1 Cheese 4 Wines! – Episode #288

August 7, 2007

Gary tries 4 VERY DIFFERENT wines with the same cheese to see how the pairings match up. Does every wine go with every cheese?

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“hah! “whether you like it or not” came in to bash all these wine snobs…” by Gid
“Giving a score on wines doesn’t make Gary a hypocrite. He shouldn’t be…” by richardvinifera
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Munzberg Weissburgunder Kabinett TrockenOther German Varieties
2004 Luigi Bosca Reserva MalbecArgentine Malbec
2005 Owen Roe Walla Walla Cabernet SauvignonWashington Cabernet Sauvignon
2002 Agros Muscat Of LimniosGreek Dessert Wine

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Justin’s email for info on the cheese

259 Responses

August 7, 2007

CJM
First.
August 7, 2007

Byzandula
Top 10? Sweet!
August 7, 2007

Norcal
Top something!
August 7, 2007

Run PMC
First time ever top 5?
August 7, 2007

Brandon M
Top Ten is so lame….

I love CHEESE
August 7, 2007

wlburk
Top ten…dang it, he didn’t use my ideas!
August 7, 2007

Dominus
Top 10! Now to watch.
August 7, 2007

Byzandula
Thundercats home is the “Cat’s Lair”
August 7, 2007

Dominus
How come my gravatar does not show up! Hmmmmm

Back to the nice wines we have today.
August 7, 2007

Ryan D
The Thundercats lived on Third Earth.
August 7, 2007

Hinrgman
I love cheese!!
August 7, 2007

Brandon M
SICK OPENING!
Love the Rant. Go ahead, call me a freak, whoever you are, I’ve got a TON of wine to share with all the other freaks, so we will be enjoying 30 Year old Beeranauslese Eiswein without you!
August 7, 2007

Ryan D
QotD: Raw clams on the half shell to start, no sauce except for some lemon on about half of them. Homemade pierogies, about a third each of potato, cheese, and cabbage/mushroom sauteed in onions and butter. For wine… Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, doesn’t matter what kind. Dessert, apple pie with vanilla ice cream on the side and some d’yqeum. With my wife.
August 7, 2007

Grasshopper
having to download quicktime version because flash player not showing up? Will go view latest and report back….

Grasshopper
August 7, 2007

wlburk
Tell all those people to SCREW OFF, Gary!

Don’t criticize the man with his own vlog and thousands of fans! MUA HA HA HA! Beat that, SNOBS! YEAH GARY, you piss all over those morons comments!

I don’t care if he didn’t use my idea, that intro was worth it!

I’m not sure I was ever in my “grand-pappy’s grand-pappy’s grand-pappy’s thought processes”?

I love the caution you throw to the wind with your stetment about Walla Walla…watch your back in Napa, their might be some haters out there!

Beyond the tasting notes, I think the best descriptor for the wine are: PAZZZZ, Seek It Out, or Expense Account Time!

“Not the best dessert wine I’ve ever had, and definitley not the best…” CLASSIC GARY! Interesting way to pull out a steal angle for the CKC/Hard Alcohol Heads! YOU ARE RIDICULOUS!

QOTD: Lemongrass Crusted Swordfish w/Mash Potatoes and Baby Bok Choy drizzled w/Coconut Curry Sauce – Schloss Schonborn Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Spatlese – My Fiance

Dessert: Ultimate Rasberry/Fudge Brownie – Graham’s 20 Year Tawny Port – My Fiance
August 7, 2007

gabe
WHEN WILL THEN BE NOW?? SOOOON!!! Spaceballs.
August 7, 2007

waibeans
he’s baaaaaaaaaaack

and he’s brought friends too.

bout time for a cheeze epo!
August 7, 2007

Kevin Ko-val-chik
Gary, about those wine jerks who send you nasty e-mails, screw them, they just don’t get it. Keep on keepin’ on!
August 7, 2007

Goose
LOVED the Conan clip and it was some much deserved exposure for you and the vaniacs!!!!!!!!!!
August 7, 2007

Ferrigno
where’s viddler???? ok, just let me watch!
August 7, 2007

Sue Z.
Hey Gary,
Just keep on doing what you’re doing man! We’re the ones having all the fun and we’ll keep on having a good time, with or without those folks! That said from one of your most loyal fans, devoted customer, and an original “old school” Vayniac (not to mention the one who coined the term VaynerNation;-) Maybe you should be more concerned about the guys from Napa after the Walla Walla comment!
QOD With my family and closest friends I would love to share a meal of juicy, medium rare prime rib eye grilled steaks, a dirty Jers grown tomato, vidalia onion and blue cheese dressing salad, and rosemary roasted potatoes with Barolo, Amerone, Bordeaux, or Washington State Cab! No room for desseert after all that, but if I did have room, I’d have some late harvest riesling or ice wine with a piece of warm apple strudel!!! I think I need a nap now!!!
August 7, 2007

BPlague
This is your show not anyone else’s, so they can go take a wine bottle and stick it….well you fill in the blank. The reason that I started drinking wine is because someone is not stilling there nose in the air and has that wine bottle jammed in their….well again fill in the blank. I agree with you about a wine pallet trust your own pallet no one else can tell me what I like because who is Robert Parker anyways? Is he someone special? No just another wine snob that wants me to like everything he says is good. Well that my opinion and I am sticking to it.
August 7, 2007

Mike S.
Owen Roe?? Nice. Always good to see those guys get some love. Wish WL would stock on them more, though.
August 7, 2007

Rob B.
Loved the rant!!!
One of my favorite shows.
QOTD: Oysters on the half shell for app. — followed by fresh mozzarella and tomato salad w/basil. A nice medium rare Rib eye and a good bottle of shafer Hillside Select Cab. Follow that up with some tiramisu — Friends and Family all the way.
August 7, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Who cares what anyone else says. Vayniacs rule and so do you Gary. Where else would you read a review of a wine that says it tasted like Grand Marnier? Cheese seemed like a bust as a wine pairing though.
Never could get the site to come up today so I watched on Quicktime as well.

The wine experience is different every time. Sometimes it’s the wine, sometimes the food and the wine but always is the companions because that is what wine is for to me…the sharing part.
August 7, 2007

Karl Laczko
Hey Gary, you upset my Sarah, she needs to hear your animated and excited intro every episode, now she has a sad face after the low grade intro…. not good.

Yeah, we know us Vayniacs don’t know s**t about wine, I mean I’ve still not reached my 60th Variety on my Century club application, I still can’t recall all the Premier Cru Vineyards in Chablis and can only remember 7 of the 13 main varieties used in ChÃ¢teauneuf-du-Pape, how thick am I?

Sarah’s happy now, you came back to normal. She says that anyone who doesn’t like you or your show should switch off and leave the good bits to us.

Nice VaynerQuotesâ„¢, decent defense, fairly good offense, nice to have you back….
August 7, 2007

phermented1
GV you are insane. Way to stick it to the snobs.

QOTD: Dinner with my wife would include oysters on the 1/2 shell, steak tartare to start. Then a salad of watercress, arugula, beets, stilton and hazelnuts followed by standing rib roast with horseradish crust and butter poached lobster. Finishing with shortbread cookies, bittersweet chocolate and some cheeses & fruits.
Wines would include Weil Rieslings, Brunier’s Vieux Telegraphe, Mayacamas Cabs, and Sauternes.
August 7, 2007

Kevin Ko-val-chik
Awesome episode. The best in a while.

QOTD: Roasted bird and potato, Beaujolais, my special lady.
August 7, 2007

Mudd
Gary your the man! But, But, I will admit that I prefer the classic Gary. At about episode #50 you caught fire. I think it was after you decided that keeping WLTV on the net was the way to go, it was like you had finally figured it all out. I think the style from those episodes feels more sincere (I’m up to like #110). Sure it’s still wacky and little over the top, but it doesn’t feel over-produced. Don’t get me wrong the content is still the bomb, but the newer shows feel a little too Hollywood. I realize that it’s probably the direction you need to go to expand WLTV which is unfortunate. Maybe it’s just me. I’ve always preferred the independent films to the Hollywood blockbusters.

I hope I don’t come across as some sort of ass, but since it seems to be topical I thought I’d share my opinion.

Great episode!
August 7, 2007

gabe
HEY LOU. I got the Motts
August 7, 2007

Jeff
QOTD: An old Barolo, a rustic Italian stew, my wife, my brother and his wife – and if it happened in Italy, even better.

Love the show!
August 7, 2007

Grasshopper
Sensei~

First, you do not have to defend yourself to anyone! You have always stayed true to who you are I am quite shocked to see my wise Master go off like that (even though it was hilarious!) You need to remember the teachings over our ancestors and live by this old chinese proverb………..F#@% em if they can’t take a joke! And if that does not work you can have them sniffy sniff my ass!…:)

Great episode and love the cheese pairing and think it is a great idea.

QOTD – just had that meal last fall. Paris with my sweetheart Mrs. Grasshopper at Le Bofinger, beautiful steak w/ bernaise sauce, with the most excellent frites and green beans and a bottle of 1994 Cos Estournel. Was an awesome meal with my awesome lady!

Grasshopper
August 7, 2007

Karl Laczko
Sorry, forgot the QOTD (DUH!)….Ultimate dinner? Slow cooked Lamb Shanks in a balsamic Vinegar & Rosemary sauce served with a young(ish) Ribera del Duero Roble or Crianza. No-one but Sarah on the guest list I’m afraid.

(Oak monster ripping of faces, that’s not good. Any reason why only the Quicktime worked today?)

Also, respect to Baron Elie de Rothschild, 1917-2007. R.I.P. (Thanks amgryger)
August 7, 2007

Erik T.
QOTD: The answer would be, a shrimp dish, with a riesling and my girlfriend.

Plus, Gary, thanks for sticking up for us. Despite what the nye sayers might say, your approch to wine HAS brought me closer to the wine world. The stuck up snobbiness of the elite, virtually drove me away from every beginning to get into wine. I’ve turned from worrying about selecting the right wine at the store, and being too afriad to ask the dumb questions, to unafriad and just trust my own pallet. As always, keep up the good work. I enjoy every aspect of your show.

-Erik
August 7, 2007

gordoyflaca
Like it!

continue to bring it on
August 7, 2007

Colin Devroe
Vayniacs! A million apologies for today’s flash player suckiness. We’re doing our best to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Love today’s show Gary, as always!
August 7, 2007

Carolyn
Loved this episode…
August 7, 2007

Brad
Perhaps my favorite episode of all time…and that says something, cuz I’ve been a geek here since day one…kinda. Could be cuz you rocked out sans twitter, old school…could be that Eric(k?) is back in the hizzy…or perhaps that there was no episode on Monday. Absence does make the heart grow fungus, doesn’t it? Anyways, the angst was dope- enjoyed it very much…much like my current hate towards Michael Strahan for holding out- what up depleated G-men?! Whole friggin’ platoon is droppin’ like flies…yoowwzah!
August 7, 2007

Carter
Holy crap… Strong words from GV… get em Garry!

