Long time watcher first time poster! Congrats on drawing out another long time lurker! The free shipping deal def worked out for me as im going to have a few people over who aren’t “in the know” wine drinkers, but the high alc. will def. be appealing. I really enjoy the show gary, but what really makes it special is your pasion and enthusiasm. Keep it up buddy.

ps.

Will anyone be going to the PJ Grand Tasting on Wednesday evening? Ill be there with my best friend who is also a budding wino.

~E

Congrats Gary, and congrats Eric.
I was not drinking a lot of wine when my kids were born (or when I found out my wife was pregnant), but my two kids were born in 1997 and 2001, and I am a cali cab fan- I hope to open bottles on each of their wedding days.
Gary, PLEASE try the 2003 Finca Sandoval. I had the 2002 at Charleston in Baltimore and thought it was excellent. The first three bottles of wine I ever bought from WL was the 02 Finca Sandoval(92 RP). I also bought 3 bottles of the 2003 from WL, and that is 93 RP. I think they both are excellent wines, exceptional QPR, and wonder why it does not sell out (unless you have many, many cases).
Great idea with free.winelibrary.com- I plan to partake immediately!

Gary-
Great minds think alike?
How weird is this? When I saw this episode the first time today.
‘Ham Sandwich – no cheese’ and I was sitting here eating a ham sandwich with no cheese.
Very cool!
🙂

Haven’t had a kid yet.. I’ll let you know when I have one! 😀

seth

Just wait till you’re married 30 years….3 kids (27,25,23)….all I pop at night is my bottle of Zocor! Enjoy it now and appreciate it because it goes by pretty damn quick!

Gary, Happy Happy BD. If I were popping a SPECIAL cork, it would be a 1995 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Had one about 2-plus years ago and it was yummy!

Congratulations!!!
First, to Eric and your wife. Kids are great! I know, I have four of them!

Secondly, to Gary and LizV. Happy Anniversary! Happy Birthday! GV, I agree w/ you about birthdays.

Thank you for Free.winelibrary. Got some ordered. I already had some Clio ordered; I’m soooo glad you liked it.

QOD: We weren’t wine drinkers when I was pregnant with any of our kids; we didn’t really have the money for “extras”. My husband popped a cap off some cheap beer, looked at me (when I told him about number four), and said, “Where the hell are we going to put this one?” He’s such a romantic. 🙂 But everything worked out, we worked really hard, and now I am able to enjoy some really good wines. BTW, now all four are in college, and if tuition keeps going up, we might have to revert to cheap beer. But at least I’ll have a little wine stash built up!

Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary, Gary
I wish good health and happiness to you and your family!

Eric, I wish you best of luck!
It is hard with kids only first 18 years, after itâ??s piece of cake!

I will check WL add in the Times since I have a subscription.

Gary,
As exciting free shipping may be to some people, there is nothing there for the local boys and girls. How about $1.5 discount if the wine picked up at the store?

Sensei,

Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday! Also congrats to Eric on his announcement and the Jets Win! A big Day at WLTV!

Couple questions for the Master….

1. What wine will you be drinking tonight for your Anniversay, we would all love to know which one and how you liked it!

2. I know you are a huge Spanish wine fan and with the Clio being such a WLTV wine, I thought you could give us your thoughts and more information about the importer, Jorge Ordonez? It seems that almost any wine imported by him are great wines and it might be good for all the Vaniacs to check out more of his offerings. Altos de Luzon, Juan Gil, Codice, Garnacha de Fuego to name a few. Maybe you could do an all Jorge Ordonez episode?

3. Are you still offering the free shipping to the team who beats the Jets? Going to be a good game next week and I would love to have another reason to be rooting for the Bears..:)

Again, congrats on all your big events of the day!!!

Grasshopper

Congratulations Eric!!! Happy Anniversary Gary and Liz!!! Happy Birthday Gary!!! JETS Stink!!! So did the GIANTS (I’m a GIANT fan)!!! I LOVE WINE!!!

Ok, thats enough….seriously though, congrats to Gary on your anniversary and birthday and Eric for him becoming a daddy.

QOD: I don’t have any children nor am I even married yet, but when I do find out that I will be a daddy I will open my bottle of 2001 Phelps Insignia….and I will also go out and buy a bottle of whatever champagne Gary says is the best he’s ever had…I really don’t know much about champagne as I do with wine, but whatever Gary recommends as the best possible champagne to buy is what I will get. I will spare no expense….because that would probably be one of the greatest days of my life.

Congratulations on your anniversary and b-day, GV! I too would love to hear what you had at Cru last night. Fill us in today.
Congrats to you as well Eric for your news!

Great picture of Belichick with a big stick up his butt during that sorry excuse for a handshake!

Go to this website and vote for your favorite wine blog !!!!

http://www.localwineevents.com/blogs/blog_list.php

WineLibrary only has 4 votes right now !!!!

Eric,
Congratulations to you and your wife!
This is great news.
🙂

Gary-
Happy Anniversary and
Happy 31st Birthday!
I am sooooooooooo
glad to see you soooooooo
happy!
Great stuff!
I have to agree with cgf –
You are firing on all cylinders!
Another fabulous episode!
Keep up the good work!
🙂

jets 17
pats 14

you’ve heard about the blind squirel….

Red popsicles! Love ’em. Orange and grape are pretty good too, though.

Krug Vintage was the wine always popped for celebration. Still is though Billecart Salmon runs a close second for that.
Congratulations on Birthday, Anniversery, New Baby and Jets. Great tasting today. Thanks Gary.

Happy BD, Gary.

Congrats to Eric.

Gary,

Loved the in-your-face close up! Reminds me of that Blues Clues guy–up in the camera!
Ha! Love all your daily videos. Visited your store-awesome. Keep up the good work. Happy b-day, happy anniversary…you have a lot of good things going on in your life. You deserve it!

Gary, Happy Birthday!
It’s been a long time since I had children, But now I’m a grandparent. To celebrate my granddaugher’s birth last March, we opened a 1996 Opus One with my son and daughter-in-law. It was like drinking velvet (without the fuzz). We had been holding it for a long time, and this was the best time to try it.

Good luck against the Bears. The Jets will need all the luck they can get.

Thanks, Gary. The last minute of Episode 126 reminded me of the most important things in life.
Dr. Al.
P.S. by the way, your sign-out slogan is cetainly the reverse.

As the father of four, oldest being 26, we never popped a bottle upon the fact of expecting, rather we purchased a special wine and put it away. We have had some remarkable tasting discoverys with each child turning 21 as we tasted each wine. Our youngest is not yet 18, but we have enjoyed each one discovering the world of fine wines and have found it to be one of the more rewarding experiences of parenthood. Happy birthday. Good luck to Eric.

Steve B
Cupertino, Ca

I have had the Clio and loved it. Still waiting to try the Gigondas…

Great episode. Never had a Clio, but you had me at Mourvedre!

qotd: dont have kid.
but I have a request. A vin jaune episode and a charbono tasting episode.