Catching up on some episodes after being in Walla Walla last week.

QOTD: Hands down, the Vayniac meet up after the Taste of Washington at Seattle Wine Storage. Such a good time, great place, and fun people to hang out with. Oh, and just a couple tables full of bottles.

The WS Grand Tasting in Las Vegas. Four years running!!

Nice short & Sharp Show Gary….tight, intense and good info regarding ZIN…

QOTD…2002 Sonoma County Wine Fair….We came third in the world championship grape stomp competition….

East Bay Vinter’s in NoCal – every august they do an event that is a blast. wineries from alameda, berkeley, oakland, emeryville (who knew?) but many of them are quite good.

QOTD: My uncle belongs to a wine club in DC that puts on wine dinners at the top restaurants in DC every other month and brings wine from their own cellar. Had some stellar wine and fantastic food! Hoping I can join the club this year so I don’t have to wait from him to take me as a guest 😉

QOTD: Boston Wine Expo 2009 🙂 we sure did have a good time with you guys!!

QOTD: Has to be at EPCOT every year. Love the atmosphere and scenery. The only thing to make it better would be if you were there to add a little fun. Hope to see you there one day.

I had a great time @ Amador Vintners Big Crush Harvest Festival
Great wine, great people, great weather. Check it out.
I LOVE your show Gary. Even though I’ve been some what of a lurker.
http://www.amadorwine.com/

Tempe (Arizona) Arts Festival has a big wine tasting garden exclusively for Arizona wineries. The quality has really gone up each year, great way to keep up with the action.

Good show…

QOTD: Probably the Classic 2005 Bordeaux tasting in Boston last year. It was great exposure to taste and understand what a great young vintage is all about. It could have been the Boston Wine Expo, but I feel that they don’t keep the numbers realistic. It became far too over-crowded after the first hour back in 2007 when I went last. By the end of the Expo people where falling down drunk on the side of the room, and I actually saw one woman puking. Not what I want at a wine expo.

The only wine event with more than 50 people was the Texas Wine Festival in the Woodlands where you were the Wizard.

QOTD: The Fort Mason Vayniac party this past December. It was ridonculous.

QOTD: The Bernalillo Wine Festival in Bernalillo, New Mexico. This is a huge outdoor event that draws tens of thousands over a weekend. It specializes in local New Mexico wines and good music by national acts. It has its own festival grounds and is so popular that the local commuter rail uses a grape cluster as the symbol for the town’s rail stop.

QOTD: “Wines of the World”, University Concert Series Event, University of Missouri

QOTD: Boston Wine Expo 2009 of course – Gary taught an amazing class!

Monterey Wine festival years ago….was almost overwhelming. The open house at Rosenblum is always great fun. The Robert Kacher portfolio tasting in DC.

What’s up with the blog widget where it would change stills each day from the episode? I mean, I like Jancis — but variety is the spice of life.

Charleston wine and food event,small but good.

I saw the question about choosing Monday’s show. Was the winner “no show”?

The best wine event I have been to is Heart Delight in Washington, DC. http://www.heartsdelightwineauction.org/ This event is a fundraiser and Robert Parker led the 2004 Bordeaux tasting when I went and he will be back this year to lead the 2006 tasting which is also the 10th anniversary for this event.

I had a great time at the 500th episode taping at Crashpad, certainly not the best tasting event, but was great to meet so many people, including Gary and Mott. Oh, and I did drink a lot of Twisted Oak that night!

I’m going to ZAP for the Good Eats and Wine Pairing session!!

Crashpad…lol. Make that CRUSHPAD! Crash is what I did very LATE that night!

Love the Zin, but I’ve never been to the ZAP festival… way overpriced and overcrowded.

There is plenty of Zin to be had at Rosenblum’s quarterly Open House events.

My favorite wine event is the Winter Wineland along the Russian River in January (wineroad.com). It’s like a huge party sprawling out across Sonoma County. They also have a Barrel Tasting event that is coming up in March.

QOTD: California Wine Fair in Edmonton…

Good episode. I have not had too many Zins but really enjoyed a 2004 Peachy Canyon “Incredible Red”.

Have not been to any wine tastings as of yet.

Although I’ve never attended this event…The Naples Winter Wine Festival, in Naples, FL, is a fundraiser that raises huge amounts of money for children in need ….deserves a mention. Everyone is welcome to attend, to taste and to bid on great wines. Naples Kathy aka Champagne Lady