QOTD: I feel that I can better evaluate wine now that I have begun to educate my palette.

Damn Gary, when you trash a wine you TRASH it. You just have me rolling in laughs half the time. QOTD: You. Yes thats such a kiss-ass answer but its true. I got lucky and stumbled upon you on youtube and now here I am. Id never know about half the stuff I own without you there to at least point me in the direction. Thank you.

Your prediction on the Super Bowl was very much like everyone else's.
Who'd a thunk that Eli Manning would be the hero?

QOTD - the most interesting experience for me in the past 6 months was the Boston Wine Expo where I saw you! I haven't had a lot of experiences recently, but that was the largest tasting I had ever been too and it was great to meet you and Sasha!

I'm with you on the oak, I used to love the over oaked fruit bombs, but as my tastes have evolved and matured I'm often turned off by most of them.

Q - In the last six months I have gotten on the biggest Italian wine kick!!

Whoa, way off on the prediction. But since you were rooting for the Giants I guess you won. But then again you were also watching for the commercials, which sucked, so I guess you could also count it as a loss.

Biggest change...I stopped buying wine...because I have too much!

Thanks for pronouncing Paso Robles correctly. Don't you run into a lot of folks that don't?

QOTD: What's changed? I think I finally GET the old world French wines! I was a Napa fruit-bomb guy and now I love, love, love the CDP and Bordeaux... And I used to drink Beaujolais-Noveau and think it was pretty good stuff. :-P

I still don't get Italian wines tho. Still a mystery to me.

-Paul in VA-

QOTD: I finally got a wine rack to get all the boxes of wine off the floor.

QOTD: Easily, since watching WLTV, just being more open to new wines and "trusting my palate" baybeeeee....

QOTD: Biggest change is searching out Spanish & Argentinian wines. I had a great cheap wine, Borsao this weekend. It was $7 and got better over the weekend. PnP on Friday night, not very exciting. Saturday w/dinner of pasta w/bacon & sausage & it was really good. Tasted like black plums & tannin, but a great wine for the money.

You can tell big bear is a alcoholic, he has a permanant happy glazed look in the eyes.

QOTD: The biggest change in my wine life is that in the last six months i have been forcing myself to remember smells. Had a wine the other day that smelled like the dried ketchup left as a crust on the top of the bottle. Fair to say the wine was not that good.

getting out of college and being able to afford MORE WINE!

You have been th biggest change in my wine world. I learn so much with each show and the forum is another means to increase my knowledge.

GV
Yes U RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 long time the wines from Falesco have gotten great points from Parker and Speculator For the $ they are ok try the Marrietta old vine red same sorta thing big red wine buncha stuff blended together to taste basicly the same every year bang for the buck sorta stuff
anyway been watching you for a long time I run a wine shop as well and try alot of the stuff you put on your show and for the most part have a pallet close to yours so its funny to watch you say the things that i cant say to the winemaker or guy who owns the vineyard keep at it speak your mind it makes the show so so good
thanks agian
Pedro Rusk
The Wine Shop
QOTD i went to a vintage Krug, Grand Dam,Dom pouring put on and I have never looked at bubles the same way

Hi! I am a big fan of WLTV from Singapore. Loved all your shows. Appreciate your honesty and keeping it REAL. Not only have you shared with us your vast knowledge, you demystify the "impenetrable" wine world! THANK YOU!!!!

QOTD...just bought a wine cooler holding 100+ bottles and started watching WLTV and searching Wine Library daily for various wines

you are the man....... in the world of wine!!!! robert parker is killing everything because the old world is trying to please his pallet by making all wines taste the same,michel rolland is pleasing the winemakers with his talent in order to please parker plus, his friends with parker...come onnnnnnnnnnnn spear me, wine spectator is to afraid to go against the trend but.............you!!! take on the hole world from a different angle....i look up to you man !!!!. don't stop being you!!!!

What Steve said, getting him into wine. Gives me a chance to try more wines if there's someone to enjoy it with.

My Fiance actually getting me to drink, and then for me to love it.

FINALLY got to see the ep from Friday!!! As always. . .great stuff.

QOTD: Over the past month I've been jazzed about changing how I think about and describe the tastes of wines by using what I would call more "contemporary" tasting references.
And now I get to start up ep 400!!

Biggest change? I have had my first Rhone wines (LOVE the CDP now) and my first Sauternes, and both are a result of watching The Thunder Show. Also I've begun the practice of never buying the same wine twice and expanding my palette.

QOTD: Biggest change is that I CHOOSE to drink Chardonnay now. Now I get it. :) Yay!

QOTD: new zealand wines. Thanks for the recs on vineyards to visit GV.

I'm a lurker, de-lurking in honor of QOTD

Gary has made the biggest impact on my wine habits in the last 6 months. Inspired me to quit drinking the same wines every week and explore. And I couldn't be having more fun.

QOTD: I have become much more of an old world fan.......... :)

QOTD: well, I've recently got my husband somewhat into wine. When I say somewhat, I mean he is interested in buying, tasting and researching champagnes. That's it. I'm on my own for red and white still wines, but at least he has somewhere to go when we enter the wineshop!

Hey sorry about the wine, but nice ep wnyway!!!

QOTD: Biggest change? Went to the wine store and bought a case ranging from 8 - 36 dollars pep bottle based a) areas of the world I have tried and b) specific regions I have seen (and or tasted) since becoming a Vayniac. Have to say only 1 or 2 we didn't like. 1 fromDown under and one from spain. Otherwise most were bringing some thunder!!! Thanx!!

Hey, post the show, please. If you go much later you'll interfere with my Jeopardy time.

MOTT, LINK IT UP!!!!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT !!

Way to go Giants. Great karma beating the cheaters.

whats the hold up, ive been refreshing for almost an hour

The biggest change...I like wine now...all I think about is what I can pair together...fun, fun, fun.

Gary - Bring on the 400th Thunder!
Mott! LINK IT UP! We are waiting.

OMG! Post Post Post......Vayniacs are standing by.

GARY - We need our VAY NER FIX!! Mott link the 400th Up!

There, 503 lets go post the episode!

You want 500 posts?

B R I N G - T H E - 400th - T H U N D E R!!!

500
(just in case)

Just about there 0 let's GO!

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