’t want to introduce myself! I don’t know anything about wine and I don’t even drink! I just watch the Thunder Show because it’s entertaining. I hope Gary won’t find me and kick my ass for being an evil luuuurkeeeer in the waaater. Please don’t hurt me!

QOTD: Bad Boys 2

Do we need to get into the merits of Red Vines over Twizzlers? This is a classic east coast vs. west coast issue.

I just recently tried the Ercavio from La Mancha and it is excellent. And you can’t beat the price for such a great wine that I feel will cellar well for years to come.

Sad, sad, sad… but the new york jets will drown. They are pussies! Next year they will be happy if they win more than 3 games. So sad, even a colleage football team can defeat them.

You called the Pikes Shiraz focused and then 30 seconds later you called it not focused.

Qotd: Don Melchor – any year.

Did Eric finally make an appearance on WLTV? Was that him writing in the background? Fun little episode. Nothing wrong with getting a steal on wine, or anything else. QOTD: The 2001 Seattle Mariners. On paper we should have destroyed everyone in our path on the way to a World Series. Have to give the Yankees props for sticking the wrench in the gears. I am rooting big time for Pinella to take the Cubs to the title though. Lou was the only manager who ever did any good for us here in Seattle, so Im hoping he can destroy the curse there. He’s going to be a God there if he does, too.

The ercavio looks tempting..on the Pikes you mentioned it was focus then later you said it was unfocused..hhmmmm

A thoughtful insight and ideas I will use on my blog. You’ve obviously spent some time on this. Well done!

qotd my previous car

Gary next time you do some cheese and wine together on the show, how about comte cheese and vin jaune?