Great laid by show Gary!

QOTD: Box wines. There seems to be some drinkable box wines out there these days. No I’m not talking Franzia! A good example is Black Box. I tried their Cab the other night and its really not that bad. It was a table wine with some character.

……so anyway. I wanted to be the 1st to tell you, G. Um, the JETS won.

Oh, you knew?
QOTD…you mentioned a grape a while back… not a lot of info that I can find.. the loureiro varietal

Three things:

1. HUGE congratulations on a smashing JETS victory!
2. The only result on a Michigan wine search is St. Julian Riesling. Come on Gary. You know Michigan can bring more THUNDER than that! Try the whites from the Leelanau Peninsula and Old Mission Peninsula.
3. The biggest THUNDER SHOW! A head to head competion between reds renowned to bring maximum thunder. A Tannat vs. Cahors vs. California Cabernet vs. Barossa Shiraz vs. Barolo vs. Dry Creek Zinfandel type thing.

Thanks for a great year and a half (that I’ve been watching). The show means allot to us Vayniacs and we’ll always appreciate all that you do!

Keep the education coming, I love learning more about wine.

QOTD: I didn’t find a clear answer to my search, but I was wondering if you ever had a Russian wine on the Thunder Show. What kind of wines are native to Russia? Russia hardly ever comes up in a wine discussion… why is that?

QOTD:
Indigenous grages like Norton in VA or Baco Noir
Ken Wright wines

Great to see the energy back!

Love to see more Sparkling Shiraz. Also, some additional Greek wines wouldn’t hurt.

Love to see more Sparkling Shiraz. Also, some additional Greek wines wouldn’t hurt.

I’d like to see a nice beginner wine show. I’m very new to wines and could use ideas on how to develop my palette and wine pairings. I don’t really know where to start.

Glad to hear you’ve gotten a “fresh” feeling about the show, etc. Gary!

After the game on Sunday, I’m sure you are in an even better mood! Congrats!!

I agree wholeheartedly about expanding the envelope wine-wise. A lot of the vintages that my wife and I began with (mid-90’s Chards and Cabs from Cali) seem SO “done” now, that I am far more intrigued with the old world selections I learned about from your show.

QOTD: I searched “unfiltered” and came up with only 2 hits – maybe a show with just those?

J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS! Enjoy time with la familia this holiday!

Thank god for MADIRAN just love the stuff. Searched for COPA SANTA
Domaine Clavel Coteaux du Languedoc. This wine is the real deal. If you get your hands on this, you won’t to take them off!!!

I’d love to see a show (or two) on Terry Theise wines. maybe you could get someone from Michael Skurnik, their importer. They’re not too far away from you, no? One on the German/Austrian wines, and one on the grower family Champagnes.

Vinamor – I believe Romanee-St. Vivant is a single- vineyard A.C.

Gary –

Congratulations on the Jets knocking off the Titans! Wow! the Jets are certainly bringing some Thunder this year . . . the polar opposite of my lowly Niners . . .

Anyway,
QOTD: Challenging homework . . . how ’bout a show or two on fortified wines? (Port, Sherry, Marsala, Madeira, Vermouth) Each offers a huge range of styles. I think it’s a good time of year for these types of wine as well.

On a side note, just received (safely) my modest shipment of Doisy Sauternes and Hetszolo Tokaj from WineLib. Thanks! Looking forward to having them for Thanksgiving.
Say, were the green wristbands sent with the Thanksgiving Secret Packs? Had to choose between the Secret Pack and the Sauternes and Tokaj. Must admit that a little bit of me had hoped to see a green wristband inside my shipment . . . but no . . .

Tannat in the house. Love it.

QOTD: Rieslings from Josef Leitz?! His ’07s are raging.
Mas de Daumas Gassac?
Vieilles Jullienne?
Keller Rieslings?
Gravner?
FX Pichler?
from Fixin?
from Monthelie?

Gary,

How about a Didier Dagueneau tribute show?

David

QOTD: Chateau Pellehaut aka white wines from Gascogny….

Everytime you try tannat it looks like some dude who tries hot sauce and goes, whoa waaay too hot and over the top…………..

Let’s see an “UMBRIA” show. Looks like 3 shows have included a single Umbria selection. WAIT……..Lets take this ONE BIG step further…

Pick a country/state series. (Don’t go as far as AVA, too many selections for one show) IDEAS for selection process #1 Put the NAMES of ALL the states/countries/small region (for states that have MANY regions) that produce more than 10-15 wines somewhat readily available. Drum roll…have MOTT’S hand dig into the receptacle (that could be fun in itself) that holds ALL the names. Select one a week. The following MONTH feature 3-4 of the wines representative of the selection. KEY – in downtime economic era..price range should be under $30. WHY A MONTH LAG TIME??? to allow you to research and get the wines in stock for resale 🙂 Also you can list the countries and dates on the website after selection and before airing. People can plan ahead to watch what ever region they’re interested in, hopefully Sort of AROUND THE WORLD IN WINE, one week at a time.

Gary, what a great show! I was really feelin the energy buddy…keep it up! O I was rootin for your Jets since my Seahawks were soooo Horrible yet again this sunday.

Well, that was a HUGE win for the Jets – hope you enjoyed the beatdown yesterday. Looking forward to the continued lack of shaving…

QOTD – I looked for some uncovered area, but kept failing. This might be due to WLTV’s scope and coverage, or my lack of creativity… probably both. One thing I would like to see during the next few weeks would be a growers champagne episode. Great bangs for our New-Year bucks.

Hey GV! Great show! I can’t believe you had the Jets LOSING!!!

QOTD: How about a “MENCIA” episode. I bought one on Free Shipping a few months ago.. “The Pilgrimage”. I would like to see it on an episode…and I would like a wristband as payment for my suggestion. Keep it real GV!

Searched for Northern Michigan. No results.

Specifically Leelanau Peninsula. There are several excellent vineyards up there with some very unique wine makers. The cold season seems like the last place you would find them, but The 45th parallel runs straight through the county creating conditions similar to France and Italy.

It’s an interesting and beautiful place, and I think the Northern Michigan episode is LONG overdue!

Just do it Gary…

FOCH… enough said

GV. when you said the old italian guy it reminded me of my grandpa. going to get him this as one of his gifts for christmas.

QOTD: Searched “niagara” in the top left, got nothin. Come to the Niagara Region of Ontario; some of the best wines in the world (especially Vidal and Ice Wines).

Thats my suggestion.

Interesting show on the tannat! I have had a few petit verdots that were also hard as nails and need a decade plus of aging.

QOTD – how about a Washington State Zinfandel show? Washington isn’t known for zins, but there are, remarkably, some great zins up here. We also have some 30+ years old zin vineyards that produce some interesting wines. Forgeron Cellars and El Mirador Winery (Walla Walla), Maryhill, Kiona, Thurston Wolfe, and several other producers here all make some sweet zins. Not fruit bombs, but some, like Forgerons, are earthy, terroir driven efforts with just enough fruit and that briary characteristic that you know what you are drinking. And, the alcohol levels are not as big as Shaq’s shoe size! Peace