Wines From Pauillac. Bordeaux most important wines?

Wines From Pauillac. Bordeaux most important wines? – Episode #301

August 27, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk explores 4 well priced Pauillac wines and talks about this legendary place.

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“Been watching all these episodes only found out that you decant and po…” by Weston
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Reserve De La ComtessePauillac
2004 Chateau Lynch MoussasPauillac
2004 Chateau Pichon BaronPauillac
2001 Chateau Pichon LalandePauillac

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Idaho Wine Festival Medal Winners

349 Responses

August 27, 2007

CJM
1st
August 27, 2007

Norcal
First?
August 27, 2007

Withnail
Love Pauillac wines!
August 27, 2007

Kelly
How the hell do I leave a comment when no one has left one yet, my computer doesn’t have a place for it until one is made. I’d be first all the time–end rant.

CAN YOU PLEASE DO A SHOW WITH FINCA SANDOVAL GARY
August 27, 2007

Nick G
Top 5 baby!!!
August 27, 2007

PGH Pete
Love the region Gary.
August 27, 2007

KAHUNA
Ditto on Kelly’s comment- Stop crying about comments and then make it a pain in the ass to do! Come on Galina get it together!
August 27, 2007

Eric A.
Free iPhone for the guy who sends in the most Thundercats!
August 27, 2007

Harley Stan
top ten !!!!
August 27, 2007

slambert
Love the Bordeaux!
August 27, 2007

CMA
top ten!!
August 27, 2007

Hinrgman
We are on our way to #400 !!!

Keep it going Gary .. great job

Thanks
August 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
KELLY my heart goes out to ya!!! so many times I could have been #1 Rat turds!

Those that don’t like the Top 10 just don’t GET IT!!!
now back to patients…..
August 27, 2007

Diablito
Looking forward to watching this episode. I would like to see an episode on Tannat from Uruguay.
August 27, 2007

JSH
Now, that is what I am talking about!
August 27, 2007

Brandon M
You officially have the largest collection of Thundercats in the world!
Thundercats….Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

NTTAWWT
August 27, 2007

Francis S
You GO! CJM. Thanks for the notice a week ago.
August 27, 2007

Brandon M
Kelly…Kahuna….
Figure it out for Christ Sake…not that hard!
August 27, 2007

Marc
It’s real simple Gary…just give me the iPhone and you won’t have to create a contest! And I promise to call you every day to tell you that you’re the best thing that’s happened to wine in ages!
August 27, 2007

Phocion
Gary –

Jet’s last pre-season game against my beloved EAGLES this Thursday.

Are you at all worried?
August 27, 2007

Taylor
I wish i hadn’t just boughten the iphone, luckily now i get wltv on the fingertips. Great homepage keep up all the great work all comments have been a huge help in tasting!
August 27, 2007

Dominick Mack
i’m bringing pauillac back.
August 27, 2007

waibeans
you may need sunshine, little flower, but I know you have more than enough “fertilizer” in ya.

lol
August 27, 2007

Harley Stan
GAry, great episode over three hundred and still bringing the thunder. Free I Phone for recruiting, or with the tag HarleyStan
August 27, 2007

joe p.
A Vino-phone? With every winery/vineyard in the country programmed in?

jp
August 27, 2007

joe p.
of course, I don’t even know what an Iphone can do… it does make calls right? Hey Gare, did you see the Skins win?

jp
August 27, 2007

Seth
Great show GV, one of the best in my opinion in quite a while! I want to drink some Bordeaux right now! Keep up the good work! Oh yeah, about the iphone; just send it to me along with those bottles you just tasted. Seems like a good plan to me!
August 27, 2007

Adria
I CAN’T TAKE THE SUSPENSE!!! Guess I’ll find out the end to the big mystery count-down later on in the week….

I would say at least %50 of my wine sales in restaurants and liquor stores is based on label design. For shame…for shame.

QOTD: Met those guys at a wine tasting I was conducting… the whole “tasty taste” “sniffy sniff” thing… haven’t had any major meetings since then, but I’ve been encouraging all of my colleagues to jump on the Vayner train!
August 27, 2007

Rob in Indy
just send me the iphone.. I wear my wristband to walmart and my wife laughs at me because of it but I laugh at her because she reads O magazine.. WLTV will be bigger than that Oprah show..
August 27, 2007

Jeffrey
here’s a comment
August 27, 2007

Grapestompper (Dave)
These are my favorite types of wine. Love episodes like this. I totally don’t believe he reads all the comments though. You should do the show dressed up as one of the Thundercats because they are taking over your table.
August 27, 2007

joe p.
Ram man? nice.

OSV (Old-school Vayniac)
August 27, 2007

joe p.
Hey, I thought 2004 was a dicey year in bordeaux, hence why the prices aren’t as high as the ’03s and ’05s. Am I wrong?

jp, OSV
August 27, 2007

MikeG
Gary, you caught me. I’ve been lurking since I read about you on slate. Love the show. As for the I-phone, have people send you a list 3 or 4 of their favorite underrated or best value wines within a certain price range. Then you can do a show where you taste a couple. Give the i-phone to the person with the best find. This will be a good one for the CKC’s trying to impress their lady or gentleman friends, or anybody for that matter. The only problem is you might get a lot of repeat wines. In that case, I recommend cutting the i-phone into pieces and sending the pieces to the people who sent in the same recommendations.
August 27, 2007

joe p.
Do you know of any good PV producers in the US, CA?
August 27, 2007

1855class
lets hear it for bordeaux->medoc->paulliac!
lets hear it for wisconsin!
in regards to your love of petite verdot, i recently drank a 2005 eastern australian wine called ‘yard dog’ that was very petite verdot heavy (46%). a fun, if not outstanding wine.
August 27, 2007

AppellationMan
Per Friday’s episode, I am creating a new alias that doesn’t affiliate me with Appellation America. . .I don’t want to catch a beef for something that I didn’t do. I think that I can call that my funny WLTV story too.
August 27, 2007

AppellationMan
@Joe P. Try Sempre Vive out of Calistoga.
August 27, 2007

joe p.
Me likee that episode! Love the old world! Thanks for a terrific episode. And do let us know if you recommend any PV-dominant producers. thanks jp
August 27, 2007

joe p.
Thanks for the ref ApellationMan! I’ll check it out.
August 27, 2007

Neil
I sure missed the Thundercats craze: don’t understand it and can’t say that I want to.

QOTD: I had turned my wife on to WLTV and her parents live in Jersey. On a reccent visit they ended up driving past Wine Library on the way to lunch. “Stop,” she screamed, “that’s ‘THE’ Wine Library!” Her parents must have thought she was nuts, but at her insistence they stopped and went in. From what I understand the store is immense. Her dad got sucked into the excitement of the moment and ended up buying a case of Bordeaux futures. My wife ended up buying a WLTV shirt for me. At any event, my in-laws probably think I’m nuts…

Speaking of nuts, sitting in front of a computer last Friday with a bottle of Sonsierra Rioja and a truly delicious bottle of Lindaflor Malbec from Argentenia while watching the WLTV taste-along with my wife, Julie the lurker, was perhaps the geekiest thing we have ever done. That said, I was a bit surprised about the light turnout in the comments section. Gary, could it be that you scared them all away with the “singing”?

My six year old daughter has a really great impersonation of Gary V when she talks of aromas of dark cherry, tobacco, cedar box, excellent mouthfeel and a thirty second finish.
August 27, 2007

Fred
Hiding, lurking, creeping,,,
I tried to pack my dimes into the bumpersticker thing (ahem)
Any movement on that?
Also G, I’ve got a great idea,,,
Wait, what?! iPhone!
must wait for whole show,, I’ll write more later
Gary is giving away an iPhone!
August 27, 2007

mas
Awesome show Gary, thank you – Pauillac and St.-Julien are two of my favorite apps. in Bordeaux.

QOTD: when I went on vacation, I took about 2 dozen wines with me for my family and in-laws. I know it opened their eyes to other varietals out there – I know it led to at least one WL order for you if not two at this point, and I’m sure I added at least one viewer/lurker …
August 27, 2007

AppellationMan
More viewers, eh? You could always challenge Robert Parker (or James Laube. Could you imagine him in Clay-mation?) to a “Celebrity Deathmatch” and broadcast it as an alternative to the Super Bown Half-time Show (nobody wants to see a bunch of prancing back-up dancers anyway.) And then, if you get picked up, you can send me the iPhone. If not, I won’t be disappointed; I just want to see you rumble with Parker.
August 27, 2007

jivieman
great show – always good to learn about french wines – they are not talked about as much (even with all the great ones)
August 27, 2007

ScoTT
For the iPhone give away have viewers do a Scavenger Hunt of sorts: sign up for a Corkd account, leave a comment on WLTV for 5 days in a row, send/e-mail in a picture with a WLTV t-shirt or wristband (I’m still waiting for mine wink-wink), etc.

Also, I’m a bit surprised Pend d’Oreille Winery receive a Gold Medal for the Idaho Wine Festival. I’ll admit they are one of the best winery in Idaho but its only because they typically use grapes from the Columbia Valley in Washington State.
August 27, 2007

BK
QOTD: Here is my idea, just give me the IPhone and I will use it to call everyone I know to tell them about WLTV. Come on GV…..I need you to be a Lion-O not a Wilycat.
August 27, 2007

Orion
Hey, just found this place yesterday and have watched about the 10 past eps since then. Good stuff…sorry I missed the first 280. I’m just starting to get into wine seriously, and I think it would be cool to have a pairing contest for the iphone give-a-way. Choose a wine that we can all get our hands on pretty easily, then have an episode where you try the top pairings people come up with, or the ones that intrigue you most.
…
or, the thunderbirds idea is pretty good too. an iphone could probably fill up your desk with t-birds. in any case, keep up the good (read: entertaining) work.
August 27, 2007

Arthur
RE: the iPhone:

Give it to the person who has demonstrated (through number of posts here, or some other criterion) to be the most frequent visitor/contributor to winelibrarytvo ro its forum

or just give it to me and I’ll get rid of it for you!
August 27, 2007

Sonnenuhr
Great show Gary, I will try the Chateau Pichon Baron 2004 and the Chateau Pichon Lalande 2001. How about a show or some advise on “2005 Bordeaux Buying Strategies”, i.e. what would you buy if you had to fill out case for $300, $600 and $1,200?

No funny WLTV stories sorry
August 27, 2007

KenP
Excellent ep! The 300’s are off to an great start.
For the I-Phone Giveaway, how about collecting the names of all those who leave comments during the course of one or two week’s worth of shows, put them all in a spit bucket, and pull out one, the winner!
August 27, 2007

AndrewB
I showed the video of when you attempted to do the live show and showed it some vendors and they were like these idiots don’t know what they’re talking about, like they were really mad about it. None of my other wine co-workers really care about WLTV, the’re just like whatever, so its pretty much my own thing in my world.
August 27, 2007

corkdork
QOTD: Sending an email to my friend with the WLTV link for a great episode (un-oaked Chardonnay). At the exact same time getting an email from her with a link to the Slate article about WLTV. We called each other and laughed at the singularity of the moment.

St. Julien has been my favorite Bordeaux area, but Pauillac is a very close second. In two weeks we are having a wine tasting/dinner at the house for the Bordeaux/Sauternes region. We are going to taste the differences between Left and Right bank. (I still get them confused.) We will be opening mostly 1999s. I have the 2003 Arche Sauternes for dessert. (saving the 1990 d’Yquem for a special day)

GARY – When will you taste the Arche again (last one was corked)?

I will be on the look out for the Pichon’s in Oklahoma. They will be very expensive as we have a three tier system in the state and everyone wants a piece of the pie. Wholesale/Distributor/Store

GARY – idea for the I-phone: if possible (technically) see who has left the most comments across the 300 episodes by a certain date. Those that are new can go back and add comments; those that are vanyiacs can compete as well.
August 27, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: Was shopping for wine and overheard a couple of clerks talking about the show. I struck up a fun conversation about you and told them I met you at the tasting in Chicago. They especially liked the part about the raffle!!!!! Rember the 2 of clubs??????

Great show today-already ordered some for my cellar!
August 27, 2007

E-
Great show today! Got a soft spot for the left bank. My wife and I had the pleasure to hit the Pichon Comtesse estate in BX this spring on our honeymoon, was able to taste the ‘01 and LOVED IT! Unfortunately with the dollar taking a beating I wasn’t able to take back my weight in the wine. Your prices are better than if I could have shlepped it back on my own. Glad I waited…must check the accounts soon. Looking for some more nice bottles to round out the cellar, must add the Baron and Comtesse, especially at your prices!
August 27, 2007

lukusluke
Gary the iphone brought out this lurker! I have been watching the show since the diggnation shout-out.
August 27, 2007

RieslingRon
Very informative episode. I have only had a few chateau level Bordeaux’s on the low end, but it would be great to try these. I’m here sipping my lowly Frascati.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any WLTV stories to pass on.

Still waiting for THE SHERRY EPISODE……..keep me in mind.
August 27, 2007

RD
My kids ( ages 4 and 6) walk around the house saying “let’s give this a sniffy-sniff”.

Go Eagles.

RD
August 27, 2007

Chris Turyk
5 rules to shopping in a wine shop is the best idea ever. That would bring some serious thunder.

cheers to 300 more.
August 27, 2007

Arthur
P Verdot, eh?

How about some Tannat and Dornfelder?
August 27, 2007

GrapeStuff
Great ep. GV – will have to give the iPhone contest some thought – I am sure a thread on the forums will soon follow. Glad to see my blonde-headed Thundercat figure on the screen today!
August 27, 2007

keelegl
Bordeaux, my favorite!!

Iâ€™ve had my eye on the 2001 Lalande. I think Iâ€™m pulling the trigger now.
August 27, 2007

Trent
You should do a contest where A random commenter (say number 57?) gets the Iphone
August 27, 2007

AkronD
Nice episode – still trying to expand my taste of French wines.
Long time lurker and unfortunately, only an occasional viewer as of late (such is life). Was waiting for the opportunity to comment on your “extra special” large tasting glass. In an episode a long time ago you mentioned that you get a lot of comments on the glass but weren’t sure where to get one. I don’t have a perfect solution locally but I saw a lot of these in the shops of Montalcino advertised as Brunello tasting glasses. If this has already been discussed then so be it, like I said I have been only occasionally viewing these days.
Going to have to pay attention on this iphone now that a 18yr has a solution for all of us non-AT&T users.
Any chance on a Carmenere episode? These wines have been seriously hit or miss for me (the hits keep bringing me back).
Cheers
August 27, 2007

JamesN.
GV. Nice episode, wish I could afford those wines
QOTD; I was introduced to WLTV by my brother, I had dial up internet so he copied about 60 episodes on a disk, and gave it to me for christmas. I have been a fan ever since. Wine lovers need to watch this blog, if for no other reason THE HONESTY. Who else can pan Opus 1, but Gary. I don’t always add my 2 cents, sorry, I am not that busy, just lazy. You rock! I wish I had your work ethic.
August 27, 2007

Robert F
Hey, I just noticed that “new to wine?” badge on the right. That’s a fantastic idea! (although I’ve already seen all of those episodes).