Do Not… EVER… let people like that bring you down, or get you mad enough to lose face…. You’re the Man.
August 7, 2007

Shadowbird
Way to stick it to the snobs, GV! Give them some cheese with their whine!

QOTD: A tomato-sauce pasta (probably penne) with mushrooms, a bottle of raspberry wine, and my girlfriend. I’ve had two out of the three…
August 7, 2007

CindyW
Agreed — Washington wines are rocking the world. And I don’t just say that because I live here.

QOTD: I think I may have just had one of the best wine, food, and company experiences. It was last Friday night, at the Seattle Vayniacs get-together.
August 7, 2007

msb2ncsu
You knew the backlash had to be coming, GV. You took it well, my friend! Just be sure to ask for their tasting notes when they sip on the Haterade.

Great episode today… the impact of cheese is something that really interests me because we rarely taste wine on its own.

QOTD: NY style pepperoni and garlic pizza with a completely unassuming bottle of wine (like the Ruffino “Il Leo” you suggested) all enjoyed on the couch next to my wife while we watch a really bad romantic comedy that she wanted to rent. Close to midnight, when the movie has ended, we watch Sportscenter highlights while we force down some delicious tiramisu even though our stomachs have no room for it. We then stumble off to bed, glad that we took care of business before watching the movie. It really doesn’t get any better than that for me.

BTW, Thundercats lived on Third Earth but originally are from Thundera.
August 7, 2007

GrapeStuff
Great ep. GV! Gotta love how you brought the th..Th..TH….THUUUNDER to all those snoobs (snobe and newb combo)

…QOTD: Would have to be my gf and either a) the lamb entree from Fresh Cream in Monterey with a nice red, say Pinot Noir from an artisan producer in Cali or Oregon b) since you said it I haven’t stopped thinking about it – Sauterne and foie gras, seared or c) just an OTT fruit-bomb to quaff on its own. Jeesh, i think I could go on through the letter Z with food and wine pairings, but I’ll stop here.
August 7, 2007

Keith Adair
You go Gary. They were from Thundera. Remember Bill Cosby’s dad on the Cosby show? He was the voice of Panthro.
August 7, 2007

Bonez
Gary don’t let those wine snobs get to you! Your show is awesome and you aren’t too over the top! You show wine for what it is supposed to be… Fun!
August 7, 2007

Dave Canada
That’s right….time to bring the battle to the streets and take all the morons out!
QOTD – Just had my favorite dinner with my wife for our 5th anniversary. It was at the Old Prune in Stratford Ontario oldprune.on.ca
I had lamb with a 2000 Pichon Baron. Appetizers were Hamachi with a white bordeaux. It was sublime!
August 7, 2007

Keith Adair
Went to Silver Oaks Alexander Valley 03 release. Didn’t see any Vayniacs there in Alexander Valley. I would have taken a picture there wearing my wristband but I have not yet received it. Going in a few hours to see the Giants play and possibly see Bonds break the record.
August 7, 2007

djturb
the vayniacs aren’t scared either Gary… we can take ‘em!
August 7, 2007

thabeav
I love the rant. Keep bringing the thunder.
August 7, 2007

Phil
That rant was almost Jim Cramer-esque! Nice to hear you shoot back.
August 7, 2007

tampasteve
I have a big dinner coming up…..but after watching your episode I think I am going to bring a $9.99 bottle of wine with me instead of 10-20 year old Bordeaux’s I was thinking of bringing…..sorry guys:(
August 7, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Mudd,,, sry man, but you are coming across as just a little assy… not too bad. I think the letters and comments about “not serious enough”.. For the love of Pete! let him be different. I really like WS and their videos too, but they are who they are and Gary is who he is,,,, He’s giving us some great information, in and entertaining format,, AND IT’S FREE!!!!!

If you don’t like GVs delivery, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!! for your information, God some of you piss me off!
Have a good day.
August 7, 2007

BK
Gary. My Man! That was fabulous. Again, way to take the “opinions” with a grain of salt. Much like everything else in life, if you dont like it, dont do it. If you dont want to watch WLTV, then go f-ing scratch. The VaynerNation wants you to keep everything the way it is, which is why we all love this show and the movement you are bringing to the wine world. Keep it up.
August 7, 2007

BF
Coincidentally, I dissed a wine snob this weekend. I asked this wine store owner if he watched WLTV. “Oh, is that the guy from Jersey?” “That’s him.” “Oh [sigh] no, I haven’t seen that.” He was clearly pained by the interchange, so I looked around for a second and walked out of the store.
August 7, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
YOU ROCK GARY V!!!!!!! BRING THOSE SNOBS ON AND US VANIACS WILL BEAT ‘EM UP, CRUSH THEM AND SPIT OUR WINE OUT ON THEM!!!!!!;-)

QOTD: Rare leg of lamb, garlic mashed and an El Norte Bodegas.
August 7, 2007

Autoproxy
I loved hearing that story of the $9.99 bottle of wine that was the “star of the evening.”

Of course many people aren’t going to like you – the ones who get off on feeling part of an exclusive club of people who know all about premier crus and grand cru wines and find “lesser” wines distasteful will of course dislike the fact that you’re trying to make their world more accessible to people. I say just ignore them. Let them hate the “vulgar” masses. They’re the ones that miss out on the good wines, at the good prices…whether it be a $10 value or a $45 value.

QOTD – Sancerre, some sushi, and it’s a secret who’s my company at the dinner.
August 7, 2007

SS Chris
Nice Snob Smackdown!!!! F the snobs!!!

The Dwight Shrute Bobblehead is not feeling any GV luv.
August 7, 2007

Ferrigno
Alright I missed Erik soo bad!!! nice show gary, I LOVE it when you weird it out, expecting more of that soon! mmm I’m not in the mood of answering today’s question, sorry pal!
August 7, 2007

brooklyni
you tell ‘em gary! keep it up. nice, well deserved rant today!
August 7, 2007

Jon
Barry Bashing? Uncalled for.
You’re show is entertaining and informative. I like it, but the Barry comment joke or no joke was in bad taste. Thats just my opinion.
August 7, 2007

Neil
Wave on! Gary V and the Vayniacs will destroy the critics in their towers! But seriously how is bringing the enjoyment of wine down to a level where people aren’t intimidated a bad thing? Gary is doing a great job expanding people’s horizons – EPH – and if you have ever met him know that he is actually quite a humble person in real life. Get him in front of a camera though, and it’s another story. I think the critics are focusing on the delivery and not the message. I find the delivery entertaining.

Oh yeah and don’t forget WLTV is free and has no advertisements. If you press the play button, you automatically consent to Gary’s house rules which include the love of wine, trying new wine, the love of family and from September forward, the recognition that the NY Jet’s rock Gary’s universe.

QOTD: The perfect meal would be:

1.) With my wife, Julie.
2.) A bottle of decent Bordeaux, let’s say Lynch-Bages.
3.) Steak Frites or Coq Au Vin with some buttered noodles.
August 7, 2007

SoCal
Forget those fools…..let them think we don’t know $h!t…while they sleep on us we will take over
QOTD: Duck, Lafite, and my family…what else is there?
August 7, 2007

Kelly
Portugese Barbeque. Sangria. I don’t have a significant other so all my boys!

Stop having junky, random wines on the show Gary man WE NEED THE HEAT!

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32006

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31199

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=27989

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=33562

Any or all of these will do–COME ON MAN STEP UP!
August 7, 2007

Paul
Great show, Gary…not really sure how anyone thinks you’re ruining wine for anyone…in fact if they can let wine be ruined by a show they aren’t even obligated to watch then they should really consider not drinking anything at all. If people enjoy your show, then great, but if people don’t it shouldn’t influence the degree to which they enjoy wine in their private lives. If anything we can be thankful that you’re hear so we have more people to talk about wine with rather than just obsessing over it’s enjoyment by ourselves.

QOTD: Breast of Duck with red cabbage and cranberries, rosemary sauce over potato pancakes with a young red Burgundy; not much for dessert, but likely a simple beerenauselese with fruit. Company: If I was really gonna suck up I’d say you, but instead I’ll just go with a couple of my closest friends
August 7, 2007

Martin
It just gets better and better!

qotd: Ossobuco alla milanese, Gaja Barolo, K&J.
August 7, 2007

wolfie
gv: awesome show today, man. you actually made me laugh out loud a few times, which means it’s really quality stuff. the ladies bangin’ liquor in the 70’s! gold!

oh and keep kicking against the pricks!

qotd: well, let’s go with two scenarios…

this friday i’ve got a date with my wife at one of the best restaurants in the city. tasting menu, nine courses, wine paired. this could be mind bending. (my b-day present!)

if i could set up my own? i’d get the gang all in… parents, friends, everybody who means everything to me. and i’d do a massive array of wines and small dishes to sample along with them. like blow a G on wines, cheeses, fruits, meats, pates, the whole friggin’ bit. and i’d crank awesome tunes and we’d hang out. dare to dream. some day it’ll happen though!
August 7, 2007

Dusty
ha. way to stand up for the Vayner-nation. we got your back!

good to see that sometimes the wine doesn’t necessarily always enhance the wines. tried that for myself the other week…with a very similar outcome. i probably wasn’t quite as animated, but it was still fun.
August 7, 2007

Orion Slayer
What a frightening beginning to today’s show. :O

I’m so glad you don’t let the complainers change you one bit.

QOTD: My favorite meal would be a Thanksgiving meal with a great big turkey and all the trimmings paired with a really oaky Chardonnay like I remember when I first started drinking wine. I’d want all my family and my wife’s family there!

For a red, I want one of my wife’s great home-made pepporoni and olive pizzas with an over-the-top Zinfandel, shared with her as we watch the sunset on our backyard porch.
August 7, 2007

Ben N.
Gary you are the man, LOVED THIS EPISODE !!!!!
August 7, 2007

Robert Howells
Gary, Now that you have made the big time(Conan) I think you will have to get used to the idea of negative comments and feedback. It is human nature for people to react this way to your fame. I also wanted to say that your viewers should not ask you to change the format of WLTV because the show is perfect as is.

Robert.

