Gary, congrats on episode #150! When you mentioned that you have other tricks up your sleeve to top Friday’s CRAZY episode, I clearly envisioned you jumping out of a plane, pouring a bottle of wine on the way down….catching the flow of wine as it flies by your head! I shook my head, rubbed my eyes, and came back to reality! I put nothing past you! Can’t wait for the next 150, and more! Congrats!

SS Chris — Bed head? How did you know? I was paying tribue to GV’s changing hair styles. What was that one episode where it was really out there?

The number of hits I got on YouTube was much higher this time than for my last spoof. WLTV is really growing…

Can’t wait to see everyone’s Oak Monsters…

Does the Oak Monster live on Oak Island? Isn’t that the Money Pit Island? Anyone ever watch “In Search Of”?

It was greart show. I ran over this by reading LA Times this morning and I want the tote bag.

GaryV’s version of new math: 80 + 30 + 10 = 100 ??????????

Regarding Pronunciation of French wine names, one suggestion: READ THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂

Great episode Gary! What would be the best way to get into buying wines like this? Futures? Also, are all bordeaux’s capable or mandatory of being cellared for 15+ years?

Gary, congrats on episode 150, it was very informative. I found this site in the L.A. Times, I will forward to all my Wino Buds.

Dion—Calif.

Congrats on episode 150. I’m becoming a big fan — even showing the episodes to my wife and kids every night. My wife thinks you’re a maniac … in a good way … although I’m not sure that eating dirt last week was the best way to attract lady vaniacs.

I think you were much too generous to the Haut Brion. Given your description, I can’t imagine it scoring above 85 or so if it weren’t for the label. You speculate that the wine will eventually come around and score higher in 15 years, but I’ve seen many wines that were tight, tannic and “untogether” age for years and NEVER come around.

And now to a point I’ve mentioned before: Do tastings like this double-blind. Further, if you have three premier crus in the tasting, throw in a ringer and taste them all blind.

Anyone who includes ‘skittles’ as a favorable adjective in their tasting notes of a 1st growth bordeaux should be flogged. Where’s the shame?

Thanks Julius. I thought I did not hear Gary correctly and then no one commented about the WL math!! Very nice episode, Gary.

Julius: it’s a HUGE wine.

Allright, Gary, you were pleading so hard for the lurkers to come out of the woodwork that I actually started to feel bad for not commenting earlier. Y’know, as if a piece of my soul were lost in the dark, swirling depths of your Bordeaux spit bucket, only to be reclaimed if I either marched over to Wine Library to drink the last Vaynerspit-dregs of those first growths, or finally leaving my mark here on this board.

It was a tougher decision than I expected. =P

Congratulations on episode 150, and thank you for helping me learn more and more about wine everyday!

QOTD: Um, could I have my soul back? I keep losing pieces of it after every Giants game.

Very, very, very, very nice (and interesting) episode. Such a nice way to commemorate the 150, specially for those of us who CAN’T afford any of these bottles. Tim F, the ending was so hilarious!! I’ll get on to working on my Oak Monster, to see if I can come up with something.

I noticed that SS Chris mentioned there are some fans congregating in Hoboken on Thursday night, and I would like to know the specific venue if possible, as I will conveniently be in Hoboken on Thursday night as it is. ‘Preciate it.

Gary,

I do not feel jealous at all – okay, maybe just a tiny little bit, but not that much. Besides, in my cellar I have a bunch of lesser (than 1st growth) Bordeauxs. The reason is that my wife and I got married in 1999 so I wanted to get a bunch of decent Bordeaux to drink over several years. I have some Le Gay, Pontet-Canet, Leoville Poyferre, Lynch Bages, and Pape Clement. I’ve tried a few of them and they seem pretty decent thusfar. I think 1999 was at least a decent vintage in Bordeaux.

Congrats on the 150th ep and hoping for many, many, many, many more…

Hey, coming out of “lurker land”. This is a pivotal moment in my life….. Hey Gary, perhaps a large format episode would be cool….. There is nothing cooler than poping a 5L with your great freinds!!! CB

Gary, what a great episode at 150 so far congrats.

You’ve made me a very happy man, very happy! I’ll tell you why, I’m a final year medical student at Oxford University in the UK and my final exams end on the 25th of January. I dont have enough space for laying down a huge cellar of first growths but I do have a bit of a collection going – and the king of the collection in my 1999 Chateau Margaux – he’s gonna get popped the evening after I finish my exams – some steak, some friends and that bad boy.

2ndf point, have you thought about marketing your spit bucket assemblage 30% Margaux 20% Haut Brion 20% Mouton and 30% spittle. I’m sure someone would buy it. But seriously, how much did the wine you used to rinse the glass cost $5 a go – couldnt you have used water or a fresh glass – some of us would die for that much good wine =)

Cheers Gary

Great show! Congrats on 150, Keep up the good work. Cheers~~~

Lurker – answer is – Ship to Michigan – If I could buy, I would participate much more. Lame I know, but the truth.

I am a lurker – and I love your show. Congratulations on #150… What do I want to see? Some very easy way to taste some of the wines along with you so I could calibrate tastes and also gain some vocab/taste links.

I am building a ~300 bottle rack in my basement (in a closet) – not ideal conditions, but looks like I can get between 58 – 65oF and ~30-50% humidity. I would also really like to hear what you think “seminal” bottles are for a cellar of this size, given a middle-of-the-road budget.

Believe it or not, the Stillers will make it to the playoffs this year – against all odds – but they found their A-game again! Go Phins (they are such spoilers)!!

Keep up the great shows! Thanks

Congratulations on hitting Episode 150.

But am I the only one who nearly choked every time Gary casually rinsed the glass between those $150 bottles of 1st growth Bordeaux WITH BIG SLOSHES OF $150/BOTTLE 1st GROWTH BORDEAUX?!

Holy crap.

Well, you outidd yourself but I doubt I will ever taste any of those wines (sigh). I did invest in 2nd and 3rd growth futures in ’99 so I’m expecting great things from them in about 10 year or so. Thanks again Gary.

Great choices for 150!

Gary you mentioned that you were drinking these wines really young. I found a great article on an instant aging machine! Talk about instant gratification. I wonder if it’s any good.

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-instant-aging-wine

Chad M – I checked that out. I wonder what that will do for the future of the wine business if that technology is brought into wide use! Imagine classy Bordeaux aged to perfection in 5 years rather than 20! Can’t imagine anything taking the place of time though.

Amazing?, Unbelieveable?, Come on Gary , you are just starting. Many, many, many more episodes from now you will know what I mean. As always your motto is reversed, but keep up the good… great work in educating the masses. They are listening.
Al