A Piedmont White Wine Tasting. Gavi

A Piedmont White Wine Tasting. Gavi – Episode #478

June 4, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk gets to explore the wonderful world of Gavi wines, lets see if these wines can bring some thunder.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Villa Sparina Gavi Di GaviGavi
2006 Martinetti Gavi Di GaviGavi
2006 La Scolca Gavi Di Gavi Black LabelGavi

Links mentioned in todays episode.

207 Responses

June 4, 2008

manonthemoon
The dramatic conclusion….
June 4, 2008

GrapeStuff
2
June 4, 2008

Claes
Oh Noooo Mott, monday? Oh well… guess we’ll have to wait and see whats up with the cliffhanger then..
June 4, 2008

BiggRigg
Top 3
June 4, 2008

Susan
Gary-Is this the conclusion???????
June 4, 2008

BiggRigg
Missed it by that much
June 4, 2008

Omallley
Will we find out the answer?
June 4, 2008

BF
Gavi reminds me of the 1980’s. (When I was a kid)
June 4, 2008

JohnBoy
I’m sorry but there had better be a really good reason for the Cliffhanger, otherwise Gary is going to lose a lot of credibility with me…
June 4, 2008

KenP
top ten!
June 4, 2008

Tim Vining
top 10 again!
June 4, 2008

Christophe - Titus Vineyards
How Could you leave us hanging like that?
June 4, 2008

KenP
His tee reads ’social engineer’. Think so.
June 4, 2008

David Williams
What bull pizzle. Gary you’re not doing your loyal fans right. Let’s at least get a posting up on this page that give a basic explanation. I’m betting that mine is the closet to correct–I knew it wasn’t a stunt.

QOTD: Is there anything else that happened this week that has pissed you off more than this?

QOTD: Answer for me–no.
June 4, 2008

bfrankphoto
How do you keep a Vaynial in suspense?

I’ll tell you on Monday.
June 4, 2008

David Williams
Spelling correction: closest
June 4, 2008

TeeKay
Gary,
I had Villa Sparina 2004 about 6 months ago. I remember it was good but
a little bit dull. Maybe this should be drunk young.
June 4, 2008

MagnumGourmet
Top 20…Woo Hoo!
June 4, 2008

David
QOTD: Winning the state championship in hockey.
June 4, 2008

David Williams
Wouldn’t that be losing the championship? Why are you pissed off at winning?
June 4, 2008

GottaGoDrink
Great show Gary. I’ve never tried a Gavi.

QOTD- My kids making so many friends on all the teams they have played on over the years.
June 4, 2008

Greg B
Big G, Back with the goods I like it. Thank you!

QOTD: High School football 2 Sacks and a Pick!
June 4, 2008

manonthemoon
Monday it is, I guess.

QOTD: Personal, probably a game saving tackle on fourth down.
Team: Junior High undefeated Football squad.
Fan: Bill Buckner allowing my Mets to stay alive and win the series.
June 4, 2008

Jeremy Cronan
QOTD: Probably coaching my young daughter’s T-Ball teams for 2 years
June 4, 2008

purplejuicebruce
Qotd… Had to be Joe Montana and the Niners on the drive against Cincy in the Superbowl to win! Petite Sirah
June 4, 2008

Jay
Oh-hoh-hoh this… AWESOME!

QOTD: I still get goosebumps thinking about a game I played in Little League All-Stars when I was in 5th grade. I went 3-5 with two jacks. The game went into extras and I hit a game tying (should have been game winning if only Erik S. could have been a little faster and beat out that bunt [it would be so cool if he was reading this]) home run in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, on a 1-2 pitch (curve ball down in the zone).

Our ace couldn’t throw more than nine innings, damn Little League trying to protect little kids’ arms. In the tenth, the other team (who ended up going to regionals) put up five runs and we couldn’t answer.

One of the best QOTDs yet. I’m not going to be able to stop thinking about that for the rest of the day. Thanks GV.
June 4, 2008

BF
QOTD: Packers winning Super Bowl XXXI!
June 4, 2008

David Dadekian
QOTD: I’m really not a sports guy, but going to Fenway for Game Five of the ALCS in 2004 with my Dad was really something else.
June 4, 2008

John Farrin
QOTD: Probably watching Tiger tee it up whenever he plays. We’re watching history and I find that very exciting.
June 4, 2008

Kristen
Nice highlight on Gavi. I really need to expand my knowledge of Italian whites, just in time for summer seafood!

QOTD: Probably winning first place in a dressage horse show. I was proud!
June 4, 2008

mwhiddon
QOTD: Texas A&M Aggies beating the University of Texas Longhorns in Coach Fran’s final game last Thanksgiving.
June 4, 2008

JudeMurphy
My favorite sports moment was when sports stopped existing…
oh, wait- I’m still waiting for that to happen. Damn.
(Seriously, what the hell do people get out of sports?!)
(Apart from fitness and friends and happy brain chemicals, who the hell needs them anyway!)
; )
No, but seriously, I f**king hate sports they’re about as interesting as…
actually they’re less interesting than anything else I can think of.
I’d prefer to count the grains of sand on a beach than watch a game of football.
June 4, 2008

Deano
Great episode gary…this does sound like a good summer wine.

QOTD:
-Pitching a no hitter when i was a kid in little league FTW!!!!
June 4, 2008

BargePlus
QOTD: As a sports spectator, I get a little teary-eyed just thinking about the US-Soviet ice hockey game at the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid. My wife & I were living in a small apartment in Muelheim an der Ruhr in what was then West Germany, and had turned on the TV at about 2 or 3:00 am in order to catch the game live. When the Americans scored, we heard a lot of yelling & screaming from OUTSIDE our apartment. It seems that a large portion of the rest of the world (or at least in Muelheim) was up & watching that same game, and cheering on the Americans in this incredible upset. It was somtheing of an enlightenment to discover that we weren’t alone.
June 4, 2008

Oklahoma Michael
QOTD- Living in Breckenridge, CO. 1998, not a big Bronco’s fan, however, caught up in the excitement that was overwhelming, SUPER BOWL VICTORY!!! Looking back I liken it to tasting wine at the winery. Always better when your there right?
June 4, 2008

JimChem
QOTD: My first eagle ever at golf two weeks ago.
June 4, 2008

M
Gotta get a Gavi.

QOTD: Live at the Fiesta Bowl January 1987. Penn State 14 Miami 10.
June 4, 2008

Kahlil
qotd: definitely France winning the world cup and the european soccer cup in a row… its my team!

good show today. gotta find a good wine shop over here in the DE.
big up!
June 4, 2008

Pete G
You’ve sold me on the Gavi bro. Will trade in the pinot grigio and insolia for a bottle this weekend!

