QOTD – this may sound dumb, but i have a hard time keeping track of all the different winery and producer names – especially when so many are similar to each other. I think I can get a handle on the regions and grape varieties, but it is difficult to keep track of names other than the big ones and personal favorite.

CdP White yes, CdR White no.

QOTD: What confuses me, Gary, is how we’re changing the wine world and what exactly are we changing it into? Good slogan but frankly I’m lost on the paradigm and, ultimately, how it’s going to win the war for the allies.

Betty White’s darling lemon pie. LOL! You need serious help that I am not qualified to give you 🙂

qotd: What wine will become my all-time favorite.

QOTD: I find keeping track of all the wine regions and the wines they produce the most confusing.

Excellent episode. I keep meaning to try white blends and other varietals, but gets stuck on sauvignon blancs and rieslings on my white buys.

QOTD: Sorry to say, the entire region of Burgundy confuses me. I’m working myself through Italy bit by bit though.

Pink rubber ball-spaldeen

Exciting show Gary! My new year resolution was to give more of my wine attention to whites and I even limited myself to buying only white in Jan and may extend that rule through Feb.

QOTD: Just breaking down my own palette and recognizing tastes for what they are. Not just trying to find the flavors that are listed in the tasting notes, but figuring out what the wine tastes like to ME!

Neil, how are we changing the wine world? How about getting people to try wines regardless of what Parker or WS think of them? How about going to a restaurant and not ordering a cabernet or a merlot or a chardonnay or a brunello? How about finding great QPR and not throwing money away on a name? How about building a wine community where people share experiences, opinions and finds?

Great ep Gary! You sure do keep presenting the opportunities for me to keep my new year’s wine resolution of trying new stuff!
QOD – I still find it difficult to pinpoint the exact flavors I’m tasting in the wine. I can get the initial flavor but after that I get lost. I guess I’ll have to keep practicing! I’m looking forward to 3/22/08;-)
thanks again for all you and your staff do. You’re the best!

qotd: the importance of the nose

wine is for drinking, not smelling. and they often taste different than they smell. so what gives?

maybe i’m biased because i was not blessed with a good sense of smell

Varietals. So much to learn.

QOTD: Keeping track of all the grape varietals, their regions, and the better wines from those grapes and/or regions

QOTD: reading a german label!

Well seeing as im not going to be 21 by March 22nd.. Wont see ya there

I am confused why some states don’t allow wine to be shipped in by retail vendors? With my parents in South Dakota, there’s such limited ways for them to get amazing wine!!!

QOTD: I can’t figure out how to get a personalized icon on wltv comments!

Gary great episode. These white wines sounded like my palate would enjoy them as well.

QOTD:
-All the different variables confuse the heck outta me lol.

Gary, great show today, I have recently tried to incorporate more whites into my wine experiences.

QOTD: I have been drinking wine now for just over a year after 25+ years of beer drinking and am still struggling with picking up the flavors both on the nose and the mouth.

QOTD: Sooooooo much, still learning tons, cannot narrow it down, maybe in 10 years I’ll be able to answer that question more truthfully but still, quite n00bish when it comes to wine. I still got my spartan recruit rank when it comes to wine and I feel like I stepped into a game full of Brigadiers, colonels, and commanders.

that pink bouncy ball was called a “super pinky”…..i can smell it now…

Marc,
1)go to http://www.gravatar.com
2)sign up
3)upload any picture to your profile that is 80×80 pixels. If your picture is larger than that it will have you crop it on their website, or you can alter the picture yourself. Go to http://www.gimp.org for a great free image editing tool. When your picture is open, go to the Image menu and select Scale Image. Pixels should be the default measurement. Change it to 80×80.

Gravatar follows your email address, so any website that allows Gravatar avatars will post your selected picture when you enter a comment with that email address listed.

Hope this helps!

Now that my friends, was a great show!

Where to begin? 1st QOTD: No, I have not tried a Cote du Rhone Blanc but now I will.

March 22 Festivities at the Lib? I’m there. Any Relais Chateaux hotels in the NJ ‘hood?

Taste of DC? I’m there. Link it up Mott!

Final QOTD: To me this is easy . . . the most confusing aspect about wine has to be French wine labels. First, they are butt ugly and it reminds me of putting a burlap sack over a brand new Lamborghini. Unless you’re an educated wine snob or a low-key, fun-loving, sniffy-sniff Vayniac, how is one to know the varietal of a French wine? I think it would serve them well to change their archaic system and note the varietal. SLOWLY, they are coming around.

Again, great show and looking forward to seeing you in DC and the 22nd.

This Lugon I’m having while watching is good stuff.

Cheers!

P.S. Go . . . who cares? Season’s over. Just beat the cheats.

Haven’t tried CDR blanc but will look for it.

QOTD: Hmmm…. Still so much to learn. We’re beginning to grasp the basic fundamentals though.

WASHINGTON STATE!!! 🙁

My bad for assuming when someone says “Washington” I assume “DC.” Bummer

I’m confused why a restaurant charges me $40 for a wine I can buy at any store for $12.

Episode #400…..FREE SHIPPING BABY!!!!!!