Nice to have some winelibrary-TV to watch again!
(Please: more champagne and port shows)

Q.O.T.D.: Yesterday I actually didn’t have wine – I was at a local rum-tasting 🙂
There were some very nice ones, but also some very indifferent ones. The Bristol Long Pond was very nice, and the Ron Zacapa 25y. was a very pleasant finish.

Welcome back, exciting show!
The other day a friend of mine thanked me for linking her up to the vegetarian food pairing episode. She said she loves your energy and has started watching semi-regularly for entertainment as well as informational purposes, and has started trying new wines. I encouraged her to trust her palate and to find some different things she likes. We’ll see how it goes.

QOTD: Last I bought was some $5 Cali Shiraz that was in the middle of the aisle. Gorgeous purple color, plummy and berryrific nose, peppery and plummy taste. Last I drank was a fruit wine a friend’s family made, smelled and tasted like blackberries, pretty simple but very delicious.

…so there there We were. Pulling pallets off the truck and low and behold…we got a case of “THE LAYER CAKE”. Pretty good. $14.99. @ T.J’s. This is a really good “cocktail red” as I call them. Nice black fruit meets chocolate/ hazelnut.
It did Not hold up to the chips and salsa…but you know what…It did not need to. This is warm weather red. Very soft tannins with some new oak, but without the heavy back end structure of what you would expect from a
more serious effort. (whatever that means)Meal friendly… not so much. Friend friendly for sure!!

QOTD: Well, between work (a decent Italian restaurant with a crappy wine list, where I only work 1 day per week) and at home tonight, although I didn’t drink much, I tasted a few things, so here they are:
BENZINGER CAB: Solid, but over-priced run-of-the-mill, middle-of-the-road Cali cab (tasted at work, not purchased)
BOUVET BRUT: Nice persistent, small bubbles and good acidity, but narrow flavor profile, a bit too chalky (tasted at work, not purchased)
BARAHONDA 2006 (YECLA) MONASTRELL: Nice fruit reduction flavors and some tar/ hot stones for under 9 U.S. bones, but WAY too hot at 15% alc. without the fruit to support it
WINDSOR 2005 CHARDONNAY: I’m glad I got this on clearance at the grocery store for 10 bones because when the OAK MONSTER and the VANILLA VILLAIN teamed up together in this wine they conquered my palate, and would’ve unfairly taken over my wallet as well at the suggested retail of $16. A woody PAZZZZ!

QOTD: Last night- 2000, Chateau de Cranne, Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux, by Michel Lacoste.

At the price of about 18 USD, it worths its tickets. Big tannin structure, supple texture, full body, heavy finish, and obvious chilly pepper flavor in the classic Bordeaux flavor profile. The problems are the slightly weak and confusing mid-palate and the small showup of the vanilla shadow of that oak monster…

That chilly peper factore rocked. Me and my wife couldn’t help sneezing while sniff the wine…Whatever, the heavy weight and the nice complexity delighted me. Yeah, not bad.:)

I guess there might be an abnormal percent of Malbec in it…And, I will check it out later.:)

Good day, people!

Good to have you back gary!! Great stuff yet again.
QOTD: My last wine was a Darien Crianza 2003, it was ok but far from great costs about 12 euro (at about 18 us dollar, a pazzz)!

Hi Gary! So nice to see you back in the saddle. The last wine I had was at a tasting on Saturday Рbut before that was 2003 Chamarr̩ Juran̤on Tradition, a dessert wine: Wild fruit concoction of bananas, melon, tangerine, frozen OJ concentrate, candied pineapple. Good acidity and finish.

Gary, glad to have you back……QOTD: 2003 Chateau Sissan Red Bordeaux.For 10 bones.. not too bad.

Great to have you back. QOTD; J Schram 1999, It was great.

Last wine I had was…

Domaine Weinbach “Theo” Riesling from the Alsace…and yes it did bring the THUNDER, good fruit, dry finish!

Wow! So much thunder in this show that I feel overwhelmed. But seriously, great to have you back doing live shows.

QOTD: Espelt Saulo, 2005, Spain, Blend of Gernacha and Carinena. Because this is so affordable, it has become one of my everyday wines. Definitely brings the thunder on the everyday scale.

QOTD: The last wine was 2007 Marquis Philips Holly’s Blend. I think this will be a great summer drinker!

QOTD: Last wine I had was Hayman & Hill’s 2006 Pinot Noir. Not as much floral character as the ’05 so I was expecting more thunder, but still appreciated on a random night. Welcome back, Gary!

Baron Herzog Russian River Chardonnay 2000 (It’s a Kosher wine)

I thought it was a nice medium bodies chardonnay, a bit pricey at $25, but I enjoyed it.

Great show…very enthusiastic!
QOTD: Pommier Chablis 1er Cru ‘Cote de Lechet’ 05…definitely brought some thunder.

high energy after travelling abroad ! the vayniac’s community is ready for new episodes… 🙂
QOTD : had very recently a 100 % Carignan coming from Languedoc (private winery) Not enough concentrated to me and showed the bad characteristic of this varietal

last wine was a greek red starting with an x (forgot the name) at a restaurant. Maybe not great, but for $21 a bottle at a NY restaurant, it brought relative thunder.

I had the 2005 Cardiff Cabernet Sauvignon….this morning! About 4 oz. was left over in my glass from last night. Too little to save, and too much to throw out, so I enjoyed the dregs 🙂

It is a very simple “school night wine,” well-balanced, mellow, good body. It has no complexity, and no finish, but it tastes great. I don’t know how to explain it, but it made me go out and buy a CASE (the first case of any wine I’ve ever bought!), and guess what the per-bottle case price is? $3.50 each.

So, yes, it brings the THUNDER, ba-by!!!!!!

-Trish-da-Dish

Welcome back GV

Last wine was Menage e trios. My current weekday goto.

How do I get the latest wristband. I have the others and need the new one.

Mott, hook me up.

GV, still no shout-out for the wonderful Bern’s dinner.

last wine I had was an entry level Tempranello blend that was so bad I barely survived the sniffy sniff. The first taste – ugh – so down the sink it went – man I hate entry level wines from companies that just pump out the juice with considering what the crap tastes like!!

QOTD: Chateau Barrail Chevrol, Fronsac 2005. I’d say it brought some thunder, I am trying to introduce my pal to more tannic wines lately and it did that for sure.
Just wanted to say that my computer has been crashed for a couple weeks and I have been going to the local Library to watch the thunder show! Respect!

Friend brought a bottle of 2006 Coppola Black Label Claret that was served with some nice thick cut prime rib, baked sweet potatoes and okra/tomtaoes. Certainly nothing to shout about, but servicable and held up well with the dinner. Good food, bottle of wine and friends over for dinner…life at its finest

QOTD: Castillo de Molina, Reserva 2006, Cabernet Sauvignon, finished it last Sunday. I recommend people trying it, somewhat oaky, but well integrated and cost me around $12.

QOTD: Castillo de Molina, Reserva 2006, Cabernet Sauvignon, finished it last Sunday. I recommend people trying it, somewhat oaky, but well integrated and cost me around $12.

Bonjour Gary,

Welcome back! It was a Bric del Salto Sottimano Dolcetto d’Alba 2006.
I bought this wine a couple of weeks ago, it was in the Italian release from the Cellier magazine. I have to say the tannins were really firm after about three hours of decanting they really mellowed down alot more approchable.

Thanks again,

Trucbinouche