That was a fun episode Gary. I haven’t watched forever, this one was a good one to come back on. I always love it when you have guests.

That older Riesling sounded like a great deal. I think part of the issue for me is that I can’t imagine that all Rieslings age gracefully for 15 years so is seems like whenever you get into older wine it takes more research to know you’re not going to be buying something over the hill.

QOTD:
Under $8? I’ve had good wines under $8 (2004 Bodegas Aragonesas Campo de Borja Crucillon, 2003 Domaine Lignères Corbières La Baronne) but great wine seems so far away from that.

That was a fun episode Gary. I haven’t watched forever, this one was a good one to come back on. I always love it when you have guests.

That older Riesling sounded like a great deal. I think part of the issue for me is that I can’t imagine that all Rieslings age gracefully for 15 years so is seems like whenever you get into older wine it takes more research to know you’re not going to be buying something over the hill.

QOTD:
Under $8? I’ve had good wines under $8 (2004 Bodegas Aragonesas Campo de Borja Crucillon, 2003 Domaine Lignères Corbières La Baronne) but great wine seems so far away from that.

QOTD: I would doubt it. I’ve had decent wine at that price point, but I wouldn’t say very good or great.

Hendrik was a fantastic guest, perhaps one of your best ever. I think it helped a lot that Gary asked really good questions and stepped back to let Hendrik answer them. But he was also a very intelligent and realistic person. Thanks very much to all of you.

Thanks also to Jon for the very, very, funny clip show. I watched it yesterday and laughed out loud a couple of times.

I think soccer is a great game. I even played on a team when I was in graduate school. I’m not an athlete at all, but I have many interesting memories.
I love Germany. Nice to have a German guest.
I’m glad you’re doing white wines. I’m very fond of them.
I love it when you get philosophical. I’ll have to try my whites at room temp. It’s really eerie that Hendrik thought the auslese tasted of basil, as as I had just thought that my Chenin Chardonnay had some basil, but then I had no idea where that came from so I felt unsure about it, but now I think that maybe I did detect basil.
QOTD: If someone could have done it they would have done it.

Best guest ever

Best guest ever

Gary and Mott, this is probably one of my most favorite episodes!!
GREAT guest gary!! you guys have great chemistry and are a blast to watch together!!

Gary you have got to get this guy on WLTV more often!!!

Great eppisode, great guest, I absolutely love german riesling.
QOTD: In the current state I would imagine it would be very hard and almost impossible to create a great wine at that price point, however I think once places like China and India start making more of an impact on the wine industry, these prices not only will be very possible, but good wine will be made too.

Great guest today! I recently had the Donnhoff at an offline and really enjoyed it.

QOTD: I’m not sure that I can answer that question, because I don’t really know what it actually costs to make the wines that I have thought were “great.”

Great guest today! I recently had the Donnhoff at an offline and really enjoyed it.

QOTD: I’m not sure that I can answer that question, because I don’t really know what it actually costs to make the wines that I have thought were “great.”

QOTD: 8 US Bones? Tough. Maybe a couple that I’ve found from the Languedoc at wholesale, but hardly anything from Europe at retail because of the euro-dollar exchange, and hardly anything from the US because of over-pricing. Good wine: VERY very few. Great wine… I gotta say NO.

QOTD: 8 US Bones? Tough. Maybe a couple that I’ve found from the Languedoc at wholesale, but hardly anything from Europe at retail because of the euro-dollar exchange, and hardly anything from the US because of over-pricing. Good wine: VERY very few. Great wine… I gotta say NO.

Possibly my favorite episode ever. I hope Mott does buy the monthly plane ticket.

qotd: I think it’s possible to make a great wine for $8 but not to sell it at that price. My 5 gallons of Walla Walla Carmenere is coming out to about $6 a bottle, but the grapes were free, and I’m not sure if the Wine Spectator would rate it 90+.

QOTD: Depending on what you like i believe it is totally possiable.

Great show Gary and great guest. The video was amazing too. Kudos to the editer.

Gary, Great Episode as per usual.Sorry to stray from ur work but I have something to say. I work in a liquor/wine store and needless to say I try alot of wine. Not that I’m better or tried more than anyone else but I get exposed to alot of wine. My girlfriend loves white wine so I try alot.(which I love because I’m more a red drinker. Besides sparklers which i adore) And I myself decided to try a “value” Cali Sauv Blanc. I see no value here at all. Bogle Sauv Blanc. No acidity, No flavor… blah. To say the least. Why do i keep trying to find something that I know isnt there? Do I really need to name names? Its Just ugly in Cali at least value yet alone higher priced cali Sauv. I see why and where u stand. Yet again sorry to stray. JC

Gary, Great Episode as per usual.Sorry to stray from ur work but I have something to say. I work in a liquor/wine store and needless to say I try alot of wine. Not that I’m better or tried more than anyone else but I get exposed to alot of wine. My girlfriend loves white wine so I try alot.(which I love because I’m more a red drinker. Besides sparklers which i adore) And I myself decided to try a “value” Cali Sauv Blanc. I see no value here at all. Bogle Sauv Blanc. No acidity, No flavor… blah. To say the least. Why do i keep trying to find something that I know isnt there? Do I really need to name names? Its Just ugly in Cali at least value yet alone higher priced cali Sauv. I see why and where u stand. Yet again sorry to stray. JC

yo gv, Great show, i saw the other clip of you throwing stuff yesterday on You Tube. Awesome, i will be making my own one soon!!! Hendrik was awesome, funny, smart, and sort of looked like boris becker, gv, you could be pistol pete sampras, maybe a table tennis throwdown in the wl parking lot. Winner takes all, or maybe the donnhoff, Thanks guys

Bill

Great show. Hendrik obvously had fun and was a great guest. Love the throwing stuff bit.
Hope you had a great new year and spent some good, quality time with your family. It;s what life is all about.
Cheers,
John Cabot

fantastic show. Learned alot and laughed alot at the same time. That’s what life should be all about. Definitely in my top ten. Please have Hendrik on again in the near future.

JohnB – Great job on that vid! I’m sure that took some time.

GV – I liked the discussion on temperature of wine.

Hendrik – Keep up the good work over there in Germany. It’d be interesting to know how often an average German household drinks wine… once a week? daily?

Peace, SW

Long time lurker, first time commenting…

Great show. Loved the chemistry/banter/personalities. With all the US TV networks ripping off UK shows (Changing Rooms, The Office, Top Gear) what we really need to see is Gary & Hendrik’s Big Wine Adventure. Just don’t remake the Champagne bath scene.

QOTD: If it’s going to happen its either going to come from Spain, South America, or some class in Oklahoma.

Keep up the great work.

Without doubt, this is the best episode — ever!

After reading some more of the comments I agree with these two being able to pull off a Food Network show on wine or Travel Channel or whatever. Someone needs to view this as the pilot for a weekly wine show.

Picture it. They visit wineries in Bordeaux, then the next week in Tuscany, then they hit up the big boys in Walla Walla! 🙂

GARY!!!
I love Hendrik!!! Im writing him to tell him so! 🙂

QOTD: Under $8? Technically difficult, but possible…and since palates vary.. I think it is possible to make a very good wine to some…

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xo

QOTD: I think it would be very challanging to find good $5 or 8euro bottles of wine that would be considered really good. Many could be considered drinkable but wine is like a car…the nicer ones always cost more.