I was waiting for lizard and asphalt…but great episode, your’re teaching me more about wine than every other stuck-up piece of crap out there.

nice. awesome video as always except i think the next time there is a carnival in town you should check it out and update that palate of yours for the most famous of your taste references.

*************************************OMG**********************************How to do you say AWSOME!!! I must say Gary, this is how everybody shoudl develop their pallet!! I will totally use some of these methods when I teach!!! I literally almost died crying from laughing so hard on the jalapeno bite, not too mention…washing down some CRISTAL with dirt!! OMG!!!! Way to go dude!!! You are truely keeping us begging for more!!!! I think next time, go with all liquids, like liquid smoke, teriyaki, horse raddish….151….you say some wines just taste “alcoholic”….how about a shot of Everclear…don’t forget….GRASS…cut some lawn and chew it up..or maybe a wheat grass shot from your Jamba Juice…(I use that)…worms…you’ve said…now chew it…Take it up a notch!!! We WANT MORE!!!!!

DomtheFREAK”n SOMM!!!!!

Lars, very funny and VERY “FARGO”….were you going for the FARGO vibe?

I’m having trouble w/ the buffering so haven’t seen the rest…

Very good episode Gary. OK what about petrol, park bench (wood), rose petals, passion fruit, butterscotch, burnt sugar, raisins, grapes. Wow this could go on for ever.

This was beyond hilarious. I feel like it turned into an episode of Fear Factor at the end there. And for you Gary V, fear is apparently not a factor!

Many thanks to Lars (Tom Schmid) for the great introduction, which was a very clever satire.
Right down to the camera bounce and the tasting ritual with which we are all affectionately
familiar. Vain Ear Chuck fans all got a big laugh and benefited from your time and effort on this very amusing piece. Do it again! Will keep an eye out for your work. Gary: the Arrowroot effort was really the best part for me. Entertainment and education too!

Gary

WHAT A SHOW!!!!! I don’t know if you can ever top this. The only thing I missed was “lizard skin”. Doesn’t Kings have Lizards?

All that and Lars too.

I am definately going to try (some) of your taste profiles. Maybe I can combine it with your 6 pack tasting.

Again, thanks — you make wine interesting.

Hey Lars again…

Comment 90: By KMANN — Hate ta disappoint ya der, but Lars is from Northern, MN. Born and raised. Even graduated from high school der, don’t ya know. No plant here. Just sent da Wine Guy da intro on my own when I realized dat da Vikes were playin’ his Jets.

Comment 103: By SS Chris — Yup. I’m actually from Brainerd, MN (where most of “Fargo” takes place). I’m livin’ and workin’ in LA, so the vid was actually shot out der.

Lars

I cannot get over the hilarity of this episode. Good God. Mad rush to finish makes Jalepenos and dirt -riotous-.

i was thinking while i was at work, and i do belive you left some things out: funnel cake, worm heads, lizard backs, golden grams, an auto body shop, burnt rubber, and a few of the things ive gotten: carrots, and urinal cake.

oh and the oak monster.

Gary, Jack Nicholson couldn’t have done any better. But, where was the chalk? This episode gives new meaning to the term “Vayniacs.” And…thanks, Lars, for the Fargo-esc intro.

Comment section has been off the heezy fo sheezy!! Back to back 100+ comments!!

Oh by the way you did like Puffy.. “we buy Cristal just to spit it” I believe that’s the line..

I laughed so hard the wife came to watch over my shoulder. You just gained another lurker and definately another Vaniac!

Don’t eat dirt – you will get a tapeworm!

Top 5

YOU ‘ RE H U G E!!!!

When they write the history of WLTV, and they will, this will be the episode that they remember, and there was hardly any wine in sight. It falls midway between the sensuality of of “9 1/2 Weeks”, and the horror of the Opie and Anthony Egg Nog Drinking Contest.

QOTD 2: You do talk about the barnyard quite a bit, and I notice you dodged that one.

An interesting way to train your palate. Do the clove last to avoid the numbing .

geez how could i forget the opening by Lars!? dude that was classic!! i’ve watched the opening half a dozen times it’s that funny! when can we expect another Lars intro?

Gary,

That was hilarious! I sat here laughing at my laptop as you ate that dirt. You’re awesome.
Instant classic episode. I think I’ll watch it a few more times 🙂
BTW I got my Vayniac t-shirt. It’s sweet. Is it me or does the front look like a Jets helmet???

This was by far the craziest (and the best)episode you have ever done. Here I am filling out Christmas cards LMAO and just about screwing them up. You got balls, thats all I can say; but the white pepper was the best. Hell, you looked like an Angry Pirate after that. A-one for sure.

Wow. Now I’ve seen it all. Was laughing all the way through the episode!!

This was a hop, skip and a jump away from a JACKASS episode. If only Johnny Knoxville were into wine….

WOW! I have to admit, hearing Erik laugh in the background made me laugh even harder. Awesome episode! Thanks for doing the ‘backwards’ tasting. It’s definitely cool to hear what wines the different items reminded you of. Another educational, and HIGHLY entertaining episode. When does the DVD come out?

OMG!!!! That is definately the funniest episode ever!

Completely ridiculous and utterly fun. GV, sorry, but your palate will never be the same. Couple of items for your next “tasting” show– sweaty saddle and Red Man chew– CORE flavor profiles for many big huge aged red wines– come on, you got to do it for the team…