Hilarious episode!!!!! This should be the setting for WLTV every friday! One of the best episodes!

As for Karl and BigAl— they just don’t get it. gary’s personality is what makes WLTV what it is and what makes us rush every day to enjoy our daily video (just think, there are many Vayniacs that keep refreshing on the WLTV website all day long just to be the first to post! how many “web2.0” sites (still don’t know what that means)can say that! Gary, keep doing what you are doing. Karl and BigAl can find another site to share their sticks.

GV, it’s your show, and you can do it how you want! I love WLTV, but I also read Wine Spectator, and Wine Advocate, and Eric Asimov’s NYTimes blog, and WineLoversPage, and Wine News. Everybody has their own style, and I learn what I can from each, and sometimes I agree, and sometimes I don’t, and I try the wine myself and make my own decision.

Keep it fun. There are plenty of resources out there for people who prefer a different approach. Lurkers, keep an open mind- you can always learn from someone with a different point of view.

I think I will always care what certain people think of of me — people I care about. For others I will be respectful, but I will not be concerned what their opinion is of me. I could NEVER be a politician.

Top 100? YES!!!

Ok, enough of that. This is part two of the “Canadian Contingency”. Great episode, I liked the questions and your take on things. I’m really just getting into wine, but WLTV is definitely opening my eyes to a lot of things. It’s so easy to get caught up in points, scores, names, etc, it’s nice to see the subject tackled from all angles.

That being said…missplaced energy? I love the energy this show has…to see someone genuinely enjoying themselves in doing what they do…what more could you ask for?

Also, for food pairings…obviously some things are more appropriate then with others…but I’ve found in my limited experience that if a wine is thought provoking…it goes with anything.

QOD: Grade 11…that’s was definitely the TSN turning point (

Hey Gary,
Longtime lurker here. I stopped caring about what others thought the summer after my sophomore year. That was the summer I lost my virginity and fell in love with wine. Actually it happened on the same night. Of course it was sangria, but you have to start somewhere. Lets just say I was the “man” in 11th grade.

Gary-
I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
GLAD to see you have an iPod.
Is that a nano I see?
Do you also have a video iPod?
You know – for watching WLTV!
:):)

That was awesome Gary.
Glad to talk to you today on the Martha Stewart show.

Nice flush in the background!!!

Ok I’m a lurker… and I’m out!!! I just learned about winelibrary and I’ve been working my way through the library and was going to reveal myself when I got through, but hell, challenged like this, I’m out now. Great show. You’re the Rodney Dangerfield of Wine. Next time I’m in Jersey I’m in the house. Like you, I love a wine that’s worth $100 but costs $25 but I’ll pay for something exceptional. I buy a lot of Cali on futures – Santa Barbara Barrel Tasting every year and love ZAP. Keep up the good work. I’m on episode #40 and climbing. Oh and by the way…. Go Bears!!!

Oh… and after I moved from Cleveland to Chicago in 6th grade, I never cared a bit what others thought. When I went to college in 1977 everyone drank beer. Thank God I looked 19 (remember a long time ago) and could buy wine. Fell in love with Mondavi, Stag’s Leap and BV with steak in Tucson before I knew why I liked them.

i stoped caring somewhere between 4th and 7th grade.
and it was cool.

Gary – I never stopped caring what other people think of me. Of course there is a difference now. When I was a child, I just wanted people to like me. Now I just want them to respect me. I guess the change over occurred when I went into the Marine Corps.

Your review of the Pillar Red today had me drooling. I immediately tried to order some, but it was out of stock. I know you don’t review wines to increase sales, but you are still the boss. So kick some ass and get more of that 89+ great value wine in stock.

That was so stinkin’ funny!!

QOD: I stopped having so many problems when I actually BEGAN caring about people; what they thought and how they felt, not necessarily about me, but in general. For me, caring = results.
BTW, I took my stick out a long time ago. That’s why I think WLTV is da bomb!!

Gary,
Thanks so much for reviewing the Pillar Box Red, and I think all of your comments were exactly spot on (except for perhaps the chocolate covered strawberries??). For unadulterated hedonism, it is one of my favorites under nine bones, but not so much for those who like old world style. When you pulled the stick out I horked my morning coffee out my nose. Freakin hillarious! It is wonderful to see your own example of not taking things so seriously. I also can’t believe I SAW the actual program you were describing —- when Hulk Hogan broke the dreaded “camel clutch” of the Iron Sheik and came to rule the WWF for nigh on ten years. Jeez that seems so long ago…

i stopped caring in 8th or 9th grade, and although tough when younger, it pays off when you mature
and learn to live true to yourself and not for other’s

Longtime lurker. Ravens/skins fan.

