My Favorite Bottle is always the next one….but these would be my top 3 of recent –

1. Cristom Pinot Noir Mt. Jefferson Cuvee 2004 (I love it because it’s not too expensive)
2. Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz 2006 (I love it because it doesn’t take it’s self too seriuou
3. Four Vines Naked Chardonnay 2005

Good to know that you’re a cheap date! Unless, of course, you’re eating $20/lb cheese with those cheap wines 🙂

QOTD:
2006 Alexander Valley Vineyard ‘New Gewurtz’
2004 or 2005 Greg Norman Limestone Coast Shiraz
2003 Chasse Spleen, Moulis (morons at Bevmo had it marked down from $29.99 to $12.99 on the discontinued table….yeehaw!)

QOTD – Alamos Malbec
Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot
Menage a Trois Rouge

All these are cheap but then so am I.

Hey Gary,

It was great to meet you on Tuesday at the tasting. Now I know why you spit when you taste wine. If you don’t you’d have a nasty headache the next day with the amount of wine you taste each day. I have to tell you I woke up with a pretty rough headache today after the tasting. Though we had a great wine.

QOTD: I don’t have a favorites wine list but i’ll share with you a discovery from the tasting yesterday. Urbans Riesling 2006 (http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=34069) was a great wine at a FANTASTIC price. You talk about smelling wines. This one brings the THUNDER. Its not something you can drink all day long but it is truly enjoyable.

Cheers,
– Rick

Got into a long discussion about this with my husband (BlankJeff), so I thought I’d add his favorites.

white: 2001 Helfrich Gewarztraminer Steinklotz Alsace Grand Cru (like fresh apple juice, with some notes of grass)
red: 2003 Stina’s Cellars Cabernet Franc (for price point and non-put-downable drinking, from a little-known Washington winemaker)
desert: 2000 Royal Tokaji Wine Co. Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos

i dont have three favs, there’s too many i like……hey, Gary…..dare we call that Graves a “mini-Yquem”??….at 3% the cost!!! Holy crap….i love sauternes, and respect your palate….gonna buy some of these, asap!!!

Hugh

QOTD: Three wines of late that I have really enjoyed are

1) Marziano Abonna 2000 Barbaresco
2) Edmunds’ St. John 2004 Rocks and Gravel. Possibly the best/most interesting wine for $15 that I have had in a long time.
3) I am planning to open a Torres 1989 Gran Coronas Mas La Plana on my upcoming birthday. I have had this wine before, within the last year, and have 5 bottles of it left and I am completely into it. There’s nothing really special about 1989 for me, these bottles were just an opportunity I came across and couldn’t resist.

QOTD: Current faves are Burgans Albarino, Robert Mondavi Napa Cab, and Franciscan Magnificat. Haven’t drunk enough of them to be swift enough to pick vintages.

Mr. GreenHead is a Panther now, huh? That guy can really hold a clipboard, you know. At least the cats didn’t go looking for Chris Weinke to come back, which I thought they might do. You could then have heard the sound of one franchise’s fan base imploding. Kinda like the Jets right now. Ooh, that was mean wasn’t it? See, I’m not really that nice after all…

QOTD: Current faves are Burgans Albarino, Robert Mondavi Napa Cab, and Franciscan Magnificat. Haven’t drunk enough of them to be swift enough to pick vintages.

Mr. GreenHead is a Panther now, huh? That guy can really hold a clipboard, you know. At least the cats didn’t go looking for Chris Weinke to come back, which I thought they might do. You could then have heard the sound of one franchise’s fan base imploding. Kinda like the Jets right now. Ooh, that was mean wasn’t it? See, I’m not really that nice after all…

“Wine is a vehicle to bring people together.”

Amen. I’ll drink to that, Gary.

QOTD:

1. Coviv Aglianico Del Vuture 2004
2. Gravity Hills 2004 Tumbling Tractor Red Zinfandel
3. 2004 Vigna Vecchia Chianti Classico

Gary! I am getting married a month from today AAAAHHHHHH!

