QOTD: Volunteered from Vias Imports 25th Anniversary party and got to pour some serious Brunellos and drink them too! Great experience!

Yeh.

No story, I just find them overprised for how much I like thm

Lurkers of the world unite!

QOTD….Only had a few Brunellos and they were at tastings…so hence little food to let the wine work with…maybe some down the road….of course now prices will go up with controversy…sigh!

Great show, love Brunello, love the blind tastings! May I suggest the next blind tasting be double blind, it is fun to see you try to pinpoint where the wine is from, what the varietal is, the pricepoint, etc. I think it’s been quite a while since the last double blind show, but I remember you pretty much nailing every wine, very impressive.

Q-The first one I tried was a few years ago and it was great. Loved them ever since, just hate the prices!

Great show. Love the blinds, would like to see at least one a week.

QOTD: Don’t have one yet because the price seems steep to have such a high strike out rate, plus I hate to wait.

Uh oh a lurker is commenting…..

I have never had one!

Gary, cool episode. I have not tried brunello yet but I am sure someday when I am feeling spendy I will splurge.
QOTD- After watching one of the earlier Brunello episodes I went to the local warehouse liquor store. I was excited to find a bottle of Brunello, I looked at the price tag and put it back on the shelf. The end.

QOTD: I can’t recall the last one, but I have a ’99 Pertimali at home waiting for the perfect opportunity.

I love the “3 blind wines” reference, so in lieu of a story, here’s a Vayniak-inspired poem:

Three blind wines
Three blind wines
See how they smell
See how they taste
They all smell like an old carving knife
They taste like cherries and warm brown spice
Do you ever drink something new in your life
Like three blind wines

Yeah, like the blind.

QOTD: Ashamed to say I’ve never had one.

Definately a good episode, blind is interesting.

SOTD – I’m sad to say I don’t have one….yet 🙂

Love the blind tastings!
QOTD: best brunello…..visiting Tuscany last Thanksgiving…going to Montalcino and visiting a very small organic/biodynamic called SanPolino and drinking some kiss — wine 🙂

Have only had two Brunello’s and while I liked them I also would rather spend 1/2 or 1/3 less on a good Cali Sangiovese like a Chatom or a Noceto and call it good.
QOTD…no story but keep on with the blind tasting also after almost 500 episodes how about a double blind tasting I think it would be FUN!

No Brunello story YET!!!

I wish i even knew where my old wrestlers were..esp the old finger/thumb wrestlers..those were fun..

oh…Brian changes his name to Kreepy Freek from now on 😉

QOTD-
One day I was watching WLTV and Gary Vaynerchuk did a blind Brunello tasting and I thought, “hmm… they look nice. Must put that on my list of Wines to look out for.” Then I wrote a comment and the next day I probably thought “what was the name of that Italian wine on WLTV yesterday?” so I had to go back the the website to remember. I wrote it down then ended up watching some back episodes of WLTV. A few weeks later I bought a bottle of Brunello, but it wasn’t one of the ones Gary tasted because I can never find them. It was very nice. Then everyone lived happily ever after and Mott married the Oak Monster and we all drank Lemonade.
The End.

I don’t have a Brunello story yet.

QOTD: I don’t have a Brunello story. Maybe someday.

SOTD: Small restaurant in Rome. 1 night stopover from working in Algeria. Had the most amazing subtle lemon pasta and then some veal. All that is best about Italian food. Bring together the best possible ingredients and then get the f*$k out of the way. Wish I could remember the name of the wine, but I do remember it being a Brunello.

QOTD: Mine is a bad brunello story, unfortunately. Our local fancy restaurant has “Half-Price Wine Night” on Mondays. We decided to go, and I got all excited because I was going to be a baller and order Brunello. So I scoured their wine list online beforehand and picked out exactly the one I wanted. It was listed at $180, but at half-price I figured what the hell.

We got there and I ordered, and they said “oh, the half-price special doesn’t apply to wines over $100.” D’oh! What’s the point, then??

Yo!!! I can’t believe you called Popeye a “Jerkoff”!!!!! How rude!!!!!

Never had one yet…and wondering what will happen next week if the Feds turn a thumbs down on them.

Love the blind tastings, keep ’em coming.

QOTD: Dont have one yet

Hey Gary – thanks for the show. I noticed you didn’t talk about aging Brunellos? Are the wines you tasted today ready to drink – or how long should we cellar them if we were to buy any?

QOTD – no brunello story yet. I had one – it was good. Is that a story?