Wow! Doug Williams not only wins Super Bowl XXII but he wins the A.J. contest too.

Do regular MOTT shows- More On That Tomorrow.
Don’t change the opening of your show. It lets us know we’re at the right place.

Thanks for the revisit on the Grange. Right now, 24 hours later, might be the equivalent of the wine’s “dumb stage.” (Short, dry finish, disjointed.) Save some for tomorrow. We all deserve a second chance, or a third….

QOTD: A lot of Australian shiraz change considerably for the better after a day. Young Eileen Hardy, Kay’s Amory, Clarendon Hills, and yes, Grange, are less monolithic and less oaky after air time. Or simply wait 8-12 years, if you can.

AJ was born in ’87, which was a great year for Cal-cabs. Opened an ’87 La Jota Howell Mountain last night. At 21 years, it’s getting close to its due date.

Grenadine from maraschino cherries.

HILARIOUS!!!

When you were describing the smell of the Penfolds, the first thing that came to my mind was Skunkor. I love He-Man. BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!!!!

Be careful changing the into. It is a big part of the show. Instead of just changing the intro, develop two new intros then let the Vayniacs vote for 1) New Intro #1 2) New Intro #2 3) current. Those who vote for the winner get a wristband or other fabulous prize.

It’s not a fine wine, but a Hidden Valley pinotage opened up dramaically the second day. The banana peel nose had surely arrived.

I havent read the comments, but i assume you are talking about stinkor, not skunkor 😉

Gary,
thanks for the scoring explanation. I’m wondering…would our friend from Oaktown remain if you were to age the wine for 5-10 years?

I appreciate how malleable you are with the show: always changing this, trying that, and keeping it fresh.

I don’t know where scratch and sniff technology is at these days, but it would be really cool if somehow you could send out some wine scratch and sniffs…or a variety of flavor profiles to be sniffed in combination to equal what you’re smelling. You would tell us, “ok, smell the cranberry, then the chocolate, and some cassis, that’s what this smells like!”

QOTD: 2003 Vin De Table Du Vaucluse White imported by Kermit Lynch
Initially, it had good structure and many components I enjoy in a French white: slighty astringent, pleasant minerality, but the flavor was a bit fuzzy. Retrieved it from the fridge the next day, and somehow it was much more focused and enjoyable. It was almost a completely different wine.

Interesting show

Giddy Up Gary!!!

Interesting show, I’m surprised the Grange didn’t fade more after a day of decanting. QOTD: 05 Rosenblum Kick Ranch syrah, was awesome the first night and took a huge nose dive the next day.

GV – Hope all is well (I keep changing my user id – sorry!) QOTD – I had a cheapy CDR – Garrigues I think, something like that. It was so damn tight – no fruit or shape – just backbone. I left that puppy out for a day and a half and came back to a great great wine. Awesome.

AJ was born on January 28, 1987. It was a Wednesday.

WEIRD – Gary, I was doing EXACTLY the same thing with Pol Roger 1999 Champagne! I opened a bottle last night and thought it was a bit young, very zesty fruit and a bit bitter with a lot of lemon and lime pith flavours and I didn’t finish it.

Then trying it tonight after being open for 24 hours, it has lemon marmalade aromas, and it is a bit like an older champagne on the palate with rich biscuit flavours coming through but still a bit thin on fruit. It still has the bubbles too, not a vibrant as yesterday, but more attractive.

Love the show but can’t help you with He-Man toys. I traded all mine for original Star Wars toys in the late eighties. Still have them too!

Never had a wine a day later, they never survive that long with me!
I do often find that they get nicer the more I drink though
; )

I saw an Irish wine today, Gary. Might pick some up and send you a bottle!
Would you do it on the show if I did?
If you’re interested email me the address to send it to.

i have Stinkor (not Skunkor). He is lackin’ a little bit on the stink. Now all i need is some 24 hour old Grange. I’ll be right over

By the power of Grayskull its Stinkor not Skunkor ! 😉

Great Show Gary.

Intriguing show, nice to see evolution in action!

QOTD – Nothing immediately springs to mind, sorry.

Actually I had the opposite experience…I had opened a bottle of Cab Sauv from a finger lakes winery, Miles, and let it breathe in the bottle for about three hours…I was very dissapointed with the results….since I had bought a second bottle, I popped and poured so to speak and really enjoyed it.Maybe every wine is not meant to be de-canted….

Great show, Gary. I have to say, I love these shows with higher end wines! Please mix more of them in the rotation… Also, how about a re-tasting of Slave2theVine (Kirk’s) Teachworth?? Would really love to see that. Cheers.

Gary, if you want to avoid looking to your right all the time to keep checking up on uStream, why not change around the setup so the camera you use to tape the show is right alongside your computer. That would also solve the problem that if your computer’s webcam is streaming the show on uStream, it’s recording only the side of your head.

This way, you could peek over at your monitor while still almost looking directly at your main camera.

Dany
http://raad.wordpress.com

Thundercats are awesome and I vote to keep the intro.

Good question Of the day…I can’t be VERY specific, but I’ve had some bordeaux that was Very very tight on the nose and the palate and after a day It was a WHOLE new wine.. like 20 Dollar bottles.. Nothing Super expensive.. Some (i know I am being too vague here) Italian wines open up a lot after 24 hours.. Hmm.. I’ll try to be more specific next time.

aka mike in Nebraska

Yo G, Fuuun Episode !! Don’t got no “skunkoorz” here in da shizzle ta
send Ya…… 🙂

qotd: Had a loooot of vinos that got better da next day……..a very
interestin’ phenomena…………….