EP 596 Wines from the island of Cyprus

Achilleas Georgiou a great friend of the Thunder Show sends Gary some wines and he tries them live on the Thunder Show!

Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Tsangarides Xinisteri
2006 Tsangarides Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Tsangarides Mataro

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

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Luca Bercelli

89/100

line of the day – ‘I’m shockingly handsome and outrageously humourous’

Includes a minor rant about trying new things (which is always a winner with me). Great to see an oddball wine producing country given airtime

Tags: cabernet, Cyprus, Mataro, red, review, Video, white, wine, wines, Xinisteri

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  • QOTD: Hill

  • QOTD: Hill

  • Dr T in NC

    QOTD Cyprus — Zeno the Stoic

  • Dr T in NC

    QOTD Cyprus — Zeno the Stoic

  • QOTD: Minotaurus! UAHHHH!

  • QOTD: Minotaurus! UAHHHH!

  • billyg

    Conflict. Greeks vs. Turks.

  • billyg

    Conflict. Greeks vs. Turks.

  • QOTD: Tennis star Marco Baghdadis.

  • QOTD: Tennis star Marco Baghdadis.

  • Robert Howells

    Cypress Hill hip hop

  • Robert Howells

    Cypress Hill hip hop

  • QOTD: Hill, of course.

  • brorjace

    I think of Greece actually when I think of Cyprus. The person 2 down from me said Minotaurs, which is hilarious. I totally broke into a smile when I saw the title, I love the weird eclectic shows! Also, I know one show is a small sample, but don’t you think white wines are so much better in Greece and Cyprus?
    And finally, I don’t think I’ve seen Mataro on a wine label for a good 3 years. Maybe Cyprus is stuck in the past? Anywho, great show, feel better!

  • QOTD: Hill, of course.

  • brorjace

    I think of Greece actually when I think of Cyprus. The person 2 down from me said Minotaurs, which is hilarious. I totally broke into a smile when I saw the title, I love the weird eclectic shows! Also, I know one show is a small sample, but don’t you think white wines are so much better in Greece and Cyprus?
    And finally, I don’t think I’ve seen Mataro on a wine label for a good 3 years. Maybe Cyprus is stuck in the past? Anywho, great show, feel better!

  • Glenn P

    Three more shows till the big arbitrary number! Woo hoo!

    QOTD: Othello

  • Glenn P

    Three more shows till the big arbitrary number! Woo hoo!

    QOTD: Othello

  • Ray Barnes

    It seems the Cypress cabernet has the lowest qpr rating of any red wine among recent shows. If it is the 37th largest producer in the world, at that rate, its standing is more likely to go down than up. While one welcomes experimentation, unfortunately some are bound to be dissapointing.

    QOTD – None sorry.

  • Ray Barnes

    It seems the Cypress cabernet has the lowest qpr rating of any red wine among recent shows. If it is the 37th largest producer in the world, at that rate, its standing is more likely to go down than up. While one welcomes experimentation, unfortunately some are bound to be dissapointing.

    QOTD – None sorry.

  • manonthemoon

    so so for a terrible day of pulling a double shift.

    QOTD: Bald, damn dendrology comming back in the picture

  • manonthemoon

    so so for a terrible day of pulling a double shift.

    QOTD: Bald, damn dendrology comming back in the picture

  • Good QOTD: Original Joe’s in San Jose, CA. I’ve been there one time and it just so happened that one time, we were waited on by a really great waiter from Cyprus.

  • Good QOTD: Original Joe’s in San Jose, CA. I’ve been there one time and it just so happened that one time, we were waited on by a really great waiter from Cyprus.

  • Robin C

    QOTD: just the tree comes to mind.

  • Robin C

    QOTD: just the tree comes to mind.

  • A dumb Rhine king

    QOTD: I too think of Cyprus Hill. That and a palm tree for some reason.

  • A dumb Rhine king

    QOTD: I too think of Cyprus Hill. That and a palm tree for some reason.

  • QOTD: Cyprus-Nicosia

    Would like to find wines like these locally to try them.

  • amgryger

    QOTD: A very good professor I had who is from Cyprus.

  • QOTD: Cyprus-Nicosia

    Would like to find wines like these locally to try them.

  • amgryger

    QOTD: A very good professor I had who is from Cyprus.

  • purplejuicebruce

    QOTD… bald

  • purplejuicebruce

    QOTD… bald

  • I don’t think of Cypress. Thanks for bringing it to the world.

  • I don’t think of Cypress. Thanks for bringing it to the world.

  • Ooops… i think i messed things up.

  • Ooops… i think i messed things up.

  • sharon

    qotd: Turkey and Greece fighting over ….Cyprus. The Maze.

  • sharon

    qotd: Turkey and Greece fighting over ….Cyprus. The Maze.

  • David Kaye

    Cyprus’s climate is very similar to Texas’s, so the problems that Cyprus faces regarding ripeness is that same that Texas faces. The first wine lacked acidity because Cyprus is so hot and the grapes don’t build up acid in the cool night like they do in other places. As far as the cab being green, Texas also has that problem. Since it is so hot, the grapes are picked before the sugar levels skyrocket and the acid plummets. Normally, at this point in such hot climates, the grapes are not yet ripe. Texas harvests grapes in July. Texas also has difficulty getting good color from red grapes, just like that Mataro.

  • David Kaye

    Cyprus’s climate is very similar to Texas’s, so the problems that Cyprus faces regarding ripeness is that same that Texas faces. The first wine lacked acidity because Cyprus is so hot and the grapes don’t build up acid in the cool night like they do in other places. As far as the cab being green, Texas also has that problem. Since it is so hot, the grapes are picked before the sugar levels skyrocket and the acid plummets. Normally, at this point in such hot climates, the grapes are not yet ripe. Texas harvests grapes in July. Texas also has difficulty getting good color from red grapes, just like that Mataro.

  • sharon

    I mean Crete so oops and nevermind.

  • sharon

    I mean Crete so oops and nevermind.

  • Purple Toothed Bandit

    Cyperus Papyrus: An awesome plant that is native to africa. Harvested from the banks of the Nile in ancient egypt to make paper!

  • Purple Toothed Bandit

    Cyperus Papyrus: An awesome plant that is native to africa. Harvested from the banks of the Nile in ancient egypt to make paper!

  • Lynda S

    QOTD: i think of where in the world is carmen santiago from the mid-90s. I almost bought a wine from cyprus, but I wanted to try a barbera.

  • Lynda S

    QOTD: i think of where in the world is carmen santiago from the mid-90s. I almost bought a wine from cyprus, but I wanted to try a barbera.

  • QOTD: Plato that little blue alien guy that did the sony walkman commercials.

  • QOTD: Plato that little blue alien guy that did the sony walkman commercials.

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