QOTD: Pull weeds, play with son, have lunch with wife and son, go to work, conduct blind tasting on customers, sell lots of wine, come home and drink some wine, surf WLTV forums ’till 2am, sleep, wake up, do more yard work, play with son, wife goes to work, son watches TV, I surf more of the forum and catch up on back episodes, play with son, eat, play guitar, go to sleep, wake up, got to work, order more wine. 🙂

Gary, you are amazing for going back through Ask WLTV and answering some lingering questions. I’m sure you have tons of email and WLTV comments to read through, so kudos to you for your efforts. And in the process, you’ve given us new catch phrases! By the way, I agree with you about over-oak flavors even in my very limited wine experience.

QOTD: basketball, church, catching up on sleep

PS: The wristbands were hilarious. You’ve convinced me to sign up for one.

Great episode today Gary, and thanks for answering my question!

TOP…103?
Great lazt Friday EP, Big G.- thanks for the relaxed style.

QOTD: The restaurant business beckons as usual, so I will be working. HOWEVER- I have an Alsacian Gewertz that I plan to pop tomorrow after my shift, and hope to share it with the room mates. Good luck with the WL fantasy baseball team.

QOTD: Bike ride, hanging with my daughter, traveling with my boy to a big DownHill race of his, working on a script, and writing some GV publicity for his most excellent SF visit. Oh, and whispering sweet nothings into my wife’s ear.

QOTD: Drinking to my little bro, who got an acceptance letter from STANFORD last night! I popped a bottle of the Chat Lamartine Cahors Cuvee Particuliere 2003. It a baby, but I’ve got one more bottle. Maybe I’ll bring that one to his graduation.

QOTD: Normally I’d be getting geared up for a big family seder, too – but this year I’ll be out of town so I’ll be packing a jar of Gefilte fish, the particle board of the seas.

Jon

tasting at Union Square Wines (NYC)…
anyone going?
http://www.unionsquarewines.com/calendar/event?eventid=7518&category=&page_title=&id=bL6N36ju&mv_pc=170

I’m driving down to NJ to visit my sick mother this weekend.

thank goodness you tear the foil off! what is up with that anyway? you hvae to showcase aged Bordeaux huh?

QOTD – drink some wine, yard work, practice some music for Holy Week, church, golf, drink some wine (oh, I already mentioned that), do my GTD weekly review and all of the assorted honey-do’s and family stuff that comes up.

Nice episode. I am open to eating most things, but I draw the line at monkey brains and bullfrog hearts……….

oh yeah about the foil….I have found that there is a practical use for leaving the foil on. when you grip it while screwing in the cork screw it makes it easier cuz the foil is loose and spins around the bottle while your grip stays in place. It’s easier than having to regrip the neck as you go. Just a thought.

QOD – going to wine library to buy some vino, and I too am drafting my fantasy baseball team tomorrow.

Glad to see you drinking some wine. 🙂

QOTD: I’ll be working in my garden and relaxing on the couch.

QOD: Easter egg hunt with the kids, neighbor get together, church, etc, etc, etc….

QOTD: Plotting my revenge….. regarding a SUCKY wine tasting that could have been better if I had been given the reigns. (she lifts an eyebrow…)

QOTD: Sat – 4 hour test, followed by a wine tasting party tonight of Red South African wines.
Sun – Recovering.

SPRING BREAK!!!! I’m a teacher, okay! Off to wine country tomorrow! Personally, the fine circular cut of the foil gives me a sense of ritual, of peace and harmony…did I say SPRING BREAK?

Coming home tomorrow from Sitka,Ak.Building a house with a friend.Will be at Quilceda Creek in the afternoon,oh and rip the foil!!

Gary…I always appreciate you taking questions. This time, though, I couldn’t decide whether you were clowning me or not. I started my question because of the issue you addressed in Episode 162 about wine labels. You said, in that episode or another one, that you wanted to debunk the myth that a great label indicates good wine. I was just following along with that. Secondly, were you serious about Lebanese wine labels or were you just yanking my chain?

Thanks for the reinforcements for those of use who pull the foil off the bottle.

Thanks for reviewing the 1995 Chat Ferriere. I’ve been looking to purchase a bottle of 1995. My son was born in ’95, and I want to buy a good bottle to reserve for his 21st birthday. Would the Chat Ferriere hold up? (He’s 12 this year.) Any other suggestions for a 1995 vintage? — maybe a Champagne/sparkling?

QOTD: Friday night I hung out with a buddy of mine that just moved to the city and got a phat job at a pharmaceutical company new Summitt Hills. I recommended he come by and see you. The rest of the weekend is going to be fulled with yard work and NCAA tourament viewing. My wife is out of town for a couple of weeks, so I want to surprise her with some nice spring curb appeal when she gets back.

I just realized that I asked about a 1995 vintage and said my son will be 12 this year. Duh! Sorry about that. 😀

Hey Gary cool episode it looks like you could send me a couple more wristbands LOL. That wine sounds tasty. Your sis and the birthday boy emailed me back i am sure they had a lot of emails lol.

QOTD:
Going up to Napa to see the future in-laws and party hardie!!!!!!! My fiance is having her wedding shower so i am sure she will have a good time.

I’m in the top 150! YEAH!

And I’m doing your mom this weekend.

P.S. Great shows. Keep up the good work.

Very good EP. Happy birthday to Vayniac Susan (two days late). Love your alternate use of the Vayniac wristband Gary – it also works for catching the runs down the bottle so the label stays intact for us label junkies! Loved your comments on the foil. The foil cutter is one of those devices that has sat eternally un-used in my kitchen drawer. Foil “rippers” UNITE! QOTD: Looking in my schedule for the opportunity to pick up my order from WL! What else would I be doing??

This weekend is not great, I am working on a presentation that is very important to me.
The only good thing is that I drank some wine, which however was not great 🙁
Next days will be better
Hope you have a good weekend!