Cute guest, single too... MROW,
but she didn't bring the thunder in terms of expressing her opinion
of wines after tasting them and Gary had to carry that part of the
show, but we know she's new to the wine world and she does have a lot
to offer and will only get better.

She also brought rocks from France which is awesome.

Great episode. Love it when you have an interesting/enganging guest on. Hope there's many more in the future! QOTD: IF I had the talent, to be able to spend a day in the studio making music with someone like Ornette Coleman or Pat Methany. The possiblity to not only play with someone of their talent level, but to have my imprint stamped on something that would be around forever would be an amazing experience.

Cook great food and drink great wine. all day everyday. no pressure like in the restaurant. one day by-golly

Madison is an awesome city. QOTD: Dog walker.

Dream job for a day: Make wine during the day time, and pick up a guitar and jam with U2 in the evening!

QOTD: Caddy for Tiger Woods in the final round of the Masters. I better get 10% of the winnings as part of the job!

qotd: it might kill a person to do all the tasks of a vigneron on one day!

...whether they like it... or not. Did you give up on that or what? I miss it.

So, being from denmark, I'll have to keep my eye out. I've not tried it before, but there is also a lot of crap wine from bordeaux up here.

QOTD: Rock star. How do you get an internship for that?

Thanks for the great show, and introducing a new varietal (to me) - that really brings THUNDER to my world. Awesome guest, thanks!!

QOTD: Shark researcher, tornado chaser. :)

great show! loved the guest. nice to have someone we can identify with visit. a learner, not an expert though she seemed to be very knowledgable.

Nice show. Kristen did a great job and was totally at ease. Her stories and information was quite interesting.

QOTD: I'm not sure what my dream job would be, but I think it might be something to do with Major League Baseball. I guess I would be a player, but I lack talent in that area so that probably wouldn't work. But even being a sportswriter covering a single baseball game would be awesome.

I dunno.
Traveling to another country, France in this instance, to study wine? And get college credits for it? Sounds great to me.......for a vacation, but the cost of those credits has to be enormous. I would like consideration of the colleges to not only continue their global thinking, but to act locally. (It's been said that we have a couple of pretty good vineyards here in the States). Having said that, the show, as usual was very good, and Kirsten was enjoyable.
QOTD- Strange as it sounds, I am pretty much doing what I like to do.

I do my dream job every day - running a wine shop. I just wish that I owned it rather than running it for someone else.

QOTD: I would need a lifetime rather than just one day. I would like to work in a vineyard and winery.

wow... not my thing... I am a fruit bomb guy...

QOTD... to not have to ever work again... travel the globe... eat drink & be merry...

as the Italians say, the sweetness of doing nothing.

QOTD: Sad, I don't know what my dream job would be.

lovely guest....and an excellent episode.

qotd: i would be a secret agent, like james bond, only i'd be drinking manhattans (stirred, not shaken)

Hi there.
Nice quest, interesting vertical tasting.


QOTD
I would love to be the director of the Vienna Fhilharmonic orchestra on new years day.

Groetjes

Classico

Whoooooa.....was Kristin CUUUUTE....Yo G, Fix Me Up!!!! :)

qotd: Be a Taster at a Burgundy Grand Cru Convention!!

Enjoyed the episode! Good guest!
QOTD - My dream job would be to work at a wiinery in many different capacities. I would love the vineyard land, the harvest, the tasting room.

Great show w/ a great guest!

QOTD: I would take over Gary's life for just 3 hours.

--great episode guys, cut guest! LOL
AL

QOTD.....I'd like to be a Formula One race driver for Ferrari.

