Gary – Great show! Wish I’d discovered it long ago.

QOTD: Leonetti Cellar (they’re all delicious)
Vincent Arroyo Petit Syrah
Rex Goliath Cabernet(a 47 lb Rooster? Are you kidding?…But really, for $6 at Safeway, it’s one of my inexpensive standby wines)
Other? Whatever I’m drinking tonight.

One of my recent faves that I have had recently…

2004 Brancaia Traia – Super Tuscan Wine… amazing value, bold and very rounded finish.

9 days til the Jets come to the Jungle baby…. WHO DEY!

GV…Come to the ‘Nati and do a taping with the Vayniacs that tailgate WLTV style!

Even if these had not been your Fav3, this would have been a cool show because of the variety in the wines: price, type & color!

QOTD: My favorite 3 recently have been Klinkerbrick Lodi Zinfandel, Cote Rotie Guigal, & Four Vines Naked Chardonnay.

excited to try this episode’s desert wine – had d’Yquem on my honeymoon and it was like drinking liquid gold, it was that good.

QOTD –
03 Kathryn Hall Cabernet Savignon
04 Papapietro Pinot Noir
can’t think of a third that knocked my socks off recently

QOD:

04 Stevenson Cellars Walla Walla Syrah
01 Rudd Propreitary Estate
03 Mas Doix Sallanques (Sp?)

All have been Rockin’

Hey Gary, I’m still here and I Love the episode like always. QOTD: My three wines are.

1. EOS Chardonnay its a good inexpensive wine.

2. Sterling Cab. or Merlot ( older vintages like 1994 and up.)

3. Bordeaux like (Chateau beausejour Becot 1988) and some other Bordeaux.
That is what I am drinking right now. and their good.

So what kind of wine do you drink when the food gods drop a philly cheesesteak on your plate?

QOTD: I haven’t slept in a while and I’m having trouble coming up with 3. One would be any Westport rivers blanc de noir

Steller episode. Interesting that you went with the Rose.

Question for you. When are you going to talk more about the Vayniac 2007 Napa Cab ordeal?

I had an awful Sangiovese last night, a wine which I normally wouldn’t try. It was a WA state 2002 vintage by, well I won’t mention the producer, but it had to do with a Fox. Anyway, it was only $11 so it wasn’t a total loss. I decided to down the whole bottle anyway. Naturally I awoke with a headache. But then I moseyed on over to WLTV and it made me glad that I’m now drinking a wider variety wines. I love this show Gary! Keep on inspiring.

Question for you: why do you always use the same glass even when switching from a rose to a red to a dessert wine? Does it really matter what glass you’re tasting out of? As far as the QotD, I’m a poor, poor graduate student in Indiana so the wines I usually rock are cheap and I’d be embarrassed to admit to you what I drink. However, my two favorites right now are 1. 2004 Cline Cool Climate Syrah and 2. Consilience Zinfandel Port out of Santa Barbara. Word.

Piper Heidsieck Champagne Brut

Pommery Champagne Brut Royal

2003 Cirrus Syrah (South Africa )

QOTD:
1. 2004 Gary Farrell Russian River Pinot Noir
2. Crios Torrontes
3. 2005 Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon

3 best wines tasted recently: (Ok really 5)
2004 Alexandria Nicole Destiny, Quarry Butte & Merlot – These are all extremely extracted but really well balanced wines.
2002 Zefina Sangiovese – Huge explosive fruit flavor, ripe tannins, smooth
2005 Darby Syrah – White pepper like I’ve never been able to detect in a wine before.

My favorites from the last month…nothing too special, but they have earned the “MD thinks you don’t suck” award.

1) Apex Chardonnay 2005 – just discovered it this month. Awesome quality for 15-ish bones (case price). Drinks like a $50 Chablis, in my opinion.

2) Michel Sarrazin Givry “Champs Lalot” 2005 – Cherry, lavender, and acacia nose…light, but great structure and medium length. This was paired with a duck and sweet potato stew, and I thought my head was going to explode due to the high amount of awesomeness in this pairing.

3) Charles Joguet Chinon Les Petites Roches – funky barnyard, fertilizer, and vegetable flavors. It completely hit the spot with the stinky cheese we were having that night.

My favorites from the last month…nothing too special, but they have earned the “MD thinks you don’t suck” award.

1) Apex Chardonnay 2005 – just discovered it this month. Awesome quality for 15-ish bones (case price). Drinks like a $50 Chablis, in my opinion.

