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1. about 4 months ago

   Brian Johnson

   Had never heard of Betts & Scholl before until two weeks ago we had dinner at a French Restuarant and ordered a bottle of the Grenache. Not sure on the year, but I recognized the label. Saw a Black Betty at the wine store in town lat weekend, but opted for a $56 bottle of Barossa Valley Descendant Torbreck 2000 which was origninally marked at $89 on the price tag. Can’t pass up that deal can I? May head back there and pick up the Black Betty since you and Richard both loved it. Mainly because I can rarely find wines in Hawaii that you try on the show so when I see one, I like to get the bottle, watch the episode again and taste at the same time.
   QOTD: Best Deal - Finding out about WLTV and having it be free

2. about 15 months ago

   TSchampaert

   Yuw, again watching back eps. But this is far better than nothing. Nice ep. heard of the wines over here, but never seen any of them, nor met smby who tasted them. People frown upon wines like this over here; smth like “how can you make wine everywhere anyhow?”. Dunno what to think about that. Will save my comments till I’ve had one.
   So, QOTD: best deal. Bought a ring for my girl which cost 1000EUR and only was charged a 100. Smth went wrong at the bank, never heard anything from it though. Lucky hit!

3. about 15 months ago

   Marc Mc

   BEST Deal>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brett Favre…………

   GO PACK, GO BUCKY, GO AMERICA

4. about 15 months ago

   GeneV

   Great episode and I loved the interaction.

   However, what is all this about wine being a grocery, not a luxury, then pricing most of the wines at 70 bones?

5. about 15 months ago

   JayZee

   Great episode and guest. Nice new look on the video as well. QOTD: I landed 10 bottles of 1999 Quinault on the Winecommune auction site recently for $24/bottle. Awesome!

6. about 15 months ago

   WINO

   Really interesting episode. Seems like a guy I would like to share a bottle of wine with, as long as he was paying for them. Wow, pricey but definitely sounds like something I would give a try. This is what makes WLTV great, introducing us to people and wines that prove that wine is interesting and everything has a story. Keep it up!!!

7. about 15 months ago

   bugbirdfishboy

   In 06 I bought a used 2002 Ford Taurus: 40,050 miles, leather, sunroof, pwr seat, remote starter, alloys, etc, etc. for $5,900…Since then and 10k later I haven’t had to put a dime into it other than oil changes.

8. about 15 months ago

   Jeff

   Ditto the comment “If ‘wine is a grocery, not a luxery’ why 70 bones a pop. That’s pretty expensive groceries.” I might pay that for a special wine but not for my regular groceries.

9. about 15 months ago

   NY Pete

   QOD… a few deals from WL but one that sticks out was the 2002 Almaviva I stole from Sam’s in Chicago for $40 a pop

10. about 15 months ago

    NY Pete

    A good if not different episode… 70 bucks a pop well…

11. about 15 months ago

    Benji

    Hi Gary,

    QOTD:

    Best deal that I have ever experienced (in relation to wine) was when I worked as a bartender two summers ago at a country club. The bar manager/restaurant director observed my enthusiasm for wine and said that he would give me a great deal on any of the wines in the cellar if I wanted to buy them. Needless to say, I jumped on the offer to buy the 1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia for $60/bottle and the 98′ vintage for the same price. Unfortunately, there were only two bottles of the 97′ left, but surely this is better than any deal you could ever get at a retail wine shop!! (except wine library of course) Great episode.

    -Benji

12. about 15 months ago

    gnarlyoak

    70 dollars for CA Shiraz too expensive? Not if you are a guhbillionaire who flys your private Jet to Aspen to hang out for the weekend. That is why his buisness model will work. That, and he’s got a selling personality and the knowlege to back it up.

    As an aspriring winemaker myself, I’m interested in how he gets this thing to work. Is there a website or somewhere I can go to get more information?

    QOTD: Like someone else already said, the best deal I have ever got was my wife.

13. about 15 months ago

    SS Chris

    I spend an entire January in Aspen my sophomore year in College with 2 College buddies!! PRETTY AWESOME!!!

    Frequented Little Nell’s quite a bit….I think I shared some SHROOMS Mr. Betts.

14. about 15 months ago

    Caren

    I was wondering, what is proper bucket protocol for a guest?

    “It is what it is…..It’s Cali man!” RB

15. about 15 months ago

    karl satirev

    TOTALLY DOOD

16. about 15 months ago

    TheDumbPhase

    As has been mentioned, this Betts dude could be Matthew Modine’s twin. Check it out-
    http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5341/Events/5341/11263692_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Modine,%20Matthew
    Good episode, but I hate that these wines are impossible to find.

17. about 15 months ago

    stewart l

    Interesting episode. Fun to see a different type of winemaker-the prototype cali dude!
    Qod-Won a raffle for a 2 year membership at a local golf club

18. about 15 months ago

    Corrado

    Don’t forget to go vote for Gary in his “I want to be the hottest dork in cyberspace” competition.

    (link at the top of the page)

    You vote once per day (probably per IP address, so vote from as many computers as you can)!

19. about 15 months ago

    flavasauce

    Whoa! My Gravatar magically appeared after like a year!!!

20. about 15 months ago

    flavasauce

    Gary and Richard were like classic examples of west coast vs east coast guys. Richard is all like ” duuuude voila! and totally!” with his surfer hair and Gary is on steroids and pumped about football.

21. about 15 months ago

    YoungDave

    The new format looks great- congrats on the upgrade. A Master Somm. guest? Priceless…except the $69 price tag, and 69 BONES is unfortunately a little too steep for this poor boy. I’ll deffinitely seek out Richard’s work after my pockets get deeper in a few years.

    QOTD: 2 T-shirts at half price for $6.15 each + free shipping + turning one more friend into an official VAYNIAC = fantastic deal. (I was able to send the shirts to RI, but until Mass. allows WL to ship here, I have no free shipping wine deals to brag about.)

22. about 15 months ago

    Lev M.

    QOTD, thats easy: 194+ episodes of WLTV for free!

23. about 15 months ago

    Leatherpalate

    That was an interesting episode thanks for putting that together GV-
    Best deal ever First semester tuition at the University of Kansas in 1987 was 670.00
    bones. ( IN state)

24. about 15 months ago

    tp

    If “wine is a grocery, not a luxery” why 70 bones a pop.
    That’s pretty expensive groceries.

25. about 15 months ago

    Len C

    Nice upgrade, pick that up in London?

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