I know it’s old school and cliche but still the 1980 USA olympic hockey team triumph over the USSR team. It was happening right up the road from me and friends, family and I were around the tube watching and going Crazy! Nothing will top that.
June 4, 2008

Clifford
QOTD: Angels 2002 World Series!!! Secondary sports moment is the soon to be 2008 Lakers championship.
June 4, 2008

Aaron S.
QOTD: Barry Bonds’ 756th home run. …KIDDING! REALLY I AM! I SWEAR! I’M KIDDING!

Seriously though… good question. I’d have to say The Play from the 1982 Cal/Stanford Big Game.
June 4, 2008

Aaron S.
Either that, or “THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!!”
June 4, 2008

Sonnenuhr
Sign me up for the Gavi too.
June 4, 2008

paoix
QOTD: watching MJ play in the 1992 NBA playoffs

gonna go out seek the GAVI
June 4, 2008

Palmer
QOTD: personal – little league championships game 3 (best of 3 series) when I was 12, hit a go-ahead triple the other way line drive down the first base line in the top of the 6th, then came in to pitch the bottom of the 6th to get the save. oh, and I did this after getting a root canal that morning.

pro sports – BUCKNER!
June 4, 2008

dAve
A suggestion: if you rate it – (88 or 90 or whatever) can’t you sumarize it on the wine list? then I don’t have to take notes while I’m watching. I can just sit back and enjoy.
Very good show, again! Loved your shirt! Social Engineer! What did the back say?

Gotta get a Gavi! Sounds great.

yes. very good. leaning back and talking was good show of your personality!
QOTD: My sports moment, when I got to the top on my mountain bike, only to fall over the side and the only thing that stopped me was a tree! Bonk! What a moment, I crawled back up and said “Man, I’m alive!”
June 4, 2008

-j.
The 2005 MLB season was a great one for Houston fans. An incredible come back season culminating in the first Texas team appearance in the World Series; What a ride.

The highlight for me was watching Clements coming in as a relief pitcher for the Astros in the longest playoff game in history. Of all the junk the man may or may not have done, walking into the dugout to tell the skipper he was ready to go and then seeing him, one of the greatest starters of all time, in the bullpen to do whatever it took to help his team… that was cool.
June 4, 2008

The Ben
As a St. Louis boy, the finest moment for me was September 8, 1998 when “Big Mac” Mark McGwire hit the 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris’s old record that had stood for 37 years. Say what you will about how the Cards did that season overall or about Mcgwire’s ‘juicing’ it, but my God that was a magical night to be watching baseball.
On an odd side note, Gary used hitting in runs in third grade kick ball as an example. I’m not sure if it was third grade, but I did hit a grand slam once in grade school while playing kick ball. I was the man that day.
June 4, 2008

Johnny C. a.k.a SmokinActuary
Plaxico catching the winning touchdown in the last Super Bowl.

Outside of that it would have to be Secretariat’s win at the Belmont Stakes.
June 4, 2008

ArtandWine
1) Favorite sports moment: Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” Farewell Speech
2) 2nd least favorite Wine TV moment: Ep.#477 Cliffhanger
3) LEAST favorite Wine TV moment: Ep.#478 REPEAT Cliffhanger

Wine TV is driving me to drink in more ways than one.
June 4, 2008

FriscoGrapes
I want to start off by saying that I really respect what you do, love your show and have been watching everyday for the last 102 episodes; however, It seems like you’re hesitant to rate a lower priced wine above your comfort zone (around 90 points). For instance on today’s show, you really seemed to love the 2006 Martinetti Gavi Di Gavi but only scored it 1 point higher (90 points) than the 2006 Villa Sparina Gavi Di Gavi, which you liked. Your passion exploded when tasting the second wine, but you hesitated to give it a higher score. I am a red wine drinker, but your enthusiasm and description of the second wine makes me want to go and buy it (expanding my palate . I would have expected you to rate the second wine 92+ by the way you seemed to enjoy it. Please do not take this criticism the wrong way and please don’t stop rating the wines. I think it’s important in understanding how one compares to another in your opinion. I use that to judge what to try and not try based on how our palates are the same and differ. I am still getting used to how your palate compares to mine but in the end the score is still beneficial (along with the explanation). I just get a little confused when we run into a difference between how you express a wine and how you rate the wine. In those situations I am at a loss as to how to pursue whether to buy it or not.
June 4, 2008

Kev and Ams
QOTD: (Prognostication) When the Pens win game 6 tonight and then game 7 on Saturday.
June 4, 2008

Kev and Ams
Also, the film of the little crying Oklahoma sooner.
June 4, 2008

jason carey
Bill Buckner, dude,, Poor old Bill Buckner,
June 4, 2008

RDHudak
What the F…….. Still no info on the cab? Not cool
June 4, 2008

Jay
One favorite sports moment? Impossible. Nominees: ‘95 Orange Bowl – Cory Schlesinger scores the go-ahead TD on a fullback trap that completely suckered Warren Sapp and his Miami buddies and Nebraska wins the national championship; Henry Aaron hits his 715th HR; Tommie Frazier breaks c. 241 tackles by the Florida Gators as the Huskers win their second consecutive national championship; (you may sense a theme here….).
June 4, 2008

kaybee
QoTd
KICKBALL is the greatest fun with 4th graders. Funny things happen all the time. Like yesterday the ball was kicked, popped off a girl’s shoe and the kid next to her caught it! Was that a fly ball, or what? Or when a kid, not watching the game is bending over in the outfield when the ball is kicked and it hits them in the butt. It illustrates what I say over and over “keep your eye on the ball!”
June 4, 2008

Dominus
I’ve always wanted to try the Gavis since it was paired with a sun-dried tomato recipe that I saw on a VHS video by a local Italian restaurant in DC years ago. I will definitely try this one.

QOTD: Personal: Throwing a no-hitter at my last high school game where I stuck out 17 of a possible 21 batters. Asked to come to tryouts by 4 pro teams; Os, Mets, Senators (last yr they were here) and Royals. The Royals drafted me out of high school but did not go. Long story.

Professional sports moment: Wanna guess? No, its not the Colts’ Super Bowl victory but rather the comeback victory on those Cheatin’ Pats in the AFC Championship that I will talk about until I die. I’ve got goosebumps just talking about it.

