Corton Charlemagne – Episode #283

July 27, 2007

Corton Charlemagne wines are some of the best white wines in the world and today Gary Vaynerchuk has something to say about them!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Jean Claude Belland Corton CharlemagneCorton Charlegmagne
2003 Vincent Girardin Corton CharlemagneCorton Charlegmagne
2004 Louis Jadot Corton CharlemagneCorton Charlegmagne

266 Responses

July 27, 2007

CJM
#1
July 27, 2007

Metal Dave
Top 3 in Ireland? Sweet!
July 27, 2007

Jack2112
#3, and Gary getting very dramatic on us! Awesome.
July 27, 2007

brooklyni
nice outfit!
July 27, 2007

Shad
Top 5 and with “snobby” Gary to start….i love Fridays
July 27, 2007

Brad
Managed to stay in character…even while tasting- sans batting an eyelash- bring on the daytime soap opera star…General Hospital & Days of our Lives could use a bit more wine sensibility in their stories, don’t ya think?
July 27, 2007

NathanN
Now you are making me feel stuck up. I probably drink 99.5% red to .5% white. Hurry back Gary!
July 27, 2007

Bossman
1st to actually watch and then comment?

Sir Chunk-a-lot,

Gary said “Womaen are always in control”??!!!???? Are you sure Liz wasn’t standing behind him with her hand up the back of his shirt?

It’s been many moons from CKChood but as I dimly recall the only thing better than peeing on oneself was having someone else do it for you.

Rowing your boat? That’s one the help is for (that and holding the umbrella).

Hey, isn’t that a WLTV TEE shirt under the jacket? I say bring the couch back and set the nerd on fire.

QOTD: 99.9% : .1
July 27, 2007

jemlemnj
HILARIOUS! QOTD: Whites, rarely; only on a hot, summer day.
July 27, 2007

Shadowbird
Sir Gary is a recurring character? Awesome. Viva Gary’s evil twin! (But Gary still owns.)

QOTD: I’m about 70/30. That’s whites to reds.
July 27, 2007

KW
Gary the Actor or Gary the Wine Godfather!

QOTD: 9 to 1 Red.
July 27, 2007

Billman
QOTD:
75% red
25% white
July 27, 2007

waibeans
this is aweseome!! great idea GV.. I say develop a couple more “characters” for the show!

nice job.
July 27, 2007

David Canada
Just when I think you have hit every angle for WLTV…
QOTD – 85% Red, 15% white.
July 27, 2007

yowens
that was hilarious. Man that stuff is expensive. QOTD: I’m thinkin 51% red, 49% white ( heavy on reds in the winter, heavy on whites in the summer).
July 27, 2007

Tom T.
QOTD about 65/35 red to white, but lately it’s been a lot more whites. Probably cuz you’re turning me on to some killer whites, and it is summer time. Nice outfit. Can I choke this alter-ego with that tie?
July 27, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Great show Sir Gary!

QOTD- 70%-30% red to white (before WLTV, it was 99-1 red)
July 27, 2007

Mudd
You’re too much brother. Toooo much. Great episode. Is Gary starting to get a little buzz’d? Release the hound!
July 27, 2007

Rob B.
Great Show!!!
QOTD: About 75% reds 25% white. (before wltv – was 95 – 5)
July 27, 2007

gustasopher
GV, you’re alter ego is killing! Gotta let him do a show here and there.

Cheers
July 27, 2007

CindyW
Very fun. I think its time to offer some new schwag — Sir Gary’s ascots, paisley, in subtle shades of burgundy.
July 27, 2007

FTBoomer
Lotta fun Sir Gary, Loved the appearance after the whole Garyissorry appearance.

QOTD: 70\30 Pre-WLTV it was, like Sir Gary, 99\1

So what the heck is the BIG NEWS!?!?!?!?!?
July 27, 2007

Rhinn
lol…What a goof ball!! Just be yourself Gary and to h**ll with the rest…

Guess I’m not much of a wine connoissuer to admit this, but for me its about 90% red to 10% white.
July 27, 2007

CindyW
QOTD: a few months ago, I would have said 99% red, but my husband and I have been exploring whites and are finding more that we like. So. . . probably 70% red, 30% white now.
July 27, 2007

gustasopher
re: QOTD – I go through phases of drinking reds and whites. I’m in a red phaase now, but just exited a great white phase where I tasted a lot of French, Spanish and Italian whites for the first time and really enjoyed them.

Cheers
July 27, 2007

Ken
Sir Gary V. II,

Nice episode- very funny & very Wine Spectator. The Pretention & and the whole “I just came back from quail hunting” attitude was on point. Keep it up and Please Sir Gary V. II, do pay us another visit soon to remind us how we need not be. Cheers.

QOTD: R90%/W10%.
July 27, 2007

hasbeen
I probably drink 80% Red and 20% white.
July 27, 2007

BiggRigg
Sir Gary, you’re a gentleman and a scholar.

QOTD: 90/10
July 27, 2007

Brian K
You rule dude.. thanks for taking the time before you left to keep us with something to watch!
July 27, 2007

Brian K
oh and we’re about 60/40 red/white.
July 27, 2007

Tofferotti
Truly outstanding work snobby Gary. What range Lord V has shown us. Perchance a spot on inside the actors studio or masterpiece theater is next. I can’t wait to collect the change from under the couch cushions and on the car floor to taste some of Charlemagnes wines. Maybe the Vatican will lend me his coat to wear while I drink.

QOTD: 80 to 20 red to white. Mostly champagne and sauvignon blanc.
July 27, 2007

mbannon
Oi. Clever, but I’m sure glad your show isn’t like that more than once every century. I had to skip ahead, sorry Gary, couldn’t take it!

QOD – 50/50.
July 27, 2007

charles
QOTD: Normally 70/30 red white, but this time of the year in So. Fla. 60/40 white red. Mostly french and Italian
July 27, 2007

Metal Dave
Sir Gary,

QOTD
65/35 R/W

You are the only British wine critic I’ve seen use the outlandish, vulgar American 100-point system. What would Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson, and Andrew Jefford (my personal favourite) say if they saw this show? Methinks that they would reject your Fellowship. I think that you, SIR Gary, should swithch over to the much more sophisticated and British 5-star system used by Decanter, the world’s greatest wine magazine. Another alternative would be the 20 point system enjoyed by those who are sophisticated and educated enough to read La Revue des Vins de France. One the whole however, you are a very welcome addition to what is otherwise a brash show which undertakes the very un-noble task of opening wine up to the “commoners.”
July 27, 2007

tomfar
OK, sir, now ya got me drooling over the thought of Corton, the red stuff. Yum!
July 27, 2007

Chris G
Not really sure, depends on the time of year but I would say it’s even at 50/50
July 27, 2007

RX8Doc
May I suggest that that pipe be filled with 80% Jamaican and 20% Hawaiian
July 27, 2007

Christopher
Bet you didn’t have to blow into a paper bag after this episode Gary, your GP will be most pleased.

I enjoyed seeing the calmer Gary… infact, the themed Gary show is a concept waiting to explode:

Count Gary tastes wine (Dracular)
Pop queen Gary V tastes wine (Brittney Spears)
Senater Vaynerchuck Tastes (politician)

I would watch.
July 27, 2007

Mattpan
QOTD: Prob 50/50 lately, been exploring some awesome Sav Blancs from all over the place.
July 27, 2007

Halden
QOTD 75/25 R/W
July 27, 2007

Dr. Mike
Sir Gary 75minus-pts for 14:13 mins a major pazzzzzzzzzzz
Vay-ner-chuk 99pts great at any oppertunity cost (saving 1pt for where you will be with a few decands of proper aging)

QOTD: 85% red 15% white
July 27, 2007

His Royal Highness
Muffy and I partake of reds over whites, 75% of the time. It’s primarily because we’re quite enthralled with the 100 cases of the 2000 Chateau Le Pin that our friends gave us as castle warming gifts during one of our recent wild boar dinners. Quite an intoxicating wine and food pairing, I must say!
July 27, 2007

msb2ncsu
Haha, I love the way Gary ever so slightly raised an eyebrow and fought off a smile after saying he was going to smoke a very excellent pipe.