Pauillac was the first appellation I really fell in love with. I’m still reeling from my trip there last spring visiting various Chateaux (about 3 weeks after you were in Bordeaux). Can’t afford the big boys since I’m in the CKC, but I’m building up my cellar with second wines like hauts de pontet, haut bages averous, croix de beaucaillou (not paulliac, but oh well), reserve de la comtesse, etc. Maybe I’ll jump on the boat and splurge for a REAL 2005 paulliac.
August 27, 2007

chassagne.montrachet
GV,
While at the CMS class in W Palm Beach, I made acquaintances with several of my classmates. I ran into a guy who owns a place in Miami that’s a fellow Vayniac. He asked if I had ever seen this wacky guy Gary Vaynerchuck on WLTV before. LOL. After the blind tastings we would state which wines had “brought the thunder”! As for the iPhone: give it to the guy about to open a French restaurant with a huge Bx list… in October… in Mobile, AL… Thx.
August 27, 2007

blobic
great episode, I’ll probably be in Bordeaux next spring, I’ll have to save some money to be able to afford a couple of cases of the wines presented in todays show. By the way, a big thanx to GV and his crew for sending me the WLTV Oak Tees. Just gave away one of them as a gift to a friend, who was really happy about it. He had to put it on right away when we tasted an Oak Monster wine ….
August 27, 2007

AkronD
QOTD – I have been trying to introduce your show to my family members for a long time. They went for your appearance on Conan vs the past year of me saying “you guys should check this guys out”. One of my brother’s now wants to stage a WLTV/Conan-esque tasting… dirt included…
August 27, 2007

AkronD
QOTD – I have been trying to introduce your show to my family members for a long time. They went for your appearance on Conan vs the past year of me saying “you guys should check this out”. One of my brother’s now wants to stage a WLTV/Conan-esque tasting… dirt included…
August 27, 2007

Kevin Ko-val-chik
I love the big-ass glass.
August 27, 2007

Shad
Added a little knowledge with this episode, which is always fantastic. The only WLTV story I have is when watching an episode my wife came into the room, looked at the screen then looked at me, laughed, and called me a “wine nerd”…..one of the proudest moments of my life
August 27, 2007

Deano
Loved this episode Gary. I wish i was ballin so i could buy those last two bottles they both sound perfect for my taste.

QOTD:
-Every day when i am watching at work people coming over to my cube to watch the show as well. I always be spreadin that vayniac love baby!!!
August 27, 2007

Kevin Ko-val-chik
Looking at the results from the Idaho Wine Festival, Pend d’Oreille seems to be a pretty good winery.
August 27, 2007

JasonJDP
I’ve been thinking a lot about a system based on number of comments to give away the iPhone. The main problem with giving out gifts based on user names is that you cant verify true identity. Perhaps if you started a user/password database and start forcing people to login to post a comment, then you can verify a person’s identity. Unfortunately i can’t think of any bullet proof way to offer the iPhone based on the current comment system that isn’t susceptible to fraud. Hell, too many people would just try and claim to be Brandon M, or some other person who posts all the time.

I had thought of identifying people by IP address, but too many people have dynamic IP’s or watch the show and post from multiple locations.

Also, im concerned that creating contests based on comments will generate lots of generic pointless short comments by people trying to fluff the numbers….

QOTD: No stories for me. Although I tell people about WLTV all of the time, I have never met a Vayniac “in the wild.”
August 27, 2007

Fred
GREAT! Now I’ve got to find a way to buy something from Bordeaux! My wife’s gonna kill me! Darn you and you’re making these look so delicious! (I think I used up the exclamation marks)
2c
August 27, 2007

yowens
Wow that wine sounds good. QOTD: Wish I had a cool story. I wear my oakmonster tee to the gym thinkin I’ll meet another vayniac but no luck so far.
August 27, 2007

Orion Slayer
Dude, a hot plum wrapped with bacon and stuffed with asparagus sounds great. I wonder how it would be in a wine, though. Is this a vegetable bomb?!

QOTD: I have communicated with Vaniacs via email and forums, but never met one in person (I’m sure they exist!) Favorite fellow Vaniac is also a fellow Raider fan! We met on Face Book and are looking forward to a great season for the Silver and Black where we double our wins from last year!
August 27, 2007

Mark "Canadice"
Enjoyed the Thunder-Show. Had to replace my monitor and didn’t have speakers until today, so I’ve got all of last week to watch. Did you know it’s difficult to read your lips? Except the opening and closing, of course.
August 27, 2007

Kevin Ko-val-chik
QOTD: My girlfriend and one of her friends have a “competition” going on to see who’s boyfriend has more “boyfriend points”. They both came to the realization that we are too similar because of our mutual love for G.V.
August 27, 2007

Jeff O
Great episode, wish I could afford to taste them for myself, maybe when I graduate from the CKC.

A label episode is a great idea, and just another thought, how about demystifying those crazy German Riesling labels and some of the other hard to decipher labels.
August 27, 2007

Poko
u r a really funny guyï¼Œ I love it. I am living Germany and come from China, so what?! I love ur wine library tv. move on! buddy!
August 27, 2007

Dave Canada
You are killing me man…I am trying to keep my wine purchases at a minimum bu that 04 Baron is on sale up here and calling my name. I have held off until now….my cellar thanks you
QOTD – This is easy. My wife and a few friends always make fun of me for how I met another vayniac GregO. They call it how I met my internet wine boyfriend…..
Greg and I met in the forums and decided to meet at our local wine store to buy some of the latest release. We both wore our wristbands as a way of signifying our membership in the vayner nation (Greg thought he saw some older stuffy loser with the wristband but luckily he was mistaken). Anyways, we are now in a tasting group together, were down in Niagara with JoeG, G-Runge, Benny Shiraz this past weekend and are getting psyched about the Buffalo party (you need to confirm buddy!).
August 27, 2007

Dr Novak
Scared us with the 10 more to go comment.
Question: what wine would you sneak aboard a cruise ship?
August 27, 2007

James
Great episode, nice to see Bordeaux ‘04 make an appearance.
August 27, 2007

KimG
I have an email coming, but just a thought: why don’t you make a show with a vertical tasting showing the differences between a very young Bordeaux but (perhaps too )fruity (1-2 year old), one or two wine that are below the mark (3-7 years), a mature bordeaux (8-12 yrs) and a good but old one say 15-20 yrs old of a good castle. I just had a ‘57 Latour which was still as young as other wines would be proud of after 2-3 years.

Thanks for answering the other day – not sure that I expected that

You can always just send me the iPhone. I have no idea why I should get it, but it sounds like a good lottery this way
August 27, 2007

KimG
I have an email coming, but just a thought: why don’t you make a show with a vertical tasting showing the differences between a very young Bordeaux but (perhaps too )fruity (1-2 year old), one or two wine that are below the mark (3-7 years), a mature bordeaux (8-12 yrs) and a good but old one say 15-20 yrs old of a good castle. I just had a ‘57 Latour which was still as young as other wines would be proud of after 2-3 years.

Thanks for answering the other day – not sure that I expected that

You can always just send me the iPhone. I have no idea why I should get it, but it sounds like a good lottery this way (drinking Austrian Lunzer Chardonnay 2006 un-oaked, I believe, btw.)
August 27, 2007

LarryF
Love your comment yesterday (show #300) about the strawberries from Wegman’s. Not certain how far you are from Wegamns. My wife and I have three of them within five minutes from our house. You are doing the same thing for wine the Danny is doing for food. Making fun and enjoyable.
August 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
So you read all the comments yea?? Then where the hell is my 2000 Sansonnet order??!!!
Also, any chance you make an appearance at this years WS New York Wine Experience? or am I going to have to rent a car and drive my ass down to the Wine Library without a ghost of a chance that you will be there so I can say hi? I don’t get out East too often and by God I’ll do it….

QOTD:Met Grasshopper via WLTV,, now if I can get him to come and VISIT HIS FOLKS once in awhile, so I can have he and his wife over for a glass of wine sometime…….:-)
August 27, 2007

Bill V.
# 300 seemed like such an ending, a conclusion to all that had gone before.
But CONGRATS on # 301 — a new beginning, and a casebook study in episode greatness.
Gar’, you were as subdued today as you were on episode # 1 — but as authoritative and at ease as you were on # 300.
There was no gimmickry about it, no ranting, and nothing over-the-top — just you, enthusiastically imparting your knowledge — from “there’s a sincerity to this wine…it’s real” — to the peppered, bacon-wrapped exploding plum!

QOTD: Funny? Maybe not so funny, but there’s me – knowing nothing about wine, but really into WLTV, the Forums, and a big fan of GV; and there’s my wife, the wine expert, afficionado and connoisseur, who could care less about Forums, blogging or WLTV.
I can’t believe she’s not into all of this, and she can’t believe that I’m truly interested in any of it.
Together we make one fine Vayniac!

Bill V.
August 27, 2007

LarryF
Apple iphone give a way. Get a way to rate comments by other viewers. Take the average of all rating for the comment and give that commenter a score. Collect the score for 30 days, take the top 25 add them up. That would be their overall score. Highest score after 30 get the iphone. I think commentors will get friend to visit to rate their comments.
August 27, 2007

rickk
Don’t change Vay-ner-chuck
August 27, 2007

Saftig
It’s going to take exactly one dozy midnight stroll to the bathroom by Mrs. Vaynerchuk stepping on one of those pesky Thundercats left out after playtime to see the demise of the burgeoning collection. Put your toys away, Gary before you put somebody’s eye out. Don’t make me stop this car.
Love the show. Big order from WineLibrary just came in today and it feels like Christmas in August.
August 27, 2007

Bowie
Gary – i have only been watching for a few weeks but i am obsessed with your show. i cant stop talking about it. thank you so much. I am at home visiting my family, and am about to watch the episode again with my father, and hopefully convince him to go purchase the last two bottles!!! sometimes you never grow up! thank you. i love your show.
August 27, 2007

Toke-Dawg
Hey Gary,

Give the iPhone to whoever can come up with the best idea for a new WLTV T-shirt.
August 27, 2007

Teckdeck2008
Awesome show today. I would love to try those wines if I had the money. As for the contest idea, how about a video contest. Like who can put on the craziest wine tasting or something like that. And then they have to post it on youtube and see who gets the most hits or something like that.
August 27, 2007

Harold
Hey GV,
I am one of the Vayniacs that have been that hasn’t been commenting as often as I should. It is NOT because I’m taking WLTV for granted, I’ve just been swamped (school, job hunt, sick dad blah blah blah) and I haven’t been getting to watch until the eps are a couple of days old and it seems pointless to comment about an ep days after the fact. However, I am caught up and will do my best to stay that way.
You are like a big old Cadillac, comments are your fuel and it takes a WHOLE lot of fuel to make that Caddy go.
Thanks Gary.
-H
August 27, 2007

Papamike
Chuckled at you comment on pencil shavings and ignoring the teacher as you have become one of the best “teachers” I have ever had. Looking forward to many more lessons from Professor Vaynerchuk.
August 27, 2007

Palmer
Watching this episode, I realized I didn’t have any Pauillac on my ‘05 Bordeaux futures order, so I just added 2.

QOTD: Well, 5 guys huddled around a computer, watching you over and over again compare a glasses of wine to throw-up or a shoe dipped in mud and poop was about where it started; now it’s devolved into each of us shouting “BARNYARD!” at the others whenever possible. But we’re all paying a hell of a lot more attention to wine now, trying new things, and learning from you every day. Thank you.
August 27, 2007

Dan. M.
Pichon LaLande has been one of my favorite wines for years. The first one I had was a 1978 and I’ve been fortunate enough to buy a couple of bottles from a number of vintages. I have two 04’s, but have yet to taste it. Thanks for the preview.

While the first growths are obviously great I would have a hard time choosing between a Pichon and a Leoville Las Cases.

Thanks for doing the Paulliac show. May I suggest a St Julien show?
August 27, 2007

Luke. W.
Hey Mr. V

Im one of the lurkers and im leaving some love to wipe your tears. Literally. Please print out this comment and use it to stop your crying.
August 27, 2007

Susan
Gary- Great Ep!! Keep up the great work!! We want another 3,000 eps!!!
August 27, 2007

Susan
Gary- I think you should give away an iPhone to a loyal Vayniac who is a big fan of Apple Products and used to work for Apple. wink!! wink!!!
August 27, 2007

Luke.W
hey gary im one of the lurkers you have been calling out recentlly and im here to apologize and let you know i love the show!
August 27, 2007

NormaLou
Dimes for Gary V. – gotta support my daily Gary V. addiction, take it daily like a vitamin. No Gary and I might just regress to Boones! That would be tragic. Can’t have that. As always, great episode. Lalande in my tummy is oh so yummy.
August 27, 2007

E
So it’s POO-yak not POE-yak. Good to know.

Here is what you do: first, anyone who wants in recommends one wine they want to see you taste. Pick four at random.

Then, the commenters who recommended each of these wines each provide you with a video telling us, the commenting public, WHY they deserve an iPhone.

Run one each on Monday through Thursday, then invite the commenters to pick a winner (plus, I guess, anyone else the commenters can cajole into commenting).

QOD: since you’re loving the Pichon-Lalande, here you go: about a decade ago, long before I knew enough for it to make much difference to me, I was invited to a benefit dinner (the guest of honor being Mme Lencquesaing herself) and several vintages of Pichon-Lalande, going back to 1959. I can still taste the pencil lead now.
August 27, 2007

grayman
Gary–Your show is great: I’ve never recommended an internet show to anyone or even watched one regularly until I discovered WLTV. Since then I turned on friends, colleagues at work and even my mother. Have they all become as addicted? I doubt it, but with time I think “word of mouth” is the best way to go about spreading the joy of WLTV. I wouldn’t get so obsessed with the number of comments. I know how you feel–I write weekly and its important to have feedback (I have people emailing or calling me almost daily)–but there is something about building a trackrecord, gaining trust that takes time. I’d measure it in years, not months. You’re doing a great job. Deep down inside you must know that; trust your instincts and keep the shows coming.
August 27, 2007

John J.
You know, speaking of expanding the Vayner Nation (did I spell that right?), have you ever thought of doing a “class” or a show at major universities? Maybe it’s because I’m just outta college or maybe because that’s how I got into wine, but I know I met some great people and learned great things at one of those gigs. There are college groups that will certainly pay to have you show up for a night to talk and taste with young, impressionable minds (the next generation of Vayniacs!). Anyway, that’s my two cents. BTW, if you’re ever in Santa Monica, check out Bodega Wine Bar… they have some fabulous malbecs
August 27, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
Man, you get it done GV! Thanks for sharing another fun episode.

QOTD: Sometimes I ask some of our store customers if they watch the show. Some say they watch it. Unfortunately, I haven’t met someone on the street yet who openely and enthusiastically claims to be a fan. Myself, I’m proud to admit it. I suspect more wine people may be watching it than they let on. I say this because I notice how some of the customers that come into the store now describe wine in more Vaniacish way. More and more people are using words and phrases that seem to come out of the WLTV dictionary. I’m hearing “bringing on the thunder” and “oldworld-new world” more along with other words that I see on the show, but not in WS, Decanter, or WA.
The WL influence is visible.
August 27, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
Man, you get it done GV! Thanks for sharing another fun episode. Correction***

QOTD: Sometimes I ask some of our store customers if they watch the show. Some say the’ve seen it, but it seems that they play it off a little. Unfortunately, I haven’t met someone on the street yet who openely and enthusiastically claims to be a fan. Myself, I’m proud to admit it. I suspect more wine people may be watching it than they let on. I say this because I notice how some of the customers that come into the store now describe wine in more Vaniacish way. More and more people are using words and phrases that seem to come out of the WLTV dictionary. I’m hearing “bringing on the thunder” and “oldworld-new world” more along with other words that I see on the show, but not in WS, Decanter, or WA.
The WL influence is visible.
August 27, 2007

Justmarsh
Please don’t get too lonely Gary.

