Feels good to have my heritage representing on WLTV go Portugal!
QOTD It’s not new one, but L’etoile in Edgartown MA, best meals of my life!

QOTD: When in Nashville (come on down for the Titans vs. Jets Dec. 23), Watermark and Radius 10 are the best bets.

Hey Gary, since your are coming to LA try my 2 favorites in the area. Lucques is like you are in the south of France with great food to go with it. AOC is a great wine bar experience also with great food. They actually are owned by same people and are both great places to hang when in LA.

http://www.lucques.com/
http://www.aocwinebar.com/

Great show!

One of the best restaurants in Sonoma County is Flavor Bistro! In addition, they offer 50 – 60 wines by the glass. Give it a shot!

Loved the bottle swig!
Some of my favorite quotes ever:

“If you’re a squirrel you need to seriously think about buying this wine!”

“Sweaty inner-thigh….”

QOTD: “The Fiddler’s Hearth” in South Bend, IN. Its a lovely Irish pub. If you’re into beer and Irish culture you should give it a try if you’re passing by.

GV – Fun show yo.

QOTD – Bin 26 Enoteca in Boston

QOTD – Toscanini in Amsterdam, great Italian food. Djago’s in Amsterdam, great Indonesian food. Haven’t been out in the UK recently, so come back to me on that….

Nice wines, except the stinky farmer one. I have to try more Portuguese.

Ballantine’s gastrobpub in Willoughby, Ohio. The lobster corndogs are amazing.

QOTD: Favorite new restaurant so near my home we could walk (if I weren’t wearing nice shoes) is Vernon’s Steakhouse – it’s black and white elegant with a wonderful piano player and lots of older R.C. Gorman paintings which the owners took from their home, and it’s cozy and dark and friendly. In general, the only red meat I eat is prime rib, but I pretty much always enjoy it and there’s always some left over for my friend Robin’s German Shepherd, Oscar, who just successfully completed extensive heartworm treatment.

In Santa Fe even the old restaurants often seem new as chefs never seem to stay long at one place. Casa Sena with a wonderful garden patio, the Old House at El Dorado – impeccable service and faultless food, Inn of the Anasazi – gorgeous presentation – lots of rectangular plates in varying colors – incredible food.
Wines are always incredibly overpriced in Santa Fe, but one copes.

All Right Gary!! Bringin’ da Thunder as usual!!

Da dirty PATS are playin’ my(?) Chargers this
weekend! Dhose dirty scoundrels!! 🙂

QOTD: Ain’t found anything “New & Good” lately.
Just hit da Old Reliable Hangouts (for Super
Chinese & Mexican food). Yuuummy!!

QOTD: Cafe Presse Seattle. Could use a little more thunder on wine list, but a great place to grab breakfast, lunch or dinner (same menu all day).

Unfortunately, the Portuguese wine as sold out as soon as the episode came up on e-mail. Always looking for good Portuguese Red wines as they are so affordable. Getting more in I hope!

Favorite new restaurant; well there are several: Redd in Napa, Willi’s Wine Bar in Santa Rosa, other than my Sushi restaurant most of the restaurants in Tidewater VA suck.

I’m a nerd, I had already set my DVR! it did say in the info for the tuesday show that you’d be on it… i’ll check again.

Very excited to give these wines from today’s show a try… sounds like they’re right up my alley!

QOTD: Rochester and Syracuse NY – Aladdin’s has great medditeranean food and usually has a good wine selection.

Hey Gary,

Got you. Tempranillo reigns in Spain; not in Italy. Berço do Infante is a pretty good choice. It’s a steal; it has always been. I agree with you 100% about Portugal. Furthermore, one has the possibility to taste dozens of local grapes hardly ever cultivated anywhere out of the Iberic peninsule. It’s a pity we do not have more of Portugal available in the US. Here in Brazil we are fortunate to have a broader availability of Portuguese labels from many regions. Try everything made from Paulo Laureano and Anselmo Mendes, just to get started….

Cheers,
==
Eduardo Amaral

Hey Gary,

Got you. Tempranillo reigns in Spain; not in Italy. Berço do Infante is a pretty good choice. It’s a steal; it has always been. I agree with you 100% about Portugal. Furthermore, one has the possibility to taste dozens of local grapes hardly ever cultivated anywhere out of the Iberic peninsule. It’s a pity we do not have more of Portugal available in the US. Here in Brazil we are fortunate to have a broader availability of Portuguese labels from many regions. Try everything made from Paulo Laureano and Anselmo Mendes, just to get started….

Cheers,
==
Eduardo Amaral

Love the free shipping. Hats off to Sasha.

QOTD: There is a restaurant in Long Beach (on 2nd Street), CA called ‘Open sesame.’ It is fantastic. They have the plate called the Chicken Tawook. Unbelievabe! Their Humas is fantastic as well. (Lebanese wines……fun!) If you are down in LA, Long Beach area, it is worth checking out.
It’s casual dining.

ps. Where is the Temecula episode brotha???

QOTD: elemental@gasworks in Seattle! Small, under the radar restaurant with a great wine “experience”. incredible value, and delicious food. also in seattle (and a bit less under the radar): Sitka & Spruce. Bringin’ the daily incredible food thunder. . .

piazollo in Oakland and Wood Tavern in Oakland, CA

GV- I’ve has that Cote de Rhone, I didnt like it a whole lot either. QOTD: When in Providence, RI: check out Gracies or La Laterie, great food, great ambiance, great wine.

GV, what are you talking about? I live in Japan. Octopus gumbo, deep fried octopus, octopus shishkabob, octopus carpaccio, and grilled octopus. We eat it all, maybe except for the gumbo.

Nice show GV. QOTD Resto nyc. More selections of beer than wine but the food and the vibe are cool.

babbos

I loved the “stinky inner thigh” comment. That was one of you best. I was listening with headphones and knew it was a nice day there because birds were chirping out your open window. It’s all about the Portuguese wines!

There’s a great Iranian kebab place in Dublin called Zaytoon. It’s perfect for when you eat at Patrick Guilbaud’s Michelin Starred place, then go get all hammered at the pub and need something to fill the old gut at 1am before stumbling off to bed.

Interesting show once again, Gary. I have had some Portuguese red wine thaht was quite good but it was about 17 bones. I am very intrigued by today’s wine. And a Pinot Grigio that sounds really interesting as well. Wow!

QOTD: Best new restaurant I’ve tried lately in Cleveland (where I live) is Lago in Tremont. Very good Italian food with an Italian (mostly) wine list that is very nice. Also, the mark-up on their wines is very, very reasonable. You can visit anytime. 🙂