I’m sorry, I could not concentrate in today’s show. I am still reeling from your accusation that Brett Favre uses performing enhancing drugs.

QOTD I just can’t get my pal or my nose to identify….. but i will keep trying

Did you know that Tocai Friuliano as a name has been banned in Italy due to EU wine of origin protection laws. The Hungarians got a little upset that the name was too close to their Tokai wines in name and lost out as the Hungarians were first to produce their wines

Most confusing thing his why do people pay so much many for wine? It’s only fermented grape juice.

Gary I agree. White wines are very overlooked by most of the wine drinkers, since I started watching the show, I am really enjoying whites much more, almost more than reds.

QOTD: Finding places that sell a decent selection of wine so that I can buy something I see on WLTV.

Awesome show GV and I am (was) one the peeps you ranted about, before I woke up and smelled the white wine!

QOTD- I’m confused about why I like being confused, about wine.

Superb episode – but March 22nd???? No!!!! That is Easter weekend. There is no way I can make it to Wine Library. ARGHHHHHH!!! 🙁

QOTD: The thing that still confuses me about wine is the labelling. I get Bordeaux and the US (although I HATE that the USA allows wineries to label wine as single varietal with only 75% of it in there – whatever happened to truth in advertising – yeah, right!), and some other parts of the world, but I still have a hard time with a lot of Spanish wines, some Italian wines, and German Rieslings as well as some places in France other than Bordeaux or the Rhone.

Once again great Episode, Gary. The white Cotes du Rhone sounds good. The whites are overlooked so much…

QOTD: French wine labeling..UGH!!

QOTD: I don’t get how so much bad wine is being sold and consumed.

QOTD: Most confusing? When evaluating a new wine: distinguishing whether the aromas and flavors of the wine are familiar from those I’ve experienced in life completely separate from wine… or whether they are just aromas and flavors that I’ve experienced in other wines I’ve had in the past.

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Nice show today. Love the whites!

You tried to retire it but it still sneaks in thereâ?¦ the â??Sniffy Sniffâ?!

See you at Taste! If you have some extra time I definitely have some recommendations.

QOTD: Confusing? The PUNT.

GV – thanks for the whites! QOTD = Italy. Should fix that.

Get a GIANTS bucket!!!

Most confusing – all those critters on the labels.

QOTD: how am I gonna drink all the wines I want to before I die!

Great restaurants with inadequate and uninteresting wine lists.

QOTD: Learning how to pronounce the foreign wines I like so I can remember them better and talk about them later.
Otherwise, when I recall a great wine the story goes like this: “I had this great 2000 bordeaux from the small producer in Haut Medoc we had last year with some nice grilled ribeye steaks. The It was July and pretty hot out, but in the shade it wasn’t too bad so we sat on shaded portion of the deck. I also grilled a loaf of garlic bread and some asparagus with a drizzle of olive oil, a little basalmic vinegar and light sprinkle of lemon pepper. After dinner we had half bottle of yalumba antique tawny as the sun set across the partly cloudy sky.”
Yeah, I can pretty much always recall the experience but since its not like saying “the 2002 plumpjack cab” its hard with wines who’s labels aren’t in english.

And to help Chris with his confusion below here is how I remember left vs right bank: The left bank is closer to the US…where we love our Cab.

QOTD: Judging aging potential, when to drink when you don’t have the luxury of buying a case and trying a bottle a year.

QOTD – The most confusing thing to me is trying to pick my through what I know to figure out what I might or might not like. I trust Gary’s palate, I don’t like everything he likes, but he does provide me with consistency. That is something I don’t get from other pros.

I have not had any CdR Whites but have had CdP whites and other whites from the Rhone. I am most impressed with their aromatic quality, fleshiness, and ageability.

Know this is late, but good show Gary.

QOTD: I must say that the most confusing thing to me is making my selection and sticking with it. There are a ton of bad producers out there and finding that gem on the shelf is hard when you cannot get a nice selection of reviewed wines. Most of the places in my area do not carry the wines you mention and I cannot have them shipped here due to the laws. It has been fun turning the wine stores here onto your show and hopefully it will pay off in my selection in the future.

QOTD: What wines should be drank when, how long will a certain grape last or a group of grapes last. I never know how long I can keep a wine before it is no good………I wish there was a chart or something to help me figure it out……..

QOTD: why even good restaurants can’t manage a solid wine by the glass list, I know they need the wine to be cheap to make the margins work etc. but you seem to find solid inexpensive wines that are much better than the crap on most wine by the glass lists

I started out thinking I was a red wine lover, but really I’m just not a fan of bad white wine. Nowadays I’m all about the white wine.

QoTD: Honestly, most of the stuff I’ve learned about wine (i.e. varietal, regions, appellations etc.) is pretty easy for me to pick up and understand. What confuses me though, is the people who come into a restaurant and know they would like to order wine, but 1) immediately are intimidated by the wine list, 2) feel ‘stupid’ or insecure about actually asking questions in order to find the wine that would best fit them (i.e. admit they are not an expert) and so would rather go without wine, or 3) apologize or care enough about what someone (the server) thinks of their wine preference to not even order it.
Do what you want and drink what you enjoy. That’s all that matters.