This is like WiNe sChOoL!!! so nice to have WLTV, long time lurker… Hello to all from VENEZUELA!!
Congrats on such an excellent job to all the wine library staff!!

QOTD. These days it’s a combination of things. Happy that it’s pleasing my palate, and then curious as to what specifically it is about this wine that I am enjoying. As with others, sometimes disappointed that it was my only bottle of the wine. Fun show as always. One of thse days I need to start tasting some more whites…but there’s always so many reds still to try out.

Gary,

A friend spotted the segment on CNBC and told me about your web-site. He said you guys really had it going on. I love, love, love the TV Series. I am in the process of opening a Wine Boutique and Tasting Room in So. California and will be checking in with you from time to time in order to improve my Wine Knowledge. Hope you don’t mind, I don’t think we’ll be direct competitors.

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me wonder at all the nice bottles of wine yet to come.

Yours Sincerely, Kathy B

Kathy…any relatives in Oregon???? 🙂

Gary

qotd: when I drink a GREAT bottle, it makes me feel that my life has changed. Sex can’t even do that!

Been lurking as I had to catch up after the Europe trip. In Spain the wine was great and cheap at every meal, especially nice with the ham they carved at the table. For some reason I ended up drinking cognac my last night in Madrid, so I currently have a distaste for Spanish Disco. In Germany I tried to stay with local wine but they offered such nice South African bottles at great prices that I ended up drinking Jagermeister. And in Amsterdam we drank French at dinner, but closed the night always with Dutch beer.

QON: why is drinking so much more fun in Europe?

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me appreciate how fortunate I am. Cheers.

Love your podcast. Long time Lurker!! I finally have a few minutes to say hi.

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me feel warm from the inside out and alive like tonight is the only night that matters. Wine keeps me in the moment!

~ GGGGGG ~ You need to replace Jay Leno! or GDubya! G in 2008!

My 2nd time with you ~ I am all smiles again !

Great Toss – Great Cam – Great Show! The sparkling was happy too!

GGG help me….
? Why ? (1) pumpkin head ? ? What?(2) “Vegetable can labelesque” tshirt logo — give us a better peek!
? When ? 249

When I drink a nice bottle of wine I know it’s just another wonderful day and life is good!

Good day G – See you tomorrow!

shea – charleston, south carolina

When I drink a great bottle of wine, it makes me really appreciate the beauty and wonder of life on Earth. Thanks, Gary. Jim

I think that was the first near-Vaynerchoke when tasting! One of these days GV will, e.g., try to talk while he tastes and then we’ll all get a spontaneous version of that WL commercial…

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me… a lot nicer

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me want to find out as much about the wine, where it comes from and how it is made as I can. Then I want to go out and get another bottle to try it again.

Gary, once in a while could you remember that some of us are brand new to wines,tasting and wine talk. I know that I am not the only one that sometimes has no idea of what you are talking about. But I sure am learing a lot.

QOTD: Get way too excited, in a couple of different ways. The one I can write about here involves me spending a freakishly long time time on the internet researching the wine, then adding it (along with the varietal, producer, country of origin, price, and my own tasting notes) to an admittedly geeky list I keep of every wine that I’ve ever tasted. The other one—- I’m pretty sure no one wants to hear about.

Hey Gary, thanks for the shout out……….I think 🙂
I will have to try the Chenin Blanc next.

QOD: Tingle from head to toe……….

Great episode, Gary. I haven’t tried very much chenin blanc because of bad memories of Almaden and Paul Masson (sp?) back in the day. I really have liked several Vouvreys and didn’t even know that they were chenin blanc, so that’s a bit of an eye opener.

QOD: When I drink a really good bottle of wine, I feel like I’m in Heaven!

Burned rubber? Like when you were racing cars at 4 AM? Fast and furious? and nobody else felt the need to comment on that? What, did you and your buds slip into Raritan Center and drag for pink slips? I need some more detail before I buy that scenario!

Oh, and good episode. I am catching up.
QOD: feel lucky to have taste buds and nostrils and the WL close by!

This is the first episode that I’ve watched…loved it…will be watching more.

Gary, you are by far my favorite single serving friend.

I’ve been a lurker since ep. # 119, and this is my first post, (found you on YouTube BTW) since then I’ve been bouncing around to various episodes trying to catch up.

I’ll post more latter, but for now, my offierings to the wine gods.

First, clip from a BBC show called Posh Nosh. (Until your show, I just thought it was a joke to use “Gasoline” as way to describe wine.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhOe2sN8dKQ

And Will Ferrell as one of Mondavi’s sons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1TlX1OwYsw

Enjoy.

When I drink a nice bottle of wine it makes me want you to try it on your show. So I write to their USA distributor and tell them to give it to Gary to try! he he he!

great show! love chenin; especially the Vinum “chard no way” and the true great wines of Loire; Savennieres!! no longer a lurker!

winelibrary tv rocks! look forward to watching this show everyday. Now that I’m no longer a “lurker”, I wanted to post a question…although it has nothing to do with chenic blanc. What are some favorite house reds out there? I mean, I love to drink the $50 – $75 wines as much as anyone, but I can’t do that everyday when I get home from work. Right now, I’ve got a few red favorites that I love to drink but don’t have to empty the wallet to buy…they are in order of QPR: (a) McManis Cab (’05 – $7.99/bottle), (b) Waterstone Cab (’03 & ’04 — $19/bottle), Tablas Creek, Côtes de Tablas (’05 – $18/bottle). Also, I’m curious how my tastes are advancing and wonder what the man, Gary V., thinks about these wines? Keep pouring…

QOD: ….it makes me SOOOOOOOO PUMPED UP! …It makes me want more! They I want to recreate that experience over and over and over and over and over again. ….It makes me want to go and find more wine that will makes me SOOOOOOO PUMPED UP!

Gary, your energy today was contagious! Could ya’ tell by my answer to your QOD? Too bad I’m a day (or two) late and a dollar (or two) short on my WLTV episodes. Sorry – work has been CRAZY and I haven’t been able to get my daily dose of WLTV. I doing the WLTV mini series today before I head into work. Now onto episode #147 and the Vaniac T-shirt contest link before you go ahead and post episode #148, which you are probably taping right now.

QOTD: Want to try more nice wine. Gary love the blog.

When I drink a bottle of wine it makes feel i’m about to ride a bike through a huge garden full of fruits and eventually find a woman so perfect and equivalent to me that it’s a short feeling.

Thanks Gary for covering a varietal that’s under-rated and really off most wine-radars. Chappellet in the Napa Valley does a beautiful chenin blanc, but one has to wonder– they sell it for about $12 a bottle, so how much longer will any CA producers of quality chenin blanc hang on, when they are selling chardonnay at $30-45+ and cabs at $40-75+

First time poster Gary. Great website.

I have to get some of that Raat’s for my wife. She grew chard-fatigued and we were looking for other whites for her (and myself) to drink. Viognier has fit that bill for her, but that Chenin Blanc fits the flavor profile that I think she would like.

Keep up the great work!