go Viognier

QOTD: eating a lot

go Viognier

QOTD: eating a lot

QOTD: Sailing! If I can squeeze it in between thunderstorms.
Thanks for giving viognier its due—I love these wines, but since my wife is an NBC (Nothing But Chardonnay) drinker, I don’t get to try as many as I’d like.

Glad you reviewed these Gary – was looking for some lower priced Viogniers – so many around me are $20+ …

QOTD: Unfortunately, prepping for a week’s work in NJ – but I will be buy WL to pick up my order on the way home!

CKC is still in the house..and what about the finance major ckc’s? This weekend a little bit of work, then a wine spectator offline on saturday night, then padres and red sox game on sunday. go padddds!

QOTD: Kicking back, braising something in red wine – throw in a good cigar and a few fingers of scotch into the equation and call it a weekend. Oh yeh, and some quality vino at dinertime. Because yooooooouuuuu and a little bit of V, we’re chaaaaaannnging the wiiiiiine woooorrlldd! Aren’t we?

Great show on a different grape, never tried a Voignier will have to seek one out.
I joined up to Digg this thought you’d like that. Also just to let you know, you are no way any way a jerk off..

QOTD: Going to an Estate Auction in the morning to look at a brush hog. Pull some weeds in the garden, then get ready for a night out with boys playing poker, having a few cocktails and enjoying a big fat cigar..

aka MikeBro

MB

I added a picture just wanted to see if it would work.

QOTD: I got dragged into doing some side work as a favor for someone this weekend. Might try to knock it out tomorrow so I at least have sunday free.

nice hair man.

Nice modified conehead do.

Is that a disembodied shark fin or a guitar pick floating in the wine glass on the shirt? Are these also limited to 140?

Don’t know if it’s related but the video is jumpy today whether it’s due to the schwag rotating pic but aside from being distracting it smacks of desperation to sell, not something that appeals to me here. We’ll buy without the guerilla tactics and hard sell dude.

QOTD: Getting a haircut (not as fancy as yours but my bro doesn’t call me Hollywood either), mowing the lawn (and a little tasting of this and that…. he he), setting up a 50″ LCD in the den and picking up the mother-in-law for an extended, open-ended visit (no worries I’ve got plenty of wine to see me through it).

Kicking back with a Pasquie Terasses, getting ready to go out for dinner with my wife and loving life.

Have a great one!

Oh, and TimF–you’ve got it. I mean, look at the material you have to work with.

Whoa, you’re sportin’ the ‘do, GV.

My weekend will mostly be spent working and drinking wine… Love that I can do both at the same time but I have to be relatively good because I’m running a 10 mile race on Sunday morning. Maybe I’ll open something special on Sunday night to celebrate. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Off to see Sonny Rollins tonight; work tomorrow; wine in some fashion Saturday night; and possibly a golf tournament on Sunday. I’m terrible at golf, playing it maybe one or two times a year, but my wine glass lifting skills are impeccable.

Be well…

QOTD: I’m heading out to Drumright with my mother. She got me into wine, so I’m taking her out to a real winery as a thank you gift. That, and the winery’s celebrating Oklahoma’s Centennial by introducing the third of three Oklahoma-themed wine blends…this one being a white.

Brilliant ep! Imagine giving a 94 to a Viognier! A truly rad move. Now we’re changing the wine world!
Great energy. A bit fed up with the tyranny of scores? I am. So few dictate the taste profile of so many. GV, you are to be commended. Very daring. Excellent work, IMHO.

Everyone in the UK knows those guys won the tag title in 85.

Everyone in the UK knows those guys won the tag title in 85.

Well I hope I got my answer to the WWF question in 1st! 🙂

QOTD: Pizza and wine with friends (Friday night), Vegetarian Festival Saturday followed by cookout at sister and brother in laws house, Sunday, chill, nice dinner at home, maybe some Ridge Cab. mmmmmm

Being from Virginia, we have a lot of wineries putting out great Viogniers, really good ones. Try and get your hands on some from the state, if you want some recommendations I can give you some. Our two fall back New WOrld Viogniers that we usually have one of in the house is either the Yalumba Y Series or the McManis. Both good and good values. ($10)

Have a great weekend!!
J DUB

Gary- My daughter and I just watched the show and she said she would like to meet you. I told her you promised to come to Chicago every year, or I guess we could make a trip to the WL. Anyway, great show today!

QOTD- Take the kids to the orthodontist, my son’s baseball game, attend a wedding on Saturday with hopefully good vino, more baseball on Sunday plus my daughter’s dance show. Life is good. Enjoy the weekend everyone!

I’ll be doing a lot of biking as usual. Probably log about 100+ miles or so.
Also taking the folks out to dinner for their 43rd anniversary. Will be popping a nice Chianti and a bottle of Gewurztraminer from Alsace. What the heck is Yenta?

Love the V episode and I’ll try the Bilancia. Thanks!

QOTD; Going to a Birthday party for a friend in Beverly Hills then getting the gear ready for a 4th of July camping week in Napa.Mineral hot springs, daily massages,hiking, endless wine tasting, great food and sleeping under the stars…

cheers

Dude th Lo-Hawk is not kind to you. Makes you look like Astro Boy.

Another great episode your on a roll.94 pts. unbelievable…QOTD Potty training my 2 yr. old.Couple of nice diners planed with a couple of good bottles of wine.Sounds like my first Viognier on Sunday to wrap up the weekend.Later

Another lesser known grape that I have yet to try. Nice ep to point it out. I’ll be on a quest to see if there is any viognier in Maine.

Not only do I think there might be scoring snobbery going on, but I also think there is a general rise in scores. Scoring inflation? Almost a market driven need to keep inching the points up and up as the market share/market base of consumers continues to grow. Or maybe a subconcious need to inch up scoring over time to keep one’s self (as a critic) important. It may be entirely possible that there is a trend in wines getting better and better in quality…. but….. Anyone have the time to take various critic’s scores over time and see if there is a general rise in the average score?

Just a theory, and it’s all mine.

QOTD: some gardening and chores around the house. Getting my hair buzzed down too. Ah yes, some more pounding in the gym too.