QOTD: Probably 60% reds to 40% whites. We drink a lot more white in the summer because of the types of food we cook. Friday and Saturday is almost always red because tend to cook big ol’ steaks or hefty pastas.
July 27, 2007

WPROC
Its good to know that Sir Gary is a sporting fellow and likes to shoot crows. I could only wonder if he would state that at wine could smell like “A shot crow.”

QOTD: 90% RED, 9% White, 1% Rose
July 27, 2007

Nathan
Gary, could you be a little more bourgeois. Please a few more contractions would be nice.
CKC in the house!
6.5 Redd 3.5 Wyte
July 27, 2007

Robert F
Along with that superfluous jerk-off Gary, Louis Jadot is one of the most over-rated brands ever. I’ve never had a Jadot that I thought was worth the price. Although the real red Corton is far superior , I would like to try a corton charlemagne at some point.

QOTD: 75% red 25% white
July 27, 2007

Randy
Fabulous, I’m so glad Sir Gary is going to be filling in for you occasionally! Everyone needs an alter-ego to come take over the business now and again.

QOD: I used to be 99/1 Red/White, but these days I’m more like 50/40/10 Red/White/Pink
July 27, 2007

SethID
garycanwinenerditalldayifyouwant!!! I love it!

QOTD: 70/30.
July 27, 2007

Garret Nagle
Sir Gary,

I appreciated how elegantly polished and refined your style and delivery was today on the show. It could not be appropriatley deemed anything else but “The Elegance Hour,” because wine should be refined and proper.

And because I am someone who is unfortunatley of piss on status, I could only ever dream of being as elegant as you are, because after all, isn’t masculinity and being a man all about elegance? But of course!

And what about this nonsense of drinking wine with hamburgers or while watching American football matches. Wine should be consumed with a pipe, perhaps a shotgun while in the woods, or with the womenfolk.

It’s quite sad to see those pathetic people drinking yellowtail shiraz, and thinking they know what’s best for their own palate. Bullroar as I say! Wine should be taken very seriously, and it is dangerous for most people who are not as educated or as elegant as us to make their own decisions about what wines they like to drink, because their palates are not as sophisticated as ours are.

I hope you can continue trying to change the wine world and bring it back to its grandiose status, because people need to trust our palates, not their own. And what about this cat pee nonsense!

Perhaps the piss ons should continue drinking this wine instead of saving their money for white burgundy, or perhaps continue foolishly drinking these rediculous New World fruit “bombs.”

Anyone with any wine wisdom and elegance knows that the only good and propper wines to drink come from the Old World, and should not be consumed without food.

Keep the torch burning my brother, and perhaps you could join my pipe and wine based secret society someday – similar to the Skull and Bones or the Knight’s Templar, or the Illuminati for that matter, but rather than have purely political adgendas, we focus our underground networking and secret objectives on controling anything elegent.

Respectfully yours,

Duke Garret W. Nagel III of Holland
July 27, 2007

AppellationMan
I couldn’t even make it to the QOTD, I couldn’t stop laughing and nearly got busted by my boss. I will watch the rest of the EP at home. Marvelous.
July 27, 2007

Kevin
I can’t believe people still throw an extra “c” in your name, despite your best efforts against it. I share your pain…

QOTD: 91/9 red
July 27, 2007

Tommy
Sir Very Gaynerchuck

Quite elistic show, which is the natural and lifeblood component of the wine culture.

I hope we see you more often!

Ps. I would say 20-80 only because there is not the red champagne.
July 27, 2007

JOEinLA
Outrageous!Fantastic!

GREAT idea. Hard to believe you do this without rehersals. I like the Character idea! I made my staff watch with me today and we’re all laughing. GV looking through the spectacles and through the bottom of the glass at the camera was hilarious!

Corton’s….I haven’t had many. DO they sound like something to seek out for that price point?

QOTD : 97% Red
July 27, 2007

Sassodoro
QOTD: Probably about 70-80% red and 20-30% white.

Sir Gary is a very interesting character, but I’m not sure he quite captures my image of British-accented upper-class snobbery. He seems too overtly hostile for that, as opposed to merely being shocked and repelled by the unrefined tastes and manners of us lesser mortals, if he acknowledges our existence at all. I also picture somebody who insists on maintaining silly niceties. Insisting on a “proper rinse” had the right tone for me, except that this isn’t just a silly nicety. Maybe Sir Gary could hold out his pinky when he raises the glass to his lips, or wear a tastevin around his neck, or stuff like that.
July 27, 2007

RandyB
TFF! Great episode pulled off after a full day of shows. You are da man.

QOTD: 90/10 red
July 27, 2007

John
QOTD: 50/50, especially white burgundies and bordeaux on the white spectrum.
July 27, 2007

caleb
YES! Hot Diggidy sir vaynerhcuk is back! It was great seeing you try and integrate your normal vocab into sir vaynerchuk vocab..not easy to do…with time! By the end I felt i was listening to a total different guy. great work. QOTD- 70-30 winter, 65-35 summer.
July 27, 2007

Joe
I love sir Gary.

40% White/Rose consumption. I live in LA – where it is sunny and warm all year around and we eat Ca Salads and Sushi outdoors – whites and roses are best matches!

Joe
July 27, 2007

David A
About 95% Red and 5% White.
July 27, 2007

Glenn
dude – great lighting for this episode! can’t you get one of those hoity-toidy cigarette holder thingys for when you turn the elegance show over to “Sir”?

doesn’t VinnyG makes some yummy vino?
July 27, 2007

BigBob
QOTD: 80/20 red to white

I like the new guy. My head doesn’t hurt from the screaming…
July 27, 2007

MannyPants
Great job Sir Gary. 80% red for me
July 27, 2007

OrionSlayer
Sir Gary, though I love your wealth of knowledge and accomplished palate, I hate your pompous attitude. Our Gary would never lord his knowlege over us and speak down to us. So what if you have so much money and can afford to buy $100 wines without blinking!? Like Gary says, wine is for celebrating relationships, not separating us!

QOTD: Probably 70% red to 30% white, though it would be cool to be able to drink a white and a red every day (730 different wines a year!)
July 27, 2007

John P
QOTD: Yearlong, about a 50/50 mix. During the summer, it skews towards white with a 75/25 white bias. During the winter, there’s nothing better than getting cozy with a nice red, so its probably 75/25 red. All this is not considering Rose, which is probably about a 10-20% addition during summertime.

Sir Gary cracks me up, especially since you can see the real Gary coming through. Any other great characters in the plans?
July 27, 2007

Ben N.
Great show.
QOTD: 80% red to 20% white.
July 27, 2007

FredinNYC
QOTD: 100% red (If you include Sauternes among the whites it would be 99% red: 1% Sauternes.)
July 27, 2007

DirtWineKen
Sir Gary, either pull the broomstick out of your butt or get the real GV back on right away. This was so boring I couldn’t even watch through the first wine — even though I LOVE Corton Charlie and have had some great examples in the past!
July 27, 2007

dkeck
Gary,
Great Show. QOTD: 65% Red, 34% white, 1% pink
July 27, 2007

mas
Sir Gary, go row your boat in the Himalayas – or whatever that was you said. That should keep you busy …

QOTD: 85% Red, 14% White, 1% Rose.
July 27, 2007

talksnmaths
Love the idea to bring back the “wine snob” every now and then. Entertaining!

