New Years Eve Wine Tasting With No Champagne

New Years Eve Wine Tasting With No Champagne – Episode #381

December 31, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk has one last episode in 2008 and thanks all of you for the support and for being a part of the Thunder show.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Cartuxa Pera Manca WhiteOther Portuguese White Wine

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January 1, 2008

Robin C
QOTD: Great PR (Conan and Ellen especially)
Excellent variety of wines
Memorable descriptions/evaluations
Pretty much unflagging enthusiasm (don’t let the Jets drag you down)
Appreciate the leads on new wines

Fun ending – I saw Babyface and me.

Happy New Year!
January 1, 2008

MattyO
awesome stuff. brought tears to my eyes, the love, the family. very cool. happy new year everyone! be safe. be healthy.
January 1, 2008

Siggi from Iceland
QOTD: Totally agree with PaulM just keep up what you are doing and go with your gut:D
January 1, 2008

Gabriel
Excellent year, keep it up.

I think you should do a wine tasting marathon. Maybe as a party for an entire night tasting a bunch of different wines. Invite me too. ;p
January 1, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
I love to see WLTV hold on for an entire year. That’s a long gig, and a goal not to be taken lightly.

Also, make WLTV DVDs I can send to people as gifts!
January 1, 2008

Paul M
QOTD: ignore almost all suggestions on how to do the show, including most of mine, just shoot from the hip and go with your gut, it might not be perfect but trying to please everyone else will kill your joy for the show and without that there is not show
January 1, 2008

pawncop
Best wishes for a continued success for the program. I know you hear (or read) this all the time, but I am so very grateful for the time and passion you put in to this program.

As to the QOTD I will continue to watch and learn as much as I can and expand my limited horizon regarding the wine world.
January 1, 2008

Ben N.
Thanks Gary for the tribute! I’ve enjoyed the shows for almost two years. Have a great New Year! See you in 2008.
December 31, 2007

Tstank
Thanks for a year of interesting and informative blogging. I am a recent viewer but I have almost watched half of the episodes just because you are so good at your blog. The biggest thing I have taken away from the thunder show this year is you will not know until you try it out. So I started to keep a wine journal and started writing my own tasting notes just because I can never remember the wines I loved. Please have a safe and happy holiday
-Tstank
December 31, 2007

Chippewamike
Awesome way to wind up 2007–onto 2008!

Happy New Year to all!
December 31, 2007

Patricia Thomas
Happy New Year to everyone, and Hafa Adai from Guam, where I’m R&Ring with my boyfriend n’ BF!!! I did not toast in the New Year 14 hours ago, as it dawned here, but I’m about to, now!

OK. 2 cover 2 epidsodes of QOTDs in 1 comment to Gary:

1.My wine resolution is to become better at expressing what I’m smelling/feeling/tasting when evaluating my wine purchases. In other words, I want to become better at writing wine reviews.

2.For Gary & Mr. “Mott Link it Up” (TM), I’d like for y’all to think very hard before making WLTV episodes too long—I actually think that it would be better if you split very long episodes into 2 or more successive days of episodes, instead. For instance, while I enjoyed the slideshow, it would have been better to watch portions of this over, say, these past 2 weeks. Also, since people would have been uncertain about when their wristband pic would show up, many people would have watched every day until their pic(s) showed up.

BONUS: Of course, you WLTV can never go wrong by offering more FREE shipping….
December 31, 2007

Kristen
Excellent way to close out 2007 GV! I loved the montage- it was great to see all the faces of the Vayniacs out there!

QOTD:

Continue trying wines from new places and letting us know about them
More on the road episodes
More Sasha Vaynerchuk!

Happy and Healthy New Year Everyone!
December 31, 2007

chenrys
Happy New Year!

We starting watching in about July and have expanded our knowledge of wine soooo much. We have tried lots of wines – many we had never heard of.
December 31, 2007

humboldt joe
i’ve told many friends to log onto wltv… the wife and i have just recently been getting into wine. we did the whole napa tour last spring and are planning a russian river / sonoma tour this spring!

keep the thunder comin’!

love from humboldt, ca

-joe o’
December 31, 2007

StephanieF
LOVE LOVE LOVE the show. I was surprised to see a picture of my husband and I in the first ten! I think you should do a tasting pack once a month so that we can taste with you. We did that with your Christmas Eve episode on Christmas Day with the family and had so much fun!
December 31, 2007

PiperJS
QOTD: I can’t possibly make any constructive criticisms or suggestions — it’s your show, and you’re doing great. It’s constantly evolving just as it should. Just keep going, and be true to yourself.
And thank you for a very important year of internet viewing for ME and the thousands of others!!!!!!!!!!! This show and you got me involved on a level I never thgouht possible, and it was scary, and I liked it, and it was important to me, and it made me think, and act, in a completely different way.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much Love,
Your Favorite Vayniac
(aside from SS Chris)
Pipes
December 31, 2007

Dominus
Great show as always and have a most Happy New Year!

QOTD: Learning about and trying new wines that I may have never had the opportunity or better yet, the “enthusiasm” to try. This past year has been fun, fun and fun and thank you Gary Vay-ner-chuk for your tireless effort to change the wine world.

Happy New Year and . . . . ..

GO COLTS!

P.S. I had this tonight for our New Year’s dinner: ‘05 Pinot Noir Belle Glos Las Alturas Caymus Santa Lucia Highlands, CA and I must say was very, very good.
December 31, 2007

Skol
Thanks Gary,

Happy New Year and many more.
It is enjoyable to participate with you and the vayniacs on something we all appreciate.
December 31, 2007

Tom R
I was surprised to see how many fans of WLTV are dogs. In my state, dogs can’t drink until they’re 21 — which, if you take dog years into account, amounts to virtual prohibition — but I guess things are a little more liberal elsewhere.
December 31, 2007

kidder
Uh???? Great show guys????
December 31, 2007

kidder
Link it up BIAAAAAATCH!!!!!
December 31, 2007

kidder
Yeah Yeah!!! HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Give me my MOTT Tee!!!!!!
December 31, 2007

Ant'ny D.
GV… Thanks for a great twenty-oh-seven. This is the year the wine bug bit us, so we are looking forward to a great 2008 of wine tasting experiences. Can’t wait! Best wishes for a happy healthy new year!
December 31, 2007

Dr. Dan
Thanks for all the memories in 2007, Gary.
December 31, 2007

FJDR
QOTD: The show is great, the only bad thing is the lack of a “Link it up Mott” tee. I didn’t understand the explanation of why you refuse to create one – clarity is needed on this point so it can be redressed. Aside from this injustice, the show is terrific and you should continue, perhaps forever.