Forget the “Big Ass Glass” my friend Gary. Straight pulls from the bottle. REALLY BRING THE THUNDER! Keep up the energy my friend.

QOTD; It doesn’t matter, cause it will be sitting with family in a restaurant on the outskirts of Vail (Minturn) getting super stoked to hit the snow in the morning.

QOTD: Yalumba Museum Tawny. Enjoy!!

Mmmm I love me some Châteauneuf-du-Pape!

QOTD: I’m drinking Champagne! Why?? My grandmother is turning 100 years old! YES, that’s right… ONE ZERO ZERO… on easter Sunday, March 23rd. We’re going to be having dinner at the Portland City Grill, and drinking a Magnum of Duval-Leroy Champagne Collection “Paris” (get it? Paris is my last name! and it’s a pretty, celebratory bottle), and also an André Clouet Champagne Brut Rosé (killer Champagne for the price, $37.50 and 92.5 point average on cellartracker). I’ll try and grab a picture of her and I with the bottle. 100 years is a pretty long time… think of what she has seen developed with her life (you know.. like the modern car). Best part is she’s 100% lucid, and walks around unaided, never uses a wheelchair, walker, or cane! A couple years ago I gave her a ride on my motorcycle… a cool lady, for sure.

David

I turned my wife onto the Thunder Show and she can roll with the Vayniacs but she still hasn’t emerged from the lurker status. She wrote a comment once and then got all self conscious and deleted the post. Not all wives consider themselves WLTV widows. I mean c’mon some people watch dancing with the stars or american idol, ptew, what’s wrong with a wine show? Completely a side tangent – I just pictured Gary V on Lost. Wouldn’t it be funny if they discovered another hatch and inside was Gary V taping WLTV everyday or the island would destruct? Just an idea.

QOTD: Something special maybe a 2004 REVERIE Rousanne.

Loved the energy of today’s show even though it came on late and I watched it technically the next day.

Great show. QOTD: It’s hot here in AZ so I’m pulling out some cool crispy Albarino, Black Pig and Leeuwin Estate Riesling.

Gary, great to see you back! I was on the verge of calling the State Bureau to go looking for you; thought you’d gotten kidnapped by the militant wing of Bourgogne Negociants. whew!

I would have to say this was one of the most intense episodes ever and I’m gonna go ahead and I like it, like it a lot! Where’s the “Link it up, Mott” shirt at we’ve been waiting!
QOTD 2005 Leeuwin riesling and Aiguilhe Querre 2004

great show!!!
love the rhones.
will have several wines this weekend; including the pre order Laughing Magpie from wine library. likely also would be whites from Grayhawke vineyards and from the Loire region (probably both chenin and sav blanc).
cheers!

The Best Show Ever!!!!!

QOTD: I think I’ll have some Recoleta Malbec/Bonarda from
Fresh&Easy cheap cheap cheap!!!!!

This was a lot to wake up to this morning but G-rock brought the heart… I’m popping a 2004 L’aventure Optimus this weekend and gary – my friends and i bought out your 04 stash so you OWE it to us to TASTE THIS BEAST ON CAM… for us…. the little people… who care. (and sometimes leark)

J

This show was great for me since I’m a big CDP fan. In fact, I have some of the Caboche 2003 La Mirande in my cellar. Your take on it was interesting and even the 89 rating didn’t put the kabosh on the Caboche, for me!

Drinking this weekend. CARM 2005 (Douro, Portugal). Never had it, and have heard it’s a great QPR. Picked it up a couple of weeks ago at W.L.

GV,
Once again
Thank You for bringing the THUNDER !!! Oh the passion…….

QOTD:
I have (2) wines in waiting for the weekend.
a- Layer Cake Primitivo
b- Imagery Petit Verdot

GARY YOU KILLED IT!!!

Love the Rhone, love the THUNDER. This is what it looks like I’m drinking this weekend:

2001 Chateau Phelan-Segur Bordeaux (popping it for my Dad who’s coming into town to visit – we only get to see him once or twice a year)
2005 75 Wine Co. Sauvignon Blanc
NV Zonin Prosecco
2005 K&L Cuvee Chateauneuf du Pape

and I’m sure tons of Wilson Creek Almond Champagne with the fam on Easter Sunday – because that’s how they roll and who an I to hate? Have you had this stuff?

Great episode today and thanks again for everything you do!

How about a QPR Cotes du Rhone episode sometime soon, eh?

My first comment to your show was asking about the meaty, deli kind of smell and taste I experience quite often in wines. Was it “leather” that I hear people talk about? Was it “gamey”? NO! I too realized it was SLIM JIMs!

What a show. Chateauneuf du Pape rocks !
QOTD: Beer and Snaps(Akvavit) goes with our Easter lunch:-)

What a show. Chateauneuf du Pape rocks !
QOTD: Beer and Snaps(Akvavit) goes with our Easter lunch:-)

QOTD. Today we are going for a Spanish themed dinner and we’ll do a couple of Riojas from the two different schools. A 1999 Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Reserva and a 1994 Barón de Chirel from Marqués de Riscal. BTW, I didn’t really like the generalization about Spanish wines. It’s true, you can get them in all colors these days. But what you get here in the US is mostly the new stuff, because that’s what YOU (as in the US consumer) like! People in Spain actually are very traditional and very much prefer the old style.
Tomorrow I’ll probably take to our brown bag event a 1997 Marsanay 1er Cru and maybe the 1999 Grand Mayne St Emilion Grand Cru I got from you. But it’s going to be a great B-day party and we’ll have who knows how many wines there.

Great show, GV. Gotta agree, CdP definitely brings the thunder for me. Over the past year, these have been some of my very favorite reds.

QOTD : Only have one bottle that I know I will serve at Easter, other bottle decisions are pending on the final menu

2003 Saint Jean Du Barroux L’oligocene (library # 36278).

We got a few bottles after your review & love it. Without WLTV , would have probably never found it. For that, we are grateful ! Looking fwd to seeing more great wines on the show with time

Excellent energy today! I am sure my wife can relate a bit to the mail today, although, with time, she has become a full on Vayniac & watching the show is now more of a family affair.

Keep up the good work !

Man!!!!!!!

I am E-LEC-TRI-FIED by your show!!! Easter will see it’s fair share of Pauillac in my household!! La Rose Pauillac 2000 is what’s planned.

Bring your ass back to France so that we can spread the thunder in Paris!

Best regards,

Drinking 2003 Finca Villacreces Ribera del Douro
Really good episode. Thanks

Get with the 21rst century,GV. Women participate these days. My husband is the one asking me for your recommendations because in our family I’m the one watching WLTV. It’s a hobby we share in common. Like baseball.
qotd: water? Haven’t a clue yet…

OK, errands are done. Actual QOTD answer: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Turckheim 2001 (Easter dinner- lamb w/ middle eastern spicing) We’ll see. Also picked up a 2005 Les Sorcieres Domain Du Clos Des Fees on the saleswoman’s recommendation- don’t know if we’ll get to that this wkend or not.

OK, errands are done. Actual QOTD answer: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Turckheim 2001 (Easter dinner- lamb w/ middle eastern spicing) We’ll see. Also picked up a 2005 Les Sorcieres Domain Du Clos Des Fees on the saleswoman’s recommendation- don’t know if we’ll get to that this wkend or not.