QOTD: 1/100 white to red I think it’s because I have never been much apple/pear/tropical/citrus fruits. I prefer the dark/berry flavors that you find in red wine. Also, I LOVE the stinky stuff…leather/tobacco/et al.
July 27, 2007

EthanPSU
QOTD: 92% Red 8% White
July 27, 2007

Taco John
Wouldn’t it be “Me, with more of me, is keeping the wine world the same”? And shouldn’t this have been on http://www.garycanwinenerditalldayifyouwant.com?

QOTD: I’ll say 70% red, 30% white.
July 27, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
80 red, 20 white
July 27, 2007

Neil
Sir Gary:

Thank you ever so much for bringing wine back to a serious topic of discussion worthy of the elegant, elite class of society. It gives me great pleasure to look down at people of less fortune and sneer at them whilist drinking $100.00 per bottle swill from Corton Charlemagne. It is our tastes that matter the most and if the masses don’t agree with our precise opinions on style and taste, then let them go elswhere: perhaps a lowly NY Jets game and some cheap, ice cold, lite beer will sate their base desires. I shudder pondering the utter waste of life these lowly beings enjoy yet understand that without them, we wouldn’t be able to lock our gates, dispatch our hounds and poke at them with smoky pointed sticks whenever they dare intrude. Thank you for reaffirming our superior status and with any hope that hack of the populist movement, Mr. Vay – Ner – Chuk, will cease his over exuberant rantings of, dare I say it, cat pee and sticking one’s nose up a horse’s posterior. How vulgar! Keep up the great work, sir Gary, it’s people like us that can correct the WLTV ship.

Tally ho!

Sir Neil of Wainscotting
July 27, 2007

Steve-o
Wine Library TV: The Return of the Snob

nicely done, I really enjoy the in-depth viticultural information Sir V brings to the table.

QOTD: I’s day about 60:40 red:white
July 27, 2007

Gravisman
I’m about 60:40 red to white as well.
July 27, 2007

wineaddict
Gary, take that coat, tie your Sir Gary fill-in and Mr. Garret Nagle the III from Holland and go crawl under that snob rock you came from, bring back the Gary Thunder Show because this isn’t what the Vayniacs want to see. They want the Gary that’s the value driven down to earth crazy kind of GUY!

You might impress 1% of the pipe smokin horse back ridin snob types, but your not impressing 99% of the Vayniacs.

So get on back now ya here.. and bring that couch with ya.

QOTD:
90% REDS
8% WHITES
2% ROSE

MB
July 27, 2007

jason
burgundies AWESOME!!!!! gary, you might need to bring that rock licker back for another show. he brought some sweet wines with him. great to see a real specific selection. he failed to mention the big difference in the vintages though. 2003 was on fire and a lot of vines even shut down. many of the burgundies lack acidity, in particular the whites. 2004 was less than classique, but good domains made good wine. since 2003 was so hot, and 2004 was quite wet, the vines produced too many grapes and the vineyards needed a ton of care. it is evident that dom selling bottles for $80 has money to do a green harvest and manicure the vines.

QOTD 80 red, 20 white/ i would like to drink more white but my wife prefers the reds. i guess the sir was right, woman do control everything
July 27, 2007

Greg B.
Well done Sir G. QOTD 75% RED 25% white is my Norm, but over the summer it’s more like 65% Red 35% White. Have a fun profitable and safe trip.
July 27, 2007

JonE
Come back cotter, come back

QOTD: somewhere between 70/30 to 80/20 red to white. I always tell myself I am ignoring the white. And I love Alsace but I don’t drink it nearly enough. But this week is all about ‘Basa’, this beautiful little Telmo Rodriguez white. seek it out, great summer vino.
July 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Thank God!! A Friday that won’t leave me wound up. Great information, given at a pace that we could understand, digest and appreciate.

Maybe Gary will get lost coming home and you, Sir, can be there for us for a long time to come, I certainly hope so,That would be my grandest wish.

Your new dearest friend,
July 27, 2007

John Witherspoon
Bring back regular G V

QOTD: 70/30, Red/White

Have a great weekend.

J DUB
July 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Opps….. 97/3 I apologize Sir, but my wife insists on me drinking with her at times, and she only drinks whites.
July 27, 2007

Annapolitan
Your insight is perspicacious, your pallette a battle-hardened veteran with medals and ribbons, Sir G. Reminds me of a birthday luncheon in the mid 70’s where I invited Queen Elizabeth and Henry Kissinger over to celebrate. As I eased the cork from a particularly profound Corton Charlemagne, Liz reminded me that upon first tasting a Corton, Alexandre Dumas fell to his knees and said a prayer. Hank just reached past her for the first glass. Must run. My Swiss banker is ringing me. Ta ta.
July 27, 2007

Elliot Essman
My consumption ratio is about 60% red, 40% white at home, and probably near 100% white at restaurants simply because of the decanting/oxidation issue.
July 27, 2007

cruster
LOL, funny episode
QOTD: 50% red, 50% white
July 27, 2007

Grasshopper
Sir Sensei,

Hilarious! Were you really trying to be french? Was little more like boris karloff, especially with the lighting!

Anyway, great fun and as always thanks for filming ahead and keeping us on our toes!

QOTD – 80% red, 20% white (maybe higher % white in summer) Love the NZ Sauv Blancs on a hot day on the boat! Plus some foods just lend themselves to a nice white. Thai food with a nice kabinet riesling or some brie with a sancerre……

Travel safe,

Grasshopper
July 27, 2007

Marc
Brilliant satire GV!

QOTD: dunno, probably around 85/15. I don’t have anything against whites; I really don’t know why I usually go red.
July 27, 2007

wolfie
qotd: gv man, i’m about 75% red 25% white. reds tend to be my everyday wines though, and some of my favorite wines of all time are whites. that’s how it rolls for the w
July 27, 2007

cgf
SIR GARY IN THE HOUSE!

nice, i love it. Get back soon vay-ner-chuk

QOTD: 60 white 39 red 1 rose.
July 27, 2007

SteveW
Great Episode, maybe instead of “Laid Back Fridays” we can have “Sir Gary Fridays”

OTD: 85% Red
10% White
2.5% Rose
2.5% Sparkling
July 27, 2007

yoshie
65% red, 35% white
July 27, 2007

life's too short...
“…like Italy in the country time.” LOL. Nicely done, Dad. Shooting crows on the weekend. Too funny. Rowing the boat in the Himalayas (one way, I’m guessing). And a “pipe smoker” too, eh? Excellent. Pipe. Laughing. Out. Loudly. As I am wont to do during the Thunder Show. QOTD: 99%:1% about right. . .
July 27, 2007

Larry
I can only hope that “Sir Gary” can find the nearest bridge and jump off it. Will the real GV please stand up!

QOTD: 60/40 white/red in the summer & 40/60 red/white in the winter
July 27, 2007

E
And here I always thought Sir Gary would have a goatee, but I guess that’s just me.

Careful, that second wine was so good you sounded a bit like someone else we know.

QOD: around 55/40/5, but then I like to go the white-then-red route a lot, and I forgot to stock up on decent rose before summer came. But it’s okay, tomorrow is Thai night so we can experiment with Chablis and Muscadet and other interesting things.
July 27, 2007

italianwinelover
Fabuolous ep! Love Sir Gary!! Variety is the spice of life. Would like to see him back again, but I so miss GARY he is the go to guy!!! Any other special friends lurking in the closet???? Can’t wait to see more, but GV come back PLEASE!!!

QOTD: Have to agree with Sir Gary…99% RED 1% White (only if they are serving a Tocia)!

Hope you enjoyed your time off!! You rock!
July 27, 2007

Wave
NICE!!! That guy had some good insight! He did slip out of character a few times though. But as always, now we want more. How about next time you do a Aussie wine guy or a hippie Mendicino wine dude. How about a “keepin’ it real” episode like that once a week? qod. 90 red-10 white
July 27, 2007

Michael Palmer
LOL – Excellent show Gary. I love the character. I hope he pops in now and then. Perhaps you should create some other characters too.