Be safe

P.S. See ya on the 26th!!!!
June 4, 2008

Dominus
BargePlus brings back an amazing moment.
June 4, 2008

Kevin Grove
Favorite was watching Iverson drop 50 points to beat the Kings in overtime at the Wachovia center, followed closely by watching the Flyers eliminate the defending champ Devils from the playoffs at home the year before Gary Bettman ruined hockey.
June 4, 2008

senator
QOTD: The last play of the 200 Super Bowl when my Rams hung on to win by only this |————————————————————| much.
June 4, 2008

senator
Whoops! That should read 2000 Super Bowl. I’m old, but I’m not that old.
June 4, 2008

The Doc
QOTD – For myself it would be hitting my one and only homerun (in little league) during the all star game.
I know it sounds like a cop out but all of the GIANTS Superbowl Victories (you will enjoy one someday, maybe) and definitely the eight run, eighth inning, Mets come from behind win against the Braves, on fireworks night with my soon to be wife, at Shea Stadium. Big ups to sporting events and always sharing those moments with friends and family. Next year you have to bring your Pops to the draft.
June 4, 2008

italianwinelover
QOTD:on a personal note watching my son ride a horse through a tough trail and amazed at what a great horseman he truely has become. PRO-1985 Bears on the sidelines in freezin weather,not feeling my toes and not caring!!

Am interested in seeking out the GAVI-just another new wine to introduce to my PAL!!!

Thanks!
June 4, 2008

asokks00
QOTD: Definitely 2006 AFC Championship where Indi overcame the Pats late in the 4th quarter. I was ecstatically jumping up and down and screaming (Both because of my love for Peyton Manning and my hate for Tom Brady)
June 4, 2008

Brad
QOTD: Winning my first boxing match.
June 4, 2008

John
QOTD – Staying up all night with my parents to watch the Toronto Blue Jays win the world series on TV in 1992 when I was a kid. It was an amazing moment!
June 4, 2008

Adam A
No explanation!?

Weak weak weak sauce…….

It better be good
June 4, 2008

Adam J
I just gotta say real quick- what do people mean no explanation? It seemed to me Mott gave a real good explanation in the begenning. I still love all vayniacs unconditionaly though. Gotta watch the episode now.
June 4, 2008

Tony V
QOTD: Has to be watchin’ the 1995 AFC Championship game between the Steelers and Colts with my buddies. Good times back then…
June 4, 2008

Anthony L.
ABsolutely love the Gavi’s. I thought I was the only one too. So Glad you did a show on them.

QOTD: Favorite sports moment had to be when Buster Douglas knocked Mike Tyson senseless. Will never forget that…
June 4, 2008

Thanks to our Vets!
Lots of great sports moments, but the 1987 Fiesta Bowl when Penn State upset in a BIG way Miami and your boy (NOT) Vinny Testaverde. Five picks that night! I wonder if Vinny still wakes up once-in-a-while from the white helmeted nightmare of that night!!!
June 4, 2008

Don Reynolds
QOTD: Watching Steve Kerr get the dish from M.J. in game six of the ‘97 series and drop the game winner! I thought it showed the respect that M.J. had for Steve’s shooting ability. I grew up in Tucson watching Kerr play and no one really thought that he would make it in the pros. They thought he was too slow and always neede to shoot off of a screen so it was a very special moment for me.
June 4, 2008

pete c
NLCS 1986 game 6
June 4, 2008

Andy
QOTD—- 1983 NC State wins the NCAA tourney on the dunk fom Lorenzo Charles to beat Phi Slamma Jamma (Houston) …
June 4, 2008

Scott EJ
Never had a Gavi…but, I’m on it now

QOTD: Viewed – too many to mention. ‘85 Bears season. Sosa & McGuire home run chase. Jordan Championchips. Personally: Qualifying for Boston Marathon.
June 4, 2008

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD – How can I pick one sports moment out of a life time of them? It may have been when I got my first hole in one.
June 4, 2008

Mike1115
Favorite sports moment, besides Randy Savage using the ring bell on Steamboat, is Mark Barvaro catching a pass from Phil Simms and carrying the entire San Fran 49ers defense on his back while running for yardage back in 1986.
June 4, 2008

Pimpnerd88
Sept. 28 1998, Cubs vs. Giants 1 game playoff, winner goes to the NLDS. Gary Gaetti parks a two run shot and Wrigley goes bonkers!!! Personal sports moment I rushed for 2 TDS and 148 yds for the Maroa-Forsyth (IL) Trojans against the Assumption Comets in absolutely frigid weather, didn’t feel any cold that day.
June 4, 2008

Tom T.
Good episode. Will try the Martinetti. QOTD – 1986 world series game 6 when Mookie’s ground ball went through Bill Buckner’s legs. Another favorite is 1994 when the NYR won the Stanley Cup. And how about “Matteau Matteau Matteau”.
June 4, 2008

MattyO
awesome show…wine sounds good. never even heard of it.

QOTD: fav. sports moment…i played soccer in h.s., and the last game of my senior season, we played this team with the best defense in our conference. i dribbled right down the middle of their defense for a goal. ppl freaked out…my team, their team, our crowd, their crowd…15 minutes of fame…pretty sweet.
June 4, 2008

Eli2Tyree
this one may fool ya – as much as eli to tyree (see name above) is the obvious answer the top three are all hockey moments … Number 3 – “and the New York Rangers are Stanly Cup champions and 1940 is now a distant memory” June 14th 1994- Rangers are stanley cup champions with Messier holding the cup over his head – Number 2 Matteau!! Matteau!!Matteau!!Stephon MAteau and the rangers have one more hill to climb baby and its mount Vancouver!” (howie Rose) – Rangers over Devils in overtime of game 7 1994 semifinals – and number 1 – “Do you believe in miracles -Yes” 1980 USA olympic hockey team, my inspiration every time someone tells me something is not possible.
June 4, 2008

TommyBoBo di WI
Excellent ep! Thank you so much. Safe travels.
June 4, 2008

kallardnyc
1994 Rangers hoisting the Cup

Bo Carlson
kallardnyc
June 4, 2008

BobM
Okay, at the risk of sounding like one of those old farts that we all know about, I’ll admit that I watched Don Larsen pitch a perfect game (on TV) in the 1956 World Series. I had stayed home from school, and about the 6th inning, the announcers were starting to talk about how, still, no one had gotten on base. Even though I was young, when it was over, I realized the significance of witnessing something that had never been seen beforeâ€“â€“a perfect game in the World Series.
June 4, 2008

Chris in Tulsa
QOTD: Not really a big sports fan but love just about any moment watching women’s beach volleyball!!!!!!! Love the uniforms and when the defense is in their stance waiting for the serve!!!!!!

