Great to get the inside scoop on how the business runs. It is interesting how one’s perception of the winemaker affects how one perceives the wine. Really enjoyed the last couple of episodes…and caught up on some old episodes too–the two-part interview with Randall Grahm was fantastic. Brilliant guy with great insights and instincts in terms of wine and the industry.

QOTD: Shafer Cab is about the best I’ve had in that $50 price range. It was fairly easy to find about year ago but has since dried up and become impossible to find. Thought it was a great wine and that price.

Try the 2005 Revenant Cabernet @$35.00 and if you like it; well I tasted the 2006 out of the barrel and it will knock your socks off!

Twenty Rows Cab was great…gotta let decant for at least 2 hours though

Twenty Rows Cab was great…gotta let decant for at least 2 hours though

QOTD= 2005 Honig is good stuff and not too hard to find

QOTD- PRIME Cellars of course. $39. Check out other wines from the Southern part of Napa called Coombsville. Its going to be the next Oakville (thanks to global warming!)

Cool show.

QOTD: You know, I think I hit 50 and above and 25 and below, but very little in between. Strange. Can’t think of one.

QOTD: Meyer, V. Sattui and Cliff Lede Cabernets.

Blind Tasting is a great idea. Bag em up.

QOTD: Buehler…
~$22 on deep discount

Very nice show. I rank this type of platform right behind the same varietal/different region type of show.

QOTD: I like the second bottling of Joseph Phelps called Innisfree that comes in around 25 bones. I actually like it better than their Insignia which is too big for me. I wish WLTV carried it. Hint, hint.

Cheers!

P.S. Welcome back Hopper!

Hey Gary,

I like the idea of the show, it’s like going behind the scenes of WL.

QOTD: I don’t really get napa valley cabs in this part of the world.

PS: If jets keep winning, you’ll be competing with Everett for the best beard! 😀

Hey Gary,

I like the idea of the show, it’s like going behind the scenes of WL.

QOTD: I don’t really get napa valley cabs in this part of the world.

PS: If jets keep winning, you’ll be competing with Everett for the best beard! 😀

I don’t drink Napa cabs. Burned out, brother GV.

QOTD: Orroppas, Reguschi, Chappellet, Turnbull……

Enjoyed the show … OUR Jets will kick some titan a$$ this weekend … QOTD …Turnbull …Chappellet Signature … Milat … Textbook … and for QPR, Buehler and Slingshot.

Salvestrin @ $46.

Forgot to say, Napa Cabs bore the hell out of me. I can’t believe anyone would buy these way overpriced wines except unknowledgable wino wannabees with cash to throw away.

2005 Cliff Lede Stag’s Leap Cab

92 RP; Retails for $50, not sure why they list it as $65:
http://cliffledevineyards.com/wines/view_wine/13

My bad on the link — here’s one for WL (didn’t realize you had it):
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=37593

You the man.
Smell it first.

Nice show…although I love the ’05 Bordeaux as well as Portugal and Spain, I like going back to my roots…California Cabs were the first I ever tried.

Right now, I like what’s coming out of Bell Winery and Neal Vineyards in Napa.

We may not know how to spell Laube but we know how to spell Vaynerchuk!
Wow. What a day for us. Thank you.
Steve

Vinum Slow Lane – greatly underrated. Terra Valentine. A.S. Kiken (blend)/ Reverie. Sequum.

I like the streamlined format and how you give insights into your approach to wine buying. Don’t think I’d ever have a chance to try this wine, but it is good to have a point of reference as I search for QPR.
QOTD: Twenty Bench Napa Cab 2006 by the same wine maker behind the 1997 Regusci Cab which I rank as one of my favorite wines, and also the winery I went to on my 30th birthday. I think it’s about $17 which is a screaming deal.

2004 Mondavi Oakville. Delicious Napa Cab for 35 bones. Almost as good as the Mondavi reserve, at 1/3 the price.