two!

Have had a few Two Hands wines, good stuff. http://www.winelx.com

Woot! De-throned!

Anyhow, looking forward to seeing this as I've been quite anticipating purchasing one of their wines!

Lot's of guests lately, good ones but ( like this very laid back aussie), I miss a better game plan, brown bags, not brown bags, no guests, guests, short epsiodes long episodes!!!!. Well it's good to mix it up, but heads up is also good and renegging on different promises is not god in the long run. Sorry, I'm a bit of a grouchy old man today (I'm a GOM) maybe becasue I don't tasted any wine and had to do washing up, dinner and dishes on the same evening.
Oboy quick pooring here. And faster and faster talking, How long have they been there tasting 🙂

hear, hear.

My favorite Two Hands wine is the 2006 Cabernet “Charlies Patch”. It's from Napa though, same producer? It brings the THUNDER!

Interesting guest . . . but maybe next January Gary will promise fewer shows, so that we actually get 10 a week. . . .

Loved the show. Very interesting guest. Way to go Micheal on sticking to your guns and being who you are. There are a lot of copycats out there. I love the unique wines that reflect where they are made and the man who makes them. Thanks Gary once again for continuing to educate us about wine and those who make them. You bring the wine world to me for free and I appreciate it, at this point in life with kids in college we cannot get out there and pay for classes too often but I can tune in to WLTV and learn something. Props to you Gary.

gary… you're on a roll. great guest! what a wonderful approach and philosophy to wine making.

Oh good, found some more money in the budget for guests even though I wouldn't want to be a guest within a month of Kermit.

I'm pretty sure these guests would be paying gary to be on the show if there was any money involved.

I have to admit I'm getting tired of expensive Australian Shiraz. I really don't understand the premium prices coming from down under and I refuse to buy into what I see as over priced wines. Honestly, I've never had an australian wine I'd pay more than $25 for.

Good guest, always cool to hear how they start up.

there are quite a few that are worth more than 25 dollars but maybe not for your pallette i love the molly dooker carnival of love that runs like 115 if you can find it and is worth every penny

i love love love gnarly dudes i have multiple bottles in my vino temp. at 25 or so us its a awesome aussie shiraz. i also really love the reisling they make called the wolf very interesting melon notes on the reisling. their fortified wine is also quite nice. i very much enjoy all the wines i have had from two hands

pumped for part 2!
love it.
can't wait to hear what year the ares is….that wine needs time.

Whoa! Part way through this I ran to get my crib sheet on ideas for our tasting and to look again at what I had picked up so far: yup, Two Hands '08 Gnarly Dudes and '08 Angel's Share for the Shiraz component. How cool is that?
Kevin at Shelburne Wine and Coffee was pretty enthusiastic about these- we'll see how they play out with the group.
Now it's even more fun to listen to Michael! Thanks!

I'm not usually a fan of guest show, but this guy is great. Can't wait to see the 2nd half. I had my first Two Hands about 6 months ago (don't recall which one but it was a 2004 vintage around $32). I saw the 2005 Gnarly Dudes over the weekend at my local shop. I just ran over and picked up a bottle (26.99 NY). The nose definitely has some funk and barn yard going on. I remember the 2004 being VERY stinky and meaty. There is plenty of red fruit going on here, but the acid is a bit much. The tannin's are moderate and I could go for a bit more. Alcohol is definitely noticeable on the way down. I may try a 2008 when I see one, but I'm gonna pass on Two Hands for a while. For the price per bottle, I'd rather go else where.

Great stuff! Really digging all the recent guests you have had on. This is like adult 3-2-1 contact stuff and I love it.

And “The Big Lebowski” best movie ever. I've got to give gnarly dudes a try followed by a couple White Russians.

I had the 06 mollydooker. Very nice wine, but not my cup of tea. I know a lot of people really liked it. The “deliciousness factor” was outstanding, but it still came across a little shallow in complexity for me. Don't get me wrong, it was a treat of a wine, but imo not worth half of the asking price.

I can dig a fruit bomb now and then. I even dropped $50 on the 07 El Nido Clio the other day. I, in fact, enjoyed the 06 Clio more than the mollydooker (but I like the dooker name better). I'll wait to open the Clio though till I have some people over. I can dig the fruit, but one or two glasses is enough for me.

Interesting guest, not the least because he's the first one I've seen to pour wine for GV and not the other way around!

Two hands wines are fine wines, really awesome wines. All worthwhile and very much worth their value.

Looks like another interesting two parter.

Yeah, label does come into play. Most of the time anything flashy or in a different kind of bottle is not going to get chosen. Not that this prejudice hasn't been wrong in the past, but a majority of them have been flabby or off balanced in my experience.

Big wine, big personality. Maybe you could license the WLTV franchise to him in Aus.
Looking forward to the 7/10 thing. Sounds like a great concept, can't wait to hear details. Stopping by the ole WL tomorrow to pick up my last couple orders.

I love hearing a wine maker say, “it's just a drink. Too many people take this stuff too seriously!!!” Amen, mate!