Jeffrey was an excellent guest, the interaction between the two you was genuine. Please do more shows with Guests!

Wonderful episode! Many thanks to Jeffery Davies, and so many kudos to GV for having him on the show. QOTD: A big YES for decanting! And the decanter does NOT have to cost $100.00, but just have a sufficiently wide base. Yes, yes, yes!

Outrageous episode. I have enjoyed a bunch of wines that were Jeff Davis selections. I do not decant because I drink burgundies and I prefer seeing the wine evolve over time in the bottle and glass. JMHO

Loved this episode. I’m putting together wines and materials for a Bordeaux tasting right now, and this gave me a lot I can use.

QOTD: My husband rarely drinks wine, and I don’t drink a whole bottle myself all at once (or at least, not usually 🙂 ), and this tends to keep me from decanting. Sometimes if I feel the wine really needs it I’ll decant and then pour what I don’t drink back in the bottle to save for the next day or two. I think after listening to this episode I will resolve to decant more frequently. But — repeating a good question someone else asked — why don’t restaurants decant more often?

I agree totally with decanting before drinking, just takes a bit of planning.

QOTD: Why not decant? Good reasons have already been posted. Frankly, I don’t drink a whole bottle in a night or two, so I can see the point of the commenter who said he likes to experience the evolution of the wine in the bottle.

Still: there is no excuse for NOT having a decanter on hand. Get one NOW! You will use it on occasion. For other occasions, I like to slow it down and keep the bottle corked.

I once decanted a wine for 2 weeks and it sucked. I am not sure what all the decanting hype is about.

QOTD: I decant if I am expecting a lot of sediment or if I am drinking what I am sure is a very young wine. Otherwise, why decant? I think that using proper stemware is much more important than proper aeration, especially in the wines I see on the Thunder Show.

I always get crap for decanting nearly everything! Not about to stop anytime soon though. Wonderful show. Just marvelous.

Great Show!!!!

QOTD: I actually do decant all my french wines, but very rarely decant any wines from Cali or elsewhere….don’t know why…I just dont.

–RH

qotd: “why not …”
A: as an on premise wine buyer/suggester, I find a few reasons not to decant: 1. given the season, the next bottle i open might be a sparkler; 2.i’ve tasted and sell a few bottles that begin to lose their appeal after they open up, therefore if they are the next bottle i open, they should be served immediately after opening;… shit, even these reasons why not to decant seem spurious. Let’s try to decant a champagne, let’s see how that ’07 chilean cab/carmenere tastes with a few hours of breath…. More importantly, how bout today’s guest’s use of the term meniscus???

Gary-QOTD: I don’t really own a decanter but do just leave the bottle open on most all of my wines. I do leave the bottle open for at least one hour before all reds are consumed. 🙂

QOTD: I like to decant nice wines, however I am drinking mostly Montenegrin wines at the moment (I live in Serbia) that I don’t think would really live through a good decanting. Though maybe I will try it latter this week. They are reasonably priced here so if dies I will just throw it on the stove with some spices and make spiced wine. The wife likes that. Then I will just pop open a Prosecco.

Great episode! The biggest reason I don’t usually decant is poor planning.

I have bin watching for over 1 and half years now and this show is by far the best show (no offence Gary) and I totally agree on the makeup issue
QOTD: because we donâ??t have wine rules!

QOTD: I usually decant all my reds, since they are young and usually full bodied. Some I decant for just a short time others I will decant for an hour or 2.

QOTD: I decant virtually every bottle of wine I serve, except for sparklers and some whites. Cheers! AMAZING episode.

Try to convince the shivering folks in the midwest and east about global warming. Who’s next on the Thunder Show, Al Gore?

Great show Gary. I really enjoyed listening to Jeffery explain the many different facets that affect the final product. I hope you keep some of the stones that Jeffery brought as a gift to you.

QOTD: I often decant wine into a small decanter. My wife doesn’t really drink wine, so I decant maybe two glasses worth of wine when I get home and enjoy it with dinner.

Wow, it is refreshing to hear something good that global warming does. Everyone just assumes that global warming is horrible, I think we would all be better off if it were a little warmer! Time to look on the bright side, it is absolutely freezing in the Midwest, has been since Thanksgiving, well below average.

QOTD: Can’t drink that much wine in one sitting, as I am the only wine drinker in the house.

Great Episode! enough said

Decanting is fine and dandy, but requires some planning and requires time I don’t always have. That said, if I know I want to have a wine with my dinner, I’ll decant.

I’m always surprised just how much a few hours in a decanter can help a wine though! I had a wine last week that I popped, poured, and drank and thought was pretty darn awful. I only made it halfway through the bottle, so I re-corked and gave it a chance the next day after decanting for 5 hours. Wowza! Mega difference! Still not amazing, but definitely a MUCH better.

Mainly don’t decant because I don’t have a decanter. I’m hoping someone rectifies that this Christmas. Cross your fingers for me!

Great episode. That was one of my all-time favorites!

Thank you Jeffery! Please come back and visit with ‘us’ again someday.

since episode 18 I have decanted all red bottles of wine that i drink and it has changed my life.