90 Point Wine Challenge

90 Point Wine Challenge – Episode #233

May 8, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Question of the day: “How awesome is this?”

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and tastes 4 wines that have been scored 90 points and is very excited to do so….for you of course.

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110 Responses

May 8, 2007

Nico
1st???
May 8, 2007

tomatyork
No comments. Thanks for the show
May 8, 2007

Elliot Essman
You are doing an excellent job, which is extremely awesome.

Keep up the good work.
May 8, 2007

Le Vin au Blog
Early today. Top 5?
May 8, 2007

SS Chris
HEY!!!!
May 8, 2007

Capt M
6!
May 8, 2007

Ben N.
Thanks Gary
May 8, 2007

njbabs
This is awesome.
May 8, 2007

yoshi
top 10!
May 8, 2007

JJW
Top 10.
May 8, 2007

Rob B.
TEN!!!
May 8, 2007

GottaGoDrink
QOTD- Awesome!
May 8, 2007

Acousticdoc
Early today for you and Me!
May 8, 2007

waibeans
ELEVEN
11111111111111111111111111111111111111
May 8, 2007

Hinrgman
QOTD: FANTASTIC
May 8, 2007

Drewnior
Check out The Sheik!!! (not for the kiddos)http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/05/08/iron-sheik-unleashes-profane-tirade-at-ultimate-warrior/
May 8, 2007

panoca
Love these 90 points wine episodes
Top 20!!
May 8, 2007

Randy
Gary,

I’m intrigued how you sniff your wine, kinda like you start slow and end with a big inhalation. I find that when I do that, I get a lot of alcohol vapors on the nose.

I gotta say that I’m not terribly looking forward to the Transformers movie, this is going to be quite a summer for movies. Spidey 3 was a bit of a letdown for me personally.

Excellent job on the use of Twitter today. I was able to watch without the annoying bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz that distracts me in that “why the heck can’t he turn that thing OFF” kinda way.

QOTD: WLTV is quite a phenomenon. And I find it particularly awesome that you’re still so committed to the show and to your audience. Also, bringing the audience closer through the use of things like Twitter (and perhaps Talkshoe and UStream in the future — who knows?) engages us and gets us excited about what you’re doing. Keep it up!
May 8, 2007

Ken B.
Gary,

I haven’t had very good experiences with Spanish wines over the last 6 months and seems that you had a similar experience today. The selection in my area is not great so that explains my trouble, but for you access is not the problem. It makes me think that more often than not, I’m going to be disappointed with any Spanish wines that I can get in my area.

Great job on the show and I think adding Twitter was definitely a cool idea.

Ken B.
May 8, 2007

waibeans
QOTD: i guess its cool..

really liked the last twitter question! great question.. sounded like me a couple months ago. got about 2 cases of cellerable wine now, that I am not going to touch for maybe 5-10 years.
May 8, 2007

Kelldey
Great show today. Too bad the wines did not live up to expectations. Thanks for turning of the “twittering.”

QOTD: This show is pretty darn awesome!

K
May 8, 2007

half century
QOTD – EXTREMELY AWESOME
Yeah if things were as good as they look on paper the Yankees would be 30 and 0
May 8, 2007

Jeffrey
“Very One Dimensional, and that Dimension is crap”.

That right there is why I keep coming back day after day.
May 8, 2007

Benji
Early today! WLTV is on right when I get home…perfect!

QOTD: This is very awesome.
May 8, 2007

Jon B.
It’s a shame these wines didn’t work out for you today but I think the twitter was alot better today . Keep up the good work. I’m trying with the twitter thing man and so far hasn’t clicked with me yet I’ll keep trying. Qotd Incredibly awesome…
May 8, 2007

Dave H
Awesome episode today. I know you get disappointed to have a whole episode where you can’t really recommend anything, but there’s nothing like hearing, “this wine is VERY one-dimensional, and that dimension is crap!” every once in a while.

