Or watch it in reverse….. ; )

Could be fun

Just to show us he was rubbin shoulders w big Bob….I think.

Thanks a lot! I appreciate the comment. I just want to make a difference in someones life.

So much, too much, in fact, to even comment on, and I liked it. I thought the original run of the 3 Thieves was really good sourcing. Then the Cab jug did just about as well. We stacked both, and sold through, quickly, the 15/ or 20 cases they gave us. By the time the Trebbiano tetra hit, (and I recognize/like Trebs as real nice, fresh glass w/ real potential – witness several French ones, called Ugni Blanc, but often, oceans of drek are slogged out to the public), i was still in support, not because it was good juice, but because I liked the package's utility/potential, and much more importantly, I was WAY BEHIND the Joel Gott LABEL wines, not his brand. Trebbiano failed me. It's ok. But 815 Cab, and several of his S.B. bottlings havebeen outstanding. And several years later, the 815 Cabernet is SOLID, well made, and delicious. — oh – that word -as Charles said it, re; the first run of Zin. That described it perfectly. Real drinkable. And even then, I was well past my zin love days.
More tommorrow. looking forward to it, and thanks, guys!

And now the weather:

No thunder on the horizon. But sunny skies and boring eps all around!

Goodnight, sleep tight. See you tomorrow.

Who was your distributor? None of the 2004 Bandit should have been available anymore. The thieves changed to a new Tetra type in 07 which is more durable for the wine, the fresher the wine the better for Tetras. The new Tetras are much better at the wine tastes great at the price point.

Just finished cooking and eating the first steak off the grill of the year. Was hoping to come back to part 2; I need to know if I need to eat my words. Oh well…maybe tomorrow. I may disapprove of this type of wine marketing/mass producing, but still find it interesting.

Steak was delicious and opened a priorat to go with it. The weather here is all of the sudden amazing. It was like 20 last week and there was a foot of snow on the ground. Now it's 90% melted and t-shirt weather. Over the winter I dry aged a few roasts and froze the steaks. I broke out a cowboy cut rib steak from a rib roast I aged 2 weeks. Freakin awesome. One steak was more than enough to feed the lady and I coming in at ~30oz.

Since there was no sniffy sniff today, I would like to mention this priorat I'm guzzling. It's called Bodegas Las Cartujas Priorat 2007 and comes in at $15. I know….cheap priorat sounds scarry, but this is the real deal.

Allan u went on a rampage, u ok?

hey gv…lots of controversy about yesterdays show. Good entertainment regardless. Lookin forward to part 2.

I'm what you would call, active!

Was just sayin' goodnite to the swede AndersN….

I'm great, thnx for ur concern. New show anytime soon, or has Mott fell asleep??? ; )

I'm here and I'm certainly not asleep.

Any mention of grilling a fat juicy ribeye gets props from me! I just grilled up a few fillet mignons with peppercorn sauce 2 days ago (its what the girl likes, but give me a bone-in cowboy steak any day) and had it with a '07 Maipe Malbec at 9 bux, was great! I really enjoyed it. I will buy again, for certain…

Maipe malbec is definitely a good QPR wine, especially with steak. Stupid bottle, but good wine.

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Interesting that Mott would comment but not post the ep or an explanation… maybe we're not gettin it today? Or maybe the WL computers use 56K modems and the videos take an hour to upload.

Oh the conspiracy of it all!

last!
(oh, rats!)

One of the best most interesting shows I have ever seen and can't wait for the conclussion!
Please do more of these with cool interesting people in the business like these!

OOOH!! ur just so sweet!

Thanks!!

Funny how I mentioned my old love for malbec and I hope the same thing doesn't happen to vouvray as it has to malbec and here is malbec on WLTV. Great discussion and I can't wait to see part-2 and the rest of the talk and what this wine has to show.

GV, your a rambling man.

Really? Is malbec that hot???? The next best thing?
It's my least favorite red wine.

I'm someone who's considering starting a small vineyard in the near future and really enjoyed your rant on the business and future of wine. Thanks Gary!