Man I want to buy that Pichon Lalande in the 05 vintage now. I can’t handle it. It looks reeeeeaaaaally good.
August 27, 2007

t_moderne
comment # 1 – water for the flower.
Great topic GV.
August 27, 2007

Susan
Gary-Answer the phone will ya???????????wink!! wink!!
August 27, 2007

Plminer
Boy do I looooove Bordeaux’s! Thanks so much for doing that episode GV, right up my alley. Cheers!
QOTD: I was at a deli/wineshop in L.A. buying a bunch of wine with some wine blog host and the guy ringing us up looked up in shock to see GV himself standing there, he praised him and know I’m a celeb at that shop. Good fun.
August 27, 2007

Brian
I’d really like to see you do the label show you were talking about. For people just getting into wine like myself, I know how labels can be misleading and it’s hard not to be biased going down the wine aisle.
August 27, 2007

Bossman
#301 going strong. Ah, yeah, I’m really enjoying having to wait another
@#$&# day, you tease.

I have no interest in the phone, but you could post an overlay of a word each day for a period of time (a week?) at different points in the show that would ultimately spell out a phrase. Then ask all entrants to email the phrase, number the emails and then pick a winner of all correct entrants out of a hat (or spit bucket). At least you’ll know they actually watched each episode (or was in contact with someone who did).

I have another package for you but I was hoping some other Vayniacs might be stepping up. Guys/gals this guy brings you this quality stuff day in and day out and you can’t scrounge up a Thundercat or two? At a minimum a comment isn’t going to cost you any time or money…… don’t be slackers. You don’t want to see Gary cry do you?
August 27, 2007

t_moderne
Comment # 2 – sunshine for the flower.
Pauillac delivers the thunder – whether you’re a fan of old world or new world. Fruit with balance; cigar box and lead pencil with structure and depth. Yummy.
More comments coming.
August 27, 2007

t_moderne
Comment # 3 – some Miracle Grow for the flower – Thanks for #301! Much appreciated – like the change in the intro.
August 27, 2007

rai-mon
Yo love the show. How did you know I i was a Thundercats fan. I’m a new viewer and just wanted to show my love to the comments board.
August 27, 2007

t_moderne
Comment # 4 – more manure for the flower.
Do you ever add your own reply to the comments. It would be nice to see your responses here. I know you answer lots of personal emails- how about responses in the comments. That may lure the lurkers.
Wishing you all the best and much thanks for all you have done here.
T.
August 27, 2007

Al from San Diego
Two ideas for the I-Phone give-away:

Either give it to anyone named Al from San Diego who leaves a message today, or just do a random drawing of anyone leaving sa message today. Personally, I prefer the former. Thanks Gary!
August 27, 2007

t_moderne
# 4 comment – more manure for the flower.
Do you ever add your own reply to the comments. It would be nice to see your responses here. I know you answer lots of personal emails- how about responses in the comments. That may lure the lurkers.
Wishing you all the best and much thanks for all you have done here.
T.
August 27, 2007

Mike S
Great Show!…very informative…how about a show comparing a $50-75 wine from 3 or 4 different regions…
QOTD:…I can’t get my friends, serious wine lovers to take the time to watch your show, I’m totally bummed that I have no one to share the show’s quirks with.
August 27, 2007

Senor Sangria
Hey Gary,

I’ve haven’t kept up with your posts for the last 3 weeks. I’ve been traveling a ton and have had some friends getting married. It is the usual summer stuff.

I bet that the reason the comments are down is because a lot of the people on here are taking some time off and aren’t around their computers.

QOTD: Here is my suggestion for you on how to increase the comments… combine twitter and your video blog togetter. provide a text summary of your show that gets sent to peoples cell phones. you could probably even use twitter to do this. for people whoes phones can handle video have a edited version of your show (5-10 min long) they can view while on the go.

Those are my 2 cents… The idea above needs a little work but i hope you understand the direction i’m going to with it.

Cheers,

Rick
August 27, 2007

E. Zimman
Gary,

Been trying to catch up on back episodes since Conan. Still love what you’re doing.

Firstly, for your iPhone giveaway. It should be interactive…may sound stupid but review a easy to find wine (still tasty though) and have people guess your score on it. I’m sure a little too simplistic, but first thing that popped in my head.

Secondly, I think some people are scared to buy wine based on things other than labels or point scores. I know I don’t want to be let down if I’m throwing down $20+ on a bottle of wine that is unknown to me. In the same turn, it’s all about trying new things and learning what you do and don’t like. Basically, I think the show about labels would be a great one.

Keep it up!

Cheers,
E
August 27, 2007

John Blue Label
Great Episode GV. I am learning to appreciate Bordeaux.
QOTD: Somehow get the show on YouTube. That way I can watch it on my iPhone.
JW
August 27, 2007

Aldie
Gary, I subscribed last week, and here’s a quick comment to show some love.

Love the show! Love the descriptions! Love the energy! Great show!

My suggestion is to do a Photoshop Contest. Take a snapshot of one of your episodes and use it as a source image. Or just have people submit any kind of “funny” wine related image so that you can choose your fave.
August 27, 2007

Grapestompper (Dave)
OK Gary, I guess I stand corrected. EVERY COMMENT, EVERY DAY! Keep up what you do. WLTV is a great resource.
August 27, 2007

Chill
Hey GV. Love your work. Nearly caught up with all episodes.

Have you thought of doing an episode on the fabulous Australian Fortifieds from Rutherglen in Australia? Incredible Muscats, Tokays and Tawny Ports that regularly achieve RP 100 points (and are still available at ridiculous prices is comparison to other 100 pointers).

Thanks for your show from one of your growing band of Aussie viewers.

Craig
August 27, 2007

rktekt
Gary,
I’m officially no longer a lurker! Great episode…makes me want to go out and get all of the wines you tasted in this episode. Keep up the great work!

Martin
August 27, 2007

AlisonD
Today I have nothing to say…but I just didnt want to be a lurker!!
August 27, 2007

NathanN
Sweet show! Keep the Bordeaux shows coming. There is a lot I need to learn about this region.

QOTD: Iâ€™ve told ya about this before but at one of our company parties I was talking with a couple of clients while having a glass of wine and we began talking about some of our wine experiences. WLTV was brought up. We were all Vaynicacs. Talked about the show for a Â½ hour. Dave and Harry stop lurking!
August 27, 2007

JC
I bet they’re awesome, but my yearly wine fund is empty, beat, very beat! Great show though!
August 27, 2007

Capt M
Love this episode. Very recently, I had the 2001 Reserve De La Comtesse, brought to us by dear friends to a tasting held in our home. I scored it 89, but I felt priviledged to try it, and very pleased by the characteristics of it. Nice pitch of the cork (not the first time it stays in the lense).
August 27, 2007

tarheel17
Lack O’ Comments? NOOOOoooooo!!!
We can’t have that. I know I owe you lots and lots of my cents. (Certainly not my wine sense, as I have a very miniscule amount).

Have to tell you, though, I tried my first Petit Verdot (unblended) completely because of you and your opinion of the grape. And what do you know? It’s my most favorite wine this month! Thank you for putting the idea in my head, GV!

Megan
August 27, 2007

LMoC
iPhone should go to whomever has the biggest growth in Cork’d reviews in an allotted period of time.
August 27, 2007

Arcy
No longer a lurker. I’ll try to keep on commenting… I mean after all it takes all of a minute to do.

Great episode. Definitely gives me a few more wines to check out when I get the chance. Keep rocking on.
August 27, 2007

Capt M
BTW, my yearly wine allowance is also long gone. **sad**
August 27, 2007

Dylan
Lurker-out of hiding..haha. Great show, Gary, as always. Can’t wait for the mysterious announcement on Thursday. Gonna tune in for sure!!

Don’t know if you saw on newest Diggnation, Kevin thought he smelled the Oak Monster coming, Oh No!
August 27, 2007

Andre
Great episode Gary! I really like the episodes where there is a theme, or some sort of common aspect to the wines that bring them all together. I can’t explain why, but that makes the episode 10028393 times more interesting.

QOTD: I sent the the episode where you ate everything under the sun to train your palate to my boss and his wife. They both thought you were insane, but loved the episode. Now they watch all the time!
August 27, 2007

TimF
When I was a kid my mom made cherry pie with a pine cone crust.

Disclosing your decanting for the wines should be mandatory. I’m calling my Congressional Representative.

Poo-Yak.

I prefer Ed Coleman.

Poo-Yak.

Hostess blueberry pie?

Like pinot? You mean it’s thin?

Lynn Swan on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.

This message is time sensitive.

I wish I was there too. Can I have a job?

Swedish wine? I thought it was Poo-Yak.

I fully had Ram-Man. He had that switch on the back of his leg. Brilliant! I can’t wait to hear the Kahuna comments about Ram-Man.

Outside of eggplant is wicked bitter!

Give Parker a Ram-Man.

Sancerre?

I know how much you like Pee-Wee.

You might want to let that cool down first.

QOTD: Sorry, I got nothin’.
August 27, 2007

corebigg
Gary!! Once again, great show! The thing I love about WLTV is that you truly are changing the wine world. Because I live where I live, mid-america, wine drinkers and makers in this part of the US think completly differ then people say from Cali, or New York. So with that said, your show is bringing all differ types of wine lovers together, and tearing down those walls of “tredition” that have hurt the business for years.
August 27, 2007

GR8Wine
GV, Another awesome episode. and congrats on passing 300! I Love old world wines and only wish I could afford more world class Bordeaux. I’ll just have to live my wine life somewhat through you.
QOTD: I’ve introduced a lot of people at my winery to your episodes and now a bunch of us are addicted. Our winemaker is now an officially certified Vayniak. We ARE changing the wine world.
August 27, 2007

GeneV
Great episode. I’m sorry to hear that the 2004 Lynch Moussas disappointed. The 2000 was a great buy, and it hasn’t increased much in price. However, the 2000 had lots of Cab fruit. Love those Bordeaux!
August 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
One more thing… tks for tasting the 2001 Lalande. It was the last wine I bought 2 cases of….

And since several episodes back you threaten to punch me in the throat/or face or something extremly violent like that.. if we ever bought more than a case of any one wine…. Well I’m just glad I have that much to enjoy. Not such a bad deal to have so much though now is it!!!!! >:-)~
August 27, 2007

james marinello
Here’s you’re damn comment Gary!! HAHAHA So where are the ID wine festival results?!?!?!?!?
August 27, 2007

Darlene O.
LOVED THE EPISODE!! I love Pauillacs! QOD: First episode I watched was the episode JUST BEFORE the episode last August where you had to leave early due to either a ‘bachelor party’ or a ‘wedding rehearsal party’, you had a score of wine on the table, and someone comes up to you, whispers in your ear, and you announced you had to leave! LMAO!!!! That’s the episode that hooked me (although, you said in LA that many wineries were pissed! ) I saw that and told everyone I knew (just about ) to tune in to WLTV. And they have…:)
August 27, 2007

pete c
It took 301 episodes, but I finally got to see you stick the cork in the lens!
Awesome!
August 27, 2007

james marinello
ok….I got the results, not time to try the wine!!
August 27, 2007

Matt E
Okay, Gary. I got the sense you were feeling a little more tired and edgy tonight than I’ve ever seen you, and given your not so veiled threat to end it all if you don’t hear from us lurkers, I’m chiming in to give you that solid rocket booster shot of fuel.
Man, don’t even threaten to pull the plug on us. Not funny….
August 27, 2007

portman
I thought it was “pwee-yak”

Nice ep with #301. With soooooo many wines, soooooo many wine regions, the content for another 300 is there.

That is, as long as the flower gets it’s sunshine, water, and manure.

Mike
August 27, 2007

Pastafari Pirate
Hmmmmmmmm…. iPhone to whomever can….. something to do with internet links to WLTV from NON-WINE websites, and hits from redirections from those links, as logged by Google, or however. I.e., reward for directing more traffic to this site from internet communities OUTSIDE the wine ‘world’. To get more non-wine people (like me) hooked on wine and obsessing over your show.

QOTD: nothing yet. Only been here for 3 weeks. I’ve been telling all my friends who drink wine about it. No stories that are particularly interesting or amusing yet.

Caw! Caw! (sept 16)
August 27, 2007

Dash
Unfortunately I do not have any crazy stories to tell, but I wanted to show some love and whenever that funny/cool story comes along I will share it!
I cannot wait to try some of the wines you had today, they seem totally up my alley.
August 27, 2007

Grape Expectations
Here’s my two cents for today and I promise I’ll get in a dime’s worth of comments by the end of the week. Keep your head up, little flower!

QOTD: Immediately after my first post in the forums I was invited to a get together of Seattle Vayniaks and got to meet a truly great group of peeps.
August 27, 2007

Paul M
Don’t think I have had a Pauillac yet so I will put it on my list of things to try.

QOTD: My oldest daughter refers to weekend days as “Daddy Days” because I do not work. And she knows that I watch “that wine guy” on my computer on work days. Occasionally when I am behind on WLTV episodes and try to catch up on the weekends she chastises me and says “the wine guy is for work days not Daddy Days, stop watching and play with me”, which I do.
August 27, 2007

Scott S
Gary, borderline Lurker here reaching to you, BTW been here from day 1. Great show, thanks for reving up the education again in the show, Love it! Thanks so much for the Bordeaux show. I am very new to Bordeaux but have consumed lots of good Cali Cabs over the years and thought I had been drink great wine, little did I know. I have to tell you I ordered my first Bordeaux from WL, several weeks back,the 03 Ch.Sansonnet. So I decant the wine for about 3 hrs, pour a glass and Holy SH$%^&&*&%$t! A nose like I never experienced, mouth feel amazing and intense Blueberry and cedar, oh my God!.How could any one go thru life with tasting Bordeaux. Hook, line and sinker. Thanks so much for all you do!. “A little bit of you is change my wine life”, Thanks Scott
August 27, 2007

julian.grey
I hope you are reading this

Iphone giveaway idea:

Pick 5-10 wines (common enough so people of diff areas can access them)so like 1-2 for each major area. Ask people to select ONE wine to taste and send in a small x word count description. Tell them what to mention: nose, taste(attack, mid, finish) emotional associations w/e. You know what I mean. They send it in.
You taste the wines, select the entries that not only nailed it, but do the very thing you do: teach you to see a specific wine in a different way, maybe even help you enjoy it more.
You can have a show with 3-5 finalists and their respective wines, and do your thing and talk about why you liked each finalist’s take.

That would be fun. Anyway there is my dime ^^;

Love the show.

jg
August 27, 2007

nyc621
Loving the bacon appearance today! =)

Gary, I know you have this love/hate thing with scoring wines, but as a consumer you need direction on what to buy otherwise (as you said in this episode) you buy based on labels or worse price. When I walk into a wine store, I admit I can get so overwhelmed with the choices…there are so many wines out there that scores help to differentiate between the mediocre and solid wines. I use your scores as well as other scores to separate the crap from the good juice because I can’t afford to taste everything.