I love how you keep the show fresh and new. Thanks Gary.

QOTD: 98% Red 2% white, though I am trying to explore whites because of WLTV.
July 27, 2007

Plminer
Awesome Sir GV, a real treat to see some really sick wines getting tasted. I gotta try that Vincent Girardin, the description is exactly how I like my white burgundies.
QOTD: Summer 50/50, winter 80/20
July 27, 2007

Jon B.
Sir gary not bad ..But I much prefer laid back,cheese eating,leather couch,email reading,desert wine drinking ,Jimmy fly snooka Fridays. Hope you enjoyed your vacation.QOTD 95% red,5% white and working on evening out the ratio a little in the future.
July 27, 2007

Billy G
QOTD: 88% Red, 10% White, 2% Rose
July 27, 2007

keelegl
QOTD: 85% Red, 10% White, 5% bubbly.
July 27, 2007

maggiej
Have to agree with Jon B.and italianwinelover – bring back the real Gary!

QOTD: Averaged over a year, about 65% red, 30% white, 5% dessert
July 27, 2007

David M Roberts
“… While walking our dogs and shooting crows on the weekends…”

That’s good stuff. I enjoy Sir Gary – Let’s bring him back to the manor often.

Someone above noted he’s a little French, as portrayed by Boris Karloff and directed by Ed Wood, which all seems about right. Satire + Camp + Wine = Brilliant.

Great ep.

QOTD: 95% red, 4% white, 1% pink
July 27, 2007

Lloyd Benedict
Finally, a little bit of class and sophication, the Sir is a nice intermezzo between the thunder, good time, cheery oh

99.999% red .0005% white .0005% bubbly
July 27, 2007

TROC
Nice Watch!
July 27, 2007

Cam
Hehehehehe. Good chap, that Sir Gary.

QOTD: Right now it’s about 50/50. It’s hard to resist a nice, cool white on a hot summer day. The rest of the year, it’s maybe 65/35 or even 70/30. My mind has really opened up a lot in the past year, though. Used to drink reds 90% of the time, but I’ve discovered a lot of whites that I really enjoy too now, so I usually pick based on whether I’m in the mood for red or white, and what I think will taste good with whatever we’re having for dinner.
July 27, 2007

Daniel O
I honestly have no idea how you managed to keep a straight face throughout that entire show. You didn’t even crack a smile, even when you had phenomenal wines!

QOTD: I’m more of a white wine drinker, so for me it’s probably 80% white, 20% red.
July 27, 2007

Renee Anderson
QOTD: 55 red/45 white
July 27, 2007

wine lush
QOTD: 50/50
July 27, 2007

David
Sir Gary,

Great follow up to your earlier show…you’re welcome anytime.

QOTD: 98% Red / 2% White. I like white wine, especially Burgundy and certain Sauvignon Blancs, but I like red much better.
July 27, 2007

Corvette Tony
Stuff stuff-shirt Gary in a closest in some deep dark wine cellar!

QOTD: 80% red 20% white
July 27, 2007

Jennifer
Magic. Gary, you’re classic. I haven’t laughed so hard since my Oxford days- driving around in my Jaguar, throwing pennies at poor people in Portobello market.
July 27, 2007

Run PMC
I was watching this episode from my yacht, stationed just outside of the Mediterranean Sea, while sipping pomegranate spritzers while my masseuse scratched my back.

65% Red 35% White (due mostly to BdB Champagne)
July 27, 2007

JC
85% Red, 15 White.
July 27, 2007

Jerry Chacon
85/15 and may we never see Sir V again…he definitely got in the way of the show. Sorry, but those are my 2 cents.
July 27, 2007

organicguy
One of the greatest things in life is to be able to poke fun at yourself…and you have succeeded….congratulations…the cellar runs at about 95% red and 5% white but definitely drinking more whites lately!!!
July 27, 2007

Scarred1
Gary,

Come back. We miss you dearly. While I am sure that Sir G has a role to play in helping himself shape the wine world in his own image, we need you to help us shape the wine world in your (our) image. We love Vay-ner-chuk! Especially on Fridays. Nevertheless, great character acting at a time when I am sure you were feeling no pain. If you plan on inviting Sir G back, do it on Mondays when we are all serious, with our business game face on. I need to feel the Thunder at the end of the week.

QOTD: I am probably 10-15% whites, although that is increasing as I learn to appreciate the non-chardonnay, non-pinot grigio (read generic safty wines) varietals. This summer, I am enjoying some rieslings and sauvignon blancs.

Keep up the great work and welcome home.

John
July 27, 2007

Marc Mc
5-white
95-red
July 27, 2007

DanM
So would that be rowing your boat UP the Himalayas or DOWN the Himalayas X-Games Style?
July 27, 2007

ecola
Lovin’ the elegance hour! Sir Gary is great. It is time the show added some elegance. Here Here my good man! Bravo! I apologize for using exclamation points, that was not very elegant of me.
July 27, 2007

Kevin C
Reminds me of Frazier Crane and his snivelling brother, Niles. Those were a bit out of my range but fun to see that great wines are there for some day in the future.

QOTD> Probably 50% red and 50% white – love the NZ SBs and that Alsatian Reisling you put us on was very nice indeed.
July 27, 2007

Bobinnati
Sir Gary needs to remove the pole…….. Anyway, QOTD – 95:5 red:white.
July 27, 2007

vivaitalia
used to be 100-0 red to white. But now it’s 50/50 every time I go out for wine I make myself get one of each and I always buy something i’ve never had before. I can’t tell you how many white’s i’ve found that I love and I never would have given them a chance before.
July 27, 2007

Cabdrinker
Your Brady kid reference made me spit my wine…. FUNNY as hell!
July 27, 2007

Grape Expectations
I say, old chap, quite refreshing to have a break from that plebian football hooligan who usually runs this show. I personally find a nice glass of white wine refreshing on the 3rd day or so of a test match. Besides, if someone bumps your arm and spills red wine on your white cricket uniform it just ruins your day. So dreadfully unpleasant, that. It will never do.

Ta, ta for now. Must go chat with the butler about which claret to bring up from the cellar to serve with tonight’s guinea fowl.
July 27, 2007

scottydog
my good man, top o’ the day to you. glad to see you back, sir. the immense complexity and knowledge you bring to the table is without peer (as opposed to that pee-er GV). you need some french/german/italian/austrian classical music to start and end the show (along with a pipe, unlit of course)–the country of origin of the music complementing the origin of the wine of course.

QOTD: 90:10 but trying to bring more balance, sir.
July 27, 2007

scottydog
Kevin C nailed it–got to play up that niles angle . . . over-the-top-pretension.
July 27, 2007

Suzanne
Gary’s so naturally demonstrative and animated….. it must have killed him to act so subdued for the whole take! He was as still as a 95-year-old sitting on a hemorrhoid cushion. Bring back bouncy Gary!
July 27, 2007

Grapedigger
The more sir Gary appears the more the viewers appreciate the real cool Gary. We can not tolerate sir Gary more than once a month, please… Good character!!
QOTD: RED (70%) / White (30%)
Cheers
July 27, 2007

Alaska1
QOTD: I think 85% red (mostly Zin) 15$ white (mix of Sav. Blanc and Riesling) I miss my GV!
July 27, 2007

Alaska1
Sorry that was supposed to be a % sign.
July 27, 2007

CW
30/70 R/W Not because I am contrarian but because I thrive on the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. And to those who poo poo whites, German Rieslings are the worst, don’t buy them, if you have to have a white, Charles Shaw Sauvignon Blanc is the way to go. Enjoy
July 27, 2007

Mike S.
95% Redhead. . . . . . .
July 27, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
Sir Gary, supreme leader of the quintessential wine palate society, you need some knights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqumOeUGGc
I hope this works!!!!
July 27, 2007

Hooler
Very funny Frazier Crane. You even dimmed the lights for a serious effect.
I wouldn’t mind you can bring this character back once in a while. Next time give him a double-blind taste test. Now release the hounds and make sure they find Gary. I’m sure he left a trail of wristbands in the woods.
July 27, 2007

Jahlove
56.58% Red
41.46% White
1.96% Rose

Gotta love that Cellar Tracker.

