Wow! You hit a bunch of nails right on the head! Everbody’s taste preferences fall “some place” along a very long preference continuum, and continually changes throughout their life. It is most unlikely that any one person would be at the same place in the continuum as another person who is recommending a particular wine….it could be close or miles away. If your place along the coninuum is substantially away from the person making the recommendation, you are probably in for a major disappointment, even if the recommender is Parker, Spectator, or GV. A high score on a wine does not guarantee that you will like a wine. It only means that if you do happen to like that kind of wine, the odds are improved that you will like the specific recommendation. Therefore, it is very good advice for people to taste the wine themselves before buying, especially if they are inclined to buy a bunch of it. And even if they have tasted it and like it, they need to be aware that their own taste preferences will most likely be changing over the future years.

It is unfortunately, but true, that buying and collecting wine is a “trial and Error” process at best. The good news is that you do tend to get better at it after a number of years of experience and lots of tasting; for instance you begin to recognize that certain advisors tend to match up with your own palate better than others. Use them more often, but still taste.

Great show! Can’t wait to see the next one to see how the wines developed over 24 hours.

qotd: firm cherries.
QOTD: wine, spirits.
love how wine changes over time, epsecially decanted.. but it’s so fun tasting it straight out of the bottle too.. the same wine often tastes like 2 different wines..

qotd: firm cherries.
QOTD: wine, spirits.
love how wine changes over time, epsecially decanted.. but it’s so fun tasting it straight out of the bottle too.. the same wine often tastes like 2 different wines..

Very good episode, but what’s this about only 7 more shows ???

QOTD: Sports, traveling and enjoying a good bottle of wine together with my girlfriend.

Gary, I only started watching WLTV about 20 episodes ago and already integrated it in my day. You can’t stop doing this great thing after episode 399.

By the way, I am unable to play #391 and #392 on my ipod. I read a similar comment by someone else in the comments to #391, so it seems to be a common problem. Did you change anything in the way you record or publish the episodes?

QOTD: Sports, traveling and enjoying a good bottle of wine together with my girlfriend.

Gary, I only started watching WLTV about 20 episodes ago and already integrated it in my day. You can’t stop doing this great thing after episode 399.

By the way, I am unable to play #391 and #392 on my ipod. I read a similar comment by someone else in the comments to #391, so it seems to be a common problem. Did you change anything in the way you record or publish the episodes?

Hey, what the fudge do you mean, 7 more shows. No, freaken way. You have us hooked on the daily WLTV fix. You cant bail on us in 7, no way. Tell us it aint so. And, by the way, where is the Mott T???

Another great show, thanks GV. The reason I come back each day. So thank you.

Great show, GV. Nice little dance around the Torbreck after anouncing JM’s 99 score. Hilarious.

QOTD: Be Happy

QOTD: I like…wait….I LOVE watching Wine Library TV. And of course shopping at Wine Library!!! Which I wil be doing at approx 3:30 today incase you’re around.

Vegas….. funny you should say that. I’m going Wed for a week. Gonna miss the show but will catch up when I return….LOL….actually, it’s a pain to travel with and go through security but I’ll bring my laptop so I can watch and get my fix everyday.

Now…as far as that 7 more show thing……you’ve got to be kidding right?

Don’t let me find out…..

😉

GV – Fun show, thanks! QOTD – read, listen to music, drink wine, hang with me lady, see friends, Packers.

If the Torbeck is so wonderful and “indulging”, then why dump it at the end and not drink it? I would carry Mott’s children just to get a sip of that stuff.

To the viewers: did you know that 30% of your sense of smell is in your mouth? When you sniff wine, do so with your mouth slightly open near the rim of the glass (which is hard to do when your entire nose is in it!) and inhale slowly as you sniff. You’ll open up a whole new door to smelling wine and definitely improve your experience.

GV…

I often get a drastic evolution in long aeration on the Malbec. They gain so much. I hope it is the case with Altamira.

Regarding TCA contamination (corked wines), sometimes you do not get the corked smell. Instead, you can get a partial or extreme suppression of the aromas. Couldn’t be the case Gary?

… 7 episodes left? Yeah, right!

thank you gaary for your honesty wine is your real territory !
qotd : riding my scooter and running on the top of the mountains…

good day at work, coming home to friends and family to cap off the day.
interested to see whether or not the achaval and torbreck goes up, down, or stays the same.
7 more episodes? is there a mott video camera extortion scheme behind the scenes we don’t know about? tell me you’re just teasing please!

QOTD: Food, food, food, Wine, Beer
ONLY 7 more shows????? Did I miss something?
Everyone needs to indulge…… occasionally, even Lizzy.

First time I heard you mention “rootbeer” on the nose. I often smell that myself with certain wines and thought I was crazy.

First time I heard you mention “rootbeer” on the nose. I often smell that myself with certain wines and thought I was crazy.

Everyone, remember the Apple TV he showed us yesterday, “TV”. Get the hint?

GV-you gotta do more than 7 more…what will we do without you??? I taste wine everyday…and hearing you always revives me!!!

Don’t stop changing the wine world!

Firm cherries
Seven more shows??
Really like that you are bringing up drinking a bottle over a few days. This is often what I do, because if I finished a bottle a night I’d be hammered. Also, it is a good way to get a glimpse of what a wine might do if aged over a period of years.
QOTD: I like; sharing a fantastic meal with family and friends, getting out doors and doing something active like riding a bike, boating, skiing. Also, travelling and seeing the world and meeting people.

Have to throw out a big WTF!!!!
7 episodes left here? Going to iTunes?
I guess we will have to wait for the big news.

QOTD. Mine has changed over the last 5 years from cycling, fishing and telemarking to travel to traveling with my wife, traveling with my wife and dog to know staying at home enjoying my wife, dog and 3 month old daughter Aubrey. Sometimes not in that order.
Wine has always played a part and will continue. Maybe just not as much as some of my funds have to go towards the kid.

Thanks for another great informative and opinionated show.
Keep up the good work no matter what medium you choose.

Brad

GV-
Thanks for bringing the thunder today! Can’t wait to hear the news.

QOTD: Live life in the now, cultivating relationships with friends and family.

Cheers,
KP

mint chocolate chip strawberry candy?? Wow!!!!

Well that was a fun little episode. I got to taste a small sample of the ’03 Run Rig a couple years back and I agree – I just can’t pay that kind of price for a bottle, but I’m sure glad I’ve tasted it at least once.