Now this is not to say that I use wine scores AFTER I taste a wine. By then, I have my own “score” and I make the decision as to whether or not I want to buy this wine again. Scores just help to give me direction, then I can take it from there.

Please keep scoring and looking forward to Thursday!
August 27, 2007

Shotgun
Pichon Lalande is near and dear to my heart. First time that I tasted it was at the old old Le Cirque in NYC (where was that, somewhere in the 70’s, between Fifth and say Lex?). My wife and I had a bottle of the 1978 (this would have been in 1986). It was wonderful– with beef filets and venison. Glad I am on-board for the 2005.

Funny WLTV story… I had my college-age son watch an episode last year, I don’t remember what wines you were tasting, maybe Rhones, and you were talking about lizard-backs and worm-heads and poopy mushrooms and… well, he loves to taste any red now and say, “Nope, no worm-heads here. No poop.”
August 27, 2007

vino1970jg
Nice to hear about the earthy, dirty, vegetal, graphite, etc. components of these wines. I think these qualities, odd at times, nevertheless make these wines soooooo interesting in the palate…

would have liked to have heard something about the difference between the pace at which these types of “big reds”, as opposed to many new world reds, travel through your palate- Napa cabs are often like race cars in your mouth and then they crash! A good Bordeaux slowly but surely leaves its complexity on the mid and back palate, rewarding the patient.

G-squared!? You rock, Gary!!
August 27, 2007

Aaron C
New Vaniac here! Make sure to watch the latest Diggnation, Kevin does an uncanny Vaynerchuk impression. Of the wines I’ve tried so far I seem to really enjoy some of the African wines. Anyone have some favorites from that area?
The only bad thing I’ve found about wine is that there’s so many, and I want to try them ALL!
August 27, 2007

Kanjimoti
HUGE rinse on the Pichon. Thought you were skipping the rinse and going straight for the sniffy snif. This is the first comment I’ve made on any of your shows after watching quite a few Gary. Feels good to get out of the lurchbox. Keep up the good work.
ps I live in Cal. and wish your store were closer, I would order more wine from you but I get killed on the shipping. Thanks again. -Kanjimoti
August 27, 2007

Martin
Sorry I didn’t comment on Friday; to be fair, you didn’t ask a question. I love watching the show at work. Now everyone in the office pretends to talk like Gary Vaynerchuk!
August 27, 2007

Craig MacDonald
GV, you want to meet the person that can buy those last two and invite their peeps over? I want to be one of those peeps! Those are WAY out of my budget but I always learn something from every episode and the forums have been great too. Between the two you really are changing the wine world.
August 27, 2007

Hans
Awesome show! I can’t wait to try a few of these.

QOTD: WLTV has completely changed my wine world, particularly with regards to oak. The oak monster and I used to be friends, but now I can’t stand him. Thank you for elevating my game.
August 27, 2007

linda
GV– I’m new at this posting thing here — apologies if this lands here twice — I’m not the best navigator — anyway, I think newbies and long time Vaniacs should have an equal shot at the iPhone! suggest you ask lurkers to come forth NOW and win the chance to be in the game — we could snail mail you a postcard with our screen name and you could do a random drawing. just my two cents!!

LOVE WLTV and … belated congrats on the 300th!!!!!!

Linda
August 27, 2007

Prescott Shibles
GV, you stopped asking for comments as much in your shows. That’s why you’re not getting as much love with the comments. Today’s request for comments is why you’re now getting tons…

Anyway, I did want to tell you that my pops turned me onto your site. You got a 59 year-old guy who couldn’t turn on a computer until seven years ago to clue me, an Internet media exec, onto your video blog. We head out to Napa/Sonoma every May. So, your site was a godsend to us!

I’ve been watching for two months (lurking), and I just wanted to say that I wish my magazine editors could develop the kind of compelling content that you do. The VH1 Behind the Vlog bit was hysterical!
August 27, 2007

Tom H
Great show

QOTD Story : My 2 year old totally blocks the world out when his favorite TV show is on. We can scream his name and he will not move. When I flip open the laptop and start WLTV and he hears “Hello everybody and welcome…..” he runs over to the computer and says “Gary” We may have to start using your voice to get him to the dinner table.
August 27, 2007

sara
ALRIGHT alright, alright, i don’t want to see you cry either, so here’s my comment(s). (unrelated to todays show, i know, but hey- at least i’m commenting) we’ve been big fans since reading the article about you on slate, and i’ll tell you that i’ve never felt more confident walking down a wine aisle than after listening to you talk about wine for some weeks. we went into our local wine shop to find a few of your recommendations (the 4 vines chard, las rocas garnacha, and the jonsey port) which the lady working there recognized as endorsed by gary. so our cover was blown, we didn’t get the credit for picking out good wine on our own, but it was great going in there knowing what we were looking for! it was really useful drinking with you, and being told what it was that we smelled and tasted

And add me to the list of people who can’t do the swish and spit without choking themselves and getting wine up their nose… maybe you could do an episode on that, if you haven’t already…

next time i’ll try and have a comment relevant to the day’s show.
August 27, 2007

Megan
I’ll definitely be trying the Reserve de la Comtesse this fall and if I can think up a good enough special occasion I’m itching to try the Pichon Baron after watching this show…
I only really discovered your show last week and this is the fifth episode I’ve seen, plus I bought 6 of the Pasodoble futures based on your review of those – lurkers aren’t necessarily so bad!
August 27, 2007

Ricardo Ganc
Hey Gary,

Great job, looovvveee Pichon Baron and Lalande, just kick ass big time!!!!
I just feel bad when you “kill”these babies before they are due, at least you are doing that, allowing me not to do it !!!
August 27, 2007

stevek1510
here is your comment my delicate little daisy…now you can do me a favor…please try this on an episode…
http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=30061

great episode, looking forward to saving a few $$ and making my way into some higher end bords…
August 27, 2007

jack dempsey
just a quick note to say thanks Gary, you crack me up and I love how seriously you’re committed to this. I’m buying some wine from winelibrary just because of the show, so you can know its definitely working.

I’d love to see an episode on some related topics like decanting, serving, various tools etc. Any plans for one?

Thanks!
August 27, 2007

Bernie Bearnaise
Congratulations on #300. One of the many benefits of your show is that you are all over the map. Sometimes I really wish you had one to pull down behind you but that would be so old school.

Thanks for lobbing one into my wheelhouse. I live for Bordeaux. I want to taste every one of the 5,000 or so Chateaux before I exit the stage. Once you get to know the Bordeaux region you find that there are really two of them. The left bank of the Gironde river (Medoc and Graves) and the right bank of the Dordogne river before they join up(St Emilion and Pomerol). On each side there are distictive districts that have their own traditions. The Grand Crus were established in 1855 for the Medoc. They were divided into 5 classes of growths. The most first growths were located in Pauillac. The Segur family started many of the vinyards but wars, revolutions and other events saw these Chateaus change ownership with the Rothschilds family branches eventually becoming the prominent owners. Everyone as far back as Thomas Jefferson knew about Chateau Lafite. Next came Chateau Latour. In 1973 Baron Phillipe Rothschild lobbied successfully to become the only Chateau to be advanced to first growth status with his Mouton Rothschild…

As Gary demonstrated today the second growths of Pauillac have excellent pedigree and an even higher QPR. The description of fleshy plum characteristics is usually found in the right bank wines (St.Emilion) which use Merlot as the highest proportion with a few notable exceptions. Cabernet Franc is the biggest constituent of my favorite Chateau Ausone and in high degree Chateau Cheval Blanc in St. Emilion. The left bank (Medoc)is usually higher in Cabernet Sauvignon. An interesting side note is that Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc are the proud parents of Cabernet Sauvignon.

The 2001 Pichon-Lalande was unique in comparison to other vintages. It was a blend of %50 Cabernet, 36% Merlot, and a robust 14% Petit Verdot. The PV gives a lot of ruby backbone for this wine to mature with.

The Pichon-Baron property lies across the road and has been managed by Christian Seely who happens to be English since 2001. It has a higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ranging from 65% up to 80%. The rest is mostly Merlot.

Another Pauillac property worth mentioning is the fabulous fifth growth Lynch-Bages which in good years like 2000 can be extraordinary.

The next district south is the approachable wines of finesse from St. Julien. These are not as famous or as big but have velvety rich fruit that is worth seeking out. The pricing is moderate in comparison to Pauillac.

Another classic show for the Old World guys! Thanks GV.
August 27, 2007

wendy w
Thank-you for my birthday present. After all these years I am excited to find a phenomenon that I must have and share with others. My husband and I then my sons and a girlfriend. Then my sister. Her ex, a caterer.Former football coach. They bought me wine…good wine. We watch. We are hooked. We have seen maybe 4 or 5 episodes. Where have you been? We are with you now. You are something else.This Montreal family has been touched by your wise and brilliant (just a little scary) foray into the jungle that is wine.
August 27, 2007

Ben N.
Hey Gary, Great show. Love Bordeaux. QOTD: I went in BevMo with my oak monster T-shirt on, and one of the employees recognized the shirt and watches the show too. After talking with him, I found out he’s a lurker. I thought that was funny.
August 27, 2007

Grapedigger
Pauillac RULES…thanks for the episode. Man, you always talk about how much you like Petit Verdot…, do not you think it’s about time that you’ve had an episode dedicated only to PV. I personally have not had a 100% PV and would like to see you trying some widely available ones with thunder potential…
QOTD: For the iPhone, I do not have a contest idea, but my suggestion is to give it as a present to the #1 fan of your show who has posted the largest number of comments so far…This person deserves it… and maybe if you announce that every 6 months you’ll be doing your statistics and rewarding the person who comments the most, then possibly you’d convert some of the lurkers..
Cheers,
GD
August 27, 2007

Dave
QOTD: My now current girlfriend works in PR for Kendall Jackson and had never heard of WLTV before we met. Demonstrating to her my intimate knowledge of the world’s most popular wine vlog helped me seduce her.
August 27, 2007

OSUBuckly
Sorry for not leaving comments, Gary. Truth is I watch the show over iTunes so I don’t have the comment page readily available when I watch the show…
Good luck with the Thundercats. Unfortunately, I don’t have anything to contribute as I was always a GI Joe fan myself…
As for the iPhone giveaway, how about choosing a random name from one of the posters in the comment section? Just pick a random show from an upcoming week and add those names in to a hat, then draw out a name. Winner! That should drive up your comments and hopefully lure some lurkers.
August 27, 2007

Hildebrant
Keeping it real! Love it. Keep up the good work.
August 28, 2007

amgryger
QOTD: Because of WLTV I have eaten roses, pine needles, pine sap, ferns, moss, grass, wet leaves, and several kinds of “terroir,” and have a better palate for it.
August 28, 2007

LostinTuscany
Gary,

Killer theme! Keep bringing the heat!

Pauillac is the bomb!
August 28, 2007

Moselman
Just some random flotsam and jetsam, Gar. To add to the comments. Don’t really understand the angst there, what with thousands of e-mails coming in. And I find it gets tiresome trying to read all of 100+ comments for each ep.

Two guys who could afford cases of the last two wines would be Jobs and the CEO of the iPhone carrier (AT&T?). Maybe you could hit them up to donate an iPhone each so’s you could give away 3 of ‘em. And a MacbookPro, and…

So you’re moving on from the Vay-ner-chuk! How about doing the same for the “day” every time “de” appears on a French wine label? Try swallowing it as an inconsequential sort of word whisker. Hell, you Yanks are doing your best to eliminate “of” from the literature anyway. My $0.02 (CDN) contribution to “Reading Wine Labels”. (Just a “couple observations”).

One last â€“ Thundercats, meh!

But _loving_ WLTV and GV !!
August 28, 2007

Robin C.
You could give the i phone to the person who de-lurked the most people – former lurkers could testify that they were brought out of lurkdom by the person competing for revealing the most lurkers.

QOTD: Clearly I’m not spending enough time talking about WLTV. I surely should have a funny story by now. Only poignant stories about T shirts I have to return but haven’t gotten around to doing it.
August 28, 2007

NorCal-DMB
Gary -

Another great show. Some more wines on my list to try.

QOTD: How about a photo contest for the most unusual location (maybe furthest from the Wine Library Store), display and/or use of a Wine TV Wristband or T-shirt? Of course you’ll have to weed out the scary people.
August 28, 2007

Kev
as far as the iphone is concerned, i could care less about getting one. i’m not really into iAnything.

there, i commented. Now back to my usual lurking. =)
August 28, 2007

Dave Grega
OK so here is a quick story about WLTV….

I work at a tasting room on the weekends and meet many people while doing so. Earlier this month I was pouring wine for a lady who was a local wine writer. Her and I began a fun conversation about local wines etc. I began to mention my Sacramento wine web site to her and she was very interested, in fact she wanted to link her blog up to my site. She then asked me if I have ever heard of WLTV because she thought I would enjoy the way Gary approached wine. All I had to do was hold up my arm and flash her the old school black WLTV wristband, I then poured her some Petite Verdot and said “this wine really brings the thunder!” …..TRUE STORY FOLKS
August 28, 2007

aheadwithwings
Great show can’t wait for the big announcement! Or the THUNDERCAT TAKEOVER!

Glad to see that even though the Jets “won” you were able to admit that the Giants starters won. I feel both teams have some big issues but we shall see who can correct the most by the time they face off again when it counts for real!
August 28, 2007

ecola
Nice shot with the cork! How long have you been trying to do that one?
August 28, 2007

el profesor
Alright Gary, you win, the threat of not being able to watch you every night as I enjoy a glass of wine is too great, I can’t lurk in the shadows anymore. I have been watching since like episode 50 and even convinced my wife to comment for a while until she got a new job. How ’bout giving the I-phone to the person who guesses what the big announcement is? I mean, its gotta be a new and improved Cork’d.com right? Can’t wait, and I will use it!
August 28, 2007

Ivan C.
Great show Gary. Bordeaux got me into wines; it was a 2000 Graves which name I can’t recall at the moment, and it was a revelation for my palate, I had no idea wine could be so good. My cellar now has wine from all over the world, and I love how a great bottle is able to seduce the senses. However, Bordeaux keeps calling me back.
Cheers!
August 28, 2007

Phil G
Been watching for a few weeks â€“ sorry to lurk â€“ but I did tell a bunch of friends about the show at a wedding this weekend. BTW, I miss the ‘…whether you like it or not’

Thanks!
August 28, 2007

ktw
QOTD: WLTV is more than just a wine show – it’s a show about how to live life to the fullest. When I introduce the phenomenon of WLTV I tell people, “Even if you do not like wine you will gain wisdom.” Who else reminds us to tell our loved ones that we love them everyday? Who else can turn a beverage into a board game? Who else calls their grandma “Grandmammie”? GV: you do not just drink wine and tell people what it tastes like – you are a Life Coach!
August 28, 2007

Edwardo
QOTD : I’ve got kids entertained by the Thunder Cats and the over the top hasgaryjumpthedtheshark.com not even knowing what Yellow Tail is but they enjoy the over the top performance and saying “that guy should be on SNL”. I’ve got my parents wondering why I want to wear a wine library TV wrist band while I try odd wines from Spain while watching tasting notes on line with Gary Vay-ner-chuk …. it is an educational, entertaining whirlwind
August 28, 2007

Sven
i Phone give away idea – how about it goes to the best pic of a bearded guy on a boat in South Florida with 2 dogs on a boat with a lighthouse in the back ground ?
August 28, 2007

Flavio
Gary –

Great show. Again. The Pichons rule… and it was great to see them being tasted side-by-side by someone who knows what they’re talking about and speaks my language.

