QOTD: 2005 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur by Jean Claude Bessin with chicken baked with new potatoes, fresh tomato and thyme. Man, it was good!

I liked the match ups….good idea whoever came out with it. Saturday night was E. GUIGAL Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2001. Sunday I’m thinking about opening an Axios 1999…which I vividly remember when I tasted it last year for the first time ….. specially that nose…..my mouth melts only by thinking about it…..see ya next week Mr G

I liked the match ups….good idea whoever came out with it. Saturday night was E. GUIGAL Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2001. Sunday I’m thinking about opening an Axios 1999…which I vividly remember when I tasted it last year for the first time ….. specially that nose…..my mouth melts only by thinking about it…..see ya next week Mr G

Villa La Selva 1995 Selvamaggio

Chanoine Brut Cuvee Tsarine

Celebrating a 4 year old and a 2 year old – birthdays!

i am from montreal canada, what you do is really nice, we really appreciate it.

i have a question, in tasting night we alway take bread between each taste, what is your trick ? you from one to another (wine) without eating or drinking anything !!!

i am from montreal canada, what you do is really nice, we really appreciate it.

i have a question, in tasting night we alway take bread between each taste, what is your trick ? you from one to another (wine) without eating or drinking anything !!!

Quit fisting the punt.

Great Show! A co-host on Fridays wouldn’t be a bad idea. The rest of the week all we need is you.

QOTD – This weekend I drank a number of wines, my father is all about Cali wine and he opened a 2001 Groth Cab which was so young and it needed 2-3 years of time in the cellar. We also drank a 1999 Trefethen Oak Knoll Cab that was so tired and haggared, it tasted like a leather shoe filled with cigars and topped with a couple dashes of hot sauce. Buyer beware of the shelf life of Califorina wines.

Great Show! A co-host on Fridays wouldn’t be a bad idea. The rest of the week all we need is you.

QOTD – This weekend I drank a number of wines, my father is all about Cali wine and he opened a 2001 Groth Cab which was so young and it needed 2-3 years of time in the cellar. We also drank a 1999 Trefethen Oak Knoll Cab that was so tired and haggared, it tasted like a leather shoe filled with cigars and topped with a couple dashes of hot sauce. Buyer beware of the shelf life of Califorina wines.

QOTD: I drank a number of different wines as I did a tasting at Stuart Cellars in Temecula, CA. My favorite is their 2005 Malbec. My husband and I are wine club members there as we think their reds are superior to most others in the Temecula Valley.

bro – when you whipped out that line about donny b singling up the middle i almost fell out of my freakin chair. fantastic reference – made my day for sure.
qotd: Zardini Valpolicella and Zind Humbrecht pinot blanc

bro – when you whipped out that line about donny b singling up the middle i almost fell out of my freakin chair. fantastic reference – made my day for sure.
qotd: Zardini Valpolicella and Zind Humbrecht pinot blanc

Went to a party this weekend. You were asked to bring a bottle of wine that you could tell a story with. Something that meant something or something made up. Most people brought some great wine and it was a great time.

We took my last bottle of Neal ’04 Cab.

Great WEEK of shows!!

Q-Friday had an Argentine Malbec, that was pretty good…a little fruit bomby though. Saturday had a S. African Syrah at a wine bar, not great, rather blahh. Tonight with dinner had a really good, reasonably priced Oregon Pinot, 2006 Montinore Estate, Willamette Valley.

Great WEEK of shows!!

Q-Friday had an Argentine Malbec, that was pretty good…a little fruit bomby though. Saturday had a S. African Syrah at a wine bar, not great, rather blahh. Tonight with dinner had a really good, reasonably priced Oregon Pinot, 2006 Montinore Estate, Willamette Valley.

Alamos Malbec –wow– only 10 bones here in Calgary. Nice

JB

QOTD: 2001 M. Chapoutier “Belleruche” Cotes du Rhone. Vicks Cough Syrupy, black cherry for days…licorice, anise component, balanced by age, not super complex–rather one-dimensional.

GV – I have all 3 WBands and can back it up with a pic – just tell me where to send it…i smell a new contest…

GV – I have all 3 WBands and can back it up with a pic – just tell me where to send it…i smell a new contest…

I gotta say, this week has to rank up there as one of my favourites! I love the head to head format and hope to see it again soon!

QOTD: It was my birthday so I drank a Marques de Caceres Rioja Gran Reserva 1975 (The year I was born!) and man it was great!

GV, it’s Daniel BOULUD (not Bouley – that’s David Bouley).

QOTD: went to a Catena wine tasting this weekend in Philly at the Tria Fermentation school (http://www.triacafe.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=1). Fun night as always.

Followed that up with dinner at a BYOB where I had a 1999 Domaine du Jaugaret – excellent wine, got the heads up from Eric Asimov’s blog.

Now drinking a David Coffaro Escuro.

GV, it’s Daniel BOULUD (not Bouley – that’s David Bouley).

QOTD: went to a Catena wine tasting this weekend in Philly at the Tria Fermentation school (http://www.triacafe.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=1). Fun night as always.

Followed that up with dinner at a BYOB where I had a 1999 Domaine du Jaugaret – excellent wine, got the heads up from Eric Asimov’s blog.

Now drinking a David Coffaro Escuro.

QOTD:

What I drank on the weekend along with the fellah’s throwing me a bucks day (after paintball):

1x 2006 Brown Brothers Tempranillo (magnum, 1/2 used as sangria base)
1x 2003 Wirra Wirra `The Angelus (aka Dead Ringer)` Cabernet Sauvignon
1x 2004 Banrock Station Red of some decription
1x 200? Shiraz Cleanskin – fruitbomb all the way, but so much better than YT
1x Pirramimmma Digby Tawny Port

The The banrock station was not memorable nor that nice, the Wirra Wirra was exceedingly good (and what I started the arvo on), the banrock not so good the others drinkable and the port was a brilliant capper to the evening.

QOTD: H2O and one Gatorade… wine, nada. Sorry 🙁

QOTD: H2O and one Gatorade… wine, nada. Sorry 🙁