P.S. That Sir Gary guy is totally creepy.
July 27, 2007

Winodontist
Gary, love your show, but twice with Sir Gary is enough for one lifetime. Very witty, but just can’t watch again.

I haven’t seen many kayaks in the Himalayas, have you?

QOTD: Historically 90/10, but lately I have been trying more whites, hmmmm, wonder why that might be??? So we’ll go 70/30.
July 27, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
QOTD: I drink about 80% reds, 10% ports, 10% whites from October to May, and 40% white, 20% beer, 10% rose and 30% red during the summer.
July 28, 2007

amgryger
LOL! Saw this episode late and wasn’t even sure I was allowed to be watching it. I spent the evening hanging out with my friends drinking “Seven and Seven” and placing quarter bets on a B horror movie.

QOTD: For me its probably 65% red and 35% white.
July 28, 2007

Wine-ot
GV – Like you too much to come close to enjoying this imposter! QOTD – 80/20whites
July 28, 2007

Jaroni
Gary, I thought I heard you say somewhere that champagne and other sparkling wines are a staple for you, so I was surprised to hear you say 99/1 reds.

For me, maybe 90 reds/10 whites. For me, reds will probably always be the classic, more profound, more health-giving. Whites seem like an offshoot of reds but can be great in their own right. In the whites, most of the time it’s sparkling wines and champagne — nice buzz, goes with every food and occasion. Or maybe a really smooth white like Pouilly Fuisse, or a minerally Riesling.

I am just starting to taste and learn about the whites, have much to learn. Maybe I’ll start with a 10-15$ Tokaji once you find it for us!
July 28, 2007

Darlene O.
Thank you, Sir Gary, for this amount of nobility and intellect in wine tasting…it was truly refreshing. :} (Actually, kick-ass episode!) QOD: About 99% Red, 1% White.
July 28, 2007

jsuarez
What a nice surprise. I think that you should develop Sir Gary a bit more. Sometimes I do like the education and seriousness of wine, but only on occasion. After watching this episode I went back to watch another more “lively” episode. How about an episode where cool Gary and Sir Gary are comparing wine together!

QOTD: 75% white, 25% red. I have been exploring more reds lately.
July 28, 2007

Robin
QOTD: I know in the summer I drink more whites than usual, but I think reds are the most interesting wines – more to think about and talk about, more comforting, like an old friend. Difficult to come up with a ratio.

I shouldn’t watch this at night, I laugh too hard and stay up too late. I think the Oregon pinot glass is a little funny looking, actually. It is the Oregon pinot isn’t it? Restaurant series? My favorite is the Montrachet glass.
July 28, 2007

Mike
Gary,
Freakin HILARIOUS…this is in my top 5 of all your videos. Releasing the hounds while smoking a pipe? Gary is a peon?! Rowing a boat in the Himalayas???? Seriously funny stuff man!
QOTD- 70% Red/ 25% White/ 5% Rose

Cheers
Mike
July 28, 2007

Micha
Thanks for that suprising episode. Sir Gary nailed it QOTD: 90%W, 10%R, 5%Rose round about
July 28, 2007

Mudd
75% red, 15% white, 10% rose. I just never seem to come across whites that I’m really hyped about. I guess I see or read things about so many reds, that I want to try, that it overpowers my desire to buy whites. But, I do love white wines about as much as reds. Go figure.
July 28, 2007

Harley Stan
Sir Gary, you really brought the sound emitted by rapidly expanding gasses along the path of electrical discharge of lightening today. That could just be the three glasses of chenin blanc talking, either way great show.
QOTD- When I started it was all red, now I try and swtich, I usually only drink one to two bottles on the weekends so since last weekend was red this weekend willl be white. My cellar is slowly becoming 50/50, I am really starting to enjoy experimenting with the white stuff, I even have some bubbly pink stuff in there as well.
July 28, 2007

Porter
QOTD: It’s really hard to say… especially b/c during the summer I down so much Rose. But I’d guess 68/32, favoring the reds.
July 28, 2007

Loke Uei
hhahah you did it!! Fantastic!! Watch out Borat!!

QOTD: 95% Red, 5% white.
July 28, 2007

Francois Tremblay
Although I quite enjoyed the Elegance Hour, I must note that Sir Vaynerchuk needs to work on his French vowels. Perhaps he could come for some informal lessons on my yacht, La Provencale. To make sure he does come, I will make sure to have some fine bottles of Pinot Gris on board.
July 28, 2007

KC Dan
Man that dude is boring !! Hurry back Gman . Qotd ; 80% Red 20% White
July 28, 2007

Tom L
I agree with KC Dan. Twice is enough for Sir Gary. No more cameos – he’s already lost his appeal. You can use him again next time you go off the deep end and have to slap us all back into line. Just be yourself (because we like you that way or we wouldn’t all be here) and don’t burn yourself out.
July 28, 2007

Metal Dave
While many people seem to dislike Sir Gary’s pompous attitude, I think he represents an important lesson. Although wine is and should be fun, it also should be awarded some level of respect – after all it ISN’T lite beer or Pepsi – and too much American 7-11 Casualism can be dangerous as well lest wine be looked at as a fashion accessory or mere party favour. All of the nuance and history that Sir Gary speaks of actually does exist, and I think this tongue-in-cheek delivery is the perfect way to convey this concept in an inclusive manner. It must always be remembered that, in European countries, wine has been intermingled in the culture for more than 1000 years, and for them has much more meaning than a mere “beverage,” indeed for them, their wine is part of their very identity.

Keep bringing the thunder, GV!
July 28, 2007

wildebeest
Hmmm, looks like the guest host is too good for the SF Vaynerglass.

Alright Gary, I’ve officially decided that you’ve completely ripped off my WineSnobberyTV idea. Oh well, I should have grown a sac and found a way to make that video a long time ago. It’s a hoot man, keep it up! (And feel free to be more mean and offensive; I think we can take it.)

QOTD: I started out drinking reds only (treating them like daily vitamins — tannin supplements, I suppose), but in the last several months I’ve been enjoying more and more whites. Right now, the ratio is probably about 60/40 (whites to reds) because I’ve been on a Riesling kick.
July 28, 2007

BPlague
After watching this one question came to mind for you Gary V. have you ever been looked at as a stupid kid in the wine world? If so what did you do or say to over come these wrong first impressions?
July 28, 2007

Jer
Flush the Sir Gary — he isn’t changing the wine world!

QOTD: 95% Red; 5% white
July 28, 2007

Andy
Sir G ::: Did you let the dogs out? If you did go get them.
QOTD… 50 – 50 but do enjoy reds more like Sir v g.
July 28, 2007

mikeyrad
ROFL, is Gary, oops, Sir Gary the Sybil of the wine world? QOTD: depends on the season. I drink more white in the summer and more red in the winter.
July 28, 2007

Dr. Dan
Perhaps GV can have Sir Gary on the show as a guest sometime, ala Batman and Bruce Wayne. Sir Gary’s understated and droll humor is a riot.
July 28, 2007

Denise
Yes, indeed, women are always in control (I like this alter ego guy!). Splendid show. : )

QOTD: 93% red, 7% white (about 50% of that white percentage is reisling).

Good day…

: )
July 28, 2007

Julie
Our percentage of whites rises with the change in seasons but if last night’s shopping cart is any indication our average is 85% reds, 10% whites and 5% bubbly or rose. Miss the G-man because pretense is over rated!
July 28, 2007

Dale Cruse
First!

Sir Gary Vaynerchuk needs his own line of shwag. Or maybe not if it outsells Gary Vay-ner-chuk’s shwag!

