A Very Special Wine Episode.

A Very Special Wine Episode. – Episode #96

September 22, 2006

Wines tasted in this episode:

Today Gary tastes 4 wines from 4 very different places and finds a few he likes, he also takes us on a very special journey. Please watch todays episode with an nice bottle of wine and enjoy this massive effort. If there is ever an episode to write in on or email Gary about this is it!

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September 26, 2006

mike cocca
gary, put down the damned phone and drive!!!
September 26, 2006

Chris Stanisci
DEREK, As stated in my initial comment,”You can certainly have the right to disagree with Garyâ€™s tasting notes on a specific wine”. Which is what you are saying in you last comment #131….you disagree with his NOTE’s. So you don’t need to defend your different opinions as there is no argument. By the way, I believe WL will allow you to return unopened bottles if you don’t like the wine.

My point was regarding your statement, “I wonder how much the bottom line of the profit that Wine Library makes; effects your review of the wines featured in your episodes??”. The clear implication being that GARY dishonestly will rate wines higher based on price point and profit. Again, this is both inappropriate and facutally incorrect. Just watch the latest Episod #97…the whole episode is about the Quality Price Ratio (QPR). He has two inexpensive white burgandy’s and two more expensive ones. In both cases, he recommends the lower priced wines becuase of the QPR. Maybe you didn’t mean for it to come across that way, but it did.

Anyway, please respond to my point rather than justifying that you and your friends have different tastes than Gary.
September 26, 2006

Derek
Dear Chris S. (Coment# 127)
While I do not pretend to be a wine “expert” in the compacity that Gary V. is, I am a wine lover. And yes, Gary has been coming through for all of us with some incredible finds that are priced accordingly. However, if one pays upward of $40 for a bottle of wine, which carries such a superrior rating from our expert Gary, should not one expect good if not great things??? Or maybe I am wrong here?? Maybe the economy has gone so much south that now $40 buys you mediocracy?? Me and my friends tasted the wine BEFORE this episode was aired and we both agree…there are far superior wines for about half the price…Gary V. please, if you can, do a taste of Luna or Keenan.
September 26, 2006

Sam Zen
It’s just wine, let’s keep it simple… I love it!
September 26, 2006

Chris Stanisci
DEREK (Comment #127),

I am the viewer who has created the speadsheet and thus, I’ve watched mmost of the episodes. Hence, I feel relatively qualified with respect to having a pretty good grasp on Gary’s approach and philosopy at WLTV. I’m not sure how many episodes you’ve seen, because it’s VERY CLEARLY evident to me that Gary does not let the price dictate how he reviews the wine. In fact, I find this aversion to typically wine snobbery to be one of the most refreshing virtues of WLTV. Bill Dwight agrees when he writes in his BLOG entry, “but that doesn’t keep him (Gary) from giving an honest opinion about an expensive wine that he thinks fails to cut the mustard; or, on the flip side, singing the praises of a $7 steal.”

You can certainly have the right to disagree with Gary’s tasting notes on a specific wine, but to accuse him of ‘doctoring’ his reviews is outrageous and, factually, just plain wrong. Your accusation attacks the very integrity of the Man and this great service. I think you owe him an apology.

NOTE: Bill Dwight’s complete entry can be seen at: http://whdwight.blogspot.com/2006/08/tribute-to-passionate-craftsmanship.html
September 25, 2006

good old ludwig van
Our worst wine was a bottle of Pinotage a few years ago. Smelled and tasted like Chloroseptic!

