Jaye, you suck! Ok, you actually rule. Now I don’t have to call my friends and be all obnoxious about posting on some message board they’ve never heard of.

Gary, what’s up with not smelling the Jansz??? I can’t believe no one else noticed that. I’m a fully admitted novice, and I suppose it’s possible you just don’t smell sparking wines, but I could have sworn you did so on the Champagne episode…

Oh, my food highlights. Check this out. Who would have thought a wine tasting at Disney’s Calfornia Adventure would totally kick ass? But it did. My wife and I were there on a rainy day. We came prepared, and no one else did, so the park cleared out once it started to poor. We went wine tasting since they had an awning to cower under while waiting out the torrential downpour. They offered a port flight that included three ports, each of which was paired with a differnt blue cheese, and crackers and apricot-chile relish for palette cleansers (ok, the relish wasn’t so much a “cleanser,” but it sure was delicious.

The pairings were delicious, and the pourer was all about the personal attention, and shared an awesome story about the Maytag family (since we tasted Maytag Blue Cheese). If anyone’s interested in that whole story, drop me an email at jwhicks727@gmail.com.

Anyway, my best wine/food pairing is port and blue cheese.

Hey no-offense to Jaye…but Common, weren’t you someone who complained about trying to be number one, and spending too much time doing so? And then you get on the horn and win the shirts?

Congrats to you, I hope your addiction is becoming as bad as mine becasue..well.. misery loves company!

B

ooops…I can spell

Brandon M. Do I even have to post a comment about whether I’m addicted. I need a 12-step!!

P.S. I was at WL today with my middle son, Jake, working w/Gary, Brian W & John K on spreadsheet issues/glitches (was honored to meet Gary’s Dad). When I first arrived, I was waiting right outside the glass wall of GV’s office and there was a bunch of items on the floor just outside of his office. One item I noticed was a case of MANGO’s…..someone sent him the Mango’s that he said he would eat on the air if someone sent them.

QOD–Who sent the Mango’s??

QOTD: Duck w/ ’02 Chasseur Pinot Noir. I was not even a duck fan prior to the tasting. It was part of the tasting menu at One If By Land… While I’m still not running out to the store to stock up on duck, I say this was a great pairing b/c the combination of the two brought out the best possible taste. Outside of that, I’m a big fan of Amarone and the 17oz. Shell Steak from the River Palm.

A friend of mine, and local to Wine Library, has a 1978 bottle of Rothschild. I attempted to find out how the vintage scored and found Parker’s chart:

http://www.wine-pages.com/vintage.shtml#part2

While it details the 1978 vintage, just for kicks I scanned for the 1977 vintage. It was not there? Any clue as to what was going on with the 1977 vintage? Some of the best people were born in 1977 too ya know!

I picked up at your store last night the L’Aventure Optimus. I thought it was really great…plums/prunes, leather, chocolate and smooth tannins. What are your thoughts on the the L’Aventure Optimus?

A non-original but VERY effective pairing: salmon and pinot noir

Tim F sent me here…great site !!

I can’t find the speadsheet that Gary has mentioned on Winelibary. Can someone post the link.
Thank you

Gary,
You forgot my absolutely favorite pairing! Port with English Farmhouse Cheddar. This is why the English love Port so much. This is my favorite dessert.

Jonathan

Gary,
You forgot my absolutely favorite pairing! Port with English Farmhouse Cheddar. This is my favorite dessert.

Jonathan

http://tv.winelibrary.com/spreadsheet/

Gary, I noticed that the bottles are not full most of the time. Who drinks that first glass BEFORE the tasting on WLTV??

Coleen, You won’t see the spread sheet if you have an actual episode clicked on…this is where the wines he’s tasting are BELOW the TV screen and all of the comments are below.

You need to “go back” one click to the WLTV homepage….when the homepage comes up, it will show the latest episode at the top with the wines for that episode listed to the RIGHT of the TV. And instead of comments being below that, you will see smaller TV’s of the previous 7 or 8 episodes. Anyway, when you are on that page, you will see the link to the spreadsheet–it is inbetween the big TV of the current episode and the bottom section with the smaller TV’s (just to the right of the SEARCH button).

Here’s the link to the WLTV home page so that you can see what I’m talking about. Let me know if this helped.

http://tv.winelibrary.com/

My buddy the Italian Stallion referred me to this site…….This is a great show, and I am now hooked

My main man the Italian Stallion told me “hey yo Apollo, go to this site”…Ooohh man I must tell you Gary V, your are the greatest!!!

Colleen, I think the problem is that you are looking for the Spreadsheet LINK, while you are clicked on to a specific episode. Like now….if you’re reading my posting you are on Episode #98. When on a specific episode, it shows the TV at the top, with the wines tasted BELOW the TV and then these comments below that.

You need to hit your Browser’s “Back” arrow at the top…this should take you back to the WLTV home page. When you are there, a TV w/ the latest episode is at the top (similar to when you are on an episode), BUT the wines tasted will show up to the RIGHT of the TV and the scroll of comments will not appear at the bottom. Just below that, to the right of the new SEARCH feature, you will see the spreadsheet link. Just below the Spreadsheet link, you will see links the past 7 or 8 episodes w/ smaller TV’s).

So, click “Back” arrow at the top OR if that doesn’t work, here’s the link for the WLTV home page.

http://tv.winelibrary.com/

Colleen, I think the problem is that you are looking for the Spreadsheet LINK, while you are clicked on to a specific episode. Like now….if you’re reading my posting you are on Episode #98. When on a specific episode, it shows the TV at the top, with the wines tasted BELOW the TV and then these comments below that.

You need to hit your Browser’s “Back” arrow at the top…this should take you back to the WLTV home page. When you are there, a TV w/ the latest episode is at the top (similar to when you are on an episode), BUT the wines tasted will show up to the RIGHT of the TV and the scroll of comments will not appear at the bottom. Just below that, to the right of the new SEARCH feature, you will see the spreadsheet link. Just below the Spreadsheet link, you will see links the past 7 or 8 episodes w/ smaller TV’s).

So, click “Back” arrow at the top OR if that doesn’t work, here’s the link for the WLTV home page.

http://tv.winelibrary.com/

The Italian Stallion, thank you my friend for getting me into this…..Gary V, you are the greatest

Re: Hoboken pizza – Benny Tudino’s is good, but nothing can top Grimaldi’s.. completely different league altogether..

Hey Yo…..I am the beiggest WLTV fan….Gary knows it

Hey Yo…..I am the beiggest WLTV fan….Gary knows it

yo gary…liked the episode….ever tried manchego? it is a spanish cheese…a hard, white cheese….good in thin slices with some hamon serano (cured ham)…classic tapa.

Steak and cab. no doubt.

The Italian Stallion brought me here, cause I am the greatest