QOTD: Never had an AZ wine. I think about oppressively hot temps when I think about AZ. Sign me up for the secret pack.

Never had an AZ wine…they’re a little hard to come by in Europe!

QOTD: I think of driving in the desert and looking at the cacti when my family was there for a trip.

YAY…ARIZONA! I’m a ‘Zonie, thanks Gary for checking us out. I’ve tried several wines at a local arts festival, overall I liked the whites more than the reds. Another vote to try and get Maynard on the show.

Real Hot, Damn Hot, Crock Pot cookin hot

I think that you should track the different states or regions that appear on your show and have rankings, based on an average of the wines on that show. I think that Arizona would be in the #1 slot. That island in Canada would probably be in last. You could post the rankings on a board behind your table when you do one of these shows. It would really add some more competition to the fun.

QOTD – I had a number of Arizona wines when I lived in Tucson. But I don’t remember the names because it was 15 years ago. Haven’t had one since.

Happy birthday Sasha! No Arizona wines yet…..I think of the Road Runner….Beep Beep!

Not had any zona wines yet.

Happy Belated Birthday, Sasha! Good show, G! Arizona wines are definitely shaking up the scene. Let us know when you want to tour the wine country over here. Namaste. The PodChicks.

Good show!
Never had an AZ wine.
QOTD – When I think abou AZ, I think about the Grand Canyon!

QOTD: I have never tasted Arizona wine, but then again I am very new to the wine world. When I think of Arizona I think of turquoise, sand and buffalo skulls.

Gary,

May I suggest that you experiment and change your stemware? I have noticed that you use the same glasses for Chards, Zins, Cabs etc. Yet, the stemware can have a huge impact on how you perceive a wine. Don’t believe me? Try a Chardonnay in a Riedel Montrachet No. Ref. 416/97 glass and then try it in a Riedel Bordeaux Ref. No. 416/0 glass. May I suggest you do a side by side comparrison of the same wine in different glasses on your show? I have has the same Cab in a typical winery tasting room glass which tasted like it had the “Oak Monster” and then had it in a Riedel Bordeaux glass and it then seemed to bring the wine into balance and rightly display its fruit qualities.

Ciao!

Erik Wait
“Adventures in Wine Tasting”

QOTD – while not truly an AZ wine yet (fruit is from Cali) I have had the Caduceus (Maynard Keenan’s wine) viognier/shiraz blend, which was a knockout (and about $40). I have a bottle of that super tuscan like blend of his in the cellar here, still waiting to pop it. Can’t wait to try it, just haven’t had the right occassion. Looking forward to trying his AZ fruit wines when they are ready, but I think it’ll still be a few years.

QOTD: I never had an Arizona wine but I always remember going to Compton Terrace to see concerts. It was a pretty cool place to see a show. I also had the pleasure of the seeing the Phoenix Lights back in 1996 which is a well documented UFO sighting.

haha good episode,

I pretty instantly have a vision of of rocky desert terrain with big open sky.

QOTD: I’ve never had an Arizona wine. What do I think about it? Well, if Arizona can produce interesting well-made wine, go for it. And if Wine Library sells it, I might buy some. I would definitely try the Calahan – it sounds like my kind of wine.

I have never had an Arizona wine, but when I think of Arizona, I think of sunsets.

Was in Arizona last year, went to Sedona for a couple of those days and visited several tasting rooms that only serve AZ wines, reds were good, brought some home..they need to come down on price some to ever buy again.

I think you should hop on a plane, there’s some great stuff going on in the AZ wine industry. Take a ride in our WINOBAGO and we can share it all with you!
– Arizona Grape Escapes

“Wine gets better with AGE”

One of the best wines I’ve enjoyed was a late picked wine in the late 90’s made by Callaghan. Kent, would love to taste a similar one again.

I live here and have not tried an AZ wine, how embarrassing. When I think about AZ I think it is a wonderful place to live.

One of my favorite wines that i always have a bottle in the fridge is Gruet Blanc de Noirs – a steal for such a delicious sparkler. But I haven’t had any still AZ wines yet.
QOTD: Party schools and New Age strangeness. Not a fair or balanced picture for sure.

QOTD: GUILTY- never had an Arizona wine.
QOTD 2: The wrong choice for the next US President.

QotD: Nope, never had one. I think about golf!!

Great show Gary. I have never tried a wine from Arizona, but I am going there next week so I’m certainly going to seek some out.