PS: I love California rolls and Riesling for dinner with my wife Elizabeth
August 7, 2007

Chris G
the genuine items are always the best (not that you’re not always genuine but the fire in the belly seems to help)
qotd:Tokaji with Colsten Bassett Stilton..less is more.
August 7, 2007

Andy
Thanks for taking up for Vayner NATION G —- You have got my vote for Leader of the FREE WORLD (aka the wine world)
August 7, 2007

Chris G
and Esther my partner to share it! (forgot that bit – telling!)
August 7, 2007

Greg B.
Big G, Big G, and I mean Big G as in Wine GANGSTER. You’re not afraid. Let em have it. You paid your dues. They are just Snobs who drink wine, because they have to in order to stay in their social circle.

QOTD. Meal-Italian, Wine-Big and Red Whom – Family/Friends
August 7, 2007

Matt Beran
Way to throw up the defense Gar. Keep it up man!
August 7, 2007

Jen Loves Wine
Great episode – had to laugh about the little old ladies hittin the J&B and Bailey’s. I’ve never had a Muscat, and I am not necessarily sure I want to try it now after that….

QOTD: Any meal, any wine as long as I am with my sweetheart, Jason. If I had to narrow it down — I had stewed lamb dish over grits at a restaurant recently and LOVED it — so that and a great Cabernet Sauvignon. I like Quintessa, Togni, and Arietta.
August 7, 2007

life's too short...
here’s the thing: it’s called FUN. and is a perfect, scientific method for training your palate? prolly not. is it FUN to watch you and Conan stuff cigars into your mouths at high speed? A decided HELL YES. here’s the thing #2: that fun you showed on Conan is the fun that represents the *new* wine world. the inability of others to recognize that simple fact? well, they represent the less than fun wine world. they represent wine “sports” and traditional wine snobbery. they’ve forgotten that pedantics and stony reverence is not the only way to “live the wine life.” there are plenty of PhDs, doctors, and other professionals who count themselves as vayner-nauts. there are also working-class folks, too. there’s no discrimination. i say good riddance to fair-weather snobs who “used to be your friends.” screw that noise. you’re either someone’s friend or you’re not. an appearance on conan that basically mirrors a previous WLTV episode shouldn’t make or break any bonds that weren’t there in the first place. good on ya, my brother, and keep fighting the good fight.
August 7, 2007

AppellationMan
They are running scared! How dense do people need to be to see that wine is meant to be enjoyed? Wine is not an institution, and it will never be. It is a part of life. Thank you Gary, for being brave enough to enjoy it with us.
August 7, 2007

Russ J
Stick with the new tag line, “like it or not!”. I LIKE it!

QOTD: Grilled pork loin, a psycho California Zinfandel like Turley or Martinelli and Scarlett Johansson.
August 7, 2007

Sassodoro
Great show, Gary! I love the food-wine pairing stuff. Wine snobbery isn’t only about the wines. It’s also about the food-wine combinations (e.g., “Red wine with fish,” said James Bond in the movie From Russia With Love. “Well, that should have told me something.”) And WE (with a little bit of YOU) have to change that, too.

By the way, a paper by Madrigal-Galan and Heymann entitled “Sensory Effects of Consuming Cheese Prior to Evaluating Red Wine Flavor” was published last year in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. (The abstract can be found at http://www.ajevonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/12 .) Quoting from the abstract, “Some attributes, such as astringency, bell pepper, and oak flavor, significantly decreased when the wine was evaluated after tasting cheese. Only butter aroma was significantly enhanced by cheese.” Very interesting.

QOTD: Dinner with my wife. Otherwise, I’m not sure. I like the sound of Martin’s idea — Ossobuco with Barolo. Some of the most profound food experiences I’ve had were truffle-Nebbiolo combinations in dishes that were very simple. One was a truffled not-quite-hard-boiled egg on toast with 2001 Pio Cesare Barbaresco. Another was a pasta with shaved truffles and a 1999 Produttori del Barbaresco Rio Sordo.
August 7, 2007

Jerry
Gary,
Ignore them. Your opening is fantastic. Let those dry conservative
wine elitest go find another network. Your enthusiasm and upbeat passion
make this show fun to watch. Keep up the great job!

Jerry
August 7, 2007

TheThriller
Loved the episode!! Down with the wine snobs!
August 7, 2007

Aheadwithwings
Great Show…even though you didn’t enjoy the Malbec…I did enjoy it but, I am a newbie so what do I know haha. Thanks for standing up for the Vayniacs.
August 7, 2007

Alos Diallo
My ultimate dinner would have to be First course: Smoked Duck and fois gras salad served with 2001 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux-Monts. Second course: Asiago cheese with Yukon potatoes and baby spinach served with Vino Verde. Third Course: beef wellington served with Frenched carrots and potatoes and 1961 Petrus. Fourth Course fois gras pate crackers, and 4 year aged cheddar cheese with 1986 d’Yquem. Fifth Course: pecorino cheese with honey on top sitting on top roasted hazelnuts served with 1995 Krug Brut. Great Episode Gary. I am with you 100% people make fun of me all the time because I am a big vino verde fan but wine is about being true to yourself so I like what I like and I trust my pallet who cares what snobs think. I tell everyone here at UMASS Lowell that I know about your show and it is catching on! Do the show the way you want bro I think that it is good to keep it real. I love the show! Best show on the internet or tv!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 7, 2007

half century
WAY 2 GO G-MAN. I’m touched with all that defending the family stuff, but let’s move on…
August 7, 2007

graz
Hey Gary,

I am with you all the way on a big rasberry to all the critics who wish to preserve an elitist (imagined or real) vino attitude. But please lighten up on aligning yourself with the ckc (college kid crowd). I know you are a numbers guy and the majority of those face-twitter-book hits come from that demographic. But I was hooked by your challenge to develop a personal palate. Your theatrics are awesome but your shameless beggin’ for love has worn thin with this older, non-fratoid. Your audience must be more varied than your critics suggest.

keep the thunder comin’
August 7, 2007

E
Hi, I’m a freak who knows nothing about wine!

I’m thinking either a Provencal steak with Bordeaux (if it’s grilling season) or leg of lamb with Madiran (if it’s winter). That’s a start.

Speaking of which, I cracked one of those 2003 Sansonnets out of curiosity to see if I wanted any more … sweet merciful crap, you weren’t kidding about letting it air out all day. Nice stuff, but four hours barely seemed to put a dent in it. More dirt than I expected though, and I don’t mind that one bit.
August 7, 2007

SteveW
Great Show! Way to go Gary, don’t take any crap.
I liked the shout out for Walla Walla wines.
QOTD: Nice medium rare steak, 2003 Quilceda Creek, with and family and friends.
August 7, 2007

weakpulse
Keep on spreading the love, Gary. We’re gaining more Vayniac “freaks” by the minute. Those envious nincompoops will never get anywhere.
August 7, 2007

noanoa
Dear Gary,

I loved your appearance on the Conan O’Brien show.

It was Very Funny, Entertaining, a thoroughly fun filled wine class.

I gave you a perfect score of 100, and Conan too got a highmark for being a sport; you were full of all the adjectives reserved for describing a perfect wine.

DO NOT CHANGE COURSE, STAY AS YOU ARE.

And to those upstarts, stuffy neck, snobs, have more wine and do not smile too quickly, so as to prevent cracking them cheeks

Love Ya

Noah
August 7, 2007

KenP
The Thundercats hail from the planet Thundera. It was destroyed and then reformed as New Thundera.

Good ep.
August 7, 2007

keelegl
I’m going to have to agree with Mudd’s comments. I’m still a huge fan and I look forward to your show everyday, but it seems to be getting a little more about the other stuff and less about the wine each day. With that said, I loved the Conan show and I’m looking forward to see where this goes.

QOTD: I’m old school – juicy filet, potatoes au gratin and an aged Bordeaux with my girlfriend.
August 7, 2007

mas
Gary, with you all the way – never take any cr@p about your family!

QOTD: Start with an appetizer of Onset Oysters and Littlenecks with Verdicchio, Osso Bucco served on a bed of saffron risotto and roasted vegetables with a ‘90 Mascarello Monprivato, cannoli with espresso for dessert, and a Barbaresco Grappa just for sippin’. Dinner should take at least 3 hours and have my extended family present. If you’re in the neighborhood Gary, you’re welcomed!
August 7, 2007

John J.
Gary, I’ve been watching for a few weeks now and I have to say that it’s your enthusiasm, energy, and personality that keeps me coming back everyday (I check the site multiple times a day waiting for every update). I’m 25 and just started drinking wine about two years ago while I was in school in Virginia so I need all the help I can get. But I love the show, don’t change a damn thing. Keep it real!
~John
August 7, 2007

half century
QOTD;
lobster bisque (note; all my cooking), w/Perrier jouet
broiled lobsters stuffed with little peconic bay scallops, w/ a Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru, Barbara (for dessert)!
btw when i bartended in college circa 1976 at a steakhouse that served a lot of seniors i made a ton of rusty nails, scotch and drambuie
August 7, 2007

Kraemer
Growing pains can be a bitch, Gary. Keep at, don’t change, and thanks for sticking up for your fans.
August 7, 2007

Jennifer
Oh SNAP! Somebody did NOT call GV a jerkoff. We’re protective of our Gary…don’t make us release the Vaynerthugs. Mkay.
I don’t have any Thundercats (to my recollection, unless they’re in the attic), but let me know if you find yourself wishing you had one of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls around. That I can help with.
QOTD: Italian (dish/pizza depends on mood), friends back home, wine: anything that everyone can agree on.
August 7, 2007

GeneV
Loved the rant!!!

What some of these people who write you, but haven’t met you is that you are just as enthusiastic and sincere one on one. Stay real!
August 7, 2007

Jennifer
I just have to point out something cute. I was just reading over our comments- it reads funny. Everyone’s riled up over some of the e-mails Gary got and we’re all upset spewing “Oh, kiss my a$$! You suck! … argh argh argh! … ” then “QOTD… a lovely filet and creme brulee with a delicate reisling with my fabulous spouse” Classic.
August 7, 2007

Jennifer
I just have to point out something cute. I was just reading over our comments- it reads funny. Everyone’s riled up over some of the e-mails Gary got and we’re all upset spewing “Oh, kiss my a$$! You suck! … argh argh argh! … ” then “QOTD… a lovely filet and creme brulee with a delicate reisling with my fabulous spouse” Classic.
August 7, 2007

TROC
FRAT BOY? Freaks that know nothing? Wine was never invented to be a separator of the classes, just the opposite. France doesn’t want people like this guy. Get used to it, jerk, ordinary people are getting educated about wine, thanks to Gary V. and I guess you’re going to have to find some other hobby to raise your self up above other people. He sounds like the kind of guy who buys a Ferrari and never drives it, just keeps polishing it in the garage. France doesn’t want a guy like you, maybe North Korea, yeah, you and Buddy Holly sipping some Hennesy watching porn. That sounds more up your alley….
August 7, 2007

Ken B.
Gary,

Great show! Don’t worry about the wine snobs; change the wine world in SPITE of them. Love the show and don’t change who you are.