Can’t wait to try a Gavi wine! Gonna get one tomorrow!!!
June 4, 2008

Kezza
The thirteen-inning one game wildcard playoff that got the Rockies into the Playoffs last year! Watched it at the local Irish pub with all of my friends… we all thought it would be an early night, but EVERYONE stayed til the end. So frickin exciting! Definitely the best game of any sport that I have ever watched!!
June 4, 2008

Sharon
Whatz up with the weird Cabernet episode? I for one don’t even really care about blind tastings.
Oh, it was very exciting for me as a Boston sports fan when the Patriots won their 1st Super Bowl in 2002. I remember my daughter and I running around screaming like lunatics and sort of thanking the Gods.
Did someone say Bill Buckner? (twitching)
June 4, 2008

Rowland
uuuuuuuugh, double cliff hanger. i think you dissed your sponsors wine,thats my guess. GIVE MOTT A GLASS!
June 4, 2008

ChrisH
QOTD: Colts AFC Championship game, RCA Dome, Pats getting spanked in second half. I was at that game. Amazing!
June 4, 2008

amgryger
QOTD: My favorite sports moment was going to the ‘06 Torino Winter Olympics with my friends, and as silly as it sounds, seeing a women’s curling event, with the U.S. and Switzerland tied until the very end and on the ice about 10 rows from where we were sitting. It was the Olympics, it really could have gone to anything and it still would have been amazing.
June 4, 2008

BiggMakk
QOTD: April 23, 1999. Fernando Tatis of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the ONLY player in Major League Baseball history to hit TWO grand slam home runs in the SAME INNING. TATIS!!!!
June 4, 2008

darin latimer
QOTD – Isaiah Thomas sprained ankle/superhuman fourth quarter in the first Pistons/Lakers finals back in 88, even in a losing effort…if only the current team could have borrowed a little bit of that ferocity and will.

Runner up – same series, game before when, with pre-insane Rodman guarding Magic the Bad Boys almost shut LA out in overtime. It’s been awhile so I might have the chronology wrong, but it did all happen. Those were the days.
June 4, 2008

Stevew
I hope you unveil the 6 Cabernet’s on Monday, otherwise its like we all wasted 17 minutes and 8 seconds of our lives on nothing (the length of episode #477).
QOTD: The past several weeks watching my two sons play in Little League playoffs.
June 4, 2008

Scott
Favorite sports moment was watching the Penguins win back to back Stanley Cups in the early nineties, and damn them Wings, we got close again this year.
June 4, 2008

Griff McGrath
QOTD: Just beating out every Shawn Michaels v Razor Ramon ladder match is Jon Lester’s no-hitter against the Royals.
June 4, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
Never had a GAVI, will try for sure.

Q-Watching my younger brother play in his first NFL game.
June 4, 2008

The Original Marc
QOTD: Easy. Happened just a couple months ago. Mario Chalmer’s miracle 3 with 2 seconds left in the NCAA championship game. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
June 4, 2008

neutron212
Have to try the Gavi. Fave sports moment was watching Mike Tyson biting off the ear of Holyfield only because I had to watch the tape of it later that night after my girlfriend made me go to a lame wedding
June 4, 2008

Michael Dominic
Most Roy Jones Jr. fights pre 2004.
June 4, 2008

TomB.
QOTD: My Bills making the greatest comeback in NFL history again the HOUSTON Oilers in the wild card round in 93 I think… !!! It was the first NFL game I took my wife to!
BTW: Thanks for going out of your way to come to Austin on Tuesday. You really brought the Thunder….
June 4, 2008

RieslingRon
QOTD: I was at the old Yankee Stadium in the ’50’s when Mickey Mantle homered off the top of the facade in right field. I loved his home run trot around the bases.
June 5, 2008

DirtWineKen
Gotta love them Gavi di Gavi. QOTD: Watching anytime my son pitched.
June 5, 2008

Robin C
I am desperate for good, inexpensive summer white wines. I will seek out Gavi.

QOTD: 1984 Torvill and Dean ice dancing to Bolero – 12 perfect 6.0 scores. I just rewatched it on UTube. Yes, ice dancing is a sport. And Scott Hamilton winning the 1084 Olympic Gold medal – what a year.
June 5, 2008

Robin C
I mean 1984 for Scott.
June 5, 2008

Raycerx
Not a conspiracy theorist typically…but Gary loses a lot of cred with me with what everyone is referring to as this ‘cliffhanger.’ This is not a marketing ploy with some novel Lost/Sopranos style ending…something is up.

My guess is wine #5 was a wine he shouldn’t have bagged as hard as he did…and he’s trying to think of how to reverse things.

Gary – keep in mind that your viewers expect uncensored and unbiased wine critiques. No matter who it upsets.

You lose sight of this and you’ve lost me.
June 5, 2008

JacobS
qotd: I was playing in an intramural basketball league for my organization, the hispanic business student’s association. The president handed me the ball above the top of the key and I made a three pointer, probably the only shot I took. I just loved that feeling and the trust. I wasn’t that great but I was feeling it that day. All the other ones are Spurs/Manu Ginobili related but this isn’t NBA.com so I won’t mention them.
June 5, 2008

Terry N
QOTD: 1991 World Series Game 6 – Kirby Puckett leaps to make a great catch to save the game and then hits a home run to win it the 12th inning. Then Jack Morris wins Game 7 with 10 innings of shutout ball.
June 5, 2008

Will
I tasted the Villa Sparina 2005 in Rome.. it was great. No white chocolatey smell?
June 5, 2008

Matt
Favorite sports memory has to be the 04-05 Elite 8 game between Illinois and Arizona. The comeback was just amazing. Down 15 with 4 to go, winner goes to the F4. What a finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrvVQFGFlY
June 5, 2008

Robert F
QOTD: Couple months ago, in the last few seconds of regulation, Mario Chalmers sinks the three point shot and ties up the 2008 NCAA Championship game, eventually leading the Jayhawks to a stunning overtime victory. Much jubilant chaos ensues on the streets of a little college town called Lawrence, KS.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!!
June 5, 2008

Chris
I just got a new job selling wine in a retail store. Every show I watch is like going to wine school. I feel like I owe you a tuition check for schooling me to the wine game. You’re the man!

