Great to see you come back & with all guns blazing. We need you to keep it real since I rely on your reviews for most of my purchases. What good is WL TV if your there to please the exec’s & not your customers. And who said to keep it at 4 min???? What the hell can you accomplish in 4 min. 1 min per wine???? Tell them to go sharpen their pencils.
Stay real ;o

Back and better than ever! Great to see! Gary, we’ve been brutally honest with you and it’s great that you can ditto that back. BTW- viseo blogging is FOR SURE going to blow away any tv show that you could’ve done. In fact, video blogging is ALREADY surpassing traditional tv. It;s just a matter of time (and not too much time) before advertisers get on that band wagon. Tis is just a fact. Like I said since day one, WLTv is a revolution! Keep up the honest work Gary.

Gary,
Great show. WL-TV is and should be a service not a show. You are doing the industry and us comsumers a service by being so truthfull. Your store is built on credabality. Keep up the good work. And let me know what went down recently.

Wow–talk about no holds barred! Nevertheless, I agree about Rosemount. If one likes mass produced Aussie red, you can spend less on Yellowtail.

It looks like you came back from Spain to a rough summer. My apologies if the comments about hype have in any way contributed to taking the joy out of this project. It doesn’t look like you were having much fun, but then perhaps it is just hard to have fun with bad wine.

GENEV are you kidding? I love the comments, keep em coming! I want to make WLTV the best it can be. I will answer all the questions I can today!

yeah, if this were done through a network it wouldn’t e worth crap….they would own you and tell you what to review and how to review it….v-blogs are the way to go! and besides, perhaps some of these crap wines will get their act together if they see the gary v bus decided to run over them rather than stop to pick them up!

okay, i wrote my previous comment before the episode had ended….thank you for saying it! someone had to….fake wine blows….why don’t you review our friend Carlo…hahahah! yeah, that will be the day. oddly enough i think fake wines are what gets people into good wines….a lot of people can’t stomach a good wine with no wine drinking experience, but once they get used to the crappy ones, then try a good one, they see the light….so they do serve a purpose….oh yeah, and they are good for people who don’t like wine, but like to think they do! anyway, i would say go with the gut gary…execs do know some things, but at the same time a v-blog under 4 minutes is rather useless…unless you are only reviewing 1 wine….i mean, if i wanted something under 4 minutes i would just read a RP review….i like hearing the stories that go along with the wine….you are just as interesting as the wine and i think you are the main reason people tune in…

Gary,

Do you mean all of Rosemounts wines we should stay away from, forever….or just the low price basic swill? I bought a case of 1997 Rosemount GSM MacLaren Vale from the wine library back in 2000. It was really good – I have 2 bottles left – it aged nicely. Also some 1995 and 1998 Rosemount Show Researve, with a ton of medals – that was great. Can you claryfy – are these more pricy hi-end Rosemounts bad?? Should we never buy any Rosemount?
Joe

Joe just the Diamond 2004 shiraz really, but most of their efforts undewr $10 have been below average for awhile now.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR HONESTY AND STYLE. I never did like Rosemont. You make me laugh and I trust your opinions enough to try new wines. Thanks for being yourself and not a wine SNOB.

Love the candor. I mean really, why should you worry about irritating wineries that release subpar products. If they want nice reviews they will simply have to create a solid, value wines.

Keep the reviews coming, Gary!

If you ended up recommending wines similar to what the Network “personalities” currently do it would clearly compromise what uniquely differentiates you in the marketplace; your integrity and ability to share your CANDID opinion about specific wines. Even though there may be certain risks associated with it, stick with cutting edge format!

Welcome back.I’ve been discussing your blog with friends for some time now, and I was concerned with you having winemakers on yout blog. Not good IMO. Since you declined the TV offers, I predict TV will find someone with phony or weak credentials to do the show. Please send me an e-mail about what happened. Just tell it like it is baby!

Just supporting what Gary said (you might have missed it) about Rosemount’s upper priced wines. These are TOTALLY a different kettle of fish, and the Show Reserve line, the Balmoral, the Traditional, the GSM, are all fine wines. Even the Hill of Gold (a bit further down the food chain) can be decent. The pity is these people clearly know a decent product, which makes the quality of the diamond label etc all the more inexcusable.

Gary, How about a wine related message board. It seems wine access has shut down.

Gary,
This episode actually put a smile on my face, well actually i LOL. Good job in being honest because those wines do SUCK.
keep up the great work.

Gary,
Welcome back, what can I say that hasn’t been said already…just loved it…finally being absolutely honest on TV and saying it just like we wopuld say it …keep up the good work, don’t change a thing…being honest about those wines will bring you more people following what you have to say verse being polite…if the wine is good, it doesn’t need anyone giving a rating..just truth…the wine will speak for itself and the rest of us can love it or not. Interesting to say the lease… everyone who follows you or watches is probably wondering what’s up? No matter what, it was one of your better reviews…sounded just like what I would say when tasting those wines…

Len

Thank you, Gary.

And I second Buddy’s comment.

Gary,

I liked your episodes before, but after this episode, I am just HOOKED! As a person that has just begun to venture into wines and loving it since April, I appreciate having someone like you telling it LIKE it is about wine. Gotta FIGHT the politically correctness and BE HONEST. If it sucks, it SUCKS!

Joe

Gary
I am new to your site and to Wine Library TV. I am impressed. I expected sycophancy; I got candor instead–in spades. For those of us suffering through overly exuberant wine reviews from Wine Spectator or various retailers, your program is a delightful change. Keep it up, and I’ll keep coming back.

Josh

Excellent Gary, this was a laugh-out-loud episode. Keep ’em coming!

Gary, this is what I am talking about. Total honesty is greatly appreciated. I find your videos to be not only useful in my quest for the best wines, but also entertaining. Is it possible in the future to do a show on the big Napa Cabs….Mondavi Reserve, Caymus special selection, Dominus, Cakebread, shaefer, opus…etc. I know these wines are expensive, but these are “classic” wines, and I do say that term loosely. Just a suggestion

I cant’ beleive that “Execs” try to tell you how many minutes each episode should be. Some people.

I do enjoy the brutally honest Gary! I think you should taste even more mainstream wines to de-bunk some of the beliefs that people have about what good wine is.

I had three blind moose merlot this weekend and trully had to choke it down (I was being curtious)

B

Gary,

I just watched this one. Great episode! Anyone who ever doubts your honesty, or tries to refer to you as a salesman should check out #57 (Olin Kreutz) j/k.

Silly to post anything months after the episode came out, but I’m a lurker trying to catch up on early episodes and thought I’d add my two cents.

First, Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator’s Aussie expert, discussed the Rosemount quality issues in his Jan 26, 2007 WS blog and provides some interesting insights.

Second, the GSM (and some other Rosemount) bottling(s) is still a solid buy in Aussie wine at $25 retail. Then again, the market’s being flooded by tons of great juice from the outstanding 2005 vintage and maybe even the GSM will be overshadowed by all the other stuff (Marquis and Co) coming in around $15-30.

Lastly, it’s too bad Gary (and the rest of us) can’t find a bottle or two of the 1994 Rosemount Diamond Label shiraz. It was worth every one of its 90 points from Spectator. I bought a couple cases at $6/bottle, but they’re long gone. My buddy bought even more and is now on his last bottles but says the stuff is still drinking well. Too bad the Diamonds have lost so much of their…shine?…sparkle?…heart?