EP 530 Gary Tastes With Warnke And Shifrin

Gary sits down with 2 of his best friends in the world and tries their wines and be prepared for a lot of stories!

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Warnke Cellars Napa MerlotNapa Merlot
2004 Warnke Cellars Napa Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet
2005 Shifrin Howell Mt ZinfandelNapa Red Zinfandel

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John__J

Fun episode I can’t even remember the QOTD

Tags: cabernet, napa, red, review, Video, wine, wines, zinfandel

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  • brorjace

    I always love the guests, and this was no different! Fun show, I am drinking a Fitou, and a Bandol today, and hoping Illinois can shock Mizzou into submission.

  • brorjace

    I always love the guests, and this was no different! Fun show, I am drinking a Fitou, and a Bandol today, and hoping Illinois can shock Mizzou into submission.

  • Fun show Gary, say Hi to you friends and next time hang out together on the couch with some cheese.

    qotd: Sadly there is no labor day in the UK and I’ll be drinking nothing this weekend. Last week I was on a conference and had lots of scottish beer and whiskey.

  • Fun show Gary, say Hi to you friends and next time hang out together on the couch with some cheese.

    qotd: Sadly there is no labor day in the UK and I’ll be drinking nothing this weekend. Last week I was on a conference and had lots of scottish beer and whiskey.

  • Rick D

    Really fun show, good friends are irreplaceable. This show got me thinking of some of the crazy sh.. I pulled with some of my high school and college friends. You should have been on the couch for Laid back? Friday. I can see you guys sitting there slugging each other in the arms.

    QOTD: I just bought some 2006 Rosenblum Petite Syrah Heritage Clones that you had on the show a few episodes ago. Have never had a Petite Syrah. I am excited about trying this wine.

  • Rick D

    Really fun show, good friends are irreplaceable. This show got me thinking of some of the crazy sh.. I pulled with some of my high school and college friends. You should have been on the couch for Laid back? Friday. I can see you guys sitting there slugging each other in the arms.

    QOTD: I just bought some 2006 Rosenblum Petite Syrah Heritage Clones that you had on the show a few episodes ago. Have never had a Petite Syrah. I am excited about trying this wine.

  • Dan Strivelli

    Wristbands… June 13, 2007. Thats when they were first seen on WLTV!!!!

  • Dan Strivelli

    Wristbands… June 13, 2007. Thats when they were first seen on WLTV!!!!

  • Eduardo

    When do you reveal us your real name? (I guess is the russian name) come on! That way we could know you better! Anyway Gary(?) or whatever your name is 😉 the thing is you rock men! we love you back here in Argentina. So keep on doing this unique show and please only one request: Do at least one episode with PETRUS, please I know is expensive, even for you, but I know I never be able to get one of these so you could try it for me. Thanx!!

  • Eduardo

    When do you reveal us your real name? (I guess is the russian name) come on! That way we could know you better! Anyway Gary(?) or whatever your name is 😉 the thing is you rock men! we love you back here in Argentina. So keep on doing this unique show and please only one request: Do at least one episode with PETRUS, please I know is expensive, even for you, but I know I never be able to get one of these so you could try it for me. Thanx!!

  • Slushpuppy

    Thanks guys: I wish you could have run the streets of Chicago with me; you would have loved it, especilly Wrigly Field. P.S. The guy on the R. looked like he was barfing every time he spit in the bucket! Best regards to you and your families.
    Smell it first!

  • Slushpuppy

    Thanks guys: I wish you could have run the streets of Chicago with me; you would have loved it, especilly Wrigly Field. P.S. The guy on the R. looked like he was barfing every time he spit in the bucket! Best regards to you and your families.
    Smell it first!

  • espressokev

    QOTD: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel. It’s pretty good stuff but over-priced. I think i like templeton rye better.

    fun show.

  • espressokev

    QOTD: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel. It’s pretty good stuff but over-priced. I think i like templeton rye better.

    fun show.

  • ev

    I watched for 36 mins to see your ‘best friends in the world’ beat the hell out of ya. Oh well.

  • ev

    I watched for 36 mins to see your ‘best friends in the world’ beat the hell out of ya. Oh well.

  • NY Pete

    Fun show to watch. Have a great weekend!

  • NY Pete

    Fun show to watch. Have a great weekend!