QOTD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spi-4_6Ugdg
June 5, 2008

IPv6Freely
Dougie Gilmour scoring that wraparound goal!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H1×86nGb68Y
June 5, 2008

C-Fiddy
QOTD: 1999 Tour De France, Stage 9, Lance Armstrong’s win atop SestriÃ¨re. We had all watched the first week in his comeback from cancer, as a completely new rider. He won the time trial in Metz the day before and people realized his prologue win wasn’t a fluke, but to conquor in the mountains meant he was the real deal, and just may be one of the great ones. He took the lead that day, I believe and was confirmed as one of the great talents in suffering on two wheels.
June 5, 2008

C-Fiddy
Okay, if we’re posting clips her you go, (I love youtube)
He’s in yellow so I stand corrected, he took the lead in Metz the day before…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiCIJ2JewPE
June 5, 2008

Jarvis
Bought the book today for my dad for father’s day.

QOTD: Game 4 Boston@New York, American League Championship. I would have to say that whole game.

Or my Seahawks making it to the Superbowl…and then going on to lose it…
June 5, 2008

Oeno? Oh Yeah!
QOTD: “Houston pops out up top, down the lane, running jumper!? OFF THE FRONT RIM AND IN!! WITH .8 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY!!!”
-Gus Johnson
June 5, 2008

Karl Laczko
Gavi di Gavi, I have a Principessa Gavia 2006 Gavi waiting for a nice summer weekend this year, hope it’s closer to the Martinetti than the other two

QOTD – Sports moment? I suppose it was watching (on TV)the Champion’s League final in 2005. Liverpool beat Inter, this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpT9n_6DEqY) says it all. My friend Murat was in the stadium in Istanbul and got to hold the Cup.

Best ever!
June 5, 2008

YoungDave
QOTD: For me, personally, it was about 3 years ago when I beat my best 10K time (cross-county running) in a road race for charity, in the coldest, rainiest, windiest weather imaginable, and won first place in my age group. My parents were so proud, the hard work had paid off, and there’s nothing like the feeling of complete fatigue and exhaustion after sprinting as fast as possible after 6 miles.
June 5, 2008

jason
i need to start hitting up the italiano bianco. i normally hang in france and well france for the whites. i have been picking up some italian and swiss whites as of late, thank you. when you live in Fr, that is what you drink : ), anyhoo, looks good.
QOTD: i was more into sports when i was younger, so those moments land there. i got a 3rd place in a big ski race ( giant slalom) when i was 14. and that was out of left field. i had no idea would do that well. I also played soccer from when i was 7 to 16. i always played ” D ” but one game i took a direct kick from near the mid field and i scored! it surely helped us win the game which was real tight and the best team in the league. it was the bomb
June 5, 2008

Oakmon's BF
I donâ€™t know Gary, maybe you need to refund all the big bucks the wine whiners pay you for the right to watch your show. I still suspect youâ€™re just playing with us, but if Mott says thatâ€™s not the case, out of respect, I must put aside my suspicion.

QOTD: We Philly fans have a bigger collection of heart breaking moments. Iâ€™m not so much a basketball or hockey fan. I was too young in 1960 to appreciate the last time the Eagles were NFL champs. So my highlight was when the late Tugger got the final out of the 1980 World Series and the losingest team in the history of sports became world champs.
June 5, 2008

Adam J
Qotd: When John Elway told me and all other Denver fans, “I Love You!” after the second super bowl win. I love any Peidmont wine shows, Thanks!
June 5, 2008

Taylor
I haven’t tried Gavi yet, but will be seeking it out in the future

QOTD When the 2004 BoSox won the world series it was amazing and i will never forget it!
June 5, 2008

Alfredhayes
QOTD: Calling Joe Carter’s Home run in the (’92 or ‘93) world series. I was 10 at the time, watching it with my parents and said, wouldn;t it be awesome if Joe Carter hit a home run to win it? During that at bat…BAM!
June 5, 2008

Pete W.
QOTD: High school soccer: A kid on the other team and I were running towards each other full speed, and I don’t think he saw me. In the last second, I jumped straight over him (he was a little guy).
June 5, 2008

ChezJim
I love Italian whites but I’m sad to say I haven’t tried a Gavi. I will remedy that situation on my next wine buying mission.

QOTD: Being at Busch Stadium with my wife and two daughters when the Cardinals won the 2006 NLCS. I had been to playoff and World Series games before, but having my family with me made this one the most special.
June 5, 2008

Cheryl A.
QOTD: Secretariat winning the Belmont in ‘73. I was 10 years old and watched it on our little black and white TV. I still get goosebumps when I see the race or hear the call.
June 5, 2008

JohnBoy
According to Raycerx”

“My guess is wine #5 was a wine he shouldnâ€™t have bagged as hard as he didâ€¦and heâ€™s trying to think of how to reverse things.”

Maybe… But if things were really that bad, they probably would have pulled or delayed the episode, right? I dunno. I’ll be equally as frustrated if this is just some “marketing” gimmick.
June 5, 2008

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
Great show today Gary! Hope you’re having a good trip!
June 5, 2008

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
QOTD: I guess the sporting event I enjoyed the most was a Syracuse Crunch hockey game. I took my boyfriend to the game on his birthday this year, and it was more like we went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. I dont usually like to encourage violence, but when it comes to hockey, I love it when they fight … there were at least half a dozen fights in this one game. Blood was drawn, players were evicted… and we won. it was great.
June 5, 2008

MonkuWino
QOTD: Favorite sports moment.. there are many but I would say when Kirk Gibson hit his 9th inning, 2-out 3-2 count home run for the Dodgers in the 1988 World Series against Oakland to win the game.
June 5, 2008

Goncasurus-Rex
QOTD: my favorite was back when I played high school lacrosse, I dreampt the night before a game that I was in front of the goal when the “X” therw the ball to me and then two opponents like ice cream sandwiched me and dropped me to the ground. at the game I was standing in front of the goal “X” threw me the ball and somehow I knew what was coming, I got slammed from both sides! we lost the game but I found out Im prophetic!
June 5, 2008

Donna Marie
QOTD: This year’s Giants SuperBowl win and any come from behind Yankee squeaker wins. Especially liked last year’s Shelley Duncan homers…
June 5, 2008

Andrew D
Nice show Gary

QOTD: Now you’ve got me excited. It has to be when Steven Bradbury won gold for Australia at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 1000m Speed Skating. Just watch the link below to appreciate this great feat of being in the right place at the right time; truly awesome.

WATCH THE LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQMJtilOGg

Cheers
Andrew
June 5, 2008

The Aesthetic Elevator
Tommy Frazier’s 75 yard TD in the ‘96 Fiesta Bowl where he made mincemeat of the Florida defense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LHbZ3T4rzA
June 5, 2008

CBG
My favorite moment has to be D’Wade and the Heat winning it all…Go Heat!!..but the most memorable was watching the clips of that autistic kid get ridonculously hot from behind the three point line he must of hit like 100 three pointers in a row…that was something.