QOTD: 60/40 red during cold weather. During the summer, 60% white, 20% rose, 20% red.

I enjoy French white burgundy but have not had the exquisite pleasure of enjoying the Corton Charlemagne yet.
July 28, 2007

Mike Erdely
You’re a creative dude, Gary (et al).

QOTD: Probably 85% red/15% white. I just like the reds… what can I say?
July 28, 2007

RieslingRon
Who was that high brow dude you had doing this episode? All he talked about was high priced white burgundy that I can’t afford even with free shipping….take him out behind the barn and shoot him !!

QOTD – Overall, probably 50/50 with more whites during the summer and reds the rest of the year.
July 28, 2007

Susan
Gary-You win the #! Prize!!!!You have to be very good indeed in order to play the “what if” and pretend to be your own nemesis!!!! You also win the prize because you are GOOD at playing your own nemesis!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS on your win and boy are you TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!
:)
July 28, 2007

Susan
Gary-QOTD: I am about 60% reds to 40% whites thanks to the educational Gary!!!
July 28, 2007

stewart l
Qod- Probably 90% red, 10% white. Sir gary should return to do a burgundy episode.
July 28, 2007

wey
During summer: 80% white (includes some rose), 20% red
During winter: 20% white, 80% red
July 28, 2007

C DiFranco
75-80% red, 20-25% white

Love the wine geek!! Wine is a luxury…isn’t it?? We need the geek to keep us peeons in check…(-:

CDF
July 28, 2007

Jim in Atlanta
Sir Gary, Thank you so much for subbing for that loud, unsophisticated Gary. It was an honor and pleasure to hear from someone so totally arrogant and pompous. Tally ho. I drink about 90% red and 10% white.
July 28, 2007

Judi
very amusing, but i want gary back! and to answer the question..90%red
July 28, 2007

Matt
Love it Gary, top 5 ever. 95/5 want to be at 80/20.
July 28, 2007

Jeff
QOTD: 51% red, 44% white, and 5% rose since December of 2006 (per my CellarTracker notes).

Great episode. Feel bad for those people in the comments who didn’t check out garyismad.com.
July 28, 2007

Nancy
QOTD: 90 red / 10 white. . . almost all champagne.
And by the way Sir Gary, the lighting used for this episode rendered more accuracy in color than anything you’ve done before.
July 28, 2007

John Blue Label
You gotta love this! Gary does a parody of Gary. What an utterly pretentious snob! The Anti-Gary!! I can’t believe he stayed in character the whole time. Great job. Must be trying to work up to a Hollywood screen test someday!
QOTD: 90% red, 10% white.
JWB
July 28, 2007

Dominus
The real G-Man can’t get back soon enough. Ouch!

QOTD: Dependss on the season. Spring/Summer: 50/50 Fall/Winter 90 red/10 white
July 28, 2007

Frank B
Good episode but bring back the real Gary. 95%red 3%white and 2% rose
July 28, 2007

Malarkey
qotd: much like Dominus: more red in winter, more white/rose in summer. I try to drink all across the spectrum, really. I was becoming a red only person there for awhile, but now that I’m back onto whites and roses, reds are for rich foods ONLY! A cab does NOT go with a salad people!!!
July 28, 2007

sharon
Please fire your alter ego.
July 28, 2007

Niklas
Gary,The show was great, but you weren’t there?I/we want you back also here in Finland, because you are the best when you are that a original Gary Vay-ner-chuk, so yourself. And when you taste SA wines again?please,do that soon.
July 28, 2007

mjhch1
Dude, you should load up that excellent pipe before you start the show
or maybe you did… rowing your boat in the Himalayas??? ok sure.

QOTD.. I like reds. Probably 85%-90% red. The 15%-10%.. white burgundy, champagne, viognier, reisling…

So enjoy that excellent pipe!! …blah,blah,blah,blah….

ching-ching!!
July 28, 2007

KenP
Great fun!
July 28, 2007

Paul M
I am liking the new character.

For me the really funny thing about this video is that compared to the tasting videos on Wine Spectator this has more energy and life and actually makes them feel like watching paint dry.

QOTD: 60% red and 40% white
July 28, 2007

Matt Beran
QOTD: 50/50 man… I’ll buy and try everything in the store if I can…

I really like the way this ended… “a very large… PIPE”

ha!
July 28, 2007

Vinsant
Love the show! Why spit when I hear you usually swallow.
QOTD: 90% red, 9% white, 1% scotch
July 29, 2007

cpd
Go wine geek! 90% red, 10% white, maybe a touch higher in the summer.
July 29, 2007

cpd
Go wine geek! 90% red, 10% white, maybe a touch higher in the summer.
July 29, 2007

diego de la p...
nice episode gary!! funny character that sir gary vaynerchuk, is he british ?
haha
QOTD: 50% red 50% white, love both!!!
July 29, 2007

Moselman
It appears Sir Givvy is colour-blind. Shame, that, given the superior lighting in this episode. Of course, he wouldn’t want to be seen as “sharing” the wine with us, as Gary is wont to do before sticking his nose in the equine anus for a sniffy-sniff!

QOTD Close to 50/50. Whites would be higher were it not for the hideuous Oak Monster.
July 29, 2007

Todd S
That persona/character fits like a discount rental tux.

QOTD:
Winter 86% red – 1% white – 13% stouts and porters
Summer 70% red – 10% white – 20% IPA’s and other hoppie beer.
July 29, 2007

wlburk
honestly gary, you are truly inspiring…I laughed myself to death…i liked the comment about burning the guy…classic!

QOTD: since I’m still newbie 98% sweet white dessert wines 2% red fruit bombs
July 29, 2007

1855class
i love pretense! nice tie-ascot. the guy who owns a boutique wine shop in my hood wears an ascot sometimes.
qotd: 75% red, 20% white, 5% bubbles. i find lately when i cook dinner i pair whites with it.
July 29, 2007

MrTC
QOTD: 65% red & 35% white

There’s no theme to the reds, but in the white there’s a tendency towards sauvignon blanc and champagne (I live within 1-day round-trip distance from Reims).
July 29, 2007

yoshie
I forgot to tell you!
I’m a fan of “Sir Gary”.
July 29, 2007

Fingerlaker
QOTD: 97/3 reds to whites(mostly fingerlakes whites).

i apologize in advance for drinking wine from such horrid an area as central ny.
July 29, 2007

PaulT
QOTD: probably 30/50/20 red/white/rosÃ© on average for the whole year, white and rosÃ© mostly in summer, red mostly in winter.
July 29, 2007

Karl Laczko
Sir Gary,

An outstanding episode of Viniferous delights. I will endeavour to save my pounds and pennies to be able to afford some of these one day. Remember it’s easy to get pounds… you just have to divide that lowly dollar value by 2

Releasing hounds?, boating in the Himalayas?? OK, rolling with you so far….Yowzers?, nah, don’t think so.

QOTD – Probably on about 60% R & 40% W for drinking (70% 30% in the cellar).
July 29, 2007

Matt N.
QOTD: I am at 95 to 5 red to white at the moment, but trying to become more balanced…
July 29, 2007

Scottymatt
QOTD: 60% to 40% red to white in the spring/summer months (seasons), 90% to 10% red to white in the fall/winter months (seasons).
Great show Sir Gary-fantastic insight in a wonderous region!!!
July 29, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
Great week of shows, just got caught up!!

QOTD: Used to be 99.9% red, these days it’s more like 70-red, 30-white, largely due to WLTV helping me expand my horizons. Thanks GV!!
July 29, 2007

john ripperger
99.5% red slick
July 29, 2007

Montrose
I tend to drink about 85% dry red, 10% dry white and about 5% mixed desert wines (mainly sauternes, auslese and port).
July 29, 2007

Andy
I’m probably 75/25 in favor of reds. At home I’m about 50/50 since I eat more white wine friendly food. When I go out and order wine, I’ve gotta be at least 90/10 reds.
July 29, 2007

Toke-Dawg
QOTD:
65/35 reds in the summer;
80/20 reds in the summer.

