Thanks Kahuna. Sugar Smacks and Sugar Crips are wheat puffs and I’ve never had wine with that flavor profile.

good choice; going to S. Africa by the end of the year. cheers.

my wife’s gonna be living in south africa over the summer. but not me! i’m so jealous! QOTD: We are very lucky … but we definitely need to address how nuts about guns and shooting people we are as a culture.

it’s easier to buy a gun than a six pack of beer if you’re under 21…totes nuts!

QOTD: Pretty damn lucky!

I did not know that shawn merriman makes wine

the VT shooings – it never ceases to amaze me how messed up some people can be, what are the odds his parents are some how to blame for him being as screwed up as a person could ever be

QOD – I am lucky not to be in iraq or afganastan, I am lucky to have a great family and friends, I am lucky that women find me so darn attractive, I am lucky to have a great life

We are pretty damn lucky to be fooling around, talking about wine, speculating on what kind of cereal Gary is trying to remember while families are grieving about their lost love ones in Virginia. Pretty Damn Lucky!!!

Ciao

Nice ep, Gary. Touching intro to which I concur.

After traveling through Europe several times, I found it difficult to find a decent wine shop in some towns. Living in New York, I have come to expect every wine shop i walk into to have a wide spectrum of labels, featuring the best from each country. Has anyone else had this experience or am I the only one? It was difficult to find a Napa wine in many places I visited, even in some big cities.

We are so lucky to live in a country where we willingly open our doors (and palletes) to products from around the world. Not only do we welcome diversity, we hope that these countries/entrepreneurs learn how to do “it” bigger and better each and every time. Apply that to any and all products we import including wine.

I dont think the problem is the guns … the problem lies in the relatively small mind pulling the trigger.

I’m gutted! I saw the Rustenberg on the listing and was stoked to see what Gary thought as I have several bottles of this as it’s a favourite of mine, but then it’s corked! Tomorrow please! SA has a superb number of top notch wines, I was lucky enough to visit a few this summer. Paul Cluver makes a great Pinot as does the Meerlust vineyard. Anyways, first post up so I’m no longer a lurker, hopefully I’ll keep it up!!

I’m gutted! I saw the Rustenberg on the listing and was stoked to see what Gary thought as I have several bottles of this as it’s a favourite of mine, but then it’s corked! Tomorrow please! SA has a superb number of top notch wines, I was lucky enough to visit a few this summer. Paul Cluver makes a great Pinot as does the Meerlust vineyard. Anyways, first post up so I’m no longer a lurker, hopefully I’ll keep it up!!

The Virginia Tech tragedy reminds me to enjoy every day with friends, family and loved ones. One never knows when something random can change everything he takes for granted in an instant.

QOTD: Even in light of the tragedy in VA, we should be grateful that we live in the USA.

Gary,
Nicely done sir. Appropriately somber beginning given the events of yesterday. Makes the QOTD easy: we are lucky to be alive. There but for the grace of God…

And then there was the fun! Yet another new varietal. I am learning so much from WLTV. Problem is, I am spending so damn much on wine!!! Thanks for the education.
JW

BTW, hate to bust you, but Rumble in the Jungle happened in the DRC, Zaire at the time, not South Africa.

QOTD: Every new day is a new day to appreciate, wherever you are.

BTW, hate to bust you, but Rumble in the Jungle happened in the DRC, Zaire at the time, not South Africa.

QOTD: Every new day is a new day to appreciate, wherever you are.

G,
Thanks for doing a SA episode.
I had been asking for so long I had given up.

QOTD: How lucky are we? ….. unbelievably…..the horrible tragedy that happened in Blacksburg is stunning.
Hell I am in Texas and it makes me ill just thinking about it…I can even fathom what it is like to be on the campus of VT….I consider myself very lucky to be enjoying a glass of wine……watching a Vblog about Banana and a rusty nail…

I think in honor of the pinotage review I’ll stop lurking to say thanks for the SA reviews

Gary, we are SO lucky. You, to be able to sit in front of a camera five days a week and give us our daily dose. Me for having two gorgeous healthy kids and a loving wife, a roof over my head and food on the table. Everyone else for being who they are. We’re lucky for being able to experience opportunity, to be free to live each their own life the way he or she wishes. We’re lucky to be able to wake up and know that it’s a new day and that we’re alive. Nobody can say they will be on this earth tomorrow, so plan for the future, but live for NOW.

Great great great choice for wines. These were huge when I was over in Denmark last semester – everyone there seems to know what we’re just learning: South Africa is where it’s at in the near future.

QOTD: It’s not luck, but the grace of God 😉 And we are truly blessed.

*Oh and aluminum doesn’t rust… it does corrode though. When aluminum oxidizes it forms aluminum oxide which is an even stronger metal that protects it from further corrosion. Old steel cans (and iron in cars) will rust a plenty though. [putting my Chemistry major to use]

Great great great choice for wines. These were huge when I was over in Denmark last semester – everyone there seems to know what we’re just learning: South Africa is where it’s at in the near future.

QOTD: It’s not luck, but the grace of God 😉 And we are truly blessed.

*Oh and aluminum doesn’t rust… it does corrode though. When aluminum oxidizes it forms aluminum oxide which is an even stronger metal that protects it from further corrosion. Old steel cans (and iron in cars) will rust a plenty though. [putting my Chemistry major to use]

Thanks for the shout-out GV!!

QOTD: We are so lucky that we often forget just how lucky we are. Every day should be treated as a “big glass” day.

Oak Monster’s Date?? Must be Gary. Now that would be a lucky pull. I also love the fact that you rinsed with the Tokara and then filled with the Kanonkop. Great episode. It’s always great to learn some new info. I’ll have to re-watch this in 3 years to get ready for the World Cup!

One final jab at you Gary. Meritage is not pronounced meritahj, but ryhmes with heritage. It’s an American term combined from the words merit and heritage used to describe wines made from a Bordeaux-style blend. A winery must be a member of the Meritage Association before it can legally use the name on its label.

Not corn pops? i’m pretty sure that frog cereal was the aforementioned Honey Smacks mascot.
But what do I know – my mom never let me eat any sugar cereals.

THANKS for doing South African wines! I would have suggested it, but I figured I had done so so many times in the past, it was getting repetitive to the point of nausea. I will have to go back just to taste that kanonkop!

QOTD: I’m lucky to be living at the end of the earth where shootings like that at VT are rarer than most other places. But it still scares the beejezus out of me. And I’m lucky to have found WLTV and all the good folks here.

You listened to the Vayniacs and we salute you. Great show on SA wines and yes, we all concur that we are oh sooooo very lucky. We can sit back in the comfort of our homes, enjoy this show and to live in the great ole USofA. The rest of the world can bash us but it doesn’t get better than this.

On a more somber note, our hearts and prayers go out to the friends, family and especially to the parents who lost their children to a ruthless, barbaric and senseless act.