Ahhhh, mishaps are what make things like WLTV great. Cant believe it was nearly 500 before a big spill happened. Hope Lizzie didnt beat you too hard :P. Love the appearance by the Mottster, too. You have to get him on camera more. Get him to open up! Keep up the blind tastings, too. I always enjoy them.

LINK THAT UP VAYNERCHUK ! ! ! ! !

I think you need to do a blind taste-off on WLTV against that fancy lad Brian Freedman from Classic Wines!!! Take him down to China-town Gary and show him what's what!

I am really loving the blind tastings, keep them coming!

another blind tasting, whooooooo

As a huge fan of Zin, Gary, my only comment today is please stop calling it RED Zinfandel. You know all Zinfandel comes from RED grapes. Makes me crazy!

Wine Away Gary and everything will be okay!

No QOTD??? I am incensed! Well, not really. ;-) I think this was one of the best WLTV episodes EVER. Great comedy. Mott needs some work, though. :-)

no QOTD?! GF loves the Zin, she's a big fan of the Earth Zin and Fire, which I think is a fruit bomb but not too bad. we do enjoy it.

Haha! Great episode Gary. COMEDY.

4th generation wristbands?, I've only got 1st & 2nd (3rd seems to have got lost in the mail) :(

Love the spill!! Now I understand the "Return of the shirt" moment from "Tomorrows" episode. QOTD - looks like the spill distracted you from that one :)

I agree with Steve B, more blind tastings! However I disagree with Steve B, please do NOT stop scoring those wines, I like your take on the wines and the link back to past tastings.

MOOOOORE MOOOOORE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE BLIND TASTINZZZZZZZ...........
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!! :) ;)

Yeah, Baby! I love, love, love blind tastings! TY, Gary!

Hey GV- We're huge Zin heads here- loved the show.

I looooove Zinfandel! The spill makes this episode a classic. NICE SLOW MO!! Very nice show. Wild show! No QOTD!! I support scores; they're a good referrence.

Great show!... got the blind tasting thing going on and best yet a value oriented show. Perfect! Didn't you miss the QOTD? Of course the question would have been, "describe the last time you spilled a bottle of wine. How did it happen?"

Best,

B

GV - Awesome show, best in awhile! The Spill broke me - I laughed for the whole show. Wine-B-Gone works wonders.

Gary,

I spill all the time. The more tasting, the more I spill. Spay & Wash Double-Action (tm) works well for wine stains... Great show again.

Love the blind tasting. Keep'em coming.
Hope the shirt is ok.

Love love love this format. Don't get me wrong, I also love when you dive into a particular vineyard or varietal but more blind tastings would make me a happy man.

And the spill. I was watching on my iphone on the train and I just lost it. If the people around only knew I was watching a show about wine.

Keep up the great work Gary

Great Zin Ep. I've been watching since episode 80 (or so) and have back-tracked to see all of them and it's ABOUT TIME you splashed some vino unintentionally all over the WLTV set and yourself. Thoroughly enjoyed.

I liked the Seghesio better than you, but let it breathe a bit more. Nice slo-mo on the wine slosh. I wanted to buy the book when you hit Portland, but for a wrist band....

No QOTD? Just had a big 2001 Tenimenti Barolo and it rocked me. Life is good.

Just remembered - those candies that you were asking about were called Bonkers (I think)...

Hi Gary;
Your spirit is infectious-great show! YES, this Magito Zin is all about the blend and spirit of Americana. I could not have made this wine without my pals who grow these grapes for me in all these different appellations. I come from a vineyard management background and so this wine celebrates all the places I used to manage...
I hope the book tour in the Bay area went well for you.
Best wishes, and thank you.
Tom Meadowcroft, winegrower, Magito wines.

Took me 35 years to see it, but I have finally seen what a deer in headlights looks like. Nice Mott.

Scissors also work great for taking out red wine stains.

Great episode, I'm a huge Zin head and just wish there were more of it here in Japan.

Reading the book, great stuff!!

The peeps love the blind tastings!!!

more Mott less Gary! ;-)

QOTD:~
I would soak that shirt in oxy-clean for a couple days.

Blended wines are usually my favorites. The winemaker gets to show what he/she can do.
Good look on the shirt. Bleach works best for me.

That was a great show! Love the blind tastings - who picked the wines for the show? Mott?

Hey Gary, when you get RED wine on something, you can take it out with WHITE wine. (an old trick from my "sky warrier" days of traveling continuously on airplanes.....Club soda works on (almost) everything except red wine, and white wine will work on red wine!)

Excellent show. More blind tastings, please!

And another please: PLEASE stop giving point scores to wine. We don't need them -- we have our palates. You don't need them either. NO MORE SCORES!

Very entertaining, Gary! I was wondering when you might have a little mishap with those wine bottles. I've had a few myself just like that.

I like that you preferred the Magito over the other Zins. A few months ago I tried an awesome Zin made by Owen Roe Abbot's Table Blend of about 70% Zinfandel as well as some Cabernet, Sangiovese and some other varietals which I can't recall but it was the best Zinfandel I've ever tried to date. Hopefully, this one will be a good one to try as well. Thanks for helping to spread knowledge about wine. You've inspired me to learn and spread the knowledge as well.

very nice, Hey MOTT. you should learn a card trick or something for when that happens. or even better, get a broom and go starwars kid for a few seconds!

mindpirate
I got to thinking about the candy you were describing, and part of me thinks it was the old Bonkers candy. How great was that?
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That's exactly what i was thinking about! man i miss those things!

that absolutely was the funniest thing i've seen since you poured white pepper into your eye on accident!! ha ha..sorry man but it's awesome that you don't cut that stuff out! Going to pick up some Simi tonight. good show!

Great episode Gary....i really love the blind taste aspect. Plus i love red zin so i will have to get a couple of these.

Magito is pronounced Ma-Gee-toe.

Gary- Did you spill something???????????? wink :) wink :)