QOTD: My best friends from college a great Barolo and probably a steak dinner.

Keep it real Vaynerchuk!
August 7, 2007

Shad
Keep it going Gary!!!! Your Vayniacs are with you. Lobster tail, Sancerre, cheesecake shared with my wife.
August 7, 2007

Michael
Cheers! What a tour-de-force episode, I don’t think the Conan crowd appreciates just how funny you are, the bit with the Grand Marnier rant, the family here was cracking up. I want to be the spinoff of winelibrary like Maude and Jeffersons back in the old days. Give me syndication rights! This is a gem!
August 7, 2007

Tom (vtjones)
QOTD:

Person: My beautiful wife Amy
Food: 1.5 inch thick rare/meduim rare ribeye steak
Wine: A nice big Zin
August 7, 2007

amgryger
Gary,

I recently read, “Timequake,” by Kurt Vonnegut who made the following observation that instantly made me think of your naysayers, “She was acculturated! Acculturated persons are those who find that they are no longer treated as the sort of people they thought they were, because the outside world has changed…’Nothing wrecks any kind of love more effectively than the discovery that your previously acceptable behavior has become ridiculous.’”

I feel sorry for them.

Anyway.
QOTD: Something Piedmonte-ese with truffles, a barolo or barbaresco, and the special person I hope to someday meet.
August 7, 2007

Deano
You tell them Gary. The vaynernation is behind you 110%

Great episode i freakin love cheese as well.

QOTD:
-Really Good pasta with spicy red sauce, A good Merlot, and the wifey
August 7, 2007

JonE
In defense of Gary-

To all the nay sayers that believe Gary’s fan are “freaks” and don’t know anything about wine: keep in mind that some of us actually work in the wine business, selling, buying, importing, and auctioning these wines. Some of us have been featured in articles, and in the vast pages of “serious” wine media.

If one finds no fun in wine, there is absolutley no point. Wine should hopefully be a joyful experience, and no matter how one chooses to express that joy it is their own choice entirely. Is there intimidation that
Gary is more bombastic than your average eonophile? Perhaps if James Laube actually showed emotion we should fear him. If Gary so chooses to share his personal opinion one can take it or leave it, but one can never fault a man for speaking up.

To all the nay sayers please look somewhere else to focus your negativity, as is most of us “freaks” are having a really good time.

QOTD: Otto: Atleast two cheese courses, pizza, Caponata, Franciacorta, Brancaia Illitraia, gelato, vin santo, espresso. With the old crew Kenny, Robby, Andy and Rose.
August 7, 2007

Marc
Great episode. You could destroy Dennis Miller in a rant-off any day.

Just had my first attempt at the old Alsace-Gewurtraminer-with-a-spicy-dish. Didn’t work out too well. When cooking with Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin’ sauce, BE CAREFUL!

QOTD: I think I’m too young and immature for that question to apply to me. But I’ll tweak it. Best thing like that I’ve had is a couple months ago going to my girlfriend’s condo (You’d like her GV, she’s Belarussian) with my 2002 Pieve Del Vescovo Lucciaio (I’m a dryhead), eating some delicious pasta/chicken breast dish she made, and watching the NBA Draft the whole time. To me, that is (was) an amazing night.
August 7, 2007

Bossman
Weird? Freak? I resemble those remarks.

Way to call out the neighsayers, doubtful any will have the cajones to go knocking on your door anytime soon lest you take them to school.

Cordials…. oh lord, I could tell you stories about adolescents, blackberry brandy, cognac, annisette and tuna fish sandwiches w/tomato (to this day I can not look at a tf&t without gagging).

Just how does one know something tastes like Grand Mariner if they’ve never had it? Are you psycho…. er, psychic?

Thundercats were a little after my time but I’m working on it.

QOTD: French Onion Soup, Steak House Salad, Baked Potato, Onion Rings, Organic Vegetable Tasting, Special Chateaubriand and Macadamia Nut Ice Cream in the dessert room. Wine? Oh the wine, where to start? The company? TampaSteve, Ftboomer and just the biggest thing to hit the ‘net since since Al Gore invented it…. oh wait that’s just conjecture, now isn’t it? ;’)

QOTD to you: Why do I get the feeling that WL is out of stock on Stonecreek Reserve Cabernet because it’s all stockpiled in a spare bedroom somewhere on the Upper East Side?
August 7, 2007

james
Gary…this is why I luv you!! Walla walla over Napa?!?!?!? AAAHHHHH YYYEEEEAAHHHH!! When I said lets expose the world to WA wines I never thought you go that far!! And I luv it..L-U-V I-T!!! Over the top baby!! You are my new hero!!
August 7, 2007

Christopher T
Wow, you know its going to be a great episode when it STARTS with a crazy rant. Yes you’re obnoxious and over-the-top, but so are we and we love it!

Wine is fun! Gary, you make it fun, and that’s awesome! I drink wine because its fun. And yummy.

QOTD: Seafood, maybe cedar-grilled cajun salmon and a nice pinot grigio, soft and buttery but with enough strength to take the cajun.
August 7, 2007

Christopher T
QOTD: I sent before I finished! I was going to say I liked the 2005 Gallo Family Sonoma Reserve pinot gris. And I’d be having dinner with my lovely wife of course!
August 7, 2007

3robins
I love your opening….DON’T CHANGE A THING!!!!!
August 7, 2007

dkeck
Great show Gary
Loved the honesty, thanks for covering our back.
I am a sea food lover, so I love smoked salmon with a nice medium sweet Reisling with twice baked potatoes and slice of warm apple pie with a scoup of icecream. Geeeeezzzz that sounds great. To make the meal complete, I would love to share it with my Wife of 25 yrs.
August 7, 2007

Dominus
From Top 10 to . . . well, my office connection was a disaster.

Great, great show, rant and all. I was surprised you did not mention that Owen Roe makes world class Pinots from Oregon with a great QPR. I love the label so I will try some of his Walla Walla but please, better than Napa? Good luck this weekend.

QOTD: My trifecta will take place at Chateau Boyer (Les Crayeres) in Reims, France

Appetizer: Stuffed zucchini blossoms
Entre: Grilled Lamb Chops with Blueberry Sauce
Dessert: Creme Brulee

Wine: ‘86 Chateau Petrus

Guest: Living: Jennifer Love Hewitt Dead: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cheers!
August 7, 2007

John Witherspoon
The show rocked…

Glad to see you taking up for us, I would like to know how someone could generalize about the wine knowledge of all the Vayniacs. I know I didn’t take a test, did I do it in my sleep or something.

I think blending is becoming more popular, I know here in Virginia the wineries that really produce outstanding wines, have the skill of blending down to the art and science of it.

At Woodland Vineyard this year we are starting to do some blending based of input from Megan and I. I think that we came up with some stellar blends.

QOTD: That is a tough one, The person, My Wife Megan; The wine, Dry Creek Zin; The food, homemade veggie deluxe pizza with feta on top.

Explanation:

THis wouldn’t be my number one meal and wine combo of all time but Team MJ (MeganJohn) makes a delicious veggie pie and with a great, not too over the top Zin, it is a great date night here at the Witherspoon house.

J DUB
August 7, 2007

Jon B.
Rocked it…Loved the episode today way to lay it down..Love cheeses and I’m super pumped to see what the rest of the week brings.QOTD Non specific Italian (preferably red sauced with some Parmigiano Regiano).Got to go Barolo and would love nothing more than to share it with my wife,who is currently pregnant with our third,which leaves me drinking alone.Great show today thanks GV and WLTV crew.
August 7, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Great rant GV, you tell ‘em. Note to ‘em: don’t watch!

QOTD- A seat outside near the Atlantic, a sack of steamers with ice cold beer, a plate of softshell crabs sauteed in garlic with a side of corn on the cob, some Langwerth Spatlese, with the whole family.
August 7, 2007

J Crazy
QOTD: At the beach, my girl, my homies, my close family for a BBQ. It’s 110 degrees, we’ve had some Asahi Super Dry to make us smile and are laughing at whoever brought the 7 dollar Chianti in the wicker basket, chilled it to almost freezing and then served it up with the burgers and hot dogs. But, that’s a perfect match of good food, good wine (hey cold chianti and grilled burgers at the beach when it’s 110 is perfect), and good peeps.
That’s what life is all about. Besides, the chianti (purchased by the case for the bbq) can be used as sun screen lotion, too.
August 7, 2007

caleb
I wont bother defending myself and my knowledge to a bunch of douche bags….its playing into their hands…lets just all watch it slip away from them on person at a time….
QOTD- Lake Placid Lodge, Cote Rotie Wines…ms. winter
August 7, 2007

t_moderne
Been watching the show since the early days (an Amarone episode somewhere in the 30’s) and have watched you become more animated and use stock phrases and cliches. “That being said . . . ” I still enjoy the show as you “bring the thunder” and it is always “intriguing” and I’m “super excited” to see what you’re going to “give a whirl” after a “sniffy sniff” . You do get to act “over the top” but you bring the heart and come across as sincere, bring energy and excitement and make wine tasting fun – something that is missing in many other wine tasting circles. So, thank you.
That being said. . . QOTD . . .
dinner includes a warm King crab salad on belgian endive with a 2004 Kistler Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, a mushroom risotto with parmagiano reggiano cheese and shaved white truffles paired with a 2004 Williams Selyem Russian River Pinot. Secondo Piatti is a grilled veal chop with a 1999 Tignanello or 1997 Frescobaldi Castelgiocondo Brunello. Dessert is chocolate mousse with a Fonseca 1994 vintage port.
Dinner is with my family and friends, and Gary V. as I expect him to bring the wine (along with the thunder).

If that’s not the dinner . . . then a slice of pizza from Stromboli’s on University Place with a bottle of 1989 Lynch Bages.
August 7, 2007

Jen
[sigh] I LOVE YOU. Thanks for sticking up for your peeps.
LOL– that third button popped; niiiice!
Seriously, this may be my favorite episode to date! There’s something fantastic about your attitude. I am loving it. Thanks for giving it.
QOTD: Oh lord… ok: Filet Mignon with a blue cheese topping and cabernet reduction sauce, with baked sweet potatoes – brown sugar and butter- and grilled asparagus. If I had to choose a wine I’ve already tasted and liked, it would be ‘04 Eric Kent Kalen’s Big Boy Blend Shiraz. And the person: Sara L., my homey in Chicago, because she really knows how to enjoy a meal, and she’s my BFF.
August 7, 2007

Robert F
I love it when you talk dirty…I mean, when you freak out. That was up there with the tasting glass simpsons plastic cup rant. Nice job calling out the douchebag wine snobs with the stick up their ass! Wine isn’t just THEIR world anymore it’s EVERYONE’S world.

