Gary, me doth protest! Of the 23 bottles I ordered this week, EVERY one was a wine I have never tried before. Not just winery & label, but many of those were grape varieties I’ve never tried. So there. I love to try new things. (In fact, I’m seldom likely to try the same thing twice. Women excepted.)

QOTD: best new try? …..hmmmmm……. First post-divorce girlfriend. Damn. No one will ever measure up to her. *sigh*

My prediction for Sunday’s game? “Pain.” (a la Clubber Lang, in Rocky III) That’s right. Pain. It will hurt the Jets to play it, it will hurt for you to watch it. Did you see Rothlesburger get sacked NINE times last year? And that Bart Scott DRILL to the turf? That’s what you have to look forward to…. So get my order shipped quick, so that you won’t avenge me for your bad mood next week. Caw! Caw! Caw!

Wine sounds good, but game prediction not so good!

Yoga was my favorite new try so far.

Gary,
Love everything about your show, but your Jets will be destroyed this weekend. Clemens against the Ravens’ D? Yikesy! And I will be happy to see Clemens get beat up after last week’s game. I know you see the Jet fan cheers as support for Clemens, but it made me sick to my somach when Pennington had just finished struggling to get off the field and the fans are cheering for the backup. Sickening. Olberman was right.

Gary,
Love everything about your show, but your Jets will be destroyed this weekend. Clemens against the Ravens’ D? Yikesy! And I will be happy to see Clemens get beat up after last week’s game. I know you see the Jet fan cheers as support for Clemens, but it made me sick to my somach when Pennington had just finished struggling to get off the field and the fans are cheering for the backup. Sickening. Olberman was right.

Almost forgot…

QOTD: Going to college hockey games. Fewer fans makes it more intimate, and it’s a fast, fun game.

Great point! I’ve recently had a few wines that i’ve gotten on clearance becuase they were at the end of their supposed drinking range. Alot of them still had nice tannins and explosive fruit. Now white wine on the other hand, I try to stay on the 2006’s. I can’t believe you were even thinking about leaning towards a team lead by Kyle Boller! That’s insane! QOTD: Best new thing ever with regards to wine is my discovery of the incredible wine values of Spain and Portugal.

Besides Argentinian Malbecs, shame on me, I recently fell in love with corn-nuts. My girlfriend hates me…

QOTD: not sitting back and taking it anymore,,,,,,, lashing out at those who would limit my access to free commerce,,, purchasing wine from whomever I chose……………

GET SHIPPING RESTORED TO WISCONSIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GETSHIPRETOW

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QOTD: Pedro Ximenez, either you love it or you hate it but its definitely worth a try. It’s not going to break the bank either way. Thanks again for the free shipping.

QOTD: Pedro Ximenez, either you love it or you hate it but its definitely worth a try. It’s not going to break the bank either way. Thanks again for the free shipping.

QOTD-Joie, “A Noble Blend”. In Canada it’s Above $20.00, and if you look at the current currency rates (only 3 cents off the Green Back), you would pay only .60 cents less than we would, and the wine is only available here because it’s produced here. Awsome juice, created by Heidi Noble and Michael Dinn in Okanagan Falls, BC, in the famed Okanagan. Vinified to be reminescent of a Gentil, it’s craxy fruit. When in Vancouver, it can be found in all the good food haunt’s. Get when in Town.

The new thing that I have enjoyed the most is fish tacos haha, I have also tried a Rioja for the first time and I was shocked at how smooth it was. This was a great show I have to say and for that I will share a little story with you.
When I was a little kid (around 10-12) our family moved to a larger house in the same city. One of the nice things about this was that my mom was able to cook more as we had a much better kitchen. Because of this she started to collect cooking magazines, and i can remember as a kid reading “Food and Wine”. In it there are all sorts of articles about different dishes and wines and I out of all of the different issues there was one in particular which stood out. Now I can’t remember the issue number I will get it to you latter, but it was the one on cruse ships and different wines that were served on premier cruses. The thing that stood out from this was an image of a bottle of Penfolds shiraz on which the article focused. For some reason that picture stuck with me and after all these years I finally had my first bottle of Penfolds shriaz and it was great. I shared it with some friends and it actually hadn’t dawned on me just how long I had waited to have that experience, but it was great. I have no idea what the wine was rated or who else liked it but it was great to me, and I feel that I am lucky to have had friends that I was able to share that with. I also feel that if it was not for listening to and the help that all the people here have given me that I would not be able to appreciate wine for myself. It happens too often that people tell you to like this or like that or try this or try that but I know that you will always encourage us to try something different and follow the beat of our own drums. So I know I have said it before but I want to say it again “Thankyou” for being my friend and i hope you have a great weekend.

