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1. about 12 months ago

   Matt the Lurker

   QOTD - Coaching youth sports. It’s amazing to see how you can impact a kid’s life or even better, a dozen of them at a time.

2. about 12 months ago

   Harold

   Hmmm…guess I should have watched the ep before I answered the QOTD. Non family related huh…well, I’ll go with a recent one. A little while back I bought a new brand of dog food that my dog just wasn’t down with but it was good dog food (i.e. expensive) and I didn’t just want to throw it away so I put it in my car with the thought of giving it to a homeless guy with a dog that I usually see on my way to the gym in the morning. I had that bag of dog food in my car for three months at least without seeing the homeless guy and I was tempted to throw the bag away almost every week but I didn’t. I still haven’t seen the homeless guy that I had in mind but I happened to run into a different homeless guy with a dog last week and I gave him the bag and he was so grateful and the poor little dog was so skinny; it couldn’t have felt much righter.

3. about 12 months ago

   Justmarsh

   Boy I’m really glad this is a show about wine and not Gary’s musical tastes! I can’t handle when you bring the thunder with Ronstadt

4. about 12 months ago

   TSchampaert

   Yuw. Nice this Xarello. Spains whites are as much undervalued as the Italian whites. Think for instance of Naia, Naiades and Ossian from Rueda, all 100% pre-phyllox Verdejo. I did not know what I drank first time I had it. Incredible and unique.
   QOTD: quit studying biology after three years and start again with Germanic languages. Huge turn, but worth it every second. Would do it again.
   C ya.

5. about 12 months ago

   wannaBconnoisseur

   I know you meant “spouse” not “sibling”, nice episode.

   QOTD: Betting against the Jets in the first round of the 2006 playoffs.

6. about 12 months ago

   JimVarney01

   QOTD: Last year when I took on the job of a swim coach in addition to my full time job, girlfriend, and workout regimen, I thought what the hell am I doing… Giving up most of my weekends, working 4 nights a week… It was absolutely killing me. Until we had our first swim meet. I think our kids just swam good to make me realize that this job is the $hit and I love it a ton! Watching kids progress because of your hard work is the best feeling in the world. Now I can’t wait to have kids of my own… but it’s gonna be a LOOOOONG while!!

   Nice ep Gary, and great QOTD, let everyone reflect. Now I’m gonna have to find some of that Black Bart’s Wife… and not in that way! lol

7. about 12 months ago

   Denman Dave

   QOTD… I Left the big job in the city and moved to the country where people watch out for each other. Now building my own house on a small island, with my own hands. Some things are much more important than money.

8. about 12 months ago

   Susan

   Gary-
   My nephew, Mark, still requests
   watching your eps!
   He chants Gary, Gary!!!!!!!!!!
   Good Grief Charlie Brown!!!!!!!!!!!!
   Keep up the great work!!!
   

9. about 12 months ago

   Matthew L

   Another stellar episode Gary. I’m really on the hunt for crisp white wine for the summer. Who knew Black Bart’s Bride bottled was also designed for home security? Ghetto or not, we could all use a head clunker like that “just in case.”

   QOTD: Man! You touched on something that I am still struggling to figure out. Family aside, I have never really, honestly, had one of those “this is so right” moments. I’ve had a lot of great experiences, but I remain open to what will be my life’s real calling and passion. Photography is close, though.

   Cheers!

10. about 12 months ago

    geespot

    Ahh, the joys of Raid. Kills bugs and your lungs, perfecto. Good ep, G.

    QOD: An 18yr old girl went into cardiac arrest in my arms. I watched her last heart beat on the monitor screen. As her scared, frozen eyes look back at me, I took my fist and thumped her chest, twice. Her heart re-started shortly thereafter. That, was the single most ‘right’ thing I’ve ever done in my life. Acted purely on instinct and saved a life.

11. about 12 months ago

    Iron Man

    Jeremy did you beat me to the 04 Clio, you dirty rat!!!

    QOTD outting Jeremy for buying my Clio. I feel better now.

    Btw Gary, the Bride looks tasty, and I hardly ever drink white, like hardly ever.

12. about 12 months ago

    RandyB

    I don’t want to sound like the Born Loser, but outside of family, marriage, the birth of a child nothing that felt right ever panned out to be that special. However, events that I met with intrepidation or anxiety have sometimes turned out to be life-changing. I would not have gone to college had I not first joined the Navy and became an independent man. Doing something that feels so right may not produce the desired result. Doing something that you may be hesitant or ambivalent about, may produce a deeper feeling of success and far less disappointment if you do not succeed.

