Congratulations, Gary! Will the Vaynernation change? For good? For ill? Is this progress? Decline? We’ll all have to stay tuned.

BCWinesArein, I was going to ask the very question you did of Gary–do you also drink your sparkling at room temperature? Must be the air in Vancouver.

And Gary, do know that with this added attention will come a lot more criticism. Thicken your hide, my friend. In the meantime, enjoy your well-deserved attention.

congrats again gary. QOTD: to be honest, i wasn’t going to email anyone. but i have a feeling i’ll be saying “wine librarytv? gary vay-ner-chuk? i’ve been watching him since he was quiet and nervous on camera” a lot. remember us lowly folk when you’re famous.

Big congrats GV…Time is huge.

QOTD: Okay, a short little story here. In May I found myself in a limousine taking my first tour through the Napa valley tasting wine and generally getting happy. In a very good mood, we rolled into a tasting room at…well…I’ll keep the winery confidential just to protect them…let’s just say it rhymes with Clos du Sal. Anyway, we get this snotty “I know everything there is to know about wine…and you don’t” clerk. Not wanting to let this kill my buz…er…mood, I tried to make small talk. I asked said clerk if she’d ever heard of this wine vlog I watched on the internet called WineLibraryTV. Her response, “I guess I don’t have so much time to waste on some [stupid] internet TV show.” (She didn’t actually say stupid…but given her attitude you didn’t have to read minds know she meant it.)

That being said (thanks for getting that into my vocab GV) who am I going to email with the Time magazine link. That wine snob out at Clos du Val…oops…I mean Sal.

Big ups GV…

Big congrats GV…Time is huge.

QOTD: Okay, a short little story here. In May I found myself in a limousine taking my first tour through the Napa valley tasting wine and generally getting happy. In a very good mood, we rolled into a tasting room at…well…I’ll keep the winery confidential just to protect them…let’s just say it rhymes with Clos du Sal. Anyway, we get this snotty “I know everything there is to know about wine…and you don’t” clerk. Not wanting to let this kill my buz…er…mood, I tried to make small talk. I asked said clerk if she’d ever heard of this wine vlog I watched on the internet called WineLibraryTV. Her response, “I guess I don’t have so much time to waste on some [stupid] internet TV show.” (She didn’t actually say stupid…but given her attitude you didn’t have to read minds know she meant it.)

That being said (thanks for getting that into my vocab GV) who am I going to email with the Time magazine link. That wine snob out at Clos du Val…oops…I mean Sal.

Big ups GV…

GV ARE YOU TASTING THOSE CHAMPAGNES @ ROOM TEMP? IF SO I BOW TO YOU FOR THAT NOBLE WORK. THAT’S TOUGH FOR ME TO DO. THOROUGHLY ENJOYED LAST NIGHT IN NYC. TO ALL LURKERS – GO TO THE FORUM LOOK UP ‘WINE MEETS’ THEN JUNE 28 NYC. SEE THE PICS AND JOIN THE VAYNERNATION. CONGRATS ON TIME MAG

Yeah the bubbly ain’t for “special occasions” only. IMO life is a special occasion. QOTD pretty much noone because if they have not caught on by now there’s little hope (but I’ll keep trying).

Grats on the Time article!!! You deserve it! You have come along way from that little, quiet, polo shirt wearing, non-yellin’, pussywillow of a man from episode #1.

Huge congratulations to eric and amy, you’re lives are about to change completely, and I mean that in a great way. Big ups on the Time article. You really deserve all the love you’re getting. I mean the store, winelibrary.com, and of course WLTV, you’re obviously very dedicated and have put in a ton of work. I feel excited myself, it’s like i’ve been a part of something special and new. My tastes and knowledge have grown exponentially.

Congrats on the big day Time artical is awesome,the show was great.Best of luck to Eric and Amy and congrats.Qotd my sister just turned her on to the show about a month ago and now all of this too cool Thanks for all your effort.Later

Pumped for the bargain version of the ‘pagnes…

Congrats Gary and good luck Erik and Ami!!!!

QOTD: Nobody. I’m not for gloating, realy.

Love the bubbly…
QOTD – All the people who think I am a wine dork for watching you…they are dumbasses and know little. I tell them all the time to just watch and decide for themselves….don’t worry, I’ll link them the little publication called TIME MAGAZINE!!!!

QOTD—– Maybe Robert Mondavi

Alway love the sparklers around the 4th– Love the French
style and the true Champagne to enjoy…..

Goodluck Eric & Amy

Sweet!! Congratulations, Gary! Well deserved, and very cool.
QOTD: EVERYONE who’s blown me off about going to the site. _EVERYONE_ All 3 of ’em. 😉 JKGV

Gary,
First time I’ve seen you do the bubbly. Never heard of any of those, but will check them out. I usually do Vueve (spelling??).

QOTD: My best bud Dirk got the nod. I’m trying to make him see the power of the force!

Great news all around today . . . celebrations are definitely called for. Today is the kind of day you stick hard in your memory so you can quickly recall it the next time you’re down. Positive thoughts going out to Kastners!
I e-mailed everyone in my family the link to the Time magazine article when I woke up this morning, to a few friends too. Super stuff!

Congrats to everyone! Not a huge fan of the bubbly either, but I’ll agree with Tom T. that life is a special occaision. I opened a 2000 Marziano Abbona Barbaresco this evening just because it seemed like the right thing to do.

QOTD: Probably won’t gloat to anyone about the article, but I’ll keep doing my part in the wine revolution by making my friends drink amazing wines they’ve never heard.

Congrats on the Time piece. If the bubbly is an everyday kind of thing why did you wait until today? Wish I could have been there last night – hopefully I will next time. NYC always rocks!

congratulations on the article, great episode as usual.

is it just me but isn’t it a nice coincidence that the “little” champagne in today’s tasting was the winner? just goes to show you

“you can’t judge a book by its cover” – Gary V

AP

QOTD: I already sent the article to my wife who thought I was the only Vayniac.

Hey Brandon, I know the folks at clos du val and they are not the least bit snotty. You were probably acting like an ASS. BTW, I’m drinking their 2004 reserve chardonnay right now and it is awesome!

Congrats Erik!!!

QOTD: emailed the Time magazine article to a my best friend. I have to confess, though, that for us. . . your NPR interview was much more impressive. We both listen to NPR at least once a day, while Time is what we read when waiting at the dentist’s office. Still, mucho impressive!

Excellent Article Gary! Keep up the good work!

also, am I too late to suggest that you make a trip to Seattle, WA for a wine get together.