Put my name in for the Wine Taster positon. Daring effort, making wine, especially for people that know wine. Exciting project. Can’t wait to hear more.

Sweet! I have never owned a vineyard before!

Wait.. What was the announcement again?

GV… I’ll be there!

So glad my GF works for Delta Airlines… 🙂

See you in Napa!

Wurd up! What an awesome community-building plan – I hope the Vayniacs in MA can score a bottle somehow…

Very Cool. I can’t wait to be a part of the vayner Juice! A small part, but a part none the less.

Thanks GV.

What and excellent idea. I am looking forward to putting a little bit of me in the initial Vayniac vino.

Gary – Wow, what a great idea. What better way to further educate the Vayniac nation in winemaking than including them in the entire process!

Looking forward to seeing more details. Count me in.

Gary – Wow, what a great idea. What better way to further educate the Vayniac nation in winemaking than including them in the entire process!

Looking forward to seeing more details. Count me in.

I am Matt and Tim’s mon and I am very excited about this new project. Count me in!

Great marketing, innovative concept, and overwhelmingly positive responses! I hope I can afford a bottle or 2! Although I won’t be with my fellow Vayniacs to participate in the process on a physical level (teacher salary & schedule), I will certainly be with you in spirit!! Thanks Gary (& WL team!) and good luck with the project!

Unbelievable announcement!! What a great way to bring the Vayner nation together. Nice sourcing for the grapes!!! Will try to do my part to support the project.

Congratulations Gary!!! You are a so better and you so deserve to change the wine world! BUT!!! Stop drinking coke and lime it will kill you! Cancer loves all that sugar.
Drink wine!!!! Oh ok there is sugar but wine makes it better!
So do you think this will be a sideways take offfffffff?

And you`ll be rolling in grapes, drowning in wine, parting like it`s what did you say 2009…

You will have many that will or should I say to participate in this and just can`t afford it! What about shipping grapes to the East coast or to the other side of the world and we can whip up some beautiful wine!! Remember I said it first!
Is there an aerial view of the vineyard!

OK Tony! HOW many people are serious about participating?

ONE DAY YOU WILL OWN THE JETS!
AND move out of the way Donald Trump!

Great idea. I’m in.

What about shipping some of the grapes used in the wine? It would be great to taste the fruit what went into the wine. You can ship grapes anywhere…

Very exciting! I want to find out more about it and see how and where I can put in my two cents. 😉

Gary, you ROCK! 🙂

What a great idea! I’m definitely in, and looking forward to future community wines from around the world. What I would really love to see is the effect of three types of oak on single vineyard, single vintage Sangiovese, or any grape for that matter. Maybe a three bottle release, one American, one French, and one Slavonian.

On the Albarino, it’s hard to accept that some of these hardcore oak and butter chardonnay drinkers would switch. Either way, diversity is the key.

Great job on the news!

Gary…long time…no post…I guess I’ve transformed into one of those hated Lurkers, but I guess that happens with 70 hour a week. Anyways….this idea of yours is amazing. I’m definitely going to be involved in this, but was wondering…what is the bottle price? Also, what type of oak barrels are you planning on using? Are you planning on this wine being “organic” and/or vegan friendly? Will this wine be filtered or unfiltered? In addition to these wine questions, how long are you planning on each member of the community participating in the harvest? Is it 1 day, a week, or up to us to decide? Being that the Vaniac community is so large (and mainly from the East coast), is it up to each person to find their own place to stay or will there be certain accomidations provided? Will you be working with certain hotels/bed & breakfasts exclusively for this event?
Sorry for all the questions, but this is something I cannot miss and need time to plan for.
Congrats on your success Gary…you and the rest of the staff at Wine Library work hard and deserve it.

I am thrilled. I have a home in Carneros and am back and forth from LA all the time. Looking forward to the dates. Hopefully you will schedule the crush on a weekend….although I know it’s all about the grapes!
Looking forward to picking, crushing, bottling, and buying!

Gary, This is great news! In fact it kind of THUNDERED!

I am so in, don’t know to what level but I am totally in. I just hope I will be able to get the wine in Minnesota (Gary you have to work on this).

Like the MCA suggestion of artists’ labels. But surely there are artists within the Vayner Nation who could do the job. Sounds to me like another great contest, c/w Vayniac cheering/voting sections. Well, maybe GV’s favourite artist for the inaugural. Would that be Leroy Nieman, if the man is still with us?

Excellent idea! If you can ship some bottles to Holland safely, I’m in as well! (an idea for a next big announcement: open up a store in Europe 😉 )

Gary – awesome. Just wish I lived in CA!!

WOW!!! We’re coming out of the woodwork for this one!!! Gotta be feeling the love?! 🙂

You gotta love it, I think it’s a great idea. Because of THE BIG OAK Monster in most NAPA cabs I’ve stayed clear sense 97.
Hope a little bite GV and a whole lots of us can tame that beast.

I think I was right about the hair cut.

ron

# 450…HA! SWEET!

I’m in!! Awesome job!
Kara