Great show, always nice to expose regions for the opposite of they’re stereotypes. People usually always talk about the whites from Germany, never the reds just like people talk about the tomatoes in Jersey but never the blueberries. . . hmmm.

QOTD: Ninth Island Aussie Pinot Noir ’05, had at an Italian restaurant in SoHo with penne & vodka with pancetta and caviar. Very very sexy

Great show Gary! Thanks for bringing some German wines to the table!

Had alot of German Pinots, esp some “Große Gewächse”, but never had any of the wines you had on the show today.

My favorite was German PN was: 2006 Kühling-Gillot “Kreuz” Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs from the Rheinhessen region.

I like the Swiss Pinot Noir. For the german/french/italian pronunciation someone should start an archive with mp3’s for all wines.

Greets from Switzerland

QOTD: I recently tried a Dr. Beeker (I think that’s right) German pinot and it totally caught me off guard. It tasted well made, but the flavors were of fresh strawberrys. It was super fun and totally unexpected. I guess that would be the best non French or US pinot I’ve had. Thanks for another great show!

Best Pinot not American or French. Eeeeeeeeasy!
Tasmania Pinot Noir. An island off the south east coast of Australia, cool climate Pinot.

Great Show Gary, I enjoyed it, you seemed to be a little more random in this episode like it…

QOTD: Um yeah I got nothing

QOTD: Amisfield, Central Otago, New Zealand and a very affordable Lauca Reserva from Maule Valley, Chile.

QOTD: A Spatburgunder. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the specifics.

The last time I was at WL, Ian hooked me up with some Feral Fox from d’Arenberg in the Adelaide Hills.

I have had a really good German Pinot, but I don’t recall the name…

5.8 hectares of pinot in baden? sounds comically incorrect. wiki states 5877-i presume your source, but misqouted by a factor of a thousand.

gritted my teeth through the first few minutes, as i believe you often predict, but now thoroughly enjoy your entertaining take on things and shared passion for interesting, if less celebrated, regions and varietals.

keep it up chucky

Hey Gary, Bouchard Finlayson Tête de Cuvée Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2006 is a real outstanding example from South Africa. Great show!

QOTD: Yes, the Central Otago pinots are probably at the top of my list. I’ve had a few German pinots–can’t recall the producers, I was 50-50 on those and haven’t bought any since. Did enjoy some Dornfelders though(first tasted at a wine flight at Epcot Center). Also enjoyed an Austrian pinot or two, and an Italian Pinot Nero (not sure if that is the Italian version of the pinot noir grape). It was a ’98 Sportoletti, which I had about 6 months ago which had none of the classic pinot characteristics, probably because it wasn’t a pinot noir????

QOTD: I can’t seem to remember ever having a Pinot from other than US and France. Very interesting discovery. I will have to find one and the 2 seem worth searching for.

Had no problems with the site…funny intro….way to keep us on our toes!! Sorry you lost your seats to that mortgage guy. You deserved them more!

Great show, but no pinot lately.

QOTD—— I think I had a Chilean Pinot but always wanted to try a German Pinot. G where do you find them?

Good show! Sneezingly educational!
QOTD: hmmm….hmmm….pinot noir is really not my game and some of them from “non-traditional” places were kinda meh…

German 102: When two vowels are together in German, such as ei, I believe you pronounce the 2nd vowel, in this case like the y in by. I’ll check with my German cousin-in-law when he’s back in town.

QOTD: Rippon Pinot Noir 2003 – Lake Wanaka Central Otago.

Hello Gary

the best Pinot Noir from Germany I ever had was from the Ahr region by winery Meyer-Naekel, his “Dernauer Pfarrwingert” – later on I learned that this wine won the first prize of Decanter’s World Wine Awards this year.

I am a big fan of your show living in Cologne, Germany and usually don’t find the time to leave a comment unfortunately… One question about today’s show: I would be interested to find the first wine (from Oberrotweil) here in Germany, but I could not indicate the producer – there are four or five producers in this little town.

And in case you plan another show about German Pinot Noir, maybe the Ahr region could be interesting to you? It is a fairly small and the most northern wine region in Germany (not far from Cologne) and almost completely dedicated to Pinot Noir.

Yours Konstantin

QOTD: never had a non french or non american Pinot noir

Best non french Pinot? Not that I’ve tasted hundreds of them, but so far the Pinots from Slovakia – Janousek 2003 and 2007 and Mrva&Stanko 2006 (gold medal from the Mondial du Pinot Noir 2008).

wltv, a daily highlight.especially now, when its dark and cold up here in norway!!!great work:):):)

Great show as always. Had a difficult time getting on last night but all seems fine today!

Funny episode Gary! Very educational as well.

QOTD: I’ve had a few really cool Chilean Pinot Noirs, and there’s one in particular I adored- I was sure I had written it down, but now can’t find it! (>_<);;

BTW the video loading has been a bit slow recently… I had to let this episode sit for five or ten minutes, while usually it’s lightning fast

Been a fan for ages and I thought i’d comment as soon as you said “lurker” lol. Cause I’ve watched over 100 shows and not commented! So here it nice, great show Gaz!