Strat kicks some serious thunder. Awesome to see a novice come in and get down n dirty with the wines. Good stuff and I liked the whole idea of the labels because labels catch my eye, too. Not sure Ive actually bought a wine on label alone, but I know the big ones jump out at me. QOTD: Kurt Schwitters. Dude was awesome. I mean he made the merzbau! The dada movement was def. some off the wall stuff which is right up my alley.

what a fantastic show.

qotd: samuel mockbee RIP

qotd: Ill go “weekend” as weekend till the day I posted hah.

A Mendoza Malbec Rose…which reminded me of a rose, by pascual Toso relly interesting

a Tempranillo, 2002, Ribera del duero, too over concentrated with prune juice

Hautes Cotes de Beaune 2006 Pinot Noir, very young lots of acidity bouncing around with tomato stalk/juice and of course pinot fruit a Gary V wine

and a Half bottle of Champagne that I love

dude, right on with the philly cheese steak pairing. I had an open chinon that was alot like what your describing, not as interesting but similar style, and my buddy, who doesnt normally drink wine espeically not vegetal earthy wine, brought over a philly cheese steak. I had him drink a glass of the chinon with it ( I had the same thought process as you, with the peppers and shrooms play) and he loved it.

This wine is from Penedes…IT IS NOT FROM PRIORAT!!! Two different DO’s, very different grapes. Both are in Cataluña but are a good 60 miles apart. Penedes = white wines, cava, etc. Priorat = big, dark, red wines. FWIW, most whites from Priorat are garnacha blanca.

I’ve never had the 2005 but the 2007 is an awesome wine too, will definitely benefit from some time sideways but drinks really well now.

PENEDES, PENEDES, PENEDES.

Excellent episode, Gary. Great to see a newbie learning so quickly; “a natural”. Will seek the white.

I was thinking a corned beef sandwich would go good with the Pinot/Cab Franc blend.

My favorite graphic designer is Lori Herder from Yum Creative. She has just finished my logo for my new company and the buisness cards should be in with in the next week. You rock kido.

http://www.calgarywineschool.com I will have the new logo up soon. Thanks for checking it out.

Have not had these wines, have a bottle of JA Sau Blanc in cellar. Guest learn the difference between where New York and New Jersey is for a start.. QOTD-None really (like Frank Lyold Wrights work) http://www.winelx.com

Good concept for a show. GV – seems like you were hating on the guest a little bit

Nice work by Alex. Good informative episode.

hah I had tried wines but didn’t know about them…I did know about Gary and was trying to learn!

Thank you

Thank you! I’ve worked on that a bit…I was really tired and didn’t know what to expect!

Thank you. Originally they were going to provide me with some wine labels to discuss. When i showed up I was set upon the WL (it’s HUGE btw) I only had 15min to find some interesting labels. Yes my explanations were fairly basic but it was also on the spot