Gary-loving the comparisons-watching only since Christmas but buying all sorts of stuff I had long ago moved away from just to get out of my rut and finding some hits and misses but well worth finding cheap and good wines.

Gary-loving the comparisons-watching only since Christmas but buying all sorts of stuff I had long ago moved away from just to get out of my rut and finding some hits and misses but well worth finding cheap and good wines.

QOTD: Opened last night with dinner a 2005 Cab Franc “La Cuvee du Pere Leonce Chinon”. Everyone in the room had the same impression… Peanut Butter? Yeah, Peanut Butter and cloves on the finish. Not delicious, but really, really interesting.

Later after dinner a ’99 Sauternes thats been laying down for a while. We each just took a swig b/c we knew we wouldn’t appreciate it at that point. Can’t wait ’til tonight.

Excited now that you have the stuff website I’ll be able to obtain schwag like the wristbands.

QOTD: Tamarak Cellars Colombia Valley 2004 cab sov, a 64oz growler of Goose Island Kilgubbin Ale, and a ridiculous amount of Stoli Sodas

QOTD: Tamarak Cellars Colombia Valley 2004 cab sov, a 64oz growler of Goose Island Kilgubbin Ale, and a ridiculous amount of Stoli Sodas

I got all three!
Check you inbox you will see a photo…..
QORD: Drinking 2002 Cakebread Reserve Chard and a 2002 Stelzner Barrel Select cab

QOTD: Petalos 2006 from Palacios in Bierzo… Have been hearing a lot about it recently… supposed to appeal to the Loire Red-Heads, so I’m pumped!

QOTD: Petalos 2006 from Palacios in Bierzo… Have been hearing a lot about it recently… supposed to appeal to the Loire Red-Heads, so I’m pumped!

QOTD: I will be drinking some Schramsberg 2005 Blanc de Blancs Sparkling wine, not called Champaign cause its not from France, “Shut up CLOWN, there not the same thing!” MOTT: Link it up where we can get all three wrist bands.

Fri: Lenz Moser 2005 Grüner Veltliner
Sat: Paul Guertin 2000 Chinon
Sun: TBA… (no not Trocken Beeren Auslese, sadly)

My QOTD: Did Gary ever have a Freisa on the show? Did he ever have a Ciro?

Fri: Lenz Moser 2005 Grüner Veltliner
Sat: Paul Guertin 2000 Chinon
Sun: TBA… (no not Trocken Beeren Auslese, sadly)

My QOTD: Did Gary ever have a Freisa on the show? Did he ever have a Ciro?

Great Episode loving the syrah.
QOTD last night drank green groves cab and tonight prob 04 partal!

Great show (as always). Long-time Syrah fan, constantly amazed that variations on the nose, even from the same vintage. Anyway, I got REALLY excited about the 2004 Bordeux show and have taken it a bit further. I’ve started hunting down 2004 Bordeux varieties from all the regions (France, Chile, Washington, Oregon, California, etc.) to do a “Thunder-tasting!!!” I’ll let you know how it goes.

(I’d also welcome any suggestions.)

Great show (as always). Long-time Syrah fan, constantly amazed that variations on the nose, even from the same vintage. Anyway, I got REALLY excited about the 2004 Bordeux show and have taken it a bit further. I’ve started hunting down 2004 Bordeux varieties from all the regions (France, Chile, Washington, Oregon, California, etc.) to do a “Thunder-tasting!!!” I’ll let you know how it goes.

(I’d also welcome any suggestions.)

…BTW…needs me some wrist-band action! Nothing! Nada! Zippo!

Love ya all anyway!

PW

Today Grüner Veltliner “Frauengrund” 2006 from Dockner (Austria), tomorow it will be red burgundy, Fixin “Clos du meix trouhans” from Moillard-Grivot 🙂
Nice show, by the way. It’s always nice to see “old world” beating the “new world” 😀

Today Grüner Veltliner “Frauengrund” 2006 from Dockner (Austria), tomorow it will be red burgundy, Fixin “Clos du meix trouhans” from Moillard-Grivot 🙂
Nice show, by the way. It’s always nice to see “old world” beating the “new world” 😀

QOTD: Domenico Clerico Trevigne Barbera D’Alba ’05

I loved the head-2-head match up format this week.
Short & sweet episodes.

I’ve only got wristband version 2 & 3 because I didn’t start watching WTLV until last summer.

QOTD: No wine for me. Still under budget crunch.

QOTD: No wine for me. Still under budget crunch.

Canada still pwns j00

As of Thursday I am sporting to full wristband collection. Will send a pic to back that up as soon as I get a chance. When you poured that whole bottle in the B.A.G. I so thought you were going to dump 3/4 of it into the bucket just to cheese people off. Glad you didn’t sign it turned out to be such a great wine. QOTD: The Twenty Rows Grappler

As of Thursday I am sporting to full wristband collection. Will send a pic to back that up as soon as I get a chance. When you poured that whole bottle in the B.A.G. I so thought you were going to dump 3/4 of it into the bucket just to cheese people off. Glad you didn’t sign it turned out to be such a great wine. QOTD: The Twenty Rows Grappler

I’m working the weekend, so not too much wine for me. Had a Greg Norman Cab-Merlot with dinner tonight at the hotel.

So MY QOTD–do you think that people rate their wines within their experience level? I mean, my developing palate is gaining experience within my price-point, and I’ve only rated one wine a 94, and one a 92, with the rest falling somewhere below those; yet I see 90’s + all day long in so many public forums.

Follow-up QOTD–should we vayniacs try to be cognizant that there’s an entire world of wine out there when we’re assigning a rating, or is rating within our experience ‘world’ acceptable?

One thing is for sure–at least we’re enjoying wine.

QOTD: Friday night my wife and I had over for dinner a consortium of 8 purchasers of a 1983 DRC Romanee Conti offered at a charitable wine auction last year. Each of us brought very good wine for the cause. We started with hors d’oeuvres of smoked trout on endive with a cream horseradish dip and Humbolt Fog cheese with homemade olive bread accompanied by 1990 Roederer Crystal Champagne and 2005 Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet “Clavoillon.” The first course was lobster/corn chowder accompanied by 1988 Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet “Les Combettes” and 1999 Bonneau du Martrey Corton-Charlemagne. These wines continued with a Winter Salad with toasted walnuts. The entree was slow-roasted (4 hours) duck halves with creamed cheese grits accompanied by the 1983 DRC Romanee-Conti (which was way better than the reviews indicated), 1988 Leroy Vosne-Romanee “Aux Brulee,” 1982 Chateau Gruaud-Larose, and 2005 Girardin Bonnes-Mares. Dessert was Apple Crepes with caramel sauce accompanied by 1975 Chateau Climens Barsac. To say the least, we all went home pretty happy campers!