Great episode. Loved the Hacksaw Jim Nog bit. I have had a few Malbecs that where not my cup of tea but will for sure still continue to give it a chance.Maybe I’ll grab the Alamos seems to have great qpr.. QOTD As much as I’d like to give you something different I have to go with Cincinnati Ohio. I’m born and raised in Cincy and my blood runs Orange and Black for my Bengals.By the way your beloved Jets have to make a trip To the Jungle (Paul Brown Stadium) Week six this year..and they are going to have there hands full with Carson and the boys. Thanks GV and WLTV crew.

Gary,

I’m totally with you on the oak monster. Why, oh why, are so many wines over-oaked. How did this happen? Where did it start?

My favorite city is Paris.

GOTD …….. tuf one, I have Alaska (seen many, many cities there), Germany, no one mentioned Cabo Mexico, gotta love it once you know how to be there, which I have many many times, but the all time favorite is home ….. Seattle.

Loved the episode! Partially because the Alamos is available in Sweden! Yay!
QOTD: Córdoba, southern Spain! Such a lovely place.

Hi Garry you said “…Malbec is on fire and South America is taking full advantage and credit for this…” I’m Alex from Argentina, I’m a sommelier and I can tell you that everybody is taking credit but really all the credit is belongs to Argentina, and everybody else is taking advantage of it, for example in the last vinexpo, I saw wines from Cahor, with the word Malbec in its label, odd don’t you think, I don’t. Now that the Malbec become famous because of Argentina everybody want to take credit for it even France.

Don’t forget guys Malbec is Argentina

I had a tip for you Garry if you can try any wine from this winery http://www.bodegafoster.com they only make Malbec. One of the best Malbecs that I tried, and believe me I tried a lot 🙂

Bye Garry

Keep up whit the good work

Alex

“In Vino Veritas”

Favorite Malbec is Argentnian TUPUNGATO from Finca Flichman, about $16 at TOTAL WINE. Super silky, inky, cherry and chocolate on the nose and palate. Ahh no longer a lurker…..

Great Show Gary!!!
Chad Pennington and the JETS suck!!
My favorite city would by New York, with New Orleans a close second.

QOTD: NYC

QOTD Part 2: Another favorite city was Buenos Aires, 3 1/2 yrs ago, drinking Malbec for $3 a bottle.

Awesome Ep G — Malbec is great with grilled foods, fun party wine…
QOTD.. San Francisco greatest city in the world

Good episode-cool comment about underlying 2nd tier flavors that can evolve into secondary characteristic with bottle time. Since this winter, after hearing you criticism about the over-use of oak, I’ve noticed how some of the wines that I like don’t taste like they did when I bought them even just a few months earlier. For instance a more than fair amount of new world wines seem to have nice vanilla flavors that don’t overly mask fruit, but after several months or longer many of those vanilla flavors seem to turn into overbearing cedar flavors that mute the fruit and other flavors.

QOTD: The question makes me want to travel more. Only been to NYC once for two days around 15 years ago, and I was impressed with it-had fun in some clubs in the village with some friends. Love to see Paris, London, Prague, Florence and so many other places. For now I’ll say Boston is my favorite city because it really is a wonderful place with: amazing colleges and universities, great museums and a good arts- performing arts scene, innovative and diverse food scene, and of course a fantastic sports culture!!!!!!

QOTD: That I’ve been to – Boston. That I want to go to – Seattle. That I REALLY want to go to – somewhere in Italy

Didn’t get much of the program. It kept loading and buffering. We just got a new modem; maybe that has something to do with it.
QOTD: My favorite city to visit is NYC. It always feels like home. Maybe it’s because I lived in Utica for awhile as a child. Anyway, I miss Sarabeth’s for breakfast. I love being able to walk to most places we want to go. I just get there once a year usually; my opera buddy and I see a couple of operas, maybe something on Broadway.

Good Episode Gary.

QOTD: San Francisco!!! oh p.s go giants 🙂

Thunder Thunder Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

QOTD: I really do not have a favorite city but I like a city that has a selection of good food and good people.

Big hi from the UK Gary, great show ! Been getting your emails for a month or 2 now and started watching your show a couple of weeks ago .Have also looked at a few old eps. Love the energetic and compelling way you present your show and the fact that it fairly light hearted. Not really tried any Argentinian wines will deffo have a try soon!!

Fav city … London !!!

Gary,

Cadus and all big Malbecs needs AT LEAST 3 hours decanting. Sorry to say but you’ve killed Cadus. The fruit will come forward (yes, even more!) and most of that oak will integrate with it.

That is a suggestion for an episode. “Decanting wines… is it good or necessary?” I think it is interesting to show (with all of WLTV style) that some wines will tremendously benefit from it and some will die.

… still waiting for a tasting of Familia Deicas Premier Cru Garage!

QOTD: Venice, Italy.

Great ep…love Susana Balbo she is a great wine maker and I have enjoyed her wines for along time. The love story of how she met her husband and they made wine together is awesome almost like a fairy tale!!!!

QOTD: I haven’t traveled as much as I like, but I would have to say Sonoma was the one of my favorite places to visit. Its beautiful and the people are very nice! Not to mention all the good wines that come out of there! But Chicago is my hometown so it would be a toss up, cause Chi-town is an awesome city with lots of good food and wine!!!

QOTD: Florence, Italy. For the amazing art and architecture.

Gary,

I noticed that the best way to see the color of the wines you taste, particularly the reds, is when you swirl them in the glass. If you get the wine high onto the sides of the glass and the background is lighter (won’t work against a dark background), you can really see the color differences. Holding the glass close to the camera doesn’t really seem to help. FYI

Mem’ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored mem’ries
Of the way we were

Ah…..yes. Everyone should go back to episode #59. The Ep that I first found Gary V…. checking out the Ben Marco. Kinda puts a tear in my eye watching how our little Gary has grown.

Now…don’t expect me to be so warm and fuzzy come December 30th, G. After all… “You play….to win….the Game”

QOTD: I’m going to go with a small city: Verona, Italy.

QOTD: I’m going to go with a small city: Verona, Italy.

Love the Melbac! Excellent QPR

QOTD: It’s a toss up as San Francisco, New York and Paris are amazing cities, each with their own feel. Throw in Boston and Vancuver BC as close runner ups.

Gary – Martin Luther?! Did you have Mrs. Kohut by any chance? Wow, dude, we grew up about a mile away from yer elementary school. My brother had a condo in Westgate where he taught me all about wine – Little did I know you would grow up to be “Thunder Wine Cat J E T S” Guy. Funny how paths don’t cross, but sure as hell coulda. Great Show – as usual… Turning my friends on to WLTV out here in CA, so far they’re just lurkers (so Far!!) Love the Oak Monster (your impression, not in my wine) Cracks me up every time! QOTD – Tie between New York City and San Diego – obviously two different vibes, but I love ’em both!

Thanks for the great shows. I signed up a couple of weeks ago (lurking since the Slate article) and have been pretty much hooked! Loved the Cote Rotie episode. Am going to be in Lyon in mid September and thought I might do some tasting in between work, maybe even drive down to Cote Rotie… Shouldn’t be too hard to find some good places but I’d love to hear from anyone with suggestions.