A short but sweet episode. My new discovery is Moulin Touchais coteaux-du- layon wines (100% chenin blanc, slightly sweet). As a fun fact Moulin Touchais are the only winemakers in the world who give a CENTURY LONG GUARANTEE ON THE LONGEVITY OF THEIR WINES.
Cheers.

This is my first post. I used to be in the wine retail biz myself.. I discovered this site about a month ago and think that it is GREAT! Ultimately the quality of a wine, any wine, is what you think it is. I might think you’re crazy or right on, but it’s not about what I think or Gary thinks, it’s about what YOU THINK! To Mr. Diallo I say: keep on tasting, thinking, reading, comparing…and above all stick to your guns. That’s wine appreciation!

QOTD: When I was little I wouldn’t eat shrimp even though my mom kept telling me to try it. So one day I tried it and then I became like Bubba, eating shrimp left and right and my mom had to limit me. I used to hide the shrimp tails under my plate so she didn’t know how many I ate.

QOD: Gaglioppo from Calabria! It’s always fun to run across something totally new to you, and this was it. Looked different, smelled different, tasted different and it was all good.

qotd: avocado

QOTD: My favorite thing that’s new is taking French lessons. I’m not taking it to go to France; I was there as a child when we lived in Berlin, and hope to go again, but that’s not the reason. I just like French and wanted to try it an it was absolutely the right thing to do. The pronunciation is fairly easy for me and a lot of the vocabulary is similar to Spanish which I know moderately well, so it’s fun and relaxing yet challenging.

Your show was fun and informative and relaxing. You’re pretty good at your guesses – I’ll bet the Jets do just as you said.

Since I’m a true Gemini, I’m always trying new things–I can’t help it! Wine has to be really, really, good, or a fantastic bargain, for me to be tempted to double-dip….yes, I know that I’ll likely never be returning to wines to see how they “evolve,” over time, but since my purchase price point is usu. very low (

Reposted this since it truncated! Weird….

Since I’m a true Gemini, I’m always trying new things–I can’t help it! Wine has to be really, really, good, or a fantastic bargain, for me to be tempted to double-dip….yes, I know that I’ll likely never be returning to wines to see how they “evolve,” over time, but since my purchase price point is usu. very low (less than $25), I don’t think that a lot of what I would be buying would have all that much aging potential, anyway.

Wine-wise, I’ve recently discovered that I XOXOX Hungarian Royal Tokajis, and also I have discovered and fallen in love with the earthy Carmeneres and pruney Italian ripassa-style wines, and I am trying to try out new bottles each time, if possible. I just wish that I lived in a huge city where I could really blow through different examples of these…..

-Trish

P.S. The guy? Gal? above,jcbphd, attended a tasting that was remarkably similar to the one I went to tonight. Including the resin-ey, funky, Chat du Pape at the end! Saint Louis, MO, anyone? 🙂

Good episode & lesson. The way I often figure, wine critics predict the future drinkability of wines about as accurately as meteorologists predict the weather. Eh, sometimes they’re spot on, other times… not so much.

While I’m here, I’ll admit this: Pomerol is about as not-new as it gets for me, yet I ordered some Franc Maillet with the free shipping code. I did order a dolcetto though, and that’s… um… new-again for me. (It’s been a long time since I last tried dolcetto.) I just saw a monastrell & petit verdot blend at WL that I didn’t see a few days ago, and I’m kinda sad about that because the (1) the tasting notes sound interesting and (2) I’m looking for more petit verdot wines to try.

And (3), related to QOTD: My favorite new-to-me wine is definitely monastrell. I still can’t believe I passed it up, all these years, on wine shelves. I’m trying bottles from various winemakers and have yet to find a serious disappointment. If I don’t see that (or any other) monastrell/petit verdot blend at my local shops, I’ll order it.

My favorite new non-wine thing? Pardon me while I get all girly-girl: A very comfy, fitted, camel colored, 50% cashmere + 50% wool, wonderfully detailed, wide collared, short trench styled coat, complete with large hemline pleats in front and back. At a steal of a price! This coat rocks. And it’ll keep me warm on Chicago winter days. And it’s adorable. AND It was the last coat of its kind in the store. All around win for me.

(Okay, so my favorite new thing is REALLY a certain policy/procedure change at the office, but I’d have to write several additional paragraphs to explain it and why it’s such a great new thing—so I’ll spare you.)

I tried Argentinian Malbec’s (from Mendoza) based on your show so there’s something new. Maybe I’ll try watching the Jets next…naw, forget that. Go Seahawks!

Love the show. Have fun on Ellen. I’ve got a job so I probably won’t see it.

Prosecco, Rhone, Cava and low$ Brdx.

Thanks for vid link, thought for a while you had gone over to the dark side.

Love the episode! It Truly is about each mans own standards of wine, although critics have a huge impact on the wines we choose to purchase and consume