I finally caught up with the current episode. I first learned about WLTV when you did the Diggnation episode and Kevin & Alex mentioned it but I was behind on watching the Diggnation episodes so by the time I subscribed to WLTV, I was like 8-10 episodes behind.

Newbie questions that you may have already addressed:
Do you make any effort to control the temperature of the wines you are tasting? If so, what are your target temps. for white vs. red? Do you use different temps. for different varietals?

I have seen several different types of stemware with no particular pattern to when they appear. Do you feel the stemware has any influence on the taste of the wine?

Minor nit: I watch the shows in iTunes so your habit of pointing to links that arenâ??t there is a little annoying. Do you expect everyone to watch on the website? Do you have any stats on the number of website watchers vs. RSS feed watchers?

I drew pictures of baseballs and boobies. Nice episode Vaynerchuk! Profound, intriguing!!

QOD: I had aspirations of becoming an art major so I had some pretty profound doodles…some abstract tonal puzzle piece expressions, portraits, caricactures and nature sketches.

QOTD: I didn’t draw too much, but my lovely fiancee drew eyes, ponies, and people doing gymnastics(she actually was an art major.)

QOTD: I spent a significant amount of time trying to replicate the graphics from various H-Street skateboards.

I love bearing all…my wife, the art psychotherapist, told me after nine years of marriage (which was the first time she had ever seen the artwork I drew as a child) that she would have never married me had she seen it previously. What can I say? I was the youngest of eight Catholic children, which gives me TWO things to work out for the rest of my life.

On a side note, we serve MacMurray wines at work, and I am not only heartily impressed by their efforts compared to price point (PQR), but I was a huge fan of My Three Sons in my younger years.

very detailed drawings of battles from the Civil War. Yeah, I know… it’s weird. Deal with it.

My family is from Hungary (my dad was born there). I’m really interested in trying the Nyakas, even though it didn’t get the best review. It was funny that I was thinking about trying it out because of my dad even before you mentioned “trying your heritage”. 🙂

QOTD: I guess I drew what all kids drew: a small house with too big stick figure family members and a sun that was so close it would incinerate the Earth. 🙂 I liked to draw cars, too.

QOTD: I drew Buck Rogers spaceships, the lunar lander and moon craters mainly, tried to perfect the LA Rams helmet until the N.O. Saints came into the picture, then it was fleur de lis. Oh – did I just date myself???

Now I’ll have to go out and get a Pinot Gris to wash my sorrow away.

when i was “small” I drew fire engines…

ps. great episode, i’d be really interested in knowing, what regulations are imposed on wine in different countries, such as e.g. mixing wines, adding sugar or other additives etc.

It’s two cent time from a lurker, nice episode on Pinot Gris. Love your enthusiastic energy, gets me all excited about wines.

While watching the episode on the Oregon Pinot it reminded me about a bottle I received from a friend years ago. Went to the basement to see if it was still there and low an behold I found it. Guess what, it was a Oregon 2000 vintage Pinot Gris from King Estate.

Later in the day a friend and I opened it, I’d have to say I was a little wary about drinking an older white wine but it really wasn’t that bad, it had a real smooth aged finish.

My quotes on this will be posted on Cork’d.

My question to you Gary is how long should a Vayniac age a white wine before it goes to that wine heaven in the sky? Or in my case, in that barrel of other bad wine to go through my distiller.

QOTD: Deer and other game, but mostly antlered deer. What’s amazing about that is I still have the pictures from grade school.. 40 YEARS AGO WOW!

Have fun on your journeys, can’t wait to here all your stories..

MB

“NO I dont hate PG, just bad PG which is 90%” Sorry, GV. I thought I heard you say some rather scathing remarks in another WLTV episode regarding PG. Anyway, have fun in Sam fran and Greece! Later…

Yes, please do a pinot grigio episode as quickly as you can. It will be great to compare this episode with the pinot gris vs the episode with the pinot grigio. New world vs old world?

QOTD: Peanuts charactors and the starship Enterprise.

Mike

QOTD: Do you remember Pee Chee folders? If you didn’t grow up west of the Mississippi (or even wester) you probably don’t but I mostly corrupted the jocks on my Pee Chee folders, i.e. gave them mohawks or had the defender stabbing the guy who was going up for a lay-up. I drew stuff like that.

I love me some Red-Headed Step-chillins…

I drank my first pinot grigios about ten years ago when my (then) girlfriend’s mother drank them. Can’t drink them anymore because of her.

I drew band logos/names on my Trapper Keeper.

Great episode! Right on with the Benton-Lane Pinot Gris. One of my favorite dry whites when I’m THIRSTY! Great on a hot and humid day with a light meal. When is the Alsace review coming?

Great Pinot Gris episode.

I liked to draw stick figures across multiple pages so you could flip them and watch a little cartoon.

You should show one of your Barts on the board to show off your artistic talent.

That Benton Lane sounds right up my alley – love those zingy whites.

QOTD: several doodling phases…
1. swords (D&D dork back then)
2. little skateboarding halfpipe scenes with stick-figure skaters
3. late in h.s. I would draw one continuous sqiggly line that filled the page and never crossed itself.

I think you’re a stud. And I think you need to have your own show on tv. Girls would love it and my guy friends love you too…

wow. learned alot. whats the best pinot gris i can buy for under $30??? anyone know??

Great episode. Love the Benton-Lane. Add another request for some Alsacians, though, definitely my favorites. I’m a fan of Navarro Vineyard’s PG as well, although it’s a bit pricey ($18 I think) for what it is for me to drink it too often.

QOTD: I used to draw complex open puzzle rooms for a person to make their way through, with multiple levels. Things like swinging ropes, crocodiles, pit traps, and tools for them to get past certain things. Too much time playing the original Prince of Persia, perhaps? Possibly? Potentially? I also remember liking to draw my hand a lot. I’m not sure why. I think it was one of the only things from life I could ever get to look right, and I remember other people having trouble drawing hands, so I was very proud of that.

Gary, Have a great vacation, and please stay out of trouble, no “Santorini sucks” t-shirts OK?

Gary:

I used to draw stock Cars from the Flemington Speedway – Great Show!

Gary:

I used to draw stock Cars from the Flemington Speedway – Great Show!