QOTD1: No, I have never tried a Furmint. Never even heard of it. Since I didn’t get the 4 pack, it is now on my “Need to Try It” list.

QOTD2: Despite the fact that I didn’t get the wines, I very much enjoyed the show. I actually have four bottles of the Menguante that I ordered when you had the WLTV Anniversary sale. So at least I will get to try that one.

Aside: While the Jets had some good signings, my Cleveland Browns had a better off-season (but no draft picks until the second day, now).

Finale’: A big shout-out to Brett Favre who announced his retirement. A truly great quarterback and future Hall of Famer as well as a great guy. And he went out with a great season. Kudos!

You are a beautiful person, Gary. And I couldn’t agree with you more. Who hasn’t tried a wine with friends. Loved it. Bought it again. And was disappointed the second time.

ha ha!!! you eventually agreed to me: no more scoring! or, not to be unfair and let people down, create a new scoring scale: the vayni scale!!!

and please, get to the top with the score… not fair with the producers, wine makers, etc etc.

cheers!!!

QOTD – Yes, excellent episode today…

Great episode. I watched it with my wife (who almost never watches – she doesn’t like the spitting part). Thanks for the secret pack. I wasn’t able to open any yesterday (still on hiatus following the DC offline), but I will return to the episode when we do.

A PERFECT SHOW

One for the “Favorite Episodes”

“Real Men Drink Rose” …all year long!!!

Great show! I think you have picked up some new viewers and fans.

One of the best. I’ve always wondered why the wine tasted better on holiday!

Never had a dry furmint. Never even heard of it. I’ll have to seek it out.

QOTD: Yep, nice show. Tonight the Well Squozen Grape wine club tasting theme is BYOFB, that’s “bring your own favorite bottle”. If you look at my blog you’ll see this is different from our normal format, should be enjoyable and without too many stinkers. It will be interesting to see if there is a varietal or region that dominates the favorites list of our members, I’ll post the results on the blog.
http://thewellsquozengrape.blogspot.com/

QOTD1: Never heard of it.
QOTD2: Good show, Gary. More secret pack tasting shows, please?!

QOTD1: Never heard of it.
QOTD2: Good show, Gary. More secret pack tasting shows, please?!

Hey great show, alot of fun…my mom joined in the tasting and absolutely loved you. I had 6 first time viewers and all of them enjoyed the show except for my brother who was too damb immature to sit still for 25 minutes. Can’t please everyone as for the ones you can’t maybe a dose of Ritalin can fix ’em.

Gary, I gotta be honest, I loved that show. Good info and learned a lot about some new wines. I can see a Food Network show in your future. Right after Emeril with some amature wine tasters going through different bottles…..

QOTD: Great show today, wish I could had bought the wine pack to taste along… Damn you PA!!!!!!!!!

Gary,
The show was great.
I bought 6 bottles of the Mike Wier. Can’t wait to decant and try it out.

Yes, we liked the show today! Wish we bought the pack to taste along with you, but then we’d have four open bottles, so …

Just keep doing what you do … change it up every so often to keep things spicy, have guests on, and offer more free shipping!!! Offer free-shipping on the bottles you taste on the show; I guarantee I would try many if that were the case. Just a thought.

QOTD: Dope.

Pink wine is the shiznit.

QOTD: totally, I missed out on ordering for this gift pack, but I cannot wait to do it next time!

Awesome show. So far, because I’m not an alcoholic 😛 I’ve only had two of the wines.
The rose reminded me a lot of Sancerre, with its good minerality and acidity. Cranberries + seashells, yum! The b/f actaully thought it was too tart, but it was perfect for me.
The Menguante grenache was a little bit too juciy and sweet to me, and the nose wasn’t so interesting. It’s a nice quaffer that’s enjoyable, but kind of forgetable. Well balanced, fresh, all good things, just boring. In my humble opinion!
Looking foward to the next two.

QOTD (Part 1) – Shrug. I dunno.

QOTD (Part 2) – You betchya! 😀

Hey Gary – haven’t been able to watch for about a week, but QOTD: yes, I really enjoyed this episode – great one to come back to.
I particularly loved your rant at the end and I had a thought: Why not make what you did today a regular part of the Thunder Show – after you’ve tasted a group in an episode, decant your least favorite and then taste it again the next day at the beginning of that episode – doing that would allow you to continue highlighting (and explore in more depth and detail) how it is that wines open up (or don’t) over time and with decanting.
Thanks!!
Dr. G

Very cool show! Thanks!

cool show gary, never tried furmint

AotD: Yeah! I enjoyed the show. I didn’t get a chance to “taste along”, but I can’t wait to compare my future experiences with these wines against yours.

I really like the idea of “surprise packs” too, as long as they’re hand-selected and not just a way to clean out the warehouse. It forces me to concede and try things that I might not otherwise pick up.

I suppose it shows how much trust I have in you and this effort as a whole.