Oh, Chateauneuf Du Pape will almost always take a little advantage over California, but just a tad. Good short episode.

QOTD: I had my first experience with wine stations when I was an exchange student in Spain in 1990, they refilled your bottles for $150 PTAS (around $2 USD), almost all of them Garnacha (also Tempranillo) based wines that to me were heavenly at the time, for the price it was just amazing juice.

QOTD: Hans Gruber!
Right now my favorite Grenache is the one I pour on weekends at the winery: Gregory Graham's 2006 Crimson Hill Vineyard, from the Red Hills Lake County AVA. Bright, fruit-forward, very true to varietal, but no, no fake fruit!
Love the format. Keep doing it!

Hey Gary.

Got to love the Pape and got to love the BPB (Brown Paper Bag).

QOTD: In Australia we've got some mighty old grenache vines and in my opinion I think the variatal performs better in the Mclaren Vale than the Barrossa. Best Grenache experience was visiting the tiny Mclaren producer Samuals gorge, were Justin the wine maker didin't just give us his awesome wines to try, but made us coffee, offered us a beer and as we were leaving asked which was out favourite – we replied “for drinking now the grenache” – and he handed us a bottle (of $40 wine) to take home for dinner. Give as a pure gift it was one of the sweetest winnes I've ever drunk!

Cheers
Andrew

First of all, there is no way you gonna wipe out Mott with a lame fireball. Second of all… good show! Will have to seek Chateanueuf at a rich guy's party 😉

QOTD: Fav villain would have to be Darth Vader. Yep… I'll have to go there. He was just flippin' bad@$$.

QOTD: Brought back a Lodi Grenache called “R”. Not R wines from Australia. Excellent. I do like T-Vine Grenache, but of course love nearly every CDP–just more refined and complex than most Cali, Aussie wines, though I did enjoy the TirNaNog Grenache. You of course didn't care for it.

Drinking a great inexpensive garnacha from Spain tonight. “Evodia”. It's fairly big. Smoky, fruity, yummy-delicious.

Great episode Gary! Grenache is the world's greatest red grape in my opinion… CDP, So much of spain… The Rhone Valley, Gigondas, so much old world awesomeness there.
QOTD: Grenache always brings SERIOUS thunder to my palate. Most recently I scored some of Chateau St. Cosme '07 Gigondas “Le Poste” and “Hominis Fides.” Unbelievable grenache thunder, and age worthy too. If you haven't tried these yet, Gary, SEEK THEM OUT! Incredible wines. (Parker gave the Hominis 100 points… wow!)

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QOTD: While Spain is cranking out some pretty high (85-90pt) solid Grenache wines for <$15 I've gotten kind of sick of them and recently have been enjoying the more old world grenache blends. The most recent wine I had that's primarily grenache was the 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Vacqueyras, which was enjoyed at a college graduation celebration dinner at a very high quality restaurant. It was a great example also of the quality of the 2007 Rhone vintage.

Great episode, Gary, albeit another short one. I love Grenache. I got turned out to this varietal a few months ago after drinking Slip Stream and a Gigondas by Pierre Amadieu 06 Romane. Both are great wines for my palate and seemed to be very bright. Great to pair with a cigar ( had to throw that in there), preferably medium bodied.

As far as Mike Tyson's Punchout…now that was the SHIZZZ! I loved that game! I mentioned buying a Nintendo the other day just so I could buy that and Excite bike…lol.

QOTD: No story…lol

29 DAYS TIL THE PARTY!!!!

Another solid episode, good stuff Gary

QOTD: favorite villain – not a huge highlander fan but the Kurgan was fun. Made that movie.

Great show Gary. Would love to see how you rate a bush vine grenache from 100 plus year old vines in the Barossa Valley against these. Would be a great line up head to head.

QOTD: You know what's weird? I really seem to enjoy the CdP's most when Grenache isn't the dominant grape. Go Beaucastel!

I drink grenache now and then and agree with others here that French old world is better than new world.. CDP and gigondas such as Les Pallieres Racine (imported by your buddy, Kermit Lynch) rock. I recently had another grenache-based wine from same producer: Le Pigeoulet en Provence – beautiful wine, under $20.. I need to find more of it!

The Pape reins supreme!

QOTD: Haven't had a lot of Grenache, but I had a Chateaneuf Du Pape earlier this year that was excellent!

Keep the head-to-heads coming, Gary.
Must confess, that I have only had a few bottles of Grenache. In the past, it just seemed a little light for me. But, summer is finally here, and maybe it's time to try another.
QOTD: Favorite villain? Barack Ob…, oh, never mind.

Try the Atteca Old Vines grenache. Gary laudes it and bashes it in two different WLTV episodes but at around $10-12 dollars its real hard to beat. Its soft and supple with good fruit thats almost a tid bit over the top but has the delicious factor. Good to drink by itself because it doesn't have the structure to drink with food I believe. Give it a try.

Good big fruit from grenache and sometimes high alcohol levels, I agree, can stand up to some cigars. Haven't tried the two together yet, but will do. You got any recommendations for a good cuban cigar if I can get my hands on some here soon? I like full bodied, creamy and some good spice to my cigars.

Every body get your drinks together to support the USA in their match against England. I hope we never give them the satisfaction of beating us. They can wait another 60 years to try,…haha!!!

Thanks, G. I have a 6er of the CdP waiting in the wings and will arrive in Fall. Then another 5 or so years and I'll actually see how it is.

QOTD: From the states: Jaffurs & Herman Story have a nice grenach. Then the best: Cayuse. Other than that, I'm a southern rhone guy all the way.

I loved busting glass joe with the right left! Grenache…. brb…”Anyone in Dubai got a Grenache?” Hold on G man I gotta find a bottle… story to follow.

I never had Mike Tyson's Punch Out (I may not have been allowed – I'll have to ask my mom) but when I played it at friends' houses, Sandman was definitely the scariest.

I haven't had much grenache outside of blends, but I did just pick up the $6.50 grenache during the WL Memorial Day free shipping special. Haven't had it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Couldn't afford not to buy it.

I went to “The Bastille,” a French grill/restaurant/bar in San Francisco and asked for a glass of strong wine. They poured me a Grenache. It was awful. It tasted like camphor, and it numbed my cheeks and tongue. Also came across eucalyptusy. I've had other Grenaches that tasted candied and fake. I have not yet caught the boat on Grenache.

Disqus SUCKS!!!

Go Messi, Go Messi, Go Messi ! ! !

Chateau Neuf de Pape ranks as my all time favorite wines so I like my grenache blended with other grapes. Have had some over-the-top grenache from Spain, Australia and USA. I believe in the past that the most planted grape in the world is grenache.