1 Year Anniversary – Episode #187

February 21, 2007

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From across the pond, it’s WLTV 1st anniversary episode. Gary reminisces about the 1st year of WLTV over some tea.

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February 22, 2007

Wil Neverspit
How can I follow TheDumbPhase’s top 10 list (comment 107) – HILARIOUS!

Congratulations Gary!

Most of my friends are beer drinkers or worse yet, NON-drinkers! …so finding you and the WLTV community has been huge! I came in around ep 100, but I have gone back and watched most of the earlier ones. I have yet to order anything, but I will, I promise. Being a left-coaster I’m a little worried about getting a wet purple box on my doorstep, but I will test it out with some cheap stuff.

QOTD: Like many other Vayniacs have said today… you have raised my expectations of wine. Many of the wines that I used to drink you have slammed with some GV-75’s and GV-82’s… lot’s of Vayner-PAZZZZZZ’s. The Cambria Chardonnay comes to mind. I have been drinking Rioja’s and Viogner’s lately because of recent episodes. A year ago I had no idea what a Rioja was? It’s working Gary, you are changing the wine world.

Thanks man.

I gotta go order a couple shirts now!
February 22, 2007

TheDumbPhase
QOTD-

Top 10 list of answers-

10) I now mispronounce many wine terms I used to say correctly
9) I sometimes eat cloves for that fun “numb your tongue” feeling
I strangely become hungry when walking by bags of potting soil
7) I have nightmares about being caught in the camel clutch
6) I taste different peoples’ dirty socks to experience their terroir
5) Whenever I say my name, I shout it and over-annunciate (with air quotes)
4) My wife got wine as a present for Valentine’s Day, X-mas & her birthday (and she doesn’t drink)
3) Skeletons in the closet, no I hide boxes in the basement!
2) I hate the Jets even more
1) Wine tastes better when it’s snowing, 15 degrees, my “nards” are freezing and my glass blows away like a kite!

Congrats Big G! Here’s to many more years of making wine fun!
February 22, 2007

Jerry the 2THDR
The biggest difference in my wine life from a year ago is you. I feel that I now have a personal wine taster. No longer do I buy wine ,put it down for 5-10 years and hope I made the right guess. Now I go into the wine room( 300+ )and talk to my new bottles (very important) about our future together. I only hope I live long enough to enjoy the wines I got from you this year. My son assures me that when I’m gone he will pour these on my grave;but only after passing thru his kidneys. Thanks for a great year. Jerry the 2THDR
February 22, 2007

Corrado
QOTD: Willing to spend over $15 for a bottle of wine (and usually do), buying wine online, keeping more wine on hand than I could possibly binge in a weekend, planning to build a formal wine cellar this spring, and addicted to WLTV.
February 22, 2007

E
Love Lapsang Souchong … it’s the Southern Rhone of black tea, no?

Can’t wait for the coffee episode. And since nobody’s said it yet, c Ð´Ð½ÐµÐ¼ Ñ€Ð¾Ð¶Ð´ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ!
February 22, 2007

mikeyrad
congrats to Gary, Erik, Chris and the WLTV team for a great year!

qotd: WLTV and possibly just as important, the WLTV forum has exposed me to a lot of wines that I normally wouldn’t have known about. Gary’s tastings have prompted me to learn how to taste wines (as opposed to merely drinking them). Along with watching and listening to Gary tasting wine every day, I have bought many books containing essays on winetasting as well as Jancis Robinson’s “How to Taste” which have been extremely informative.

BTW, tea and wine have an important element in common, they both contain tannin. In “How to Taste”, Jancis Robinson devotes a paragraph (p29) on “Tea and Tannin”.
February 22, 2007

Smith MBA
Happy Anniversary GV.

Unfortunately, I drink less wine today than I did a year ago. However, I am more educated and appreciate wine much more than I used to.

Tea, Cheese, Wine, are you going to knock off Zabar’s. Serious effort is appreciated and everyone at WLTV brings the effort. Thanks.
February 22, 2007

Jan Wicher
QOD: I have started to take notes on each new wine i drink or if i have not drunk it for a while. My pallet has improved 10 fold and i have started to decanter wines.
February 22, 2007

SteviefreakinD
Congrats Gary. You gotta love and respect people with vision.
QOTD. I’ve only been watching for three months, but my answer would have to be decanting. I decant everything now. From 2, 4, 5, 12 hours. And I can’t wait to try stuff that I’ve never had. Next is Warwick pinot taje.

Hope your doing this for years to come.
February 22, 2007

mark
Congrats on your WLTV birthday!

Big Props to you for:
-having Lady Sov as show open soundtrack today…start of a trend?….I like!
-being a real fresh talentâ€“- at once exciting, down-to-earth, interesting, genuine, yet ridiculous…a rare combo
-being so prolific with your content, and so infectious with your passion
-surprising us every couple episodes with your ridic flavor profiles
-injecting the wine world with some much needed fun
-helping me remember fondly my youth pop culture (Quik, Voltron, Freeze-pops, Cocoa Puffs, “Nards”)
-building a brand and being a pioneer in what you are doing in this new frontier
-and finally, I have to pay belated homage to that truly awesome “Wind Chill” episode last week….again, nice grab!

Keep it up. My 3rd mixed case on the way after today’s offer
February 21, 2007

LouieNY
Happy Anniversary WLTV! Love the show and keep up your hard work and thanks for the great recommendations.
February 21, 2007

Barbotus
Nice anniversary episode. I mean it. How cool is it that you’re doing a tea tasting from a London shop? Just remember that no matter how much you do, for some people it will never be enough. Follow your heart and you’ll do just fine.

