Gary, I believe Verdelho is pronounced “ver dell o”, not “ver day ho”. Read all of the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdelho

Hello Gary,

I’ve been watching the Thunder Show for over a year, and every day that passes I love it more.

I am from Brazil and download it every day so I can watch after work, while having a good glass of wine.

I just wanted to leave this message saying that people all over the world are enjoying your show and with your help “Trying to change the wine world!!”.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bye…
Chico

Happy Thanksgiving.
– Got the pack, only opened the Pinot Noir so far – I thought it was quite good, I will have to reply again once I have the others opened and tasted.

I was thinking of opening the others with my family who traveled in and show them your show so we can taste along as a group!

thanks and best wishes for this Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving~

Too bad I cant order the pack and have fun with you guys since I live in Hong Kong……………..

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you enoyed the company of your family.
No secret pack here, but we did some PAL expansion of our own. Love the show.

Hey Gary…I have a suggestion.. how about instead of the chalkboard in back of you…use a white wipe board and leave some space at the bottom when you write on it. That way you can hold wine up to it to see the color.

QOTD – no secret pack…

Hope everyone had/has a good holiday!

I shared the secret pack with several family members yeserday. We had a great time tasting along with you. Unfortunately we had to pop and pour due to time constraints. No so bad with the two whites, but definitely a issue with the Pinot and the Zin. After allowing them to open up for an hour or more really helped. The Pinot ended up being the favorite of the group, although they were all quite good. This was the first Torrontes for all of us and it was quite enjoyable, especially at that price point. I will have to try another.

Thanks for the fun time.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

QOTD: no secret packs in germany 😉

QOTD: The Breakdown: Torrontes – Liked the nose very much. Tasted like someone sprayed glade aerosol in your mouth.

Thunder White – Not crazy about it–I’m in the 10% meh range. As I felt with the Thunder red, the percentages of the grape blends weren’t harmonious. Each grape could be singled out, but I felt they didn’t work together as a whole. I give you kudos on the effort and with food I’m sure this wine would have worked much better for me.

The Pinot is what everyone flocked to at dinner, without even letting me give a heads up on the 2 whites. Even my 86-year-old Godmother was getting a little “glow” on and she hardly ever has wine with us. Thankfully, for Prilosec (anti-heartburn acid reflux med) she, and many more of us can eat and drink without the agita. This wine was the clear-cut winner.

Bobby’s Zin—nice jammy, versatile, well-made Zin. Aging nicely. First tasted in October. On the lines with Neyers and Hartford Court. Great Job!

Thanks for another great episode. I didn’t get the secret pack, so here’s what I thought of the wines that we had:

Nicolas Feuillette (sp?) NV Brut: This is the only non-grower Champagne I will buy. I think it’s great for the price. It’s made in the fleshier, rounder style that I prefer. I got nice autolytic flavors (toast, bread) with nice ripe citrus (making its way from lemon into orange) and red apple flavors with a strong midpalate and reasonable length on the finish. It’s not overly complex, but I don’t expect that without spending more.

Domaine Weinbach (sp?) 2004 Cuvee St Catherine Riesling (Alsace): Great ripe fruit (peach, citrus, even a little melon) with nice acidity and the backbone of stony minerality that I look for. It’s youthful and delicious. I’d love to revisit it in 5 years or so.

hey, i don’t remember if i commented yesterday or not, but happy thanksgiving! lots of love to you and the whole vayner-fam…and mott too!

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Though Gary’s pronunciation is like that of the Spanish Rueda grape, Verdejo, (ver-DAY-oh), the grape in use, as stated by his identification as a Madeira grape, is, like your link, the Portuguese Verdelho(vair-DAY-leo). The Italian Verdello is a third grape, entirely. The genetic sameness of these varietals has not yet been verified.

