QOTD…Russian River Consecration & Old Rasputin 12th anv barrel aged stout

GV-
Great show. I appreciate the nerdism! For someone like myself trying to get a better grasp on the old world style wines this show was a homerun.

QOTD – I started with a sample I was given of Painted Hills Chardonnay (Really Bad) Then went to Clarendon Hills Astrais Shiraz (Much Better)

Ok back to the QOTD: I opened a Beringer Merlot 2006. Nice and went well with my bbq steak 😉

Liking the nerd episodes. Knowledge is power.

This weekend I drank a bottle of Captain Morgan Long Island Ice Tea. (LOL)

I’m a two year watcher who has posted a couple of times, so I thought I’d make a few comments on your “Nerd Show” episode.

1. Gary – when you buy the Jets try not to show your QB the “Statue of Liberty” play.
2. “That was a Brett Farve pass.” is the funniest thing Mott has said in the two years I’ve been watching WLTV, and it was an ad-lib.
3. “Kansas Farm Action”…I’m from Kansas, so what does a city slicker like you know about Kansas Farm Action?
4. When are you gonna have a wrestler on WLTV?

GV–Being the self proclaimed “Wine Geek” that I have become, I am LOVING the “Nerdisms”…Sanatanay, to me, is a better producer of their high end whites, as opposed to their sometimes disappointing pinots. I have had the pleasure of trying the Dom. Vincent Beaurepaire Sant Blanc ’05…If you can get your hands on it, do yourself a MAJOR favor and drink it with Lizzie!

QOTD–This weekend I had the opportunity to drink a Domaine St. Gayan Rastaeu…Certainly affordable to the average joe, and to me, EXTREMELY surprising on the palate. Kinda felt like somewhat “new world” fruit blended with the earthiness & fungal components of the classic old world burgundies that you & I are accostomed to…Certainly a good play for you to look into. Hope all is well on the home front, my brotha!

QOTD: 2007 The Stump Jump Red (Grenache (50%) / Shiraz (29%) / Mourvedre (21%) McLaren Vale). I’m a sucker for GSM.

QOTD: Kenwood 2006 Jack London Vineyard Zinfandel (B/B-) and Finca El Portillo 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Mendoza (C+/B-)

Thanks for the geekery!

I had a domaine dujac 95′ bonnes mares !!!!!!

I love santenay….if i had it my way, i’d ask u to do a burgundy month and cover every village in the

cote d’or…

.I think that would be rad.

You could cover two villages per day…and hit em’ all f!!!!!!!

STOP (at the 3:30 mark) – Love your father but disagree w/ the rest of Jack’s comment about guests. Some of the best shows are you interacting w/ a guest.
There are so many memorable moments. From the celebs to the wine geek sommeliers to just regular type folks.
Sure there are some misses, but overall the mix of guests, flip cams on the road & wine geek stuff by yourself makes this the THUNDER SHOW!!!

The engineer in me loves it when you nerd it up! Picked strawberries this morning; I made the whole house smell like hot jam – reminded me of some Pinos I’ve had lately.

QOTD: Today I opened up a bottle of Gigi Rosso Dolcetto di Diano d?Alba ’06. It has very forward fruit on the nose, with floral hints on the nose. The initial attack is fruit forward, but the finish is quite dry and tannic. New world fruit with old world structure – interesting play for my first Dolcetto.

QOTD:
It was a great wine weekend for me…hightlights:
-Ca’ del Bosco Franciacorta DOCG NV Brut – beautiful traditional method bubble
-Claus Preisinger’s Heideboden White AND Red blends. Fantastic natural wines.

Good show Gary! Love the wine nerd stuff.

QOTD: I drank a Schrader Cellars second label wine 2005 Double Diamond Cab Sav Bomber X. It was terrific!

Good show Gary! Love the wine nerd stuff.

QOTD: I drank a Schrader Cellars second label wine 2005 Double Diamond Cab Sav Bomber X. It was terrific!

Liked the episode, Gary.
White & Nerdy.
QOTD: Had a delicious “local” rose this weekend.

Love the nerd episodes. Espiecially with your “international” wines. We get very few North American wines in New Zealand, so I don’t tend to watch your US wine shows as impossible to get. However we’re well served with European and South American wines, quite apart from our Australasian wines. Your shows have encouraged me to try more intersting wies from these regions. Just love Loire Reds for instance.
Last weekend was in Queenstown so tried central Otago pinot noir. Gibbston 2007 PN excellent, no so hot on the Amisfield 2007. Watched the bungy jumping but at $165 a jump told them I would prefer 4 bottles of Gibbston PN!

I had an easy drinking Chard by Penfolds and a nice 2003 Cru bourgois by Chateau Lousteauneuf which I really liked. It was a fruit meets spice thing going on…

You should really get some high-end German pinot noirs on the show. I think those are worth a try. Anyway I used to life at Chicago (some years ago) and remember it was hard to find German reds in the US. It seemed strange to me that I was offered a lot of Gewürztraminer when I was asking for German wines which is not the most favored varietal over here.

Regards from Germany

Love the nerdy-ness today Gary. Keep it up.

QOTD – Trying to stay healthy so I stuck with water straight out of the tap. Gotta keep it old school sometimes, you know?

Love the Nerdy shows! Bring on more of them.

QOTD: Zubrowka (Polish vodka) Yumm!!!!

QOTD:

Went a little old school today(for me anyway), and had a Rutherford Hill Merlot 03. Definitely such interesting Cherry/Plum play, A little too much acidity but nothing a little aeration didn’t fix.

Oh tried the Roots from your hotel eps. not the greatest but definitely worth trying just for the experience, and worth the six bones(no more).

Good review and keep up the nerdy! 🙂

Great show… again. Keep up the nerdy-nerdy rhythm.

QOTD: Pittacum 2005 (Bierzo) and Mas Donis Rosat 2008 (Montsant)

Great Show, Gary!
I’ve been watching (from europe ‘Belgium’) since episode 400 and have learned a lot of new cool wines from you.
Watching out for the white santenay…

QOTD: I had a pretty nice weekend. Started of Friday with a ’07 Mahi Sauvignon Blanc NZ
On Saterday 2 Sancerre’s from Henri Bourgeois: La Bourgeoise ’03 & Cuvee d’Antan ’02.
Sunday a Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1e cru ‘Clos de la Chatenieres’ ’07 (who blow my socks away, thanks for the tip in episode 410)
Finishing yesterday with a Bonny Doon Ca’ del Solo Albarino ’07.
All 5 terrific wines on a fantastic weekend.

QOTD: 2007 Hexamer Sobernheimer Marbach Riesling Kabinett trocken, 2004 Azienda Agricola Dei Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

QOTD: Saturday I had a couple of Hendricks Gin martinis with slices of cucumber. Delicious.

This was not as nerdy as the FB and Tweets would have led me to believe. Or maybe my nerd threshold is way too high!

Hey Gary,
Nice show! The (wine)nerds wil rise again!!
QOTD: We did a vertical tasting of Beyerskloof this weekend.
About Santenay: I visited Burgundy ten times, tasted lots of wines and only 15/20 where any good just like you proved in your show…
Thats the toll of having a big name i guess…