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Sometimes, to make time on the toilet more enjoyable and educational, I bring the wireless laptop into the bathroom with me and watch WLTV. It’s a very nice ritual.

R/Eason

Gary, thanks for doing this episode. I have wanted to try more champagne since you recommended the Drappier Signature, and I concurred that it was very good. I am looking forward to trying a few more and will place an order as soon as I hear back from you on my private e-mail to you.

As to the QOD, I usually like to download the episodes to I-Tunes. This way I can watch them at my leisure, and even take them with me. Unfortunately, for some reason episode 147 and now, episode 151 never downloaded to I-Tunes. My other podcasts downloaded both days, so it seems to be limited to WLTV podcasts only. Perhaps one of your IT people can look into this?

Boy, do I even have enough time to grow some stubble? Oh, and good to finally understand what Jason Kidd and ‘where the US Champagne market will be in 10 years’ have in common!

Great episode!!!, hello to all you vayniacs, i´m so happy top be a part of this grreaaaaat community!! i don´t even browse anything else in the web! thanks to gary, and all the regular posters (KAHUNA, SSchris, etc etc etc…) u guys are the reason lurkers keep lurking… all the videos and posts are sooo entertaining…

mmm, and sorry about my english i´m from venezuela….
Not a lurker anymore!!!

LITSER…come on to the Forum and play with us!! We could use some International Flavor. Your English is fine.

BTW, I mentioned this in my earlier comment(#48), but it’s now 1:11am, and I’ve just finished entering this episode into my SS which will be C & P’d into the web SS.

Gary, GREAT, GREAT episode….I WILL be trying the 2 vintage sparklers!! thanks!!

How’s your new phone…did it survive?

This episode really cracked me up. Maybe it had something to do with sparkly I opened up before watching.

And RSS feeds all day baby. Because that’s how we roll in NC.

Gary,

Just got back from the Damien Rice concert here in Minneapolis and just had to watch WLTV before hitting the sack. Don’t tell us anymore about your new cellphone cause I’m a phone wh@re and will probably want to buy it. 😉

-Matt L

Prestige cuvees: Salon, Vilmart, Gratien, Jean Milan, the finest Cattier, Pierre Peters, Bonnaire, J. Selosse, Pol Roger (cuvee Sir Winston Churchill), Comte Audoin De Dampierre, Ruinart, the list is so obscenley long its funny. Four thousand Champagne producers and what do we get: Tattinger, Pommery, Henriot, Roederer, Veuve Cliquoit, Moet, their low end swill. Such pretty bottles. Time for importers to step up their game. If winexpo.com can do it (personal relation) , if hi-timewines can do it (same) , if dandm.com can do it (ditto), then so can winelibrary. Praise for the Spanish Cavas. Spot on. Curse the Sophia: ( Coppola will not let his daughter fail even if it requires low-tech string and tape, as long bare minimum of pleasure, like her, is assured.) Gary, with all due respect, let the Vaynernation know of Champagne beyond winelibrary’s scope. Your enthusiasm has been duly noted. Your fine palate, envied. What is missing is a stirring tale of the riches to be found far beyond where your store has gone. What’s more important, Champagne or local markets?

QOD I watch the show on your website, usually in the morning with coffee

Gary, you rock! I was hoping for another Champagne episode. I watched the other sparkling episodes the day before yesterday and got myself a very nice cava & champagne yesterday (in my new rocking cool champagne glasses) 🙂

Anyway… what about champagne color? Can you tell something about a champagne by watching the bubbles? The legs on the glass? etc… you ‘just’ taste them, au contraire you do all the above things on reds/whites.

Champagne baby!

I agree with your notes on Veuve Clicquot-I had it couple of days ago.
My notes – not much of anything.

QOTD: On the web site, usually before dinner. Although this one (being posted late and a long episode) watched the first half before dinner, and the second half with my coffee at breakfast.

As a fellow J-E-T-S fan, hopefully you’ll look like Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (if you don’t know it — look it up!) in late January!

Gary,

I have no doubt that our dear friend Paris is an expert in Champagne vintages ;=) You should invite her to the show. Really.

QOTD:
On the computer before going to sleep.

QOTD: I watch in the evening from the WL web site. What is an RSS feed?

Rainbow Bright, huh? When will we get a Mon Chee Chee reference??

One of the first and last things I watch during the workweek is WLTV. It’s a breath of fresh air (or sip of ridonculously colored juice) in an oitherwise hectic environment. Thanks! BTW, G, I have my Bears undefeated scruff going on for some time now… in comparison, your face looks like a baby’s ass 😉

I’ve been watching for a while in iTunes. I started watching podcasts just to hear English speakers and because I live in France and French TV sucks. Anyway, got hooked! I drink a lot of wine, never really knew too much about it, but became more interested living here, how could you not! I saw the most recent episode about Champagne and sparkling wines and was wondering. What you think about? How available and popular in the US? etc…. are the sparkling wines from Saumur, from the Loire Valley in France. I find them a really good value, and much better than some of the other sparklers like the Crémant, which are sometime more expensive. Just wanted some opinions about that. Thanks

Hey Gary, finally an episode in which you are tipsy !!

Regards from Brazil !!!

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all

Thanks for another great, excuse me, AWESOME show. Timely, too. I know just the right relative to get the Coppola Sofia Blanc De Blancs for. Thanks for solving my Christmas gift dilemma!

The following statements are NOT based in fact:

Gary, your Jets have a one week reprieve before they get annialated by the Raiders. The Autumn Wind is going to blow into your town and pillage your end zone. Your Jets may be awesome in comparison to the Raiders right now, but come New Years day, they will wish they were playing anyone else!

(Though this smack talk has no base in reality, maybe it will give you some amunition for getting up for what otherwise would be a non-threatening game. I’ve been a part of the Raider Nation for a long time. It is AWESOME to become part of the Vaynernation!)

What’s up with the hair?

Loved the episode Gary. I try every champagne I can get my hands on.

QOD: On the computer at home mostly after the kids are in bed. And every spare minute I get in between taking care of my two little bosses 🙂

QOD: I usually watch from my home office….My wife usually hears your voice and says something like “oh, you are watching that weird wine guy again??” HA! I usually catch her catching a peek at the episode over my shoulder though… 🙂

I just saw that Mike Ditka (Da Coach) has is own labels of wine now (Mendocino Wine Co). Gary, you should give this a swirl/smell/taste as a huge NFL fan that you are. When I saw that his premier red is called “Kick Ass Red”, I immediately thought of you…..although, would you be able to give it a subjective review as a Jets fan??

Great show! I’ve been thinking over the last few days about what to buy for New Years. My wife and I will be in NYC for the holiday weekend. Hopefully we will have a chance to make it out to the store while we’re in town.

I just had to 😀 😀 😀 because I say “Help a brotha out” all the time.

QOTD: I usually watch the show at home either directly at your website or through iTunes.

Hey Gary,
Loved the episode.
I have a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Vintage Reserve 1996 and a bottle of Don P. Vintage 1995 are they good to drink now?
Iâ??ve been watching for a while on wine library.com