WOW! This was as good a show as you’ve done. Nice job. Maybe you could think of just drinking on Fridays instead of spitting. For me, it just sorta goes w/ the day.
QOD: I got the tip from a guy on another wine forum. A good regular kinda guy. I forget who though. It was somewhere in the middle of July.

QOD….linked from Winelibary home page! 🙂

Props, GV. Thanks for the 2:15am email.

GO STILLERS. (OK, they’re pretty bad this year.) GO PATS.

Gary emailed me about the Packers after midnight, he might be a witch.

Learned of WLTV from WL…..

QOD: google as well. Geez Gary- you are quite adept at guilting us lurkers out of the woodwork.

QOTD: I was ordering from WL before there was a WLTV. I loved the selection and price, although always wondered why I should care that “our director of operations rates this a screaming value”. Who cares? Of course, that was before I knew ye, GV.

And I just looked at My Account, and saw my first order was in April of ’05. And more importantly, that was exactly 15 orders ago. Oh well, I guess all the kids don’t need to go to college.

The huge billboard on 78 referred me. I have passed it I don’t know how many times coming back from EWR. I finally Goggled WineLibrary.

I have missed a few episodes. It’s good to see you relaxed again. You look like your batteries are recharged. Nice work.

Gary,
You rock. . .I’ve been lurking fot a week or so.

If the Jets win the superbowl, that would be a bittersweet experience for me. I hate the Jets with passion, but would be happy for you!

QOD: Link from WS forums

I’m a local, referred by meandering the aisles of WL.

BTW, was that an official Vaniac schwag that you were wearing?!?!?!?

Gary,

Pittsburgh styles steaks rock the friggin house down. Burnt like hell on the outside and still kicking on the inside. By the way, my high school played Curtis Martins high school in the playoffs his senior year. My school won something like 41-0 and Martin was totally shut down. As a big Pitt fan I’m glad he went on to have a great (HOF???) NFL career. I found this place searching for wine through winezap.

Hi Gary,

I don’t usually take time to leave comments, but you guilted me into it 🙂 Great episode as always. I actually found wine library cause people were talking about it on another forum and saying good things. I found WLTV when someone posted a link to your episode on how a wine glass effects wine not long ago. Great episode BTW! I started watching the other episodes (still not caught up) and appreciate your honest tasting notes. I think you are doing a great job.

Gary-

love the laid back episodes. They are much-deserved.

Your philosophy reminds me alot of John and Dottie’s from WSJ.

QOD: I saw the huge billboard on 78. I checked out the website, and was amazed by the prices and selection. i clicked onto the tv tab and there were 25 episodes of WLTV up. The first vlog i watched was GV panning the Frog’s Leap zinfandel and i have been hooked since.

Gary- WOW nice Friday episode. Funny, I am having an ’02 Aussie Cab- Kangarilla Road. Really good, off the market now, but I have a few more in the cellar. I agree about the aussie cabs, a great variety of styles at good prices.

QOD- I was already a WL customer and started watching. Best wine blog by far.

Have a great weekend!

Great Friday episode. QOD – Reading the forums on WS in late July, early August, one of the forumites mentioned your site and I had to check it out. Been a daily staple for me ever since. Don’t miss a one. Thank you, Gary.

Thanks for the continued hard work, GV. You do answer e-mails. Don’t know if I ever got any “after hours”. I was a WL customer before WLTV. A business associate from the Philly area heard about the store (don’t remember how) and told me to check it out for him since I was close by. The rest is history as they say. And yes, the NY Jets play in New Jersey. That’s your second slip up recently. Come on! No more third person references and no more saying the Jets play in NY. (insert smiley emoticon here….)

Good episode. Will try to pick up some Penley. On the Leeuwin, why did you not mention Parkers 89 score (which both you and Tanzer disagree with)? Just curious.

What?! You email EVERYBODY?! I thought I was special…

Great show, as always.

QOD: hugh

In general and very general I have always found the Aussie Cabs to have a bit of a rubber burnt tire after taste- Lately I have noticed to see it lessend but it still catches my pallate- trying to work through it though and will give some a try soon

QOTD: My brother In law grew up in Livingston so he turned me on way back when

Gary has emailed me in the wee hours of the morning. Thanks Gary.

hey Gary!

QOTD: a link in a thread in the Wine Spectator forums

Also, thanks for your couple emails as well. This is the best blog EVER for me (not just among wine blogs, ALL blogs!!!).

-Nico

I have received emails from Gary penned in the middle of the night. Thank you for answering every email I have ever sent. Props. Note the time I am commenting to you!

QOD: I have been receiving weekly emails from WL for a couple of years, and when WLTV launched, I didn’t think I would enjoy it, so I never watched it. In the 60’s, I watched an episode that I was interested in, became addicted, and have been loyal ever since. I have watched nearly every episode now, and continue to enjoy them every night.

Thanks for all you continue to do- you make drinking wine fun and enjoyable.

Hey Gary!

I found your site through SimpleBits.com. It’s a site normally about web design, but he mentioned you on Nov. 30, 06, comparing you to Ze Frank — another favorite of mine on the WWW.

To any one interested, you can find me on Cork’d as ‘biocsnerd’. I’m new to the wine world, so don’t expect anything too interesting 😀

Who did that shirt? SHOW OFF

QOD: I got the chance to meet, document and make wine with the Coturri’s in Glen Ellen for a few days this harvest, and when I got back from the fabulous time, did a little more research to find your AWESOME interview/tasting with Tony (#35)! That’s how I found out about you, and now, I just enjoy the show and learn a lot about wine. It’s truly entertaining, because you are so good at what you do… You captivate your audience in a positive and up-beat manner, while really knowing wine back to front.

I am hooked! Thank you for the HARD WORK!

Funny, it’s always been my belief that one should trust and develop their own personal palette. And this goes for everything from bread to chocolate! Just this evening at the City Beer Store in SF I was telling a guy who recently got introduced to Belgian beers, not to worry, taste taste and taste some more. It’s the best way to learn….. Same goes for wine of course!

hmmmmm, I have 2 emails in my mailbox from Gary… One at “18:10” and another at “13:11”. He must have been on the day shift. Gary please send me an email at 3am so I know its true…