QOTD: The Vayniacs become the soccer moms of the 2008 election, forcing candidates to trust their own palates rather than focus groups and thus changing American politics forever.

QOTD: I predict that the “Mott, Link it up” T-shirt will out sell all other merchandise except the vino.

This show was the essence of the Thudershow…..”Mott, Link it up!!”

Great show as usual. I think the show will be essentially similar in 08 with mild modifications..It’d be good to keep it under 20 min and choose as much as possible the widely available wines..Having guests on a regular basis would be great. I think it’d be very interesting -for the viewers and for yourself – to have a blind tasting show once per week. Keep it up G.
Cheers and happy holidays

Great show as usual. I think the show will be essentially similar in 08 with mild modifications..It’d be good to keep it under 20 min and choose as much as possible the widely available wines..Having guests on a regular basis would be great. I think it’d be very interesting -for the viewers and for yourself – to have a blind tasting show once per week. Keep it up G.
Cheers and happy holidays

QOTD I think you.ll add greater depth for the show by having more guests, and creating as always the super energy you convey for wines- and maybe even the Jets will win!!

QOTD I think you.ll add greater depth for the show by having more guests, and creating as always the super energy you convey for wines- and maybe even the Jets will win!!

Hey G., what happened to the drawing for the big fat 6L Silver Oak?

QOTD you will break the camera lense with a cork.
You or Mott will let a loud fart loose on an episode.

Love the 1980’s NWA wrestling metatphors, keep em coming Garry.

QOTD” Prediction for 2008 is that Gary will be picked up by the Food Network, become immensely popular and then get his own day time talk show. In otherwords, he’ll be the new Rachel Ray. By January 2009 he’ll be doing those annoying Dunkin Donuts commercials.

QOTD: “Mott link it up” becomes more popular than “Don’t tase me Bro”

I don’t know what you’re going to be doing in 2008, but if you lose your credibility, you’re going to be shit.

Great show. Focused yet you still had time for your entertaining sidewinding metaphors.

QOTD:
Mott will leave the show when he gets recruited as cinematographer for Spielberg’s next film.
“Mott, Link it up” t-shirts will then skyrocket in value as if they were 2005 premier grand crus.
You will make a terrible effort to record you own theme song. We’ll all make fun of you for it.
Seriously:
GV becomes a daddy and the thundershow has some episodes recorded in your basement, then moves to a two or three day a week show.
The show will have more guests and more off-site recordings.
I’ll keep watching and commenting.

In the year two thousand and eight I predict that the thunder show will have Robert Parker as a guest wherein Mr. Parker will confess that he secretly admires and is obsessed with the thunder show and GV, and also publicly concedes that he has been deposed as the king of all wine by GV.

Thought it was a great show today. I would love to see 2008 be what you have been doing with the show over the past couple of months. Really enjoy the off site episodes (cellar, wine bars, etc.) and the guests. I have to say that I miss the laid back Friday and answering our questions. To be honest, it would make me sad if you decide to go to TV. Not sure why, but I do think that the internet is the perfect medium for the show.

I was drinking club soda and listening to your description of the Clio wine, it made me laugh so hard and suddenly that the bubbles went up my nose. (I gave the club soda a 94) Great show. 2008 will catapult you into some serious super stardom w/gigantor celebrity guest hosts, your own line of sunglasses, a guest appearance on SNL and posers popping up everywhere trying to steal your thunder. 🙂

QOTD: welp, I could see the thunder show getting picked up by FoodTV or something similar, but I think that might not be such a good thing. The interactive-ness of the show as it is now is what makes it so freakin cool IMHO. How the heck are ya gonna say “Mott, link it up!!” on FoodTV? I see the show taking off – on stage6, on joost, more internet exposure. I also imagine GV having a tough time not becoming just another guy people look to for ratings. Keep up the great job boys. And bring on the Mott, link it up shirt!

Great show! Yes, I have been one of the lurkers, am coming out now. I predict that in 2008 your online viewer base will triple. Your show is high energy and made sor those of us who aren’t “som’s”, but love wines of all shapes and sizes. Taking my Vay-Ner-Chuck list to the wine store with me tomorrow, will let you know what I think of the wines we decide on! Keep up the great work! Shouts to all the people behind the scenes who make it come together!

-Chris
Denver, CO

Great show, Gary!! QOD: Maybe a field trip once a week. The cellar/wine bar episodes were radool and ridonculous! Loved those. Maybe each week you take us on a field trip to a ‘Winery ‘O The Week’ and we do a tour. OR…in ’08 you become a vintner yourself…it’s all good. :}

I think the “Link it up Mott” is a cool T-Shirt idea, but I agree that it might not do that well, at least yet.

QOTD: WLTV will continue producing 5 episodes per week for the first few months of 2008 but a busy schedule as well as other commitments will steal GV’s time away from producing daily shows by April or May. Vayniacs will not fret though, as the quality of the shows will be even higher than before and the time GV spends on other commitments will benefit all of us viewers. WLTV will continue entertaining , educating, and changing the wine world. I wish you the best.

Happy Holidays!

QOTD – more or less status quo, except bigger web audience and no movement into TV. gary, i think if you were on TV, your style will get diluted to attract a bigger, more lucrative but definitely less cool audience. then you’ll fade away into mediocrity and eventual cancellation, like emeril live. and that would completely suck!

I predict the thunder show will be more of the same, or at least I hope. Honest, fun, entertaining, informative, and mostly humble to the fact that it is just wine, and in the grand scheme of things enjoy life to the fullest with the people that matter. And yes, Mott link that up!!!!
(C’mon Gary, not the first time I have left that)

You get your own show on cable, where you become bigger than Martha Stewart. With your own product lines of everything wine related and a magazine of course. I WANT A MOTT LINK IT UP TSHIRT TOO. Especially since I can’t get anything else from you here in WI.
FAVRE 4 EVER , LINK THAT UP SUCKA

Today’s show was great. Cloudl reall see how you were into it. Not that you aren’t always into into it, but there was definitely an electricity about today show.

QOTD: I would imagine that things would be a bit bigger by this time next year. More apps, more followers, and more lurkers. But most of all, by this time next year I will know a lot more anout wine. That is my prediction. Thanks Gary!

qotd – more changing of the wine world
ps – i agree with all comments referring to laid back friday on the couch, we need more of that

Great show – the only thing I regret is not being able to buy a lot of the wines you show as I live in Cyprus.

QOTD
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1. TVWL continues to kick some serious derriere in 2008
2. LINK IT UP MOTT T-shirts become a great success and exceed sales of 100,000
3. GV will do the show in different countries
4. GV will become a daddy – baby will have bottle shaped milk bottle to prepare him for later life
5. WLTV will give away a $10,000 bottle of wine sponsored by a company
6. The Jets will win a few games

Keep on Bringing the Thunder!