Awesome Punch-Out reference. Glad you said the Mike Tyson version and not the lame one with Mr. Dream after Tyson went to jail.

Awesome Punch-Out reference. Glad you said the Mike Tyson version and not the lame one with Mr. Dream after Tyson went to jail.

QOTD: I can’t wait to come home after a hard day at work and get a dose of the GV. As long as Mrs. cpd doesn’t take away my computer or credit card, I’ll be fine…

love the honesty with the wines! twitter is growing on me….big time!

Wow, great advice on cellaring with a limited budget. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said better.

QOTD: Yep, this is pretty stinkin’ awesome. In fact, I’m astounded that any of the Vayniacs would be able to say with a straight face that technology is getting in the way of relationships. Look at all the friendships that have sprung up as a result of WLTV. And many of those people will eventually meet each other in real life. I know I’ll be meeting a bunch of you guys in SF later this month. Seriously, the only people who say technology separates us are those who don’t use it, don’t understand it, or are just naturally fearful of new things. Sure, personal letters have all but disappeared as email has become more and more popular, but it’s idiotic to say that people are communicating less. We’re simply communicating in new ways. Now, if someone wants to talk about the relative value of the different modes of communication, I’d be happy to hear them. I’ll be the first to admit, for example, that personal letters tend to have more depth than most emails.

btw, SS is the MAN!

– wildebeest

QOTD: Gary, YOU are awesome!
Keep up the good work!

This is all quite cool. But here’s the problem Gary. You are tasting someone else’s 90 pointers. If you taste the wines your watchers/Vayniacs suggest, I think you will have better luck.
So with that in mind- how about tasting a Numanthia Termes or a Borsao Tres Picos (for the Spanish coverage) or a Guigal Gigondas for the Rhone coverage.

Awesome – WLTV
NOT Awesome – writing a paper on the steel industry in 1986 at one a.m.

QOTD: Really A W E S O M E !!!
My picture was on the Montage today!! Spectacular! I’m famous now among my friends!!
Really Great Gary, what you are doing is not only super super educational, it became my favorite time after work, when i’m super relax at home, after dinner, sipping a good wine or dessert wine, treating myself with 20′ minutes of pure enjoyment. Every day!! Can’t describe in words what you have created. Thanks again. Keep it up!

Logs on my back through the snow, check. Reading wine books, check. Throwing rocks at my palate and chipping 14 teeth, check.
Catching bunny rabbits in the wild and biting them on their ass… it looks like I have some more training to do after all!!

QOTD: My picture made the wristband montage!! = VERY awesome. Thanks again!

QOTD: Gary, friggin awesome!

Hollywood girls are all phony? Like big haired Jersey girls? 🙂

Have you noticed that the reds you pour often get a dribble down the label? When I waitered, they taught me that little twist at the end of the pour… Great trick. I still use it to this day.

I’ll have to figure out how to link your twitter to my IM. That would be the best way to get the heads up at work.

great ep G ! wish the wines would of brought the thunder !!! Qotd Grab bunnies And Bite them on the ASS now that is awesome . Wine Library TV is the best thing since sliced bread !!!

Yes SS You Da Man !!! Keep up the good work , you make the WLTV world so much easier ! Thanks Man !!!

QOTD: You do show the love and it’s totally awesome!! My gf still can’t get over that you kissed her twice, once on each cheek! LOL… (sure hope liz don’t read these!)

You’ve lately been using milky a lot, and that’s something that I was curious about before I heard you say it. Sometimes I get a cheese taste on the mid palate or the dairy that you talk about. I’m glad I don’t just have malfunctioning taste buds!

You have to have days like this episode to appreciate the good ones. It is just such a pleasure to have some prescreening. I have had the same experience as Gary with wines that are processed beyond terroir to the point of garbage. Chilean wines are that for me and many from CA, Spain, and Australia. I rarely find a Rhone or Bordeaux wine I am that turned off on. I started my cellar (now ~550 bottles as Gary recommended. I found wines that were maybe too tannic to drink right now but with time they have become wonderful and a bargain because buying a wine 7-10 years later that has aged properly may cost a fortune. I age almost all of my wines if only 6 months for some or 10-20 years for some. The only problem I have is that I’m simply getting too old to comfortably buy wines that need cellaring for 20+ years as I’m not sure I will appreciate them as much in my ’80’s. So Dunn Cabs are out.

Gary, you bring much to the table and it is we who thank you. Who else would publicly say this wine brings garbage to the table?

One thing anyone reads this and knows how to work twitter. I have downloaded it to my Mac but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to send messages or post replies. I don’t use text mail on my phone so what are my other options? There seems to be no spot to click compose message.

Gary! Loved this episode, despite the crap wines…mainly because my beautiful daughter was showcased in the collage of pictures. Literally brought tears to my eyes, a huge honor man. I like the twitter, but perhaps you should have Eric hold your phone while you taste…so its less distracting to you as well.

I wanted to respond to both last shows QOTD and the show before…

Technology is slowly getting more simple and refined for the most effective use by a human. This gets me excited to see things such as Twitter having practical uses. On the other hand, until we get to a point of optimum efficiency…our brains are going to be sapped of intelligence with all of these distractions. Recently they did an IQ test with Blackberry users and pot smokers (one in the same?) well the pot users scored higher than those getting email messages during the iq test…what does that tell you?

Which brings me to my the next QOTD, I love it. Even though at times I lurk for a period of time, there is never a day when I will miss my WLTV. I say my…in the sense that you have made a very viewer owned show, for that I thank you!

Loved the sleeves rolled up by the way! Oh, one more thing…the lighting was really good on this show, what did you change?

Gary,

I also love the Rhone wines, especially Chateauneuf du Pape. Too bad this St. Joseph wasn’t up to snuff. I did a quick search in the archives, but I don’t know if you’ve done any shows with California Chateauneuf style wines. In particular I’m interested but have never tried the Tablas Creek wines from Paso Robles by the Perrin family of Beaucastel. What’s the Esprit du Beaucastel like? Is it like a good Chateauneuf? That could be a good wine to try (if you haven’t already).

QOTD: It’s awesome enough for me not to crush it. And I tend to crush a lot of stuff.

“body blow, body blow”

Great job, GV – you know how we all feel about you and WLTV. See you tomorrow. Gotta get Ian on a show.

How awesome? Totally awesome. I mean, you look up the word AWESOME in the dictionary and there’s a link to http://WineLibrary.com … THAT’S how awesome.

GV, you are the man…the Prima gets better, the 03 is drinking real well

Bad news: the wines were not so great. (ratings should be met with scepticism)
Good news: WE MADE THE MONTAGE! In B&W no less.

I AGREE with what you said about technology… as much as I fretted about it, it certainly DOES foster more human interaction!! You hit it right on the head.
QOTD: It is FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Gary, you’re so personable. I love it. Thanks for all you do. You are definietly fostering my love of wine.

I like Cork’d too. 😉 http://corkd.com/people/dalecruse

Gary you are awesome.

Too bad these wines were not that great.
Glad I got the last two bottles of Bonnes Mares when I saw you had the Groffier.