So I’m really diggin the whole “taking it to the streets” feel with the moving camera; it’s the surprise factor that makes it awesome. So I’m thinking for a few episodes you and Mott should walk down to the floor with the camera, go to the checkout line, and whatever the customer who you’re talking to is buying – that’s what you’re tasting on that episode. That could make for some entertaining tastings.

QOTD: rotisserie. Hands down. I’ll take down the whole chicken in one sitting, no questions asked.

Keep it real.

Arizona wines!! I didn’t know they make wines in Arizona and after this episode I know why.
Besides, non of these wines are available in Belgium or in Europe.

The wines in this episode where not that interesting but the show itself was very nice to look at.

QOTD. I have dozens of likes. With lemon, roasted, truffled, in risotto, in saltcrust, fried, …… but the one I love the most is ….. can’t decide.

Gotta agree with Mark, “beer-butt” or beer can chicken is the only way to eat chicken. You get a deliciously crispy exterior from the convection cooking of the grill and mouth-wateringly juicy meat that’s damn hard to dry out thanks to the steam from the beer. Just make sure you make or get a good spice rub and work it under the skin of the chicken before cooking (and put some in the beer!). Spice rub on the outside of the chicken makes the skin taste good. Spice rub under the skin makes the WHOLE CHICKEN taste good.

Also, tangentially, a couple episodes back you read a comment from a viewer who criticized your style and blamed it on your Russian blood. Let me just plead with you to ignore that comment entirely. Your style is (partly) what got you here today. For every one viewer like that one there are 20 to 50 who watch because of your style. It was hard to watch you try to avoid saying “play” for the rest of the episode. Let Gary be Gary! Viva WLTV!

P.S. Pizza Vino Joe’s QOTD response blew my mind.

“I to take the hind quarter pieces and brine them in a salted apple juice over night; then smoke them for a few hours and then finish on the grill.”

Thanks Joe. Now I have to buy a smoker!

QOTD: butterflied brick, french flavors.

Thanks for the Arizona episode. I lived in AZ for almost 30 years before moving back to the East. Explored AZ “wine country” in the southern desert..Sonoita, Elgin, fun to see vineyards in the land of cacti and gila monsters. I appreciated Callahan wines the most of the State’s offerings, found some interesting reds near the Mexico border. Maybe a review of “Rattlesnake Red” out of Nogales?
Maybe not.

QOTD: Chicken Tacos at Pepe’s Taco Villa on Phoenix.

Have you ever just sat down with a bucket of Kentucky fried outside where you can just throw the bones anywhere and eat it until it is gone. Neither have I but it would be a blast. ( Hope you have your colestrol in check)

Wine world?…more like you’re gonna dig into the chook world now!
Btw, did you just ate some red bean/ azuki beans?? Cool aspect!

QOTD: prob roast chicken!

QOTD: BBQ

Love…Love…Love when you take the camera and go on an adventure at WL. A little mesy up there on the third floor!!

QOTD: Breaded and fried…gotta love anything fired, with mashed potatoes…oh yeah!!

Great episode today Gary.

QOTD : It depends on my mood. Anywhere from BBQ to in a salad.

i was happy to learn that there are some drinkable wines produced there. i go to arizona at least twice a year and make a point of trying local wines when they are available. unfortunately i haven’t found any i would order again.

Great Show as usual GV!!

It’s always good to try new places; you definitely should make a show on Brazilian wine, specially sparkling. It?s great stuff!

Start with these 3:

?Cave Geisse Brut
?Miolo Millésime
?Chandon Brut Excellence

QOTD: Chicken Nuggets!!

liked the show Gary. i did not know anything about the AZ wine industry before. good job Nathan

Gary, going back to episode #703, I hope you do not let mister dickweed influence the way we roll on Wine Libray TV. Drunk Russian, what the hell!! Could you image him going on the Thunder Cruise? WTF

ktf

DeeDick/dickweed where are you ??????

GV! Sorry, been out of the country for a while and have missed most of the 600’s. I’m back though. Great to see you and glad to be watching. Just got my first decent sized wine cooler (36 bottles).

Great show. QOTD: Italian style, chicken parm or marsala. YUM!

QOTD. Chicken is so flexible. Why limit yourself to one way? 🙂

Good show Gary! Thanks for doing an AZ episode, we’re moving to the Phoenix area from Cleveland next month. We’re looking forward to watching the AZ wind scene mature.

Great episode. I love the “other state” episodes.

QOTD: Thai basil chicken.

I was very happy that you seemed to acknowledge that the wine was from Arizona, while being neither too critical nor too forgiving because of that.

QOTD: Tie for me. Either classic Coq au Vin, or spatchcocked and char-grilled after hours of marination in lemon juice, garlic and herbs, with sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper. Now I’m hungry.

Very interesting episode, although how many is that on Arizona now? I was surprised by your scoring of the second wine vis-a-vis your tasting notes. You made its sound decent so I was figuring at least a score in the low 80s and then you killed it with a 78.

QOTD: Since I already used Chicken Cordon Bleu on another recent episode QOTD, I’ll go with Chicken with Thai Red Curry or Chicken Satay (can you tell I had Thai food recently?)

You didn’t convince me that Arizona is where I want to spend my too few wine dollars, wondering what that Z5 would be like if it was 100% Zin if it was over the top at 57%

QOTD: Simple whole bird roasted to perfection

We enjoyed this episode and #703, the Chardonnay episode. (Haven’t watched #702 yet, but we will.) The surprises are always great and one of the things I like about wine.

Don’t worry about those with half-baked ideas about your Russian ancestry vis a vis your style and manner. You’ve attracted viewers because of your passion. People who don’t like it can go watch some other wine blog. I, for one, like it, and I get the feeling I’m not alone. 🙂

qotd: chicken braised with figs in a Riesling…Yum!