Gerry Dawes & Friends, WPWL, Pawling Public Radio October 9, 2018. My in-studio guest was the great John Gilman, Publisher of View From The Cellar.

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Gerry Dawes & Friends, WPWL, Pawling Public Radio October 9, 2018. My in-studio guest was the great John Gilman, Publisher of View From The Cellar.  (Click on link to listen to the entire show.)

View From The Cellar Publisher John Gilman in the WPWL studios.

“He knows more about wine than anybody else in the world.”

Westchester Magazine ran a feature article on John Gilman a few years ago with this quote. “See this man,” said Olivier Krug, who represents the sixth generation of his family to run the formidable Krug Champagne house, at a party launching the brand’s newest vintage, “He knows more about wine than anybody else in the world.”

I have known John Gilman for a couple of decades now and count him as one of my closest confidants about wine. I can count on one hand people with great wine palates that I personally know and respect as much as John Gilman’s—Chris Cannon of Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen in Morristown, NJ, whose interview I featured last week; Melvyn Master, former owner of the Manhattan restaurant JAMS; the legendary itinerantWineman Henry Cavalier; and Gerald Asher, for whom I once worked and who was the wine columnist for Gourmet Magazine for many years.

John Gilman prizes wines that have style, balance, charm, elegance and that haunting mineral element known as terroir, wines with a sense of place, local identity and originality. John and I will be talking about his career, his taste in wines, his wine newsletter and how you can get it and the trip to Spain he and I took a few years ago to visit all the suppliers from The Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group, one of the underwriters for this show.

Gerry's Dishes was: Sunday morning cast-iron skillet, oven frittata / Spanish tortilla-omelette using some leftover vegetables, leeks, zucchini, red pepper, mushrooms, Parmesano cheese, fresh basil, etc.

Gerry's Dishes: Sunday morning cast-iron skillet, oven frittata / Spanish tortilla-omelette with cherry tomatoes sauteed with Spanish extra virgen olive oil, sliced garlic and basil.

Spanish Artisan Wine & Spirits Group Cabaleiro do Val Albariño 2013

"It had been more than a year and a half since I last tasted the 2013 Albariño from Cabaleiro do Val, and the wine has blossomed beautifully with a bit of time in the bottle. The bouquet is now wide open and offers up a fine constellation of pink grapefruit, citrus peel, bread fruit, lemongrass, salty soil tones, very discreet leesiness and a fine top-note of smokiness. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with great backend mineral drive, bright acids and outstanding length and grip on the complex and very classy finish. Along with Alberto Nanclares, Paco Dovalo López is making the very finest wines of the D.O. today. Keep in mind that 2013 is not considered a great vintage in Rías Baixas and it is just amazing what these two artisans can do with old vines and traditional winemaking principals. Great juice. 2016-2030. 94. .” – John Gilman, View From The Cellar 

 Paco Dovalo, Cabaleiro do Val, singing O Vinho Novo from Gerry Dawes on Vimeo.

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