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1. about 13 months ago

   Wino

   Welcome back, nice episode. I have only had a couple Sanceres and they really do not fit my style. I like Chard and Riesling for my whites but am not a big fan of Sancere or Sauv Blanc. Will try one of these and see if it can change my mind.

2. about 13 months ago

   Nick H.

   welcome home…GV

3. about 13 months ago

   Shotgun

   Welcome home! I love Sancerre. I love California Sauvignon Blanc (esp Sonoma, Preston is awesome). I love NZ Sauv Blanc. I love SB with a little Semillon blended in. Bordeaux blanc is awesome in that regard, but generally too expensive and hard to find. Well, maybe that’s my answer to the QOD– Bordeaux whites– why should they not be plentiful (and delicious) at the better price value points?

4. about 13 months ago

   TR

   Bon returne’ Monsiour Vanerchuk. I would have loved to have heard the Bordelaise pronounce your name. If you allow us to view your footage perhaps I shall. Perhaps that is why you syllabate it so pronouncedly. Which brings us to the QOTD. I have never been to Bordeaux. The closest I’ve been is I’le de Rey just north of there. As my favorite wine region I have built it up in my mind rather as a Mecca. I have read librarys full of info on the subject but have viewed very little footage. ‘Mondovino’ is about it. After we’ve seen your plethora of footage from your trip. It will be interesting to note how closely the new ‘reality’ matches my current perception. I wait with great an-ti-ci-pa…tion. my apologies to Richard O’Brien.

5. about 13 months ago

   Riezin

   I just drank wine #4 the Le Md last week with my tasting group. I picked it up at the reco of one of the guys on the floor when i was choosing between a couple sancerre options (greg, maybe?). He picked well (also turned me onto a great QPR semillion from Oz - the Willows) Anyway, i really liked it a lot and I actually found a lot of varietal typicity. Maybe it was true to SB and less so to Sancerre in particular?, but i thought it a really good effort.

6. about 13 months ago

   caleb

   Gary welcome back! nice purple tongue, the sign of a good day of tasting! Cant wait to hear your reccomendations on 2005. YOU ROCK!

7. about 13 months ago

   ChadD

   Gary,
   Welcome back!!!!I missed watching you this past week-I’ve already watched all the old episodes so I was forced to look at Metal blogs all week (??!!). Great to have you back.
   QOTD-this blog! I saw the ad in WS about 6 months ago and thought-this is either ok or extremely boring…and you are neither. Keep up the good work..I look forward each day to watching your videos.

8. about 13 months ago

   Carlos

   Good stuff man.

9. about 13 months ago

   Elliot Essman

   Are there any non-hyped California wines?

10. about 13 months ago

    matt l

    QOTD: When I signed up for the Army a big selling point was the fact that I could not only get in great shape but go to college while I was in. Yeah between working 60 to 80 hours a week and alot of physical training, at least I got one of the two. I got out about six years ago, got my degree and am going through the VA to get disability. They dont tell you that when you sign up. Wouldnt trade the experience though.
    Great to have you back Gary.

11. about 13 months ago

    Sam Zen

    can’t agree with you enough on your comment about OVER PRICED and WAY OVER HYPED Cali wines.

12. about 13 months ago

    Colleen

    Welcome back Gary. We missed you.
    Love the little teaser of your trip. I can’t wait to see more.

13. about 13 months ago

    Rick "The Model" M

    Welcome back. Great show and nice footage man. Can’t wait to see more.

14. about 13 months ago

    Jens Hork

    Hi Gary,

    Sancerre was Ernest Hemingway’s favorite white, and being a great ‘Hemiac’ it was the first white wine ever I bought in order to understand why (and hopefully appreciate) when I was 18. From there my wine interest took off… Am still fond of the Sancerres and have visited and bought directly from Henri Bourgeois in Chavignol a couple of years ago.

