Congratulations Gary! Definitely try to find a “free house” with a good hand pump and locally brewed ale.

QOTD: I’ve learned to trust my nose and palate a lot more than ratings. Also, to get serious and buy some half-decent stemware and a decanter (thank you Riedel and Target!).

Congrats to all on the one year anniversary!

QOTD: Tow new wine experiences: (1) I finally buckled under and bought 2005 Bordeaux futures (from WL, of course) and (2) I tried Cahors for the first time.

Thanks for the fun, the learning, and the energy!

G,
Happy Anniversary!
You are making history!!!!!
Love the enthusiasm, honesty and love you bring to the web.
You should be very proud of what you have done in one year.
As a bit of friendly feedback from a buddy of mine in the â??industryâ?.
Please get a wind guard on the mic when you film outdoors.
It costs like $.75��.

QOTD: My pallet has changed unbelievably, your descriptions and wine selections have been a part of thatâ?¦.

Peace out�and have some Wagamamas for me��

Great to be part of the Vayniac family!
QOD Although I’ve been into wine for 15 years, I’ve learned alot about certain wine areas that I hadn’t experienced-like Cahors and Bourgeil, plus I’ve learned lots of new ways to describe wines such as “Urinal from a carnival” or tasting my ballglove in right field
Enjoy the rest of the stay in Lomdon

Congrats Gary!!!

QOTD.. I didn’t have a wine collection…and I had no guidance in my wine purchases. Gary, You are my Yoda!!!

QOTD: I have learned so much about wine in the past year. I’ve gotten out of the California rut and am branching out learning about French wines, Italian wines, Spanish wines, etc. Now have a closet full of wine and am contemplating the big wine fridge purchase (requisite for hardcore.) I found out there’s a lot of wine nuts out there, in my local wine store, at winetastings, and here on wonderful WineLibraryTV! I enjoy the witty comments on this blog and Gary’s wonderfully funny, sometimes satirical sendup of the wine world. No, I know you’re serious about it, but often you seem very tongue-in-cheek and I love it! Gary, I predict an eventual career for you somewhere in the entertainment industry. Remember us Vayniak fans when you hit the big time. Congrats on the one-year anniversary.

Congrats Gary!
One Year!!!!!!!
Big,
Fat,
Hairy Deal!
I hope you have
many
many
more years to come!
Good to see you enjoying tea.
Love some good twinings tea!
🙂

congrats on one year
keep up the great job
and may it continue for many years to come.

QOD – One year ago I had two, maybe three bottles of wine in a cabinet in the kitchen. Today I have 100 (coincidentally, exactly) bottles in the cellar in racks and in the cabinet. Today I know Pinot from Cab, Sav Blanc from Reisling. A year ago I liked an occasional glass of wine. Today I’m an admitted wine geek, reading blogs, visiting ALL the wine stores in town, and NEVER missing an episode of WLTV. Thanks and congrats, Gary!

Gary,
Congratulations on 1 Fabulous Year! Your energy and heart are as big as the outdoors. Thanks for putting so much of yourself into your shows. QOTD: Easy one. Just happened tonight. One year ago, I would look at a good wine list and go “duh”. Tonight at dinner, looked at a wine list and was able to pick out a Tensley Syrah and David Arthur Meritage, and not hope. but KNOW they would be good. Why? ‘Cause you said they were, and you have never let me down! Needless to say, the wines were fabulous, a big hit, and my guests were impressed with my selections. Of course, when they asked me how I knew about those wines, I said “WLTV”. You know should have 2 new viewers.

Anyway, thanks for my continuing education in the wine world. You have certainly changed it for me. All my best for an even more spectacular 2nd year.

John

Thank you Gary! Congrats on 1 year.

QOTD: There was a time when I basically stuck with what I knew… Cali cabs, Chiantis, etc. Now I’ll try anything, and am in fact very excited to try new grapes. A lot of the reason for that is WLTV.

Gary, Congrats on one year of a tremendous wine experience, I can not belive hyow time flies by. You made the wine world a diferent place and a friendly place.
QOTD: I have learn a lot in one year, actually 1 year ago I was not interested in wine at all, but men what a diference does a year and wine library does to people. I have learn a lor from books, I am taking a class on how to taste, and the experience that wine library has given me is priceless, and I mean all of WLTV you, the forums, the comments of every body, all in a joint learning experience. I wish you and all of your fans a happy 1st anniversary, and I’m sure that the best is yet to come. Thanks for sharing your knoledge.

Gary and the WLTV crew (Eric and people behind the scenes who make this project possible), congratulations on a job well done. I feel you guys have opened up my eyes to the fascinating world of wine and for that I thank and salute you. Keep doing what you do best (maybe you do other things better. Was that a bit presumptious? hehe).

