Glad you’re back, Gary. I missed the show more than I could imagine! Enough so that you got a lurker to come out for the first time.

I like Nero D’avola a lot, it’s a great bargain wine.

No wine vacation for me this year, unless going to the local wineries 45 minutes away counts. I will be visiting Chicago in a month and I’m certainly going to hit up some of the big stores there.

Great to have you back Gary, just one thing tho… if you are gonna stop using the sniffy sniff, you also need to stop taking about the Jets OK… didn’t think so:P

QOTD: Well as you all ready know I’m going to either Sicily or Burgundy this summer for 1 month to work.

GV, great to have you back! I loved the extensive look at the Tasca Dâ??almerita’s color profile. Well done!

OOTD- Tuscany,Venice, and a cruise that stops in Sicily, and assorted Italian stops ending up in Greece.

Good show! I missed your show last week. I am glad you are back.

QOTD: Aside from visiting and experiencing the Niagra region and Ontario (since I’m moving there!) which will be a pretty big deal in and of itself, and totally new to me — I will first be making the WLTV pilgrimage! 😉 It’s going to be a great year!

Melcome back GV No specific wine plans for the new year, except continuing to drink them

matt you’ve got the ability to replace soon the wine prince 🙂
QOTD : what about going to sicily for a wine tour… ?

Nice to have you back GVNC! Hope you had a decent vacation. You should have Mott co-host more often with you. A little on camera interaction is a good thing.

QOTD: Lot’s of wine plans this year!
-Napa in July.
-I’ll try and catch one of the Wine Enthusiast Toast Events…maybe Chicago.
-Italy is on my list every year, but with the week dollar who knows?!?!
-Probably a New York Finger Lakes tour.
-And of course Wine Library…time to hook it up GV!

Great show! I love Morgante Nero D’avola nad I’ve had several others in the sub-$15 price range that are really good as well.

QOTD: I have been threatening to make a trip from Cleveland to visit the Wine Library. 🙂

I am considering either a trip to Oregon/Washington State or, possibly, a trip with Mat Garretson to the Rhone – but that one’s kind of pricey. We shall see…

🙁 Brett Farve Clemens-esk????????????????? Them is fightn’ words buddyboy…. if I didn’t feel so darn sorry for your Jets sorry ass I’d bloody your nose!!! (ok,, just kidding)

QOTD: Wine trip to Italy for 10 days in October,,, so I’m not buying any wine this year to save up for the trip

Got me so darn upset I spelled Favre wrong,,,

Mott, you are the man! Congrats to your GMen. Unlike Gary, I would look forward to the Pats – Gmen in the super bowl.

QOTD: Nothing. But I will be starting the tasting season in a couple of months, so I guess that counts for something.

QOTD: Going to New Zealand for my WSET Advanced Course and some NZ wine immersion. It is not a real vacation, but I bet it is going to be loads of fun.

QOTD: Going to New Zealand for my WSET Advanced Course and some NZ wine immersion. It is not a real vacation, but I bet it is going to be loads of fun.

Welcome back Gary. You gave me a good scare there for a moment. Don’t think I could have taken a Mott hosted episode. Now that I have my fix, I’m feeling a lot better.

QOTD: Don’t really have a wine vacation trip planned. I do plan on to take a couple of day trips to a couple of local New Jersey wineries.

Welcome back GARY!!!
QOTD – next month I will be in Reims drinking Champagne

Welcome back Gary.

QOTD: No wine region as of yet, maybe visit friends in Sonoma, just a trip to Lake Trinity. There WILL be wine involved.

Mott, GREAT SHOW! Who the hell was that other guy on there?
Oh, wait , I remember HIM!

QOTD: I don’t have one yet. I would like to go on a wine tasting extravaganza weekend, as I have never had such an excursion!? Any pointer/tips/etiquette for A Wine n00b? I live in the Denver CO area, so lem’me know!

Welcome Back Guys!

-Chris

Nero d’Avola is one of my favourite value driven grapes. Especially in that $10 region

Gary/Mott – It’s good to see ya’ll back with obviously no rust on the wheels from a week off. We were all going through the DTs out here in WLTV land.

QOTD: We already have a trip planned to concentrate on Russian River Valley this year (beginning of April).

PS – you can’t drop sniffy sniff. It’ll be like the Green Hornet saying sayonara to Kato.

Welcome back G-man. I must tell you, it was tough going a week without the Thunder Show. Great intro with the Mottster Man. And what are you going to replace “sniffy sniff” with? Snorty snort???? I dont think so.

QOTD: Try to explore more of the North Carolina wines and hopefully find some worth recommending to the Thundershow.

Hi Gary

Good to have you back in the saddle! Sicily has a lot of hidde treasures but a lot of crap, as well. Chardonnay from Planeta is a bomb and inexpensive. Grillo is a very good native white varietal. Morgante is an all time classic. It is always worth it to try something from Sicily. It has the sun and the reflexions from the sea inside.

Jersey Girl…. I live in New Hampshire, but am fascinated by wines from cold hardy grapes. The “holy grail” of northern winemakers is a really good red wine made from such grapes, and they are getting close in Minnesota. Alexis Bailly Winery makes a wine called “Voyager”, which, I think, is a blend of Frontenac,, a cold hardy grape developed in Minnesota, and Merlot, kept alive by burrying the vines in the winter. It is very good! Conell has developed a grape called “Noiret” which is said to have a great future, but I’ve yet to taste any. Tell us what you find when you get back! My email is [email protected]. I’m an old Wine Educator.

QOTD: 2008 wine trip- drive up to NJ, stop in at the Wine Library and fill my trunk with as many wine bottles as I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!