Gary,

QOD – How about a “Petit” episode. I’ve been hoping to learn more about Petit Sirah and Petit Verdot for a while. But whatever you decide to do, …PLEASE… do not spit like that again – Gross dude!

And now that the Patriots are back on track (Jets too) watch those comments!

Happy T-Day

-Jeff

The close up on Cam of the wine color really was excellent today. I think the first 80 points on the D;Aren. Chard were off the Color alone.

Great episode as always GV. I liked the theme of today’s episode. I feel the same way a lot of times about how the distinction is made between 89 and 90 points because you always here people talking about “90 point wines” blah blah blah.

QOD: As far as tomorrow goes, I like the idea about tasting a few wines from as close to Plymouth, MA as possible to commemorate Thanksgiving. Maybe some local Northeast wines from the Finger Lakes or the North Fork or even NJ or MA?

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving GV and all you guys as well. I hope to make it out to WL on Friday. If so, I will see some of you guys there!!!

Hey Gary, can you please tatse the Lemelson Pinot Noir Cuvee X 2003 . You said a couple episodes ago you would taste wines people ask here in the comment section. Hate to bust your chops but you haven’t tasted any…THANKS!!!! You know I love ya!!!!!

Does anyone else continue to have difficulty viewing the latest episodes? I can view using Yahoo, but the picture is terrible- all stretched out and blurry. I have tried both Internet Explorer as well as Mozilla Firefox (my preferred browser, but frequently, WLTV locks up Firefox and all Firefox windows must shut down.

Sorry for the griping- Happy Thanksgiving to you Gary, and all the WLTV viewers.

TampaSteve and QueSeraSyrah, I responded late, but responded nevertheless to our thread of a few weeks ago- would love to get together in Tampa or Orlando.

Rob M,
Are you running a Tv tuner card at the same time- If so turn it off- thats the only time I have a problem

Gary, how about tasting some tawny ports tomorrow? There are some godd, inexpensive Aussie tawnies plus the traditional tawnies from Portugal.

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You’ll meet my folks on Friday; they’ll be visiting from CT for Thanksgiving. They still can’t work everything in the Forum, but they’re trying. And that’s where the story lies. To spread the word among some of my parents wine drinking friends, of whom there are many, can be difficult. All in their 80’s, most are perfectly fine with emailing friends and family, but that’s about it. I figured I’d work on my parents first. In order to introduce my folks to WLTV, I provided a link and then told them how to use the link. Then I provided them with guidance to be able to view the video.

On to the Forum. More guidance and hints. They say they can read the posts but haven’t registered yet. And they asked what all the letters mean – WOTM, LOL, LMAO, etc. As I said, my folks will be here for the weekend, so I’ll get them onto the Forums and expand the number of Vayniacs!

But the big growth will come when they get home and spread the word to all their wine drinking friends. They’re very excited about meeting Gary and visiting WL for the first time.

Great job on the comments fellas: NEVER spit like that again please! Plymouth Mass wines though? Not very exciting. Also having problems on explorer. Tomorrow’s show?? Store footage would be great grab some customers and let them taste,but if not . . .

DIGESTIF drinks. Do you carry grappa? SOMETHING to make turkey fullness go away!

Good Show! And I had a bottle of that Nieto in my hands on Saturday when I was at the store. Damn it! Guess i may just have to drop in tomorrow for some.

QOD = Best tasting wines with a bird on the label? or simply a tasting of wines with birds in the name or label.

Oh and by the way i thought the picture was mad blurry on the close up!

Good Show! And I had a bottle of that Nieto in my hands on Saturday when I was at the store. Damn it! Guess i may just have to drop in tomorrow for some.

QOD = Best tasting wines with a bird on the label? or simply a tasting of wines with birds in the name or label.

Oh and by the way i thought the picture was mad blurry on the close up!

Great show! I agree with you wholeheartedly on the Falesco Merlot. Absolute garbage though the Vitiano blend is pretty good.

I really like the thermal tote though I have nothing special to report on getting people to WLTV other than sending a link to my foodie group (aroundthekitchen.net) and my wine-loving co-workers. Of course, I don’t associate with Bear fans so none of those orders from IL are due to my communications. 🙂

Question of the Day regarding tomorrow’s show? You’ve already done a Turkey Day Wine show so I vote for a . . . hectic day, busy, erratic, hectic, so why note do a show on off-the-wall blends, i.e. anything from Bonny Doon and his Rhone-Ranger varietals and other similar wineries.

Off to order some wine because Da Bears do sux.

Here’s my Question of the Day: “Which two teams would you HATE to see in the Super Bowl?”

My vote: Da Bears and Da Ravens

How ugly would that be?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers!
Dom

P.S. Go Colts!

Great show! I agree with you wholeheartedly on the Falesco Merlot. Absolute garbage though the Vitiano blend is pretty good.