    Thanks for the shout-out to SF! We’re getting fired up for the Party!

    Ciao

13. about 12 months ago

    cyrock1

    QOTD: When I was sworn into the Army. It was for sure the 3′d proudest moment for me behind marriage and the birth of my son.

14. about 12 months ago

    Tony S.

    Hey Gary…(and Chicago folks),

    I would have love to have been there, but I was out of town. So, I’m glad you enjoyed our town. I love it. I’m actually going to be in NY next weekend (on business), but I’m going to try and swing by your store, but I don’t think I’m going to have any free time.

    QOD: I don’t know. I guess, when I was younger and was in a couple punk-rock bands and used to write a fanzine that went out all over the place. Those were great days and I made a ton of friends that I wouldn’t have otherwise. And I spent my days (when not working) just listeing to music and writing and drawing constantly. It was a great time in my life.

    OK…see you later,
    GO BEARS!!
    T

15. about 12 months ago

    mikeyrad

    QOTD, As you said, other than getting married, moving back to NYC from Nashville is definitely a “feel so right” decision for me.

16. about 12 months ago

    Fiorentina!

    Hey Gary-
    Interesting episode. Another really good winery from Santa Barbara County is called Wild Heart. Their Chard. and Viognier are VERY big, new world wines, but are complex, rich, and smooth.

    QotD- This may not seem to go outside the box, but something that just felt right was getting into the wine business at the age of 23. I have such a passion for life, family, food, & wine that I decided to jump into the business with both feet. What really made me think about this was when I discovered what the ancient Greeks would ask when a felow Greek died. The simple question was “did he have passion?” If the answer was yes, than his life was considered a full and rich life. If the answer was no, than his life was viewed as a waste. Because of this, I figure that if I do what I love…I’ll never work a day in my life!

17. about 12 months ago

    Justin S

    Some Interesting wines today, surprised you didn’t taste the Mike Ditka Kick Asss Red to go along with the Chi-Town theme. Keep up the good work.
    QOTD: Quit working for corporate and started my own business.

18. about 12 months ago

    Harold

    QOTD: Marrying my wife and having an actual “wedding”. There was no doubt that I wanted to marry her but I wasn’t too excited about the wedding. It was one of the best experiences of my life and couldn’t have felt “more right”.
    PS-Gary your new nickname is “Two of Clubs”.

19. about 12 months ago

    Formally Known as Big man

    Gary,
    First its called string cheese for all us youngens. Second I have to say helpin my dad start up a business was that one thing that felt right. Great show. GO NUGGETS Iverson Leadin the charge! Nuggets 1 Spurs 0

20. about 12 months ago

    waibeans

    QOD: anytime I get to stand on the top of a mountain overlooking a valley below or stand on the bow of a ship smelling a fresh breeze off the water.. or playing with a new pup and getting a whiff of puppy breath. THAT just feels right.

    From the late GREAT Kurt Vonnegut: “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”

21. about 12 months ago

    stevo

    QOTD: Deciding to quit tennis. I was at a tournament in Jamaica and I just knew that I was done. It was a great feeling in the sense that I was glad I gave it a shot and now know how I measure up. Otherwise, I would have always wondered. With tennis out of the way, it was like a whole new world was opening up to me and that was exciting.

22. about 12 months ago

    GottaGoDrink

    Gary- You are a good man. Thanks for the shout out for our friend Francis.

    QOTD- Looking at my newborn daughter 10 years ago and never having another cigarette.

23. about 12 months ago

    Jack2112

    QOTD: Making the choice to stop working in retail and persue my passion in filmmaking and music back when everyone said I was crazy. It’s been a great 10 years and now I run a music company in NYC. No doubt.

24. about 12 months ago

    Gregg Johnson

    I’m buying the Black Bart and using the bottle to beat off the cockroaches in my ghetto pad.
    Thanks for the tip!

    Gregg

25. about 12 months ago

    Shotgun

    I have never seen a wetter wet blanket thrown over GV’s enthusiasm than by the Chilean syrah after the giddiness over Bride of Black Bart.

    QOD– Sorry Gary but I got creeped out when you said something about marrying your sibling. That was sort of like a shot of RAID in the eye…

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