Thanks for the shout out… though it kinda made me sad 🙁 But, nonetheless… Good to have you back.
QOTD: Yes, 80% of the time.

Hey Gary. I noticed as of late you have been torn on the whole 89 vs 90 etc point issue. Well with what you bring across in the show maybe a simpler system would be a good idea. More of a way to say ok this is worth a try or this taste like donkey pee more than 86 points which no one outside of the “wine world” really could wrap there head around. “What makes an 86 better than an 85 and should i buy it?”

I purpose a simple 5 star rating system that would still allow you to offer your opinion on purchase or not well at the same time giving the viewers room to make there own opinion on the wine itself. Here is a break down WLTV style :).

1 Star: Pay someone on the street to take the bottle from you.
2 Stars: You’d be better off drinking Kool-aid but it might get you a buzz.
3 Stars: Drinkable but not the girl you want to take to the prom.
4 Stars: Good buy. Interesting taste at a good price.
5 Stars: Run over your grandma, sell your kidney, break the piggy, and buy this wine!

great show…I love learning about specific regions.

QOTD: hell yes i do…I just started work in the tasting room of a winery and we get to bring home half empty bottles at the end of the night. im swimming in the stuff!

QOTD: Yes…not only wine, but sometimes cheese too. I tried doing the treadmill with WLTV on the ipod and it didn’t work. I just wanted to stop running.

My 2 cents on the point system = The industry standard…for better or worse…is the 100 point system. So what. Just point everybody to corkd.com. When you have your own say (as I do with my on FREE corkd.com account) in what is or is not 100 points there is a level playing field. The problem IS NOT the 100 point system. The problem IS that too many people are afraid to say what is or is not 100 points on their own. Or in Vayniac language…too many people are afraid to “trust their own palate”.

And a big congrats on Revis. (Go Seahawks.)

Great Episode Gary! Cote Rotie, a “profound wine”.
QOTD: Yes, usually, i watch the show after dinner, so i’m relaxed watching you while sipping a vintage port or Tokaji, depending of what kind of wine i drank that day.

Glad to see a Cote Rotie show today. I’m attending a tasting at the Texas Sommelier Conference this weekend that will focus on the Rhone, and I don’t know much about Northern Rhone wines.

QOTD: Rarely. Like several others, I usually don’t watch WLTV until quite late (midnight or later), so I’ve already had my glass or two for the night.

Love the show. Just thought I would let you know we have sherbet dip in the UK.

QOTD: Are you kidding?? I try to have a glass with every episode I watch! It just completes the whole experience for me. Thanks for asking.

QOTD: I only drink along with Gary when I have his two or four pack (ordered mine from two episodes ago.. pretty excited to taste along again).

Anyone else had a problem viewing Jenn Pâ??s Virgin to expensive wine video? says “video not found”?

i love cote-rotie. was turned on to the northern rhone after experimenting with several 03 st josephs and crozes-hermitages.

QOD: yes, if i get home early enough to catch the show in the PM, say about 33%-50% of the time.

Question 1 for GV: What do you do with all the answers to the QOTDs?
Question 2 for GV: Where did Pierre Rovani end up? He was my fave of the WA staff (partic re pinots). Miss his perspective on the 05s.

gary, fucking sweet show.Im out in sf, um…. where were you in sf? go to a good restuarants? as for the question of the day, i try to drink some wine during the show, the varietal yer covering if possible. but tonight i had a Hess, cab alomi vineyard napa valley. good stuff, had some anise, and fig flavors i was diggin’. bring the borossa! I loved the zin and foie paring. I love zin, and i love foie even more. good work. thanks mucho-
indiana-

A trip to Canada, eh? 🙂 WOOHOOO! It would be awesome to have you here! Bring the Thunder Show to the Niagara region! 🙂 There are some awesome wineries around the Beamsville Bench, Niagara on the Lake, and Vineland. A couple suggestions: Thirty Bench (awesome riesling); Stratus; Malivoire; Fielding Estate (one of my personal favorites); Tawse; and Inniskillin (for icewines!)

QOTD: Generally, no. I usually watch WLTV either on my iPod or in the morning while getting ready to start my day.

Great show. I have no experience with Cote Rotie that I can recall. QOTD: I used to, once in a while. It’s actually very pleasant to drink wine while watching WLTV. Sometimes WLTV lights up my craving for wine. Maybe I’ll watch the next episode with a glass in hand. I’m also expecting the Friday, Aug 24 ep. I didn’t buy the wines, but Antonio Touriño did, and we’re going to get together for this.

nice show man. I have only tasted a couple Cote Rotie’s at tasting events, would love to have one with a big steak dinner. Maybe the next wine dinner I have with my friends I’ll suggest it.

QOTD: typically no wine while watching wltv, usually watch at work either in the morning like today or in the afternoon, there is the rare occascion I am at home sipping some wine after while watching.

Sadly I don not drink wine while I watch because I am usually stuck at work while I watch the podcast. If ever I am allowed to start drinking wine at work you can be sure I will make it happen!!!

Come to Toronto after the Bills game!!!!!!!!!!!

QOTD: Depends when I get the chance to watch WLTV. If I am at home, then I will definitely pour myself a glass!

Cool show! Never had a Cote Rotie

QOTD: Maybe a half a dozen times since show #58

Gary-Never had a Cote-Rotie!!
Great ep!!!
🙂

Nice show, never had a cote-Rotie!!
QOTD: most of the time I watch WLTV at work, so the only beverage is Coffee.

QOTD: A bottle a night! Whether or not it’s with WLTV depends on my girlfriend’s internet connection…

Well 50% of the time I’ll be having some vino while watching (I get a little inspired) but days like today I’m watching the show in the am I have to have COFFEE! Love Cote Rotie. I just may have to grab that Guigal since I was considering buying it last month. Great show.

Wine with Wine Library TV??? Horrors no, I have to keep my focus utterly and completely sharp when watching your episodes, Gair. In fact, first I take a little nap, then I drink a Red Bull or a red eye from Starbucks, then I sequester myself into my office, take the phone off the hook, turn off the cell phone, settle in, and then just take it all in. It’s therapy.

GV, just for you, click the link and watch this clip from Family Guy..re: Thundercats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgtu2e3Y6QI

congrats on the signing of your first round pick

QOTD: Nope. usually at work when I watch.