seems like one should only drink ice wines from canada! stay away from the still wines

Thank you Gary for dedicating show to Canadian wines!
Most people know of Canada by either Icewine and Hockey (that’s right Vayniacs, we’re still the world champ!)

But there are many up and coming great wines produced by Canada. Do look out for Stratus, and Le Clos de Jordanne. Look for a Bordeaux style in the former and a Burgundian touch in the latter.

Gary Vee is right, don’t write us off because of 3 wines he tried on this episode. And expand your palate by trying more than just Icewine from here. I have a good list of them for you to try, and a list that I (personally) would say “meh”. I’d be more than happy to share w/ you.

Cheers!
mario

I a Yarden Noble Semmilon (Kosher from Israel), and I am really getting into desert wines.

Gary: Too bad about the strikeout regarding the Canadian wines you tasted. I’ve had some very good Canadian wines in the past. I’m not too keen about Pelee Island wines. Next time, take the boat west into Michigan. There are some good wines in the southwest part of the state and some excellent whites on the northwest side (Leelanau Peninsula and Old Mission Peninsula). If you want to try some let me know and I’ll hook you up.

QOTD: A Marlborough SB. I had never been a fan of the varietal standing on its own, but loved the Marlborough version. So I got a case to add to my cellar.

I’d say you have influenced my buying habits just a little. In the past I bought wines from California or Italy………Exclusively!

Now I’m buying a lot of Portugues wines,some French and a tiny bit from Oregon. However my primary purchase is still from Italy; I have an inbred need of loyalty to my heritage I guess.

Drinking a Domaine Andre Brunel Cotes Du Rhone which i’m enjoying. Lots of Strawberry a little green pepper…..long finish…

Thanks Gary

QOTD: 2006 Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewurztraminer – I normally shy away from the big time producers, espically from Columbia Valley, but I saw this for only $6 so I thought I’d try it. I wouldn’t say it was a super-great wine, but it certinly did change my opinion on that producers, and now I’m more willing try try some other big producers.

first off, i want a wristband sooooo bad i can taste it.

second off…. i think whenever i first started drinking wine i was trying to be a purist and make myself think that all blends suck. Well, Andrew Harris’ Vision changed my mind. I think it’s a cab shiraz mostly. But that was back when i was like 19 or 20. These days some of my favorite wines are blends.

unfortunately, i’m not really getting any wristband on the nose of my first mystery pack.

QOTD: The last time that happened was when I had Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc for the first time. It opened my eyes to New Zealand wines, and I haven’t looked back since!

I’m a bit disappointed in the results of your Canadian wine tasting… although I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting much. Pelee Island Winery isn’t exactly known for its “must have” wines. There are A LOT of much better Canadian wineries in the Niagara and Okanagan regions. Personally I like Fielding Estate, Malivoire, Chateau des Charmes, Thirty Bench, Stratus, and Tawse, just to name a few of the better ones. Hopefully you’ll have a chance to taste something better from Canada very soon!

Damn Gary ripped those wines a new one, lol. I love Okanagan wines from BC, my wife and I had some great wines from there while we were honeymooning in Whistler. QOTD: probably the Peju Provence, which opened my eyes back up to Rose. I plan to search out tons of Rose and Rostato to drink with the BBQ fired up this spring/summer.

Not even going to watch since it’s obvious these will stink, and the comments seem to suggest that.

I think I just made a new Vayniac!

Wow, Canadian wines. I’m going to have to work at keeping an open mind.

QOTD: Being such a wine newbie, I recently had a Kim Crawford New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. This wine changed my mind about what a Sauvignon Blanc can be.

QOTD: Gruener Veltliner from Austria, 2005 Gruener Veltliner Smaragd, Duernsteiner Kellerberg from F.X.Pichler in the Wachau Region! Love it!

Went to ProWein (biggest winefare in Germany) and wanted to spread some thunder with my wristband, but you have forgotten to send me one!Please remember me over here!

