OWW MAN, love the new wrist bands, how can I get one???

QOTD: I want to get more into these wines…I need to!!

Very good from an italian view..I myself as a southern American from Arkansas would perfer our state wines. Please visit these links to find out more about them. My company provides entertainment to all types of events in Arkansas, so we have seen a variety of wines from all over the world.

Post Familie Winery
http://www.postfamilie.com ,One of my favorites is the “Red Muscadine”
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Wiederkehr Wine Cellars
http://www.wiederkehrwines.com/ ,Try the “Alpine Burgundy”

QOTD: I’ve had Montepulciano d?Abruzzo, Brunello di Montalcino, and Rosso di Montalcino. I don’t think I’ve tried any Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The few Montepulciano d?Abruzzo were meh. The Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino rocked. Bring on some Vino Nobile to expand my palate.

Not too familiar with Nobile. Had regular ol montepulciano, buts thats no the same right? I like the style Italians have with their wine though, Brunello and other funky wines especially.

Gary –

Haven’t had a Nobile di Montepulciano. Sound like serious wines worth exploring. Been drinking a lot of whites and roses of late, but with Fall/Winter on the way, I can feel the urge to go for some big reds. I think the Poliziano would be more appealing to me. Not much into the “poopy-poop”!

Miami…??

I drove all the way to Asbury Park a couple weeks ago and guess what.

Exactly!!!

Care to explain Vay-ner-chuk

I was drinking an interesting Montepulciano d’Abruzzo while watching the show, but closer to the nobile, i have been blown away by a verduno pelaverga (do ut des; ascheri) for a couple weeks now. I had it with a nice provencal grill out and was flabbergasted by the complexities at the price of $18.

QOTD: We used to drink alot of red Italian wines. Maybe my palate is changing, but I’m just not enjoying them as much. Their quality seems to have slipped.

Great Show!!!

I greatly look forward to the new wristband becoming available.

QOTD: I wish they were more widely available. At a ~$20 price point, I’d always be interested in trying something new that could theoretically rival a ~$50-60 Brunello.

–RH

I agree with others who mentioned the mispronunciation. It would be most helpful, Gary, if you would go over the names of varietals/areas/labels before taping, so that you don’t pass on the wrong pronunciation. It can be quite embarrassing and/or confusing to order wines in a restaurant setting and use the wrong words – one is way more likely to get better service if one can at least pronounce what is desired.

I agree with others who mentioned the mispronunciation. It would be most helpful, Gary, if you would go over the names of varietals/areas/labels before taping, so that you don’t pass on the wrong pronunciation. It can be quite embarrassing and/or confusing to order wines in a restaurant setting and use the wrong words – one is way more likely to get better service if one can at least pronounce what is desired.

I generally hate Italian reds but there have been a few exceptions.
I’ll certainly look out for those ones!

I’m glad people noticed Gary’s mistake… Montepulciano producers are probably crossing him right now, since calling their wines Montalcino is as bad as calling Champagne wines Cava…

Going to Italy in November for an art and wine tour. Excited to try these Montepulciano…not montalcino!!! wines.

Love me some sangiovese, VNdM (Montalcino?) included … had a very nice Avignonesi at Volare in Chicago over the winter, and a decent if not mindblowing Canneto awhile back.

So help me, I even like Villa Antinori, and I’d probably drink a lot more of it if it weren’t so stupidly priced.

Haven’t had a Montepulciano in a very long time, now that I think about it.

Good show. Totally agree V Nobile is way under the radar (thank God something in Europe is). Compared to Brunellos, Barbarescos and Barolos, they are a steal. Hopefully it stays that way awhile.

qotd: I’ve only had one called “Tenuta” I think. It was a 2001 riserva and it was very good indeed.

Gary, What is Montalcino ?? Isn’t it Mont-el-pulci-ano ?

QOTD: never had ’em, but always looking to expand the palate!

I think the good people of Montepulciano would be offended to hear you refer to their prized wine as Vino Nobile de Montalcino. As I’m sure you know they are two different hill towns, each using sangiovese in theor own great way. Brunello from Montalcino and Vino Nobile from Montepulciano.

Love your shows.

Aja1

So??????? How do we get the new “Vayner Nation” wristband? I’m a collector!

QOTD: I have not found an Italian wine that I really have enjoyed so thanks for a new type for me to seek out………

We love the Italian reds. We visited both Montepulciano and Montalcino last year. It certainly enhances your appreciation of the Tuscan wines when you visit the wineries. Brunello, Chianti, VNdM, all have their unique draw. There’s nothing like sitting on a patio on Il Campo in Siena sipping a Brunello watching the world go by. I sent a case of Brunello home from Montalcino which started my wine collection, now at 160 bottles. I had to buy two refrigerators to hold it.

Glad to see a return to shows with an educational slant. Monte Nob is good stuff. Italianisimo.
The new w.bands look good. How about throwing some out to those who left comments today?

It just seems to me like there is an infinite amount of great wines out there…Where to start? I never have had a Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano.
Thanks to the Thundershow, I have discovered the Dolcettos, especially the Di Dogliani. However, my new found love tends to be Bordeaux wines from St-Estèphe and other communal appellations from the Haut-Médoc. I love tradition when it comes to wine.

Always up for new stuff…Thanks for all the interesting and compelling discoveries!