go giants … 😛

Awwww yeah!!!! TGiF!!! Gonna watch my Chicago Bears go 5-1….toss some assorted meats on the grill and find a nice…mmm…Rioja to wash it all down. Happy weekend to all the Vayniaks and the lurkers too.

Coming to NYC for the weekend and looking forward to some fancy new flavors in cocktails. Sad I don’t have time to visit the Library while I’m out there – still something I need to do!

damn Barry, you almost were the first on line … 🙂

excellent episode really, despite the poor wine showing. crisp, clean, well rounded, with a nice sour finish.

pats prediction: 27-24

qotd – beer weekend, big sam adams sponsored housewarming saturday, then football on sunday. maybe some cognac tonight.

AWE!!!!!! How do you do it…???? HOW!!!!!!

Fruit Bombs really grind my gears. & I hate too much makeup!

Hi Gary,

I like it when you score them low and feel bad about it… But you need to call it what it is.

QOTD: Right now I´m in California and have some Chardonnay inspired by my post yesterday. I just do not like it! It´s 20 USD for half a bottle and 92 RP but to me it´s not better that an entry level australian chard. It´s my last day here and back in Europe I´ll go to the cellar and open a nice 2000 Nicollas Feuillatte Champagne.

QOTD: Oddly enough I did a little wine tasting today with some friends. Came up with similar results, tried some Grenache and Syrah from Spain and did a Long Island tasting for the first time( a Merlot and a Chardonnay). The Grenache was VERY! disappointing, there was just too much alcohol. Whereas the Syrah was all over the place with flavor. The Long Island wines were different…They weren’t bad but by no stretch were they fantastic. Just different array of flavors in both bottles pretty unexpected.

You can’t bat 1000 everyday Gary, no worries.

The Arnot-Roberts site http://www.arnotroberts.com/press.html clearly shows that they know what’s going on. scores,press, and more indicate their achievement. Small ,and w/ good sources. But… it happens. I’d prob. dig it. At $30 (or more, depending on where one is), I’d want a strong enough performance, in league w/ others at that p.p.
Marquis Phillips wines were, and are good, and even though, their updated style is less goopy than the M.D. wines, I agree w/ others here, that its still , just not for me, so, I’m w/ you. I’d only had a #9, and S Squared several years ago, and actually preffered the regular ole-lineup.
QotD -Just opened, for my wine blogging enjoyment, 2005 Catherine & Pierre Breton, Bourgueil, Les Galichets. Hand-picked, unfiltered, from organically grown grapes. 12%abv. http://www.louisdressner.com

QOTD- Beer and Rutgers football. I have a few bottles of Tres Monts and some bugers.

My favorite grape, Cabernet Franc, from 50 year old vines, on gravelly soil, stainless tank ferm, w/ natural yeast, and 5 months in barrel. Again, Ecocert certified grapes. This is hand -farmed wine that is natural, classy, and filled w/ lovable character. I smell lots of raspberries and blueberries, a touch of cream and cocoa, and the smallest trace of licorice. Acids are high, butthat’s how this retains structure w/out big alc. The site says their various Bourgueils are poued in every hot wine bar in Paris, and that’s more endorsement than is even necessary. I’ll bet the French, the hill over, slug this wine down by the caseful! I would!

Trois Monts is biere-de-garde! Love it , and used to rep it. Great w/ just that kind of food, and esp. cheeses, and cold cuts. Refreshing! A sante! & nab a win!

Nice shirt.

Good show Gary. I’m not a fan of the “fruit bomb” either !
QOTD: Portugal red from the Dao region. I’ve been enjoying red & whites from Portugal lately.

Wow…I thought this was a throw-back episode with that awesome shirt. Very pre-100, my Man. Too bad about the wines. Shoulda grabbed a WA state syrah. Although, I have an Aussie going right now that, while not much to brag about, is certainly a nice little wine: Shingleback ’05.

QOTD: The Aussie, that Alta Maria Pinot you had a couple of weeks back (found it local for a good $), and maybe something Beaujolais. BTW – Beware of those pesky Broncos. Orton can bust out big numbers on occaission. Bears 27, Seahawks 20.

Big G, enjoyed the show even if you pazzzzed on the vino. Oh, Your Jets will lose on Sunday. Not hating, but short week and the altitude. It doesn’t look good.lol

QOTD: Really craving a Bloody Mary. Ha, there will be plenty of vino too.

I really enjoyed this episode. This is how I’ve felt about Shiraz from America and Australia for some time. Just not diggin’ either. I’ve avoided Shiraz/Syrah for a while, especially Australian, especially Marquis Philips.

Thanks GV for a good Friday show.

Two interesting tables I served this week: Michelle Pheiffer and husband David Kelly and Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Brian Croser from Australia. Not bad for a slow week.

GV, have you ever tasted any of Croser’s Petaluma or Tapanappa wines? I have not, but he’s been doing it a long time and now he’s growing and bottling Riesling right next to Cristom’s estate in Eola Amity here in OR.

Just put the boy down and now I’m sippin a Full Sail Pale Ale. Tasty.

Tonight

Don’t give up on CA SyraH Radio Coteau, Peay, Donkey and Goat, Clos Saron .. Wind Gap.. really good.

Hey! This episode doesn’t have to “sit over the weekend”, as you said.
You could surprise us with a rare Saturday show.
QOTD: Watching Michigan-Iowa Sat, then a little baseball and NFL. No big wine plans, but there will be a glass or 3.
P.S. Bring back the couch

Gary (I hope someone reads this at WLTV) I think it is time that you review your videos and pick three wines where you have said “I can find a better wine for $15” and do a head to head show with the lesser priced wines versus their inferior and more expensive counterparts. Do it. I dare you.

My alcohol plans are a white bourgogne for Friday, and some Alesmith beer for tomorrow night.

Great show again. You always teach new facts and reenforce those factoids so they stick in our heads. I don’t mind repeat shows about a wine or region, because I probably forgot some of it, and when I hear it again, it helps me to remember.

QOTD: No special wine to taste this weekend, just standard drinking wine to relax with.

I’m now a jets fan. It’s fun watching Sanchez fulfill the predictions about his talent.

It’s kind of easy to drift from your base team over to NY, when your main team is the Browns.

Cheers!

QOTD: I’ve got half a bottle of wine from the Madiran that I plan on finishing but the big news is that I’ve got a bottle of grower champagne that I’m busting out on Sunday after I run the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Thought I’d treat myself a little bit while I’m sitting in a bathtub full of ice recovering from the day. Can’t wait, it’s going to get me through the run.

QOTD: I am running a monthly tasting for a friend on Sunday. This month’s theme (per my suggestion) is Grenache/Garnacha. I have all of his guests bring a wine under $30 (most are under $20) in a brown bag, and we taste each labeled only by a number. Each person picks their top 3, without specific rank, and the wines with the most votes win after unveiling. It’s a great way to taste wines form all over the world both for the wine novices and wine nerds of the tasting group. It’ll be a blast as always!