Gary, Gary, Gary:

Shame on you for taunting us Steelers fans. I’m disappointed in you. Surely you are aware that your Jets are a combined 2-16 against my Steelers since 1970, including (most recently) that devastating choke by the Jets in the playoffs in January 2005. The ring count is similarly lopsided. Don’t knock the Steelers out just yet.

You should apologize for these glaring omissions and offer all true Steeler fans free shipping for life!!

Seriously, I really enjoy WLTV and your wacky presentations. Keep it up.

Bob Falcon

yes chicks dig wine…but too many times I ask if they like wine..they reply “yes I love wine..I like sweet red wines”….I usually drink what I like give them a sip to prove to themt they wont like it then pour them a glass of the lambursco I keep stocked for such occasions.

this board could hit 300…probally will run out of time…

if anyone needs a topic.. how about…

NHL hockey… my buffalo sabers are 9-0

If I said the that the war in iraq was a great idea and I think its going perfectly..anyone have a comment on that?

I have been starting to drink brandy and scotch….anyone have a favorite I should try?

Jonathan G – The Jonesy is a tawny port (non-vintage) and the port episode was on vintage ports.

Ray N. – That’s noble of you (feeling bad about opening the bottle by yourself) but what does your wife say? I bet she won’t begrudge you – I mean, if you were running marathons together, and she had to give up running during her pregnancy, would you feel the need to give it up too?? I say keep drinking – and if you open any fantastic bottles you REALLY want to share with her, run out and buy another to keep till after the little tot arrives!

I thought that after a certian point in a pregnancy a small amount of alcohol can be consumed maybe a glass of wine or 2 a week?

Matty Van…doctors go back and forth on it, just having my second child not too long ago, the doctor’s told Denyce absolutely not! There’s too much evidence of what it can do to the baby. Some say a small glass won’t hurt a bit, some say it’s a recipe for disaster. Most mom’s to be I have ever met would never have alchohol just on the sheer chance that it could effect the fetus.

Also..the war in Iraq going perfectely? You really want to bust out politics on this blog? I mean, I have no problem getting into deep conversations on such matters, but I don’t know if this is the place.

B

http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/preg/a/aa070997.htm

“One thing is clear, if you are pregnant and take a drink — a glass of wine, a beer or a cocktail — your unborn child takes the same drink. Whatever you eat or drink while pregnant goes directly through your bloodstream into the placenta.

If you’re having a drink, baby is too.

For the unborn child, the alcohol interferes with his ability to get enough oxygen and nourishment for normal cell development in the brain and other body organs.

Research has shown that a developing fetus has very little tolerance for alcohol and infants born to mothers who drink during pregnancy can have serious problems.”

B

NO POLITICS ON THIS BOARD OR I FOR ONE WILL NO LONGER BE POSTING. Unless it has to do with the “FREE THE GRAPES” Campaign- that Gary’s distributors are all against.

If it wasn’t for Alcohol interfering with oxygen going to a woman’s brain I might still be a virgin

ha ha ha ha ha lol lol
classic Kahuna

I do not have any kids yet (just married in July), but I am on board with NO ALC during prego. The same goes with smoking. Why would you even think about risking it? Are you guys even having this conversation???

The Italian Stallion is 24 yrs old!!!

Rock on Stallion

On a serious note – My wine arrived today!!!! A whopping 25 degrees this morning. Packed well, bottles a little chilled, but I prefer this as I think that when it gets chilly it shuts down those happy wine molecules during shipping (prevents them from getting out of whack, and then as they slowly wake up in my cellar they become very very happy to be in their spot for the next 10+ years and play with the other Bordeaux children.

On a serious note – My wine arrived today!!!! A whopping 25 degrees this morning. Packed well, bottles a little chilled, but I prefer this as I think that when it gets chilly it shuts down those happy wine molecules during shipping (prevents them from getting out of whack, and then as they slowly wake up in my cellar they become very very happy to be in their spot for the next 10+ years and play with the other Bordeaux children.

Interestingly enough, my wife’s pregnancy got her more into wine. Before being pregnant she wouldn’t touch a Cab or Merlot with a 10 foot pole. So I kept right on drinking in front of her while she was pregnant. She would get serious cravings for it (she never actually drank while she was pregnant) telling me how good the wine looked. So after she delivered, she started drinking with me. It’s pretty funny how that came to happen.

PattyO: Thanks! That never even crossed my mind. Must have been all that wine on the brain.

