vpass64- WLTV has their own wine called Sharp Shooter(Pinot Noir and Chardonnay). I have tried both of them and they are great wine at a super price.

I heard the elf is 3 timing you.

the very rare LeatherPalate comment is all I need!

Great show Gary!
I love love loves me some CB!

It's good to see LP comments on here again!

Goodbye sailorman, hello Stewie!

Too bad you went with such high expectations for the Vouvray. I'm still pretty sure it's a great drink in a challenging year like 2007 was.

One VERY important think you forgot to mention about Chenin is its longevity and how they improve in bottle. Dry styles will last at least 5 years, tendre off-dry 10-15, and moulleux will last forever.

QOTD. Everybody that comments should be recognized as opposed to the lurkers…

Welcome back Mr Rickles! Thanks for the vote. I think you can vote three times for me since you have three different avatars on this episode alone. I think I'll get free shipping for a year, so keep the votes coming!

I'll take that as a vote for me!

QOTD: current = Washington Wine Guy; all time = KAHUNA

I have neglected Chenin Blanc, but based on this episode I will make more of an effort to try it. Unfortunately don't see the first wine at any stores near me 🙁

OZ would be Awzome!

Gary – do you think that the Clos Baudoin will soften with time? Perhaps it's looking a little tight at this point in its development…?

QOTD: Mott.

Too bad about that second Chenin Blanc. I'm all for the biodynamic if it helps someone get closer to their vineyard, or helps someone who only knows ag-industry, to see another set of options, but as a marketing stamp alone, it is not necessarily the mark of a good, or great wine.

and you 😀

did have a very nice biodynamic Vouvray at a tasting last week, with our pals at Artisanal Cellars:
Domaine Vigneau Chevreau 2008…my notes say pretty pear and lemon drop nose, middle acids, sophisticated elegant elusive fruit, mineral chalky finish. Was not scoring…guessing $26 retail.

Probably not….. It definitely would be great, he could bring along James May as well…

Oz is my favourite wine personality, Sorry Gary.

Rickles is a genius! Thnx again. I'll be back in 10 hours time, i'm calling it a day early this time. I need 10 hours of sleep otherwise i'm a wreck! Have a good new ep. Thunder time ; )

One word Gary: BLIND TASTING PLEASE! (Well that's 3)

You must be having technical difficulties because I didn't hear my name… 😉 Start over and I'll turn my speakers up.

Who is the Bozo now?

Cool. Thanks for doing the research. I'll check it out.

newbie 😛

At leas there is love for the homeland! (and no free shipping)

Scruff

Great episode GV. Love the energy and excitement.

Favorite commenter… dont have one. I know I just disappointed many, probably you more than the rest combined, but I dont have the time to read through the comments. I drop my peace for you to check out, and I bounce. Now that you got me feeling guilty, I'll make a better effort to find a commenter that brings thunder.

A good episode.

If you will permit an observation – I appreciate your anticipation in many ways. We all have our anticipations and when those anticipations are met, all is right with the world, things are rosy and it is wonderful to be alive.

When those anticipations are not met, as so often they are not, then we are often devastated, we are crushed, and everything sucks.

I have observed on many occasions that your anticipations are not met and I think you are just a little bit too harsh in your review.

Now I understand where your judgement come froms, and so long as you continue to encourage us to “Trust our own palate” I will continue to trust your judgements and reviews.

But if I might suggest, judging, reviewing, scoring, however one wishes to look at your efforts, the more you can disallow you own anticipation the better your judgment will be perceived.

It is so very hard to separate your passion from your judgment and in fact, your passion my actually outweight your analysis of the wines.

Just some random thoughts from an old country cop.

QOTD – I don't spend a lot of time with the comments as I do not feel they pertain to me. The comments are feedback for you. If others can gather any meaningful information then I am grateful that I have helped them.

My experience in the past with the Chidaine wines, is that they are much better 1 day after opening, and are still going strong a week later….

I think 2007 was too warm. The 2005 Chidaine's are unbeleivable.

well, I can't resist.

QOTD – I would not say one person, but rather that random commentator who is really annoyed or angry with GV and/or the show. They rant and rave about something and often have a misguided or sometimes insulting take on WLTV. Then everyone else rips into them in more postings and the instigator has some sort of follow up. I don't really agree or like those 'haters', but they do make things interesting around here…

Too bad about the Vouvray….but “Banana peel meets lemon zest”…damn that sounds unctuous and righteous! Love the Chenins and Love the Loire! Keep pumping up the lesser-known whites from the Loire, especially as we head into Spring and Summer….this is the year I start drinking a hell of a lot more white wines. And I dig New World wines, but come on, you simply cannot be the diversity and complexity of most French and Italian whites. Hit up some Orvietos for Spring!

QOTD: Mott, Mott, and then Mott. Especially with his 'screw the Oscars watch District 9″ attitude. But Grape_Ape has to get a shout out simply on name alone. How many people in this forum are actually old enough and geeky enough to have watched the Grape Ape cartoon? Dudes! That shizzle was a classic Saturday-morning-old-school-eatin'-fruity-pebbles-in-front-of-TV-show. Grape-Appizzle!