Great show!

Nice question and answer section Gary but I think you should limit your responses to 15 seconds which will allow you to get more question and answers in.

If I was to be a wine I’d like to be a different wine for each day of the week, and different time fo the day… I like all flavors and colors too much to limit myself to just one. How’s that for a non-answer. Oh, and BEAR DOWN CHICAGO BEARS…

wow, i’m #2 today..Sure love how you are mixing it up during your blogs. A little tasting, a little education, and lots of fun.

What kind of wine am I? Definately a Vacqueyras. Strong, fruity and just a bit spicy. Plus, I have a great “nose”.

Keep up the great work..

If I was to pick a wine that I was most like, it would be a old vine shiraz from Barossa, like Torbreck Run Rig.

Gary:

Love the show today. How about Mad Dog 20/20 Grape.

I definitely would be a red zinfandel-powerful,spicey and full of vigor.How about an episode of Viognier wines or Alsatian wines?

Gary,

That’s a tough one to answer, but I think I’d have to be a syrah, spicy, peppery and full-bodied. Hmmm…full-bodied makes me sound fat.

I have a geeky question for you (but not wine geeky). I live in California and was stunned by the tour of Wine Library. Incredibly huge store! I was trying to find the actual building using Google Earth (Google Maps would be the same), but couldn’t find anything at your address or the vicinity that looked like the building we saw (even though I did find the Taco Bell next door). Is that a new building? If not, where is it in Google Earth?

Also, could you give us a little history of Wine Library? How did it start, and how did it get so big? And how come there isn’t a chain of Wine Libraries all over the country. And if you are going to start a chain, could you put the first one in Sacramento?

I”m not sure what that finger thing was at the end, but if it was supposed to be WL, use your left hand for your audience. Or turn the right one around. I like it.

As to a wine, I think an old style, brambly Zin with perhaps a little too much(?) alcohol. A bit dark, but with loads of fruit bursting out on the palate.

thanks for answering my question.

btw … what was on the table in front of you?

This show is great, i look forward getting the email that says a new episode has been put online. Keep up the good work. I think you should start having wine library customers on the show with you, just go out into the aisles and grab someone to put on the show with you. that would make my day if i was shopping in WL. As for what type of wine i’d be, maybe “2 buck chuck” 🙂

I’m hooked! You make Mondays bearable! I want to be like a fine port and age well. Keep the great shows coming!

I would want to come back as a Coturri wine, say one of their zins. Loving care, nothing unnatural, loads of character and tolerance for the things that are true, yet different from the norm. And a high alcohol level. 😉

I would be a dessert wine…sweet, fruity and saved till last to end it all on a good note

I enjoyed your show – as always!
What type of wine I would be? A sub-zero ice wine I think. 😉

I am going to buy new whites for this summer.
Gary, could you P L E A S E take a look on some good Rieslings?
This would be so great. Thanks a lot!

Great show..again.

You were talking about age today and I was wondering what your thoughts are on aging Cali/Wash Cabs/Merlot? Do you feel that they last as long as people give them credit for? Unfortunately I’m newer to the scene and have not had enough time to really make my own decisions but I have a couple that are laying down. Just curious of what your experience may be.

Oh yea, Young, obnoxious So. Cali Pinot. Love that crap.

Hi Gary,

Was really hoping you would answer my question on the insect nose of the barolo yesterday…?

To compare myself to a wine, I would have to go with a Zinfandel..dark, complex, bit touchy and little spicy….but I may be corked!..:)

Guys,

Please make some women watch this thing!!! This is sad that so many dudes care so much about wine. I am one of them, but don’t women care about this junk too???!!!

Andre.

Gary â?? like everyone, love the show and I have been doing my part proselytizing WLTV.

Iâ??m struggling with these two WLTVisms
1. Try a lot of different wines
2. Around half of the wines you try on WLTV, pretty much regardless of the rating, you advise your audience to pass on

Purely from a financial standpoint # 2 makes me nervous about # 1.

Iâ??d request that you assemble cases of â??Expand Your Wine Horizonâ? wines that from your expertise and experience you feel would accomplish that goal leaving out the pass and/or suck ones. These could be created via a price point ($/case), varietal theme, regional theme or any combination. I appreciate that everyone has a different pallet/taste etc. but there is a need for a â??safeâ? starting point and you seem to have the ability and opportunity to provide that.

Thanks for your consideration.

Gary â?? like everyone, love the show and I have been doing my part proselytizing WLTV.

Iâ??m struggling with these two WLTVisms
1. Try a lot of different wines
2. Around half of the wines you try on WLTV, pretty much regardless of the rating, you advise your audience to pass on

Purely from a financial standpoint # 2 makes me nervous about # 1.

Iâ??d request that you assemble cases of â??Expand Your Wine Horizonâ? wines that from your expertise and experience you feel would accomplish that goal leaving out the pass and/or suck ones. These could be created via a price point ($/case), varietal theme, regional theme or any combination. I appreciate that everyone has a different pallet/taste etc. but there is a need for a â??safeâ? starting point and you seem to have the ability and opportunity to provide that.

Thanks for your consideration.

Great Job, with the videos! Just a suggestion, when you come to the end or near the end of a video, you should hang tag numbers 1 thru 4 on your picks. That way, people who watched will remember what you picked as a favorite while they are still taking in your final comments and listening to your question of the day.

Thanks,
DJM

Big fan of Wine Library and Gary V

think it’s great the way the whole thing is developing – remember though that the coolest thing about the whole show is that it gives a lot of people a chance to learn about wines and see someone who knows a lot more about them give them the nod or chuck….

so while it’s really cool to see a community developing – be careful not to “jump the shark” and lose what draws folks to the show to begin with.

and – while it might be a bit of a conflict of WLTV and the whole premise of the show – I think the guys at the store should absolutely be putting together sample cases of “wine-expanding” cases for the new and curious – as Francis E suggests –

Gary — I love the Prosecco call. That’s a vastly underrated and underappreciated grape. Especially now that it’s summer — what a great backyard BBQ wine. I’d love to see you review some sparklers, maybe a Cava or deuce.

If I was a grape (I’m stretching here) I’d be semillon — soft and subtle yet rich, vigorous growth, easy to cultivate, resistant to disease, get even better when exposed to rotten personalities, vastly underrated, work well in a supporting role, able to be made into the most luxurious wine in the world…

More Burgundy! The real thing! Not that CA garbage… Are you your own man…???

Your review on the Bourassa Vineyards 2004 Sauvignon Blanc was not quite in the same realm as the vast majority. I find the wine to be extremely well balanced. Nice fruit, not as grassy as a typical Sauv Blanc. A very food friendly wine. This wine won a gold medal at the 2006 International eastern wine competition. In fact it was the only Sauv Blanc to receive gold at that competition, not an easily accomplished feat. I do not see how you can crucify a wine, like you did on your video review, which has received such rave reviews around the country. Even a review that is in your own back yard.