QOTD: Anything with truffles, 1990 La Tache, and the fam.
August 7, 2007

Alaska1
Gary, I would just like to say that I have been a VAYNIAC for a while now, well 7 months, but anyway I did spend my time reading books and scores, then I took “The Test” with Four Master Sommeliers teaching, and what I learned (other then wine) was that we “Sommeliers” are trying to get a way from this noses in the air, stuck up Better then everyone way that people who e-mail you are trying to turn you into. DON’T CHANGE!!!! If they don;t like WLTV then whay the HELL are they watching??????? I don’t get it, also why are they wasting your time by filling up your e-mail box with that !^%#@#? I was going to e-mail this to you but I know you have to read that crap first then get to the real fans but hay man keep up the GREAT work.

Nothing but love!

Go Vikes!
August 7, 2007

Jerry the 2THDR
QOTD Turley Zin 2003 Hayne vinyard,Fois Gras over garlic toast points from D C Coast restaurant in Washinton DC and my wife. Outstanding combination of flavors. Jerry the 2THDR
August 7, 2007

jaimelia
Gary, YOU ARE MY HERO!!! Thanks for the Walla Walla praise…I’m going in September and having been to Napa twice now, I can’t wait to make the comparison (but I’m secretely biased toward Walla Walla as I LOVE MY HOME STATE!)

Good rant, too. Don’t let the a-holes get you down, keep on keepin’ on!
August 7, 2007

Roo
Gary –

Lurker coming out into the light here. ADORE your show – do not even think about changing and good for you for “sticking it to the man”.

I too am glad you gave some props to Washington State wines. I “developed” a true appreciation for wine while living in Yakima. Hell, nothing else to do in Yakima than partake in some good Yakima Valley wines –

Interesting idea about the muscat as G.Marnier – one of my favorite drinks is a “Blueberry Tea” – 1 black tea bag steeped in 1oz GM, 1oz scalding water – all of it “resting” on top of another glass of hot water. I’ll try replacing the GM with the muscat – might work?

Keep it up.
August 7, 2007

Alaska1
Jerry the 2THDR

I was a cook there for a year. What a great place.
August 7, 2007

Doug
Great show! Nice to include a little lightening with the THUNDER! QOTD: Thick rib eye, some sassy, garlicy, cheesy pasta, and chocolate lava cake, with a bottle of 2002 Quilcita Creek Cab…with my wonderful wife who is very good company, but doesn’t like red wine. (I get to drink the whole bottle!!)
August 7, 2007

Shinmaryuu
Gary i have the first technological advance idea from the “Changing the wine world labs”.

Go out to office depot and get yourself a crosscut paper shredder. Print out a big sticker that says “WLTV Hater Grater” and slap it on the front. Now every time you get one of those lame hater mail letters slam it into the hater grater on the show. It will make you feel better and show these critics of the new style just “a little bit” of what we are about .
August 7, 2007

wildebeest
Dear Gary,

Your approach to wine and community remains an inspiration. You are the Obama of the wine world, while Parker and Spectator are its Hillary Clinton. In other words, you’re changing the world, and motivating others to take part in the change. Those who love the status quo will inevitably balk whenever you make any headway, but that only proves that they see you as a genuine threat. I’m confident that what you are doing is good for America. You’re not defiling something sacred; you’re sharing something wonderful with the masses. And I will continue to be your advocate wherever I go.
August 7, 2007

wildebeest
heh, I like the “hater grater” idea. Maybe you could even save all the shavings and have some kind of celebration when the pile reaches a certain height.
August 7, 2007

AnthonyS
Great to have you back Erik. Hope things are going well with the family.

This is the first episode that Sarah and I have watched together and I couldn’t have asked for a better one. Not for the wines that were tasted or the theme of the episode (although it was a good one). You’ve had a ton of comments about your intro ‘rant’ and all we could do was nod our heads. It’s good to know that there are more people out there like us. People that just want to enjoy ourselves, but at the same time enjoy some excellent wine (and maybe learn a little something). Which brings me to the question of the day…

QOTD: Sit me down at the Chef’s Table at a 5 star restaurant. Alone. Feed me beluga caviar, perfectly seared foie gras, black truffles, and any of the most expensive foods that can be prepared. That’s….that’s…garbage…

I feel that it doesn’t matter WHAT you’re eating, but WHO you’re eating with. You can feed me grilled cheese heated on a radiator, and so long as I’m with someone that is near and dear to me, THAT will be my ultimate meal.

I’ve have hundreds of my greatest meals ever. Each one is unique, spent with someone who is special to me, and I look forward to the next.
August 7, 2007

tarheel17
Nice intro!!!

Thundercats were from… Thundera?? So long ago.
August 7, 2007

Koenraad
change Europe too man,

so US centered :’(
August 7, 2007

Won
Gary, thank you for yet another amazing episode.
Cheese and wine pairing is something I began to experiment after watching WLTV and I am having a lot of fun with it. So, thank you again!!
August 7, 2007

Sylvia Venturos
I had my eye on you, too, in third grade until I watched you eat the heads off those poor little worms. You were a weird kid, Gary!!

-Sylvia
August 7, 2007

fruit bomb baby
Go Gary! Way to get back to wine tasting!
August 7, 2007

Lenny
Gary.

Forget about the guys bad mouthing you. Chances are they are form competitors trying to downgrade WLTV.

I see the same thing in apartment reviews around Houston. Amazing how all the negative comments seem to sound very much alike.

I wouldn’t even give them the time of day!!!

Ignore them.

You are leading the pack!!
August 7, 2007

Denise
QOTD:
Sancerre with tuna tartare and citrus vinaigrette
Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape with a succulent veal chop and roasted baby root vegetables
Far Niente Dolce with chocolate profiteroles
Finish with a vintage port in front of a warm fire with the man of my dreams…

…someday.
August 8, 2007

Tribull
QOTD: A corn dog, cheap white zin, and the wine snob you referenced at the start of today’s episode!!!!!
August 8, 2007

the big wine O
Thundercats are from The Planet Thundera
August 8, 2007

the big wine O
snub the snob
August 8, 2007

TWofPasadena
sorry, but as a Giants fan all I can say is….

BARRY BARRY BARRY!!!

what’s up with a Mets fan getting the ball??? I call BS!
August 8, 2007

Photojoe
Gary,

I think you are exactly what the wine world needs and I am so appreciative that you are including all of us in it! Keep rocking on Gary! It’s a new time and I think you hit it right on the nose with people trying to impress their friends with their wine knowledge. I’ve been having so much more fun since I’ve been watching your blogs and I can’t imagine having a day or two without your fun attitude to look forward to while drinking a good bottle.

Joe
August 8, 2007

Koenraad
QOTD:

- Sushi
- MÃ¶et et Chandon Brut
- girl clad like a bird
August 8, 2007

Panoca
Gary, you are the best!
Screw off the snobs or pseudo snobs or whatever they are. You brought the real thunder. Sure, i follow also Wine Spectator and Parker, but you are something different and that’s what we need at this point in this rusty Wine industry. You are honest, fresh and fun. You brought some personal “touch” in this great vayniac community. I feel proud of you.
Keep up the great work. You/We are changing the wine world.
August 8, 2007

Judi
we like it that a little bit of you and lots of us are changing the wine
world!! just ignore those doofus’s
can’t answer the question of the day cuz i have not met the guy i want to share dinner with yet!
you are great
j.
August 8, 2007

Malarkey
wow, calling Walla Walla over Napa! that’s a limb to walk out on! I wish I could have a little avi of just that portion of the ep. I’d like to send it to a few folks I know

qotd: oh good god, I could write pages about the perfect meal.
August 8, 2007

KenP
Not sure Conan was the best place to cut your TV teeth, GV. Old School Johnny Carson minted this shtick more than a half-century ago. A late night show is an immediate consumable. All confection, zero calories.
Further, the distinction is not between selected nasty e-mails and your efforts. I’ve talked with numerous sommeliers around the country, all have been enthusiastic about your efforts, all are open to new approaches. The fact is that ‘changing the wine world’ is not exclusive to you. Many are straining on the same wheel.
Not sure. Not sure.
August 8, 2007

Palmer
tough qotd, but it would probably involve a leg of lamb and a bottle or three of Failla Pinot Noir with my parents, my girl and about 7 of my boys.
August 8, 2007

Steve-o
YEAH GARY. Washington wines are kickin down Cali’s door.

And, once again, I support all of your nuttyness. Keep on keepin on.

QOTD: Beef baked in yogurt(a rough translation of a curry dish)

Terra Blanca Block 8 reserve Syrah

The perfect woman (who I have most definitely not met yet)
August 8, 2007

Samantha H.
How many of those critics have a top rated video podcast? Must be doing something right.

Washington wines were some of the first wines I ever drank and it’s nice to see them getting some respect!

Great show Gary, keep it up!
August 8, 2007

Hans AW
Great show Gary.

I wish I could have been at some of those parties you mentioned. Also, I definitely have to try some more Walla Walla wines. I’ve been limited to Chateau Ste Michelle, Snoqualimie, and a few others. I’ll seek them out.

QOTD: Best dinner. Every dinner needs to fit it’s context, so I’ll give the context I’m dreaming of now.

Dinner outdoors with my wife and about six good friends. We have a view of the sea and the coastline at sunset on the southern Italian coast. It could be Vieste, Capri, Ravello, Taormina, Cefalu, Agrigento, or any number of places… it doesn’t really matter.
Primo: Spaghetti ai frutti di mare with some spicy red pepper mixed in. The wine is Fiano di Avellino.
Secondo: Grigliata mista with various types of fish and definitely calamari. wine: Vermentino
Cheese: a top notch pecorino Sardo
Finish off the meal with a chilled, crisp limoncello.
August 8, 2007

vibemore
GV- This show is why people love ya. Seriously…keep pushing. And thanks for sending the love to WA state. Walla Walla rock on.

QOTD: a) Anything that Crush (Seattle restaurant) wants to serve me with b) any wine that Chapoutier thinks would pair well with the meal with c) my sweet wife.
August 8, 2007

TagWorld Brian
QOTD: favorite meal is probably steak at Mastros with mushrooms, Goldeneye Duckhorn Pinot Noir, Caymus Special Selection Cab. Sauv. 2004. After that, spicy Asian or sushi with cool Riesling.

