Nice episode. Goes to show that price is not always right 🙂 Like your approach towards wine as an individual experience. Started watching a month ago and are now browsing through the archive every night.

QOTD: Drank a red Bordeaux 2007 Chateau Haux. It’s a small estate runned by a danish corp and I have some stocks and are therefore get to buy each vintage (red and white)at a reasonable price.
The wine sniffed 🙂 green grass, a little bit of licorice, oak and ceder wood. The wine wirled 🙂 red berries, dark chocolate, hay and some white pepper. Lot’s of tannins, should probably mature 2-3 years

Wild Earth Pinot Noir (It reminded me of drinking a steak)

Dude…1st time commenter and really enjoy the show!! just looked at the last comment and put 2 and 2 together…sorry but this is my nerdiness. take a looksy and see how (wine)nerd, if pronounced in the same vein as the germans would…sounds like vineyard. (wine)nerd=vineyard..haha, what do you think??

Cool show.

QOTD: I had a couple 1800 Margaritas. Shot of 1800 Tequila, little triple sec, a little peach schnapps(my secret addition), some sour mix, a little sweetened fresh lime juice. Shack, salt, enjoyed.

Luv the nerdy-ism ….. it’s free education ….. thanks Gary!

QOTD: JIM BEAM Straight Rye Whiskey.

Awesome…love the nerdy aspects of the show!
Keep the nerdy-ness rocking!

QOTD: had a 1998 Morton Estate Black Label Merlot Cabernet (from Hawkes Bay)…awesome!
my nerdy notes- cherry, blackcurrant, berries plus a good mix of leather and slight barnyard characters on the nose while on the palate, great intense cherry juice with red berry fruits together with some blackcurrant and plums before a the barnyard like midpalate and a long leathery finish with hints of dark chocolate. Med-full bodied, great acid structure and transition with great balance. Overall, excellent!

Hi Gary,
Thanks for another informative episode. This weekend I had a Pimm’s cup and an ’05 La Butte from Ch. La Gatte.
Cheers to you.

Excellent episode, loved the nerd factor/wine talk/edumucation.

QOTD: It was a hot and humid weekend, needed to cool off with a “bourbon slush”; the new twist I discovered was to muddle it with fresh basil. I’ve decided that for cocktails, basil is the new mint.

WHAT!! A week at the grill would be awe-some!
I couldn’t follow some of the nerdiness but that’s ok, I bet many people were educated.

QOTD: Hertog Jan beer, which is, if I’m right, from southern Holland. Could be Belgium. It’s a regular pilsener but kinda leans toward the dark special beers.

Wow so close to 700!! Glad you are sticking around.Love the nerdism! Thanks for letting us in on all your knowledge!!! Would really enjoy a “Grilling with Gary” series!

QOTD:Sat – Champagne: Veuve Cliquot Brut, Mumm Napa Brut Prestige and ended with a Cava! Sun – all day I drank water :)!

A bunch of samples. Los Cardos Malbec, Terra Rouge Enigma, Bliss Chardonnay, Trentadue Old Patch Red, Rocking Horse 2000 Zin (Really Good!). Pretty tough weekend for me as you can see 😉

Also, I always dig the wine nerd shows, and I have had some Santenay, so it’s nice to see that as well.

To @wendywhy: If there’s one thing GV is teaching here, it is that wine is fun, not intimidating! Get in there and take a swing (or swig)! It’s your palate. Use it!

Gary. Great show. Keep nerding it up. Though I may not seek out these wines this week, it gives perspective and a sense of geography to the wines I might drink. Thx. QOTD: Cotes Du Rhone cuvee speciale Rouge 2006 Les Vins De Vienne by Cuilleron, Villard, Gaillard and Villa. Branded by a Tokyo import store called Kinokuniya. Quite good for the equivalent of US$20.

GV, we had dry French rose’ which was perfect in the super hot conditions of the Florida Keys. Keep up the good work, looking forward to your book.

Nice show. I had to “google maps” Santanay. Never had any wines from there.

QOTD:
1. I had a 2006 1000 foot Pinot, that was alright, a little one note, and for Cali Pinot for <$20… ok
2. 2004 Cakebread Merlot, I liked it, my wife loved it. very oaky but nice focused fruit, very floral, nice finish
3. Some Trader Joes Toscana, $3.99 or something. It was absolutely terrible, totally disjointed and off balance. Really acidic, but not in a good way.

Great show as always……

Yes, nerd it up! This was starting to turn into the Gary V Variety Show, and it’s awesome that you’re going to bring it back to its roots again. The nerdy, gritty secrets about the wine world are why I fell in love with this show in the beginning, and why I’ve continued to watch it all these years.

QOTD: Sangria which I made from scratch. Turned out to be a really good batch, using some inexpensive Cali merlot as the base and Kirsch instead of regular brandy.

What did I drink last week? Chocolate milk. (I’ll pause here a moment while you laugh). If you ever decided to review wines with chocolate flavors, or wines that go well with chocolate, I’d definitely watch. My apologies if you’ve already done a show like this.

Yo G & Mott, SUUUUUUUUUUPER Episode!!!! GEEKness/NERDness RUUUUUUULZZZ!!!!
🙂

qotd: Had some Zind Humbrecht Heimbourg Riesling 2004, Valminor Rias Baixas
Albarino 2006 & Ravenswood Barricia Vyd Zinfandel 1999

Cooper-Garood Vineyards Cab Franc, Santa Cruz Mountains. It was very good!!!

Hey Gary, I’ve been watching, but have been very remiss in leaving comments as of late–my bad–anyway, I do enjoy these formats very much, so keep the Nerdy formats as often as possible!

QOTD–this past weekend was all about beer!

Great show Gary, I like the information. Nerds rock.

QOTD: Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout… delicious

Great show Gary, I like the information. Nerds rock.

QOTD: Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Stout… delicious

I also had the Organic Nigori Junmai Ginjo last night and it was pretty good. Fruity and full of sediment/lees. Shake well is says on the label. Not bad for an Oregon play. Had to have Sushi with it though. Pretty tipsy after 375 ml bottle.
Then tried the Berkeley Gingo in the cute little blueish bottle. Smelled like bad honey dew mellon and tasted very bad at room temp. Just tried it again for breakfast, cold this time and it’s not too bad.