I have Gen1 & Gen2. Even more special than that, I’ve got a Mott Link it up! tee. 🙂

there goes italian week. oh well

QOTD: The bottle I have open is a 2007 Norton Malbec.

I have the first gen wrist band.

I have all 4 gen wristbands.

Have the original wristband.

QOTD: Château de Pellehaut Harmonie de Gascogne. Made with 40% Ugni Blanc, 20% Gros Manseng, 20% Colombard, 15% Chardonnay and 5% Sauvignon Blanc.

Have the original wristband.

QOTD: Château de Pellehaut Harmonie de Gascogne. Made with 40% Ugni Blanc, 20% Gros Manseng, 20% Colombard, 15% Chardonnay and 5% Sauvignon Blanc.

Sweet show, i need that first gen wristband!!

QOTD: Been diggin on the Grgich hills lately.

Le Baron Ranch School Car Petite Syrah from Russian River. It’s a pretty good wine with low alcohol 13.5%. Your shows lately have really been rocking it, keep up the great work!!

QOTD: GaryV, we follow your lead and try a bit of everything! Some of our wine buddies have been making fun of us lately, since our wine cellar has so many different varietals. Since it’s summer, we’ve been sipping more whites and bubblies — lots of sancerre, riesling, vouvrays. I’ve also been on an Italian red wine kick, especially loving the ones I find that are super dry and/or have big tannins. And, we’ve always got some Washington wines on hand, since they’re so easy to come by here in the Seattle area.

QOTD: Right now I’ve been drinking any malbec I can get my hands on, not much to have here in my small town…Just got a half case of wine from wine.woot.com looking forward to popping open a peter wellington.

Great show Gary. Sorry i wasn’t showing the love last time I posted. I guess I was in a really bad place.

QOTD: Actually all of the new wines I got from WL were pretty awesome and a hit with the girlfriend. You have drawn me to new grapes and tasting experiences out of my norm. Loving the malbecs, viognier and tocai. Wish i could go back and get a few cases of LA Winery’s le Muscle but its sold out. i knew i should have bought it when you had the free shipping….

About number 4 — i was looking at an older show on Italian wines the other day (Nero Dâ??avola Wines – Episode #385) and you called out on Farve and hated on him, even called him Clemensesque in a negative way…. Well I guess he’s OUR Clemens now. LOL

QOTD – Woodbridge Robert Mondavi 2007 Pinot Grigio.

QOTD: Right now I’m drinking water. Yum.

Drink anything good lately?

Hmm, I enjoyed a glass of 1994 Dow’s Vintage Port the other night…that was good!

@Greg: I agree. That’s why I’ll probably wait to watch the (recorded) episode rather than get the ‘sneak peak’ on UStream.

Just tried 3 wines as sort of my own mini tasting (With thanks to the thunder show for the inspiration)
Blackstone Winery 2005 Syrah (Cali)
Red bicyclette, 2005 syrah (france)
(and my guilty pleasure all time fav.)
The little penguin 2006 shiraz (australia)

I wanted to see if I could see a huge between the countries…since they were all around the same price point. My fav at first was the Red Bicyclette, but after another 30 min of decanting the Little penguin once again rocked my socks. I might take some heat for that, but hey its AWESOME for the price I got it at 🙂

Between the three you can start to see what the difference between the countries, France was a little more earthy and dark, the aussies did it big and bold and cali had a hybrid of the two.

Keep em coming!!!

Great show. I will definitely seek out the Rosenblum.

QOTD: 2004 Bennett Lane Merlot, Vinho Verde, and 2005 Decoy.

Great show. I will definitely seek out the Rosenblum.

QOTD: 2004 Bennett Lane Merlot, Vinho Verde, and 2005 Decoy.

QOTD: Mayo 2004 Petite Sirah. It’s delicious.

Hi, I’m mainly a lurker, but today’s show was fabulous.
I’m primarily a Zin drinker, but I bought a case of the
Rosenblum Heritage Clones a couple of months ago and shared
some with friends…delicious!
I stopped in a store in Vermont today and picked up a bottle
of Incognito Red, a bottle of Folie a Deux Zin (love Menage
a troix), and then the proprietor whispered something about
some Turley in the back room…Well, I left with a 2006
Juvinile, a 2006 Duarte, and a 2006 Old Vines…So, in
answer to your QOD…I’m drinking Delicious Reds!!!
But more normally, I’ve got a Cycles Gladiator Cabernet
open (not bad for a $6 bottle!), and have a Castillero
Del Diablo Carmenere 2007 that I had planned to open tonight.

QOTD: Been enjoying many of the wines that have shown up on the free shipping deals 🙂

We have been trying some older ports that have been sitting in the cellar for a long time. Very pleased with them.

I also have been drinking some new (to me) Belgian beers.

QOTD: I’ve fallen in love with Brunello, and have been drinking and buying them up. Tonight I think I might try the 2001 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, mainly to see if I like it enough to buy some more while still available at the LWS. Otherwise trying to cut back on the daily drinker approach to wine, save it up for special bottles.

Gary, I found your tasting notes of the Rosenblum somewhat interesting. I was really expecting the oak monster to make an appearance. The last bottle I had of this was vanilla for days on the nose, and had a very over-oaked finish. The odd thing for me was the previous bottle of the same wine I had none of those thoughts. I wonder what’s going on there.

QOTD: I’ve fallen in love with Brunello, and have been drinking and buying them up. Tonight I think I might try the 2001 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, mainly to see if I like it enough to buy some more while still available at the LWS. Otherwise trying to cut back on the daily drinker approach to wine, save it up for special bottles.

Gary, I found your tasting notes of the Rosenblum somewhat interesting. I was really expecting the oak monster to make an appearance. The last bottle I had of this was vanilla for days on the nose, and had a very over-oaked finish. The odd thing for me was the previous bottle of the same wine I had none of those thoughts. I wonder what’s going on there.

QOTD: Been drinking mostly scotch these days. I like the smokey ones from Islay especially (Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Laphroig).