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1. September 16, 2006

   Ray

   Gary:

   Had the Ridge last night aster receiving the case I bought. It definitely reminded me of Lyttton Springs I have previously had and also a ‘99 Freemark Abbey. You’re right, the fruit deinitely explodes but it doesn’t samck you. If it will help to hold it I will but it will be hard to put it away. I hope to make it to your store someday. Being from Philly, we root for the Iggles. Are those Jets still in the3 NFL?

2. September 14, 2006

   Tony G.

   Liked the episode! Favorite restaurant? has to be Mexicali Rose in Montclair NJ. Small place, great great food! never disappointed! and it seems like no matter how long between visits the owner still recognizes you and treats you like one of his family.

   Another great, but rather unknown place is Que Pasta in Saddle Brook. Small, casual, but everything is fresh and the pasta is made on site.

3. September 14, 2006

   Tampa Steve

   Gary, my favorite restaurant, thats easy Burn Steak House in Tampa Fl. With over a half million bottles of wine in their cellars the food still shines through. I have been to almost every steak house in NY/Tampa/Orlando and nothing comes even close…PERIOD! Any time, just let me know my friend;) I would never turn down a dinner at Burns.

4. September 14, 2006

   Michael P

   Tim F – I’m sorry to inform you but the only place for the BEST pizza in the world (yes the world because even in Italy their pizza consists of tomato sauce baked on flat bread. no cheese)is NYC!!
   2 spots that I’ve been too many many times & have consistently ranked in the top 3 in Zagats for many years is
   Nicks in Forest Hills (Queens) NY
   Patsies (formerly Grimaldi’s) in Brooklyn.

   THey both serve brick oven pizza with an array of toppings. Nicks has an incredible canolli!!

5. September 14, 2006

   David M

   Hey Gary!

   In LA I would say Sona is my favorite great food and wine tied with AOC. However I really enjoy La Toque is Napa.

   Cheers!

6. September 14, 2006

   Chairman M

   First time poster… transplant from NY.
   In the Seattle area – The Herbfarm (Woodinville, WA). Usually they do a 5-6 course set meal with matched wines. The first time I was there, they served a Malmesey Madeira from 1906 with dessert. Blew my socks off. Used to be really difficult to get a reservation but they’ve modernized and its much easier.
   I agree with one of the earlier posters that Commander’s Palace is phenomenal!

   but of course any NY pizza rules…

7. September 13, 2006

   johnm

   Guess the website went down last night and ate my comment #9. Restaurant- Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago. RTH, I live in Boone and will look for an opportunity to check out Carmel City next time I’m in W-S – thanks for the heads up.

8. September 13, 2006

   John Parisi

   One Jet Fan to another, my favorite restaurant is Ponticello in Astoria Queens. Their wine cellar dining room is fantastic and their Nortern Italian menu is world class.

   J E T S!!!

9. September 13, 2006

   Neal

   Hey Gary…long time lurker finally posting….love WTV and enjoyed the WSJ write-up.

   Favorite restaurant is easy. La Louisianne in Montreal Quebec. While Montreal has a lot of great restaurants covering every ethnicity in the world (after NYC, it could be the most cosmopolitan in North America), la Lou’s French Cajun cuisine is a hidden gem. Relatively small (perhaps 20 tables) and an open kitchen with flames flying and a bourbon street feel keeps it fun yet intimate. Wonderful seafood, steaks, crab cakes, gumbo and desserts. Reasonably decent affordable wine list but the trick is to ask Kyle or Greg (the owners) what they have in the basement, off the menu…that is where the good stuff is…you’d love it. Montreal joie de vivre. Best time to go in my opinion? Middle of February when it is ridiculously cold…makes walking into the warmth of La Lou so much more enjoyable…let me know when you want to met up…wines on me.

   Neal

10. September 13, 2006

    Scott S

    Hey Gary,
    Great information in this session. Thanks for answering our questions. The best restaurant for me recently is Peasant in NYC – NoLita. This is a cool very small old world Italian place where all dishes are served in rustic style and all regional wines. Would be a great place, check it out

11. September 13, 2006

    Michael W

    I have three favorite resturants. I come from a food and beverage background. I have been in marketing for the past 15 years and that has aloud me to enjoy many fine resturant around the country.

    1. Burns Steakhouse Tampa Florida.
    The food is good but can be duplicated at other resturants. The thing that make this resturant so special is it’s been around a long time and carries the largest [if not one of the largest 2-3] wine collection of wine in the entire country. That in itself does not make it special. Burns has purchased throughout the years the the right wines for for aging purposes and is extreemly fair in its pricing. There is no where I can go and get 15-100 year old wines at very fair prices. Their white and red burgandy selection is out of this world. How many times have you come across great small wineries or 2nd and 3rd growths from exceptional years that have been properly cellared. The irony is probably the best part of their collection is their dessert wines which they escort you to a whole other floor to enjoy. 5 million bottles…50,000 different sellections enough said.

    2. California Grill Orlando Florida
    This resuarant sits on top of the contempoary resort [the hotel that the monorail goes through the middle. Not only do you enjoy the views/entertaimant from all five theme parks but the food is fantasctic....some of the best susie I've ever had. The resurant uses their disney name and international press to procure some of the best our country makes in regards to wine. The best part is they offer all! [over 200] of their wines by the glass.

