Gary,

Thanks for your thoughts on the Williams Selyem bottles!

QOTD: I have no 2005 Bordeaux! Sad! I tried to get my Dad to help me purchase a case of it earlier last year, but he didn’t bite…understandably. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will be fortunate enough to taste some at some point. We’ll see…

Great show!

QOTD: i have been buying steadily. in europe they have come and gone almost. i have been spreading it evenly buying rhone, burgundy and bordeaux with a few loire whites in there. i have been getting some duhart milion, lafon rochet, cote roti, CDP ( beaucastel + vieux telegraphe) gevrey and the small st emilion chateaux i like ( aka chat, quercy) love the aloxe corton. the gem is a bottle of pousse d’or volnay “60 ouverts” can’t get enough!

QOTD: we have 4 2005 burgandies and 4 2005 bordeauxs – including the Michel Rolland, Chateau Angelus and Chateau Haut Bergey Rouge which we got or are expecting from Wine Library, and some 2005 Joseph Drouhin Chablis Vaudesirs.

The wines on today’s show sound very interesting.

I’m glad the shirt/skin situation is successfully resolved. Didn’t Tom Jones insure his chest hair? You can’t be too careful.

After your last show about the 2005 I stopped at WL and a local wine shop and bought six different wines, all under fifteen dollars. Over that weekend I tried them all and the went back and bought several bottles of my three favorites. I know have about two mixed cases of 2005 Bordeaux. One of my favorites is the Ch. Ronan I picked up at WL.

2005 La Bienfaisance Bordeaux Blend which I got three bottles today at $28 parker gave it a 92 – 94 so I believe I got a deal.
aloha,

Phins fan in Maui

Great episode, watched the bordeaux ep’s a bunch!
QOTD My 05 bordeaux story is a happy one, i wish i had boughten more but i have a few heavy hitters in the cellar!

qotd: i’m nowhere in 2005 bc i lost my job and i’m trying to recover from a broken leg and ankle. i figure i will have to look for value in ’04.

QOTD: Unfortunately, I only have a couple ’05 futures coming. Partly because I didn’t feel I had established a good enough cellar for it (I know have…little too late), and partly because of the price (even for futures).

Gary…please do not stop scoring. I’m sure a lot of others will say this, and you know the reasons people like to hear a score. It helps a lot, but people also have to trust their palate at the same time and try things. But I don’t think that is a good reason to stop the scoring.

Good job GV, and gratz on making it to the 2-year mark! I have several bottles of 05, but no whites yet. Need to remedy that, as I love white Bordeaux.

2005 seems to work for many vintages from Europe – would you be so kind to remind some of us part time lurkers what makes some years more magical than others – it’s not just the weather is it ?

2005 seems to work for many vintages from Europe – would you be so kind to remind some of us part time lurkers what makes some years more magical than others – it’s not just the weather is it ?

QOTD: I just bought 4 bottles of Secret and that will be it for me. If they suck I’m coming for you !

woo Canada!! (Ontario, saw the Globe and Mail article)

woo Canada!! (Ontario, saw the Globe and Mail article)

QOTD: Got a mixed case. Can’t wait to drink it… 10 years from now!

QOTD: Got a mixed case. Can’t wait to drink it… 10 years from now!

I’m glad i’m stocked well in 2000’s…..they were “cheap” compared to 2005

I’m glad i’m stocked well in 2000’s…..they were “cheap” compared to 2005

Have to tell a story here. I am a pediatrician who two years ago knew nothing about wine beyond 2 buck chuck and Beujolais. Last February, I took care of a newborn of a Santa Ynez Valley winemaker and he gave me a bottle of wine and invited my family and I to tour the vineyard. It was so cool! Subsequently, my husband and I found your show, just as you went to Bourdeaux. On your recommendation, I bought 6 bottles from Winelibrary. I wish I had bought more, but now that I am into wine more seriously, I sure am glad I bought those bottles.

Those wines sound wonderful from your descriptions.

QOTD: We’re not posiitoned well for 2005 Bordeaux…but we’re not really trying to build a wine cellar yet. We’re just trying lots of different wines…more than anything. I expect we’ll get to try some.

QOTD: I’ve had one 05, a crap load of 03’s lately. I’ve got an 86 I’m planning on cracking open.

