Great head-to-head, GV…I am a HUGE syrah fun, and this was a blast to watch. Too bad to see they didn’t really bring the thunder.

QOTDL Funny, it was a syrah. Think it was the ’05 Olson Ogden Syrah.

Really liked the head to head format tonight..
qotd: had awsome dinner at Trevanges, St Helena with a Whitehall Merlot. We bought a bottle at the winery the next day,30 ish, drank it at home very disappointing.

Simi Alexander Cab: big fruit, a lot of oak, creamy, short finish, hallow, boring and definitely not worth $30 bucks.

I’ve never spent more than about $25 I think

Biggest fizzle … just about every Corton-Charlemagne that I’ve had. And they were alot more expensive than $30!

QOTD: Verve 2005 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley, nothing good to say about this bottle especially for the price. At $30 I’ve usually been pleased by most wines, my dissapointment level is higher in the $17 to $25 price range. I’m usually expecting less at this price and get a little frustrated at all the stinkers out there.

Either ’99 Kistler Vine Hill chardonnay (went downhill VERY quickly) or ’04 Emilio Moro RdD (nice enough wine, actually, but it was just so … boring.)

QOTD: Les Terrasses Alvaro Palacios Priorat 2004… after all the hype about the producer, I was expecting a lot more.

okay, so you are on the side of the college crowd and common man and you spit out the wine every chance that you can, so it helps you taste it “again” and you are at work, cool, but man you are mixing wines and pouring them out , us semi poor college students and blue collar workers are not appreciating that, please remember us or not who cares,

Hey Gary

QOTD: ‘G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Champagne’ though with such a crappy US it’s probably worth a bit more than US$30. It was a total disapointment, lacked any sort of flavour, class or excitment and contributes to form an opinion that a lot of NV Champagne is rip-off. In Australia I could get a lot more love from local Tasmanian producers Clover Hill or Janz.

Cheers
Andrew

I’m frugal. I have never spent $30 on a bottle of wine.

Various Bordeaux wines that I have never heard of but looked enticing….I get about 3 disappointments for every 1 revelation. 🙁

Syrah is now being grown on Maui!

QOTD – Ponzi Pinot Noir reserve was like $60 and it was not worth it at all

QOTD: I’ve had too many CA Syrahs from Santa Ynez, San Luis Opisbo, and other CA appellations recently that are SO BLUEBERRY AND VANILLA PIE, laced with new American oak SPLINTERS and they make me sick. It’s nice to find solid, REAL Syrah from the south of France, South Africa, etc.

I have a lot of $30+ wine in my collection but I can’t remember the last time I actually drank a bottle of it. I had a malbec at a restaurant in Phoenix that I believe was about $8 a glass that pretty much stunk (WAY too hot and absolutely no finish speak of besides the alcohol). I guess if you average out the cost per class that is about $30 for the bottle…even if it was restaurant pricing 😉

QOTD: Haven’t had too many over the big $30. The biggest let down for me would have to be Yalumba Shiraz circa 2003.

In the kosher world, there are a lot of $30 let downs. Maybe the Herzog Sp. Res. Zinfandel and Napa Valley Cab stand out, although i’ve had a quite a few. Good show once again Gary – I like the comparisons of regions, but maybe you could give a little more terroir notes?

Love the head to heads. Good show, Gary.

QOTD: Tomassi Amarone that I had three years ago. Although, I would love to retaste it, because I certainly did not have the palate to appreciate it at the time (as I was just starting to drink wine).

QOTD: Most every restaurant wine I’ve had at that price point has been a disappointment.

QOTD: There have so far only been a couple, but they weren’t bad enough to motivate me to get up now and find the names in my notebook. I tend to search for value under $30…

I picked up my pre-ordered copy of your book yesterday afternoon on my way to work (yay for locally owned bookstores!), and started it this morning. Way cool, nicely done, sweet, etc.! Definitely going to be giving copies as presents. Thanks!

Almost any Syrah or Shiraz in the $30 plus range especially from Australia. Always too overblown for me. I have had some $30 cabs that were wonderful. Still trying to like Lebanese Musar at its price point.

Love theSyrah!! tks
QOTD:,, I’ve been on a good run of late,,, can’t remember my last “bad” bottle… Good luck on all your upcoming TV appearances! 🙂

qotd….. john duval entity…

Like the back and forth on the head-to-head.

QOTD: 2001 Castello di Gabbiano Bellezza $32 at BevMo. Fortunately it was on their 5 cent sale. First one I had about a year ago was decent. Opened the other recently and it was flat, dry, short finish. Also, 2005 Testarossa Syrah Subasio Central Coast $29. Not bad, but also not exceptional. Fruity, a little spice, but a bit one dimensional.

Qotd – too many to count. Nice Citizen Kane refrence – what’s up with that?