You got it, Gary. I’ll try to have a Boorgoy with my Poorboy this weekend.

Ruthlessly honest about the Larkin, and he’s your buddy! You’re a brave soul – a lesser person might have just avoided trying it on camera, in case he didn’t like it. But that’s why you get the respect, GV.

Great stuff GV, gotta love the Loire Valley! Way to bag your buddies wine, geeeez, sometimes a little white lie is good, poor guy just got lambasted in front of 30,000 people. Kidding, gotta do what you do bro.
QOTD: Yes, my pleasure!

Great stuff GV, gotta love the Loire Valley! Way to bag your buddies wine, geeeez, sometimes a little white lie is good, poor guy just got lambasted in front of 30,000 people. Kidding, gotta do what you do bro.
QOTD: Yes, my pleasure!

Great show I thought it was gonna be 3 for 3, its all good though considering you could buy 3 for 1 of those.
QOTD I have had Cab Franc from the Loire and they usually rock, if i see one i’ll pick it up and bring back more love.

Great show I thought it was gonna be 3 for 3, its all good though considering you could buy 3 for 1 of those.
QOTD I have had Cab Franc from the Loire and they usually rock, if i see one i’ll pick it up and bring back more love.

Friends are falling by the wayside……think shawn will talk to you again……
QOTD – yeah, yeah…I’m on it.

Gary, great show….and great to see some Cab Franc’s on the show…however my answer to your question is no. Not this week…I’m on hold from buying new wines for a month or so…and I’m on a white kick…not feelin’ the reds right now. It’s just a for now thing…

I’m sure to have a few in the cellar. I’ll try to pop one this weekend. Yeah, A “Bitch, I can’t Turn Left” t-shirt would be awesome!

Gary- LOVE the sound of the Old World characteristics of the 2005 Amirault Bourguiel La Coudraye !! 🙂

I’ll try a Cab Franc some time, sure! Even if I don’t generally enjoy green peas up in my grille. I still think it’s funnier what you said yesterday’s show: ‘Ask your Alsatian uncle Jorge’. GV you come up with the most off-the-wall stuff out of that Russian-American cranium :-).

I’m a huge fan of Cab Franc, especially form the Loire. Great show today.

I always find in a great cab franc a note of black olives. *shrug*.

Good to meet you at the Wine Expo this weekend, chief. Keep it rocking.

QOTD: Yes…I will try to find a Cab Franc.

Good episode, I don’t know a lot about this grape, and have not tried it as a main varietal (only had it in blends). But like so many times before, you have inspired me to seek out this juice, and give it a whirl. Cheers!

I drank that same bottle of bourguiel during dinner before watching the show tonight.

I didn’t notice any funk! Just really beautiful fruit and maybe a hint of strawberry leaves.

My parents who only buy low end california wine loved it. So I think that schtick about not very many newbies liking it was a little off.

Great show,
David

I was like so ahead of your train and had Loire Valley CF last frida. It was 2001 Chinon La Baronnie Madeleine from Couly-Dutheil – it was mighty good and very suitable for all sorts of foods. A very good acidity.

Thanx for another fine show with interesting wines!

GV- thanks for the Cab Franc episode, I’m a fan but the girly is not and this will help us sort out new wines. QOTD: Its on the wish list. I can not promise this weekend, but soon. I’ll email you when we have one.

GV,

I just had a Chinon cab franc on Sunday (2/10/08) It was my first cab franc and did very well against a tamarack cellars cab franc. Good Show!!!!

A-Town

Have only tried one cab franc (st. supery) and was not impressed. Will go to the local wine shop and get a loire valley one this week. I promise. Way to keep up the integrity of the show. (Although I was pumped by the name…Larkin..best shortstop EVER!)

Hey! 2005 Mabileau Loire CF was the forum WOTM tasting this past June. I think we all liked it. How about tasting the 2006 version that you have in stock -OR- the 2006 Owen Roe Oregon Cab Franc. That would be an interesting wine to check out.

2004 Domaine de Pallus Chinon. I love this wine, it’s like having a petite canape of wild mushroom duxelle with a splash of tomatoe puree and then setting a 2 pound giant dill pickle on top. Cab Francs are wonderful wines, very adaptable with lots of foods and great on their own.

Sean has gotta respect you for your candor, GV. Maybe he’ll even ease up on the monster.
I will promise you that I’ll go to the local wine shop this weekend and check out their selection of Loire reds. I can tell you that I had a Chinon about 6-7 years ago and I think I wasn’t ready… too vegetal, and not fruity enough for me at the time. Maybe time to revisit.

I never had a Cab Franc, but I will try one. By watching your shows I have learned that trying different wines is like looking at at painting from a different angle. OK, I admit that it sounds hokey, but each wine varietal is all part of a puzzle, and you have to look at each piece before you can put the puzzle together.

QOTD: Nice timing GV, I ordered a Chinon today before watching. ’04 Langlois Chateau Chinon Les Mont Rouge. Dont know anything about. PROMISE I’ll write back when I taste it this week…

GV…keeping it real. I’m sure your bud understands/

Don’t do too much Loire as most of our wine marts focus on the usual regions: Bord, Burg, Rhone. That has got to change. I’ve picked up more “obscure” wines from you in my short few of watching you than I ever have from my local places and I live in a pretty big market (Chicago). Why…you may ask. ‘Cause they do not have your selection. Sams/Binnys pale in comparison to WL. Which is why I say it would be a major move for you to take a look at opening up a shop out here. It would kill. And, with 06/01 looming large….it could not hurt.

I picked up a two’fer of Chinon from you a while back. The one with the two dogs on it. Not sure if it’s a cab frtanc, but, I’ll crack one this weekend in your honor anyway.

Cya tomorrow.

Gary- I would LOVE it if you did “Loire Valley TV”!!! I am there, right now!!! 🙂

QOTD: That episode really makes me want to pop my Bourguiel that I have right now. Hmm… I’ll consider it, and if not now, I will this weekend.

I’m batting .500 so far in my lifetime for Loire Cab Franc (1 for 2). I can’t wait for the rubber match.