QOTD: Like many on here, I’m spending more time trying to assess what I am tasting and what I am liking and not liking. A year ago I bought primarily based on other people’s recommendations. While that still factors in, I’m making more of an effort to understand my palate. And most of that is due to your influence and that of the forum members who have been extremeley generous with information and advice. And not a few gibes. Congratulations on the anniversary!
February 21, 2007

cpd
Congratulations on the one year anniversary! I’m partial to Silver Needle White, myself.

QOTD: A lot more wine…a lot less beer. As many have already said, I’m trying and enjoying many new wines I never would have experienced if not for GV and WLTV. Thanks, and have a safe trip home!
February 21, 2007

flavasauce
Congradulations!! Hope I don’t sound like a kvetcher but the T’s come in xl xxl and L? How bout some lady sized T’s or even better girly style T’s. I mean I’d sleep in it but don’t think I’d actually go out in public in one of those mu-mu sized things.
QOTD I spend way too much $ on wine and I’m not afraid to say things like “this wine tastes exactly like unicorns humping under the rainbow.” Thanks.
February 21, 2007

TampaSteve
A one year anny episode on tea….???…sorry but disapointing
February 21, 2007

StanVH
It has been an interesting year — for wine lovers, for video bloggers, for education about wine and fore pure entertainment. This is a whole new way to communicate and exchange information about wine (and tea) and cheeses and jams and jellies and . . . dirt.

Gary, your little bit and the rest of us are, indeed, changing the wine world. Looking forward to the next year of interesting and provacative Wine Library TV.

Thanks
February 21, 2007

Lil Luce
Congrats to all at Wine Library and WLTV! I was hooked from the first episode I watched (just six weeks ago). I love the entertainment, the education and admire the business model too.

QOTD: I moved from DC to NYC this past year. One of my DC neighbors used to come over and drink all my wine, so now my collection is being depleted at a slower rate. But hey – wine is for sharing, right? I look forward to raising a glass (or two) with the Vayniacs in WLTV’s second year!
February 21, 2007

PattyO
QOD-What’s different for my husband and me is what it takes (in a bottle!) to make us happy. Just last weekend I opened a wine we used to enjoy as an “every-day” wine. He said, “wow. what happened to this wine – I thought I liked this one?!” and I said, “too many WLTV episodes, too many WL shipments and too many free.winelibrary invoices”. We’ve tasted a LOT because of WLTV and our watermark has risen! Thanks for that, Gary and crew (I think… though our 3rd child may end up paying her own way through college as a result)!
February 21, 2007

Darlene O.
Ah, Gary, Ab Fab!!!! Love London!! Great episode!!! QOD: In one year, I’ve become picky in my wines. And I’ve listened to my own palate, decided what it is that I like, and don’t apologize for it. You’re always telling us to taste alot of wines and trust our own palates. Best wine lesson I’ve EVER learned. Thank you, Gary…for the first year of episodes, and, hopefully, for many more years to come. You have revolutionized how wine is perceived. Thank you, Gary.
February 21, 2007

stevek1510
congrats on 1 year…we know how hard you work and do appreciate it. QOTD: Easy…knowledge…I have learned more about wine already than I thought I would ever know. I am trying things I never would have tried and actually feel like I can speak intelligently about wine….sometimes.
February 21, 2007

Antonio TouriÃ±o
Gary and the WLTV crew (Eric and people behind the scenes who make this project possible), congratulations on a job well done. I feel you guys have opened up my eyes to the fascinating world of wine and for that I thank and salute you. Keep doing what you do best (maybe you do other things better. Was that a bit presumptious? hehe).

True story:
Capt. M emailed me after I mentioned WLTV on my blog and we are starting a little wine group here in Panama and we have WLTV to thank for that. Awesome job guys.
February 21, 2007

Rafa From Mexico
Gary, Congrats on one year of a tremendous wine experience, I can not belive hyow time flies by. You made the wine world a diferent place and a friendly place.
QOTD: I have learn a lot in one year, actually 1 year ago I was not interested in wine at all, but men what a diference does a year and wine library does to people. I have learn a lor from books, I am taking a class on how to taste, and the experience that wine library has given me is priceless, and I mean all of WLTV you, the forums, the comments of every body, all in a joint learning experience. I wish you and all of your fans a happy 1st anniversary, and I’m sure that the best is yet to come. Thanks for sharing your knoledge.
February 21, 2007

RMD
Thank you Gary! Congrats on 1 year.

QOTD: There was a time when I basically stuck with what I knew… Cali cabs, Chiantis, etc. Now I’ll try anything, and am in fact very excited to try new grapes. A lot of the reason for that is WLTV.
February 21, 2007

John Blue Label
Gary,
Congratulations on 1 Fabulous Year! Your energy and heart are as big as the outdoors. Thanks for putting so much of yourself into your shows. QOTD: Easy one. Just happened tonight. One year ago, I would look at a good wine list and go “duh”. Tonight at dinner, looked at a wine list and was able to pick out a Tensley Syrah and David Arthur Meritage, and not hope. but KNOW they would be good. Why? ‘Cause you said they were, and you have never let me down! Needless to say, the wines were fabulous, a big hit, and my guests were impressed with my selections. Of course, when they asked me how I knew about those wines, I said “WLTV”. You know should have 2 new viewers.

Anyway, thanks for my continuing education in the wine world. You have certainly changed it for me. All my best for an even more spectacular 2nd year.

John
February 21, 2007

dougdell
QOD – One year ago I had two, maybe three bottles of wine in a cabinet in the kitchen. Today I have 100 (coincidentally, exactly) bottles in the cellar in racks and in the cabinet. Today I know Pinot from Cab, Sav Blanc from Reisling. A year ago I liked an occasional glass of wine. Today I’m an admitted wine geek, reading blogs, visiting ALL the wine stores in town, and NEVER missing an episode of WLTV. Thanks and congrats, Gary!