Fell in love with the stickies a few years back in Texas while on a business trip. Had 2001 Yquem and 2002 (I believe) Far Niente Dolce. The Yquem was AMAZING and the flavors lingered for days, it seemed. I was sold! Stickies now make up about 30% of my cellar.

Gary, this was a deja vu moment on the corked Sauternes as at dinner a couple weeks back, the 1997 Yquem I brought in had a slightly corked taste. We finished it, but it was definitely 'off' and disappointing!

Just wondering if the stickies have a higher propensity to cork than other wines? Any experiences on that?

QOTD:

Alive: That is tough - there are so many amazing, diverse people out there. Maybe Bill Clinton, Hugh Heffner, Mario Lemieux, you (not sucking up, but enjoying wine with people who can talk about what they are tasting is such fun) and the Shafer family (love all of their wines and would love to see what they could do with a dessert wine, hint hint!!)

Dead: Thomas Jefferson - for the wine knowledge, Ghandi - for the insight, JFK - for the stories, Elvis - for the stories, Robert Mondavi.

Gary great episode and great qotd.
A suggestion if I may. It seems that unless you have a guest who has brought wines, you're predominantly choosing wines from your library. With that being the case, why not have a backup ready for the wines your tasting ready off camera? That way if you get one thats corked, you have one right there ready for another taste. I know, if you're doing say a Barolo episode, may not work, since that sucker's gonna need to breathe. But if say your doing a fresh vinho verde maybe it wouldn't hurt.
Or even better, and no offense, but are you smelling the wines after you open them, before you let it sit for a few hours before taping? Pretty much all corked wines I've had you can tell by the nose (or sniffy sniff), or at least have a really good idea that it might be. I do really like how you do it live however and don't edit.
Speaking of ideas, may I suggest doing a vin jaune episode, or a tasting one on the different charbono's out there?
oh yeah qotd: a tough one, may change if I gave it some thought. For the dead guy, Thomas Jefferson, knew he loved wine, I'm into history quite a bit, I think that would be great. Alive, don't think I could pick just one, maybe a small group.

May I quote Oscar the Wild(e) one? Here it comes;
"For the bloody sweats and the wild regrets none knew so well as I,
for he who lives more lives than one, more death than one must die!"

and I have died so many times in a world so fine, the world of wine,
for when the bottle is empty and the wine is all gone,
it's the end of a story and the start of a song
about a wine so fine that it blew up the mind
because it leaves only good memories in our mind behind!

Bothuyne Carl (Belgium)

I loved the introduction, that was classic. Excellent episode too. When Gary drank the d'Yquem straight from the bottle, I laughed out loud. Needless to say, I'm more than a little jealous too.

Living - I guess my favourite wine maker in the world (for now), Olivier Humbrecht. Especially if he brings at least a half case of every wine he makes.

Dead - ideally, Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi along with a large selection of wines they have worked on individually and collectively.

Great WLTV intro!

Gary's shirt in this one always gives me a great laugh. Kick ass.

QOTD: My dad, hoping that he would share a bottle of his 1967 Chateau d'Yquem with me...

Alive it would have to be my dad, he is a recovering alcoholic and I have never had the opportunity to share a glass of wine with him, so it would have to be my dad but sadly it would have to be in a world where he was not addicted to alcohol. Ok as for dead Plato I am a big fan of philosophy and would love to share a glass and some ancient Greek with my hero.

Who would I invite?

Living, my son, who lives in Australia and can bring the wine.

Dead, Sinatra, and I will drink whatever he's having.

Well...first off let me say I was lucky enough this August to have a friend open up a 1976 Chateau d'Yquem for both myself and another friend. Being that it was our birth year...it was simply an amazing experience. Ok...ot to the QOTD

Living: Maynard James Keenan - The owner of Merkin(google this word and start laughing) Vineyards and winemaker behind his Caduceus Label. He is a serious wine lover...and the wort of person I'd love to share some of my wines with.