QOTD –
2002 Stanley Lambert Black Sheep (Merlot/Malbec/Syrah)
2006 Gregory Graham Sauvignon Blanc
2004 Innocent Bystander (GV Recommendation)

Too new to wine to have three favs. We did try a few different ones this past weekend in our first (of many we’re sure) purchases. We have them over at the wonderful Cork’d site!

http://www.corkd.com/people/fanafi

Recommendations for some rookies who are wanting to wander the wine aisles on the weekends?!:)

-Jeff & Heather

PS- Glad the comments from yesterday got your heartstrings tuggin’. Keep up the great work!

Love seeing you bring wines to the table that you love! Great show!

QOTD:
1. Alto Moncayo Veraton 2004
2. Vall Llach Priorat Embruix 2003
3. Conn Valley 2004 Cab

Rad episode! You should turn lazy laid back Friday’s into Gary’s Favorites Fridays.

QOTD: Last 3 favorites

2003 Chateau Fortia Chateauneuf-du-Pape Tradition
2004 Bodegas LAN Rioja Edicion Limitada
2003 Dehesa de Rubiales Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y Leon

Anything by Lewis Cellars Cabs, Syrahs and Chards (they made a great Rose for 2006)
Anything by Paul Hobbs
D.R. Stephens Moose Valley Vineyard

Awesome show, Gary! I’m gonna go out and try to find that 05 Fleur Des Pins Graves right now 😀

QotD –
05 Root:1 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz, and 2002 Chalet Cab/Merlot. What can I say? I’m broke so I have to drink cheap stuff! But I only by the best cheap stuff 😛

Oh my gawd, Gary, you’re hilarious! You cracked me UP in this show!

QoTD: I only have two favorite wines right now and they’re both wines that you have turned me on to, actually: Pillar Box and The Hermit Crab.

You RAWK Gary!

Driving today on 78 West I could not help but see the billboard of your ginormous face. Congrats, I love it, however after a mere tenth of a mile what’s up with Gary stealing your name. Anyway keep up the great work and it is great to see you hyped up again.
QOTD – these are my wife’s favorite although I know you hate the buttery oak monster
Far Niente Chardonay, Lewis Chardonay, and Beringer Howell Mountain Merlot
Please, she is breaking the bank, some cheaper alternatives. Have your wine consultants contact me.

Those three sound delicious, I may have to include one or all in the surprise I’m planning for my two lucky friends.

QOTD: My three favorites are all made by friends locally. They probably wouldn’t be “high-point” wines but they’re my favorites because they’re made with love for the rest of us. If you’re interested I could try and convince one to slap a label on one of the bottles…

Hey Gary,

My fav 3:

Start with a lil Brancott Sauv Blanc
Get into a 97 Phelps Insignia
and work into a David Arthur Elevation 1147

Wadaya think?

Guy (a.k.a. GlaM!)

Hey Gary,

My fav 3:

Start with a lil Brancott Sauv Blanc
Get into a 97 Phelps Insignia
and work into a David Arthur Elevation 1147

Wadaya think?

Guy (a.k.a. GlaM!)

That was a fun episode…I LOVE St-Emilion. I’ll surely try to find the Beausejour. Some of my recently tried wines that I loved (ratings of my palate shown):
-Ch Kefraya Comte De M 2000 (Bekaa): 93 pts
-Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 1990 (Loire): 94 pts
– Chateau Laroze 2000 (St Emilion): 91 pts
– And an absolute steal of a value (15$CAD; maybe 10$ in US): 2005 S.A. Prum Essence Riesling (Mosel): 90 pts
Cheers.

QOTD:

2003 HillCrest Pinot Noir (OR)
2004 La Barroche CdP “Fiancee”
2004 Dominio IV “The Purple Flower” Syrah (OR)

3 recent favs:

1) 2004 Andrew Will Champoux
2) 2004 Reichsrat von Buhl Deidesheimer Mäushöhle
Riesling Spätlese
3) 2004 Mas Romani Artigas Priorat (thanks Gary – you got me hooked on Priorat – I could list about 5 different wines from Priorat here)