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1. February 14, 2007

   mikeyrad

   GruVes are such food-friendly wines, I wonder if the scores of some of the bottles that you sampled might have benefited by pairing them with some fish, especially that salty sour bomb.

2. February 14, 2007

   The Raging Platypus

   Whooo! More wines to try! Thanks for getting me excited about all the different kinds of interesting white varietals out there. That “shark” bit had me splitting my sides, nice one there.

   QOTD: My favorite tennis players have evolved over time, so hear goes:

   Mens:
   First half of his career: Michael Chang
   Second half of his career: Agassi

   Women:
   Really liked Monica Seles in her prime (Hey, I was young, and I thought she was cute), but now I’d have to go with Steffi Graf.

3. February 14, 2007

   Brooklyn Paul

   My vote for the anniversary is to most definitely do a show from London. Even if that’s the only one you do from there, you have to do one on the anniversary, no? Just do one after the conference ends for the day, you’ll still be 5 hours (6?) ahead of east coast time, so plenty of time to record a show. You can use it as an example for the other folks in the web applications class.

   QOTD: Has to be Jimmy Connors, with Johnny Mac a close second.

4. February 14, 2007

   VinoVixen

   Great show- Have been experimenting with Gruners and do enjoy them. I just got back from London-if you get a chance-check out Momo’s-a great turkish bar and good wine selection-If you could score and interview with Jancis Robinson-that would make up for your week away! Cheers-

5. February 14, 2007

   eugene

   Interesting topic.
   I am sure that many people haven’t heard of gruner.
   When I was I Austria last fall I had a lot of Gruner, Blaufrankish (sp?) and Zveigelt. I didn’t know anything about regions or producers but the ones I bought or had in the restaurants were pretty good.
   I like peppery flavor and aroma in gruner.

   QOTD:
   Maria, of course!

   Suggestion:

   About you business trip/vacation-Let Tom do the show. He seams to know a lot about terroir! :=))

   Also, you can send short clips from London to be included in the show.

6. February 14, 2007

   Patt

   Please lose the ear buds. Had been a lurker most of the time and really enjoy the education and entertainment. I go along with most of the fun, the wave from the nice young lady was refreshing, but feel the ear buds were showing some disrespect. While you were gone, maybe mix it up with tasting one of something different each day, like Amontillado. Ports, Sherrys, and the like. Just one each day that you already know about and can educate us.

7. February 14, 2007

   Eric B

   I just had a Gruve last week for the first time. I had read this article from the San Fran Chronicle suggesting a fish soup recipe to pair with gruve. It was delicious and the pairing was great – Nigl GV 2005. The wine had flavors of lemon zest and mineral. Not really anything else that I could taste. Very crisp, high acidity, but did not taste sour, which was good. The mineral (stone) flavors paired well with the earthy flavors of the soup.

8. February 14, 2007

   thkorent

   Great episode, Gary.
   Everyone, GruVe rocks!

9. February 14, 2007

   gogoz

   Don’t forget about the Styrian Wines (South-East Austria).
   Has nothing to do with Slovenia!

10. February 14, 2007

    gogoz

    Yeah! Austrian Wines – go for it, Gary!

11. February 14, 2007

    10sGuy

    QOTD: Tough question. I played NCAA DIV I tennis (get the name? 10sGuy = Tennis Guy) and I could answer this a bunch of different ways.

    Two best women: Navratilova and Graf. Graf was better for a shorter period and Martina’s probably still playing.

    Federer is the most talented I’ve ever seen. Johnny Mac had the best touch. Sampras (BORING!) was great but never won the French. Agassi won all the slams but couldn’t beat Sampras consistently. Muster was the hardest worker…the grittiest. Connors spent a long time at #1 but didn’t give a damn about American tennis. Lendl couldn’t win Wimbledon. The 70s/80s guys like Borg and Guillermo Vilas and Vitas Gerulaitis were rock stars.

    My favorite was Rafter. He was serve-and-volleyer like me – a lost art – and he won despite being less talented than a lot of the other guys. I also liked Edberg who somehow managed to win with no forehand…another serve-and-volleyer.