Responding to a Twitter comment you made on a French rose episode: Yes, definitely, about time, was wondering when you’d be getting around to that. Or, summer’s pretty long, so how about two: French rose, and then dry pinks from the rest of the world. In my limited experience the French ones tend to be very good, but there’s also stuff worth looking at from Italy, Spain…maybe New York?? Very interested to get some recommendations in the category.
May 8, 2007

TheDumbPhase
“Chasing bunny rabbits in the wild and biting them on the ass?!?”
Solid.
I like the idea of giving drink/cellaring windows for the wines you taste. That’s a good idea.
QOTD: Pretty awesome, but not as awesome as the Giants who are gonna CRUSH your pathetic Jets on 10/7/07!!!!!!!
May 8, 2007

Tom T.
QOTD….my answer is awesome. Free videos in Hi-Def, lots of wine, t-shirts, wristbands. What more can I say?
May 8, 2007

yoshi
QOTH Very Awesome!
I would love to see your suggestions on cellaring times for wines tastes on WL TV
May 8, 2007

SP
QOTD: Pretty awesome!!
May 8, 2007

Susan
Gary-
My nephew and I are
enjoying this ep!!!
He still loves the way you say
Gary Vay-ner-chuk!!!!
May 8, 2007

half century
BTW Grape nuts are very good for breading fried chicken. grind them a little in the cuisinart and mix with a little flour or cornmeal salt and pepper
May 8, 2007

Ryan D
QOTD: The awesomeness cannot be understated!!! Or is that overstated?
May 8, 2007

SS Chris
Hey Gary….who was the first one to start leaving you comments about the way you say your name…making it into syllables (remember I likened it to Mad Dog Russo’s opening)

Who came up w/ the term Vayniac?

Who has over 3000 Forum posts?

Who does the SS?

Dude…time for you to admit it…I’m the man!!!!!!!!!

QOTD: It’s fantastic….great wine knowledge….great wine….you’re funny as sh*t!!….as you know I’ve met some great Vayniac friends……

So, on second thought, maybe YOU are da man!!! Nah…the most I’ll give you is that “We are BOTH the MAN!!” (should that be MEN because it’s plural…*sigh*
May 8, 2007

Greg
Gary you had to hit him in the mouth, wait for his pants to fall then hit him in his bruised belly…

props on the king hippo shout out.
May 8, 2007

cdavis
QOTD: Awesome is not even the right word! You would have to cellar the word Awesome, and come back to it in 10-15 years and then use it to describe WLTV. =)
May 8, 2007

SS Chris
By the way, I’ve just noticed the update of the main WLTV page….with a big banner w/ HUGE letters saying, “Click here for all of Gary’s tasting notes and scores from the show”…. I’m happy for this new link, but no mention of the SS Chris!!

Now up above there is still the small link that says the “Chris Stanisci Spreasdsheet”, but nothing on this new HUGE banner across the middle of the page???

Maybe in parenthesis (The “SS Chris Stanisci” Spreadsheet) or (provided By SS Chris)…..something….anything. WTF!!!!!!!!!
May 8, 2007

Doc Dan
Great show Gary! Love the 90+ reviews.
QOTD: Its sooo good, it has to be illeagal!
May 8, 2007

cgf
QOTD: So awesome you should be arrested.

Great enthusiasm today. sorry the wines sucked.

Gary, you started talking to Chris Mott alot more, and today you kept it up with Eric. I like that, because it keeps the improvisational aspect to the show and reminds me of the old episodes of Conan.

In terms of Twitter, give your phone to Eric or someone else. Let them screen all the jokes people send in and have him ask you the questions. That way there will be less dead air while you scan through the phone. This keeps the live aspect to the show (which is a GREAT IDEA) but eliminates some of the A.D.D. problems.
May 8, 2007

thabeav
Gary,

I love the bludgeoning stick. You really put the smack down on the Azul. That anger (and your high cholesterol) is probably from the steroids – ala Rocky IV! Thanks for the honesty. There are too many “polite” reviews out there.

I recommend stopping the steroids so you can eat more cheese. Also, wine raises your HDL (the GOOD cholesterol), so take comfort that the juice is helping.
May 8, 2007

cgf
Oh and welcome back eric
May 8, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: This is awesome because you, Gary Vay-ner-chuk, are awesome. We love you too.
Still waiting for the “Big announcement”……?
May 8, 2007

mas
Good idea in comment #39 by cgf – let someone else screen that twitter thing for you – although better today, it is still distracting.