Enjoy the very excellent pipe. Nice touch.
July 29, 2007

Freddy
75/25 looking at the whole year.
would love to see sir gary and “jerk-off” gary square off in a french vs rest of the world varietal tasting.
given that this might cause some severe psychological damage, i’ll settle for seeing how sir gary ranks the rhone, loire, bordeaux and burgundy wines against each other. could imagine him reveling in the pinot and the bordeaux, while he pumps the loire whites through his bidet.
July 29, 2007

Kirk
QOTD: I’d have to say about 55% red, 5% rose and 40% white….all in all it depends on my mood…as for the show…a fun watch…
July 29, 2007

Gareth
ROTFLOL this is the best episode yet!

“Me, with a whole lot of ME, IM changing the wine world… AREN’T I!”

Oh and I’m about 2/3 red to 1/3 white.
July 29, 2007

Jerry the 2THDR
Thanks for doing the Corton tasting that I have been waiting for since Wine Library TV started. I’m still looking for one that has a viscous mouth feel. Please let me know if you run across one. QOTD: At home its 50-50. My wife puts out a glass for me when I arrive home.She alternates the reds and the whites. It takes me 3 days to knock off a bottle. She only drinks a little because she knows her place. When we go to a restaurant that allows me to bring my own wine its almost only red; better chance for a match up. When we go with others I bring both. I usually bring wine for the owner of the restaurant. Its usually at least 10 years old but not my A list stuff. Jerry the 2THDR. I was away Friday so didnot see this until late Sunday.
July 29, 2007

Jay!
Hilarious! Really makes you appreciate the “regular” Gary.

QOTD: Probably about 99% red and 1% white (I haven’t bought it, just tasted it)
July 30, 2007

t_modern
point taken. Nice to see you mix it up.
QOTD – 93.76% red and 6.24% white. do the math, it works out.
July 30, 2007

Brendan McGuigan
QOTD: Right now I’d say I’m pretty close to 50-50, mostly because I’m going through a pretty strong Viognier phase right now, and also rediscovering Petite Arvine. Usually it’s probably closer to 70% red 30% white, or 80% red 20% white during the winter.
July 30, 2007

BobMac
QOTD: I’d say 75-25 red-white. I’d drink more whites, but most of the family likes the reds. And I really like the pretentious Gary.
July 30, 2007

phermented1
Bring on the alter-ego! Can anyone say Black Spiderman? Great episode, although I will have to wait for my wife to publish her research before we can afford them.
QOTD: 20% white, 75% Red, 5% heffevizen.
July 30, 2007

drummerboy
I like when he hits his glasses with the wine glass while smelling the wine! LOL
July 30, 2007

dadobs
Nicely done, Sir Gary!

QOTD: 98% red, 2% white (German reislings and dessert wines).
July 30, 2007

Pastore
Bravo, Siry Gary!

QOTD: 85% Red, 15% White
July 30, 2007

Paul
Finally got to watch. Been a long time since I had any Corton Charlemagne. Perhaps you needed to add a comment regarding vintage?

QOTD: About 70% red, 20% white, 5% rose, 5% bubbly, on average. More white and rose in summer, more red in winter.
July 30, 2007

LeatherPalate
SGV! Off the hizzee good-

you killed it.
July 30, 2007

WML
Funny….well done, but would’ve been more believable if your smoking jacket was not so small…. I could not stop staring at how short your sleeves are!
July 30, 2007

Dusty
90% red to 10% white. Sir gary rocked the castle!
July 30, 2007

Totte
QotD : 40 / 40 Red vs. White and 20% bubbly !

Swedish T
July 30, 2007

Dom
You are a beauty!! 95-5 reds!
July 30, 2007

Kirk
Gary….dude. I had no clue..I just got caught up with the shows. If it matters…whenever you are successful people are going to dig on your success. Some try to leach from it, and others try to down it (listen to me talking like I’ve actually got experience in it…HA!) I want to say that I love sending new wine lovers to this site…have a ball with it and thanks for the fun!
Kirk R. Grant
Wine Director
Havana Restaurant
Bar Harbor, Maine
July 30, 2007

chakira
thanks for the free wristband
to answer the answer of the day i would like to focus on reds (70-30) but my fiance loves the new world whites, and so I would say it comes out to 50-50 in the end. She finds many of the reds we drink, often kosher, to be too high alcohol. Which seems to be a trend right now in Israel.
July 30, 2007

Nima
QotD:
my wine breakdown is seasonal. Almost exclusively reds in the winter(95-5) and about 50-50 in the summer.
July 30, 2007

BF
Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It’s a sitting
duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It’s feeble. I think it’s
time to put the hurt on the Ukraine.
July 30, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Sir Gary looks like a refugee from a ’60’s musical with the staight dude ragging on the hip kids. Maybe David Spade in PCU. Great for laughs but I hope you didn’t intend for many of us to bu Corton Charlemagne to tast along with Sir Gary. Actually had the Louis Jadot from 1999 and what overpriced swill that was. Thanks for the laughs but we want the real Gary back.
July 30, 2007

Russ J
Boating in the Himalayas, Italy in the country time, “putting people on fire” with muddy sticks. My, my, what a life Sir GV leads!

QOTD: 75R/25W
July 30, 2007

J Crazy
I kinda like Sir Gary. I think you appeal to the pompous wine snob in all of us. Just once in my life I want to laugh at someone “lower” than me whilst smoking a cigar and swirling a wine glass in hand; especially, if I’m on my own yacht…only once though.

QOTD: I crush about 57.2per. Red, 38.8per. white and the rest is Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel. How can something be so cheap but so…pink?
July 30, 2007

Lurkerdog
Great episode Sir Gary. Let’s see the pipe next time. QOTD: I’m probably 90% red and 10% white. Trying to expand my white wine consumption.
July 31, 2007

Ferrigno
WOW! never thought I’d seen Sir Gary again!!!! You know, someone posted early on something like “boring” but I have to say, NOT BORING TO ME AT ALL!!!! I like him A LOT!!! the only thing I wish is that, instead of liking “99 to 1″ reds on whites, he would LOVE OLD WORLD WHITES and KILL everyone who do thinks reds are better than whites! LOVE TO SEE SIR GARY MORE OFTEN, NOT BORING AT ALL!
QOTD: Well nowadays I’m about 75% on whites and the rest on reds. I do love em all 50-50, but as I’m drinking more often with a friend of mine who can’t stand reds this is how it’s going! On Mexico Distrito Federal we gave it a shot on a moscatel late harvest from valencia spain and the vionta albarino 06… both sucked sooo disappointed at the Vionta as last year I tried the 05 and thought it was much better…
July 31, 2007

Jayhitek
QOTD: 98% to 2% (only if the wife is drinking some kind of white and I figure I will have a glass)
July 31, 2007

Bill Luby
Good idea for a show, but a little Sir Gary goes a long way…

QOTD: Probably 75% red, but during the summer it swings to 60/40 white
August 1, 2007

vibemore
Loving the alter ego…

QOTD: 80%red/20%white
August 1, 2007

Capt M
This is WLTV at its best! Not just to get a few good laughs throughout the show, but to learn about these whites, and see them get scores as high or higher than many top reds. Kudos! Thanks!
August 1, 2007

Kathleen Lisson
QOTD:
75% white, 25% red, but the numbers may be skewed by the summer season and my current infatuation with dessert wines. And by the fact that I don’t eat meat.