12. February 13, 2007

    Kwan

    Salty sour bomb, eh Gary? I really want to try a bottle of it now.

13. February 13, 2007

    Riezin

    I went to the Wachau last year and visited E Berger, Hirsch, Sepp Moser, Jamek (the wrong one)Alzinger, and Nikoliahof. The wines are awesome. Killed me to pay 8 or 10 euro over there only to come back and discover that the wines are $40+ here. Those importers are brutal. That said, Terry Thiese brings in great german and austrian wines. Any lurkers out there looking for a foster person i’m happy to volunteer. I’d say Ivan Lendl cause he was funny looking and great. McEnroe is funny too in his own way.

14. February 13, 2007

    Slick

    Gary,
    Great episode, adding to my long list of varietals I need to taste. The tasting note about a wet Monday evening in Camden was priceless, as my wife is a Camden girl, and I spent many a damp evenings on a back porch in Camden (Fairview Village in sight of those smokestacks) kanoodling my future spouse. So altogether a lovely reminder .

    For your trip abroad how about a remote or two? Perhaps several taped sessions at local wine establishments?

    QOTD – Bjorn Borg, the most dominating player amongst some great contemporaries.

    Peace, NJ brother

15. February 13, 2007

    kahuna

    qotd- Gabriella Sabatini- that is one hot ball whacker

16. February 13, 2007

    JOEYdaMUSH

    John MacEnroe

17. February 13, 2007

    Paul

    QOTD – Rod Laver and Bille Jean King.

    I’d be glad to adopt a lurker. My cousin’s husband, with whom I drink wine, is a lurker. (Come on, David, come out, come out wherever you are.) Come on, lurker. I know you’re there. Find me on the WLTV Forum!!

    BrandonM – that is so lame!

18. February 13, 2007

    brauniac

    Thanks for the heads up on Gruner Veltliner.

    Famous Tennis Player: Pancho Gonzales — the best male player in tennis history, primarily because he was the World No. 1 tennis player for probably 8 years (in the 50’s). Gorgo, the nickname by which he was known by his colleagues on the pro tour, was a hamburger and hot dog guy and had no concept of diet and training. On the court Gorgo would down Cokes through a match. Also, Gorgo was a pretty heavy cigarette smoker and had terrible sleeping habits. Sounds like my college experience minus the tennis!

19. February 13, 2007

    Russ J

    Connors and Graff (remember her SI layout? Awesome! And she had a great smile, like the blonde on yesterdays show.)

20. February 13, 2007

    Darlene O.

    Hey, Gary, great as always! QOD: I’m going waayyyyyy back. Toss up between Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Conners.

21. February 13, 2007

    bradyt

    I prolly need to watch this episode again, but did I hear about free shipping or something?
    Also, about the lurker situation. From the perspective of a recovering lurker, I’m currently taking donations to support the brady’s wine experience fund! Any takers?
    QOTD: Anna…and it’s all about her backswing

22. February 13, 2007

    KimW

    Women – Anna
    Men – Andre

    London Calling. On location WLTV of course.

    Hello everybody and welcome to wine library TV from the London Bridge I am your host Gary-Vay-ner-chuk! Today we are going to be tasting wines that go well with terrible English fare.

23. February 13, 2007

    leatherpalate

    John McEnroe made me want to be left handed.
    Gary V.what were you listening to?

    London go to Gastropubs and tell us about the best
    meals you had. or taste a bunch of Top Shelf Oregon 2005
    Pinots(Shea, Beaux Fears, Ken Wright, ect..
    and let us know if we should get long or PAzZZZZ.

24. February 13, 2007

    manual

    thanks for a nice surprise on the gruner veltliner. they accidently dropped off for me a couple of years ago. i’ll be exploring them again soon.

    while your gone i would love to see some wine producers talk about the wines they drink outside of their own. i always find great restaurants by asking chefs where they eat.

    Bjorn Borg no doubt. i was just learning to play as a kid in the seventies and dreamed of winning wimbledon someday and falling to my knees on the grass the way he did so many times. connors and agassi in a tie for second. gotta love the passion of those guys.

25. February 13, 2007

    E-Rock

    John McEnroe or McNasty. The guy was great.

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