QOTD: I’m taking my pal to Napa Valley every month for the rest of the year. The hard part is picking one new winery to visit. Next hardest is picking only three of my favorites. Gary, the next time that you find yourself in Rutherford, you have to visit Provenance Winery. They pour the good stuff.

Loving the deals for the ckc’s, considering I am one!
QOTD considering I’ve been drinking many different and more wines than ever I feel my PAL is becoming much more developed and precise so the way I see it no matter what I try I feel I will be better able analyze it and therefore enjoy it!

Sniffy sniff all the way…
QOTD: Exploring, Evolving and maturing…

Almost had a Sniffy Sniff….caught myself though.

JB

Almost had a Sniffy Sniff….caught myself though.

JB

Great show. The 05 Espelt Saulo sounds interesting–something my PAL will become pals with. I’m not a CKC, but am always looking for good values (especially in Washington wines), so please do some more shows featuring price points $15 and under. Vivian’s video was hilarious–very creative parents. I noticed that Vivian did not taste baby barf for us (probably for the best). Maybe she’ll remember that taste with a corked wine?

QOTD: My PAL will be visited by wines from different countries. I also hope to train my PAL to taste more of the nuances in wine–not just black cherry, strawberry and blueberry.

QOTD: Still with me, I hope. (Ha-ha…literal definition of where.)

QOTD: Still with me, I hope. (Ha-ha…literal definition of where.)

QOTD: I see myself going towards blue-fruit, chocolaty, juicy wines… the kind that just completely coat the palate with love. I’m all about Malbec recently.

Excellent video at the end…instant classic!

QOTD: My goal is to make my palate like your show, I want to try more things, especially out of the ordinary wines. More bourbon, more scotch, and lots of wine. Thats the palate of 08.

qotd: I see my pal always wanting that next mouth coating 3 min finish glory, and getting pissed off at thin bs cliffhangers (like tonight)

Good question Gary.. I think my palate will be back to drinking and appreciating more Old World wine styles this year – have had plenty of new world fruit forward wines recently and want to get back to slightly lighter alcohols and more complexity (generalising I know but..). ’05 is such a good vintage in most regions France with quality spread across most price points. Rhone, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Languedoc, Cahors is where I’m going to be. Yes, I know that needing to age good 05’s is part of the deal, but there are some affordable wines that do drink well young and that’s where I’m heading.

Good question Gary.. I think my palate will be back to drinking and appreciating more Old World wine styles this year – have had plenty of new world fruit forward wines recently and want to get back to slightly lighter alcohols and more complexity (generalising I know but..). ’05 is such a good vintage in most regions France with quality spread across most price points. Rhone, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Languedoc, Cahors is where I’m going to be. Yes, I know that needing to age good 05’s is part of the deal, but there are some affordable wines that do drink well young and that’s where I’m heading.

Great Show! The Spanish wine sounds awesome. Or in Gary speak, “Radool.” I have no idea where my palate will be. But hopefully it will continue to evolve.

hey Gary, I’m a part of the CKC. Thanks for doing some value wines. I’d love to see more of that in the future.

QOTD: My PAL is evolving and I anticipate I will be into big fruit bombs and new world wine in the near future.

“BECAUSE YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ME WE’RE CHANGING THE WINE WORLD!” Dont worry I got yo back GaryV! Thought of WineLib yesterday when I tasted a 100% Petite Verdot from Clenenden. 04 From Bien Nacido here in the Central Coast. It was tight as a nuns… oh well you know, but snacky.
My Pal in a year will be stained red and thirsty for more

QOTD: Tough QOTD! Hard to say really. I love Turley and the fruit bombs, but I am rolling big time old world with Bandol and buying the bad boy Sagrantino in a couple of weeks for a celebration. I’d hope my PAL expands to embrace more white and even pink wines. BUt my guess would be that it will migrate toward the old world while still fondly drinking the Turley and Mrarcassins of the world. But who knows…

“Salo” on black bread. Very popular in Ukraine an other former Soviet Republics. Will you ever do a show featuring wines from the Massandra region of Crimea?

QOTD: Didnt you just ask a similar question? Well, being that it is hard to predict the future I can say one thing for sure. I will find a new favorite region and varietal. I am so new to wine tasting that it is clear to me that my palate may only change a little but tasting so many varieties from so many regions will allow me to find a new favorite.

Right now I like the Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc and every wine I have tasted from the Medoc. These may be rookie choices but im a rookie, what can I say!

Great video of Vivian training her palate! I wish I had thought of that. My granddaughter Graceanna is going throught the same training regimen right now. As for my own palate, I would like to move from my current state…about as sensitive as a brick, to something more sophisticated and discerning.

good stuff tonight! excellent show cause i love merlot!

QOTD: in one year i see myself still training my palate but having had a lot of good wine experiences that rocked and brought the thunder baby!! woooohoooo!

LOTS of mott linking it up tonight as well…we like that…

QUOTD: I starting watching your blog about 4 weeks ago, which is when I first got into wine and I thought all wines tasted like old grape juice. Now I am picking up the subtle complexities of certain wines, and even the complexities of the grape juice in the back of my fridge.

Hopefully in the future my palate will evolve into defining characteristics beyond “fruity”, “stingy”, “stabby”, and “not bad.”

GV, fun show today …. I gotta say I am a spanish wine FREAK right now. I’ve only consumed something like 20 bottles of wine so far in my young wine life; But, the only three wines that actually have stuck out and really impressed me were spanish reds. Of course I’ve got ALOT of other stuff to try before I can say that’s my fave.

Yes, I did sniffy-sniff when you held the glass up to the camera, im not ashamed! lol.

QOTD: Taking a RAD-TASTIC adventure up variety mountain! This year I have the means to really branch out and try new things and I plan on taking that opportunity to develop my pal and learn and experience.

As the current chairperson of the Smart Wine Drinkers of Israel Association, I approve of this episode.

Link it it applesauce! Riddle me this!
Great job Gare. How bout a week long series on wines outside CA, WA, OR. You have already done this some. Have you tried any Muscadine wine from the South East. Very healthy with tons of resveratrol. Peace hizzout..