QOTD: Very awesome. Even the 0 for 4 episodes are useful Gary – probably more so – I often will buy a less expensive wine based on a critics’ review/score to give it a try – and I usually end wishing I saved my money – probably less than 50/50 on 90+ wines under $20, especially reds … and from the same critics that I usually align with on other wines.
May 8, 2007

KenP
Honest episode. Little dissappointed with the rap on the Verget Chablis. Love the wine. But I never taste at room temperature as you do. I feel warmth can itself be a flaw for some whites.
QOTD: I wait for each day’s episode. Worth my time. Great work, GV, a great community.
May 8, 2007

John Blue Label
GV,
Another nice episode. Refreshing honesty. And thanks for answering my question. that twitter thing is pretty cool.
Appreciate your comments on building a cellar. QOTD: overall, this is very awesome. We are all learning about wine, sharing experiences and getting educated. Education can be fun! Throw in the football and sports talk: damn, this is good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
JW
May 8, 2007

Neil
QOTD: Completely
May 8, 2007

wm mole
Pretty awesome, it’s fun for me and looks over the fence for you! If you really want to “change
the wine world”, get Paul Giamatti on there and get down on some tasty Bordeauxs.
May 8, 2007

Steve-o
QOTD: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
May 8, 2007

Hank
hella-awesome!
May 8, 2007

Segkee
Gary looks like that guy from The NeverEnding Story:

http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/images/DeepRoy_NeverEndingStory_TeenyWeeny.jpg

And for that he will be forever cool.
May 8, 2007

Lb in KS
my ? of the day: Who sent in their picture with Jeff Black? Saw him perform in February…solid
May 8, 2007

dublin
Nice show, I like the evolution of the twitter, good way to segway into the ending of the show. Spanish wines, I’m batting around .234 with those guys to where I’m more like .750 with French and .620 with Californian.
QOTD: Rad! Exactly what I’ve been wanting to happen to the wine world for quit a few years. Thanks Gary!
May 8, 2007

Brad
Rocky 3 was the Mr. T saga (and oh how we all love the homo-erotic moments on the beach w/ Carl Weathers…good times); speaking of which- could Mr. T take Drago…or would they simply punch each other out of contention all together?
I feel like stat boy Tony Reali on Pardon the Interuption- the dude that corrects you constantly. Everyone needs a ball buster though, right?
May 8, 2007

Jennifer
QOTD: It is T H I S A W E S O M E.
You know we love you too!
When I actually start a cellar, I will take your wise advice, splurge on a few fine wines recommended by you, and bought from your store, because what you do for the Vayniacs is the epitome of awesome.
May 8, 2007

Garret Nagle
QOTD:

I would say that collectivley speaking, WLTV has been just as much of a blessing to the Vayniacs as it has been to you. We Vayniacs more and more each day are becoming more enlightened with wine knowledge, and speaking for myself, your show has called into question my career path.

When I graduate in two weeks, I will have a communications degree which I have always planned on applying to marketing or public relations, but I’m begining to believe I can “make it” someday as a food and wine writer. Food and wine has always been a special thing to me since I began watching Iron Chef eleven years ago, but I always thought it would be just a fun hobby. I mean, c’mon… be successful in the food industry? Thinking about that made visions of coffee shop day job-ers pop into my head just waiting for their big moment in Hollywood….waiting and waiting and waiting….

But watching WLTV has encouraged me. You took a vision and worked hard at it, and it turned out to work. If it didn’t would you have felt like a failure? NO! Because that’s part of the entrepreneurial spirit… the courage to take a good risk, knowing it might not always work out – these are the people that end up becoming successful. It’s sort of like recording a song in one take. Sometimes it just clicks, but usually you’ve got to work at something for awhile and get it just right, sort of like a business idea.

I know I can write, so why not start thinking about the steps necessary to reach my goal in 5 or ten years?