SOON… 267 days in the countdown? Hmmmm. C’mon, GV. Is it a boyniac or a girlniac? You must’ve done the ultrasound.
August 8, 2007

KenP
And cut the ‘family’ crap. You’re too young to be the father of us all. LOL.
Here’s a living breathing metaphor of your predicament: http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-_W18CWypE
Come West, young man, come West.
August 8, 2007

Gee
Greetings from Washington state, Gary. Walla Walla red wines (Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, and related blends) need to find more delicacy and balance; the fruit and alcohol is often too dominant. I want more finesse, more terroir, and a lower price for those better wines! Hard to find a good QPR. And hard to find a nice Cabernet that can develop with age. Like from everywhere else, there’s also a lot of mediocre wine from our state. As good as Napa? Yes, there are some excellent reds from eastern Washington, but they haven’t shown me reds that develop as well as the better from Napa. BTW, I favor the old world wines.

A good meal: amuse bouche of a couple lightly seared scallops with faint mandarin orange sauce, entre of eggs meurette with that lovely and rich beef-based sauce, main plat of thinly sliced duck breast with duck blood sauce, followed by simple salad of crisp limestone lettuce with a little endive and a mustard seed vinegar dressing, then cheese plate with maybe bleu d’Auvergne, well-aged ComtÃ©, and tomme aux noix. Finally, for dessert, a plate of vine-ripe strawberries arranged on a splash of creme anglaise. Of course, we’d have superb French bread during the meal. Wines? Champagne to start, perhaps 1998 Mumm. Then that Droughin 1966 Richeborg with the eggs meurette. Then a 1982 Cos d’Estournel with the duck. And with dessert, I’m going back to finish the Mumm.

Are we hungry now?
August 8, 2007

Ol'McDonald
QOTD: ’s gotta be a large cheese pizza at Newbury Pizza on Newbury in Boston…”Big-ups to Boston”, with my lovely wife Liska, sipping on (2005?) Hess cabernet sauvignon.
-P.S. Gary-I’ve got a Thundercat comin’ your way boss.
August 8, 2007

KC Dan
Gman You are changing the wine world And they are scared of change !! Don’t let anyone tell you how to do your thing G . If they don’t like it then they can SNIFFY SNIFF the RATS ASS ! Vaynerfreaks Rule !!!
August 8, 2007

Rani
Gary,
More power to you. What I like is that you aren’t trying to be the snotty uptight “wine snob” but just showing everyone what you personally enjoy about wine…and that is what wine is all about, enjoying life.

QOTD: Any good friend or family memeber, medium/medium rare filet mignon, Altamura.
August 8, 2007

LPapi
Hey Gary I could tell you were excited that your buddy Eric was there hahaa.

I’d like to call YOU out on this Gary… if you have time to look at these comments after you answer your thousand emails a day.. What’s YOUR answer to the question of the day.. I’d like to know (I’m sure everyone elses would too).

QOTD:

- Boboquivaris Restaurant’s (San Fran, CA) Bone-In Filet Mignon (with a bit of melted blue cheese on top)

- TANTARA Pinot Noir from Bien Nacido Valley (You guys should cary this, it’s absolutely ridiculous).

- Robert Parker.. but only to tell him “I wish it was Gary Vaynerchuck that was sitting in your chair hahaha”
August 8, 2007

KenP
No more rants. Bored to tears.
Do what you do best. Nuff said.
This is what I do: http://youtube.com/watch?v=axnCMV-on9Q
August 8, 2007

LPapi
Oh, I forgot to add the vegies for the question of the day above: Grilled Asparagus with Hollandaise sauce for dipping.
August 8, 2007

NathanN
No Thunder Cats Here.

Great show!

QOTD: A good fillet, potatoes, asparagus, and bread pudding for desert with my wife. Oh the wine would have to be something I have never had before like a Caymus Special Select.
August 8, 2007

MetalDave
QOTD:

I’ll just go main course, because my ultimate dinner would be a 12-course extravaganza.

Venison tenterloin roasted rare with reduction of demi-glace, blackcurrants and raspberries. Dream wine with it? 1945 Mouton-Rothschild

Choosing one person would be tough. My wife, Lauren. My dad. My buddy Darshan. My boss, Eamonn. My colleague, Mark. Tough one.

I love the rants, definately don’t stop them.

Since you’re such a football man, why don’t you score wines based on a 16 game season. For example, a 100 point wine is a 16-0 season. So you’re 90 point could be a 12-4?
August 8, 2007

italianwinelover
Wow what a way to stand up for us…the Vanernation loves you!!!! Keep up the great time…wine is suppose to be fun and thats what you make it out to be!!!

QOTD: I would love to have dinner one more time with my father…he always loved Italian food, brought him back to his roots. Although he would drink my uncles wine I would rather share a bottle of Nebbiolo, and since I’m a vegetarian I would want to have a grilled salmon with a holadase sauce covered with asparagus!!! But if I had to pick a living dinner companion it would be you GV…what an awesome time we would have!!!

ROCK ON GV!!!
August 8, 2007

Rempshaker
Gary, I think that is the closing line you should use from here on out…”Whether you like it or not!!” AWESOME!!
August 8, 2007

E-Rock
QOTD = Caesar salad, a porterhouse for 2, creamed spinach, hash browns and a bottle of Caymus Special Select with my Father.

but rigatoni with meatballs, sausage, bracciole in home made tomato sauce and a bottle of Reserve Brunello with my Father in an absurdly close second.
August 8, 2007

greentox
This was the best show ever. Not the most of anything but just balanced (Equal parts angry, knowledgeable, crazy, serious, loud, and soft spoken and all genuine) like a good wine.

QOTD – 4 course italian – Mussels with a Chablis or Muscadet; pork stuffed ravioli w/ blue cheese/walnut sauce and a pinot grigio; osso bucco on polenta w/ something authoritative from Piedmonte; pears poached in chianti for dessert. All with my wife, sister and brother-in-law.

Speaking of dessert wines, I had an Pellegrino Passito a couple months ago. People should seek it out if they’ve never had it – awesome.
August 8, 2007

greentox
looking back that’s 1 french course and 3 italian.
August 8, 2007

ando
Great show. Backlash and angry emails only mean that people are worried that you are onto something. Clearly you are building this into something much more than a “wime show”. Keep it up. I think you have a lot of fans out there.
August 8, 2007

stewart l
QOD-Ultimate meal-probably a veal dish-with cabernet reduction sauce, risotto, and asparagus For wine Ridge Montebello Cabs from the 80’s and for dessert Ch. Yquem!
August 8, 2007

Phoebe
Sticks and stones can hurt my Beaunes…
August 8, 2007

Aaron
QOTD: 1) Rocking the fois gras with an auslese 2) Grilled Beef with Malbec.
August 8, 2007

Aaron
QOTD ADDITION: Oh yeah, with William Shatner!
August 8, 2007

Matt N.
Great show today. Gotta love the Thundercats baby! Ultimate dinner would have to be a surf and turf style with jumbo prawns and beef tenderloin, maybe a port sauce or something. Although I haven’t yet had the opportunity to try many life-changing wines I think it would be a ‘61 Margaux or something to that effect, although that wouldn’t go with the prawns but whatever. D’Equem for dessert perhaps? And shared with my girlfriend and her father (maybe that seems weird but he got me into wine so I would have to include him).
August 8, 2007

Doc Dan
Gary, Don’t be discouraged by the wine snobs!!! Live, love life/family, drink wine!!
QOTD: Porterhouse with BRDX
August 8, 2007

Bernie Bearnaise
At first I thought you were tired from travelling when the intro was subdued. I must say that I always look forward to the next episode because it is fresh not canned. It is hard to generalize about your audience but just from the comments section I’d say there is a wide spectrum from the wine geeks to the hedonists in training. Another appealing aspect of your show is your honesty and integrity. I have great respect for anyone that is so good at what they do that they make it look easy.

Professor Emile Peynaud changed the winemaking in Bordeaux and started the modern movement towards quality. His protege Michel Rolland is often brought in to consult with the top producers in both hemispheres of the wine world. Robert Parker changed the wine world with his prolific tasting notes and 100 point scale. His ultimate advice is to trust your own palate. It is probably a sign of Gary’s influence when he starts to receive these slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Gary could make QPR the next big thing….

There was a lot going on visually in today’s show with the Thundercats and the wheels of cheese. I wish we had smellerama…

All of the food suggestions were so good that I could hardly pick my own QOTD. How many courses and wines am I allowed? Who will drive me home?

Let’s see, I’ll go Old World.

Taittingers Blanc de Blanc with Petrossian Caviar.

Crab Imperial with Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne

Rack of Lamb with Chateau Ausone

Stilton fruit and Fonseca

Hines Triomphe Cognac (if wintertime) with a few walnuts to crack.

A Brazilian Samba dancer would be nice…I mean my wife of course!

BB
August 8, 2007

DougieFresh (Doug Hill)
Vayner-Haters… there’s always haters hanging around waiting to pounce on anyone who threatens how they believe things should be. They can take the 90+ Reobert Parkers and cork their arse with it. The Vayner-nation will rise and conquer the Vayner-haters.

Keep the Crusade Alive.
Viva La Vaynerchuck!

“De gustibus non est disputandum.”
Latin for: “In matters of taste, there is no argument.”
August 8, 2007

DougieFresh (Doug Hill)
Mmmmmmmm…. SLIDERS! You should do a tasting with Sliders and boxed wine. Seriously… how awesome would that be?

The best of Boxed Wine… talk about sticking it to the Vayner-haters! That would light them up!
August 8, 2007

DougieFresh (Doug Hill)
QOTD:

The Trifecta….

Pasta Diablo with Cameroons and scallops

A smooth Super Tuscan

Angie Harmon… Talk about “sticking it” to the NYGiants (Seahorn)… lol ;P
August 8, 2007

Joe
I just had White Castle at about 4am last night! Good Times! Make sure you get the JalapeÃ±o bacon cheeseburgers!
August 8, 2007

SP
Loved the rant buddy! Pumped for today’s (Weds) episode!
August 8, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
Fun show! F the snobs.

GV, do me a favor, when the OAK MONSTER makes an appearence, give us a little more detail as to what form he is taking that day, i.e. butter, dairy, vanilla, just plain wood. Thanks Gary!!

QOTD: Too many to pick just one, however all include meat, carbs, good wine with family and close friends.
August 8, 2007

EricP
Was in Walla Walla for there Spring release and while there was a lot of very good wine, anything under $40 was generally mediocre. However many of the wineries were new. Also, since their last frost kill off, it seams at lot of the grapes used are coming from other Washington AVAs.
QOTD: How could anyone just choose one? Maybe I’m just to indecisive these days.
August 8, 2007

David McWherter
Hey Gary — I’ve been sitting on this a while, but you have to try a 2005 Borsao Red Table Wine (75% Garnacha/25% Tempranillo). I got it for $8 in Ohio, and I thought it was a great valued nestle-quick bomb you might enjoy. I don’t know if it’s available in your store though…
August 8, 2007

Cam
“Ruining it for everybody”??? Just who does that jerkoff think “everybody” is? People who hate FUN???