2) Michel Sarrazin Givry “Champs Lalot” 2005 – Cherry, lavender, and acacia nose…light, but great structure and medium length. This was paired with a duck and sweet potato stew, and I thought my head was going to explode due to the high amount of awesomeness in this pairing.

3) Charles Joguet Chinon Les Petites Roches – funky barnyard, fertilizer, and vegetable flavors. It completely hit the spot with the stinky cheese we were having that night.

C-Lo:

As long as you use some of the next wine to rinse out the residue of the previous wine you should be OK. This is more a practical/pragmatic issue.

There is something called an ISO wine tasting glass designed for tasting multiple wines.

While there is much to be said for the effect of various size bowls on the expression of a wine’s aromas, their shapes have a more nuanced and arguable effect on the falvor of wine.

Consilience makes a good Zin Port but its fom Mendocino fruit. Although they try to focus on Rhone varieties, Brett Escalera, their wine maker (formerly of Fess Parker wines) is really skilled with with Zinfandel as a dry table wine. Too bad its not a bigger player in the line up.

Hmmmmmmm, kind of a toughie. Been lucky enough to try a few mature vintages to add a few bins to our wine list. Winners for me recently:

1/ Robert Jasmin Cote Rotie 1990 (shame we won’t see the name anymore, rest in peace)
2/ Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 1997 (anything for this vintage should be amazing, but this stood out)
3/ Ch Pichon Lalande 1990 (tried again last week after 2 years since the last time, still blows me away, love this wine)

Fair enough these might not be cheap but when you get them free as samples they offer great
value!!! 😉
More realistic: on a recent trip to NZ loved the Brookfeilds ’02 Syrah from Hawkes Bay, and a wicked painting on the bottle. The Rusden Cab Sauv from Barrosa is up there as a favorite at the mo and the Cline “ancient vines” Mouvedre, go the Rhone Rangers and nice and easy for you Yanks to get hold of.

A-Rod a shoe-in for MVP but out the playoffs already, makes me sad. Better find some more wines to cheer me up.

The Greek

Himmmmm
QOTD: I have learned over the past few months that I am really liking the sweeter wines. My favorite three in the past 60 days are, BV’s Muscat de Beaulieu, Duck Walk Vineyards 05 Late Harvest Gewurztraminer Aphrodite and finally (which I drank last night and was surprised to see it on the show today) La Chapelle De La Negly 06. I think I am turning in to a winnnnnoooooo at times. What fun….. Thanks for the show, GREAT

Ok, been on vacation for a week and am down about six episodes, but what a fun one to come back to.

QOTD: 2003 Christian Mouiex Bordeaux Superiere
2005 D’Arenberg The Stump Jump
Toad Hollow Risque (because my wife will actually drink it with me)

G,

great show on the 3 wines you love.
my current faves are:

1. Chalone Reserve Pinot Noir 2004
2. Lynch Bages Bordeaux 1997
3. Quilceda Creek Red blend, mostly cab.(pick any year)
4. any Oregon Pinot Noir
5. Savigny Les Beune 1er Cru les Nabentons 1999 Burgundy

what kind of wine goes great with Kielbasa ?

top 3 in no particular order

1. Domaine des Baumard, Quarts de Chaume 2005
2. Joh. Jos. Prum, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2005
3. Niepoort, Vintage Port 2003

QOTD: No awesome wines for a while. I was loving some homemade wine in Italy. I was drinking the colombia crest 2004 merlot at 4$/bottle for a while (great parties!). I was liking the BV brand wine 2005 with dinner for a while. My favorite is whatever expensive wine I buy for my Dad as a treat and then he shares it with me:).

Loved the show. Keep up the good work, I’ve been watching solid since ~May now.

I still plan to get my photo in with the wristband…my bad. I wear it to the bar and then forget my camera or visa-versa.

recent wines I’ve loved 1)Amisfield 2005 pinot noir 2)Treana white 2004 3)The prisoner

it takes a special kind of wine critic to compare a wine to someone he went to 8th grade with.

QOTD-
the first three bottles of wine I’ve actually consciously bought legally, as opposed to just buying crappy mass-produced Australian stuff I would buy in the spring (pre-21= Alice White Chard, Yellow Tail, you know the names…)

The Caymus Conundrum 2005- the wine that made me realize wine was something worth learning
Beringer 2004 Private Reserve Chardonnay- the first over 90 point wine I ever had and realized that wine could be truly great. was absolutely fantastic with a cigar.
2005 La Rocas- first GV-recommended wine. couldn’t have been happier.