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1. October 20, 2009

   Ken Moorhead

   Well, Brian Johnson more or less stole my comment… Under 30 seconds per wine, each under 20 bones. Rapid fire, baby.

2. September 29, 2009

   Brian Johnson

   6 wines in 11 minutes!!! That would never happen today I’ve had some Simi and Hess wines before and was interested to see how you rated them. I didn’t care for the ones I had and it appears you didn’t care for these ones either.

3. September 24, 2009

   ulu ulu ulu ulu

   Good show, I think you’re right about the Hess

4. July 5, 2009

   Tom A.

   Great show, but I was wondering what happened to the white page that you used for color. That seemed to work pretty well.

5. March 27, 2009

   A dumb Rhine king

   Saw the swipe at Bogle there. What about their Petite Sirah?

   http://tv.winelibrary.com/2009/01/16/petite-sirah-episode-609/

   Granted the year you liked was probably still bleeding from the pruning during taping of this episode.

   

6. July 21, 2008

   kjdion

   cabs have got to be by far my favorite wines.

7. July 8, 2008

   Dan Leavy

   gary is much more comfortable now i see

   ninth word “Totally”

8. May 22, 2008

   Wanginator

   I think it might a coincidence that the top three wines have the same olive-colored bottles than the other bottles, which are greener.

9. April 24, 2008

   David Cole

   Again, this is one of those shows that you could pull and wine or two out and do a follow up on how they are now with some time. That is something I think we are missing in the USA on wine. WE (not me) want to drink it now and have it be great, but history (or France) has shown that making wine that last is fun and great for collecting!

   I’d like to Stephan Ridge or now as it’s called L’Aventure taste now. I’m sure Stephane still has some, so get a vertical from like 2002, 2003 and 2004. If it goes well, sell the hell out if as a package! No charge for that idea either, just send me one of the verticals and we’ll call it good!:)

10. February 24, 2008

    lawschooldrunk

    Woohoo, switching up the background to baseball. How ’bout them Yanks?

    Sorry, Gary, I have no idea who/what Simi is. Maybe it’s because I’m only familiar with the Kosher wines (although simi is a jewish nickname).

    Febreeze, cinnamon toast crunch, skittles and college girls make their appearance!

    Seems like gary is trying to rush through the tastings for some reason.

    Just curious- what happens to all the open bottles after the episode, Gary?

    LOL! stealing the orange marmalade strawberry shortcake character! I remember those dolls…

    Ummm, eating construction paper? I believe I’m having that tonight right before the chicken.

    I believe this is the first episode using the slightly worms-eye-view camera angle. I like this the best. sorry, Gary, for being almost two years late with these comments.

    I’m feeling it! Get fa’shnikin.

11. February 1, 2008

    The Fanjestic

    1st Skittles reference?

12. November 30, 2007

    Mr.Ambassador

    Found a sale bottle of the 2000 Trentadue Sonoma Cab and thought I’d look into some classic WLTV episodes to see if the Trentadue had been reviewed. Now I’m feelin’ pretty confident as the Trentadue managed to capture the first Strawberry Shortcake and Tropical Skittles reference!

    What a blast checking-in on these classic episodes now that GV has rubbed elbows with Conan and Ellen…

    Time to watch some old-school WLTV

13. November 18, 2007

    Dale Cruse

    Gary is getting more and more relaxed in front of the camera. And the weird references are starting to appear!

14. September 11, 2007

    GrapeStuff

    You should do a comprehensive cab episode, especially in light of the Vayniac cab!

15. August 30, 2007

    WA Ambassador

    I love your descriptions of these wines. Keep them coming. This is just what I’ve been wanting to hear when somebody reviews wine is a colorful description of what they taste like.

16. June 3, 2007

    vibemore

    This is a classic episode. Very nice. I wish I would have seen this closer to the taping, i.e. when the wine was still available at WL. Oh well, that’s what I get for being late to the show. Still, it is great to know this vino is out there somewhere.

17. May 25, 2007

    Alos Diallo

    It seems like it took me a while to get to this episode. Great advice on those, I am always looking for a knockout that I can search on a regular basis for not a lot of mula.

18. May 18, 2007

    Ross

    “Everyone needs one for around the house.” Very nice.

    $.18

19. April 20, 2007

    sfgiants55

    This is the first classic GV episode. References to Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Strawberry Shortcake doll (orange marmalade style) and the first ever introduction of skittles! The character of the show is finally starting to come out.

20. March 29, 2007

    Justin S

    2005 Hess Allomi that is..

21. March 29, 2007

    Justin S

    Tasted the 2005 Hess Cab today, thought it was pretty decent.

22. February 23, 2007

    cyrock1

    Just finished episodes 1-9. Love the way you are so approachable. Like Eric above I was stationed at DLI in Monterey but tragically did not know about wine at the time and can’t wait to go back and see (and taste) what I was missing. As far as putting the video out, can’t wait to tell my customers about it. Keep it up Gary!

23. January 16, 2007

    Eric Opheim

    Just saw this episode after having watched maybe 50+ of your newer episodes. WOW! What a difference. I am so thankful for the more in depth tasting notes you give us now. That being said though, can’t you bring back rating the wines for each episode. I have seen you do it again on a few of the recent episodes, but it is helpful. I enjoyed the plug (if you can call it that) for Paso Robles. Paso, and Monterey, are where I first learned to appreciate wine, when I was stationed at the language institute in Monterey. Can’t wait to visit again. Keep up the great work!

24. October 5, 2006

    the professor and....

    Oh how I wish you still had some of the Stephan Ridge left, that was a nice wine. Looking back, this was a loaded episode. Ridge, Twenty rows, Trentadue, Douglas hill, all nice, but the Ridge and Rows really stand out in my mind.

25. October 1, 2006

    Mike F.

    Cinnamon toast crunch. Orange marmalade from you sister’s strawberry shortcake collection? New skittle flavor? Here is where Gary goes from interesting descriptor to legend among WLTV viewer ship. Mud, worms, and road tar…here we come. No more stock on the recommendations though. You still have the Simi and the Hess select though :-p I have a friend that swears by Hess select and collection. Although I’ve tried some vintages that I thought were good, I can’t help think that a lot of it is overpriced. The same goes for Simi and especially there Chardonnay. OK, but not worth the inflated price.

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