Monday will come..
June 5, 2008

wayno da wino
Super Episode!!! Gotta get some Gavi!!!

QOTD: Favorite Sports Moment??? Had a Gazillion of ‘em, would be hard
to single out “one”!!!
June 5, 2008

jaredlevy
Good episode, I gotta order a bottle of that Martinetti to see what the buzz is about!

QOTD: 2003 ALCS Yankees vs. Red Sox when Aaron Boone hits the walk off homer. Shame they didn’t win the World Series that year.
June 5, 2008

Neil
QOTD: I had a really great time in my last year of Babe Ruth Baseball (17 years old). It wasn’t if I would hit the ball it was where I would hit it, the gaps, etc. In one game I hit a double and a home run in the first inning (we had a 17 point lead in the first inning). Our team destroyed the competition and I had the second best average in the league (off by one at bat as it turned out). That said, my favorite memory in sports was my daughter’s AYSO soccer experience last year.
June 5, 2008

JayZee
Nice episode. I’ve had the Villa Spirina (not the 2006 though) and like it quite a bit.

QOTD: My favorite sports moment? As a participant, it was getting a walk-off RBI single in the play-offs to advance to the finals a couple of years ago. As a spectator, it was early September of 1995 when the Cleveland Indians clinched the AL Central title to get back to the post-season for the first time in 41 years. Now they still have to actually win a World Series!!!
June 5, 2008

Pastore
QOTD: Kelvin Hayden, in for an injured Nick Harper, intercepts Rex Grossman’s pass with 5 minutes left and returns it for a touchdown, virtually sealing the Colt’s victory in Super Bowl XLI! Oh, and any time Bob Sanders lays somebody out. It’s a thing of beauty!

As for Gavi, it is one of the few Italian whites that I have not had. I will definitely be getting some for the summer, though! Congrats on another great show!
June 5, 2008

LauraG
QOTD: Something I saw – the 2003 Tour de France. In person. Something I did – the finish of my own first 100 mile bike race. I’m a bike geek – what can I say??
June 5, 2008

Chris
QOTD- #1 is Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson’s HR.

#2 (even though hockey sucks) is the 1980 Hockey Team beating the USSR. Do you believe in miracles? YES!
June 5, 2008

Martin
qotd: watching live as michael schumacher announced his retirement from formula 1.
June 5, 2008

J-Pipes
QOTD: In the first grade I was on the tee-ball team. Well, during a practice I hit the ball unfortunately – yet directly – into the hands of the boy I liked, making me ‘out’… and I was so embarassed because everyone knew, and made a joke like I did that on purpose. And the boy’s fatehr was the coach of our team, too. It was mortifying at the time, but I really cherish that memory because its so cute!
June 5, 2008

seabop
Around seven years ago, I joined a group of broken down ball players who decided to barnstorm Cuba for two weeks.
My memory is batting against a Cuban National pitcher in complete uniform, stroking a single off him inside Habana National Stadium.
Afterwords, we enjoyed dinner with Omar Linares, perhaps the Brooks Robinson of Cuba. Salud!
June 5, 2008

John
Skating with Gordie Howe when I was six years old, amazing hockey player, amazing person, by far the best sports experience of my life!
June 5, 2008

niklopez98
Seahawks Fan here so….Romo fumbling the field goal attempt in the playoffs against Seattle!!!
June 5, 2008

RichG
I have tried Peidmont area wines but no Gavi. Will check it out.

QOTD: 1994 Florida State vs. Florida, 31-31 tie after FSU being down 31-3 in the 4th Quarter. I have never heard a crowd louder. It was a win in my book.
June 5, 2008

DerekH
QOTD Solksjaer’s winner for Man Utd in the 1999 Champions League final.
June 5, 2008

BubbsBaria
QOTD: Professionally- Mario Lemieux first game back after cancer and scoring 2 goals that night! Go PENS!!! Amateur- Local Highschool Hockey Rivalry Westmont vs McCort state playoffs ‘98; 8000+ in hometown attendance! Westy emerged victorious, one of the rowdies student sections ever! I was getting in old ladies faces and tellin em how it is! Watching my brother raise his helmut and skating off the ice after laying it all out there is forever engraved in my heart.
June 5, 2008

xtrmtrk
Wow, talk about a coincidence, I went to my favorite little Sicilian restaurant last night and they had the Villa Sparina on the menu. After watching this video blog just a couple hours earlier, I had to get the wine despite the high price ($45 – yikes). I drank it while having grilled asparagus with duck egg for my starter and a grilled octopus with chickpeas for my main and I have to say it paired up pretty nicely.

I personally feel this is more of a food wine and not a sipping wine. When I drank it alone I didn’t get the “zippyness” that Gary did. I also thought the “asphalt” thing was a bit too strong – I got honey with a hunk of tar in it. If I was just going to drink wine alone I’d prefer something else I think. But it was beautiful with food. And it was interesting enough that I want to track down other Gavis to try.
June 5, 2008

J. Bowman
Favorite moment: hitting a buzzer-beater to win a rec league game my freshman year of high school. Old buddies of mine who were on the other team still bring it up every time they see me. Funny thing was, I never saw the shot drop, because I was busy crying for the foul (and I *was* fouled, darn it).

What’s up with the Fathers’ Day promo? I forwarded my receipt, am I supposed to get some confirmation? Do I just wait 6-8 weeks and hope for the best, like we used to do with all those toys you could get by sending in Cheerios box tops?
June 5, 2008

Brian Vanaski
QOTD: In the 6th grade I caught my very first outfield fly ball. I was scared, so I closed my eyes and put my glove up in the air… and smack the ball landed in my glove.
June 5, 2008

BB
So now we have to wait until Monday? This has turned into a bad parody of “Who shot J.R..” I’m outta here until GV gets back to his roots.
June 5, 2008

Smahlatz
QOTD : tough – got to be out of Steve Larkham’s injury time field goal for a last ditch win Australia V South Africa in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, or the famous 1999 Cricket World Cup : Australia beat South Africa with 2 balls left in the super sixes to go through to the semi, where they meet South Africa again, and tie to go through to the final where they easily beat pakistan – what a great year !
June 5, 2008

PaVo
QOTD: Man, I’d say every year the Skins make the playoffs…

Worst Sports Moment: Every year they get illuminated!
June 5, 2008

Mia
*NEW VAYNIAC*

Thanks for Mark FitzPatrick =)

You’re so much fun to watch. I love white wine! So i just HAVE TO try that Gavi!