Sing it with me:
“Say you
say me
say it together
Gary V”
September 25, 2006

Derek
Dear Gary,
While I do not write or post my comments often, I felt necessary to do so now. While I do enjoy your past TV Wine Library episodes (most of them) I am inclied to disagree with your overwhelming review of the Corte.
I tasted this with my friend and his wife (they tasted the wine blank, no idea about the rating or the price tag). We all found the juice very simple, and not exciting to the pallet. For such a price tag, I would demand more from such wine.
How about the complexity or flavor that one would expect from a fine bottle of wine?Try Atalon or Keenan, or perhaps Luna. All are structured and well balanced for about half the price of Corte. I wonder how much the bottom line of the profit that Wine Library makes; effects your review of the wines featured in your episodes??
Your loyal customer,
Derek
September 25, 2006

Russ J
Chris Stan:
Thanks for the effort. Nice job by you and the WL IT people.

Victor Hobson jersey indeed! GV must have smelled, or tasted, that fumble recovery for a touchdown coming!
September 25, 2006

Jaye
Zuper Tool! Chris . . . you rock!
September 25, 2006

Francis E
Great spreadsheet Chris. Really nice job. I note when you sort by price it doesn’t quite. A small glitch in a wonderful tool.

Thanks again!
September 25, 2006

Brandon M
Triple Ditto…great job on the spread sheet.
Rob…there’s a link right between where the episode block ends, and the Schwag link.

B
September 25, 2006

GOL
To the right of the “search box” on the tv.winelibrary.com page… “Chris Stanisci’s Spreadsheet”
September 25, 2006

Tony
Nice job on the spreedsheet! Looks great! I’m glad that it’s sortable too. Nice work Chris Stan and the folks at WL.
September 25, 2006

Rob M.
Hey GOL- where is spreadsheet?
September 25, 2006

Officer Wilson
Mr. Vaynerchuk, I am Officer Wilson of the State Police. I am hereby issuing you a summons for driving without a seatbelt as well as for use of a cellular phone while driving without a hands-free device. However, I am a big Sopranos fan and I think your intro, while dangerous, was creative. I suppose I can let this one slide.

Keep up the solid work and DRIVE SAFE!!!
September 25, 2006

GOL
Spreadsheet is up! Great job Chris and WL tech team!
September 25, 2006

TimF
Gary – I think changing around the comments section would make for much better conversations. You could have one for ‘current episode’ but stuff like ‘What are you drinking tonight?’ and ‘What’s your favorite new restaurant?’ are timeless. We need a more hierarchical format than this.
September 25, 2006

Tony S.
Thanks Hinrgman!
T
September 25, 2006

kjb
DaveL – Why do you say its an illegal left turn into WineLibrary’s parking lot? I do it every time I go there, can’t say I ever saw a sign to the contrary…
September 25, 2006

kidseyemd
two questions GV-
1) No hands-free cellphone law in NJ??
2) Don’t u have a private reserved parking space where no one will ding your Lexus??

Outstanding episode, as always

Hugh
September 25, 2006

Rick
Gary

For the next time you smell worms in your wine!

http://www.friedwormsmovie.com/
September 25, 2006

TimF
Julia – The Eroica is a nice bottle of wine. My wife loves riesling and always buys this one called ‘Relax’ and I always make fun of her for doing so. Then one day I’m listening to the SF Chronicle podcast and they guy does a review of ‘Relax’. It made me feel like a wine snob so now I don’t make fun of anything she wants to drink…
September 25, 2006

Rick McQ
Gary:

I stay away from anything from Austrialia for the most part. It always a little too new world and has a hint of Yellow Tale (Which I can’t Drink). However, I did have one Pennefolds Private Reserve 99′ that was pretty good.
September 25, 2006

Julia
I was so disappointed in a Dr. Loosen riesling I had recently. It was really just like drinking sugar water, and I like German rieslings–for example, the ‘01 Charles Schleret Riesling Herrenweg. I did really enjoy the Ste Michelle-Dr Loosen Eroica Riesling I had not long ago, however–that’s a ‘new world’ co-production.
September 25, 2006

GOL
Pure genius on the intro!

QOD – Wine I’ll never have again: DuBoeuf Beaujolais Nouveau. I can handle some really cheap and bad wines if presented with nothing else to drink, but that stuff is so awful I’m not even sure I’d call it wine