Nice ep. as ever. And a very nice guest ... .
Yet, Kirsten, think about this: I'm a Belgian, so I'm - how do you call that? - full-bred European. When I heard you tell you experienced an anti-idyll in Bordeaux realizing that 'even' European wine is big business with bankers, insurance companies, etc. owning châteaux, you struck a string somewhere. I think you should come back and travel around OUTSIDE Bordeaux: yes, there is big bizz everywhere, yet, European wine is not all that (I know, you didn't say so). Real wine lovers - not the ones who can afford bucket loads of money on a crappy 'great' wine - are getting so fucked up over here with a lot of people outside of Europe equaling European or French wine - whatever - and everything involved with it with Bordeaux. That's quite a narrow view to say it politely. Travel to the Rhône, the Languedoc, the Madiran, Corbières, the Loire, the Côtes-de-Duras, the Elzas and you will see that winemaking still is for a large part a family business, even a tale of families struggling against the outflattening, evening, undifferentiating effects of globalisation. It's the diversity inherent to this huge mass of small growers that is in fact key to the expression of real sense of place you talked about. Large owners aren't interested in this 'sense of place' as it hampers the insurance of big revenues (so important for their shareholders): a wine tasting different, a wine you need to know the maker, his family and their idea about wine making before you can love it, is to difficult to market, to difficult to be sure about solid revenue (read i.e. Linda Murphy's column about consolidation of the winemarket in last November's Decanter).
I think you should keep that in mind when you do your research on globalisation and French wine.

QOTD: a winemaker in the Jura.

That is quite ironic apj_bobswineguy! I think it is a sign. You should definitely go do a harvest if you want to. It's such an amazing experience (but be ready for some *long* days and the emotional roller coaster!

Interesting episode GV... different perspective that we've never seen before, like it. Keep up the good work, and Jet's victories 'cause I like when you're in a good mood on Mondays - keeps up the spirits don't you know!

QOTD: Why would I want to do my dream job for only a day? That's a waste of time...I'm working on doing my dream job for a living - go figure! My dream job is doing food research and development, i.e. I want to professionally play with my food, and that's exactly my prepared line for career day.

QOTD: Ironic. To work a harvest start to finish.
I have really been considering applying for an internship the past few weeks. 2009!
Is this episode a sign?
Great guest. She has the passion and took the criticism of her "family's" wine w/ out getting defensive. Plus, her answer about what she got out of her experience was interesting.

Holy crap Gary, I think you found a new co-host. No kidding, there was a nice symbiosis there... QOTD: I hate to be a downer, but there is no dream job. A job is a job is a job. Even if you love it, there will be days you don't feel like doing it. I have plenty of interests, but the minute I need to commit to it to make a living, I'm not so enthusiastic. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, all that aside, I'd be a commercial pilot. I'm already a licensed pilot, but I have to pay to fly, so I'd rather fly to get paid I guess.

Good episode, enjoy the knowledge even though I probably will never taste the wine.

QOTD - Major league baseball announcer.

QOTD: I would orbit the earth.

Nice show. Kristin is an interesting young woman.
QOTD: Hmmm well I wouldn't mind being Robert Parker for a day. That day being when he visits all the Grand Crus in Burgundy.

WEEK 15 !!!

QOTD- ... well Gary V has a pretty neat job don't ya think..!

QOTD : Child carer looking after my daughter

QOTD: I'd run a restaurant in a fantasy world (no long hours, no crazy stress, no heavy overhead).

I thought Kristen was awesome, someone out the there needs to give her a job...Amazing knowledge and enthusiasm for someone so new in the industry! It was a joy to listen too...GET HER ON AGAIN Gary!

I would like Steven Tanzer's job. Good episode though these are wines that aren't even available here.

Is it me or does Gary's guest sound exactly like the girl from American Pie, you know the one with a rising inflection......Banddd Camppp....Chateauuuu Courazeee

Great episode. I thought Kristen brought some great knowledge to the table.

QOTD: Brew master at my own brewery.

What an awesome guest! I love the fact that she's NOT a VIP. I mean no offense to those who've invested years of their lives into wine. Props to them for devotion and expertise. HOWEVER! (Waves hand at camera a la Gary V.) Having another "normal" person's thoughts heard is far more interesting to me, personally.

QOTD: For one day, I'd have to go with professional jazz/swing singer. But for long-term, I'm doing it. Three cheers for being with 38 Studios.