Second!

4. Back from lurking for too long. Mott, you need to correct where it says the Rioja is a Columbia Valley red.

G, I know exactly what you’re talking about. I constantly ask my wine guy for wines with power that aren’t too heavy or full bodied. It’s what I like about most of my favorite wines.

Missed u!

Pfew, learned a lot today 😉 and kind of a mouthwatering episode. Jealous of you guys, would have definitely swallowed the Leflaive.

QOTD: I guess for me: 95% low alcohol (11-14% max). I like a lighter and more balanced style and I often find myself looking for the percentage when I am tasting because I am annoyed by all the alcohol.

Amazing show!

I consider alcohol levels very important in a wine and more often than not I choose lower levels. I think it is just awesome to taste a great bottle of wine of older vintage and latter notice it is only 11.5 or 12.5 % Vol.

The other they I had a Tyrrel’s Hunter Valley Semillon from 2002 that was only 11% Vol. The balance and the persistence of the wine were fabulous! You don’t need alcohol to make a wine great!

I hope producers start minding about that more and more.

So Gary got the email. I’ve been off the map for a long time big change in my life in the last couple of months. They took the bayou boy out of the bayou and put him in law school at University of Maryland. so that has been very busy. I have been checking in on you and catching episodes here and there. I honestly meant to comment or shoot you an email and talk a little Who Dat smack and see if you wanted to wager anything on the potential Saints repeat. Did catch all the brown bag specials last week loved em gonna get that Oyster Bay PN tonight. Anyhow congrats on the upcoming 5 years and keep doing what you do cause you got this frat boy off cheap beer and into finding good value wine
I appreciate it.
Cheers,
Matt

Wow. Love to have tasted those.
QOTD: I prefer the 12 – 13.5% range, with whites, even lower sometimes. I find when it gets to 14.5%+ the alcohol overpowers the wine, even the big ones and off course you can’t drink much of it. I like to enjoy a glass or two without being intoxicated.

Great information-
I enjoy a wine that is 13.5 the most… I feel the flavors more. I do drink the 14.5 and enjoy them.. but after killing the bottle you can sure feel the difference. If I feel like a higher alcohol content I will reach for a satisfying glass (or two) of port.
Thanks for the great show Gary and Josh!

I couldn’t even pay attention to anything for the last 6 minutes of the show….you spit out a $400 bottle of wine….something is SERIOUSLY wrong with you.
QOTD: generally 12 to 13%….seems like higher can’t control the alcohol taste and lower….well, I’d have to open a second bottle and then hear grief from the wife. (unless I spit it out every time…then none of it really matters, does it?)

HAHAHHAHA sorry BobbyX

Thanks for the email GV…really glad I caught this episode! I feel like flying out there next week to “help” you re-taste!
QOTD: I prefer 12.5% or less

WOW … Josh is a baller!

I’ve been away from wine for a few months now, and what a great episode to jump back in on. First off, so glad to see a Finger Lakes in there. I was out there a few years ago for a work thing and the host wanted to take me out to the wineries, I had no expectations whatsoever, and was blown away. Second, great guest. I hope you have him on every year. And third, I will definitely be looking for the show next week where you taste that last one again. Ah, 400 dollar bottles of wine and the joys of vicarious wine appreciation!

I really like your show! Thanks!

loved this show! superb.
QOTD: being an aussie, when i first got into wine about five years ago, shiraz was all i drank, and after a while, i began to always think “higher alcohol = better”. these days, my wine knowledge is far more varied, and i rarely drink those reds any more. maybe it’s a bit of a psychological thing but if i see a wine over 14.5% i probably wouldn’t buy it. on the other hand, i know that’s a silly principle because there are fortified reds (like our prized Rutherglen fortifieds here in Victoria) which i adore which can get up to 20%. another massive trend in australia is the lowering of alcohols of chardonnays, which are regularly at 13% and not 14.5%, which has given those wines much more balance and finesse.

I absolutely adore this guest. and the celestine prophecy ideology of growing and cultivating, timing day vs. night, they are tended with conscious intention like plants do well with music plants do well with concious love and tender care, the biodynamics of cultivation of ingrediants in a skin care line i use Dr. Hushkas from germany use this process. they are consciously aware of time of day and thought and loved , and there content produces higher levels of the good dna vs untended chemically proves that depak chopras ageless body timeless mind tecniqhes work, loved the episode,

Thank you, that means a lot to me!

Ron we missed u man, seriously!

I’ve been watching the site in RSS for so long it’s been ages since I’ve opened the actual page. WLTV looks great, and I love the snazzy disqus comments!

great episode.

qotd: I tend to prefer lighter alcohol wines (under 14%) and drink those probably about 80-90% of the time. There are higher alcohol wines that I like a lot (Aubert Chard, Brewer-Clifton chard and pinot noir). I’ll gladly buy and drink any wine that I think is balanced (and good for a reasonable price, obviously). I do not look at %abv before buying a wine unless I have no other reliable information on that wine. I do my best not to look at %abv before tasting a wine no matter what as I know I am a bit prejudiced against some of the “big boys”. I am dumbfounded by those (buyers for stores or restaurants) who say they refuse to carry wines above x%abv. I think that closedminded attitude only hurts consumers. That said, it’s a bit less likely that I will enjoy a wine above 14%, much less above 15%, and even less that I’ll enjoy either with food. Lately I really like drinking things like German riesling and dry Lambrusco that come in under 12% because I can have more without getting drunk.

QOTD: I don’t care, but I hate when the alcohol shows. I mean when its got too much heat on the backend. It can ruin a really nice wine for me. High alcohol content does not bother me at all, I just ask for balance.

Great show! Thank you. I love seeing such passion for what you do (I mean both of you). Love seeing guests when they are as knowledgeable and sincere as you, Gary.

QOTD: me too, I ask for balance. Don’t care so much about the alcohol level. At this point I’m just enjoying different varietals; one day it’s 15.5%, the next day, 8%

QOTD: Really depends on the wine, but I would rather not ‘notice’ the alcohol. I like to drink almost all wines at room temp, but I’ve learned that I have a bad tendency to let a wine sit for a while when the room temp is closer to 75 than 50, and things get too hot. I recently enjoyed a Cali Zin which was listed at a modest 14.6, but still had the body and flavor I look for, so I think for me I’m with Gary…85-90 under.

Again, all time great guest. WLTV is getting better by the month, Bravo!

QOTD: For drinking at home solo I’d say I’m 90% low alcohol, 5% big. WIth company I’ve really learned that pushing a Loire Cab Franc or Northern Rhone Red just doesn’t work most of the time for most people. However, I tend to enjoy those big red’s with company – there is something very fun about drinking them. Whereas with the low alcohol red’s I find there to be a much more rewarding personal experience. When I look back at that last sentence it seems silly at first, but the beauty of all this is that it is what it is – and that’s the best part!

Hail to the Redskins!