“exceptionally good wine”

FRESH!
See ya in Maryland!
June 5, 2008

Mark
QOTD: Cal Ripken – 2131 @ B-more, MD.
June 5, 2008

Ryan Raf
QOTD: Has gotta be the 1980 winter olympics miracle on ice. One of the greatest if not THE greatest upsets in sports history. The equivalent of the US mens hockey team beating the Russians would be akin to a college football team beating teams like the 49ers or Cowboys during their respective dynastys.
June 5, 2008

yowens
i think gavi is new for me- thanks for the intro! QOTD: Raiders v Jeff Morgan 1996
June 5, 2008

r2
My guess is this is GV’s way of drawing the “lurkers” out getting us … ahem them, to participate in the discussion.

Left one earlier, 1980 miracle on ice, but have to also give props to the 1987 PSU vs. Miami game. Go Lions!
June 5, 2008

Edie and Andy
Edie’s favorite sports moment was when the Broncos took the Superbowl with John Elway’s winning touchdown. We really want to try to find some Gavi’s, they seem right up our alley!
June 5, 2008

Susan
Gary- I love this ep but really…………..where’s the ending to ep # 477???????????????????
June 5, 2008

GR8wine
Cool. I’ve been exploring Italian wines but don’t recall having a Gavi. Once again you’ve expanded my wine world. Thanks Gary.
June 5, 2008

Ohio Bruce
Never had a Gavi… yet.

QOTD: 1) Watching my Son pitch his first Little League game and earning a last inning save.

2) Winning the National Platform Tennis Championship Father-Son Tournament with my dear, departed Dad years ago which was a huge upset due to my ability. It was the only year the tournament was held to my knowledge.
June 5, 2008

TJB
QOTD: Eli Manning avoided what looked like a sack and completed a 32 yard pass to wide receiver David Tyree who made a leaping catch by pinning the ball on his helmet which put them at New England’s 24 yard-line. Four plays later, New York wide receiver Plaxico Burress caught the winning touchdown with 0:35 left. Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who threw both touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, was named the Most Valuable Player.
June 5, 2008

Phil G
QOTD – When Jim Leyritz’s home run tied game 4 of the 1996 World Series. Man, that was awesome!
June 5, 2008

KVolk
QOTD: any of the Cowboys Super Bowl wins are always the best moments….

GV thanks for bring another new varietal to the table that just rocks…
June 6, 2008

Porter
QOTD: My older sister was winning a race in high school track when one of her competitors fell down. She stopped and ran back to help them up.
June 6, 2008

T. Bone
When Matt Hoffman pulled the first 900 on his warehouse halfpipe. That was huge. And the outtakes where he’s learning it and riding off the side into that pole – damn, that’s commitment.

Oh, and Steve Graham getting the first double back flip on camera. That was the turning point – a paradigm shift.

Had Sparina in my closet for the last couple of nights. Going to pop that one this weekend, see what folks think.
June 6, 2008

Oregon Jim
That is your best sign off ever. Short, sweet, and truth. Good show.

Won the Summer Series E fleet Championship in 2003. (Sailboat racing) That was the participative highlight. The Spectator Highlight was the 2001 Fiesta Bowl when my alma mater Oregon State Univ. beat the crap out of Bob Davies Notre Dame team with the future “Ocho Sinco” scoring at will. I was there that day with my family and we had a blast!
June 6, 2008

Bacchus
Shout out to Gavi! Great Italian whites they are.
June 6, 2008

mike volker
Secretariat winning the Belmont and the triple crown
June 6, 2008

Yester
QOTD: On-loan goalkeeper (Jimmy Glass) scoring with the last kick of the last match of the 1999 season to keep Carlisle United in the English Football League. Basically saved the club from going out of existance. He was a rubbish goalkeeper though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iRHbWDXEY
June 6, 2008

hasbeen
2002, in the last game of the regular season, two of the top rated high school hockey teams that are long time rivals were playing for a conference championship. I had coached players from both teams for several years on an off season select team. It was a very fast, extremely physical, hard fought game that ended with a 1 goal difference. While the rest of the players glared at each other and the fans continued taunting each other and the players, the kids I had coached met at center ice embracing, congratulating each other and reminiscing. Priceless!
June 6, 2008

scvarsity7
QOTD: Senior year of high school standing at the center of the soccer field during district finals watching Old Glory wave in the wind. ::sigh:: good times.
June 6, 2008

Colin
GV – fun show! QOTD – Favre vs. Raiders the day his dad died.
June 6, 2008

docent
Nice t-shirt GV
June 6, 2008

BargePlus
GV: I think you’re going to have to update your thinking on what the demographics are for WineLibraryTV. We know it’s not age, but a mindset – but based on the comments I’ve read here, it should also include an a pitcher in a little league all star game.

I also fit this bill, and had a lot of similar experiences in baseball as well as other sports. However, the image I kept seeing when thinking back was not me, but my Dad. Everytime I thought about baseball, I saw my Dad in the backyard saying “come on now; pitch to the glove.” Or playing one-on-one basketball with me in the driveway with his homemade hoop attached to the garage. Thinking about it, he must have spent a billion hours palying some kind of ball with me. Can’t beat it.
June 6, 2008

Winn
GV: check out Bruno Broglia gavi… it’s awesome.

QOTD: Jumbo Elliot catching the TD against the ‘Fins on MNF back in 2000. What a game!
June 6, 2008

Allan
QOTD: favorite sports moment: When Ben Johnson won the 100 meter run in the summer olympics – as he slowed down and raised his index finger proclaiming his victory even before he crossed the finish line – it was fantastic!!
June 6, 2008

laposte
QOTD:
Oh, no question, Jennifer Jones winning shot in 2005 Tournament of Hearts (Canadian Women’s Curling Championship). Check it out.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CM5mFH3_Qhs&feature=related
June 6, 2008

dafo
QOTD: Colts winning the Superbowl XLI. Great when half the school was rooting for the Bears and the other half the Colts.
June 6, 2008

Andy
QOTD: Father’s Day, 2006, standing-room only at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. for interleague play between the Nationals and the Yankees – as many Yankees fans (obnoxious “Let’s Go Yankees” chant over and over) in the house as Nats fans. Rookie 3B Ryan Zimmerman hits a two-run walk-off homerun to beat the Yankees and silence their many fans. Sweet.

Gary, fabulous that you will be in Rockville, MD on 26 June — see you then.
June 7, 2008

Cabrilla
Hmm… depnds on whether personally observed, or watched in retrospect.