QOTD: 11th. The insecurities left when I realized that everyone’s poop smells too! Long story short: had some diarrea one day and let’s just say school was pretty eventful. :@

I currently am the manager for my father’s liquor/beer/wine store. The most hardest and ridiculous part about running this store is that everyone sticks to the brands that they know best. Whenever you do WLTV you always show wines that no one knows about. It’s so hard to get people away from KJ/Yellow Tail/Beringer W/Z etc. Everyone in the neighborhood that we cater too is in that “fruit bomb” phrase. That Henry’s Drive Pillar box red is an excellent choice and I have been carrying that for the past 3 months.

My question to you is, have you done any benefit tastings?

WLTV just keeps getting better and better and the favorite episodes list just keeps getting longer and longer!! Your definately giving Jason loads of material for his next video.

I’d of loved to have been able to have heard the Martha show. I like Martha Stewart and she doesn’t know me but, my family and hers were neighbors where she and I both grew up in the Nutley, NJ – I’d bet she ice skated at the “Mudhole” in the winter – I wonder if she fell in on the thin ice like every other kid from Nutley! Anyway, we’ve been fans of hers for 20 years. One thing I respect about Martha is that she definately doesn’t seem to concerned about what people think of her!
QOD: I think I stopped caring about “what the Jones’ thought” by junior year of high school. I can still hear my Dad saying “stop worring about what the Jones’ think” or something like “if he/she (one of your peers) told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?” Good little life lessons that you learn from your parents during those great, yet awkward teenage years…..

Looking forward to my trip to Wine Library this afternoon to pick up a few Christmas gifts for some fellow wine lovers and a few everyday gifts for myself!
See you later…

Rebecca – Nutley is a great town- they used to have some great pizza places on Franlin and a good sub place that I dont know if it is still their – I believe it was calle Hole in the wall- had some friends and families from Nutley

AWESOME episode, Gary! I was lmao. Literally. My ass is now detached. Keep it up.

I have to say after reading ALL of the comments I think that the forum has done the comment section a world of good. I love the ebb and flow of commenting on the show….maybe I’ll move back over here and flood it!!!! JK

Great comments everyone, great to see a few lurkers as well.

Great episode, you crack me up. It is not fair that you have so much fun at work 🙂 Keep up the wonderful “work”.

QOD I was an oddball I never really cared what others thought of me, that was just they way I was raised I guess. The only one that mattered was the person in the mirror.

Gary

What kind of wine goes with OREOS? 10 th grade

Gary, I am fairly new to watching your video blog and new to the wine world as well. However, I was vote #348 for your blog because you keep it REAL. Do me a favor, please do some more Chianti’s. Thanks!

Just found WLTV, watched 10 episodes in a row and counting.

I haven’t completely stopped caring, and I probably never will.

I simply try to continually improve my response(s) to both positive and negative opinions.

During college (second year) I gave up. I gave the world the finger! I then went into my own computer business.. The rest is history.

It is funny that this is the QOD, because I was just talking tonight to a friend about this very topic! Right after my divorce, I immediately quit caring what others thought or had to say to me about who I should hook up with. I had dutifully tried it my family’s way, and had failed miserably. Right out of college I married someone with had the requisite college degree, who was of my same racial background, who was supposedly “going places,” yada, yada, yada….my family joyfully thought we were a good “match” and encouraged me to follow the matrimonial track and, being young and dumb, I am sad to say that I was stupid enough to fall for the hype.
By following the expectations of others instead of my own mind, however, I ended up with just what I deserved: An absolute cad who I ended up wasting 6 years of my life with! Stupid me! On a happier note, though, 10 years later I am sooooo happy now, living a full and rich life, surrounded by plenty of positive people who I can cut from my acquaintance if they ever end up getting crazy on me. Yeah, the family does still try to lay that guilt trip on from time to time, but now when they get on my last nerve and won’t shut the * up about what I should be doing with my life, I just go on the counter-attack about THEIR lives, and the skirmish ends easily. If that doesn’t work, well, there’s always wine to help me to forget! 🙂