Kathleen
Albany, NY
August 1, 2007

GrapeStuff (formerly known as Donald Pipkin)
QOTD: 80% reds and 20% white (most of which are riesling or German whites)
August 1, 2007

phig
65-35 red to whites though I would drink more whites if my wife liked them more. I have actually discovered that the whites give me less of a fat head and that I don’t wake up in the middle of the night the way I do with some reds (especially big tannic ones). In any case, don’t agree with the ratings (at least for the Girardin and the Jadot which I have had). Girardin’s wines for me are two open knitted. An easy fat and not very ageworthy style. The Jadot on the other hand, will take ten years at least to come into its own and which point it will be not spectacular but very very good and a real white Burgundy experience–something that no California Chard (with the exception of Kalin perhaps) can do. There are others, even some that are less expensive, but some information you have to find out for yourself (there is only so much made heh, heh).
As for the price, yup, its out there expensive. But it is a matter of priorities. If you buy a new car every five years, there goes the expensive wine up in smoke. I’d rather drive a junker and have a few bottles of grand crus in my cellar. I ain’t rich but I’d rather drink rich than drive rich.
As for Sir Gary, whatever it takes to get Burgundy on the show, I’ll take. The irony is that Burgundy is controlled by a bunch of rich farmers whereas the uptight snobs are in Bordeaux (not too many “chateaux” in burgundy!).
August 1, 2007

portman
Catching up. It’s now Wednesday, Aug 1….

Informative nonetheless. Thank you.

QOTD: roughly 80% red, 20% white
August 1, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Hi-larious. Whoever helps write for sir gary are all geniuses.

I have a request for the next guest star on WLTV… CKC GV. Is he available? I hear he smokes a very excellent pipe as well.

QOTD – 50-50
August 2, 2007

YoungDave
Absolutely HILARIOUS character once again, and I love the host change-up every once in a while. Keep it up, G. Man.

QOTD: When I buy my half case (for the 20% discount) I usually go 3 to 3, and occasionally 4 red to 2 white. I bought a rose last time to spice it up, but in general I’m probably a 60% Red to 40% white type of guy- especially since we both know that white wine is a lesser, less complex, no skin contact, bastard child of the wine world.
August 2, 2007

JayZee
Sir Gary doth rocketh! Nice effort by the English chap.

QOTD: I generally drink about 90% red, 9% white, and 1% rose’.
August 3, 2007

David McWherter
Just waking of after a huge move — I LOOOVE that jerkoff Gary — but Sir Gary is my fave as well. Maybe CKC Gary will make an appearance sooner or later.

QOTD: Somewhere around 50/50. I’m on a red kick in this 90 degree heat, but when the temperature comes down, I suppose I’ll have to start drinking white again.

-david
August 4, 2007

Skol
Great episode. Love Corton Charlemagnes.
my QOTD is 70/30 red/white.
August 6, 2007

Jeff
80% whites after 10 years in Florida; used to be the opposite in the midwest!!
much more appreciation of the many and varied whites—love the reviews—friends also like them much better–they never knew there was the quality or variety out there–always assumed it was just the reds…..DON’T ASSUME!!! LOL
August 9, 2007

Sam I
QOD: Probably like 25+ red to 1 white… I’m trying to like whites but I just can’t get there… I find that there are lots of very good inexpensive red wines whereas I feel like the whites at the same price point have a bad after taste even if I like the overall taste of the wine
August 11, 2007

Elliot
I think this episode emphasizes how vital your charasmatic personality is to the success of the show. For I honestly had to bail out halfway through this one. I hope someone bans Sir V. from WLTV.

- Elliot (The Original CKC Representative *Episode 225)
August 24, 2007

Brandon M
I’m so ashamed of #251
September 6, 2007

sarah
what a douche…
October 8, 2007

wayno da wino
GARY,

Dat guy you had substituting for you, coulda passed
you your twin brudder. He was a tad “stuffy” though.

QOTD: approximately 50% red and 50% white.
December 12, 2007

Josh in Burgundy
Wow, got to love that pompous British excuse for a wine expert.

QOTD: I try to keep it 50-50 with both but I definitely get on kicks for specific regions or grape types but I really have no preference.
April 1, 2008

SKN
OMG, how, I repeat, HOW, did you keep a straight face for 14 minutes doing that?!?!?

Kudos! And thanks for making my “April Fools Day 2008!”
April 22, 2008

Oakmon's BF
That was a fine, serious, dignified performance Sir Gary. I have some ideas for next time. You should recommend a wine for relaxing after a fox hunt with the Prince of Wales. Maybe recommend a dessert wine for when having tea with the queen. You definitely canâ€™t sign off with Garyâ€™s line. I recommend â€œkeeping the wine world for those who are worthy.â€ After this line you should stand up; push your chair in and do a â€œsuperior danceâ€ Ã la Church Lady.
July 30, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Anyone who didnt like this episode clearny has no sense of humor. Not to be attacking people, but this was brilliant. This is why I love your show so much. I was almost laughing too much to hear half the things you were saying. QOTD: 90% whites, but I did drink a nice Italian red the other day, so I am getting better.
December 18, 2008

nnothing
qotd: probably about 75% red 25% white
December 18, 2008

nnothing
“reminds me of when we release the hounds and they bite you know the oncoming gentlemen that’s trying to break in and then we put them on fire the sticks that we use to burn these men that try to intrude… stick in the mud then put on fire… very quite nice” <—-totally priceless heh
March 11, 2009

Kittysafe
I love the Sir Gary episodes, never heard of them until I went back into the archives. Which means there hasn’t been a Sir Gary episode in a VERY long time… hmmm
June 27, 2009

Vincent Jones
I HATE this eps. It didn’t have the energy that’s normaly on the show, it wan’t funny at all and boring as can be. If it wasn’t for the fact that I like Gary’s shows and content I would have quit watching with in 10 mins.

If I was someone new to the site/show, I wouldn’t come back.

Please make tomorrows show like you normaly do Gary PLEASE!

QOTD 75% White wine : 25% Red wine

Vincent
June 27, 2009

Adrian aka AnGkEr
I can’t believe I was laughing at such a serious episode……..wow…but nice nonetheless……

QOTD: 60/40 as I’m pretty new and eventhough I’m trying to get the best of both world red still dominates…
June 28, 2009

Drew Ross (vinoBlue)
Found this episode after you twittered about Sir Gary. It almost reminds me of watching Stephen Colbert – hilarious, authentically inauthentic and I couldn’t get enough. When you said the 3rd wine smelled like “Italy in the country time,” I think you meant that it smelled like “County Time [lemonade] in Italy” – otherwise, what the heck is “country time”?

QOTD: 60% red to 40% white
July 2, 2009

Ranazul_Somm
I drink probably 85% white to 15% red. Two years ago it was probably reverse. I really prefer this style of Gary to the other one. Keep these coming!

Corton can really be austere. My first intro to Corton was different as well and I couldn’t see the value – but once you have a few…their intrigue hooks you! Plus, the ‘04 Jadot was a more traditional year in Burgundy. The ‘03 Vincent Girardin you were loving – ‘03 was HOT so it had all the fruit and “applesauce” which is just very atypical of Burgundy.
July 14, 2009

Phredd
This was a fun episode. I enjoyed the concept. You won’t make it as an actor, but that was very enjoyable.

I’m running about 40% white, 25% red, with 35% for dessert or rose. In non-dessert wine I actually prefer red, but I almost always have my wine over dinner and white is more compatible with most of what I eat these days. I am looking forward to the weekend, though, when I’m going to grill a steak and have a massive cabernet.
August 20, 2009

richardvinifera
Lol, a funny bit, i’m assuming that ‘Sir Gary’ is supposed to be a bit of an old school English gentleman stereotype? I’m a Brit. and very much enjoyed this, good to see Gary not taking himself too seriously and being a ’self-depricating’ Englishman (on our behalf!).

QOTD: Being in England, it’s probably 75% Red, 25% White, it’s nice to have some lightly chilled whites in our short summers but it can be hard to get inexpensive white wine that can be drunk by itself that has the killer combo of flavour and still keeping the acidity balanced so you can drink more than a glass without feeling like you’re burning your stomach!