Thanks once again Gary,

Garret Nagle
May 8, 2007

Ross
QOTD: It is super awesome number one.

It would be awesome to have the cellar times of the wines in future episodes too.
May 8, 2007

lifestooshort
uncomfortable high-fivin’ man-to-man love on the beach. too funny, g. and yeah, QOTD: pretty awesome. I’d disagree a little with your starting the wine cellar answer. I mean, splurge, sure, but one of the ways to really figure out what you’re into is to compare the high-end sh!t with the lower end–how about a 90 pt. $40 Cab with a 91 pt. $20 Cab (e.g., both rated by the same person?). Cheers, bro.
May 8, 2007

geespot
QOD: Not only is this incredibly awesome, it’s INSANELY, LUDICROUSLY awesome. I love the show, the forums, and the WINE. Gary, you are creative, funny, dedicated and have managed to amass a group of intelligent, humorous, and all around wonderful people in one spot. All of us together, we are the phenomenon. So, to Gary and all the Vayniacs, keep it up.
May 8, 2007

Michael Palmer
Great show. Agreed with Comment 26: By Dave H how “you get disappointed to have a whole episode where you canâ€™t really recommend anything, but thereâ€™s nothing like hearing, â€œthis wine is VERY one-dimensional, and that dimension is crap!â€ every once in a while.” Big Ditto!

and Twitter was great today. I enjoy you answering questions like the last two days. Fantastic. Keep up the great work.

WLTV simply rocks!
May 8, 2007

SoCal
Great show as always G,
To bad the wines are not up to par.
QOTD: this is awesome…I am siting here drinking the Franciscan Magnificant 2002 I twittered about thinking this is the future. I agree I think that my interactions with others has increased due to technology. Isn’t life is great.
May 8, 2007

3dvw
QOTD: It’s great

I do talk to more people because of the technology. It’s just different. Not bad just different. Hey without it I wouldn’t keep in touch or gotten to know GV
May 8, 2007

Herm
Qotd: WLTV is the best….I promise that I am not a jerk….I will send a picture….Thanks for the episode!
May 8, 2007

leatherpalate
they say Charlie Parker never did the same solo twice and you my friend have never done the same show twice! that was top shelf even (though the wine didn’t bring the thunder). you were snapping off one-liners like a metronome.

Qod:Awesome like a spring day.
May 8, 2007

JimKay
Yeah – he liked the Prima (4 btls in the basement). One reason to expect it would be good – the winemaker (taken from another site): Mariano Garcia established his reputation at the world-renowned Vega Sicilia in Spain’s Ribera del Duero region, where he was the winemaker for 30 years from 1968 to 1998 when he decided to produce his own wines. Good region + good producer = good wine.

I’ll say it again, WLTV has exposed me to wines I (and hundreds of others like me) would never have considered otherwise. You get one life, mine is enriched by the wines I’ve tried because of WLTV.
May 8, 2007

TimF
Isn’t the crap dimension in the Twilight Zone?

Tyson was only beatable when he stopped training and lost focus. No one would ever have beat him in his prime. No one.

There are golden plums.

Antiquate? Try equate.

Rocky IV = Terrible. They don’t high five in Rocky IV.

QOTD: Pretty awesome. 233 is a big number.
May 8, 2007

Greg B.
Big G, You my Vino tasting friend are seriously hyped. I love it. Keep it up man. I can hear them out there and their nervous, that’s right, there is a little Pucker goin on, because they know Big Gary is bringing the Thunder. NICE!
May 8, 2007

E-Rock
QOD = IT’s the awesomest, raddest and coolest thing in Wine.

1 for 4 today and a shaky 1 at that. Well that sux. Pick some better wines tomorrow.
May 8, 2007

Bossman
QOTD: How awesome?

I found WL by Googling “free Shipping wine”, began watching WLTV in the 170’s or 180’s (haven’t missed one since). I’ve since gone back and not only watched episodes 1 through 109 (so far) but have read EVERY comment of EVERY episode I’ve watched! (Okay, so I’m easily amused). Just awesome stuff. I figure I’ll complete the cycle in a week or two, be forewarned the logical progression will be the forums (don’t say you weren’t warned). Keep up the great work, it really is a service to the community and, to boot, will surely generate customer loyalty. Your joy is contagious, something to look forward to each day.