I look forward to WLTV every day in part because of your tremendous energy. It’s great to see someone so excited about wine. I’m excited about wine too! And as someone who’s relatively new to wine, I can say that you have played a big role in taking away the intimidation factor for me, and helped me to learn a lot about tasting.

I also LOVE that QPR plays a big role in most of the shows. Most of us can’t afford to drop $100 on wine for an everyday dinner. And that’s just fine. You can get great wines at good prices, and anyone who’d turn their nose up at a wine because simply because it’s not expensive is just a fool. (And you know what they say about a fool and his money, haha.)

Keep up the good work, Gary! And thanks for standing up for all the Vayniacs!

*hugs*

QOTD: Ack, that would be hard to say! I love so many different kinds of food. Hmmm…. I’m not sure that this is my ultimate dinner, so much as my favorite dinner, haha.

Sushi and Dr. Loosen Riesling with my fiance, Ben.
August 8, 2007

Jayhitek
QOTD: Maybe a grilled piece of thick beef like a RibEye – Solid bottleS of wine, big and Red – And probably the boys, because I will laugh with them and get to eat like a glutton without the guilt from the wife.
August 8, 2007

Paul M
Loved the intro.

QOTD: L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon tasting menu, wine pairings suggested by the sommelier, I would say with my wife but she hates this kind of food, so I have to find a real foodie to go with … I went to the L’Atelier in Las Vegas and had a GREAT meal by myself.
August 8, 2007

The Detective
For what its worth GV – I don’t think you’re an imbecile and your palate is RIGHT ON! You’re what got me into wine and now I’ve got all my friends into it too. Food tastes better in The Vaynerchuk Era – I take time out like never before to sniff and swirl my food around. Your show is about more than wine – it offers unpretentious enjoyment of all the things life has to offer. And that is a profound thing.

-Mark
August 8, 2007

StaceyS
Great episode!!!

QOTD: Roasted smoke duck with port cherry reduction, garlic mashed potatoes, and fresh green beans. Oregon Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and my husband in New Orleans (pre-Katrina).
August 8, 2007

DMR Blackstone VA
Got to be kidding! One of the biggest markets for wine drinkers is the 21 to 40-ish crowd. The Wine Library is innovative, informative, entertaining and approachable. It’s the wine snobs who ruin it for everyone.

Too many favorites to choose from: Maybe Boston “Lobsta” and “steamas” with a bottle of bubbly, fresh bread on the side – wicked awesome!
or
A good steak on the grill, with grilled veggies (summer squash, zuchinni) paired with 2002 Yalumba Signature Cab/Shiraz.

Changes with the seasons, but my favs for now.
August 8, 2007

Rob
Stop giving these haters air time.
August 8, 2007

jett
gv—— thanks for the heads up. have not viewed the latest session yet. i’m sure it’s a winner. your energy and wine knowledge are fantastic. stay the course. all the sessions are enjoyable and fun to view. later, jett
August 8, 2007

flavasauce
Wow Gary, amazing show! You are truly a breath of fresh air.
QOTD: Tagleiatelle with fresh white truffles grated on top (the most mind blowing thing I have ever eaten) and and old Barolo with either my whole family or just my honey.
August 8, 2007

DavidB
Rant on if you wish but I fear it falls on deaf ears. No worries, better off w/o them anyway.

QOTD: Any dinner with my wife an now 5mos old baby girl, as long as it includes a nice tasty wine;)
August 8, 2007

Carlitos
Hey, Gary! Don’t take it personaly, man! Somebody used to say something like “if everybody likes you then you are not really changing things” and you are really trying to change things, right? So don’t worry about the critics and keep doing what you’re doing.

QOTD. A platter of stinky cheese and a good baguette, a nice aged Bordeaux (or a CdP) and my lovely wife. That’s perfection!
August 8, 2007

mcj
QOTD: I’m very partial to Thai food with champagne/something sparkley with my wife
August 8, 2007

Devin P
Great show Gary!

Those Thundercats look like Vultureman, a bad guy, and Snowman of Hook Mountain, a good guy. So it’s actually 2-1 in favor of the heroes!
August 8, 2007

David
QOTD: Recently made my favorite dinner in recent memory with my wife and brother in law – NY strip steaks, beet and cheddar cheese risotto (unusual I know, but wonderful), buffalo mozzarella and yellow tomato salad, strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert. Wines included ‘04 Vechhio Chianti Classico and ‘03 Chateau de Ferriere which were both great and matched the food perfectly.
August 8, 2007

Toke-Dawg
QOTD: Right now, I’d gotta say a really good rack of BBQ ribs with the 2003 Yatir Forest cab (try it, Gary-trust me).
August 8, 2007

Bossman
DougieFresh (Doug Hill) check out epsiode #127, no sliders but Gary celebrates with obscenely excessive gifts from the staff. The first 3 bottles ring in at under $15 in total, but the winner of the taste off has an obnoxious QPR.
August 8, 2007

DougieFresh (Doug Hill)
Thanks Bossman… I’ve seen that episode.

WLTV Classic!

Thanks again Bossman!
August 8, 2007

L from Cape Cod
Hey Mr. V
Great show.
Some people are so negative hu?
August 8, 2007

Marty
QOTD: A dinner with some french friends to celebrate the end of our PhD writing…and we were all glad this was over !
Starting with foie gras and Sauternes, ChÃ¢teau Lamothe 1986. Then some seafood and a wine I don’t remember any more, followed by horse meat, mushroom sauce, potato gratin and an excellent 1996 ChÃ¢teau Haut Marbuzet from St. Estephe. With the dessert, a Coteaux du Layon. I will remember this for a long time !
August 8, 2007

kaspars
QOTD: We like to cook salmon (wrapped in foil) in oven, some peppers over it, squeeze lemon juice and put on top some parmessan melted in sweet cream (opposite of sour cream – it’s amazing! Then usually we take some new world (mostly Chile’s) Chardonnay, for example Montes Alpha, could be even Chile’s Sauvignon Blanc as they are not so “screaming” as NewZealand ones are. We – that’s me and my beloved.
August 8, 2007

Rich S
FWS Gary!!!!!

I don’t know if that applies but I felt like it fits here. NY Pete and SS would certainly appreciate that.

You go get em Gary!!! You know we have your back!!!!
August 8, 2007

BK
Loved this episode!
Sic em Gary!
The main irritating thing with all the haters and poncey exclusive members-only wine nerds is….
How is it ever a bad thing that more people are becoming interested in wine and trying new things?
Does it really matter HOW they are becoming more interested?

I’m sure the wine makers don’t object to having more drinkers.
I’m sure the wine publications don’t object to having more subscribers.

yadda yadda.

Love ya Gary, keep it comin!
August 8, 2007

Tina Smith
Good going, Gary. You know, so many people have forgotten that drinking wine is fun! Oh well, I guess we should feel sorry for these wine snobs that think that all us Vayniacs are idiots. They’re really missing out…too bad, so sad…
August 8, 2007

Daniel O
Wine & cheese, one of my favourite combinations!

What sort of closure/top was that on the German pinot blanc? It looked cool!
August 8, 2007

Orion Slayer
This is just a test:

comma-right parens –
comma-left parens –
semicolon-right parens –
comma-capD –
comma-lowerp – :p
comma-capS – :S
August 8, 2007

Stevo
You tell em! People can get snotty and snobbish about wine, and all of a sudden they start to talk proper and get boring. Lets make it fun. QOTD= A filet mignon topped with foie gras and believe it or not, the erath pinot noir was a great match. My wife appreciated it also.
August 8, 2007

Wave
GREAT SHOW!!!!!!! QOD- Caymus SS w/ Dad and some bbq porterhouse.Also.Dinner at Gerard’s Rest. in Lahaina, Maui w/ my girl, a rack of lamb and a southern rhone beauty.
August 8, 2007

Bruce Faitsch
Couldn’t agree with you more about your bouquet comment – the nose knows, fruit is waay overrated. Wish more wine today was like the type of wine made in the 60’s in Bordeaux and Burgundy!

Hope you and my son have a great trip to wine country this weekend – he can be an actor, too, as you know.
August 8, 2007

Tom L
Gary – You haven’t turned me off yet. But I must say that I enjoyed your earlier episodes a lot more. They were more about the vino.

Take a self-critical look at the Slate article too. Still love you though.

Thanks for all the great wine tips, the education and for cleaning out my wallet.
August 8, 2007

Happy Wine Guy
Luv ya, luv your show.
August 8, 2007

Sonnenuhr
Gary – Don’t worry about the critics (they have tiny little “minds” and other body parts. Anyone who doesn’t like the show can just tune into http://www.winesnob.com. Cheers!
August 8, 2007

Thenettiep
We just did something very similar in my ISG WFCL2!
Thanks as always for a great show! You and Natalie MacLean are my visions of what I want to be in the future

Here is my question for you all.
What cheeses go with Sherry?

(In the summer I switch to sherries for my night cap, in the winter I do Ports.)
August 8, 2007

Chris Brookhouser
That intro my friend was worth a Jim Kramer Mad Money BOOOOYAAAA! I like your style Dude!

Lately I have been all about the boucheron cheese…
August 8, 2007

Julia L.
hmmm..this is a hard one

my husband’s famous marinara sauce on top of al dente linguini
fresh ciabatta that i made right out of the oven and a bottle of Becker Vineyard’s Cab

all in all SO cheap and so delicious it makes you weep
August 8, 2007

Julia L.
oh and WITH my husband…of course ; )
August 8, 2007

wayno da wino
Yooo, Gary!!
Thanks for protectin’ us Vayniaks from da Snobs!!
Punch’em out!! Take Noooo Prisoners!!!

Dat looked like some gooood cheese! U lucky dog!!!

QOTD: A fully-loaded Piazza with a nice Pinot Noir,
and maybe a nice sexy blond sittin’ on me face for
desert!!
August 8, 2007

Tana
WOW!
You go Gary, I’m not a Freak! I love Fine wine, and Fine Food. With the help of your experience in the proper evaluations & techiques we are Drinking Varietals we never heard of, and are opening up our pallets.
August 8, 2007

Lurkerdog
GVNC,

Another great show. Trying to incorporate more cheese into my wine tastings. One comment for you – collar stays.
August 8, 2007

Leephus
GaryV – Really one of my fav episodes. Really had it all in there.. education.. calling out the snobbery.. and some interesting tastings. Fun!

