GV, I live in Boise and hope to attend the wine festival this weekend. Although, everything I’ve read says it is next Friday??

http://idahowinefestival.org/

See the top left part of the page.

Yoooo Gary!!

Super Episode, as usual! Me mouth is waterin’!!
Got me cravin’ some Cote Rotie!!!!!

Would send ya some thundercats, but don’t got
none. 🙁

QOTD: Watch WLTV in da mornin’ wit me Java.

i’ll keep my eye open for any thundercats. QOTD: that would be frowned upon since I watch right at the end of school. I teach my last class of Geometry and then as soon as they file out the door I’m watchin the show. Have fun on your trips.

OK – going to LA on Sunday!! I should be there around 11am! From NY!!! Love to tip a glass and have a spider crab with ya Gary and talk about comics! HAHAHA!

Love your show today!

My parents used to fry the bacon, take it out of the metal frying pan, and then throw LIVER!! and onions right in the grease … so needles to say I got away from that fantastic healthy diet…. hahahah

GO DALLAS!!! Gotta love T.O.!!!

HALA BACK!
Rich

GV,
How would you compare the Aussie Shiraz-Viognier blends to the Cote Rotie’s?
Certainly some better price points.
How do the flavors compare ? How about the cellaring time? QPR ?
I think the Vayniacs would all be interested to here about the comparison.

QOTD – Usually watch over lunch, so generally no vino. However, if I watch with the wife
after dinner, we have been know to finish off the dinner bottle while watching WLTV

QOTD – I watch via ITunes at work, so I can not enjoy the vino while watching.

Really liked that episode Gary, liked the teaching pearls at the beginning, I fell like I take more away from the episodes when there’s a lead-in with background on the region and the general wine characteristics. QOTD: Usually. Today coffee though.

Hi Gary!
Very interesting episode
In september issue Decanter(UK edition)calls the 2005 Rhone’s vintage of a lifetime
John Livingstone-Leatmonth in mentioned article finds 2001, 1999, 1990, 1989, 1985 as a excelent and 1998, 1995, 1988, 1983 and1982 as a very good once; nothing about 2003
QOTD: very often; right now 2003 Les Chevaliers Des Templiers Saint-Julien

usually have a glass, if I’m watching WLTV at night.

Great episode. I have had no Cote Rotie but I notice alot more Sirah Viogneir blends out there and have tried a few and loved them. I’ll for sure splurge on a Cote soon.QOTD I am right now and would say that 60% of the time I do drink wine while watching. Thanks GV and WLTV crew.

Hey GV, looking forward to trying the Cote Rotie. I’ve heard so much about it. What’s the difference between Cote Rotie and Cotes du Rhone – mainly location? “Cote” means hillside or slope, right? So it’s just a different hilly area?

Yeah, I like a little imbibation (is that a word?) when I’m watching me daily dose of WLTV. It doesn’t usually match what you’re drinking, although that would be fun. You might be talking about Sancerre, and I’m drinking a Marquis Philips Shiraz for example. Still, it makes it more fun.

I almost never drink wine while watching WLTV. Sometimes I do have my morning tea while I watch, however. It would be odd to watch Gary taste one wine while drinking another. That would amount to multi-tasking, which isn’t my strength.

Nice show Gary. I especially like the educational area information on the wines and vintners.

QOTD: No, but that’s not to say that it’s not a good idea

QOTD: Tend to drink when watching at home, but mostly I catch you during work, and although I would love to have a glass before heading to court, don’t think the judges would dig it…..or maybe they would as some seem to have knocked back a few themselves before taking the bench…

Love the Rhone, North or South don’t care all good stuff

QOTD: No, I’m usually at work. But I’m looking forward to the group tasting coming up–I’ve got my two pack.

OT: Don’t drip wine onto the floor. It serves no purpose but to get a cheap laugh.

Most of the time. Tonight its Marquis Phillips SE Austrailia Shiraz. No heat, good fruit with a lot of balance.

QOTD: sometimes

awesome. give it up to cote roti. you slipped and said hermitage. maybe a little hermitage tasting next week??? wadya say.
ps thundercats were for dorks.

That was a fun show!

QOTD: unfortunately, not usually 🙁

Man, am I jealous as I sip on my $9 monkey bay savignon blanc. Maybe for the weekend.

qotd … absolutely, as often as possible; haven’t tested “with you,” in the virtual sense, but that’s a goal

Today I’m drinking beer while watching WLTV, but we’re a day behind and I think my wife is about to join you in some Fume Blanc while we watch tomorrow’s episode. We had the Mondavi Private Selection Fume Blanc last night, so good timing Gary.

You really turned me on to the Cote Rotie, it is next on my list.

QOTD: Some times, most of the time I am watching WLTV on my iPod on the commuter bus ride home. The last few days the ride has seemed longer with out a show, glad to have you back.

Loved the fun facts at the start of the show. “Lead me to the well” Gary! good stuff. keep it up. look forward to trying out some cote roti eventually.
QOD; I usually have wine and maybe a snack while watching WLTV. unless it’s 07 in morning i usually pour myself a glass and get set up to watch the show.

QOTD Yes i do! i’m drinkng 2003 Le Macchiole from the WL right now.

It’s a relief to have you back… I was starting to get the shakes. Cote-Rotie is the “roasted slope” and pictures of it show a rugged steep terrain with old stone walls. It lies on the right bank of the Rhone river in the northern end of the Rhone region. A large colorful map that pulled down from the ceiling would be an awesome prop but might be too pedantic. The slope has two parts with different soils. The Cote Brune is brownish, rich in clay and has quite a bit of iron oxide. The Cote Blonde has a lighter color combining chalk with clay. The Brune increases its intensity with age and the Blonde is more assertive young and then fades with age. The Viognier is grown together with the Syrah and blended to round out the flavor and bouquet. Due to the steep terrain the harvesting must be done by goats….

I’m imbibing some southern Rhone Valley blend from the Costieres de Nimes called Chateau L’Ermitage. (at $12 a poor man’s Hermitage) It’s medium bodied with a %40 Syrah, %40 Grenache and 20% Mourvedre. 12.5% alch. the vigneron is Jerome Castillon ages this wine in Oak tanks for nine months. This adds a vanilla element to the berries with a touch of Cinnamon. It’s easy to drink and doesn’t have any fatal flaws and deserves an 87 IMHO. I’ll surely try his white blend next.

Our beloved Redskins are retooling the defense which should take some pressure off our sophomore quarterback Jason Campbell. The Giants lost some of their mainstays and might be ripe for picking. The Eagles always are our nemesis and Dallas has a new coach. Anything could happen…Best of luck to your sons of Namath.