I’ve decided to overlook the whole Jet’s thing, nobody is perfect (except maybe SS Chris). I think I’m safe for awhile. Judging by his comments tonight he’s stuck inside until the swollen head reduces (Hi Chris!)
May 8, 2007

MikeyB
Yeah, tried the Piedra Azul a month ago and also thought it was bad. What is up with Jay Miller? Seriously Gary – how can a supposedly good critic get a wine so wrong? I know sometimes it’s about palate differences, but come on. QOTD: wicked awesome.
May 8, 2007

Rick "The Model" M
Love todays episode man.
May 8, 2007

Winodontist
Gary,
Don’t sweat the wines today, you can’t win em all. You’ve allowed us to try 100x the number of wines we would ever experience on our own, so much appreciated.

QOTD: This is really something special, keep it rolling, everyone is winning here!
May 8, 2007

Susan
Gary-
I want to thank you for
working on keeping it clean!!!
I do greatly
APPRECIATE
all that you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 8, 2007

Darlene O.
As always, Gary, love the episode! QOD: This is RIDONCULOUSLY awesome!!!
May 8, 2007

Louisiana George
Gary:

You are always asking for constructive criticism and compliments, so here is my take on things: I have noticed in the last few episodes that you have been trying to keep from cursing during the show and thank you for that. Keep up the good work and please try to exclude all “colorful language” – I have a 14 year old who likes learning about wine and watching the show, but I would prefer to not expose him to cursing, if possible. Thanks for trying to keep it clean, for Quentin’s sake.

Louisiana George
May 8, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Great advice on the cellar. I’ve been buying wines I don’t think I like, such as sauterne, spatlese, red burgundy, slowly but surely. Goes hand-in-hand with your other good advice that my palate will change…seeing that one already. Cheers my friend!
May 8, 2007

GottaGoDrink
WOW- Gotta give kudos the the SS spreadsheet, you are on fire!
May 8, 2007

Loosh
Awesome Punch-Out reference. Glad you said the Mike Tyson version and not the lame one with Mr. Dream after Tyson went to jail.
May 8, 2007

cpd
QOTD: I can’t wait to come home after a hard day at work and get a dose of the GV. As long as Mrs. cpd doesn’t take away my computer or credit card, I’ll be fine…
May 8, 2007

Matthew H in Twin Cities
love the honesty with the wines! twitter is growing on me….big time!
May 8, 2007

wildebeest
Wow, great advice on cellaring with a limited budget. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said better.

QOTD: Yep, this is pretty stinkin’ awesome. In fact, I’m astounded that any of the Vayniacs would be able to say with a straight face that technology is getting in the way of relationships. Look at all the friendships that have sprung up as a result of WLTV. And many of those people will eventually meet each other in real life. I know I’ll be meeting a bunch of you guys in SF later this month. Seriously, the only people who say technology separates us are those who don’t use it, don’t understand it, or are just naturally fearful of new things. Sure, personal letters have all but disappeared as email has become more and more popular, but it’s idiotic to say that people are communicating less. We’re simply communicating in new ways. Now, if someone wants to talk about the relative value of the different modes of communication, I’d be happy to hear them. I’ll be the first to admit, for example, that personal letters tend to have more depth than most emails.

btw, SS is the MAN!

- wildebeest
May 9, 2007

Atreyu
QOTD: Gary, YOU are awesome!
Keep up the good work!
May 9, 2007

t_moderne
This is all quite cool. But here’s the problem Gary. You are tasting someone else’s 90 pointers. If you taste the wines your watchers/Vayniacs suggest, I think you will have better luck.
So with that in mind- how about tasting a Numanthia Termes or a Borsao Tres Picos (for the Spanish coverage) or a Guigal Gigondas for the Rhone coverage.
May 9, 2007

Smith MBA
Awesome – WLTV
NOT Awesome – writing a paper on the steel industry in 1986 at one a.m.
May 9, 2007

