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QOTD: Multi-personality disorder pretty well sums it up. I keep bouncing around like a lottery ball. I mean within the week I’ll go from Aussie Shiraz to Burgundy and then a side trip to Italy or Spain.

QOTD: 2-3 months ago it all about the Rhone valley (South & North). From big northern Syrah’s to Chateauneuf du Papes. Now I’m back to french whites, Sancerre, Pouilly Fume, Vouvray, Chablis and Viogniers from various appelations. It seems to be flipping every 3-4 months or so between reds and whites. I love it! 😛

My palate is all screwed up. I can’t figure out what I like anymore. Sometimes I’ll open three or 4 bottles before I can find out what I want for the evening. It’s all your fault! I’ve expanded my palate beyond recognition. I was into the big ass wines then the dirty chalky wines and now some wines sit on the counter, taking sips daily, to see if it was the day or the food or what the hell is going on. Next thing you know I’ll be enjoying Pinot! I doubt it.

Love the brown bags! Fitting for a Thanksgiving show considering how many people actually cook turkeys in brown bags for the big event.

Glad Kmurph grabbed the Bogle. It’s tasty juice and for around 10 bucks it won’t hurt to try it. Drink it alone if you don’t want to be seen with it, you just might like it.

QOTD: State of my palate *clears throat* – My fellow vayniacs…(ok j/k). My palate is getting away from the big fruit bombs, oak monsters, and butter bastards that I grew up with. Give me the grassy Sauvingons, floral malvasias and viogners. Love any red with a peppery nose, some cedar, nice mouthfeel and finish for days.

Bring back Sir Gary for an under $10 show!!

QOTD: My palate trends to balanced more old world wines although I have been trying to sample some Zins in the run up to Thanksgiving. Seghesio actually did pretty well in a tasting Eric Asimov did in the NYT a week or so ago. I though it was in the 88 point range. Not bad if you’re stocking up for a large gathering. My wife can’t stand the over extracted raisiny way Zins usually are so we have zilch in the cellar.

GV
Thanks for todays 4 Blind Zins episode….I luv these shows.

QOTD:
I’ve personnally been drinking a lot of whites lately….. Discovering the NY whites,
I’m finding I like the whites over reds with my food.
And I’m always ready for some bubbles

Awesome reply castello! :O)

Yo G, this show means alot too, for all Vayniacs out there & me.

Good show, seemed to be with you on zins, as they are tasty, but never seem too serious for me.

QOTD: My palate has taken a step back on the big reds and I tend to like a mix of old world characteristics and new world fruit. I am also liking high % new oak less and less. My white wine palate is pretty much the same as I like very mineral driven whites, but I am starting to really dig on sparkling wine which is a new thing for me.

First, the Lions scared me too and beat the Redskins….

My pal isn’t all that complex. not drinking enough, but I’m tending to like a bit more veggie action and less fruit over the last year. Too sweet and fruity makes me want to stop cold after a sip.

Anyone have anything I should try?

Your palate is right where it should be! The best advice I ever got about wine was that it doesn’t matter who makes it, where it’s from, or how much it costs. If you like it, it’s good. You like fruit bombs? Great! You like butter? Super! Drink what you like and to hell with anyone else’s opinions.

Interesting you dig the Bogle if you’re not into fruit bombs so much. It’s def. not dry, nor does it have much of a pucker factor.

Gary, I know exactly how you feel about the rating system, and trusting your own palate, but when you’re giving extra points to wines just because you think you should, or because there’s a holiday coming up, etc. I think it only takes away from your own rating system you’re giving to us, and also makes us put less stock in it. Especially if someone is reading that rating somewhere and didn’t see the episode and therefore didn’t know it got a point higher because Thanksgiving was 3 weeks away, but knows that you’ll give extra points to wines based on that criteria.

qotd: Anything that’s new to me whether region, varietal, producer, is always a turn on. I like and appreciate both new and old world styles, but have found way more old world wines I’ve really enjoyed than new, and WAY more complexity for the most part. Really been into aged riesling’s and pinot gris’s when it comes to well known whites lately, and been really into Bandol and Rhones for reds. I’ve never been a fan of over oaked wines especially chardonnays, and I dont see that changing anytime soon.

Where is the Thanksgiving secret pack? Bring it!

I am always up for trying new wines, but right now I am really into Chateauneuf and really anything Rhone. I have always liked the Bogle wines.

hey hey

Nice range of wines for the brown paper bags- thanks, KMurph!
QOTD: Hmm. Prefer decent acidity, minerality, fruit in balance, like to be able to taste where it comes from. My mood, my company, and what I’m eating factors in, though and could blow all of that out of the water.
Well, now, that was a pretty good non-answer; perhaps I should run for office…

This is why I watch this show!!!! EXCELLENT! One of my absolute favorite episodes… you talked shop (sports), got into one of my favorite wines, talked holidays… it was a cozy episode.

Seghesio and Mauritson (not reviewed) are two of my favorites from Sonoma!

QOTD: My palate has been all over the place (in the four years I have been drinking and exploring wine…legally) and I would like to defer my answer for another five years. I know personally that I have wedged myself free of reviews–no longer scanning the aisles for Parker 94’s or WS 97’s. I like the big n’ bold to dainty and delicate, I am benefitting from more exposure but stay fairly consistent in preference. I still like what I liked when I began my wine quest but my base is growing.

I’m with you. I don’t like Turley nearly as much as I did 5 years ago. I’m tending towards those 12.5%s of yesteryear.

I kinda swore off zin as a whole, thinking I didn’t like the entire varietal (is that possible?). Just had a Sattui zin that I loved (’07 Bar 49) and tried to buy more, but it’s all sold out. I’d love to find another zin that’s similar!

QOTD: As far as reds go, I like pinots and wines with a smooth, velvety finish best. I’ve been trying a lot of the “underrated” white varietals that you’ve recommended in past shows (falanghina, vinho verde) and loving those.