I was drinking a lot of whites and bubbles over the summer but with the colder weather the pie chart is starting to swing back to the reds. Current breakdown:

45% Red
35% White
20% Sparkling Wine
0% Rose (still haven’t broken into this category yet)

I think it would take quite some time for value to re-emerge in California. I’ve been steering clear because my money can go so much farther in other parts of the world right now.

QOTD: 70% Red, 25% White, 3% Bubbles, 2% everything else (including Rose, port, icewine, etc.)

Side question: I think the value is going to have to come from places like Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, and the lesser known north coast AVAs. Land is too expensive in Sonoma and Napa. I hope (and think) that there’s an opportunity for wineries in those “lesser” areas to sort of take up the QPR cause and become major players via high QPR wines.

Happy belated 35th GARY!!qotd: Definitely, it just depends WHERE in California the wine’s coming from. Or what the vartietal(s) is.side qotd: You didn’t mention Yellow wine Gary. About 42.5% red, 42.5% white, 8% sparkling, 6% rose, 1% yellow.

QOTD 1: 70% Red, 27% White, 2% Bubbles, 1% Rosé
QOTD 2: I definitely think that Cali can be a value play, I’ve had some killer wines lately that are very reasonably priced. I think that if enough producers start bringing the thunder in the lower price ranges it could actually shift the overall price downward. Plus… they’re competing with a lot of $7-15 malbecs right now (due to their popularity), and I can definitely see that driving some producers to lower some prices. I don’t think the top shelf Cali bottles will be changing anytime soon ($60+), but I can definitely see some more values start to pop out in the $15-30 range, of which there is already quite a bit out there that is good.

QOTD 1 — 60% red – 35% white – 4% bubbles – 1% rose
QOTD 2 — There are definitely many good deals to be had in California, especially now. Many distributers will need to move inventory of a particular wine to make room for the incoming new vintage. Therefore, they will offer these wines to restaurants and retailers at a discounted price(depending on the laws of that region). The Restaurant/Retailer can then pass these savings on to their customers. Just ask your local sommelier or retail salesman if he/she is getting any good deals. I am offering several big name Napa cabs at my restaurant for almost half price. But you have to ask, because most of the time we can’t list them at the discounted price so as not to hurt the “brand equity” of said wines.

P.S. THANK YOU MOTT in advance for working on Thanksgiving to put up the show. I hope you have a great one.

QOTD 1 — 65% red – 25% white – 7% sparkling – 3% rose

QOTD1: 59 red, 39 white, 2 sparkling
QOTD2: no not in by neck of the woods, as long as the availability is as poor as it is, and the euro dollar ratio, makes the producers focus on the US market

QOTD – 40% Red 40% White 19% Sparkiling 1% Rose.
QOTDII – Yes, Californian DEFINATELY has value if you look. I.E. Redcar Box Car Syrah is awesome for $20. Ridge Zinfandels for $35 are some of the most ballanced wines on the planet. Peirano Petite Syrah KILLS Bogle for about $20 or less. Hell, screw the Chard’ Gary just had, I just had an ’08 Au Bon Climat Chardonnay for $22 that kills it!!
California has the value if you stay away from the crowd.
-WORD!

Even at half price most of those big name Cab’s are overpriced in my opinion. I can get better cab from South Africa for under $45 all day.

Dry Riesling rocks the hizzy!

YEEEHAAWWWW!!!!!

THUNNNNDDDDDEEERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Fun show! Loved your facial expression just before announcing the name of the last wine, those two seconds, Ob-si-di-an. 🙂

That secret pack souuunnddss goooooodd… :oP

Qotd-part I: 60 red, 30 white, 9 sparkling, 1 rosé.
Qotd-part II: Of course they can. They just need to figure out how.

Cheers! 😛

Oh yeah, don’t forget Lioco winery. Awesome! Good value.

Ribera del Duero for sure. Bodegas Vizcarra has SOME reasonbly priced wine I realy like.
Can you suggest a Gigondas that is $30 or less?

I agree with you and posted later about what I think are great values in California. I think people are hung up on Shafer and Opus One. There is Paul Hobbs second label, Crossbarn, making some exellent reasonably priced Cab’. It is not oaky or over the top in my opinion.

Thats what I keep saying. Thank goodness there is someone else who actually looks before making up their mind. 🙂

QOTD:
55 red; 25 white; 10 Champagne; 10 rosé

SQOTD: 45% red, 40% white, 15% sparkling, 0% rosé

I guess the staff at WL drink it to learn more they too.

QOTD: 80% red, 10% white, 8% sparkling and 2% rosè

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seven

red – 60
white – 30
sparkle – 10
rose – 0

Red :55
White : 40
Sparkling : 4
Rose : 1

i should explore more the sparkling world.

QOTD: Value? Yeah, it can.
80% red
15% white
4% rose
1% sparkling