Double-Post!!

..or any Prieto Picudo. This is a grape that I have recently discovered and totally digg.

Yo GV,

great episode. As for Friday – I don’t know if someone else has suggested this already (im not gonna read all 223 extant comments) Could you change it up and review a box wine? Black Box, Franzia? Who knows, you might get a relatively dec one. if not, I can use your condemnation as proof to my boys that box wines are shittee.

HRRMMMMM…

I don’t have much time to make picks but I’m always thinking about what you should try on the show, this could be great! I’m going to see MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN TONIGHT! at the PNC Bank Arts Center for the Tool show! Maybe I’ll see him and ask him to contact you or maybe I’LL MAKE A SIGN SAYING: PLEASE GOD MAYNARD BE ON WLTV!!!!!!!!!

Here are my humble CKC picks:

Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier which Mr. Terroir himself loves…

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31614

The ’01 Moccagatta Barbaresco that everyone raved about at the recent NYC dinner. I personally was very dismayed and confused by why people like this wine, I’d like to hear your take!

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=23871

I just picked one of these up and I’d like to see your impression, I know Kahuna brought this to the NYC offline as well and I think he’d love to know

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31601

Good luck to everyone!

QOTD: I would like you to try a top wine from the Rhone. You have done big Bordeaux, Cali Cabs, Australian, Spanish, Italian, wines but never a top Rhone (Hermitage or Cote Roti), so let me suggest one:

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=30365

What I really want to know is can I buy a Goat Roti, or a Shiraz Viognier, or other faux Cote Roti and get anywhere close to these wines but for half the price or are these really something special?

GARY MY MAN HAVE YOU DONE A LEWIS CAB YET?

It’s been over 4 months since you’ve done any petite sirah, which was the wooden nickel from the 200th anniversary episode (and over 3 since you did the last wine with any petite sirah in it — the rutherglen), so how about another for Friday’s episode?

My vote: One of the Turley Petite Sirahs that scores so well on Cellartracker — http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?O=CScoreSort+DESC&fInStock=1&iUserOverride=0&Table=List&szSearch=turley+petite you guys don’t carry it.

If it’s one you carry, how about the Howling Dog Durif (which somebody else on the Ask Gary board requested as well, so it’s not just me! — https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=7719), the Earthquake (love the blueberrries in wine like you love sour cherry — https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=9068), the Erna Schein (93 Tanzer — https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32762 (), Fife Redhead (92 wine enthusiast, and at $19.99!!! — yes, I’m biased because I’m a redhead who loves petite sirah, but I have 5 bottles left in my fridge and absolutely love the stuff), or the T-vine (https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=33098).
You know, you could do those plus the Gedeon (for the Aussie, Israeli, and American Terroir trifecta) and have just a whole Petite Sirah episode 🙂

As for the Bogle, I’d pass on tasting. You’ve had it before (though not on the show) as you mentioned in the petite sirah episode, and it’s not that great, especially when it’s around the same price as the Concannon. But let me be the 3rd on here to request the Redhead (with the vineyard named after Dennis Fife’s wife — Karen MacNeil).

Spread the Walla Walla Love! Gary I know you have some walla walla gems in your inventory, I’ve been there to NJ to see it, why don’t you bust out a nice cab blend or better yet Cab Franc 100%, they are rising in a big way, Spring Valley Cab Franc 2002 18 dollars scored 94 with the Wine Spectator crowd. Find a Walla Walla cab franc and ill put one of your badges on my site. i could over night you one as well.

Spread the Walla Walla Love! Gary I know you have some walla walla gems in your inventory, I’ve been there to NJ to see it, why don’t you bust out a nice cab blend or better yet Cab Franc 100%, they are rising in a big way, Spring Valley Cab Franc 2002 18 dollars scored 94 with the Wine Spectator crowd. Find a Walla Walla cab franc and ill put one of your badges on my site. i could over night you one as well.

QOTD: Haven’t seen an Aussie wine for over a month so how about one of the 2 below both from Torbreck.

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32492
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32493

Thanks for the Amarone education.I think that was the biggest oak monster I’ve seen you do. How about tasting some late harvest wines and comparing that with ice wines.

Yes! Amarone!

Yay! SF Vaynerglass!

Oh man, I really want one of those wristbands!

