Nice shout to Washington State! I appreciate that as a local wine promoter. You should have worn one of the shirts I sent from WineCOW.com (Wine Connection of Washington). I know you love pushing your own schwag but itâ??s also good to share the love, especially for the featured wine state. It was a gift after all.

Gary, why donâ??t you come on out to the WA! Iâ??ll show you around and weâ??ll taste some great juice and eat some good food.

Columbia Crest may be mass pro but it does offer some quality amongst those millions of bottles of wine.

Insect bloodâ?¦are you serious!!?!? Wow, I wonder what that’s like.

QOTD: New Yearâ??s resâ?¦mmmmâ?¦more effort toward quality food and wine pairing, and of course being a good husband and friend.

No tattoos for me.

Being a ‘Noles fan, I agree with you on Leon Washington.

QOTD: getting through the tasting of the different varietals so I can start collecting the ones I want to drink again. Tonight, I just tasted the 2005 Grimaldi Dolcetto Dâ??alba you reviewed in Episode #311. What an incredible wine. Having forgotten exactly what you said about it, I tasted the same earthy components you described. I need to buy a half case of that wine to see how it evolves over the next several years.

Great show as usual. QOTD: Organize my wine cellar, and actually build some racks rather than keeping them in there boxes.

Great episode.

I play a game when watching the videos – Guess what Gary will say when he tastes the wine just from his facial expressions – it’s fun and I never get it right 🙂

QOTD: Resolution – drink more wines, wines I have never tried before.

Happy New Year to one and all – safe and prosperous.

Great show!

QOTD – I’m tasting through some varietals this year month by month, and doing the research each to back it up. Cab sauv in Jan – some old world, new world, south american, north american, cheap bottles pricey bottles you name it I’m going at it. Really diving into understanding wines this year.

QOTD: work on being better able to identify/describe scents and flavors in the wines I drink.

Nice show G!

QOTD: Not to use hackneyed literary devices in commenting on the state of wine.

New Year’s Resolution. Put together a budget to start trying new wines. Ever since I saw this show I have become FIRED UP about wine! Thanks Gary. I look forward to learning more from you. No barbed wire tattoo.

I’ve been all over the Washington state wines lately. The QPR’s are unreal compared to California. Everyone out there needs to try a pinot noir from Archery Summit, pick one, you can’t go wrong. With the seemingly limitless flavors and great structure you described with the Cougar Crest, i’m surprised the score wasn’t higher. The enthusiasm you exuded has me hoping you didn’t hold it’s price against it. My wine resolution is to have another succesful year of trying 365 different wines.

I got the tattoo, (1994) 18 years old when all I could afford was Old English 800 malt liquor…man that crap made me do some stupid S@#t.
My resolution is to get serious about settling down I would really like to focus more on wine education. I do have some disabilities from when I was serving in the Air Force 12 years ago, and recently since pursuing wine I have found a new passion with no limitation and very accessible. This last year with WLTV has been very exciting and I am especially looking forward to Vayniac Cabernet.
So Gary thanks for 2007 and best wishes in 2008

my new year resolution is to buy more wine.

Love to see you all worked up for a good and a bad wine. That is what it is all about.

QOTD- Keep trying new stuff. New regions and new wineries. Different price points. Buy the Mott Link it Up Tshirt. Keep watching WLTV. GOing to be a busy 2008.

Happy New Year to all and to all a good night.

Gary great episode that cougar sounds awesome. Sorry but i don’t have a barbwire tattoo lol. But i am sure many vayniacs do.

QOTD:
-Start drinking some of the good stuff i have in the wine fridge 🙂

QOTD: To continue buying heavily and enjoying Chateauneuf-du-Pape and other Southern Rhone, while expanding my wine horizon – especially in terms of new world wines, which I know so little about but have been quite intrigued by, since I started watching the show. Especially some of the elegant and not so fruit-bomby over-oaked wines that are apparently being produced, such as Oregon pinots, bordeaux-style Washington state, South Africa… and maybe even break the prejudice and pay more attention to California and Australia, in order to try to understand how so many people love those oak & fake fruit combos, which I’ve never been able to do.

QOTD: to learn as much as I can about wine, still quite inexperienced I must say. Oh and to introduce my mother to real wine she can enjoy. Have to convince her that Arbor Mist Blackberry Merlot is not wine.

QOTD: With so many wines out there, and my inspiration from Gary to try different things (not to mention I love trying new wines), I am going to try to go ALL YEAR without drinking a wine I have had before.

GV: Great episode! I’m lucky to live in Washington State with all of the great wines in my backyard (well, at least close by). Gotta get some Cougar Crest. Columbia Crest has some nice everyday wines reasonably priced. You mentioned touring Walla Walla and Yakima. Also, there are new wineries in the Lake Chelan area (along with nice golf courses), producing wine from estate grapes and Columbia/Yakima valleys. Closer to Seattle are about 30 wineries in Woodinville, using Columbia/Yakima grapes. Most of these are small, boutique wineries with lots of personality and really great product.

QOTD: In 2008 I hope to enjoy more Washington wine as well as wines from unfamiliar regions like Argentina and Spain.

New Year’s Wine Resolution? That’s easy, taste more wine, try new stuff. I’m somewhat new to wine so I still have a lot to learn. Happy and safe new year!

QoTD: My New Year’s Wine Resolution is to be much more structured in my wine tasting, both in documenting, as well as setting a goal of 1-2 wines a week (outside of work).

Like everyone else that watches you, I plan on trying different wines this year. Have a great New Year.

QOTD: My wife, me and another couple from our Well Squozen Grape wine club are taking an RV to Washington for a 10 day winery tour. We have been planning it for a couple of years but it’s just not much fun dragging a pregnant woman around wine country……this year will/should be a go. I also plan on broadening my wifes wine palate a bit along with my own, every month I’m trying at least 6 bottles of a different varietal, blend or region. December was give Merlot another chance month which produced some great results(thank you Napa, Walla Walla, Bordeaux and others)..Cheers and have a wonderful, safe New Years with Family and Friends.

Barb(ed) wire tattoo: I don’t have one of those. I have dragon tattoos instead, hand-drawn by me. I’m seriously considering a Tempest tattoo. “Tempest” = my favorite video arcade game of all time. (Avoid spikes!) That’s how I roll.

QOTD: Change my [Bordeaux & Rhone] to [all other countries & regions] wine ratio from 3:1 to at least 1:3 throughout 2008. It’ll be hard, especially if it means drinking less French merlot and CdP, but I think I can do it.

Cougar Crest: Pffft, like I’ll find that wine anywhere now. Sigh…

New Year’s Eve: Have a safe one, Gary. Happy too, but safe as well.

PS. I also want to fill the rest of my wine room so I can start putting a little bottle age on the wines we drink (150 bottles to go)!

Well I’m working on my law school applications now (which would be DONE if not for WLTV) and I’m hoping to end up on the west coast. My resolution is, in addition to not dropping the ball with law school, finally getting to see the source. I need to spend time in vineyards, and keep trying new things. If my mom asks, though… not failing out of law school.

QOTD: I’m going to try to buy older wines from auction. I don’t have the storage space to age wine, so I’m trying to buy older stuff that’s ready to drink now. Would love to see WL offer more older bottles like the 88 Chateau Beausejour Becot. Great stuff!

Keep up the great work in 2008 GV!