Panoca
QOTD: Really A W E S O M E !!!
My picture was on the Montage today!! Spectacular! I’m famous now among my friends!!
Really Great Gary, what you are doing is not only super super educational, it became my favorite time after work, when i’m super relax at home, after dinner, sipping a good wine or dessert wine, treating myself with 20′ minutes of pure enjoyment. Every day!! Can’t describe in words what you have created. Thanks again. Keep it up!
May 9, 2007

YoungDave
Logs on my back through the snow, check. Reading wine books, check. Throwing rocks at my palate and chipping 14 teeth, check.
Catching bunny rabbits in the wild and biting them on their ass… it looks like I have some more training to do after all!!

QOTD: My picture made the wristband montage!! = VERY awesome. Thanks again!
May 9, 2007

TagWorld Brian
QOTD: Gary, friggin awesome!

Hollywood girls are all phony? Like big haired Jersey girls?

Have you noticed that the reds you pour often get a dribble down the label? When I waitered, they taught me that little twist at the end of the pour… Great trick. I still use it to this day.

I’ll have to figure out how to link your twitter to my IM. That would be the best way to get the heads up at work.
May 9, 2007

KC Dan
great ep G ! wish the wines would of brought the thunder !!! Qotd Grab bunnies And Bite them on the ASS now that is awesome . Wine Library TV is the best thing since sliced bread !!!
May 9, 2007

KC Dan
Yes SS You Da Man !!! Keep up the good work , you make the WLTV world so much easier ! Thanks Man !!!
May 9, 2007

JimVarney01
QOTD: You do show the love and it’s totally awesome!! My gf still can’t get over that you kissed her twice, once on each cheek! LOL… (sure hope liz don’t read these!)

You’ve lately been using milky a lot, and that’s something that I was curious about before I heard you say it. Sometimes I get a cheese taste on the mid palate or the dairy that you talk about. I’m glad I don’t just have malfunctioning taste buds!
May 9, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
You have to have days like this episode to appreciate the good ones. It is just such a pleasure to have some prescreening. I have had the same experience as Gary with wines that are processed beyond terroir to the point of garbage. Chilean wines are that for me and many from CA, Spain, and Australia. I rarely find a Rhone or Bordeaux wine I am that turned off on. I started my cellar (now ~550 bottles as Gary recommended. I found wines that were maybe too tannic to drink right now but with time they have become wonderful and a bargain because buying a wine 7-10 years later that has aged properly may cost a fortune. I age almost all of my wines if only 6 months for some or 10-20 years for some. The only problem I have is that I’m simply getting too old to comfortably buy wines that need cellaring for 20+ years as I’m not sure I will appreciate them as much in my ’80’s. So Dunn Cabs are out.

Gary, you bring much to the table and it is we who thank you. Who else would publicly say this wine brings garbage to the table?

One thing anyone reads this and knows how to work twitter. I have downloaded it to my Mac but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to send messages or post replies. I don’t use text mail on my phone so what are my other options? There seems to be no spot to click compose message.
May 9, 2007

Mike C
Gary! Loved this episode, despite the crap wines…mainly because my beautiful daughter was showcased in the collage of pictures. Literally brought tears to my eyes, a huge honor man. I like the twitter, but perhaps you should have Eric hold your phone while you taste…so its less distracting to you as well.

I wanted to respond to both last shows QOTD and the show before…

Technology is slowly getting more simple and refined for the most effective use by a human. This gets me excited to see things such as Twitter having practical uses. On the other hand, until we get to a point of optimum efficiency…our brains are going to be sapped of intelligence with all of these distractions. Recently they did an IQ test with Blackberry users and pot smokers (one in the same?) well the pot users scored higher than those getting email messages during the iq test…what does that tell you?

Which brings me to my the next QOTD, I love it. Even though at times I lurk for a period of time, there is never a day when I will miss my WLTV. I say my…in the sense that you have made a very viewer owned show, for that I thank you!

