Vernaccia Wines From Italy, Another White Wine To Pay Attention To.

Vernaccia Wines From Italy, Another White Wine To Pay Attention To. – Episode #457

May 2, 2008

Vernaccia is another classic white wine that is overlooked by so many as they focus on the 1 or 2 white wines they drink from Italy. I hate to pick on Pinot Grigio but I want people to expand their palates.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Fontaleoni Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano
2006 Sovestro Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano

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May 3, 2008

Mark
QOTD: How many bottles of wine do you drink on average a week?
May 2, 2008

The Nose in a Day
My question to you GV: If you’d start making wine instead of tasting it and selling it, in which part of the worl would you make it? and what type of wine would you grow?
May 2, 2008

E-Rock
QOTD = Not to point out the obvious but I’d probably ask you if you wanted your Patron chilled or not.. Then proceed to ridicule you if you wanted it chilled…… LOL

I may be in for the 12th buddy
May 2, 2008

ChrisH
I would love to see you come to Indianapolis on your tour! I have been spreading the thunder about your book to everyone around here

QOTD: Who is your strangest regular at Wine Library and why?
May 2, 2008

Chris in Tulsa
Happy birthday GV mom!

QOTD: What’s you’re wife like? Is she into wine? You should have her on the show!
May 2, 2008

familydoc
QOTD: “What’s your personal goal?” I’m curious where you really are going with all this. I’m reading “Emperor of Wine” the book about RP and I wonder where you are going to go?

Gary- Why arent you coming to Boise in August for the book tour and the Idaho State Wine Festival to be a judge like last year. I’ll make sure that you get out and fish while you are here.
May 2, 2008

Moselman
Nosy QOTD: “If” you and Lizzie are being pressured to start a family, why don’t you plan a houseboat vacation for next summer. Guaranteed to do the trick! And you’d have two great Canadian locales to choose from: British Columbia’s Shuswap lakes (with good proximity to the Okanagan wine paradise) or Ontario’s Rideau Lake (with the best reputation for producing houseboat-related preggers).
May 2, 2008

Grapedigger
Hey GV, I’d ask you about the first wine that you’ve tasted and how old were you back then (won’t believe 21 yrs old)! Cheers
May 2, 2008

David Harris
QOTD: What precipitated the changing of the show. The fist episodes were quite devoid of character. Did you suppress your energy way back when or are these newer shows done in an over the top character that are not true reflections of how you normally carry yourself.

Interesting show, I had never heard of those wines before.

David
May 2, 2008

Robert Howells
If you could drink wine with a celebrity, who would you choose?
May 2, 2008

alfredhayes
QOTD: Who’s going to win the Lord Stanley’s cup? Who is going to win the NBA finals? How do you balance work/life? You give everything (or so it seems) to this job, and WLTV, but that doesn’t leave a lot of time for your wife/family. We love what you do for use, but we want to make sure you’re happy.
May 2, 2008

SKN
It would be terrific if you came to Indianapolis on your book tour – - but if not, I’ll try to come up to Chicago for your stop there. If you add Cincinnati, OH to the tour, that’s even closer!

QOTD: are you one of those people who only need 4 hours of sleep? Is that how you do everything that you do???

Have a great weekend.
May 2, 2008

Brandon Butkovich
QOTD: Definately have to be… What’s the endgame for you Gary? At what point do you say, ‘You know what.. I think we did it.’ Well? Gimme the vision Gary!

So, for the book tour. You gotta come to Chicago Gary! We need you. I represented at one of the biggest wine events in the city – Toast the Town Chicago, 500 wines 20 local restaurants.. but I was dissapointed Gary. I was workin the wristband, and with style too – no one at the event inquired or knew about it. Ironically, I met a lady getting of the train who caught up with me and took a video interview about why I was wearing the wristband. Ill email it to you when I get a copy! (Youll see the style in the vid!) So yea.. we need some thunder in Chicago; we got some work to do. If you come ill help you bring it!
May 2, 2008

Chris
QOTD: Gary, other than yourself who is really bringing their personal brand to the masses in a progressive and exciting way? And why is this?
May 2, 2008

Rick
Please come visit Milwaukee (Packerland). Schwartz bookstores.

And you should really try to do the show from your different stops on the Thunder book tour.
May 2, 2008

Porter
QOTD: I’d probably ask you if you like the wine we’re sippin’ on.

The thunder needs to be brought to Grand Rapids, MI
May 2, 2008

C. Jurczak
Gary, how can I be more like you?
May 2, 2008

Rick
The problem with Gary’s selections is that they cannot be found outside of Wine Library.
May 2, 2008

wine-ot
Great show GV! QOD – Nothing, I’d cheers to you, shake your hand and simply say thanks for everything!
May 2, 2008

Jim+Emily
Come to Columbus Ohio! We like wine and we have the fabulous 32 Room Bookstore.

http://www.bookloft.com/
May 2, 2008

Don Reynolds
QOTD: Who or what do you attribute your thought processing to…the way you think about life and business in general…cause I know that you know that it’s different than most.
May 2, 2008

Rory
Holy crap!
May 2, 2008

Jon-Paul Lenczuk
Keep those tips on the Whites coming! Sorry to hear Chardonnay isn’t your thing–I liked the one showcased at WineLibrary during the Wine/food tasting in March!

My answer to the QOD: If we were hanging out, I’d have two things to ask–question 1 is “As busy as things have been the past 10 years for you, do you have any regrets?”…question 2 is “in your opinion, who was the best of all time, Hogan or Flair?”
May 2, 2008

Rob
Come up to Ann Arbor, MI, it’s the corporate headquarters for Boarder’s books, plus we still have a good group of CKCs left even after graduation.

QOTD- Where would you be if it wasn’t for the store and WL.com?
May 2, 2008

agentorange
Come to Minneapolis/St. Paul. We like books. We love wine.

QOTD: Gary, why is your hand on my knee…?