Havn’t have any wine from Canada except for a Riesling Icewine.
Looking forward to tomorrows show!

QOTD:

2003 Taja Reserva. Will definitely be picking up a few more vintages from Spain.

Gary- Thanks for tasting so we don’t have to!

QOTD- I had a Lagrein (red wine grape) from the Alto Adige in Italy, which I had always thought of as a white wine region, and the Lagrein was very interesting and complex and different from any other red wine that my palate can remember ever having. Good stuff.

Good show Gary.

I live in the Niagara Region. I personally wish VQA would go away forever. If they won’t, then at least, for the love of all that is holy, STOP TRYING TO MAKE RED WINE! I have had ONE single good red from Niagara, Henry of Pelham Meritage 2002. All the rest have been very poor. We are forced to buy canadian wine or overpay for imported. Damn the LCBO.

I’d like to take the owners of the vineyards and shake them while yelling in their faces “Red won’t ripen here”.

That said, the Icewine’s and late harvest wines are awesome. Many of the whites are very good too. Rieslings, Gewurztraminers and chardonnay’s are quite good from Niagara. Shiraz should not even have entered the growers minds.

QOTD – Bottega Prosecco. Had a bottle of this a couple of weeks ago and it changed everything I thought I knew about sparkling wines. Definitely going to be drinking more sparklers.

WOHOOOOO I TOTALLY recommended that book to the P-town wine club a month ago! Scooped you, GV!

haha awesome recc. Now I’m going to finish the show.

Good show. If the vino is not o.k., it’s not ok. Point.

My main problem (being in Germany) is getting the wines you’re tasting. I would really like tasting Canadian wine, but it’s more or less impossible to purchase them here. Probably not your problem, but it sucks big time!

Oh, and while were on the subject of finding the wines you’re tasting, please, be a little more precise about the information you give about each wine (e.g. in the links to each wine below each episode.) Sometimes a missing “la” (on some French wines) means a lot of research (on the internets) to find someone who sells the wines. And, please, check your spelling!

Besides that, I truly love your show! Bring the thunder!!

I love how Gary goes out on a limb with new wines from new areas! Hey, sometimes Tiger gets a double bogey, but he still is shaping and experimenting on the next hole.

Gary just FYI the southern most point on Peelee Island is 41.42.57 degress N Lattitude. That puts it somewhere between Mt Shasta and the California/Oregon(e) border, which is significantly north of the northern border of Mendocino County.

However, I don’t think that latitude is their problem. The problem is cold and humidity. It is very difficult to make transcendent wine from standard fine wine grape varietals with the winter cold and summer humidity of most of the US, never mind the right soil.

You are a rockin’ wine dude!

I love how Gary goes out on a limb with new wines from new areas! Hey, sometimes Tiger gets a double bogey, but he still is shaping and experimenting on the next hole.

Gary just FYI the southern most point on Peelee Island is 41.42.57 degress N Lattitude. That puts it somewhere between Mt Shasta and the California/Oregon(e) border, which is significantly north of the northern border of Mendocino County.

However, I don’t think that latitude is their problem. The problem is cold and humidity. It is very difficult to make transcendent wine from standard fine wine grape varietals with the winter cold and summer humidity of most of the US, never mind the right soil.

You are a rockin’ wine dude!

Last wine that changed my mind about a region was Tablas Creek in Paso Robles. They were pouring old school rhone blends – very French in nature and not over the top at all. I bought a white which I rarely do. They had one that smelled of violets.

Wow! Am I glad that I waited one day to answer this question….I was at a trade show yesterday in Portland and had some S. African wines that racked my socks off for the affordable price point. I had the Amira Cab Franc imported from S. Africa by Rich Weiss and “The Wild Grape”. On the nose it was all vegital, asperigus, and a hint of carrot greens, a funktified nose with nice plum accents…and this bottle should roll in around $10. Certainly a wine I will be searching out for those nights when I need something with a little of a rustic drawl…