Nookie pasta? …hmmm, well, when I was younger, my favorite name for the “act” was “doing the NOODLE”

QOTD: It looks like you don’t have any Scheurebe in stock at WineLibrary. Here’s one I found online from another merchant in Jersey: http://www.wineaccess.com/store/clintonwine/ecommerce/product.html?product_id=10915114 I mainly just want your lowdown on the varietal. Here’s another one from the same place: http://www.wineaccess.com/store/clintonwine/ecommerce/product.html?product_id=10776821

sunnuvabitch, my comment didn’t go through. I’ll try again.

oh, nevermind. There it is. It says it’s currently awaiting moderation.

Gary, you owe it to yourself to try the 2005 Van Duzer estate Pinot Noir

please moderate my comment… it’s been waiting an hour!

I would like to see you try an inexpensive Merlot from Bordeaux on Friday’s show for those of us with shallow pockets –

Christian Moueix 2003 Merlot
Merlot from France – Bordeaux

Christian oversees the family’s ten properties in Pomerol and St. Ã?milion, including Château Pétrus and Château Trotanoy, and runs a Napa Valley winery, Dominus Estate. Does this version compare to the top wines in any way?

Great Show

QOTD: Le Cadeau Pinot Noir
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=33178

Give it a try

QOTD: Rockford Black Shiraz

If you can get it, it’s the best sparkling red ever made — almost impossible to get in the US, but my Dad picked some up at the Rockford cellar door, and it’s the most amazing experience in wine you’ll ever have!

Loved seeing the Amarones today. Every time we go to our favorite Italian restaurant we look for these wines. And even though black licorice is not my favorite flavor profile, it just tastes so good in this wine, not sure why???

QOTD: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31596 Baumard Coteaux Du Layon 2005

Thanks for a great Amarone episode. As always, very instructive.
QOTD: Bring some argentinian thunder!

http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=30417

Or Chilenian (although you don’t carry it) Don Melchor 2004

Or the new released Caymus 2005 Cab.
Thanks.

QOTD : Clos St. Jean Chateauneuf Du Pape Rouge 2004

Interesting Amarone faceoff…Due to the laborious method of production they are very expensive. Some hit the mark and others disappoint. Thanks for calling it as you taste it. Some other reliable Amarone producers from Valpolicella are Quintarelli, Viviani, Tommaso Bussola and Serego Alighieri.

QOTD: How about something you stashed and brought us back from California?
or a New World vs. Old World with the same vigneron such as Joseph Drouhin’s Chambolle-Musigny vs. Domaine Drouhin from Dundee,Oregon. Add a Central Otago, NZ Pinot Noir as a wild card….

Something to read Harry Potter’s last adventure to….

As a patriots fan, we love Mo Louis……Also, if you love Gnocchi you have to try Carmen Qualita’s Gnocchi (Little puff of love). He works at Union Square Cafe.

Great show, Gary. Good to see you just hanging out drinking some wine!

QOTD: My number one choice would be for a wine I tasted for the first time the other day. The 2004 Standish Chardonnay (Anderson Valley, not Down Under). I visited this new winery (started by Ken, Miles, and Valerie Oswald, long-time wine makers in the valley) not knowing what to expect. I had some good PN and a good PN Rose, and then Valerie convinced me to try their Chardonnay. Now, I am not what you would call a Chardonnay person. Even great Chardonnay I tend to stay away from â?? not that I can’t find it interesting, it just tends to sit at the bottom of my preferences. But this one was fascinating to me. And â?? and this is probably why I liked it so much â?? it tasted more like a nuanced Riesling than a Chardonnay. Some strange Finger Lakes clone. They don’t seem to have much distribution yet, but Dean & DeLuca appears to carry the wine: http://www.deandeluca.com/ViewProduct.aspx?ProductID=160208729&CategoryID=168 or you can order direct from them at (707) 895-9213 â?? just ask for the Riesling in Chardonnay clothing. I hope you get a chance to try this wine â?? and maybe even carry it at WL! And maybe I can get a case kick-down if you tell them who referred you *wink*

shout out for gnocchi. My wife and I lived off of gnocchi until we had kids.

How about http://www.armenianwines.com/armenian-pomegranate-wine.htm Its a pomegranate wine from Armenia.