Bring The Thunder Contest

Spread the thunder during the next week for your chance to win three exciting prizes.
As Gary Vaynerchuk always says, “You, with a little bit of me… we’re changing the wine world.” To continue changing the wine world we need more of you! Here’s your opportunity to spread the thunder with a shot at some incredible prizes. Gary will draw the winners randomly on February 19th on Wine Library TV!

How to Enter

  • 1) Subscribe to the WLTV Feedburner Feed. You must be subscribed in order to be eligible to win!
  • 2) Spread the Thunder. Email your friends, post in facebook or myspace, review WLTV in iTunes, launch a National TV campaign… get creative and find your own personal way to spread the word about the Internet’s most passionate wine program.
  • 3) Tell us how you’ve helped spread the thunder by posting in the comments section on this page. Explain below how you’ve spread the thunder; then Gary and the WLTV Crew will assign you a number of contest entries as a function of your effort, creativity, and impact.

Prizes

  • Grand Prize (1). The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip to co-host Wine Library TV with Gary Vaynerchuk, then a private dinner with Gary in New York City, and we’ll put you up at a hotel in New York.
  • Runners-up (5). The 5 Runners-up will receive an AppleTV. Watch the Thunder Show in glorious high defintion!
  • Sub-winners (25). 25 sub-runners-up will win an exclusive Wine Library TV Schwag pack, featuring the *NEW* limited edition Wine Library TV wristband and more!

526 Responses

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  1. February 13, 2008

    Jeff Williams

    For any Bostononians looking for wine check it out http://www.vinoboston.com! And note my link up to GV and his internet wine empire! What an inspiration —

    Loving it from the beginning – Go WLTV!

  2. February 13, 2008

    Nedster919

    I have emailed my entire contact list about the show and told them Gary and Mott are radool (or coolio) and they should watch it. I also posted the url for WLTV in the back of my SUV so when I am cruising down the streets of Boston the peeps can see it and spread the thunder!

  3. February 13, 2008

    Nick Bazin

    What a great contest! Thanks for hosting it…now on to the entries:

    I have a good friend who manages an upscale restaurant in Nashville about your video blog and he was in love at first sight. We’re both impressed with your reviews and your delivery. It’s made his job of stocking the wine basement so much easier, and earned me a free meal!

    Pleae continue to produce your great show and I will continue to enjoy it immensely. Anytime I come in contact with another win connoisseur, your show will be on the tip of my tongue along with your latest recommendation.

    Cheers!

  4. February 13, 2008

    Panosh

    SPREADING THE THUNDER
    1. I have emailed my friends who share the enjoyment of wine a link to the show and a short summary of my enthusiasm (addiction). Only about 20 people here, but they are all wine’os and a few serious ones.
    2. I created a small tabletop card using the wine library tv logo with website on the Feed page and have put it on our bar at our wine bar. We have a self serve “enomatic” self-serve system with 80 wines dispensed and more by the glass and bottle. Fairly good customer counts. We seem to draw the type of people who would enjoy this show so it is a natural. This is tied into our fine dining restaurant.

    Go to our website and click on “Directory” and then “AMUSE” wine bar to get an idea of what we do. Still trying to get them to le me add a link in our website, so not quite yet.

    http://www.honoluludesigncenter.com/index_mn.htm

  5. February 13, 2008

    Katherine

    Hi all. Vivian strikes again… check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/2ml7rc

  6. February 13, 2008

    Chris Pennell

    Gary,
    First off, CCK(crazy college kid) here.
    Spreading the thunder for me has consisted of showing everyone I see the show. Living in a dorm has made it possible to spread it to a lot of people. I made some posters and stuck them up in key spots around campus promoting WLTV. I’ve made posts on blogs, added the badges and widgets to my site and facebook. I’m in the WLTV groups on facebook, i’m a friend of yours on facebook, and i’m a fan of you on their as well. But the way I think has helped the most is by printing a giant poster using http://www.blockposters.com/ and put that in my window. My window is right on the intersection of two of the busiest roads in the city, so i’m hoping people walking by and stopped at the lights are getting the thunder. Thanks for all the great shows.
    Chris

  7. February 12, 2008

    Dr. G

    In the three short weeks that I’ve been watching the show, I’ve already convinced my friends and a few colleagues to tune in by talking about the show and linking it up on facebook. More notably, however, I’ve been talking with people down at the local wine store – some who had seen the show once or twice, some who had read about it and others who had not even heard of it. It’s been particularly interesting to see people’s reactions when I talk about the show during our Friday evening gatherings. I’ve talked with the store owners, the staff (one has already been watching), and in a number of instances other customers have asked for the web address after they’ve been drawn them into the conversations.