True story:
Capt. M emailed me after I mentioned WLTV on my blog and we are starting a little wine group here in Panama and we have WLTV to thank for that. Awesome job guys.

congrats on 1 year…we know how hard you work and do appreciate it. QOTD: Easy…knowledge…I have learned more about wine already than I thought I would ever know. I am trying things I never would have tried and actually feel like I can speak intelligently about wine….sometimes.

Ah, Gary, Ab Fab!!!! Love London!! Great episode!!! QOD: In one year, I’ve become picky in my wines. And I’ve listened to my own palate, decided what it is that I like, and don’t apologize for it. You’re always telling us to taste alot of wines and trust our own palates. Best wine lesson I’ve EVER learned. Thank you, Gary…for the first year of episodes, and, hopefully, for many more years to come. You have revolutionized how wine is perceived. Thank you, Gary.

QOD-What’s different for my husband and me is what it takes (in a bottle!) to make us happy. Just last weekend I opened a wine we used to enjoy as an “every-day” wine. He said, “wow. what happened to this wine – I thought I liked this one?!” and I said, “too many WLTV episodes, too many WL shipments and too many free.winelibrary invoices”. We’ve tasted a LOT because of WLTV and our watermark has risen! Thanks for that, Gary and crew (I think… though our 3rd child may end up paying her own way through college as a result)!

Congrats to all at Wine Library and WLTV! I was hooked from the first episode I watched (just six weeks ago). I love the entertainment, the education and admire the business model too.

QOTD: I moved from DC to NYC this past year. One of my DC neighbors used to come over and drink all my wine, so now my collection is being depleted at a slower rate. But hey – wine is for sharing, right? I look forward to raising a glass (or two) with the Vayniacs in WLTV’s second year!

It has been an interesting year — for wine lovers, for video bloggers, for education about wine and fore pure entertainment. This is a whole new way to communicate and exchange information about wine (and tea) and cheeses and jams and jellies and . . . dirt.

Gary, your little bit and the rest of us are, indeed, changing the wine world. Looking forward to the next year of interesting and provacative Wine Library TV.

Thanks

A one year anny episode on tea….???…sorry but disapointing

Congradulations!! Hope I don’t sound like a kvetcher but the T’s come in xl xxl and L? How bout some lady sized T’s or even better girly style T’s. I mean I’d sleep in it but don’t think I’d actually go out in public in one of those mu-mu sized things.
QOTD I spend way too much $ on wine and I’m not afraid to say things like “this wine tastes exactly like unicorns humping under the rainbow.” Thanks.

Congradulations!! Hope I don’t sound like a kvetcher but the T’s come in xl xxl and L? How bout some lady sized T’s or even better girly style T’s. I mean I’d sleep in it but don’t think I’d actually go out in public in one of those mu-mu sized things.
QOTD I spend way too much $ on wine and I’m not afraid to say things like “this wine tastes exactly like unicorns humping under the rainbow.” Thanks.

Nice anniversary episode. I mean it. How cool is it that you’re doing a tea tasting from a London shop? Just remember that no matter how much you do, for some people it will never be enough. Follow your heart and you’ll do just fine.

QOTD: Like many on here, I’m spending more time trying to assess what I am tasting and what I am liking and not liking. A year ago I bought primarily based on other people’s recommendations. While that still factors in, I’m making more of an effort to understand my palate. And most of that is due to your influence and that of the forum members who have been extremeley generous with information and advice. And not a few gibes. Congratulations on the anniversary!

Happy Anniversary WLTV! Love the show and keep up your hard work and thanks for the great recommendations.

Congrats on your WLTV birthday!

Big Props to you for:
-having Lady Sov as show open soundtrack today…start of a trend?….I like!
-being a real fresh talentâ??- at once exciting, down-to-earth, interesting, genuine, yet ridiculous…a rare combo
-being so prolific with your content, and so infectious with your passion
-surprising us every couple episodes with your ridic flavor profiles
-injecting the wine world with some much needed fun
-helping me remember fondly my youth pop culture (Quik, Voltron, Freeze-pops, Cocoa Puffs, “Nards”)
-building a brand and being a pioneer in what you are doing in this new frontier
-and finally, I have to pay belated homage to that truly awesome “Wind Chill” episode last week….again, nice grab!

Keep it up. My 3rd mixed case on the way after today’s offer

Congrats Gary. You gotta love and respect people with vision.
QOTD. I’ve only been watching for three months, but my answer would have to be decanting. I decant everything now. From 2, 4, 5, 12 hours. And I can’t wait to try stuff that I’ve never had. Next is Warwick pinot taje.

Hope your doing this for years to come.