Observed: Firsthand- Max Biaggi’s final pass on the hairpin at Laguna Seca in 2000. Satellite- any of Rossi’s 250cc victory laps. (I
June 8, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: I’m not really into sports enough to have a favorite moment of all time. Plus I’m much more into living in the present rather than getting caught up in the past.
June 8, 2008

kenmcall
QOTD: My favorite sports moment comes from the 1994 Stanley Cup final, which, alas, my Vancouver Canucks did not win. But coming back from being down three games to the New York Rangers was pretty wild, the excitement peaking in game 6 in Vancouver. The Canucks were up 3-1 with just under 2 minutes left. Local boy (from Vancouver, that is) Geoff Courtall takes a pass, puts on the moves and backhands the puck high into the net, putting the Canucks up 4-1. But wait, the ref doesn’t signal a goal, and he lets play continue. The Rangers pull their goalie, and Mark Messier scores with about 50 seconds to go. Score 3-2 Vancouver. Plenty of time for the Rangers to score again. But wait again! A review of the Canucks “goal” is ordered, and the replay clearly shows Courtnall’s going in. The arena goes absolutely nuts. The clock is set back to the time of that goal, and the Canucks go on to win the game 4-1, setting up game 7 in New York. 14 years later I can still feel that moment. Sports drama at its best.
June 9, 2008

Chippewamike
QOTD: Kirk Gibson homerun off Dennis Eckersley–89 World Series

“I don’t believe what I just saw. . . . .”
June 9, 2008

David
I tried Gavi last night and it was awesome. Thanks for helping me break out of my habits of just going with the traditional chard or gris.
June 9, 2008

foulmouthpoet
super bowl shuffle. 85 bears.
June 9, 2008

Jarvis H
Going a little selfcentered on this one, and am going to say my golf shots. Sticking the green from 185yds out with my five-iron. The feeling is great. However, last years superbowl was my favorite game of all time.
June 10, 2008

akellner
No doubt the Mets/Jets/Knick champoiships.

GV, crazy, the day I watched the video (Friday 6/6) I went to a small Italian bistro in NYC (Il Bastardo) to celebrate life, and white wine was going to be ordered. The choices included a Gavi (which by the way was my “go to” wine on first dates when I was single), needless to say I suggested that the table try the Gavi rather than the “usual” pino grigio…well…4 bottles later…
June 10, 2008

Paul J
Reggie’s three HR’s in the Series against the Dodgers. Unreal!
June 11, 2008

Matt W
Tiger Woods obliterating the toughest field in golf during the 97′ masters at the ripe age of 21. The game hasn’t been the same since.
June 11, 2008

pawncop
Good show.

My favorite moment – catching a foul ball at Rangers Ball Park in Arlington.
June 12, 2008

Peter
You have a good (a la “Kid from Brooklyn”) gimmick going and it certainly gets people’s attention.

I would, however, appreciate your pronouncing the wines correctly: it is La Scolca not La Scola. In Italian, the ‘c’ before the ‘a’is not silent and it is pronounced like ‘k’.

I don’t think of sports when I drink wine…I think of food, travel, art, literature, oh yeah, and making love.I am obviously in the minority!
June 16, 2008

JIKvig
Hmh, Gavi you say?

QOTD; Norway vs. Brazil in WC 1998 (soccer).
Brazil was the greatest team in the world, and guess who beat them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFzAsqveT0w
June 18, 2008

Dan-o
Good show – still don’t like the tease with the blind tasting.
Never had a Gavi that I can recall.
I will have to give it a whirl.

Sports moments:
- Hole in one in 1988
- Scored 23 points in the town championship basketball game in a come from behind win.
- Hit a grand slam when I was 15
- Hit one out of the ballpark (315)
- doubled to left center in my first ever attempt at switch hitting
- Celtics winning the championship
June 22, 2008

Patrick
I found a selection of about 6-8 Gavi’s locally… I picked up 3 different bottles for a party this weekend. I gave four options a Riesling (Schoffit ‘01), chard (Elderton), Sancerre (Pascal Jolivet) and the Gavi’s. Its funny the Gavi went like hot cakes followed by the Sancerre. Most people started with the chard till everyone else was telling them how good the wine was. Good news was the Gavi was $10 and the Sancerre is closer to $20. Good call.
June 27, 2008

Michael H.
QOTD: Two actually. Both golf related. 1st was Nicklaus winning the ‘86 Masters and 2nd was a hole-in-one I had several years back (6-iron, 186 yds.)…
July 4, 2008

oakwimp
QOTD: My second-grade son (at the time), probably the worst player skills-wise on his basketball team last year, was playing his butt off in the final game of his final tournament. With about 30 seconds on the game clock, and with his team up by one point, he grabs a rebound, shoots, and is fouled by the other team. Being the worst shooter on his team, I’m fearing the worst. My boy steps up to the line, takes a couple of bounces, shoots, the ball hits the rim, circles around it, and drops in! Now we’re looking at a tie at worst for now. But there’s no way he can make two – he has never done that. Same gig – he takes dribbles the ball a couple of times, looks up, takes the shot, and swoosh! I’m nearly in tears at this point. The other teams races down the court with the ball, takes a couple of missed shots and my son rebounds again, passes it off, and the game is over. I was so proud of my son not only for making the clutch shots but more so for never giving up. I still think about this often, and whenever I see him down on himself, I always bring up this great moment in his life.
July 10, 2008

kjdion
Brett Farve busting the Raiders up the day after his father’s passing. I am a packers fan and that day is one of Farve’s greatest.
July 21, 2008

MattUD
Thats a really tough one for me having played all kinds of sports growing up, maybe winning a golf tournament when i was playing in college or pitching a complete game in high school.
July 21, 2008

Tooch
QOTD: Couple moments come to mind; 1) Michael Irvin ending his career on the turf at the Vet 2) Keith Primeau’s goal in the 5th OT in the 2000 playoffs vs. the Penguins 3) The Mets choke job last summer 4) Eagles beating the Falcons in the NFC Champtionship game.
January 14, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
Good show. I need to check out more whites from Italy other than Prosecco and Asti. Thanks for the tips. QOTD: 2005 Seahawks going to the Super Bowl. Yes, they lost but other than the Gonzaga Bulldogs the state of Washington is —- for sports. It was a small flash, but at least it was a moment.
March 23, 2009

Megan
Wow, I’m glad I randomly stumbled upon this episode. In my short-lived time with Wine Library TV, I’ve never seen Gary as excited about a wine as the Martinetti Gavi on this show. Too bad it doesn’t seem readily available!