QOTD-2004 Concha Y Toro Terrunyo Carmenere was a very good wine at around $25.

Really like the blind tasting. Seems like you score French wines higher when you know they are French. Interesting to see that Pinot go down in flames. Was it any better when you re-tasted?

QOTD-2004 Concha Y Toro Terrunyo Carmenere was a very good wine at around $25.

Really like the blind tasting. Seems like you score French wines higher when you know they are French. Interesting to see that Pinot go down in flames. Was it any better when you re-tasted?

Love the blind format.

QOTD: Los Vascos Cabernet Reserve

I like your blind tastings and hope to try that myself. At Thanksgiving, I had a 2006 Azul Profundo, Biobio Valley, Chile. I thought it was very good. I thought it had good acid and I remember a root beer effect that I saw in another review. But, rather than have it with a meal, I would’ve liked to sit down with it.

The blind tastings are great….love the build up and the revealing of the wines

Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cab. Was $40 bones, try and find it now for under $75! 94+

Concha y Toro Marquesas chardonnay. Excellent chard for about $15 bones. 91+

Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cab. Was $40 bones, try and find it now for under $75! 94+

Concha y Toro Marquesas chardonnay. Excellent chard for about $15 bones. 91+

Love the blind format. Please do many, many more blind episodes! Love to see a blind Syrah episode.

LUDEN’s cherry cough drops, GV. Lindeman’s makes Belgian lambics that just TASTE like cough syrup.

QOTD – nothing memorable. I haven’t sought out Chilean wines since Concha y Toro became the hot brand a few years back.

I recall going to the barrel tastings of the yet to be released wines from Louis Jadot. I would star the wines that I felt were worth the price. I generally ended tjhe day with 4 to 6 stars out of 30 or so wines. I love Burgundy too; but you’ve got to kiss alot of frogs.

QOTD, year in and year out Casa Lapostolle Cuvee Alexandre Merlot is my favorite Chilean wine. And for one of the great wine values from the past; I would buy the Casa Lap. Sauv. Blanc for $6.99.

Nice show. I was pleased to see you rip a $25+ wine and give it a 50-60!!! F*** preconceived notions!

QOTD: 2 bro’s Cab Reserva 2005

QOTD: Hmm… I don’t dislike Chile but just haven’t had enough to remember anything standout. Will have to remedy that.

Btw, how was the Louis Jadot upon second tasting? Did you get a lemon of a bottle or was Alan Meadows just off this time? Oh, the mystery… 😉

Definitely can’t get enough of the blind tastings.

Only have had one Chilean wine so far. Carmenere–experiment from the grocery store gone bad. Horrid over-oaked swill at eight or nine bucks.

Oddly enough, though, my husband and I started a Chilean Pinot Noir wine kit literally just last night. Dark, dark stuff! I mean, the red wine concentrates always come out of the bag smelling like blueberry pancake syrup you’d get at the IHOP, but I was expecting something just a skosh milder for PN. Not this one!

Hey, when are you and your Lady Wife going to team up on tasting non- or very low-alcohol wines?

Great show Gary,

LOVE the blind tasting format – I want to see more….love pinots man, u had a great range of pinots from different countries/terroirs on todays show….such diversity. well done

qotd…best wine from Chile was a 2007 Montes Sauvignon Blanc from my local SAFEWAY Liquor store….$9.99, totally opposite style of wine compared to a NZ SB…very good value highly recommended

Great show Gary,

LOVE the blind tasting format – I want to see more….love pinots man, u had a great range of pinots from different countries/terroirs on todays show….such diversity. well done

qotd…best wine from Chile was a 2007 Montes Sauvignon Blanc from my local SAFEWAY Liquor store….$9.99, totally opposite style of wine compared to a NZ SB…very good value highly recommended

Hi Gary,

I love blind tastings, love them !

Was the Louis Jadot that bad? I m so suprised (but biased because I m half French and love Burgundy and immediatly recognised the label.)

I had a glass of Louis Latour pinot (05) which I really liked a couple of month ago (and which my girlfriend “forgot about”, resulting in vinigar which I later blended with olive oil and herbes de provence to make salad dressing, which actually tasted pretty good too. lol)

QOTD: I had a malbec which was OK, but can t remember the producer.

Love Anderson Valley Pinots. Recently we had the Roco Pinot Noir from Oregon…wow what a beauty.

QOTD: Gary V – I love your blind shows almost more than the college humor episode!

LUDEN”S cough drops Gary.

Like blind tasting format a lot.

I’m going to Mexico in 8 weeks. Or is it 10? Anyway I am going sorta soon.

Thanks for another fun show.

Ludens cough drops???Cherry???

Just saw Bottle Shock last weekend. Great movie. I did not know the story.

I went to Sojourn Cellars website (http://www.sojourncellars.com/) and found this:
“The 2007 growing season was a perfect storm (in a good way) for Pinot noir, and these are some of the best wines we have ever put in the bottle. The Spring Pinot noir line-up includes three vineyard designates and one appellation wine. In addition to our flagship Sangiacomo Vineyards Pinot noir, we have added Pinot noirs from Gap?s Crown Vineyard in the Petaluma Gap and the Windsor Oaks Vineyard. Our appellation wine, the 2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot noir is a red fruit explosion and still value-priced at $36.”

QOTD:?

Just saw Bottle Shock last weekend. Great movie. I did not know the story.

I went to Sojourn Cellars website (http://www.sojourncellars.com/) and found this:
“The 2007 growing season was a perfect storm (in a good way) for Pinot noir, and these are some of the best wines we have ever put in the bottle. The Spring Pinot noir line-up includes three vineyard designates and one appellation wine. In addition to our flagship Sangiacomo Vineyards Pinot noir, we have added Pinot noirs from Gap?s Crown Vineyard in the Petaluma Gap and the Windsor Oaks Vineyard. Our appellation wine, the 2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot noir is a red fruit explosion and still value-priced at $36.”

QOTD:?

LOVE the blind tasting format. How about once a week, say, every wednesday or something, doing the weekly blind tasting show?

Also, I agree with the person who wrote before me asking that the wines not be linked up before the reveal at the end.

LOVE the blind tasting format. How about once a week, say, every wednesday or something, doing the weekly blind tasting show?

Also, I agree with the person who wrote before me asking that the wines not be linked up before the reveal at the end.

-Why are the wine names coming up as Gary tastes them versus unveils them? That totally ruins the blind factor- previous episodes have revealed them as Gary does, and I hope that method continues for future blind episodes (which I hope you do a lot of!)

-Mott: Great job with the flashback!

-Sorry to see the Big Ass Glass was broken 🙁

QOTD: Only had a few, but the best so far (at only 7 bones) was the ’06 Walnut Crest Cab

The name of the cough drops you are referring to are: LUDEN’S.

QOTD: Love the blind-tastings–perhaps my most favorite format. Chilean wine fav is Casa Lapastolle. Haven’t had it in about a decade, but still my most favorite producer until something else comes along.