QOTD: Every wine’s been a transition for me since I’m so new 🙂

Chin up, man. I’m predicting right now the Jets will beat the Giants. I’m callin’ it!

Washington State wines are on my checklist. I look forward to checking them out. Thanks for the heads up and showing us something different.

Dear Gary,

Keep in mind when making comments about Walla Walla, that most of the grape sources don’t come from Walla Walla and your favorite wine here was made about 2.5 hours northwest of Walla Walla. None of those grapes came from Walla Walla. Don’t get so caught up on just Walla Walla.

Damn – there is NO way to one of these wines over here… grmbl
QOTD: 2005 St. Urbans-Hof TBA – No questions left!

Bonny Doon’s Clos de Gilroy made me appreciate Grenache beyond the blending capabilities. That took me from California mountain wine to Cotes du Rhone’s rocky hills. Maybe more of a gateway wine.

Great Show! I love it when you are surprised by a wine.. for bad or good. Luckily for me I am headed to the great Washington state tomorrow. I will have my eye open for one of these gems.

Thanks GV!!!

QOTD: New to the game so every wine I try is something new, still trying to find my place.. got my first taste of PV (blended).. but it was a so-so experience at best.. looking for more.

What about some Grüner Veltiner wines? I don’t think you have tasted any on winelibrary tv.

I love the fact that you did some wines you don’t carry and were so honest. It would have been easy to downplay the significance of these wines to make wines you carry look better, but Gary V brings the thunder and doesn’t hold back! Just wish the US would lighten up the ridiculous state restrictions that keep us from getting wines from different parts of the country. MD is in the stone age.

QOTD: Really, any wine that changes my perception of a grape variety or wine in general would be considered a transition wine for me. Lots of them as I look back. One recent wine was the 2004 gravity hills zin. Opened my eyes to a different (less alcohol) style zin. Great wine.

Here we go Giants, here we go!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!

Sorry unrelated to these wines, but….I would love to see you review some of the 2006 Mollydooker wines. I would be very interested in your take on these huge reds. PS I am an Eagles fan…we know BAD football.

Wow! The best WLTV ever (but perhaps I am biased.) 😉

Actually, while I am tempted to say “I told you so, Gary”, I’ll just say “thanks for trying the wines”. Rob Newsom is indeed a very cool guy. You should get on his mailing list. And, yes, I do have his autograph. As for the Mark Ryan, the 2004 Dead Horse was much better than the 2003. But I only have 4 bottles of that so I had to keep them for myself.

QOTD: A transition wine for me was back when I had a Chateau Pavie (1986 vintage) for the first time (it was the first “grand cru”-type of Bordeaux that I ever had) and I became aware of a whole new level of wine quality.

Just called Rob from Boudreaux Cellars, great dude his is shipping me some of that cab and his merlot….. Hope Gary’s hype is on point. Great show

Another great episode! Very entertaining. It’s fun to see Gary really digging a wine. I don’t think (in all my lurking) I’ve ever seen him throw a 96! I agree about Washington taking over. So many killer wines at, relatively, bargain prices. Very exciting.
QOTD: Most recently, ’04 Finca Villa Villacreces from Ribera del Duero.
Others… Any vintage of ‘Clio’ from Jumilla, ’04 Lascombes, ’01 Fanti Fonstanti Brunello, ’97 Simi Reserve Cab., Krug Brut Rose, A few of the seminal wine memories from the last few years.

Cheers!

After this episode, I called the Boudreaux Winery and spoke with Rob Newsom. I told him of the review and how excited you were about his Cab. He had not seen the blog, but promised to watch after hanging up with me…..He is very humble and easygoing. I ordered a case. He still has about 75 left, but they are disappearing quickly.

After this episode, I called the Boudreaux Winery and spoke with Rob Newsom. I told him of the review and how excited you were about his Cab. He had not seen the blog, but promised to watch after hanging up with me…..He is very humble and easygoing. I ordered a case. He still has about 75 left, but they are disappearing quickly.

This Boudreaux cab is intriguing, but no wine store will ship to NJ! Hopefully you guys can get some of that in.

Great show, very nice to see you almost speechless! trying to get some of it for my wine fridge.
QOTD: 1982 Leoville Las Casas at a business event. Changed my view of wine and my appreciation for how wine can make you stop and do a double-take. Objectively good.

Yo Gary,

Cheer Up!! At least you don’t have da San Diego
Chargers as a team! 🙂

QOTD: Transition Wine?? Beats da heck out of me!?
I looove ’em all!!! 🙂

Hey! My mom use to make us slip bags over over feet before we put our winter boots on too!!! Although I don’t think it’s a Russian thing, I think it’s a snow thing. You see..(dare I admit this) I’m originally from Buffalo, NY and winters there can be pretty fierce.

Enough on that subject; nice show and it’s good to have solid suggestions when sampling smaller wine producers within the US. If it wasn’t for this show I wouldn’t have attempted to try some of these wines. I just order some and I’m looking foward to when they arrive at my door step. Thx Gary & JayZee

QOTD: Most recent transition wine has been a Malbec in the Spring of ’07.

After your rave reviews about the 2003 BOUDREAUX CABERNET SAUVIGNON,
contacted Rob Newsom and he said they sold out of the 2003 6 months ago, but have the 2004…. I wonder if it’s as good?

Gary,

Great show even though you really need to cheer up! I will definitely start trying more wines from Washington State.

Ken

Treegs,

I have had the 2004 Cab about seven times now. The ’04 is definitely a different beast than the ’03. The ’04 is a bit bigger of a wine. I have preferred the ’03 so far, but I also think that the ’04 is still a bit young. I like the ’04 with about a two hour decant, it really opens it up. Both vintages are worthy of a purchase, but I would suggest letting the ’04 sit in the bottle for another 6 months to a year before you start diving in.

Rob was kind enough to return my call earlier today as well – stated that the ’03 has been gone for roughly 6 months….so I’m interested in the post stating there are 75 cases left. ’04 perhaps? His review of the ’04 is nearly identical to MagnumGourmet’s. I’d like to pick some up but would prefer giving the order to WL (hint).

I called roughly 2 dozen stores in WA today and all only had the ’04. He still hadn’t watched the video but stated it was next on his list – something about ‘trying to make wine but the phone won’t stop ringing for the last two days’ 🙂

I mentioned a poster suggested GV trying the ’04 and hinted he should send Gary a bottle to try.

Phillies in 4 baby!!! — Bring on the Cubs.

Phillies in 4 baby!!! — Bring on the Cubs.

Hi Gary,
Long-time Lurker here…I really enjoy you’re show and think you’re doing a great service by getting people talking about wines in new and different ways.

Getting into the mix on the QOTD-I’d been primarily a red wine drinker until I had a bottle of Zilliken’s 2005 Butterfly Riesling. It was the first white wine I’d had that delivered really good complexity, acidity, and interesting flavors, without getting too full-bodied on me. So that’s my 2 cents there.

As for the Jets loss, I 100% feel your pain, as I’m stuck watching the downward spiral of the Chicago Bears.

Keep up the good work!