  • Nice to see you guys just working off each other, you can tell you’ve been around each other for a long time. The wine was secondary in this episode, but since I can’t buy it and you didn’t scroe it that’s OK!

    Normal weekend here in the U.K. – I’ve opened a German Gewürztraminer and a Turkish Öküzgözü for imbibing.

    Now to work backwards over the last 3 weeks of episodes!

  • Nice to see you guys just working off each other, you can tell you’ve been around each other for a long time. The wine was secondary in this episode, but since I can’t buy it and you didn’t scroe it that’s OK!

    Normal weekend here in the U.K. – I’ve opened a German Gewürztraminer and a Turkish Öküzgözü for imbibing.

    Now to work backwards over the last 3 weeks of episodes!

  • wayno da wino

    Yo Guys, Fuuun Episode !!! Lotta cooool Tales in da Hizzy !!! 🙂

  • wayno da wino

    Yo Guys, Fuuun Episode !!! Lotta cooool Tales in da Hizzy !!! 🙂

  • Dan-o

    Enjoyed the show!
    You could tell you guys have been together for a long time.

    QOTD – about to crack a Carmenet Moon Mountain Reserve 1999. This is not your average Carmenet product.

  • Dan-o

    Enjoyed the show!
    You could tell you guys have been together for a long time.

    QOTD – about to crack a Carmenet Moon Mountain Reserve 1999. This is not your average Carmenet product.

  • Close friends are priceless. Nuff said.

    QOTD: I’m not answering because Gary asked me to.

  • Close friends are priceless. Nuff said.

    QOTD: I’m not answering because Gary asked me to.

  • QOTD: ’06 Hidden Jewel Pinot, ’05 DeLoach Zin and ’04 Tusk ‘n Red

    Shif, Lake Norman huh? That’s my area!

  • QOTD: ’06 Hidden Jewel Pinot, ’05 DeLoach Zin and ’04 Tusk ‘n Red

    Shif, Lake Norman huh? That’s my area!

  • I like that show :-). Someone else won the Mega Millions this past week which has ruined all my plans. Heh.
    QOTD: I am drinking Chateau Pesquie Quintessence which I am liking right now.

  • I like that show :-). Someone else won the Mega Millions this past week which has ruined all my plans. Heh.
    QOTD: I am drinking Chateau Pesquie Quintessence which I am liking right now.

  • Robin C

    Entertaining episode. WineLibrary must be the best place to work.

    QOTD: We drank 2001 wines: Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Shiraz; Conn Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Limited Release; Joseph Phelps Syrah; Tenuta Vitanza Brunello di Montalcino; Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawara Shiraz; Chateau Taillefer, Pomerol; and a 2002 Inniskillin Icewine Vidal. We also tried a bottle of the Oklahoma wine Chapel Creek Reserve Meritage, but it must have been bottle shocked. We’ll wait awhile on the other bottle.

  • Robin C

    Entertaining episode. WineLibrary must be the best place to work.

    QOTD: We drank 2001 wines: Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Shiraz; Conn Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Limited Release; Joseph Phelps Syrah; Tenuta Vitanza Brunello di Montalcino; Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawara Shiraz; Chateau Taillefer, Pomerol; and a 2002 Inniskillin Icewine Vidal. We also tried a bottle of the Oklahoma wine Chapel Creek Reserve Meritage, but it must have been bottle shocked. We’ll wait awhile on the other bottle.

  • Mike Poppa

    I have a 2000 Wolf Blass Cab/Shiraz in my wine fridge. Had it once before a couple of years ago. I remember it being a big explosive wine.

  • Mike Poppa

    I have a 2000 Wolf Blass Cab/Shiraz in my wine fridge. Had it once before a couple of years ago. I remember it being a big explosive wine.

  • KVolk

    QOTD: beer weekend with a trip to my son’s college……..

    Gary really great show….I like the glimpse into your life and how strong the bond is between you and your friends….thanks for sharing…..

  • KVolk

    QOTD: beer weekend with a trip to my son’s college……..

    Gary really great show….I like the glimpse into your life and how strong the bond is between you and your friends….thanks for sharing…..

  • Phil M’Glassup

    Charming. As a loyal customer, it’s great to see the guys who make it happen and naming wines for them is an apt tribute. Well maybe not at those price points.
    Anyway, hope the entire winelibrary staff gets to show up sooner or later for a well-deserved curtain call.

