Comments on: A Smorgasbord Wine Tasting – Episode #677

By: Michael Elkin

Michael Elkin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:39:13 +0000

Gary,

Thanks for showing a new side of Pinotage (vs. the usual negative)… after watching this, I realized you REALLY know what you are talking about…

By: chukhead-ted

chukhead-ted — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:08:26 +0000

hi gary, i think it is good how you keep retail separate from show content. thanks!

By: Jayhitek

Jayhitek — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:24:21 +0000

I like the fast pace. I was on vacation and came back to like 10 episodes in my inbox.. was dreading the 7 hours of Gary I was going to have to catch up on. I like what I am seeing so far.

QOTD: was there one?

By: the2urbs

the2urbs — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:34:57 +0000

dude, free shipping is good…

do a show once in a while & do free shipping on the wines on the show…

taste six you have had before & run with it…

I wanna see more Italian Whites…

By: JayZee

JayZee — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:20:01 +0000

Nice show – good energy.

QOTD: Well, I started watching WLTV when it began because of a link on your Wine Library website and I buy a crapload of wine from you guys so I have no problem with special offers intertwined with WLTV. After all, you often use WLTV videos on Wine Library’s website to pump a wine, so what is the difference really? It is not that I think WLTV is simply a commercial – I know it isn’t and I truly appreciate it. But I see no problem with a tie-in once in awhile. And you have offered free shipping codes to WLTV viewers before.

Congrats to AJ!!

By: rowland

rowland — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:37:35 +0000

Hey gary.
Been working a lot, hustling, crushing it …
congradulations on the book, your brother’s graduation, and your very near first child!
ill be around,
qotd; do whatever, the secret packs have already opened the door anyway.

By: Dan-o

Dan-o — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:23:42 +0000

GV – I liked the show and the pace. I do like to lear about the varietals, therefore fun facts help improve the knowledge of your viewers. I like Pinotage, but have never had the one you tasted. I will look for it.

QOTD – You can’t ship to MA, therefore having irrelevant retail commercials would be a downer for me. This is a wine knowledge show, not an advertisement. I honestly don’t like the plugs for your book. You could do that plug once, but after that it appears self serving.

By: Barstool

Barstool — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:24:33 +0000

The intent of WLTV – as you so often state – is to help people explore their own palate. To explore, one has to taste. To taste, one has to buy wine. Why is there a conflict in encouraging people to buy that wine from you? In fact, since I moved to the non-ship-to state of Tennessee a year ago I have ‘voted’ with my wine dollars by refusing to buy the wine from the very limited swill-heavy selection available from local Memphis merchants in protest (that’ll show ‘em). I have made three trips in that time to Wine Library, an equal number to other retailers I like in Ca. and Wa. I’ve done so because it seems like the thing to do; patronize the people who go out of their way to offer something special. Anybody can stock a shelf with booze, not everybody tries to offer more.
So long as you remain honest in your tasting and don’t suddenly shift to review only wines that WL carries I see no conflict.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:09:59 +0000

I’d keep them separate. I never would have watched early on if I had thought it was part of a retail pitch. Now I watch all the time so I might be okay with it, but what about all those other newbies who are just tuning in? They might feel like it’s all a gimmick to get them to buy WineLibrary wines.

By: Zipper Jack

Zipper Jack — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:31:40 +0000

QOTD – Gary, you are 700 shows in – you’ve establish unimpeachable cred – not an issue.

Pick a couple of WLTV reviewed wines each month that you feel “crush it” and/or expand the palate & do the free shipping thing. The dreaded lurkers (like myself) may just need a little extra coaxing to come out of the woodwork and get involved.