15. about 13 months ago

    RandyB

    Nice to see that charming young man back on the screen. While you were gone I hosted a wine tasting event for the local youth baseball team’s annual crab feed and to no one’s surprise wore my Vayniac T-shirt. The wine tasting table was such a hit, we couldn’t get anyone to sit down for dinner. Is it because we all appreciate wine and notice others that share in that appreciation or is wine really finding its way into more and more people’s lives?

    QTOD: Perception: Live one day at a time and try to get the most out of each and every day are simply old cliches that don’t mean anything. Reality: They are not cliches!

    Ciao

16. about 13 months ago

    Rick McQ

    Glad your Back!!!!

17. about 13 months ago

    Formally Known as Big man

    ELWAY

18. about 13 months ago

    Rick McQ

    Gary:

    When was peception not reality - My Honeymoon with my Ex-wife! It only lasted a year. I never should have gotten off the plane.

    ps I’ve been happily married for 6 years with a Two year old and one on the way. Thats Reality!

19. about 13 months ago

    boyd

    Welcome back buddy!

20. about 13 months ago

    Atreyu

    Welcome back Gary!
    It’s nice to see you, we missed you… And it’s nice to see you back in good shape and pumped up!

21. about 13 months ago

    Matty Van - Tampa,FL

    QOD - many men think a certian something is bigger than it actually is, and many women think that the tight ass pants they have on look good…like they are blind to the fat rolls (muffin top) hanging over there jeans

22. about 13 months ago

    Christopher

    My comment is from Germany… a little closer to France than the US… so it counts for two !!

    Lets hear more about the ‘entry level’ Bordeaux wines (that blow the sock of Californian reds) !!

23. about 13 months ago

    Matthew L

    Good to have you back Gary. I enjoyed a fair amount of wine in your absence.

    I enjoyed the show, particularly because I’m looking to expand my horizons and pick up some crisp whites for the coming spring and summer months.

    QOTD: My biggest example of where your perception was not reality? — Let’s see..the Detroit Lions every fall.

    Really, some big eye openers have been things like breaking down racial stereotypes. I’ve found that we often have so much in common that it’s a huge waste of time focusing, seemingly exclusively, on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity/culture are important, but it shouldn’t be a barrier for friends and family.

    At the risk of sounding like an ass kisser, another big one is breaking down the stodgy, snob persona of wine drinkers. You’ve done a huge favor to everyday people who really enjoy wine. I can be just as discerning about wine in jeans and a t-shirt than some jerk in a sport coat at some snobby wine shop. (Calvert Woodley in DC…oops did I say that.) Cheers to you Gary, the WL crew, and all the Vayniaks for keeping this thing going!

24. about 13 months ago

    vinumsanctum

    Hello Gary,

    I believe you mentioned a kosher wine episode, is that gonna happen? I’m trully intrigued it sounded like you already had the wine in mind too. What is it?! there are only like maybe 5 possiblities Covenant, Valandraud, Capcanes, whos it gonna be Gary

25. about 13 months ago

    Erik

    Great to have you back and (as always) I’m excited to have more Wine Library clips announcing their arrival in my e-mail!

    I’ve been on a tear tasting as many New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs as I can. The episode today will give me a reason to try some of the Sancerre wines and compare.

    QOTD - There are so many examples of perception not meshing with reality it’s hard to know where to start. Just thinking about the subject of “politics” brings many thoughts to mind… Personally I’ve experienced a lot of perception-to-reality mismatches when traveling and sight-seeing: I think about the first time I actually visited the Grand Canyon. There’s no way to capture the first sense of vertigo and enormity though everyone has seen the pictures of the park.

    I remember visiting the 360-degree theatre that Disneyland used to have as an attraction and how the senses could be fooled when you watched a movie being displayed all around you (they actually needed hand-rails as so many visitors lost their sense of equilibrium in there).

    Also coming to mind was a fun party-game where team members would be blindfolded and then taste a “mystery food” concealed within a bag and tell everyone what they thought they had just tasted (things like a raw peeled potato would result in answers like an apple). A lot of familiar foods were frequently mistaken with often hilarious results. Lets me appreciate how difficult it can be in developing an “educated palate” for wine-tasting.

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