You should do St. Julien next… Bordeaux rules!

Question: I have some 1975 Lalande that were actually re-corked in 1993 (it says so on the cork but the label is the same as the original Pichon Lalande 1975). It was acquired in Paris by my dad, from a reputable wine store. How often (and why) does that happen?

iPhone: include “name of WLTV member that recommended you to WLTV” as a registration question and give the iPhone to whoever gets the most votes in the next 30 days.

Best,
Flavio, the Confessed Lurker
August 28, 2007

Lenny
Good show Gary. I stumbled on WLTV a week or so ago, and big kudos! I’m at a point in my wine life where I have been seeking out old world wines-and your take on them enhances and offers a good bit of direction. keep it up!
BTW, being more of a college football junkie myself, any thoughts on what goes well with a Sooners gameday BBQ?
August 28, 2007

Matt the Lurker
QOTD – this is a toughy. I really couldn’t think of a story, but I’ll tell you the truth. WLTV has turned me into a web blog geek and I have no interest in becoming one. Really. I spend enough time on the computer each day. I don’t need to spend more. But with the videos and the cork’d and the forms… it has sucked me in. Giant suck. Giant suck in a good way.

Geez, I used to be a lurker. Now look, I’m posting all the time. Suckity suck.
August 28, 2007

vivaitalia
Very interesting episode, it’s interesting to hear about prime wines from the same region that are so different. Hearing about that jammy multi-fruit reduction made me drool! I can’t wait to try it, even for $65 bones. The problem i’ve had is that the bordeauxs that i’ve had have been consistently underwhelming. I can find spanish wines at half the price that bring alot more thunder. I want to second the thought of the earlier commenter who recommended a 100% petit verdot episode, I love the obscure grapes.
August 28, 2007

Mason
Fantastic show today, GV. I loved the shot with the cork in the end that stayed next to the lens! Sweet!

QOTD: I was just telling my wife at dinner tonight how I must be the only person around the city of Memphis, TN that watches the show. I would love to actually meet some people that watch and live somewhere around Memphis. I have told several of my friends about WLTV, but they don’t seem all that interested. I guess they don’t have the passion about wine that I do, but that is fine. Maybe one day I will live in a city where some other Vayniacs gather on a regular basis and we can all sit around and drink wine and talk about what makes it so fantastic!
August 28, 2007

def
hey gary, i’ve been watching for over a week now, and this is my SECOND post, so hopefully you’re not crying on my account.
i’ve only been drafted into the wine world for the past couple of years, and just recently have begun seriously experimenting outside of my standards (jammy jam zins, with some of your fruitier syrahs thrown in, mainly). also, i am a poor 31-year old cook in the restaurant business, so i have to keep an eye on the pricetags, unfortunately. and my palette, while great in the kitchen, still needs some fine-tuning for the subtleties of vino. anyway, just wanted to say thanks for all of the fantastic information and tips you make available to us all. it’s so helpful to actually see you taste and describe each wine first-hand – way better than a wine spectator review. i promise not to be a stranger. keep ‘em comin’!
stef
August 28, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
Here’s a huge comment (and my contest idea) broken up into a few chunks; Gary, I hope that these four cents grow you into the beautiful flower that you want to become.

French wines scare me. It seems like they are generally expensive and then as they get into the $10 to $15 range I have the impression that the variation of quality is much wider than what you get from California in that price range. I could be totally wrong, I can’t say I’ve branched out much; from the 87 bottles I’ve recorded on CellarTracker, 47 are from CA and only 2 are from FR! Maybe it’s the labels, they all look the same to me and that’s just plain scary. I need to get on the ball and branch out. That said, I did try a Nebbiolo and a Pinotage (plus gave one as a gift) for the first time this week, just haven’t made it over to France yet (though I do have four bottles of ‘05 Bordeaux on the way, you’re changing my wine world).
August 28, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: I wore my WLTV shirt to work last week (T-shirts at work? life as a programmer is great). A dude who I have never met before was walking by my desk just out of the blue and got super excited, “Man, that guy is awesome!” We ooh’ed and ahh’ed over the ‘Chuk for a bit and then he was off. Crazy to meet a fellow Vayniac out of the blue.

That’s a pretty weak story though, what would make it good is if I could get him and some of his Vaynerchuk-unaware friends to come to the delayed episode 300 tasting that I’m doing this weekend, and that leads me straight into to the contest.
August 28, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
You want a to raise the Vayner-warness of the collective consciousness but this is wine, people can’t really get it through some viral, electronic Web 2.0-me up campaign. They have to drink the wine—they have to smell the wine—anything else wouldn’t be true to the WLTV mantra, “You with a little bit of me….” The only way to have that spark is in the flesh with Vayniacs bringing their friends into the fold. People need to buy wine, drink it with their friends, and talk about the wine experience.

WLTV is a great facilitator for that experience—here’s the new contest:
You and the WLTV team pick about fifteen episodes that people can use as inspiration. They’ll be episodes that highlight a varietal, an appellation, a winemaking style, or just a Vaynerchuk attitude.
Your viewers, the Vayniacs, will buy some wine that fits into the themes of one of those episodes, drink it with friends and watch the episode together. They may taste the exact wines that you tasted; it’s much more likely that they’ll taste whatever is readily available at their local supermarket or wine shop and has some vague connection to the episode theme. Maybe they’ll all be sugary Rieslings and over-oaked Cabernets or maybe they’ll be perfectly balanced trocken gems and virgin vegetal varietals. It doesn’t matter whether the wine is “good” or “bad”; what’s important is that people will be trying wine with friends and introducing the people they care about to revolutionary WLTV way of thinking.
Having tasted some wine and talked about it, everyone gives back. To get credit for the contest and to really see the benefit of joining a wine-oriented community, everyone posts their thoughts on Cork’d or their own blogs, linking to the person who introduced them to WLTV and linking to the episode that they watched together.
Rinse and repeat. Friends introduce friends, everyone’s appreciation for wine grows, a winner is declared, and a prize that rivals the prize from the T-shirt contest is awarded to the contest winner.

Not edgy enough for you? Bonus points for people who join their friends in palate training and send in pictures or videos; double bonus points if it involves something that you can’t buy in the grocery store.
August 28, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
I’m eagerly anticipating the unveiling of the new Cork’d (and I really expect it to happen on Thursday), so this should tie in perfectly with that. I’m also a great candidate for iPhone since my cell phone screen gave up the ghost two weeks ago (it only shows white now) and I played with my friend’s iPhone when he was in town, getting me totally hooked (by the way the WLTV spreadsheet is not at all iPhone-friendly).
August 28, 2007

Nelson Oliveira
Sup Gary,
I just fimished watching the episode on my ipod and i gotta say it was great to see u enjoying those last two wines! Well this is my first post and i gotta say i really love the episodes! I started watching after i saw you on Conan, cant believe he licked his sock! Well i told my friend Mike from NC , who is a displaced New Jersey Boy, about you since he is crazy about wine and he is also a Jet fan (What A Combo)! Well i gotta tell you i love the episodes and cant wait to see what else u gonna do.

p.s. I cant see any of the comments when i watch it on my iPod
Is it the same on a iPhone? Maybe you should give me one so i can find out!
August 28, 2007

Paulo P
the iPhone should come to South America. Gary, you would have a South American Corespondent, a voice for the WLTVN in Rio de Janeiro. An insider’s view on Local wines from someone that would, indiscriminately, flag his WLTVNC Press ID to get a free lunch at all the tasting in town. How cool is that?
August 28, 2007

t_moderne
QOTD: How about my 11 year old over-hearing the sounds emanating from the laptop during a post dinner, evening watching WLTV, and exclaiming: “Who is that? I keep hearing this voice and it sounds familiar”. Upon seeing Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk, she asks for me to continue playing the 10 second introduction to the last 20 wine library tv episodes. Next thing i gotta do is make an audio loop of: “welcome eveyone to Wine Library TV, I’m your host Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk and this is the Thunder Show, Wine Library TV.”
August 28, 2007

Ferrigno
AND IT STUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (remember???, the cork??)
alright good episode!! now YOU KNOW you gotta do Margaux….
I think I get the “sincerity” in a wine, that I love, that’s pretty much why I stay on French, Italian and German wine….
hmmmm damm I forgot the QOTD… sorry BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
PS: do not laugh at me for asking you to try a beaujolais
August 28, 2007

Gary Simon (GPS)
GV, Thank you for going Bordeaux on us. You influenced a purchase of a Bordeaux tonight. I went with a Margaux though, the 04 Chateau Lascombes…killer bottle of juice!
August 28, 2007

Andy
Gary, I love your show. And I want trackback feature to each episode page. I sometimes write about you in my blog, and trackback feature will show you my feedback more easily.
August 28, 2007

diego de la p...
great episode!!!, now I need a bordeaux haha
cant wait until thursday, pretty nervous!! hope it is a good thing!!
August 28, 2007

medo
Enthusiasm… Gary, you make me walking into a shop and buying a 64$ bottle of wine out of nothing! Maybe this was the answer of the QOTD? Brilliant show!
August 28, 2007

Dominic
As always, a great episode. For those being Bordeaux, the prices are not bad at all. I think a lot of beginners have a misconception that Bordeaux, from an economic standpoint, is out of reach. Thanks for shattering yet another misconception and bringing the enjoyment of wine to the masses.
August 28, 2007

Hugh McCabe
Dear Gary
Have just discovered your site and love your enthusiasm and knowledge. I am from New Zealand, mainly famous for its Sauvignons and increasingly Pinot Noirs. I was recently reading Steven Spurrier in Decanter saying the Hawkes Bay Cabernet blends from New Zealand are the closest appoximation in the new world to those from Bordeaux. It would be good to see you compare say Te Mata Coleraine or one of the Craggy Range bordeaux blends with bordeaux wines in a similar price bracket, maybe some Chilean blends as well, avoiding the overblown Australian offerings.
August 28, 2007

Matt H.
Like the episode. And I’m actually glad you omitted the Vay-Ner-Chuck. It shows you can keep yourself grounded and stay fresh. I’ve always wanted to get myself into wine and on the special occasion of my second comment I would just like to say, your site allows such a smooth transition for a lay person seriously interested in getting into the wine that it’s ridiculous. Thanks. I watch you a dime’s worth a week now.
August 28, 2007

wildebeest
Gary,

Today was the first day of the new semester. It’s going to be busier than ever, but I’m really excited. I’ve got a brand-new haircut, and I’ve even chopped the goat off. I wonder if you’ll even recognize me the next time I haunt a meetup.

I currently don’t have a cell phone at all, but I have to admit that if I won an iPhone, I’d be pretty stinkin’ psyched. However, I’d be happy to let my prize go to anybody who could enable WineLibrary to resume shipping to NV. That’s what I think you should use it for. And if it works, I’ll get you some new viewers myself.

I really like the wide-reciever/ballerina analogy. Sometimes your sports references seem a bit forced, but this one is a reminder of why you’re the best in the business.

Hmmm… the QOTD isn’t a question at all, but here’s a short one for ya: I went to a huge family gathering about a month ago, and I was wearing the “pickles” shirt. My grandpa, who’s really far-sighted, noticed the shirt, but was having trouble reading it. He began reading the back of it aloud, and when he got to your name, he sounded it out just like you usually do on the show: “Vayy – nrrrr – chuk” My girlfriend got a major kick out of that.
August 28, 2007

wildebeest
I think Vernieri is on to something with his contest ideas.
August 28, 2007

Rx8Doc
Quick note on lurkers. Growing up I watched just about every MASH episode, and every Monty Python episode (yes, I can recite every line). But I never wrote a fan letter. (snail mail, as we are pre Internet), but that does not diminish the love for the shows and the stars. To look forward to the next 300 WLTV shows I would keep the intensity Vay Ner Chuck, But maybe some more food pairings. Also a lesson on how to order wine out on the town. Gary goes for French Food episode. How about a Winelibrary secret discount with the code LURKER.
How about a go on the floor of Winelibrary and grab someone at random and ask why did you buy that bottle? Open it and taste it with them and maybe steer them to other choices (if not a great bottle).
Last if Wine Woot can have their own lable why can not the WLTV Nation?
August 28, 2007

Steve-o
QOTD: I started working in the tasting room of a winery recently (there’s a thread in VV about it…probably way back on the 3rd page by now) and in the past few weeks i have called in tons of my internet connections. at this point i have people in ontario wanting to import from us, people wanting to evaluate our event capacity, and TONS of people wanting to take a road trip up and taste @ my place.

This site has helped me access a key, unharnessed demographic for my employers. seriously, gary. thank you for the opportunities that your community has created for me.

keep up the good work

you rule.
August 28, 2007

Jon B.
Great episode.QOTD about 3 months ago I had mentioned WLTV to my sister,who enjoys wine but wasn’t what you call into it.However now on many occassions we’ve discussed episodes,and had laughs about the show and what not. I’m pretty sure she’s catching wine fever or at least a thirst for WLTV. Thanks Gary and WLTV crew.
August 28, 2007

John Witherspoon (J DUB)
GV
Great episode, love wine from Pauillac, I will definitely seek out the Reserve De La Comtesse, it sounds like a winner and one that isn’t too out of the price range. As one who drinks Grgich and Caymus, etc… or should I say buy (I have a bunch in our “cellar”) I will have to buy the Pichon Baron and Pichon Lalande, maybe do a big tasting with the Grigich and one of the years of Caymus, not the special selection though.

QOTD: After the Conan show, friends emailing calling asking if that crazy guy on Conan last night is the wine guy that I talk about all the time.

IPHONE GIVEAWAY – I have no idea how to drag the lurkers out of the dark, but I will be racking my brain for ideas because OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH do I want an IPHONE.

GREAT EP

J DUB
August 28, 2007

Chris S
QOTD: When some friends were visiting recently I showed them all WLTV and people seemed to find it funny that I watched a wine video podcast. I have subsequently found out that at least one of them has been watching it since. That may not be spreading the thunder at the rate at which you are but every little counts!

Keep up the great work – I love watching the show every day.
August 28, 2007

Lynne
Doggone it! I just placed an order, got my cart all cleaned out and now I feel the need to put more into it. Why are we never happy with an empty cart?
I’ve never had any “Poo-Yak”, and now I must give it a “whirl”. Sometimes gaining knowledge is expensive!

The contest: If you want to reward loyalty, give the iphone to the Vayniac who’s been a customer the longest. Course, that’s not quite fair because not all loyal Vayniacs can purchase from WL.
Beats me. Maybe a random drawing of all Vayniacs. Maybe have us pick a number between 1 and whatever. I don’t know. I hate contests; TimF would probably win this one, anyway!!!
August 28, 2007

phermented1
Great show…again! Just don’t let the T-Cats steal the show! Pichon Lalande is one of my favorite Pauillacs even though I do not get to drink them as often as I like. I will be sure to seek out the Comtesse though.