Dead: I'm gonna go with Jim Morrison (wow...both musicians) I hear he was a huge merlot fan. I'd hope like hell he could bring along a Chateau Petrus.

I really enjoyed your episode on Sauternes. your presentation is much more informative when you include a food pairing like you did in this episode. please do this more often.

Alive - GaryV
Dead - Bob Hope

Another excellent episode Gary. Have a nice trip see you soon here in WLTV.
QOD Aliv: My wife.
Dead: My father
I have never had any d'Yquem, as a matter of fact I am a litle biased against white wines of any kind. I don't know why, I think is because when I was in 6th grade we had a camping trip, and all my frieds and myself, each stole a bottle of whatever we could get from our houses, I took some white wine and it really tasted bad, so after that I allways say no to the whites. I think I have to change my mind set about that, and I hope I can change it with some nice bottle of white wine asn with some nice dessert wine as the d'Yquem.

With out question My Dad Vince Palmieri who passed away Oct 30 2006. He loved good food and wine and as an old italian (neopolitan) saying goes "A true neopolitan would sell his matress for a feast" my dad was a true neopolitan and a great man

Great Show.
Yquem yum. When I was working in the restaurant business (many moons ago) they had yquem on the cruvenet and my best bud and I were working in the kitchen. I went in to ask the dumb bartender for a large glass of white wine to cook with (I was carrying on of those 24 ounce plastic coke cups). She turned to the dispenser and emptied half a bottle of yquem into the glass and said "here, nobody ever orders this and it has been opened for two days". I rushed into the kitchen with my prize, put the glass under the counter and we did not cook with white wine that night. At about one in the morning when everyone had left and we had done the cleaning and prep for the next day we took out a couple of duck breasts and some fresh apricots and had duck with, as the wine, yquem. One of the best meals I can remember. It is overpriced (particularly in minor years) but man is it good. Next time, my first experience with Absinth at the same restaurant under similar circumstances.
Living: Nelson Mandela
Dead: John Coltrane

QOTD:

Dead (in a manner of speaking)- Jesus Christ (the ultimate creator of all wine)
Alive - My lovely wife, with whom I enjoy every bottle of wine we drink

Louisiana George

Mmmmmm..........Sauternes.......You scored extra points today by drinking the d'Yquem out of the bottle. Kudos to you Gary. As for the QOD: I really don't care about famous people, I'd rather have dinner with my wife or good friends. I know that's a lame answer, but I'm serious. Famous-shmamous.

See you later...
GO BEARS. I hate the Dolphins now, by the way.

By the way, Gary, what was with the Alfalfa-look hairdo on Friday?

- JayZee

Gary,
I heard you say initially you would not be spitting today and you did with the D’yquem. Guess that was the way to say "pass" without talking.

QOD
Excellent Question - not to exclude my wife, father or mother, they are not into wine like I am.

Dead - Thomas Jefferson - one of the Founders and huge winehead.

Alive - Max Schindler (NBC Producer in Washington) whom I know. Huge winehead, has been to many places where recent history has been made, and excellent conversationalist. I have had dinner with him before and it is always a pleasure.

Good argument for screwcaps Gary. Last D'quem I had was 1990 that I still have in the cellar. Still have 3 375 ml bottles plus 1995 and 1999. Gary wouldn't mind haveing a glass of wine with you. Would have liked to enjoy a glass with James Beard.

First, teh Doplphins curse continues with the Bears. But things continue to be right on course for a repeat of the '84 SuperBowl. NY and NJ watch out... the Beasr are in need of a major bounce back.

Living: My father
Dead: Thomas Jefferson

Gary,
Although I loved the 80’s intro, I am disappointed.
It abruptly ends and most likely there will be no continuation.

I am still waiting for continuation of episode 100. What is the destiny of the tasting glass? Have you ever found it? Did you have to fight it off that villain? :=))

Great episode on sauternes. I’ve chugged Muscat from the bottle before too and and it was good.