I really like the thermal tote though I have nothing special to report on getting people to WLTV other than sending a link to my foodie group (aroundthekitchen.net) and my wine-loving co-workers. Of course, I don’t associate with Bear fans so none of those orders from IL are due to my communications. 🙂

Question of the Day regarding tomorrow’s show? You’ve already done a Turkey Day Wine show so I vote for a . . . hectic day, busy, erratic, hectic, so why note do a show on off-the-wall blends, i.e. anything from Bonny Doon and his Rhone-Ranger varietals and other similar wineries.

Off to order some wine because Da Bears do sux.

Here’s my Question of the Day: “Which two teams would you HATE to see in the Super Bowl?”

My vote: Da Bears and Da Ravens

How ugly would that be?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers!
Dom

P.S. Go Colts!

Gary — I don’t think you’ve shown any love to Santa Rita Hills. How about an episode tomorrow focusing on that?

As for how I told people about WLTV… My parody had over 500 views on youtube. ‘Nuff said.

Gary,

Nice one. How about doing a show looking at CA Syrah vs. Rhone Syrah-based wines? My 49ers and and your Jets both 5-5. You could’ve gotten long odds on that at the beginning of the season. So I’m thankful for that as well as the 1990 Vieux Telegraphe CNP that will be opened on Thursday. Have a happy thanskgiving no matter what.

Gary,
Do you think thast the first two wines may be better if nit alowed to breath as long? Could they have been a “pop and pour” 89 pts?

QOD: Since it will be really crazy tomorrow just do one wine with the Vaynerpapa and each of you toast what you are thankful for.

GV-
What I did to publicize WLTV was told my supervisor, who’s a local wine nerd, and had him taste the Domaine La Garrigue AND guess the price. Off by a factor of three, word leaked to the local community (monthly tasting group, but also two retailers). I was in one store two weeks ago and heard the staff wondering what WLTV was and why so many people were asking about it in the past couple of weeks. Secret smile and chuckle. QOD – Video a couple of those fights, then taste the wines at the heart of the fighting. Great episode!

QOD: If you don’t have a lot of time on Wed. Do some speed tasting with riesling.

Look, smell, taste, comment…. 15 seconds each wine…no rating, buy, pazz, or ehh.

Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for your assistance.

QOD- I would like to see you carry my pick up order out to my car

Long time lurker and will continue unless you do my question of the day in tomorrows episode. 🙂

QoD episode: Do a grenache (or blends) episode because…. well, it works well with turkey and it’s time people learn about this grape. Here’s my picks that are in your store.

Around the world theme:
1- France: 1990 Rayas… joking. 2004 Charvin or Vieux Telegraphe
2- California: 2002 Tablas Creek Esprit De Beaucastel (close enough)
3- Australia: 2004 Tir Na Nog Grenache
4- Spain: 2001 Artazu Navarra Santa Cruz (point of refrence since you previously tasted)

So you were drinking the pickle juice, right? That’s what made you “giddy” (funny word, cracks me up!). I think themes are over-rated. Grab a few interesting wines, like for instance:
Coturri Estate Zinfandel 2003 Library Code: 7768 or
Acacia A Pinot Noir 2005 Library Code: 9087 or
L’aventure Optimus 2002 Library Code: 3129
Pop ’em open, swirl, smell, taste, spit (standing or sitting)and give us the scoop.
Nice to hear you’re spending some time with your bro’. I always call mine whenever you mention yours (other times too!). Keep it up.

QOD-For our american holiday, how about an episode of american wines from the original states such as NY,PA,and VA. I have exposed my friends to wine library in a unique way. I am a physician ,and sev other physicians are always asking for wine recomendations . Several times I have left bottles of wine in their mailboxes at the hospital for them to try that I bought from wine library , most recently the Farleigh and Pessagno zins which they loved. I left them my business card with the wine library website on it. Several have already bought some and are enjoying wltv. Next I’ll spring some on my cancer pts. as they complete their chemo and are feeling better.

Awesome Ep. Gary “I don’t speak in third person.” Vayerchuk!

If it were a wine my TN would read:
Amazing personality comes through during the entire experience; there’s the nice guy, the funny guy, and the “what the heck is THIS!?” guy. Must say this is reminiscent of past WLTV vintages, full of personality paired with amazing show concepts.

QOD: Perhaps you oughtta do wine + foie gras pairing episode. Would most certainly be interesting to hear your views on the controversy. Also, it’d be nice to see a spectrum of wines that pair well with the foie.

Maybe you could also do a wine and fish/seafood episode, tasting small bite of food with each wine. In general, I guess do another episode where you eat and drink since man cannot live on wine alone.

One word for your tasting tomorrow: PROSECCO!

It’s fun, it’s bubbly, it’s social, it’s a great Thanksgiving aperitif. That would be a great, low-stress episode for you.