WLTV and GV….Thanks for getting me excited about wine again.

Great show today! I appreciate your willingness to call a stinker a stinker.

QOTD: I am drinking more old world wines now – Chateauneuf du Pape, Burgundy, and Barolo. Thanks for helping me to open up to something other than California.

If you ever do a Washington State tasting – try a Wilridge Merlot from Klipsun Vineyard.

I HAD THE EXACT SAME REACTION!!!!! I tasted this about a week ago and was dumbfounded. No way this is 100% Sangiovese either – I have never seen this color or tasted Sangiovese like this. It sucked. I was looking forward to something with character to go with my wife’s killer stuffed shells, and it sucked!

QOTD: I can’t just drink wine now – I HAVE to do the aeration sucking thing. My kids are starting to do it with their milk!

QOTD: My family realized how much I was in to wine and cigars. For my birthday every present I got was for my collections.

QOTD: I went from working at a winery in WA and drinking almost EXCLUSIVELY northwestern wine, to working as a profesional actor in new england (GO PATS) and getting in good with the guys as the wine shop, thus drinking wine from a different country every night.

QOTD: I now decant, swirl, sniff and try to analyze what flavors that I taste. I also order all different kinds of wine now to broaden my palette. I got my first chocolate smell a few days ago. yummy….

QOTD: I now decant, swirl, sniff and try to analyze what flavors that I taste. I also order all different kinds of wine now to broaden my palette. I got my first chocolate smell a few days ago. yummy….

I’m finally getting away from California Cabs. I’m exploring Italy, Portugal, Spain, Chile, France.

QOTD: I’m able to appreciate each wine for what it is and what it brings. For me, some wines I buy are just delicious old standby wines like california cabernets while others are experiments that may be good or may be terrible, but each wine is what it is. Now I’m able to assess each wine critically instead of disliking a wine because it wasn’t a california cab.

QOTD: Biggest change in my wine world in the last six months was discovering wine. I decided to educate myself on wine so I could talk to my customers more and answer their questions and I discovered that along with quality beer, I equally enjoy quality wine. Thanks Gary and Mott for a backbone of my education.

The biggest, not to mention the best change in my wine world was my Son-in-Law and Daughter building me an AWESOME cellar and tasting room in the basement. My wife and I have spent every single night in town down in my “happy place” sipping wine and reflecting on the world and our lives.

QOTD: I’ve gone back to more new world style wines for a while, focusing on WA state and even tried 30 or 40 Merlots in that time as well. I still love big Napa wines though, by themselves and not so much with a meal. When are you going to put the Ladera; Howell Mountain, Lone Canyon and Napa Valley Cabs on the show?

Radool episode minus the vino, weird. Liking the prediction on the game, GO PATS!!!
QOTD I’d have to say trying more whites and the fact that I’m drinking a lot more of both and my palate is expanding like crazy picking up flavors I never could before!!

I know why the Falesco wine was sooo bad!! If you put one of those suction pump wine-stoppers in the bottle, you will will see BUBBLES coming up from the wine. This doesn’t happen when the wine is first released. But six months later, the wine breaks down and starts to emit carbon dioxide. I think they leave residual sugar in it so that it tastes super fruity when it’s released. But then the sugar continues to ferment, and the wine gets robbed of its flavor and prematurely ages.

QOTD: During the past six months, I’m starting to discover French wine again (after years of mostly Italian and Spanish).

Have not been impressed with these wines. Tried this and was disappointed. Then again as used to call it “Wine Speculator”! I do not go by there ratings.

QOTD: We’ve started using the huge Magnum glasses for the reds – the nose is a lot more pronounced with them. We’re seeking out different grapes, different wines.
The Giants have a psychological edge as the Patriots have a perfect record to defend, so I think the Giants will use that edge to defeat them.

QOTD: Besides watching WLTV, GV helped me discover Riesling and Malbec. Thanks GV!

QOTD: I work in a great contemporary french restaurant in San Jose, and WLTV has helped me to be a lot more confident in talking to my tables about wine. We have a killer list, and I’m starting to really work it. I love introducing people to new varietals and helping them move beyond the Rombauers and Silver Oaks. Each time I turn someone on to something they never would’ve noticed on our list is a little victory. My pet project; getting the ladies to step up and taste/order, instead of always deferring to their date.

QOTD: The biggest change is that I’ve become more comfortable trying new stuff and looking for obscure wines. Oh, and that good wine does not have to be expensive!

THANKS GV!

QOTD: We went and bought a decanter. Oh, and by the way, how the hell do you clean those things out anyways…?

OH yeah (sorry for double post) Im subscribed with MIro. Does that count?

OH yeah (sorry for double post) Im subscribed with MIro. Does that count?

QOTD: Watching WLTV has REALLY changed how I perceive drinking wine. Now, I’m trying to get my friends to feel the say way about DA JUICE!

Thanks, Gary.

I began too see some of the subtle differences in wines, especially just taking the time to enjoy the aromas sniffy sniff is great! Decanting a wine was new for me-but what a difference it makes- thanks Gary

the Q? Inheriting a little cellar of old Bordeaux, without which I wouldn’t have had a huge interest boom which in turn led me to discover a lot of other great styles (and WLTV!)

QOTD- I went from drinking only red wines to drinking more whites and sparkling whites than reds. Now I tell my friends that they’re wimps for only drinking reds. Reds are like rock n roll, because theyre great, but what about jazz?