Gary: I have never been to your store and noticed that you cant find anything but wine online, but I remember you mentioning in an episode that you stocked beer. Do you stock anything besides wine? (eg. Single Malts and bourbons)

Thanks for that great shout-out Gary. A still can’t get over that 62yrd field goal. We are still in there baby. Congrats on those J-E-T-S. I always keep an eye on those Jets. After all I did spend a few years when I lived in NJ (before moving to Fl) in the Meadowlands cheering J-E-T-S. Wow. sounds like a couple of surprises in the works for WLTV…..excited!
Funny you should mention cider. I was in Williams-Sonoma today picking up a Panini Grill and they has some cider in there going that smelled out of this world. I didn’t try it but it was very fitting for the fall like weather here today in Fl. I would say my favorite cider is Delicious Orchards fresh cider…I know you are familiar with Delicious Orchards Gary. Man, I love that stuff and sure do miss it.

In pursuit of 300 – more on Port.
Gary’s port episode was on true “Port” – by the strict definition, meaning from Portugal (there are also non-vintage ports from Portugal – tawny and ruby). So here’s some fun port-trivia (or portrivia)!

“Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Porto, or simply Port) is a sweet, fortified wine from the Portuguese Douro Valley in the northern part of Portugal. Port is produced with grapes from the Douro region, fortified with distilled grape spirits, and stored in caves in Vila Nova de Gaia.
Port became very popular in England after the Methuen Treaty of 1703, when merchants were permitted to import it at a low duty, while war with France deprived English wine drinkers of French wine.
The long trip to England often resulted in spoiled wines, the fortification of the wine was introduced to improve the shipping and shelf-life of the wine for its journey.
The continued English involvement in the port trade can be seen in the names of many port shippers: Cockburn, Croft, Dow, Graham, Sandeman, Taylor and Warre being amongst the best known.
Similar wines, often also called “Port”, are produced in several other countries, notably Australia, South Africa, India and the United States.
In some nations, including the countries of the European Union, only the product from Portugal may be labeled as Port.
In the United States, the Portuguese product, by Federal law pursuant to a treaty with Portugal, must be labeled “Porto” or “Vinho do Porto” for differentiation.
The Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP or Port and Douro Wine Institute) regulates the Port industry in Portugal. Of all the wine regions in the world, none has a stricter regulatory regime.
Wine with less than 16% ethanol cannot protect itself against spoilage if exposed to air; with an alcohol content of 18% or higher, port wine can safely be stored in wooden casks that ‘breathe’, thereby permitting the fine aging of port wine.”-wikipedia

Brandon – I agree that good advice to help people is what the VaynerNation is all about. My comment was more in tune with the debate over drinking while prego which is not even a topic in my opinion. Answer is NO – and get the word out. I guess that it was common sense?

Anyone have some good advice to #147 for EJ & I on the “risks” of chillin a wine or champagne in the fridge for extended periods of time??????

SS Chris…Happy Birthday…have a great one with the family!

Stallion…is it your birthday too, or were you just shouting out what a young punk you are?

B

PattyO – Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

WooHoo, cheap wine! I will skip the “Las Rocas” myself. I didn’t like the ’03 much. Just not my thing, I guess. Anyone find a certain type of wine that yields a much more severe hangover than it should relative to the amount consumed? I have found, through extensive testing, that the wines most likely to kick my butt are usually Australian or Spanish blends containing Grenache/Garnacha. Last one to get me was the ’04 Alba Liza Tempranillo/Garnacha. Tried it twice (in moderation I swear!)with the same head cracking results.

QOTD: Ziegler’s, from their orchard in aisle 15 of the supermarket.

cyclops comment #113-the Haut Gardere was $25.99 for a while, then went on sale for $19.99. Sales over. Sorry you missed it.

SSC – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
What will you be drinking tonight to celebrate??

Chillin’ questions – I wonder about the “over-chill-over-kill” too – but even more so, my husband and I have wondered about the back-and-forth to the fridge and back to the storage rack. If I chill 4 bottles for guests and we only drink 3, I often (gasp) put the 4th back in storage. Sometimes a bottle even makes this journey more than once! My husband insists that good beer suffers from this treatment and that once it’s in the fridge it has to stay there…
Is that true? Is it true for wine??

TimF…could you pass the port?

Patty – I have heard the same for any Beer for that matter that extreme heat will hurt beer (Coors Commercial), and once chilled and back to room temp and then back to chilled results in SKUNK beer.

Maybe the equivalent of the HEAT EPISODE??? we will have to wait for that one?

I HAVE NO IDEA ON WINE?? – MY BET IS KEEPING IT IN FRIDGE ONCE CHILLED IS TO KEEP IT THERE. I AM GUESSING IT WILL JUST SLOW DOWN OR STOP ANY AGING ON A WINE AND IT WILL BE FINE?

There was an article I read years ago about a ship back in 1800’s that sank and a bunch of good stuff went down with it, and they pulled the bottles out once finding the wreck over a 100 years later and the cool water and lack of light preserved the liquid and the stuff was still good? Dont remember much more than that, but was an interesting article.

Tim F – the Bishop of Norwich wine bar in London? Or Reverend Graham James – the 71st (and current) Bishop of Norwich?!