QOTD: I visited Long Island last weekend to see friends and family and of course the wineries. I was wearing my Oak Monster T-shirt when I walked into Roanoke Vineyards. I was being served by the owner’s wife and she was talking about the reviews on the Red Blend #1 and said and I quote, “This crazy wine shop owner in New Jersey who has some kind of internet tv show reviewed it and loved it.” I said was it this guy and turned around to show the Wine Library logo on the back of the shirt. She laughed. We talked about the Conan show, and she poured me a few “extra” samples.
August 28, 2007

Viking
great show G …*starts saving for a bottle of the 2004 Chateau Pichon Baron*

iPhone giveaway:
how about having the vayinacs holding a blind(?) party…inviting a few friends/coworkers/yada-yada that don’t know about WLTV *maybe using the same 3 wines* and the best review sent in of that party get’s the iPhone

QOTD:
I was watching Diggnation…when you had your cameo and thought…hmmm…what’s this about…but then my 2 byte memory completely forgot about it until the 8/17 when Kevin “pownced” me with your link and the “D-UHHHH” / “OH YA” comments came flooding back…so I tore off and downloaded your feeds
August 28, 2007

Viking
oh…and i’m really looking forward to that show you hinted…5 golden rules…shoping not based on labels …for us complete n00bs
August 28, 2007

CraigV
Gary: I watch WLTV for its educational and entertainment value and appreciate both. I have De Long’s Wine Grape Varietal Table hanging right above my iMac so I can refer to it when you discuss one of the more obscure grape varieties. Perhaps you could do a few more programs expanding our horizons into Kadarka, Blaufrankisch, Auxerrois & Harslevelu, amongst others. Let’s see how some of those wines stack up against Cabs, Shiraz, Chards and Pinot Gris.
August 28, 2007

Karen
Hey Gary! Here is my $.02 : you rock! I’m attending a wine party this weekend. I’m bringing (2) bottles from WLTV. I drank one of the thunder wines (a red under $10–Rhone Rebel Gsm) last week and totally loved it. We are changing the wine world!
August 28, 2007

FTboomer
Hey Gary, I’m making my first time pilgramage to WL in a few weeks, check you PM, you gonna be in town?
August 28, 2007

MsRebecca
Great show Gar..
Trying to get into the wine tasting biz, but waaaayyyy too much red tape!
Arrghh
August 28, 2007

Jayhitek
QOTD: A while ago, I was showing a friend of mine the episode you did outside when the temp was about 5 degrees and the wind blowing 40 mph.

After we watched it, I said, “Isn’t that great?!”

He said, “No. That guy is really weird. I never want to see that again.”
August 28, 2007

AK
Gary,

Your Pauillac tasting has me looking forward to trying the Pichons. Ratings and comments help me focus , but when a wine such as the Baron brings a smile of uncontrolled sublime satisfaction – I have to experience it also. That picture could never be conveyed in any written form.

So, I’m de-lurking and thanking you for your efforts in changing the world.
August 28, 2007

6ft2amazon
Yu can’t go way now my first vlog was yesterday! Saw you on “Uncorked” My roommate and I have been looking for a way to â€œtrainâ€ our taste buds and I think youâ€™re vlog is perfect for that!

So, weâ€™re still learning how this works, do you ever tell before hand what you will be tasting? If you did, we could buy the same thing and taste with you. Then when you explain what youâ€™re tasting, we can recognize it with you. What better way to train the â€˜buds!

Of course, we can always just watch older episodesâ€¦but then you wonâ€™t get those two centsâ€¦
August 28, 2007

jason
SOOOOO happy you did a show on Puillac, especially these wines. i just bought a bought a bottle of 1996 pichon baron (birthday present to myself) and a 1995 of lynch moussas. the lynch will get drunk in the next year or so, the PB is for my 40th in 2015.
i think you are right, the 2004 is the last good buy in bordeaux. buy up the big boys, they made a lot of wine in 2004 and it is good. it will last longer than most of us can wait.
bravo!
a slightly new approach this season. maybe it is #301 or the french wine, can’t be too enthusiastic in france, not so cool. anyhow, good enthusiasm but not embarrassing. still watch you though. it is these kinda shows that bring me back
bravo bravo

QOTD: everytime i tell my friends who are getting into wine little, enough to go to the wine store and buy wine there and and talk to the guy, they want the link.
August 28, 2007

HC
Damn Gary you had my mouth watering with your description of the 2004 Pauillac’s .I cant wait to try them .Keep up the great job .
August 28, 2007

cgatesman
Great show, Gary! Love it when you get so excited over some good wines!

I have absolutely no experience with Bordeaux. I think it’s mostly because I have no idea how to pick them out. My fiancee got a Bordeaux favorite from a coworker of mine at her wedding shower. I cannot wait to share it with her and begin a new region of wines!

If I wasn’t getting married in a couple of weeks, I’d be all over a bottle of Pichon Baron!
August 28, 2007

David
Great, educational show. Here’s to another 300!

QOTD: Wine has been pretty much my only hobby for the past several years. However, it has always been tough to get my friends passionate about it. WLTV has helped immensely – everyone I’ve introduced to the show now watches it every day. They say it’s because you can learn a LOT about wine and start to form your own opinions about it. Keep up the great work.
August 28, 2007

Nathan L
Great QOTD and I’ve got a good one for you. My girlfriend was throwing me a surprise party and a friend of mine was distracting me during the setup. We had been at the lake with some other friends that afternoon and I was supposed to go meet her. My friend was coming up with other things for us to do and I was trying to come up with excuses to go home (but of course without letting my boy know that in actuality I was just afraid of getting in trouble). We stopped at his house and realizing I was going to have to wait for him for a few minutes I decided to watch part of the new episode of WLTV. He had never seen it but was getting into wine. It just so happened that the first wine you were doing was one that he had drank and hated (some Pinot Grigio in a funky looking bottle), he quickly proclaimed that if you didn’t hate it he would never watch again. You proceeded to rate it 45 points because it didn’t even qualify as wine. We proceeded forget about my angry girlfriend and the party and watched WLTV for an hour until my girlfriend called my buddy and yelled at him for not bringing me on time. We were late to my party but a new vayniac was born
August 28, 2007

BF
Ok, QOTD for the IPhone Giveaway (No, I don’t want it):

Gary V is famous (notorious?) for his graphic descriptions of wines (e.g., imagine a bomb going off in a stable that hasn’t been cleaned in 7 years, and it burns a giant pig that runs off into a vegetable patch, getting covered in cherry tomatoes and green peppers, and then you dunk that pig in chocolate sauce, bite it, and chase it with a dill pickle).

So, the winner of the I-Phone Contest should be the person who comes up with the BEST DESCRIPTION of WLTV. Gary’s show is like . . . . .
August 28, 2007

Tallman
Gary, long time lurker giving you some comment love. As for the contest, a few other blogs I read have given away stuff by having people leave 1 comment (1 comment only per person) on the contest post and then they randomly pick from that list.

While this doesn’t really reward any one person, the word usually spreads pretty quick and brings a ton of people in.
August 28, 2007

Andy
Really trying to get into Bordeaux wine …. Sound like the Pauillac is bringing the thunder G.
Our son is going around like The Oak Monster Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
August 28, 2007

Coby Stilp
Love the show Gary! Congrats on 300. I am a long time lurker but haven’t left a comment until today. I am also a big WineLibrary fan. You guys are a class act. I wish you had a store in Austin TX. Keep up the the great work. You are truly what the wine experience is all about. BTW, nice pic in the WSJ today.
August 28, 2007

rd
Great show GV. Great timing for this show also. I was VERY lucky to particpate in a vertical this weekend of some great Bordeaux vintages (’82, ‘85, ‘89 and ‘90) that included an ‘89 Pichon Baron. Was great to get your insight on a recent vintage. In addition to Pauilac, we threw in some others (Graves – ‘85 Mission Haut-Brion) and Pomerol. Amazing how uniquely different each area and wine can be. Now a non-lurker.
August 28, 2007

JerseyGirl turned CNY vaniac
QOTD: I’m new, so not too many stories (yet). BUT here we go on one: My friends have been poking fun at me for watching/listening to this blog all the time… so i finally got them to watch Gary on Conan. They thought it was HILARIOUS (of course)! So, i explained to them why Gary was making Conan eat all that crazy stuff, and they got interested… and now two or three of them are learning about wine and watching the show and are on the road to becoming Vaniacs! I totally win!

On another note: Gary, I must admit that I am totally guilty of buying based on label design when I want to try something new… I’m a graphic designer, so I’m drawn to the labels that are well-designed… and I figure, if i’m trying random new wines it’s a good way to figure out what i want to get. I would TOTALLY be interested in a show on buying blind, cause region, grape and label design are usually how i decide.

I think that’s at least $.25 worth!
August 28, 2007

JerseyGirl turned CNY vaniac
The iPhone should go to the person who sends in the home-made wine that Gary likes best!
August 28, 2007

DryDrew
Congratulations on the 301st episode
Hers my 2 cents since I have been watching (end of 2006, but have watched it all) lots has changed
I was not al all familiar with wine. I practically knew nothing but always hade a passion for wine. As a young kid I would squeeze grapes and put them in an empty soda bottle in the seller of our house and was always frustrated to find it a week later full of mildew
Any way thanks to you Gary I now am fairly educated and trying new bottles every week as you can see in my Corkâ€™d account. I have also planted two Riesling vines in my back yard and hope to make my own New York Riesling

As for the iPhone. As someone has supposed you should have everyone rate a particular wine in there Corkâ€™d account with flavor profiles (all entries should be in at a given date then gather all the results in a spared sheet) then you would rate that same wine on a show and the one with the closest ratings will be the winner
You will get lots of people to go back and watch as many episodes they can to learn how you rate and you will get them all to start Corkâ€™d accounts which I think is the best part of WLTV and last but not lest you will be sold out of that wine

Hay and what happened to the Gravatar? I miss it!
August 28, 2007

Squidbeak
Lurker coming out of the woodwork to leave a comment, I suppose two cents an episode isn’t a bad price for such a great show. Unfortunately I haven’t said anything and have been watching since a day or so after the Conan appearance. Cheers Gary, you make a fantastic, interesting show even though I’m 19 and can’t drink wine yet, and don’t even know anything about wine. Keep up the good work.

Oh, and I hope the nixing of “VAY-NER-CHUK” is only temporary?
August 28, 2007

Raffi
I like DryDrew’s suggestion for the contest.

Nice shot at the end there. I’m waiting for you to put Mott’s eye out.
August 28, 2007

JIMMY
Gary
Iphone challenge. Give the nation a list of the twenty or so wines that you will be tasting next week and have the nation guess your palate, we have watched you over time and now we know our palate and your palate. Just like you can know Parker’s palate when it comes to BIG BOLD FRUITY Bombs… Whoever guesses in exact order with the closest scores gets the phone.
August 28, 2007

hydeparkciastudent
Gary, nice show, I’ll admit, I am a lurker sorry…
August 28, 2007

corkdork
I-Phone Contest:

Create a quiz that has questions from various episodes (ie: when did “sniffy sniff” start?).

Set a deadline to turn in the quiz.

Those with correct answers are entered into a drawing.

Draw a name out of a spit bucket on an episode of WLTV.
August 28, 2007

David B
OK, lurker no longer! All the second wines I’ve tasted out of Bordeaux, whether left bank or right, have not been worth the $$. Generally very tannic (they’re usually quite young) or thin. They’re a second wine for a reaon. I’d always recommend paying up for the first wine.
August 28, 2007

David B
OK, lurker no longer! All the second wines I’ve tasted out of Bordeaux, whether left bank or right, have not been worth the $$. Generally very tannic (they’re usually quite young) or thin. They’re a second wine for a reason. I’d always recommend paying up for the first wine.
August 28, 2007

Ken
Nice Pinot glass!!
I am still primarily a lurker but Iâ€™ll give you an idea for your I-Phone contest anyway: Have viewers recommend a wine that they like and that WL does NOT carry. Then, have a playoff of the top wines that you pick and the one that is the best will thus determine the winner of the I-Phone. You can have variations of this contest in the rules. For instance, only accept â€œregionalâ€ nominations: Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, or gasp, New Jersey. Maybe you will discover some new wines that WL can carry as the result of this contest.
August 28, 2007

wine-ot
100 points GV….And man do i hate when you like a wine, this time two @ $60+ Q.O.D. – I tell evryone about WLTV and so many customers in my restaurant…actuall only the cool ones…i can’t stand when people i give this gift to just don’t get it…pisses me offffffffff!
August 28, 2007

Brandon M
I say, if it aint broke…..
August 28, 2007

Brandon M
Wine-OT

Same here, people don’t get it so I stopped trying. There are plenty of Vayniacs to enjoy this with, IMO.
August 28, 2007

andrew
gary,
love the show! the more i drink, the more i gravitate back to the old world. there is soooo much there, so interesting, complex and the second/third growths can be tremendous values….

couple of general comments — i know that you have a book in you, maybe 2, 3, 4….. anything brewing?

about the iphone. i agree with one of the others above, have a show based on suggestions of great finds. maybe its the vayniacs’ list of the best wines – sort of a WS 100 list. not just the best, but with other considerations… You taste, and you call the number 1.

THAnks again.

ps, i am just opening a mixed case of Languedoc wines that I picked up at Wine Library on Sunday. Just searching the region…
August 28, 2007

JOEinLA
Its nice to see SOME of the Big boys make an appearance. Could you imagine a first growth tasting on WLTV? What would it take?

…I was able to go to a tasting of the 04’s and 03’s of over 50 Bordeaux wines. Each had 03 and 04 to pour. I enjoyed so many of the 04’s over the 03’s and the majority of the Chateau reps did also.

QOTD.Some friends of mine telling me while “camping” they discovered and were watching vidcasts on line of some wild wine guy who does tastings on line. They loved it and couldn’t wait to tell me. My response was…You are now a Vayniac but don’t be a lurker! They still are
August 28, 2007

Kevin
Gary, totally enjoyed episode 301 , particularly your “intense” review of Chateau Pichon Baron 2004 and 2001. Besides giving the great detail about the nose, and flavor, I like how you matched it up to Parker’s reviews. This is important for me since very few bottles that I purchase are in the $65 to $75 range. This definitly makes it easier to approach purchasing a few bottles with less risk.
August 28, 2007

Bagels
I have often let my dislike for the French cloud my palette. I seriously feel they export the expensive wines to the USA(because we are ALL rich) and keep the good, less costly wines in Europe. I am hoping your review of Pauillac can cleanse my palette so my wife and friends can get as excited as you when we uncork a ‘01 Pichon Lalande.

PS- Loved episode #122. I am a big fan of Calif-Cabs. Go Mondavi!!!
August 28, 2007

Rick W.
Great cork shot!!! Did you ever think about being a pro dart player?
August 28, 2007

CARLOS
Gary, have you ever had a tasting of Mer Soleil Chard. on the show?

If so, what episode?