Loved the sleeves rolled up by the way! Oh, one more thing…the lighting was really good on this show, what did you change?
May 9, 2007

Raphael S
Gary,

I also love the Rhone wines, especially Chateauneuf du Pape. Too bad this St. Joseph wasn’t up to snuff. I did a quick search in the archives, but I don’t know if you’ve done any shows with California Chateauneuf style wines. In particular I’m interested but have never tried the Tablas Creek wines from Paso Robles by the Perrin family of Beaucastel. What’s the Esprit du Beaucastel like? Is it like a good Chateauneuf? That could be a good wine to try (if you haven’t already).
May 9, 2007

J Crazy
QOTD: It’s awesome enough for me not to crush it. And I tend to crush a lot of stuff.
May 9, 2007

metsfan
“body blow, body blow”

Great job, GV – you know how we all feel about you and WLTV. See you tomorrow. Gotta get Ian on a show.
May 9, 2007

glassrunnethempty
How awesome? Totally awesome. I mean, you look up the word AWESOME in the dictionary and there’s a link to http://WineLibrary.com … THAT’S how awesome.
May 9, 2007

NY Pete
GV, you are the man…the Prima gets better, the 03 is drinking real well
May 9, 2007

squiregreg
Bad news: the wines were not so great. (ratings should be met with scepticism)
Good news: WE MADE THE MONTAGE! In B&W no less.
May 9, 2007

Jen
I AGREE with what you said about technology… as much as I fretted about it, it certainly DOES foster more human interaction!! You hit it right on the head.
QOTD: It is FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Gary, you’re so personable. I love it. Thanks for all you do. You are definietly fostering my love of wine.
May 9, 2007

Dale Cruse
I like Cork’d too. http://corkd.com/people/dalecruse
May 9, 2007

Skol
Gary you are awesome.

Too bad these wines were not that great.
Glad I got the last two bottles of Bonnes Mares when I saw you had the Groffier.
May 10, 2007

MichaelP
I love you maaaan
May 10, 2007

ColdVVaves
The answer is: Wicked awesome!

Thanks Gary..
May 10, 2007

Malarkey
HEY who is that sitting on their horse showing their Vayniac wristband???
I was going to have someone take a pic of me jumping my mare… but I’m waaaay too busy these days. Maybe when school is out!
May 11, 2007

aaronT
wow, our second appearance on WLTV in a month (first the shoutout for carolyn’s b-day and our engagement, now the wristband pic), I hope we can still go out in public w/o being mobbed! It’s fun to be a [tiny] part of something great, thanks for letting us tag along. When you’re famous I’ll tell all my friends “yeah me and gary are old homies, we’re like this || ”

Loved your answer to the “what do you have to do to rate wines” question. Your little rant there was damn near t-shirt worthy, though not quite at the level of Dr. Evil’s childhood story. But close!

Thanks for the 80’s references, too. Mossman prompted a web search that yielded a crapload of kick-ass toys that I used to have. And mike tyson’s punchout OWNED me. I could get to tyson without getting hit, but then lose to him every time. I had to have my buddy beat him. How sad.
May 12, 2007

TSchampaert
Bad hair day this one.
QOTD: hilariously awesome. Wish I’d mre time …
May 13, 2007

wayno da wino
QOTD: Way toooooo awesome !!

It don’t get any better deen dis !!!
June 3, 2007

desmaic
only 106 comments?!?! what?!?!?
June 3, 2007

desmaic
straight up with the king hippo!!!!!! stomach punch to counter.. word up!!!
July 6, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
WA state oysters, baby! You know it. Ive shucked a fair amount of oysters in my day as a cook. Washington for the win! Yes, win. Too bad on the Chablis. I got excited when you said lime then it turned into a letdown. Im going to save that $20 and use it towards a J.J. Prum instead. Nice notes on the Azul. You are brutal! I want more… MORE! I beat Mike Tysons Punch Out ONCE (damn hard game) using the cheat code (shame). I dont think anyone caused more anger at the time than Super Macho Man, though. QOTD: Its on the same level of awesome of having Mario Batalli cooking you dinner every night, AND feeding you himself.
June 23, 2009

Adrian
AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!! Fantastic show…….love it…..