    3. The Grill Room. Ritz Carlton Naples Florida
    I’ll put their food and service up against any! restuarant I’ve been too including cities like New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and San Fran. [I consider those the best cities in our country for food.] Their are 87 master chefs in the world and this property has two. The downside is their wine prices are high.

    I just had an emergancy come uop and i do not have time for spell check

12. September 13, 2006

    RTH

    Restaurant: Camel City Cafe, Winston-Salem, NC, http://www.camelcitycafe.com/

    But stay away from the NC wines – opt for one of their other great selections. Our server there a few years ago suggested the Rosenblum Rockpile Road Zin before it became popular and that is the wine that got me really interested in tasting and collecting. In fact I went home and ordered a case that night at $20/bottle… just had one of them last Saturday.

13. September 13, 2006

    RTH

    Hey Gary. Commenting for the first time today, however I enjoy WineLibraryTV almost every day. I just bought some Twenty Rows Grappler and some Ridge Independence School.

    Too bad your beloved Jets are destined to have a 5-win season. I know how it feels though – I’m a lifelong Bengals fan! You wanna talk about bad draft picks??? It’s nice to finally win some games now after losing throughout the 90s.

14. September 13, 2006

    Al Diaz

    Hey Gary since you suggest tasting a different bottle of wine every day why not put together packages of 12 different bottles of your most recommended wines so that those of us that live outside NJ and pay shipping can take advantage of it? Do something different like include some reds, whites, some ports, maybe a sake and maybe a champagne, just a thought. This would be a first since i am not aware of anyone else doing this. See ya.

15. September 13, 2006

    Al Diaz

    Hey Italian Stallion it all has to do with the water in NYC and the way the pizza is made. Ex NYorker.

16. September 13, 2006

    saul

    i’ ve been going to park and orchard in east rutherford. for over 20 years didn’t realize until i started drinking wine what an incredible wine list they have meet you there any time

17. September 13, 2006

    Italian Stallion

    Hey if you guys want real pizza, come to Brooklyn….Totonno’s in Coney Island has the best pizza outside of Naples (and believe me, I had the pizza in Naples and nothing compares). I am convinced that there is no pizza in the US that tastes as good as pizza does from NY, especially Brooklyn. I may be biased because I live in Brooklyn, but I have had pizza in many other states and its sad what they think good pizza is.

18. September 13, 2006

    Al Diaz

    Best restaurant RAINWATER in Atlanta. Food incredible, service impeccable, superb wine list and the after dinner NOVAL port well it finished a glorious evening for my family of 17 folks. Keep up the good work and yes the Seattle Seahawks will beat the Jets.

19. September 13, 2006

    Tony

    Chad Penn… who?
    Mike Vick Baby!!

20. September 13, 2006

    Steve B

    BillD,
    I was also inspired to blog about Gary and WLTV last month – I even beat you by about a week
    I’m glad to see that Gary is getting some great press and feedback from wine lovers from around the world. Gary told me that he had seen my blog soon after it was posted, so we know he’s out there looking for reactions to WLTV. My blog entry can be found at http://blog.thegrapenuts.net/?p=35

    Steve B

21. September 13, 2006

    Jonathan B

    Gary, another great show. My favorite restaurant is Al Forno Restaurant in Providence RI.

    http://www.alforno.com/

    Thanks

22. September 13, 2006

    Kathy Hughes

    Gary, My favorite restaurants are: Cote D’azur in Naples, Florida and Saporitos’ Florence Club Cafe in Hull, Massachusetts. Both restaurants offer superlative food and have quaint, rustic settings that are perfect pairings for enjoying excellent wine. All the best to you, as I’m just beginning to be interested in wine….thanks to you and your WLTV. Kathy H. Naples, FL

23. September 13, 2006

    Jean F.

    Hi Gary,
    I really like your TV show a lot. I discovered it by using DemocracyPlayer software in which WLTV is available.

    I would like to know your feelings about french wines from Loire. In this episode you told about Chinon and I remember that you already tasted and appreciated a Sancerre wine. I like other wines like some Bourgueil, Saumur-champigny, Anjou-villages, coteaux du Layon and coteaux de l’Aubance. Do you know these wines and do you like?

    QOD: Menelik in Paris (food from Ethiopia), great!

    Jean F. from Anjou, France

24. September 13, 2006

    GOL

    GV, great energy on ep 88, way to come back strong after a day off on Fri!

    QOD – Here are my two cents on Chicago restaurants. There is one clear winner, and it is Alinea. If you live in the Chi area and haven’t been there you are missing a true experience. Forget Trotter’s, Tru (which is great), Blackbird, et al. Owner and head chef came from Trio, which when he was there was consistently ranked right with French Laundry and Le Cirque in what I will call the “new world” category of restaurants, very creative, my wife describes it as “Willy Wonka for adults.” Dinner for two will run about a bottle of Amarone easy so it’s only a special occasion place for me… dining with GV and other WLTV viewers from chitown would certainly qualify as a special occasion

25. September 13, 2006

    Bob H

    Favorite restaurant: Flagstaff House, Boulder, Colorado- Outstanding wine selection and food with a view of Boulder and Denver from the mountainside.

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