19 Responses

1. April 25, 2006

   BIg wine dude

   is it me or does gary seem to rush this along. seems kind of lets get this over with already doesnt he?

2. April 26, 2006

   Doug

   Thanks Gary, excellent job!

3. April 26, 2006

   garyv

   Big do you mean this episode or all of them? I really am enjoying them. I think because people know I am very busy they might be looking into it too much, the WLTV is the highlight of my day!

4. April 26, 2006

   Doug

   I think Gary is trying to keep the video to a manageable length, which I agree with.

5. April 26, 2006

   josephc

   Gary,

   How did the Syrah turn out?

   –
   josephc

6. April 26, 2006

   Sam Zen

   In one week you go from vintners like Tony Coturri to David Forsyth… wow, what a difference in character! Would love to have a follow up to see what you ended up buying. Best.

7. April 26, 2006

   garyv

   Sam agreed.
   Joe the Syrah is a PASS

8. April 28, 2006

   Tony

   I think having guests and tasting the wines for the first time live on video is a bit problematic (case in point, the syrah). I think it’s unreasonable to expect that you could be as objective with a guest present as you are when you do a tasting on your own. And too much to expect you to make a face and say “not so great” when you taste a poor quality wine in front of a guest

   So here’s what I think you should do when you have a guest. Taste a selection of their wines BEFORE the show, and pick out several that you DO like, and taste them on the show. Be up front about it. “Hey, here’s our guest, I tasted several of their wines, and we’re here to talk about the ones I liked and that I think you might be interested in.”

   That’s totally honest and fair, to us, to you and to your guest. No awkward moments, no problems with being totally honest, and we get to see wines that you think are worth our attention.

   What do you think?

9. September 21, 2006

   Brandon M

   I guess it’s really hard to be 100% honest in front of guests, but it was great to meet these people. These were my favorite episodes for a while.

   B

10. October 3, 2006

    Mike F.

    Maybe you can have a Nickelodeon like setup where if the wines arent up to snuff you can slime the guest, Whaddya think?

11. December 25, 2006

    Ted

    I definitely agree with Tony regarding tasting wines in front of guests. I thought that this might be a problem previously on the other episodes where you tasted a line of wines brought in by a guest. Ithink Tony’s suggestion of tasting them ahead of time is right on.

    Regardless of that, all of the episodes have been really very good. Keep up the good work and thanks.

12. June 5, 2007

    dkeck

    Gary

    You are the man, now your talking about my childhood playground. I have fond memories of these places. I love thoes Washington wines.

13. June 7, 2007

    David Canada

    That is awkward…..could tell you had some issues with that syrah….

14. July 25, 2007

    yowens

    GV- Thanks for another good one

15. August 31, 2007

    WA Ambassador

    I’ve met David before at a wine tasting in WA. Really neat guy. GO WASHINGTON WINES!!!

16. September 10, 2007

    GrapeStuff

    Looks like Hogue would be a good option to try from Washington – especially seeing as WA is set to EXPLODE over the next 24 months.

17. October 23, 2007

    Terry Odor

    David is my cousin, he must know what he is talking about!!

18. February 9, 2008

    The Fanjestic

    Hogue is the only winery that has ever had a wine where the fruit overpowered the wine for me. However, the majority of their wines I have enjoyed – good value!

19. July 9, 2008

    Dan Leavy

    word 37 “and”

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