I’ve been away for awhile; but this was a great show to come back to! Just now, coincidentally, I’m drinking an Eaglepoint Ranch Petit Syrah ’05 — YUM. In general, lately I’ve been drinking Spanish wines from Ribera del Duero, Jumilla and La Mancha as well as some really surprising Cotes de Ventoux.

1st genration wrist band! QOD – Bridge Press Cab 2005 from Spokane, WA…best in the city!

QOTD…wink, wink, nod, nod. Just had the ’07 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier blend. Tasty summer treat for $11. WL sells it for $10.

I have all four gen bands. Woot for me.

QOTD: 2004 Quinta da Cortezia Touriga Nacional

Gary this episode KILLED it. I will go seek out that last one ftw.

P.S. I do have all the wristbands cuz thats how i roll.

QOTD:
-More beer lately…I am high on Bell-haven Scottish Ale it is killer.

QOTD- Sta. Rita Hills pinots, Napa cabs and the B & B’s of Italy (Brunellos and Barolo’s)

Looking forward to the Rosenblum Petit Syrah.
I have the original wristband, and the 2nd wristband, but then I ran out of wrists.
QOTD: at the moment, I am drinking 2006 Morgan’s Garys’ Vineyard Pinot Noir. Pretty good, but at $62.00 retail, it’s not such a good deal. If memory serves, Rippon Pinot Noir for $40.00 is comparable in taste.

What am I drinking? Anything I can get my hands on! But I have been trying new stuff I’ve never had before, such as Gigondas, but I find that a nice cool white wine really suits my pal, like the Acacia chard, the Beringer Knights Valley alluvium blanc, but I also have a soft spot for Smith-Madrone cab. Great show, will try some petite sirah, keep up the good work.

QOTD: Malbecs, Carmeneres, Chianti, HopBack Amber Ale, Svedka & OJ, Caipirinhas. Pretty good rotation under my $100/month booze budget if I do say so myself.

I have no wristbands 🙁 but I love the thunder! Love what you’re bringing GV, keep up the good work!

ps. sorry about that reciever clowney that my skinnys injured.

QOTD. Drinking Washington reds, especially some of the red blends. Delicious and incredible QRP. Drinking Italian whites, seeking out obscure grape varieties. Great acidity, wonderful golden fruit flavors, perfect with food.

QOTD. Drinking Washington reds, especially some of the red blends. Delicious and incredible QRP. Drinking Italian whites, seeking out obscure grape varieties. Great acidity, wonderful golden fruit flavors, perfect with food.

QOTD: I am drinking, Allover the place, ORE Chard, WA Viongier, ITA Barolo

LOL @ (I’m paraphrasing you here) “Have you seen the price of hamburgers these days, Mott?”
QOTD: Summer…we’ve been drinking a lot of wine at the beach. Friulanos, Alberinos, Roses. Our beach group tries to meet at least one night a week for dinner, great cheeses and wine on the beach.

QotD: Well, I’ve mostly been drinking the homemade Sangio lately due to budgetary constrictions, but tonight I actually broke out a bottle of Côtes du Rhône Villages that I picked up last time I was in France.

Oh, and I know you didn’t ask what I’ve been eating, but I gotta mention the Pluots that I got at the farmer’s market this week. Good stuff.

QOTD: Not too much unfortunately – we’re trying for a little one so it’s tough to open a bottle and have to drink it all myself.

Great show GV. Definitely going to pick up a bottle of the Rosenblum.

Enjoyed the show. I used to drink Ridge’s petite sirah back in the day, but I haven’t had a petite sirah since I almost gagged on a poor effort from Bogle, that tasted like gasoline. Perhaps I’ll give the grape another chance.

QOTD: Actually, I have been drinking through the case of Monteviejo Petite Fleur that I picked up at Wine Library earlier this summer. Goes great with beef. And of course, some really nice roses that are killer with grilled shrimp and salmon prepared in any fashion.

Love Petite Sirah – drank my last bottle of Ridge 2000 last week, it was stunning. QOTD – I’m drinking Brew Dog beers and tomorrow some Tasmanian wines.

qotd: Metromint Spearmint water & some Sancerre & Napa Cabs tonight baby!

I liked Prager’s Petite Sirah port (vintage?) I found reasonably priced at Bottle Barn. Petite Sirah is too chalky/tannic for me a lot of the time.

I have an original wrist band, but no 4th gen.

QOTD – we just had our wedding reception last Saturday, so I am pretty “drunk out”! We greatly enjoyed a few magnums of Anvil Red, a wonderful red blend from Forgeron Cellars in Walla Walla. We also had a 1998 Stags Leap SLV cab, which rocked and was our wedding toast wine, a 2003 Cosentino Napa Valley Reserve Cab from Vallegra Vineyard (also rocked), a 2004 Bella Lily Hill Estate zinfandel (so much thunder it burned my shorts off in a freak act of spontaneous combustion!!), a 2002 Townshend Cellars cab franc (Columbia Valley fruit, and a big wine with a wonderful coffee/toffee nose and finish to go along with blueberry and cinnamon components)…. and hmmmmm…. I honestly don’t remember what we were drinking later….. in fact, I don’t even remember “later”!

Thanks for the show Gary! We need to have another get together in the city.

QQTD: I am actually doing a blind tasting with my parents and GF this weekend on some Chardonnay you have already rated: Estancia, Koehler 05, Tolosa 06.

Great show! Thanks for the belated shout-out for John F.

We just had a Chateau Prignac 2005. Not too shabby and worked well with food.

I love to learn this stuff! Right now I am drinking something new every week and loving it…tonight was a white from Chile.

“. . . whether they like it or not!” Great show. Like a good woman, it’s hard to find a good Petite Syrah. I, too, bought six bottles of Foppiano based on rants and raves and was not impressed. I still have five bottles remaining.

Pre-QOTD: Yes, I’m part of Generation One with the original wristband.

QOTD: I start off the evening with either the Oyster Bay SB or your highly recommended Koehler. Yum

As for red, I have been pounding some serious Zins like Haywood and the 2001 C.G. Aries.

P.S. I want to open this 2001 Gravner that I won in the Italian Pack in your Food auction. A hundred bone white wine is enticing.

Cheers

“. . . whether they like it or not!” Great show. Like a good woman, it’s hard to find a good Petite Syrah. I, too, bought six bottles of Foppiano based on rants and raves and was not impressed. I still have five bottles remaining.

Pre-QOTD: Yes, I’m part of Generation One with the original wristband.

QOTD: I start off the evening with either the Oyster Bay SB or your highly recommended Koehler. Yum

As for red, I have been pounding some serious Zins like Haywood and the 2001 C.G. Aries.

P.S. I want to open this 2001 Gravner that I won in the Italian Pack in your Food auction. A hundred bone white wine is enticing.

Cheers