Carlos
August 28, 2007

thabeav
Gary,

Top reasons why you had less than 200 comments for episode 300:

1) Most were too drunk to post by 9 pm friday (me – we were on wine #6 by then)
2) Too busy at Vayniac party to post (I was)
3) Your singing. Nuff said.
4) There’s actually only 4 people who watch the show. Your mom, Kahuna, TimF, and me. Your mom could only think of 190+ ways to say “gary is great” and “300 more.” She must really love you.
5) Facebook crowd was too busy popping pimples and making fake ID’s.

The wines really were fun for episode 300. Thanks again.

QOTD: I love the epiosode with Sunday Mountain Sauv Blanc. -I can still remember my wife saying “he’s so obnoxious” – THEN laughing all the way to the end of the ep. The Voga episode was great too. Our research lab started watching daily after that.

3000 more!!!
August 28, 2007

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
I agree with Rick – totally forgot to mention the best cork shot yet!
August 28, 2007

Patrick L
GV,

Love the show and have watched since the first few eps…GV, Inspiration comes from with-in not from this blog….stick to your roots the ideas will flow…Don’t give away the i-phone, keep giving away your passion, that will “change the wine world”, and fuel the idea/”lack of love” void that you are feeling. I love wine and have gained so much from WLTV thanks so much!

Pat
August 28, 2007

Krikor
Gary,

WOW! What a show. I love it! I am First time Lurker, kind of sad to say, I missed 300 episodes. But, boy what a show to catch. Pauillac, presented well. I knew very little about the this wine. Maybe considered a newbie for foreign wines, but love them just the same. Domestics are a hobby, if not an obsession. Hopefully I can catch the old episodes.

And as far as the iPhone, maybe it would be nice if you gave it to me. I am a networker at heart and would do incredible marketing of your site (Which I just came across on a search and loved) amongst my friends, family, clients, and vendors (Many wine snobs, newbies and everything in between). Maybe it would go to the “Newest Viewer” of WLTV? I would tell EVERYBODY! Imagine that, anyone I come in contact with here in the West Coast or places I travel, will make a comment of my iPhone. And I would tell them who I got it from and all about your Library. How wonderful!

Don’t know if this will really happen, either way, Great Show. I’ll now continue to catch you on WLTV. Many thanks. -K
August 28, 2007

WMiree
Great show! I love the additional “educational” emphasis…Bordeaux surely lends itself to an educational bias. Pichon Lalande was the second Bordeaux I ever tasted. I think it was the 1970. I loved it then…a real epiphany…and have probably bought more of it than any other Bordeaux through the years. I loved your Bordeaux descriptors. I could literally “taste” the wine through them.

Congrats on your first 300 shows! I’ll be stunned, and disappointed, if there are not thousands more.
August 28, 2007

stewart l
QOD- I now have my sister and her husband in Charlotte,NC watching and a good friend(also my stockbroker) in Tampa watching. For xmas last year I gave them both a 6pak of wine of different wines from wine library, they are already asking for them again.
August 28, 2007

rob in indy
if you are frustrated with lurkers… make them leave a comment on yesterday’s show to be able to see today’s show.. then you will know how many people are watching for the first time.. simple solution.. now send me that iphone for the brilliant suggestion.. I need that phone since my piece of junk nextel phone is somewhat impaired at times… can you hear me now?
August 28, 2007

ando
Gary – the shows are great. I make my wife wear the WLTV wristband. For some reason putting on a wristband just makes you feel good. Like watching WLTV!
August 28, 2007

wayno da wino
Gary, you sure is a good salesman!!
Ain’t bought no bordeaux ina Looong
time, but feel like buyin’ a couple
cases pronto!!
August 28, 2007

LudwigVan
This episode almost got me crying!

We have been to Bordeaux some weeks ago and where able to make a serious wine testing at Pichon Lalande (we have been blessed as we booked the regular but as they had a professional testing before they had far more bottles open than usual and not only the wine-tourist-stuff). We tested the reserve and the first for ‘01, ‘04 and (tadahhhaahh!) ‘05. And… we have been blasted away! We did some Chateau’s during the trip but this was exceptional. 04 is tremendous, 01 is special and slightly better but ‘05 is allready far better than the others. Belive everything people tell you about ‘05 (at least in this league). Well, and we realized we will not be able to afford this wine in the future. The Chateau refused to accept any reservations for the ‘05 and told us it will start at least with 200 â‚¬ to the resellers (Gary, I hope WL can get some…).

So now for the next dinner (it will be an ‘impress your boss’ dinner) we will have open the comtesse and the baron as ‘04 side by side. I am very excited allready.

Get us more of this stuff Gary!!
August 28, 2007

Mike
I want to see the whole screen completely covered in Thundercats, so that I can’t even see what’s going on. Love the iPhone contest idea. I’m down for participating.
August 28, 2007

Marty
Hey Gary,
one really great episode ! I love Pauillac, and for three years now, we go there every year to taste and buy wine. I have also ordered ‘06 futures for the Pichon Comtesse so I am happy now to hear what a great wine it is. Since I haven’t tasted it before….
Keep on going for the next 300 shows !
August 28, 2007

ZGray
Great show Gary. I’m starting to learn more and more about French wines. Nice cork throw. Looking forward to the next 300 shows! I like the iPhone giveaway
August 28, 2007

Lurkerdog
QOTD: You can lead a horse to water … I’ve been trying to spread the love about WLTV like cheap wine …

I have two ideas about a contest 1) Show a picture of a vineyard and have people try to guess where it is. Give a clue each day until someone guesses the place in the comments section. Kinda of like the contest in travel magazines to identify a place from a picture. 2) taste a wine in a brown paper bag each day, you know the wine but the Vnacks don’t. Based on your tasting description alone see who can guess the wine in the comments section. Change wines each day and give the answer of the previous day’s wine.
August 28, 2007

wlburk
Gary,

Good episode, enjoyed it. I like the plum wrapped in bacon, sounds delicious.

Contest idea: I don’t have one.

QOTD: I abhored alcohol up until the moment I was introduced to WLTV and Gary Vaynerchuk, at which point my position changed and I became a huge devotee to the wide wide world of wine! Now I tell all my friends who like wine about it, and have gotten people from every different part of my life interested in WLTV too!
August 28, 2007

Sassodoro
Gary, sorry I couldn’t watch yesterday and have to leave my comment late. By the way, it’s good to hear that you read the comments. We need to hear that from time to time. I know you are inundated by comments and emails and can’t respond to everything, but as you often say, it’s all about community. So we need to know that our comments are read, not just counted, as much as you need the comments to keep coming. (Do you also read the comments that show up very late? Would it be worth leaving comments when I watch old episodes from before I became a regular viewer?)

I found this episode very interesting. I haven’t been all that keen on Bordeaux lately, but you convinced me to give them another try. I certainly have enough of them in my basement. Unfortunately, we have let most of them age for longer than we should have, due to misunderstandings about what wines to age and for how long. The really high end Bordeaux will age for a very long time, but I couldn’t (and can’t) afford those. For the lesser Chateaux, I find that aging really brings out the green pepper component, and my wife and I aren’t so fond of that. I know you like that, though. I have some 1978 Lynch Bages that has massive green pepper. Come over for dinner next time you are in Chicago and we’ll crack open some bottles.

QOTD. I wish I had a funny Wine Library story, but at the moment all I have is a sad one. I have a niece and a nephew in New York who are interested in wine, but are inexperienced with it and have very little money. (They were CKC’s until only recently.) Trying to persuade them that good wine doesn’t have to be prohibitively expensive, I had Wine Library send each of them a box of inexpensive wine that you had reviewed favorably. Also, trying to make Vayniacs out of them and to start some conversations about the wine, I emailed them with links to the episodes where you had reviewed each wine. Unfortunately, a few days later their father fell seriously ill. We are hoping for a full recovery, but he is on a long and difficult road, and wine is the last thing on anybody’s mind right now.
August 28, 2007

Iron Man
GV congrats on # 300!! top it off with a great poo-yak show! You made a California man look for some poo, GV.

IPHONE Contest: what the phone screams to me is wallpaper!! Contest: email your best Vayner-wallpaper, it can be a digital picture or drawing of some kind, but it MUST be WLTV related and specific to the show. The person with the most creative wallpaper wins the iphone and the wallpaper will be available to download to other Vaniac’s on the WLTV website.

If that doesn’t work, just a round up a group of Vaniacs, who ever can gulp down a gallon of milk wins.
August 28, 2007

Billr
GREAT episode. I am fairly new to LBTV and I came on board at episode 274. I am lovin it. The Iphone thingy; what about a combination entry requirement of maybe comments made towards episodes along with wine purchases and or maybe taking part in some of the givaway requirement stuff that goes on. Maybe a photo contest!!! Thanks Gary for making a few minutes out of my day something really special. Billr
August 28, 2007

Billr
GREAT episode. I am fairly new to WLTV and I came on board at episode 274. I am lovin it. The Iphone thingy; what about a combination entry requirement of maybe comments made towards episodes along with wine purchases and or maybe taking part in some of the givaway requirement stuff that goes on. Maybe a photo contest!!! Thanks Gary for making a few minutes out of my day something really special. Billr
August 28, 2007

Billr
GREAT episode. I am fairly new to WLTV. I came on board at episode 274. As far as the IPhone goes; maybe a combination of comments towards episodes along with wine purchases and or maybe taking part in one of the WLTV givaways. How about a photo contest with several articles required in the photo that deals with wine !!! Thanks Gary for making a few minutes out of my day something special, Billr.
August 28, 2007

mrzitro
Great Show.

go to intowine dotcom and vote for GV in poll about who you would like to taste wine with.
Vayniacs unite!
August 28, 2007

RDaneel
Hey Gary –

Since you need all those two cents, I’ll chime in FOR THE FIRST TIME. That’s right, Gary, you just won over another LURKER! Great episode, really enjoyed it. I’m enjoying how accessible you’re making wine to people who weren’t into it before.

I really enjoyed my first trip to WL a couple weeks ago, you have a fantastic store and your employees did a great job helping me out. I knew you’d have a tremendous selection of wine, but I was amazed by the gourmet department, I picked up some killer cheese to pair with wine.

One thing I’d really like to see in the stores or on the Thundershow is Richard Hamilton wines – they’re a great Australian producer with both a single vinyard reserve line at about $30, and a regular line in the $15 range, both reds, red blends and whites. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on the Centurion Old Vines – maybe as part of an episode on “old vine” wines. I’m very interested in the effect of the age of the vines on the wine. Many of the Rioja vinyards I’ve read about recently stress the age of their plants, and I wonder how much of this is competitive marketing (because they have the old vines and other growers don’t!) and how much is fact grounded in science.

A good idea for one of the next 300 episodes? I think so!
August 28, 2007

Kathleen Lisson
Gary,
My boyfriend is active duty in the Army with a busy schedule, so he doesn’t watch Wine Library TV. We watched an episode together one day a few months ago when he was on leave, and he loved it! He still quotes “GV” to me all the time. He asks me if the wine I’m drinking brings out the Oakmonster. I always share the new “GV” jokes with him – Our personal favorite is the Oak Kangeroo.
Thanks for such a great show.
If you ever do shoutouts to our troops, his name is Jimmy and he’s in Fort Carson, Co.
Kathleen
Albany, NY
August 28, 2007

WineShopChic
Don’t knock it: Whatever gets people to buy. Buy it for the label today, buy it again for the juice tomorrow. So many people are new to wine, and fun labels make the subject of wine less stuffy.

QOTD: My hubby emailed me a link to your blog months ago, but it wasn’t until I was on cork’d that I viewed your blog. All those episodes I missed! Do you ever get out to the trade shows in NYC? Martin Scott – one of my fav’s is coming up!
August 28, 2007

mcj
QOTD: I don’t really have a funny WLTV story, so instead, here is the World’s Funniest Joke (according to wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World’s_funniest_joke):

A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy’s voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?”
August 28, 2007

Steve J
Gary,

I never have posted here. I often post on the forum. Since Gary is begging us to post, I am posting!

Pauillac makes some wonderful wines. I have drank the Reserve de la Comtesse many times over the years. It has been a great buy. Pichon Baron used to be cheap in the early days of my wine drinking ($10-12). Even at 60 bones it is a winner. Pichon Lalande used to be well under $20, too. I miss those days.

As for contests and phones, I would have a treasure hunt: “Find the Phones.” Put a picture of the phone on the html page with a specific wine. Put it out there for 1 or say even 10 (or whatever number) of wines in your inventory. The first person who finds and then cuts and pastes the URL for 1, 3, 5 or all 10 (or whatever number) of the places you put the phonme picture with the wine bottle and emails it to you wins. The contest would start at a predetermined time.
August 28, 2007

Mike S.
An idea for the iTunes giveaway? Give it to me.
August 28, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
Great show Gary!!

QOTD: Don’t really have a WLTV story, but my wife thinks you are crazy, in a good way.
August 28, 2007

daverdude
Hey Gary Its the infamous daverdude ( yep its really me )I noticed you have observed wltv may be dipping in the rating’s a little latley ?

The best way I fiqured out how to rouse up the comment hits
is to stir the pot with controversy ( my specialty ) Ask AC

I Think mabey bring in some lets say Hot Female assistants ( wife approved of course ) that pour the wine and mabey even hold the spit bucket in a very High cleavage area would definitely get a major push for wltv !

Comon Bra you know our favorite Billionare ” Vince Mcmahon ” knows the value of T and A to promote his label $$

” Its Time to Notch it up with a little BAM ”
Mabey some Guest Celebrity Tasters would do it as well
Its time to play the Quarterback Sneak * and give wltv a Tweak

As far as the I phone, we’ll This post has already won it ( LOL )
Take care man, Next to reading comments on my own post, This is my Favorite Hangout !!!

So True, So Dude
August 28, 2007

BPlague
Something that I have been wanting to see is the GV Score on wines when I go to the store. I was thinking a way to increase numbers would be have a Bottle Tag and/or a Shelf Tag that the nation can print out and post in my local wine shop and grocery stores that will point people to Wine Library TV for the video review of that wine. It would both give someone a score and a great informational video. I can badge you up on my website and I would like to badge you up at my local stores.
August 28, 2007

Totte
Great Ep G.V

QotD : The only one of all my friends whoÂ´s into wine and watched WLTV died day before yesterday so now I dont have anyone here to talk WLTV with.

Looking forward to my NYC trip next week. I really wanna meet some fellow Vayniacs.

Keep it up thundercat.

Swedish T
August 28, 2007

mrzitro
Great show
I’m a new Vayniac
August 28, 2007

Beetroot
YO GV this is for you Im coming out of my semi-lurker status
August 28, 2007

Bigsigar
QOTD: I see one of my subordinates on his break on WLTV. As I walk by he quickly changes the webpage to something else. When I ask him what site he was on (to bust his chops), he reluctantly tells me. I laugh at his momentary discomforture, then we have an hour and a half conversation about wine (thankfully a slow day). He now has his wine shipped to work, a. knowing that there is always someone there for the signature, and b. so his wife doesn’t find out how much he spends on wine. She once called from the lobby, to visit him at work and I had a hearty laugh as he frantically hid several bottles of wine about the office.
I now joke with him when he is on vacation that I will test all his WLTV shipments to make sure they are OK for him to drink….
August 28, 2007

Hazzmaticus
GV … I have a very limited sense of smell (which sometimes has its advantages), but is there a way for me to compensate when it comes to wine?
August 28, 2007

jschulze
Gary:

Great episode…how about an episode dedicated to Cab Francs? You could hit California, the Loire, Washington, etc. Don’t see that you have done a show on this varietal.-Jason
August 28, 2007

David M Roberts
QOTD: While I am from the great state of Wisconsin (aka the Tundra), I have no cool stories about meeting random Vayniacs while walking through the woods… Sounds like a poem by Robert Frost to me…

In any case, I’ve been mentioning your efforts to work associates, and also friends who enjoy wine.