QOTD:
I would like to have dinner with:

Living:

Marisa Tomei-the greatest actress. (and yes I saw her half naked on the stage and it was great).

Deceised:

Why would I want to have dinner with a dead peson?

Instead I would like to take a rain check and have a dinner with another living earthling:

Paris Hilton

QOTD

Alive: Tony Gwynn (soon to be Hall of Famer from the San Diego Padres)
Dead: Nostradamus (He could tell me the 2013 vintage will be one of the all time greats)

QOD: Alive - Robert P... No, it has to be Gary V!

Dead - Winston Churchill, I'm not sure why other than I think he was a termendously interesting person.

Easy question Gary,

Jesus Christ.

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Two questions, Gary.
Who opens your bottles of wine before a show?
For the first bottle, which was "corked", would the wine ritual step of inspecting the cork have revealed any defects which would have made you suspect the contents?

I'm stoned to notice that Rich T, who posted just before I did, also mentioned Hugh Hefner. Dejavu!!

QOTD: Alive: Mr. Hugh Heffner. He's Mr. Lucky Guy. Would love to sit for a half hour and enjoy an old oaky french cabernet while I listen to what he has to say. Dead: My grandfather. His name was Carlos, like me. He died in 1991 at age 105. I figure that he and I did never share time together as adults. In 1985 he turned 100 while I turned 18. I wish that I could sit and have a bottle of any wine with him while he is about 55 years old. I was not born yet when he was 55. But he sure as hell was an interesting dude. BTW, Concepcion is sitted here next to me, and we pledge to do another and a much nicer intro video very soon. We would like to attend the New York 2007 WLTV party. We watch this podshow daily, and we love it, and learn a lot from it. We just got ourselves a bottle of Michele Chiarlo "Asilie" BARBARESCO 2000. I had never heard of Barbaresco before, until I learn this through WLTV. We're currently buying and trying many Pinot Noirs, mainly.

I would love to share a bottle with Hugh Hefner(entepreneur), think he might know a thing or 2 about fine wines, and the eye candy with him ain't bad either ;-)

QOD: Alive - Bjork and Harmony Korine With the best Archery Summit Pinot Noir or 2001 D'Yquem
Dead - Van Gogh and da Vinci, I'll let them pick

We should also say which wine we would share with this person, no?

Dead: J.F.Kennedy -- 1997 Dal Forno Amarone (a big, classy wine for the coolest U.S. President)

Alive (barely): Mikhail Gorbachev -- Bellavista Franciacorta (Italy's best sparkler for some good ole political chit-chat)

Alive (2nd choice if my wish doesn't come true soon enough): John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) -- Fonseca Port (full-on body and flavor for the world's biggest anti-poseur poseur; though I remember seeing him in concert with P.I.L. slugging off a bottle of Remy Martin)

HEy GAry,

We should definetely make that happen. It truly would be an honor to go through, drink and analyze a few bottles of wine with you. I plan on seeing Borat sometime this weekend. Have a great trip, and for God sakes, enjoy some wine...lol

The question you asked regarding, who I would like to have dinner with dead or alive.

Dead: Chris Farley
Alive: Sasha Vay-ner-chuk

Dead: Ben Franklin.
Living:My wife and kid so I'm truely blessed to have them every day.

Getting ready for another football weekend. QOD Living: Warren Buffett Dead: Robert E Lee

Great episode Gary!
Awesome intro by you and SeanM.
QOTD:
Living...The Stupid Kingdumb
Dead...Even though my grandfather didn't drink, I still wish he were here more than anything or anyone else...Here's to you Granddaddy!

Just saw Borat, there was a part that almost made me throw up from laughter!

I should have spotted the corked bottle a mile away.....maybe I can blame it on bad intelligence....as I am "Head of the Department of Corked Bottle Prevention"