I’m not mad at Pinot, but I am mad at the hype that made me blow 40+ bones on a bottle of Anthill Farms Comptche Ridge pinot that was a total disappointment. There are other pinots I like for far less, and I wouldn’t have spent that much had it not, honestly, been for the fact that pinot is in vogue. It’s a great varietal, but not my favorite. You just can’t get mad at a grape!

I ususally don’t buy Pinot because of the price, but the wines featured today seem like a great way to go to experience the range of Pinot flavors without busting the bank.

QOTD: This year is my first year experience with wine, so I don’t know what the wine world was like before 2007. To me, Pinot Noir has always been expensive, great wine is being grown and sold everywhere and it’s easy to learn about wines with great blogs like WineLibrary TV!

I ususally don’t buy Pinot because of the price, but the wines featured today seem like a great way to go to experience the range of Pinot flavors without busting the bank.

QOTD: This year is my first year experience with wine, so I don’t know what the wine world was like before 2007. To me, Pinot Noir has always been expensive, great wine is being grown and sold everywhere and it’s easy to learn about wines with great blogs like WineLibrary TV!

Im not mad at Pinot…Its just how it goes sometimes.

Im not mad at Pinot…Its just how it goes sometimes.

Pig poop? No thanks….but I am willing to ante up the bones for Sea Smoke’s, Kosta’s, Lorings and Pisoni’s of the world. Go back and watch Gary’s episodes on Sea Smoke and Kosta Browne and you will want to try them. But they arent everyday drinkers.

Son of Sasha… KNEEL BEFORE SOD!!!

Son of Sasha… KNEEL BEFORE SOD!!!

I’m not mad at the Pinot but drink it less now.

QOTD: I’ve actually gotten even a little more into Pinot lately.

Hey, where’d my comment go?

Good job I’ve got a decent memory……

Today is Monday????????????????????

Scores – Germany & Italy beat U.S. and New Zealand – what did we win a war for ?! 🙂

QOTD – No, not mad, just re-adjusted. At my price range I’ll stick to Chile and Australia, the good French and U.S. P-Ns are typically way over-priced.

So you’re saying the German Pinot is missing that ‘je ne se quois’ ? Is the dryness in the way of tastiness ? You know Germans like it Dry. TROCKEN MONSTER !
QOTD: I lived in Oregon before Sideways, and was able to get PN of fantastic QPR in the $12 range. Same wines are now $25-35. Sad I yam, but not mad. I have found suitable replacements in my price range.

Nahh not really I don’t care there are so many wines that I have not tried that if one goes up in price I can try something else.

QOTD: I’m not mad per say, it’s a bit annoying when they are overpriced, but like everything you can find some hidden gems. And sometimes it’s worth paying a bit more for something so different!

I’m not mad at pinot, just not that into it. I don’t mind the offbeat Italian or German entry, but on the whole I’d rather have something else anyway. And this too shall pass.

The “pinay” sounds interesting. i don’t really think of italy, especially piedmont when it comes to pinot, but why not. nebbiolo grows well there and they are kinda like cousins. i will have to search it out. you drank 1/25 of a bottle, maybe less? i am sure it develops a bit too as the bottle goes down, i hope.

QOTD: i love pinot. i love burgundy, oregon. i get sad when people despise bordeaux or other such wines. burgundy is an interesting game, almost endless. it is not all “terroir” though. wine making is a major issue too, which is fine. i just think there is so much to explore though. i had a great bottle of “Bourgogne” tonight that was $6 and it was correct. it was a 2005 VV by alain bichot. it was not cosmic, but it had dignity. it just is not like a big back of spicy chips. it is delicate, and there is a time and place for that.

mad at the pinot

QOTD: Pinot never impressed me that much. I am glad the fad is going in that dirrection and not with Syrah, Corvina, Cab Franc, and the other little secret wines I like. The real question is, what will the Willamett Guys do when this bubble bursts?

Mad at Pinot? Hey, it’s a grape, not the guy tailgating me.

I’m only mad at Pinot that has been rushed into production. It’s a temperamental grape that requires some TLC. Adding 12% Syrah isn’t the way to go.

When ANOTHER movie comes along popularizing another grape, Pinot will find its level I am sure.

Mad at Pinot? Hey, it’s a grape, not the guy tailgating me.

I’m only mad at Pinot that has been rushed into production. It’s a temperamental grape that requires some TLC. Adding 12% Syrah isn’t the way to go.

When ANOTHER movie comes along popularizing another grape, Pinot will find its level I am sure.

QOTD: I’m not mad at Pinot, BUT, I am getting tired of pinot and shiraz being the only red options at parties.

QOTD:
I’m not mad at PN. It’s just the latest varietal to be priced out of the market by consumers with more money than brains. They’re the ones I’m mad at. This has been going on here in California since the early 1980’s. People who are too lazy to do any studying somehow think that the more expensive a wine is, the better it is. Wineries are a lot like professional atheletes who are offered mega millions by greedy or ignorant owners. Do we expect the atheletes to tell the owners that they really aren’t worth that much any more than we expect the wineries to say,”Even though we know people will pay $75.00 a bottle, we’re only going to charge $35.00″. I know that there are a few that do and I try to seek them out. I’ve found that quite a few of them who do espouse that theory make very good wine because they’re making wine because it’s a passion for them and not just to make a buck. Jumping off soap box now.

QOTD:
I’m not mad at PN. It’s just the latest varietal to be priced out of the market by consumers with more money than brains. They’re the ones I’m mad at. This has been going on here in California since the early 1980’s. People who are too lazy to do any studying somehow think that the more expensive a wine is, the better it is. Wineries are a lot like professional atheletes who are offered mega millions by greedy or ignorant owners. Do we expect the atheletes to tell the owners that they really aren’t worth that much any more than we expect the wineries to say,”Even though we know people will pay $75.00 a bottle, we’re only going to charge $35.00″. I know that there are a few that do and I try to seek them out. I’ve found that quite a few of them who do espouse that theory make very good wine because they’re making wine because it’s a passion for them and not just to make a buck. Jumping off soap box now.

I “like the dirt” too, Gary. Also, appreciate the pig-crap and watermelon combo. Makes me thirst and yearn. Yearn and thirst. Love the show, sorry for being a lurker.