Hey Gary-
1. Nope. I live in Cali.
2. I do like Elk Cove for domestic, but love what North-East Italy does with the varietal. However, I haven’t had a Pinot Gris from the Alsace…I’ll have to get on that.

Gary, I am compelled to let you know, that, I think your great bud, I think your style is second to none! Way to go!, you are so consistantly upbeat! (contagious) Hope to meet you some day! Shine On

Lee
North Dakota

I really, really, really want to come down on the 29th, but it looks like I will have to work. It isn’t settled yet, I won’t go down without a fight!

QOTD: My favorite Pinot Gris is from Handley’s Anderson Valley. Delicious wine, and they recently were certified organic I believe. Which is always a plus! I also had a really nice Pinot Grigio from Ohio’s Fireland Isle.

I really, really, really want to come down on the 29th, but it looks like I will have to work. It isn’t settled yet, I won’t go down without a fight!

QOTD: My favorite Pinot Gris is from Handley’s Anderson Valley. Delicious wine, and they recently were certified organic I believe. Which is always a plus! I also had a really nice Pinot Grigio from Ohio’s Fireland Isle.

Cheese!
Bring on Cheese Library TV.
Because milk, with a little bit of rennet, we’re making the cheese world.

Cheese!
Bring on Cheese Library TV.
Because milk, with a little bit of rennet, we’re making the cheese world.

I remember Kiddie-City. As a child that is what I wanted for Christmas. The whole store!!!

QOTD: Favorite Pinot Grigio: Santa Margherita and Chateau Julien

QOTD: Gary, I would LOVE to be there, but the money is a little tight right now, and I would have to fly in from TN. Sorry, man. One day, I would love to make it up there to meet you and see the WL. Please have as much fun as possible in my absence.

For the second part, I am not really all that into Pinot Gris/Grigio. I tasted one from Italy in a tasting last year that wasn’t all that bad, but I fail to remember the name. Shame on me…

QOTD #1 – sorry dude – too far from CA and I have to work. When are you coming out to SF/Napa area again?
QOTD #2 – ouch – can’t remember the wine exactly, but PG is one of my favs to order at a restaurant – almost always great value and goes great with salad and apps.

I never did figure out how to pronounce that “state between Washington and California” correctly. Great playback between you and the team.

You description of the Chehalem Pinot Gris might just be enough to get me out of my red wine kick and try some white again. Of course, I wrote that line midway through the episode. I have little faith in white wines…

Great name for this week’s theme…”Bottle Royale”.

QOTD #2: There are some really fine Pinot Grigios from Collio (Friuli) and also (sometimes even better) from Germany! Btw, We call it Grauburgunder

Gary,

My wife and I will be there. Would love to be included in the after party but if not, we’ll take ourselves over to Scotty’s.

CHEESE! YEAH FOR THE CHEESE! Zind-Humbrecht the greatest pinot gris/grey riesling EVER.

QOTD #1 – Nope, won’t be making it out to the East coast for the party.

QOTD #2 – has to be a toss up between Solena (Oregon) and Airfield Estates (Washington). Extremely different from each other, but they both knock my socks off.

QOTD 1: Oh man … i wish i could make it GV … but I gotta save my bucks for my upcoming wedding! And I know it’s hard GV … but I love my wife even more than the thundershow.

QOTD 2: Trying to get into white wines currently … as previously mentioned it was a Pinot Grigio that turned me away from white wines to begin with … but im ready to try again … i got one on the way.

AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! We are short right now at work so I have to be there the 29th… It sucks but hospitals never close so… Hope everyone that gets to go has a safe trip getting there and has a great time!

“Blue porcupine”… had to put that down for prosperity.

Qotd – According to my notes the ’05 Benton Lane Willamette Valley Pinot Gris seemed to be my favorite. I also enjoyed the ’05 Maresh Yamhill Pinot Gris quite a bit. Both were strong with flavor complexity and good mouthfeel with an excellent clean finish without that sour milk finish I find on so many whites today.

Not coming to NJ for the party. Hope to see you at the Washington thing.

Gary you pronounce California and Washington just fine. I guess I need to work on pronouncing your state as No Joy-zee. Really! I don’t get what is so hard about Oregon? There is no “e” on the end that would make one think that you should say “gone”. It is OR-E-GUN. Just say it moderately fast. You are a smart guy, you can do it. (If you had given the Chehalem a friggen 89 you could have pronounced it any way you wanted.) You seem to be scoring based on $$$ and other’s scores lately. The Chehalem Pinot Gris is an 89 poit wine my friend. Admit it you were totally influenced by WS giving the Fantinel a 90 when you would have scored it higher, so thus had to score the Chehalem lower. It’s ok though I still love you.

Why just this past Sunday we had the Fantinel Tesis Pinot Grigio ordered from freewinelibrary. Delicious and very atypical i inasmuch as it had very good weight and flavour. That was ten bucks very well spent.
I’m hopoing to be there if mass transit will deliver me from nyc. Perhpas someone can post instractuions.

Barefoot makes a good Pinot Grigio for $6.00. I just opened a Gabbiano 2006 for $9.50 which is almost as good. I like Pinot Gris, but would rather have Riesling.

Not gonna be able to make it out from Japan.
I like both when they are good and I dislike them both when they are bad.

Wish I could make it to the party, but I live in Hawaii, and hard to leave the rock more than once a year.

Willakenzie Estate Pinot Gris, Oregon (or-ee-gawn)

Gary you are freakin hilarious with that cheese. You should do a cheese show just so we can hear your stinky analogies…stuff like toejam mixed in with B.O. and you lovin it. Ewww…