  • Phil M’Glassup

    Charming. As a loyal customer, it’s great to see the guys who make it happen and naming wines for them is an apt tribute. Well maybe not at those price points.
    Anyway, hope the entire winelibrary staff gets to show up sooner or later for a well-deserved curtain call.

  • neutron212

    QOTD: ill being drinking whatever my peeps are serving at the party im just looking to get messed up

  • neutron212

    QOTD: ill being drinking whatever my peeps are serving at the party im just looking to get messed up

  • Anonymous

    PHENOMENAL episode. It was so enjoyable to watch all of the banter and the “storytime” with Brandon and Bobby. It was real. Fantastic.

    QOTD: I had a customer tonight that was my previous boss and a master sommelier. He let me taste all of the wines that he brought in, including Krug Grand Cuvee, a 1999 Chapelle Chambertin Gran Cru, 1994 Heitz Cellars Cab., and a 1988 Cos d’Estournel.

  • YoungDave

    PHENOMENAL episode. It was so enjoyable to watch all of the banter and the “storytime” with Brandon and Bobby. It was real. Fantastic.

    QOTD: I had a customer tonight that was my previous boss and a master sommelier. He let me taste all of the wines that he brought in, including Krug Grand Cuvee, a 1999 Chapelle Chambertin Gran Cru, 1994 Heitz Cellars Cab., and a 1988 Cos d’Estournel.

  • Ilse

    A very nice show…once in a while a truely fun show is really enjoyable.
    In Spain we do not have this labour weekend (we have labour day on 1st May), but local “fiestas” with corrida and encierro (when the bulls run to the bull ring …and loads of “stupid” people risk their lives running in front of them), and so, we had mainly beer and at lunch a nice pink cava.

  • Ilse

    A very nice show…once in a while a truely fun show is really enjoyable.
    In Spain we do not have this labour weekend (we have labour day on 1st May), but local “fiestas” with corrida and encierro (when the bulls run to the bull ring …and loads of “stupid” people risk their lives running in front of them), and so, we had mainly beer and at lunch a nice pink cava.

  • Yvette W

    Really great show!

  • Yvette W

    Really great show!

  • Fun show! We always need more dirt (or should I say, poop) on Vee.

    QOTD – for our Labor Day party, we had a 2005 Bella Lily Hill Estate (Dry Creek Valley) zinfandel and a 2004 Fielding Hills merlot (Wahluke Slope – Wa State) to go with our roasted pork loin (seasoned with cinnamon, nutmet, garlic, onion, etc) and fruit chutney, roasted rosemary potatoes, fresh green beans with pine nuts, bacon, and balsamic, and artisan bread. The Bella zinfandel and the pork loin/chutney absolutely KILLED!!! And the merlot…. if you haven’t tried a Fielding Hills merlot, you need to. Thanks to Sean and Kenny for their fabulous hospitality!

  • Fun show! We always need more dirt (or should I say, poop) on Vee.

    QOTD – for our Labor Day party, we had a 2005 Bella Lily Hill Estate (Dry Creek Valley) zinfandel and a 2004 Fielding Hills merlot (Wahluke Slope – Wa State) to go with our roasted pork loin (seasoned with cinnamon, nutmet, garlic, onion, etc) and fruit chutney, roasted rosemary potatoes, fresh green beans with pine nuts, bacon, and balsamic, and artisan bread. The Bella zinfandel and the pork loin/chutney absolutely KILLED!!! And the merlot…. if you haven’t tried a Fielding Hills merlot, you need to. Thanks to Sean and Kenny for their fabulous hospitality!

  • Great show on my birthday and I finally get to see Brandon. A great guy. Yes, a fun show today.

    QOTD: Last night (8/31) I had an ’05 Bordeaux with our anniversary dinner and on my birthday (8/29) I celebrated with a nice Chianti at my local favorite Italian restaurant.

    Cheers to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great country.

    Dom

  • Great show on my birthday and I finally get to see Brandon. A great guy. Yes, a fun show today.

    QOTD: Last night (8/31) I had an ’05 Bordeaux with our anniversary dinner and on my birthday (8/29) I celebrated with a nice Chianti at my local favorite Italian restaurant.

    Cheers to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great country.

    Dom

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