QOTD: I have over 7 cases on pre-order and now I am looking for 7 more….still not sure where I am going to put them…may need to refer back to WLTV wine cellar episodes…Can’t wait for them to arrive in June 08.

Love the recommend on white Bordeaux….would love to see a show on these wines less than $20…if it is possible. Thanks!

Great episode, NOT looking forward to any changes.

QOTD: Several cases, used some poker money to uy at your advice. Guess I will find out on Friday at the Manor if it was a good investment or not…..

Hi there Gary,

as you wanted to know, where the people are from, who watch your show, I can tell you I am from Burgenland, Austria, near Neusiedler See (lake).
My family has a small winery here and we produce white and also red wines. My father Wilhelm (Willy) is really a mastermind in my opinion but he only wants to sell our wines on word of mouth – by the way, it is not really a big winery, …

I am watching your show since last week and had a look on nearly every episode.
The one with your brother A.J. I liked very much because this brings really heart and family in your show – and your show is that huge “funky funk” – or how do you say it? – really great man – that´s really a great job you do!

The next days I am gonna talk with a friend of mine, who is responsible for advertising and talking about Burgenland wine – these weeks he was in NY – would have been a good time to know each other or to introduce you, because as you know we have very good wines here in Austria, especially in my home country BURGENLAND, YESSSSSSSS :-)))
Yes and I want to talk to him, setting up a Burgenland WINE TV, … to tell people about our wines here!
Maybe you want to come here and taste through some of our winerys? A wine journey/trip to Burgenland? Did you ever had one?

So you see I also posted my “website” above which is my profile at XING – a social community which started in Europe and has more than 5 million members now around the planet. There are a lot of “wine groups” there where I would like to post information about your show, if you allow it.

A big question from me to you:
can I watch your show live, too? I am always waiting until about 1 am to watch the next episode :-)) really, I am not kidding!
And what about the comments/tags in the video (do people, who watch the show can put some tags and hello, questions there? Is there a part at your website which explains that in an easy and short way?
Sometimes you tell your buddy at the cam – what is his name? Mark? – that he should link it, but there is no link or pop up which tells me what you just mentioned. So if people are not that familiar with your rapid english talking, it might be difficult to follow you and know what you are talking about :-)))

So, before I write a roman, I say a big hello from Burgenland, Austria,
wine region “Neusiedler See / Ruster Hügelland”, to you and all from the staff there at winelibraryTV.

See you tomorrow at episode #412, right?

Cheers,
Chris

Hi there Gary,

as you wanted to know, where the people are from, who watch your show, I can tell you I am from Burgenland, Austria, near Neusiedler See (lake).
My family has a small winery here and we produce white and also red wines. My father Wilhelm (Willy) is really a mastermind in my opinion but he only wants to sell our wines on word of mouth – by the way, it is not really a big winery, …

I am watching your show since last week and had a look on nearly every episode.
The one with your brother A.J. I liked very much because this brings really heart and family in your show – and your show is that huge “funky funk” – or how do you say it? – really great man – that´s really a great job you do!

The next days I am gonna talk with a friend of mine, who is responsible for advertising and talking about Burgenland wine – these weeks he was in NY – would have been a good time to know each other or to introduce you, because as you know we have very good wines here in Austria, especially in my home country BURGENLAND, YESSSSSSSS :-)))
Yes and I want to talk to him, setting up a Burgenland WINE TV, … to tell people about our wines here!
Maybe you want to come here and taste through some of our winerys? A wine journey/trip to Burgenland? Did you ever had one?

So you see I also posted my “website” above which is my profile at XING – a social community which started in Europe and has more than 5 million members now around the planet. There are a lot of “wine groups” there where I would like to post information about your show, if you allow it.

A big question from me to you:
can I watch your show live, too? I am always waiting until about 1 am to watch the next episode :-)) really, I am not kidding!
And what about the comments/tags in the video (do people, who watch the show can put some tags and hello, questions there? Is there a part at your website which explains that in an easy and short way?
Sometimes you tell your buddy at the cam – what is his name? Mark? – that he should link it, but there is no link or pop up which tells me what you just mentioned. So if people are not that familiar with your rapid english talking, it might be difficult to follow you and know what you are talking about :-)))

So, before I write a roman, I say a big hello from Burgenland, Austria,
wine region “Neusiedler See / Ruster Hügelland”, to you and all from the staff there at winelibraryTV.

See you tomorrow at episode #412, right?

Cheers,
Chris