QOTD: the next contest should be to travel with the WL crew to an industry tasting to watch and learn about the interaction between the wine producing and retailing businesses. What can I say GV I am a college student studying business. Gotta love a mix of two of my favorite things.

BTW, Gary could you do a show with a complete tour of the WL? I know you kind of did little ones here and there throughout earlier episodes, but a complete tour would be awesome. Some of us don’t live in NYC or NJ.

Oz

QOTD: the next contest should be to travel with the WL crew to an industry tasting to watch and learn about the interaction between the wine producing and retailing businesses. What can I say GV I am a college student studying business. Gotta love a mix of two of my favorite things.

BTW, Gary could you do a show with a complete tour of the WL? I know you kind of did little ones here and there throughout earlier episodes, but a complete tour would be awesome. Some of us don’t live in NYC or NJ.

Oz

QOTD: Contest should be who can submit the best video introduction to the show, as voted on by the vayniacs!

Cheers and congratulations to Mr. Canada

Here’s a contest idea: In 100 words or less, (preferably less), what would you change at Wine Library if you could run the entire joint for one week?

Douglas aka demilove

QOTD: I think it’s already been done, but now that the viewing audience is so much larger, how about contest for whomever can get the most new people on WLTV, using comments as witness.

Hey Gary-
Thank you for doing a Valpolicella show….This is a wint hat I absolutely love, but nobody from where I am agrees….weird.
QotD – What’s under the football? I really would like to say a eye of thundera toy, but I’m going to go with a little boring….like a random cork.
QotD – The new contest should be either basic like 1) “The Thunder Show Intro.” where we have to make the intro to your show or something random like 2) “greatest wine invention/accessory” where we have to make something that benefits wine or the wine experience somehow. Here anything goes, however, someone that invents something original would benefit wine/the wine experience more than someone who takes a corkscrew and puts glitter all over it…..unless, of course, you like that sort of thing.

That was one shiny lunch box….

Underneath the football? No idea. Maybe a WLTV bottle opener? Keys to the Wine Library? I like that idea.

QOTD: I haven’t read many of the other comments under me so I apologize if I’m repeating a previous idea, but here’s mine anyway. I actually have two, both simple. First, I just want to note after reading some of the ideas – I don’t think the contest should limit entry. Let’s not discourage devoted Vayniacs and/or passionate wine lovers by making the contest too cleaver or challenging.

Contest idea one: Make it to comment and maybe mention a “secret” word in your comment. Have the contest open say a week or two. Then you pick a day from that period of episodes and everyone who commented that day goes into the bucket. That way everyone has to comment daily and you get the lurkers into the habit of commenting regularly.

Contest idea two: Everyone who doesn’t already have a Cork’d account, signs up, then the contest is for everyone to review a wine, or vintage, that wasn’t already on the site. They email you a link to their review or something. That way we all benefit in sharing our thoughts on new wines and help grow the database of Cork’d.

Winner: Flies out to the Wine Library to do some sorta shopping spree, their selections are then shipped to their home. Also, they could spend the day with you (if they could stand that LOL) checking out what a “typical” day is like at The Wine Library. Maybe even make an appearance on the show.

Or an even crazier idea, you could fly out to them and do an episode of WLTV from their home, work or whatever.

God Bless all of our families and friends! Cheers

QOTD: The contest should be an online scavenger hunt.

Under the Football: The new WLTV foil cutter.

QOTD: Corked (Cork’d?) creations contest. Each viewer creates something out of a cork (or 2, or more) and sends you a photo of his/her creation. Folks could vote on the winner, or a random winner could be drawn from a… um… lunch box. Anyone looking at these creative works of art must be able to tell that they were made from corks–no deconstructing a cork so much that no one can tell what it was in its former life.

Or maybe a chalkboard contest. Each viewer writes/draws on a chalkboard similar to the one on the wall behind you (or on a small area of a larger chalkboard, since I suspect some folks have access to big ol’ schoolroom chalkboards instead of personal boards). The chalkboard message/design has to convey a specific theme. I don’t know what the theme should be, but there ya’ go.

Or I dunno, make us record our own wine tasting videos. (I’ll be shocked if that hasn’t been tried as a contest before.)

Under the football: A… wine cork? I’m sure others have guessed that, but that’s the first thing that comes to mind. And not just any wine cork. A special wine cork. I don’t know how special… maybe one of your favorite wines. Maybe corks from 2 or 3 of your favorite wines. Or maybe it’s some fancy shmancy gizmo that I’ve never seen before. Hmm.

Valpolicella: I don’t think I’ve ever had one before. But I will, and soon–if I can find a few at wine shops.

Congrats to the widget contest winners!

And “be at peace” to the departed.

Great show as always!

QOTD: The next contest prize should be:

A top-notch wine tasting event in the winner’s home (or hometown) paid for by WLTV and hosted by Gary Vaynerchuk!

OOPS! forgot the contest:

Simply have a secret word every day for a month and everyone has to email the 20-or-so words in to WLTV to win.

Then the names of the folks with correct answers are drawn on the show.

Lee

QOTD#1:wrist band… I guess.

QOTD#2:Burgandy trip with GV.

Congratulations to the winner!!!

Under the Jets football? A smaller Jets football?

QOTD: I’d love something a bit more graphic. We’ve done video contests, web contests. How about the label for the Vayniac Cab or a new T-shirt design?

Under the Jets football? A smaller Jets football?

QOTD: I’d love something a bit more graphic. We’ve done video contests, web contests. How about the label for the Vayniac Cab or a new T-shirt design?

Bring out the missionaries! Who can convert the most people to WLTV…and get them to leave comments. I know there is probably no way to tell who is commenting on who’s behalf. I just want there to be a way to be rewarded for what I’m already doing – converting the masses into Vayniacs.

qotd….i think the prize should be a $5,000.00 dollar shopping spree in wine library….and if they are from a diffrent state…you should fly us over, in first class and take care of our hotel and let us go buck wild at wine library….

Whoa! Pencil wars! Thanks for the memories. Those pencil wars were fun … and I was pretty good in the 5th grade. 🙂

QOTD1: A key
QOTD2: A scavenger hunt for objects in past episodes. Winner gets a mixed case of Gary V personally selected wines

QOTD 1: Jets tickets

QOTD 2: hmmm…blind tasting anything–is it possible?

I guess Jets tickets.

QOTD: Best GV impersonation.

Great Show!
QotD: Under the football? How about a usb flash key with all the contestant’s emails which Mott just printed the slips from.
QotD: I think next time you fly yourself and the winner to the winery of their choice to taste their favorite wine together. That would make a fun episode!
Peace!

QOTD #1 – Either a cork from a special bottle, or the new version of the wristband.

QOTD #2 – Make it a WLTV riddle. Pose a question that is answered in a historical blog so that people have to go back a revisit old episodes.

BAH! I didn’t win.

QTOD: The contest: Film your own version of the WLTV Thundershow. The Prize: 12 months of wine, hand-picked by the man himself, plus a spot on the show, tasting the 12 months of wine– or some of them– no, screw that, all of them!