    Actually, I’ve found that it’s not too hard to arouse people’s curiousity about the show when I display some real passion for the tastes of wine (bring the thunder), when I use this more accessible language in describing the wines (trust my PAL) and when I reference your encouragement for doing both of the above. And now, with this focus on the many different grape varieties, it’s been even easier :-)

  8. February 12, 2008

    bob c

    Well, this will be pretty weak compared to some, but at our last get together at a friends house, we brought up the thunder show and watched the episodes about the wine cellars. Since then, a couple of the guys have said they have been following the show now.I also got my son to start watching and he lives in Boston, and did get to meet Gary at the wine Expo!

  9. February 12, 2008

    Scott F

    I’m trying to spread it as much as possible. I have sent the WLTV link to all my friends, and I wear my WLTV wristband to every wine event that I attend. My dad is a pilot, and I could try to get him to fly a WLTV banner above the Reds games this summer. That might cost me a lot though. We’ll see. Keep up the thunder, and I will do my best to spread it!

  10. February 12, 2008

    Bryant Sousa

    Gary, What up!!

    I had the pleasure of meeting you at the Boston Wine Expo this past weekend. You are the man!! Wicked laid back, down to earth…totally awesome. Dude, I also took as many goodie bags as I could and passed them out at a party I went to later on that night. I rang the door bell, as soon as someone answered I yelled BRINGING THE THUNDER BABY!!!! The whole place went silent…LOL. Then I walked in and started passing out the goodie bags that I took earlier from your booth…some fine lookin ladies at your booth I may add. Some people were new to wine and others weren’t. Some heard of the show and others didn’t, but the coolest thing was how they all sported the wrist band as soon as they opened the bag. I thought that was wicked cool. I am definitely a huge fan of the show and wish you much success. I will do my best to continue spreading the word that The Vayniacs and Vayner Nation is here to stay.

    PS: You were the first booth I went to on Saturday during the expo. Forget Chataneauf Du Pape, Bordeaux, Italy etc… Wine Library TV had to be the first stop. You rock! Keep kickin’ ass with your BIG ass glass!!

  11. February 12, 2008

    John Blue Label

    I have dispatched 2,617 carrier pidgeons with jumpsticks strapped to their legs to cover a variety of areas in then continental US. On the jumpstick, there is a compendium of WLTV episodes, including 1, 100, 200, 300 and 400. I have also told and emailed everyone I know about WLTV.

  12. February 12, 2008

    Cliff and Darcey

    1. Ever since we stumbled across your video-blog (About one year ago now) Darcey and I have been telling every imbiber we know about you; even those who say they don’t like wine are urged by us to watch a show or two in the hopes that they will someday drink GOOD wine, and therefore become wine lovers.
    2. Before long we started posting our own tasting notes on my website: http://www.cliffordjames.org/wine.php, where I have very few links, but the most important one is to WLTV, and I later added your “banner” or whatever you call it to the site, which I like quite a bit. We get lots of visitors, relatively, to the tasting notes we offer and many are happy to have found you through my site.
    3. Within the body of many of our tasting notes we mention Gary Vaynerchuk and WLTV, especially, of course, when tasting a wine you have reviewed on your show!
    4.We each created a presence on Facebook and added GV as a “friend.” That’s two of us reaching everyone we know who is also on Facebook.
    5. I (can’t speak for dar on this one) do everything GV asks on Facebook, like joining the “Ask Gary” application, etc.
    6. We both attend wine tastings at two separate wine stores on Fridays and Saturdays for one and just Saturdays for the other. At all three of these weekly sessions we wear our Vayniac wristbands and obnoxiously tell everyone there about you and your show … the more we taste the louder we get!
    7. At work I have three computers on my desk, and on the largest screen Mac I always have the WLTV website up and I often have a group of people gathered around my desk watching your show.
    8. I work at a University where I go into several classrooms to check equipment and I ALWAYS use your video-blog to check audio and video response, and then I keep it up and running in every room I check; it’s anybody’s guess how many folks have learned about you through this avenue! At least a few, I would say!
    9. Finally, at every family gathering I bring my laptop and share your blogs with my family I am one of 8, so with their kids and spouses that is many people); at least one sister now watches you regularly.
    10. Darcey and I order many wines from WineLibrary (well, at least as many as my meager income allows … buy you just wait until I am wealthier!!!), and we often share these bottles with friends, and, because the wine is so freakin’ good, most ask where we have heard about these wines and where they can get them, so …
    11. Finally, I dream about your blog a least once a week, and have multiple out-of-body experiences weekly as well, floating and flying through many dimensions and realities, and in this manner I am able to share the thunder with all sorts of “beings” in other worlds, alternate universes, and other times as well, past and future. In this way I utter your good name to more folks than any other method, entering the collective conscious and unconscious of people corporeal and disembodied, souls yet to be born, and energy-essence-personalities that are omnipresent, guiding those stuck here on the earth plane, whispering into their psyches that they should watch the Thunder show, and that THIS will make their lives better. Those sensitive enough to hear the message will become lifelong Vayniacs. This service is the single-most powerful means of creating a larger and larger group of dedicated fans than all the other combined, and deserves at least three entries into your contest, but of course, Darcey and Cliff leave this totally up to you, our wine heroes at the Wine Library!

