…you And waynooo…

I’m calling in a 5150 on you nutty-nuts. And yet, that’s why I love you all.

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VdPs are really hit-or-miss affairs. Just real bad luck that things didn’t work out so well this episode.

My most recent VdP experience was Gerard Bertrand (sp?) 6eme Sens 2008. Served this on the economy class of Korean Airline, I was expecting absolute swill and I was prepared to relinquish the glass after a sip if I found it too crappy to swallow. It turned out to be okay. Not exciting by any stretch of the imagination, but I did manage to drink the whole glass.

I remember a blind Zin tasting that was nearly as bad as this one…and that one had about 5 wines. Keeping it real is the name of the game, right?

QOTD: Sorry, I missed the show. I’m one more wine blog, list, e-mail, club, deal, etc. from being overly saturated like a bad cork. Do what you gotta do and I’ll do what I can to stay connected.

QOTD: that’s for being honest and keeping it real. even Ty Cobb struck out sometimes. have a great weekend.

QOTD: I don’t know, man. Maybe you should just do a show on Mead.

The triple wine pour! I’ve been wondering when this day would come. Sad that none of these wines bring the thunder.

You already know that I am absolutely ecstatic about Wine & Web. I will be tying up the phone lines every week ;D

My friend and I had this discussion earlier. I’ve never been a big fan of stern, my friend went on and on about what he has done for modern radio. However, we somehow got on the subject of greatest video game systems and he badmouthed super nintendo then I just hung up.

Yeah it looks like everyone did except me….lol

I’m sorry the player download didn’t work, I thought for sure it would 🙁

Agreed on the beer comment! Why not have a bottle of Anchor Liberty Ale or smth on the table just in case you’re left with a bad taste in your mouth after the wines

There are so many Great VDP;’s

Tough show, Gary. Luckily I know what The Thundershow is all about and I would like to encourage anyone who has just seen this show for the first time to continue watching because this show was a FLUKE!

Chin up GV

I honestly loved this brief, brutally honest brown bag show. You called them like you saw (smelled and tasted) them, and these were the exception to the general rule of Languedoc wines bringing value. I have NOT lost faith in the VDP wine segment, and this showing shouldn’t deter anyone else from trying some VDP wines… although it seems that the other AOC in Southern France may be a better bet when dropping more than 10 bones on an unfamiliar wine in the store.

one could guess that that actually primes the glass with the new wine scent whereas water would be left in the glass and dilute the next wine and inflict on its scent.

qoth- I have been a sirius. cust. of 5 years for some reason I could not get online from my computer. I will be there next week!
I love the brown bag shows!

No worries about the WLTV show. As always learned something and enjoyed your reactions.
I listened to bits and pieces of the radio show. A few issues – I guess I’m spoiled with podcasts, DVR, etc. Its just really tough to plan around (just) listening to something (even you) for a set period. Second, the parts I caught seemed to be more of the Sirius mold, rather than the GaryVee mold. Maybe its just the call-in format. Also a lot of WLTV is visual (the spontaneous wandering down the hall, etc). Figure out to make it GaryVee radio and it will be great. Also maybe bring more of the WL staff in. It would be great to hear KMurph, Mott, Ian, etc.

So here’s my question for you, Gary: What do you do when you run across wines this bad after you’ve taped the episode? Obviously at this point all three wines are for sale at the store. Do you pull them off the shelf and return them? You should! I would also be curious who originally convinced WL to carry them, because I would think someone else would taste them first and recognize that they’re that bad (unless palates truly are THAT different!)

QOTD: No I did not listen in because I won’t pay for radio, ever. It has been free dating back to the 1920s and in my opinion that shouldn’t change just because we crossed into a new century and someone launched a satellite.

QOTD: No I did not. It was my grandpas 87th birthday so I didn’t find any time.

For the most part I think they’re overdone. Having said that, I don’t mind the Enchanted Path too much, and I had an 05 Carnival of Love this year which was showing fairly well but I think my palate might have been off that night.

On top of paying for it Garys show has commercials. UGH!

I agree, Allan. Whenever anybody steps up and blind tastes, it doesn’t really Matter what the results are. It’s always nice to find some gems, but proving one’s mettle and sticking to your opinions no matter what is ballsy!

C’mon… all 3 poured out at once? HI-larious! 🙂

great tasting! I have had some very good vin de pays – Mas de Guiot and Mas de Bressades (which is made in costiere de nimes which is its own AOC). I think they were in $10 to $12 range a few years ago.

I listened to XM 139 in my car on the battery to the first hour of the show on Thursday. The commercial breaks were very long. I enjoyed the first hour but that was about my limit. I had a couple of awful bottles of Opus One 1989 which were over the hill by the mid 1990s and that kind of turned me off to it.

I love the Boxer for all out Shiraz and Two left Feet has been a great cab/shiraz blend. The more expensive wines are very good too but overpriced in my opinion and I don’t buy them anymore. GV and many others don’t like their style because they tend to be over-the-top, but that’s how I like by aussie wines

Thnx man! Have a great weekend!!

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