Thank you for the secret pack. We had a great time with the family drinking the wines. We did not open the Zin yet (only four of us drinking last night). But the winner by far was the Pinot, it was amazing. We also loved the Torrontes, my favorite white. Hope the thanksgiving was great.

Also as a 4th generation Denverite, all I can hope for this weekend is a good game!

QOTD:

Torrontes – The nose was awesome! Like sniffing a bunch of very fragrant flowers. Good acidity and fruit flavors. But it has a very perfume/air freshener like flavor which kind of turns me off.

Thunder Cuvee – I enjoyed this one. It wasn’t a knockout, but really solid, I thought. Went well with food.

Zifandel – Honestly, I’m still wrapping my head around this one! Haven’t gotten to try much of it yet.

Pinot Noir – This was probably my favorite of the bunch. The sour cherries are so obvious and delicious. Obnoxious even! Really good.

Overall, I thought it was a great and educational secret pack. Great job, Gary!

CMA

Forgot to mention, I tried the Zinfandel with turkey. That’s a very good pairing!

CMA

“The most passionate wine show on the internet” lived up to it’s billing yesterday at the in-laws. Since my brother-in-law and I are the only “wine drinkers” (he assumes) I brought with me the Torrontes and the Pinot. The annual Pinot is usually Flowers but I went out on a limb, as did you< and assumed this pinot would do quite well.

I bring the MacBook Pro, fire it up and Ted and I begin to watch the T’Day Thunder Show. After a few mins, we had an audience of avid onlookers. “Who’s this guy?” “He’s funny . . .” and on and on. Of course, it was hard to hear by that time but nevertheless, the vino was being poured and to tell you the truth, the Torrontes was the group’s hands-down winner. “Interesting, nice, and floral” were the notes shouted by the crowd. Granted, I really liked the Tor though Ted and I grabbed the Pinot and sat in a quiet corner and enjoyed.

Fun, fun show. Everyone in Columbia, MD loved you. Of course, they are late to the game but as they say, “better late than never.”

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

P.S. Tonight I try the Thunder SB and the Zin.

Cheers!

I can’t find any ratings on B. Shifrin’s Zin. Is anyone drinking it besides Gary?

Nice to see some good Zin after the bland tasting (sic) debacle earlier this week, and some decent priced red Burgundy. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

I’m taking the Jets over the Broncos and the Pats over the Steelers.

Love Torrontes. Great choice. Hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving

Very nice show, Gary. I didn’t have the secret pack, but I did have another Torrontes, Nomade ’07 (12 bones) to taste while viewing, and it was close to the way you described the Poesia. But I would never hand so acidic and stinky a wine to a guest who just walked in! Cali bubblies like Iron Horse and Schramsberg seem to please everyone. The Torrontes went well with green olives, though.

I am watching more regularly now but heard nothing about the secret pack. Is there someplace I should be clicking on this site to read about the next one?

Hey Gary,
How come Some of us aren’t receiving WLTV via e-mail, anymore?
It’s not some lack-of-comment punishment is it!? Sheesh……

Enjoyed the show. I served the Torrontes with the hors d’oeurves and the Pinot Noir with the dinner. I liked both wines a lot, however my sister and her husband loved the Torrontes, poured themselves glasses of the pinot noir at dinner, each took one sip, pronounced it “dry” and did not drink it. Looking forward to drinking the Thunder White and the Shifrin zinfandel. Go Jets.

Wish I could break down the wines, but I live in MA and you won’t ship here.
Any way that I can get involved?

Happy Thanksgiving to you!!! QOTD: I didn’t get this secret pack. Saving my money for what I assume will be a soon-to-be announced Christmas Pack.

Very, very nice show, Gary! Loving and loyal effort on your part to offer your Vayniacs (us) a Thanksgiving show. You know what? THANKS! It’s thanksgiving day! I hope that you and your loving family had a meaningful and joyful thanksgiving day, as Concepcion and I did. And as I always say.. see you on the Thunder Cruise!!