It’s Friday and things look NEW.

It’s Friday and things look NEW. – Episode #236

May 11, 2007

Today Gary attacks 2 Aussy wines and a South African Sauvignon Blanc and gets back into the groove.

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“Great to have you back in the hot seat tasting some wines again. Welc…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
“Yuw, pity for the Elderton. Had a Command 1998 few weeks ago and it wa…” by TSchampaert
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Neil Ellis Sauvignon Blanc SincerelySouth African Sauvignon Blanc
2005 Kangarilla Road Shiraz/ ViognierAustralian Red Meritage
2003 Elderton Command ShirazAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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134 Responses

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July 7, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Great to have you back in the hot seat tasting some wines again. Welcome back. QOTD: Love the “diggs.”
May 17, 2007

TSchampaert
Yuw, pity for the Elderton. Had a Command 1998 few weeks ago and it was indeed obnoxious: superb balance, bright fruit, good structure, sublime elegance and still an astounding depth. Just great.
U know what I think of these new ‘diggs’: nice job, song too … . C ya.
May 16, 2007

Caroline
Just heard about you for the first time thanks to Tony V and his lovely emails. Enjoyed watching u Gary! & will be watching from the UK regularly (as in when you remember to tape your WLTVs!) )
May 14, 2007

TagWorld Brian
“Who doesn’t like some nice nuts in their mouth on the finish…” Really? Are you kidding? That’s gotta be the WLTV quote of the year.
May 14, 2007

J Crazy
New setup lookin’ good, mos def. Definately uncrushable.
May 14, 2007

Shadowbird
Okay, so I made my joke comment; now to be serious. QOTD answer:

Like the new look, like the Viddler on the more recent episodes (how far back did you start using Viddler, btw?). This is probably the first time I’ve seen integration between Web 2.0-style sites on this level; maybe we should call that interoperability Web 2.5.

Loving WLTV, loving GV’s reviews, may be looking to make my first WL purchase soon.

Representing the Cultural Black Hole
May 14, 2007

lizv
99 pts wltv team! have to leave some room for improvement. love the tony vincent song we must support our fellow vayniacs!!!! love the bigger vid..still not big enough for me though
May 14, 2007

Iron Man
QOTD Gary, looks pro, man. Are you no longer small time? Hanging out at chateaus, drinking not released bordeaux productions, new diggs, larger screen, and now even theme music??

Props Gary, to quote George Will, “Sweeeeeeet.”
May 14, 2007

Chris from NY
Dude, whats up with the statement “everyone likes nuts in their mouth on the finish”. And then the 9 year old girl thing…youre starting to scare me bro!
May 14, 2007

Bossman
Has anyone figured out why some posters names are blue while the vast majority are black? I guess I’m green…… check that, the determining factor is a website link….. let’s see
May 14, 2007

mcj
QOTD – Nice! Seems to be better organized
May 14, 2007

Chris Fehnel
Keep up the good work, Gary. Diggin’ on the new technology integration and new look. You’re a wine revolutionary, my friend.
May 14, 2007

2 buck up-chuck
nice!
May 13, 2007

Ciaobarbara
Loved the super sized screen…it was about time. I do agree with another comment – that you were a little off today. Seemed like there was something else on the mind.

Reminds me of corked but one thing that I did not find was the Terroir Blog link. Where did you put it? You can skip the muic – don’t go Hollywood on us.
May 13, 2007

Panoca
Spectacular new look. Very clean and love the pastel color on the background.
WLTV went from 94 to 97pts!
May 13, 2007

ecola
I’ve been using cork’d for a while now and am on it every day. Nice to see you hook up. Lovin’ you giant head on the screen! Keep it up.
May 13, 2007

geespot
So THAT’S what you were working on while not doing anything with your Cork’d profile, I get it now. Awesome new look, I’m a huge Cork’d fan. Way to go GV and crew.
May 13, 2007

Bobinnati
I like the new page. Very clean and classy looking. The video size is an improvement too. Up close and personal with Gary VAY – NER – CHUK.
May 13, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Like the new Digs, I really didn’t think the image looked grainy at all.
Thanks for answering my Twitter question. I have been on the fence about the 2005 Bordeauxs because I have been viewing them as long agers but for intermediate aging many of the ones you showed in your videos might just be great.
May 13, 2007

flavasauce
LOVE how BIG the video is!!! I don’t use corked much cuz they don’t have as many reviews as cellertracker but maybe it’s just not as established. Honestly I don’t get the song, why it’s here and it’s kind of “fake fruit” to my ears. Over all though great new look!
May 13, 2007

Tom
I like the new site and it pushed me over to Cork’d which I had not found yet. I like the new larger video but like others I had a bit of a hard time finding the forums links at the bottom of the page. All in all damn nice. Thanks and keep up the great content.
May 13, 2007

napaspa
I like the larger view but I’m not so enthusiastic about the “generic” blog template. I’m sure there are a load of advantages with the new platform or you wouldn’t have switched. Content is King and that part is still consistently good. So when are you going to add some display ads? The media buyer in me wants to a hook into your audience.
May 13, 2007

Jeff
I like the new look…and the larger video is great too! Thanks for all the work.
May 13, 2007

half century
Cool look, disturbingly like the cork’d homepage?!
May 13, 2007

SoCal
Great new look G!
I will be watching the episode on the plane home