  13. February 12, 2008

    BruceP

    I have spread the thunder by encouraging any and all wine afficionados that I know and meet to tune in and get the GV experience. This includes:

    Starting a wine tasting group with 9 friends, none of whom was aware of WLTV. Our biweekly meetings usually involve a discussion of WLTV-realted issues. Last week’s focus was on Albarino due to GV’s constant harping on the stuff.

    Inform people in far-flung lands that are wine-challenged to get viewing. WLTV’s Angola, Nigeria, and Norway viewing audience is likely due to me spreading the thunder over there on my work trips.

    Convinced several employees of Kermit Lynch that you are not a complete yahoo, and that the show is fun and educational. A couple will now even admit to being regular viewers.

    My own personal commitment to continue trying new wines as often as possible, even if it is sweet Riesling.

  14. February 12, 2008

    caleb

    I started a blog and put a badge on it – big deal huh.

    Also I tell the people I know who drink wine (not many) to watch the show.

    I am so hardcore.

    I will try to better Gary.

  15. February 12, 2008

    Rich

    We have offcial begun a monthly wine tasting party, currently with 8 friends. We have blind tastings, take notes, and also have a Gary Vaynerchuk segment in which we buy a wine that Gary dislikes and taste it along with the episode. It has been a great success and a lot of fun for us and all of our passions for wine continue to flourish with Wine Library TV.

  16. February 12, 2008

    Rob P

    I noticed a question on LinkedIn wondering if people watch online tv. I responded to the question stating that I occasionally watch programming online, but I never miss a day of WLTV along with posting a link. At least one person has repsonded to me personally to tell me that they are going to check it out!

  17. February 12, 2008

    JK Troy

    I just got into WLTV this past month (THANK YOU for still being on!) because someone spread the thunder to me! I LOVE it. When I visit friends, I make them all watch. I’ve even got my mother into it (after I helped with the computer aspect of the whole thing. These new-fangled machines.) In two weeks my roomie and I are spending the day to drive to NJ (which isn’t too bad from PA) just to go to the Wine Library. I’m more excited than when I went to Disneyland.

  18. February 12, 2008

    Moe

    We’ve added your tasting notes to our wedding website to help give people flavor of what is to come

    in the MONDAY: Tokaj Wine Region Day for the episode 39

  19. February 12, 2008

    Dominick Mack

    I wear my wristband(s), and send e-mails to my friends and family about the show!

  20. February 12, 2008

    Rubrmn

    I play Winelibrary and Gary’s “Hello…” at full blast on my computer at work. Most people are annoyed–which is fun–but some have shown interest. I have a few (including my boss, and the owner’s wife) who ask my opinion on what wine to buy.

    Thanks for bringing the Thunder, Gary!

    Sincerely,
    Russ

  21. February 12, 2008

    LudwigVan

    I try to show people the different tastes by making them talk about their palate and drink different wine at a time. I talk about WLTV where is the possibility, I recomend wine to shops. Lets spread the thunder!

  22. February 12, 2008

    Wandering Moose

    Posted a message on a blog that i frequent. This blog represents a middle america kind of group who discusses all kinds of topics. We discussed wine a while back (before my entrance to WLTV) – What a great entrance to introduce your awesome website. I expect many new lurkers in the near future…

    I have also spammed out to my address book. So easy.

  23. February 12, 2008

    Dan H

    Hi Gary,

    This is how I’ve “spread the thunder”:

    I have a wine group in Brooklyn, The Wine-o Collective, and I constantly tell the group about things I’ve learned on the show and get them to watch episodes.

    I have had everyone I know watch the palate-training episode. And, I’d love to get my wine group to do that someday!

    I did the Thanksgiving pack with my family and now my dad watches the show. My girlfriend and I did the Christmas pack with her family too!

    I comment pretty often on the WLTV site.

    I have a link to Wine Library TV on the Wine-O blog: http://www.wineocollective.com/blog/

    I also have a link on my own blog: http://www.hewins.org/dhh/

    Finally, I watch the show basically every workday as I eat lunch and my coworkers are all asking me about it.

    Thanks, Gary! I hope I win.

    Dan

  24. February 12, 2008

    Penney

    I have a widget on my food and wine blog

  25. February 12, 2008

    sajemoto

    Awsome!

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