What I’ve learned is that there are lots of wine enthusiasts out there, and new enthusiasts at that (myself included), so it’s a wonderful thing to be able to refer fellow wine fans to a great resource such as this.

The show is much appreciated, and glad to know that my fellow Badgers are not just drinkin’ Miller Lite.
August 28, 2007

J-Pipes
QOTD: During the Vayniac t-shirt contest I had put up a paper at work (a wine and cheese shop) asking people to go watch and vote for me so that I could win a trip to Napa…. One of my customers looked at it and said “Hey, yeah, I watch that too.” and I got ridiculously excited, started trying to talk with him frantically… but, it turned out, he was not a Vayniac per-se, more of a casual viewer. So, it may not have been a match, but it was nice to finally find a random person who watched WLTV.
August 28, 2007

ChrisR
Still here….still watching….but it can’t just be the Ron Dayne Show (Thunder). We need a little Tiki Barber (Lightening) as well. Mix it up.
August 28, 2007

LanceO
plum wrapped in bacon & cooked in the microwave.
I put it in a tupperware dish to contain the explosion.
That will be the closest I get to tasting a Pichon Lalande
interesting taste, indeed
August 28, 2007

Karl B
Hi Gary,

great choice of wines for the show but……….. 26 plus minutes is getting too long. Whatever happened to those 15 minute Thunder shows????

What would be a cool theme is to compare a similar rated wine from different towns of Bordeaux to compare and contrast the predominant flavor characteristics of each, say a Margaux, St Estephe, Pauillac and St Julien (maybe even a Pessac-Leognan).

Karl B.
August 28, 2007

Vinsant
Yet another geat episode. How about throwing that phone my way so I can watch you at lunch so I don’t get in trouble for spending too much time on the computer at home. cheers
August 28, 2007

indiana
Gary, heyo!
Can you contact a restaurant in advance, order the wine, and have them decant it? Say 3 for 4 hours in advance? The decanting episode is key, and I’ve been tasting wine un-decanted, and decanted and have noticed the drastic changes. I hate going to restaurants and have the wine experience suffer, do to lack of time in the decanter, even if the wine is only 40$. Have you ever done this? Ever heard of anyone doing this? Will restaurants refuse? Umm.. what else, good show, enjoyed it much. And my girlfriend nailed the eggplant comment right before you said it.Loyal, ex- lurkers indiana and ces
August 28, 2007

YoungDave
QOTD: Well, I’ve got two WLTV T-shirts, both wristbands, and wear them all proudly. I also have been getting asked by everyone what my wristbands are for, and I just say “it’s the best show you’ll ever find if you want to learn a little something about wine. TV.Winelibrary.com. Check it out.” Only being in LA for a couple of days, I’m waiting to hear about how those new viewers like BIG G. and being part of changing the wine world. Cheers, my friend.
August 29, 2007

Onlywaiterinnyc
Gary, just started watching, and you are reinvigorating my passion. I am one of three wine geeks at the restaurant I work at and do a lot of staff ed. I think I am going to show the staff some clips to reteach us how to taste.
August 29, 2007

Caroline
I was cleaning out the lobby at work and decided to bring home some of the old magazines to read. Read the article about your show in Time magazine. As someone who was a bartender and server for a decade and someone who loves wine, I figured your show would be good for me to watch, and it sounded like it could be entertaining as well. IT WAS AWESOME! My Husband loved it too! We’re flat broke right now, but I can’t wait until we can purchase some of your recommendations. We’ll be watching daily, but we download the podcast – it’s easier for us that way, but that also means it’s a lot more work for us to come comment on EVERY show. So we’ll be some of those dreadfull lurkers, but don’t worry, if we ever stop loving the show we’ll let you know.
August 29, 2007

glenn
sincere and authentic Pauillac! time for Free Shipping so i can mix a case of Baron and Lalande! who cares about an Iphone – we want FS!!!

QotD: totally fun run up Howell Mtn with Justin, you were invited. great day made so much better by your show.
August 29, 2007

WineChuck
Liked the pencil comment on the nose – Port Orford Cedar. Very special stuff. Check it out. I lurk no more, sorry. Once had a cat by the name of Lurk.

Contest? Quiz from facts combed from past episodes. Maybe “Quiz of the day”. Keep score. Top score wins after “x” episodes. Still tied, sudden death. Put top 20 +/- on a list on the website.

Keep up the winning and wineing!
August 29, 2007

Jay Curtis
278th!!! WOOO HOOO!
August 29, 2007

MetalDave
About freaking time!!! Fruit BomB lovers, LEAVE THE ROOM! I love F-B-L-L-T-R wines! Bordeaux shows here why it is king. History, tradition, and quality. Would love to see you do a St-Julien episode. My favourite Left-Bank appellation. Hella consistency. How about Gloria, Beychevelle, Branaire-Ducru, and Ducru-Beaucaillou. THAT would be a killer episode.
August 29, 2007

cldershem
well, that iphone just got me to comment…ive been watchin for a while…but never have anything to say in the comments really. i do tell my friends. so because of your pleading i finally decided to go for it. stay on top.
August 29, 2007

JamesW
I witheld my comment on #300 as punishment for the: “you seriously like this guy?” glare I got from each of my unitiated friends when you broke into song!

Oh well! Next time you can include another bottle in the pack for loosening up the crowd before the show. Sort of the “fluffer” wine, if you will

Keep Changing the Wine World.
August 29, 2007

Andre
These “horizontal” tasting episodes are the way to go !!! They keep FOCUS on a region and/or year, really ideal !

On a recent 04 Bdx BLIND tasting I attended, Pichon Baron 04 was “2nd place”, behind Le Gay 04 only. Cheval Blanc 04 was 3rd (too young, but will surpass both in 10 years).

Pls do more HORIZONTALS !!!
August 29, 2007

JayZee
Simply awesome show! There is nothing – I mean, NOTHING – that can compare with great Bordeaux for my palate. I loved this show!! I got jazzed watching GV get excited about the wines – it’s a beautiful thing.

QOTD: My personal favorite WLTV story actually happened a couple of weeks ago. I was playing softball in a Sunday church league and wearing my WLTV wrist band. After the game, one of the guys on the other team stopped me and said, “I LOVE that show!”. We’re making friends in the wine world, too! (Important factoid: Yes, my team won the game 23-15.)
August 29, 2007

brook
Gary,
Keep up the amazing work. Iâ€™m learning a lot. We have about 1000 wines in our cellar. My husband is great at describing wines (he keep note books of all wines we drink and refers back to them a year later when we try the same one) but I struggle to find the words to describe. You are a great teacher for wines now I can go down to the cellar and pick out a wine I use to just pick it out by the label.

Peace,
Brook
=^..^=
August 29, 2007

DARREL LAS VEGAS
OKAY IT”S TIME
WINE LIBRARY TV ON LOCATION , VEGAS BABY !

LETS TALK!
August 29, 2007

eduardo amaral
Hey Gary,

Picho Baron rules. As Estournel. I’m not a great Contesse Lanande fan, but it is also a very decent bottle.

Congrats on the episode. You have no idea how much those things cost down here in Brazil. At least 5 times more than in the US…. It’s depressing..

Cheers,
–
Eduardo
August 29, 2007

Russ J
First off, GV, good to see you injecting a touch of realism into your Jets mania. Great to be a fanatic but being blinded by fanaticism gets old, and boring, fast. The wines were interesting and as always, the show is better when you truly are into the wines (funnier when you hate them, but…).

QOTD: Dinner at some friends house on Saturday. I brought the wine and this started a conversation that worked its way towards WLTV. One of my friends had a friend who interviewed “the owner of Wine Library”. I asked if it was Sasha Vaynerchuk. They said that the name sounded familiar and that he was a “total media whore”. “OK. That was GARY Vaynerchuk. He’s the guy that does WLTV, the video blog that I always watch”. No way your dad comes off like that!
August 29, 2007

Warren Pence
Gary,

Awesome show! No can do it (wines) like the French!

Been watching since around show #285…like to watch more…but those time constraints ;-(

Thanks for the factoids about 2004 Bordeaux and the value.

Glad to be a rookie Vanyiac!!
August 29, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: sorry bro no stories yet
August 29, 2007

laposte
2004 and 2001 are the vintages the discerning buyer will pursue rather than the 2005.
QOTD: I emailed a friend to watch the last Amarone episode, went to his home for dinner that weekend. He opened an Allegrini because he disagreed with your low score and wanted to re-taste it together…yes
August 29, 2007

Tom d'Arcy
First time to see the show. Great show on Pauillac #301. You should offer the shows on DVD (1-100, 101-200, etc.) for review or for sale for newbies. Also you need a button where I can printout the wines for that show with ratings, pricing, and some comments. Great work.
August 29, 2007

brando
great episode, thanks for turning me on to bordeaux.
August 30, 2007

Kristen
Way to go, rooting for Bordeaux. I’m definitely more of an Old World wine gal (especially cause I lived in France for awhile), so I appreciated this show. Thanks for the tips on the solid, but not overly priced vintage yearsâ€¦Iâ€™ll have to search some of the thunder bringers.

QOTD: Just have to give you props for (indirectly) helping me get a job at a wine shop in Madison, WI cause I gave a shout out to you in my interview there. Just started and very pumped to be in this world, helping people choose wines, taste â€˜em, and let â€˜em know about your show.

Keep on bringing the thunder!
August 30, 2007

TR
Just checked my Bordeaux collection its at about 40% (Poy-Yack) pretty high considering there are 9 (out of 27) serious appelations in the Gironde. I almost popped my one and only ‘01 Pichon Lalande to sip along with you but since its pizza night..nagh. I’ll do a replay when I do.
I know what you mean about labels, my wife buys ANYthing that has a dog, cat, horse or crab on it. She drinks, and likes, this stuff called Blue Crab that tastes like the Kool-Aid pitcher guy took a drunken wiz in a bucket of vinegar. But then again she dunks her lump crabmeat into cider vinegar at crabfeasts, so there’s no accounting for taste. Hey! she married me. At least I don’t have to tell her to “Leggo my Margaux!”
August 30, 2007

de Las
what does g-money think about the 03 Pavie controversy?
August 30, 2007

Karl Laczko
Serious wines, serious review, I so need to try some good Bordeaux. Loved the Cork action, well aimed.

QOTD – My better half (significant other, she who must be obeyed etc) used to jump up as soon as she heard your opening lines “HELLO EVERYBODY….” and join in with the rest of the intro, it was very funny to watch. However recently you’ve been posting the episodes so late (for the U.K.) that she’s asleep on the sofa by the time you’re on.
August 30, 2007

Colin
Again – late on this one – but wurd up! Good show!
August 31, 2007

joebot
Hiya Gary, sorry I’m late on watchin and postin, works been heck this week !
Great show!! I want to learn more about Bordeaux even though its a bit pricey for me right now!! Thanks so much for the show! it’s one of my favorite things to watch on friday evenings!

Joe
August 31, 2007

Paul Vanasse (pv)
Loved the tasting on Bordeaux. It took me back to my days there and late night drinks at the Burdigala bar asking the bartender (Jean) for his best cognac. Pauillac is such a special place. I totally relate to your excitement from the last wine in the episode. Great work!
September 1, 2007

Dale Cruse
QOTD: Gary, I’ve been evangelizing you and the show since almost the beginning. Lots more people are getting into quality wines than ever before and need a guide – a sherpa, if you will. Though I emphasize using their own palettes, I always recommend your show as fun, interesting, and informative. Here’s to many hundreds of more episodes!
September 2, 2007

chenin
Good episode.

QOTD: Sorry I have none.

My 2 cents:
What about the Languedoc ? I think it deserves more
attention because there is so much good stuff there.
September 2, 2007

Elliot Essman
Whenever I run into someone from Morris County, my natural question is if they know the Wine Library. They usually do, but are also usually ignorant of the WLTV aspect. So I become a WLTV cheerleader. It’s group dynamics after all.

With this in mind, perhaps we can vote on which episodes would best get a newbie hooked. I personally think it would be one with a combination of raves and pans and some variance from Parker and Spectator.

Perhaps a dedicated, easy-to-remember URL with links to a few prime point-of-entry episodes might prove to be worth the trouble.
September 2, 2007

Kevin
Oh man. Watching you drink those made me yearn deeply for some.
I WILL be going out and buying some soon. And I’m going to have to work harder to support my habit. Damn you. [kidding]
September 3, 2007

Anthony
Hey gary, I’ve just got myself hooked on your show through digg. And I’ll do my share.. keep it up
September 4, 2007

Oregon Sipper
Funny Story about WLTV

My daughter (9 months old) claps every time she hears Gary Vay Ner Chuk!
September 6, 2007

97brunello
gotta love the bordeaux. the most complex wines around. keep ‘em coming.
September 12, 2007

vibemore
I have been WAAAY out of town and have some catching up to do. Have never tasted a Pauliac wine. I’m a loser…
September 18, 2007

michael philip
Listening to some Iron Maiden.love the show.I can’t affffffford this wine but I will try and maybe cry to the car.
October 5, 2007

Bruce S
Please review your decision not to ship to Washington State. It’s not really a law, just a request from the State to not send there. :-0)
February 26, 2008

bigmay
Thank you for the amazing show. I feel it’s fate that you tasted the ‘04 Pichon-Baron and I watched it today. It goes on sale locally today and I’ve been drooling over it every time I see it. I guess it’s time to pull the trigger.
April 25, 2008

Dalene
stumbled upon your website while searching Pauillac – and subscribed immediately.I googled Pauillac because: Im a South African wine lover teaching English in Hong Kong at Lan Chi Pat Secondary School and we are involved in a Chinese-French exchange program – thanks to a famous opera singer and a great wine from Pauillac!!! Our students are off to France on May 1st and will be guests of St Jean school in Pauillac. Unfortunately I won’t be joining them although I have the honour of preparing them for this wonderful experience.
How about trying some of South Africa’s famous wines on your show? My personal favourite is Diemersfontein Pinotage.
August 5, 2008

SpoiledinCalbyPinot
QOTD: This funny thing happened much later on. I attended the
500th show live from Crushpad in San Francisco. After having
Gary sign my book and meeting him only once. During the 500th
show he asked if in the 2nd wine andbody could smell the vanilla.
I raised my hand and Gary replied,”Thanks, Doug.” Now I am forever
referenced in the 500th episode of WLTV.
August 7, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Great episode. Ive only had one Bordeaux maybe in my life, and watching you talk about all these great wines is getting me all jazzed up to go out there and buy a bunch and let cellar. QOTD: I have none. Argh how sad is that? Ive been playing catch up so much I havent had time to meet people or have anything odd happen.
May 27, 2009

Weston
Been watching all these episodes only found out that you decant and pour back into the bottle! and I thought you just opened it up for a couple of hours

I think I need to drink more Premium Bordeaux…ie Need to make more money hah