Thanks and keep it up .. your 15min. are not even close to over yet!
August 8, 2007

Bob
New to wine library TV, enjoy your energy and approach to wine. You have been all over the map talking about wines from different areas. Would like to hear you views about the 5th USA wine producing state of Virginia.
August 8, 2007

sharon
Thanks for another great trip to Vayner Nation…You go Gary! Love the rant and don’t ever stop reading their email…Very funny and very…well…silly.
QOTD: Oh gee…too many choices. I don’t know… fresh crab or lobster
I mean right out of the sea with perfect melted butter…on the beach with my husband and kids. Champagne? Proseco? I could go on and on.
August 8, 2007

yowens
GV- Bold stuff with the Walla Walla>Napa but I love it! I need to get out to the NW. QOTD: Gnocchi, Sangiovese, girlfriend.
August 8, 2007

KyBoy
QOTD: 16oz New York Strip, Pittsburg Style Rare, gnocci(sp?), asparagus….with a 97 Brunello or 99 Barolo. i can’t decide. Maybe I’ll just order a pizza. With my wife of course.
August 8, 2007

KyBoy
QOTD: 16oz New York Strip, Pittsburg Style Rare, gnocci(sp?), asparagus….with a 97 Brunello or 99 Barolo. i can’t decide. Maybe I’ll just order a pizza. With my wife of course.
August 8, 2007

10sGuy
QOTD: Bern’s 14oz Special Chateaubriand (rare) and a bottle of either 1982 Lafite Rothschild or 1997 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon. Just my wife and me…or my boys Nate and Smitty.
August 8, 2007

KW
Gary – try grilled cheese like Asiago with wine.
Cut into one inch squares – 1/2 inch thick. Crust the top and bottom and leave the inside soft. Then drink a nice red or a heavier white with it – You will be amazed at how good the wine will taste. The salt and fat from the cheese blends well and softens the tannins and acidity while briging out the flavors of the wine.

QOTD: 24 or 32 oz Angus Porterhouse with fettucine alfredo (with only the best parmesan), roasted asparagus and red peppers. With a full bodied red – Cabernet or Bordeaux blend / Or Alternatively Broiled 2 1/2 lb Maine Lobster with a parmesan / mushroom risotto, squash souffle. With a rich Chardonnay or Puilly Fuisse.

Getting hungry?
August 9, 2007

DARREL LAS VEGAS
A day without Wine Library is like a day without sunshine!
VEGAS LUVS YA!
August 9, 2007

Juicy Jesse
Hooray for Walla Walla!! QOTD: Copper River Salmon, poached or grilled, with a neat OR or Burgandy Pinot Noir – shared with my wife, of course! Keep on bringing the thunder you do so well. Thunder, hmm, that’s one thing we have very little of in the NW – sure miss that great sound! Great day – started w/Episode 288 and ended with a great Mariner win!!
August 9, 2007

Kris
Not cheese fan but a HUGH WLTV fan!!!
August 9, 2007

daniel von trier
Dear Gary,

Great show today — I never would have thought of the Basque goat cheese with the Pfalz wine — usually with German rieslings and weissburgunders I like an aged Gruyere (try it sometime, you’ll like it).

I’m baaaaack. Just landed from Brussels yesterday after a summer in Trier (mostly tasting Mosel and Saar wines). I have to say I’ve recently become a convert … not going to stop preaching about the Saar, but I’m loving the Pfalz wines. Even the Dornfelder Trocken and Dornfelder Roses!!

Thanks for taking a bit of time for them.

Looking forward to not having to follow you only via Twitter any longer. My girlfriend was getting pretty mad because every time we’d have dinner I’d get like 10 Twitters from you! ;o)

Regards,
Daniel
August 9, 2007

Scarred1
Gary,

Great show! It is always a treat.

Qotd: she-crab soup, tomato salad, filet mignon with matre d’hotel butter, asparagus with oscar sauce, creme brulee, paired with a sauvignon blanc to start and a Quintessa to finish. With my wife of course.
August 9, 2007

Ricardo
hey Gary,

those comments tamed you up a bit. you weren’t yourself!
get out of it man who cares what these snobs say!
August 9, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
Kudos for taking wine bullies by the horns GV! Knowledge should serve to empower and elighten people instead of intimidate them. QOTD: There is no ‘ultimate’ food and wine experiences for me, but I do have many fond memories of some of special times with great people, food and wine. I continue to relish sharing wonderful food and wine with friends and family.
August 9, 2007

rwfinger2
Gary!
First time writer, new WLTV fan.
LOOOONG time wine fan.
There are always desenters to ANY viewpoint. You – my man, have helped countless people explore the depths of their wine appreciation. That’s good enough for me. The youger folks can now begin to train their palate to appreciate the better things in life even if they can’t afford health insurance. First things first.

Simply stated- wine IS life. Without the frivolity and exploration of wine, life would be (more) of a singlular demention operation. I love the adventure my tastebuds take me when a nice one hits them. Food just makes it better.

QOTD- Coq au Vin. old world red and a slab of tart apple crisp with home made vanilla ice cream – with my wonderful wife (Nancy) and son Michael. That, or thin crust home made pizza with marinated tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, balsamic vinegar with artichoke hearts, green and black olives and asiago cheese. Same wine would suffice.
Oh man, I gotta EAT!
Robert
August 10, 2007

Mason
Way to blast the wine snobs, Gary! For taking up for us, I owe you. I owe you anyway for the wristbands and all these great wine reviews, right? Where else can you get this kind of quality without paying for it? No place I know of. Thanks, Gary. You are truly awesome.

QOTD: 1. Steak (preferably a ribeye cooked Medium/Medium rare) with a side of garlic mashed potatoes and a bottle of Cabernet. 2. Grilled Halibut on a bed of risotto with a bottle of Egon Mueller Sharzoff 2004 Riesling.
August 10, 2007

Elliot Essman
Ultimate dinner – red chili stew, at the San Felipe reservation truck stop midway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, not for the faint-hearted.
August 10, 2007

Iron Man
Gary thanks for throwing down when they get on the Vayner Nation, those snob hill types. Curse them!!!

QOTD Porterhouse dressed up in Florentine style (olive oil fresh rosemary and thyrme) grilled and paired with a Beckstoffer Cab and dining with my significant other. (sides any veggie and creme brulee for dessert).
August 10, 2007

Kathleen
A bunch of seafood dishes that we can share, white wine and Jim Gentile. Warm sunny evening on Lake George, NY.
Kathleen
Albany, NY
August 11, 2007

Totte
Gary

More food next week ?
Maybe you should talk a bit about Umami and the trouble it can bring to food and wine combos.

QotD : Dinner with Donald Fagen @ Peter Luger in brooklyn.

Swedish T
August 11, 2007

LT
I couldn’t watch you eat cheese, without eating some cheese myself. I’m having some pinot noir and manchego! yay jets.
August 11, 2007

JayZee
QOTD: My ultimate dinner is with my wife (of course). It is a nice filet mignon grilled to perfection with crumbled blue cheese on top and a port wine reduction sauce. Grilled asparagus and mashed potatoes with goat cheese to finish it off. The wine? Gotta be a nice left-bank Bordeaux from one of my favorite Chateaus from a good vintage.
August 20, 2007

LDK
I *ADORE* Walla Walla wines… spent 4 yrs going to school there…just wish I could spend $40+ on their wines…. L’Ecole Winery…. mmmmmm, glad to see they are getting some recognition.
March 15, 2008

quocvo
I love this segment. Thank you Gary for bringing the thunder again. Also thank you for standing up for the Vayniacs. I have started a new tradition where I work. We are doing a wine and cheese event every other Friday after hours. It totally brings people together and expanding their palates. All thanks to you Gary.

Quoc
April 21, 2008

Oakmon's BF
Gary that was awesome! I knew you were a wine genius, funny, had tons of enthusiasm and could deliver entertaining descriptions on the fly, but I never suspected you possessed such wisdom. Your opening tirade was spot on! Weâ€™re not from the same generation. Iâ€™m 20 years older than you. I never heard of Thunder Cats. I never could understand how anybody could get into pro wrestling (although I did watch G.L.O.W. but that was hormone related). Although my toys are not your toys I can appreciate what you do. You did a good job explaining those who want you to be serious. Wine is the arena where they get to do their version of Church Ladyâ€™s superior dance, and youâ€™re ruining it by removing the intimidation.
May 22, 2008

Exdamyankee
Great episode and way to take on the haters. As the old bomber pilots said, “you know you’re over the target when you start taking flak!” In other words, it’s working, Gary! Keep it up!

I’m up to ep #288 from #1–YAY! Getting there!
August 2, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Ha ha ha ha ha… Rant for the ages. You are offically my hero, Gary. Its about time these stuffy snobs got taken down a peg. I think the two biggest factors in their negativity is that they want to sound intelligent about something, and they dont want their precious rare wines snatched up by the Vayniacs. Oh yes, we’re here to stay. And I promise to do some serious snatching…. That wasnt meant to sound dirty. Oh well. Fantastic episode. Lots of energy, and passion, and of course the great wine and cheese combo. You have to love that. Props to you and giving love to Walla Walla as well. WA is in the house!! QOTD: Braised pork cheek in red wine sauce ( I had that at a restaraunt here that KILLED) with a 1985 Bordeaux and vintage port with chocolate for dessert. I’ll take that with a special someone who will remain nameless until it actually happens.
June 27, 2009

Adrian aka AnGkEr
Woot….Go Gary..that the GV I like….the rant..I just love it….Don’t change that’s the way we like it….shooting from the hip….
July 14, 2009

Phredd
QOTD: Are you kidding? The ulimate dinner is whatever happens to be on the plate when my sweetie and I are having a great time, and the wine is whatever goes with it. There’s no single, ultimate food or wine. Ultimate is about the company. Different kind of ultimate when the kids are there.

And yes, great rant, complete with Thunder Cat action! Love it!
July 16, 2009

Andy Wileman
I am in love with Owen Roe. So I was glad to see you enjoyed it. I had this wine on the table at my wedding last August. This is one of my favorite wines of all time.

QOTD: The ultimate dinner always happens in retrospect. It comes unplanned on a Tuesday night, when you go out to dinner with your special one (or ones) and it just evolves into a night of glorious food, beer, wine, music and laughter.
August 21, 2009

richardvinifera
Giving a score on wines doesn’t make Gary a hypocrite. He shouldn’t be forced to be a martyr for his pro-tasting notes view as many customers like points info. I’m sure my fellow Vayniacs have also found that Gary doesn’t provide a score to say that people should buy a wine based on that, just that the wine critics have tasted a lot of wine in the category at hand and many, many others, so they can often make informed recommendations if you are aware of their preferences.

After giving detailed tasting notes, points are a good concise way of summarising the overall quality. If people find that points are a good frame of reference, best to include them.
November 2, 2009

Gid
hah! “whether you like it or not” came in to bash all these wine snobs from this episode. love it