How could I stay mad at a face like that? I mean it’s so round it’s almost like Sputnik, spherical yet quite pointy in parts.

Great show. Never even heard of this type of wine. My wine knowledge just continues to grow and grow.

Thanks!

I am a new viewer, with only a dozen or so episodes under my belt, but I know a good thing when I see it. I love this show, and I am very happy, and thankful that you are going to be staying on for a while.

QOTD: Relaxing with a glass of wine after a long day where you know without a doubt that you gave it your best, all 24 hours.

Great to see you came to your senses! 😉

qotd: Learning… enjoying… taking it in… French, Spanish, opera, birds, wine, baseball. Looking for new ways to see and understand the world. So much, so little…

Yah can’t run from the fame, your just meant to be a star G-Man. Just don’t pull a Britney on us, stay you. We it like it that way.

QOTD: Going to Italy as a teen. Happened as a fluke, and forever changed my outlook on life and love.

QOTD: moved from Montana to NYC after college… So glad you’re continuing with WLTV, though I do wonder how you do so much in a day, along with all the travel your job must demand. Keep up the great work! PS: stopping by your shop tomorrow to pick up a case I ordered and I’m very much looking forward to seeing the place…

Gary .. very glad to hear you are going to continue the show. I’m a semi-lurker coming out of the shadows! Keep up the great, informative and always entertaining show.

Gary .. very glad to hear you are going to continue the show. I’m a semi-lurker coming out of the shadows! Keep up the great, informative and always entertaining show.

Yay! I do feel much better now.

So- where’s the ‘Mott, Link it Up!’ tee? How can I possibly send in a picture without the proper attire?!!

QOTD: non-family involved, hmm… I guess that would be putting myself through UVM’s School of Nursing, way back when.

QOTD: Hard to say, as most great events in my life involve family, but I would have to say having the nerve to drive a car stuffed with all my worldly possessions from PA to WI as a 22 year old to continue my engineering studies, without a place to live and not knowing a soul. Five years later, I had a Ph.D., and became engaged on my graduation day!

By the way, if any Vayniacs are considering a vacation to Italy, you MUST GO TO UMBRIA! Stunningly beautiful and less crowded with tourists than Tuscany. Orvieto, Assisi, Gubbio, and Deruta (pottery shopping) are definitely worth seeing.

It’s a tie between pedaling my bike up the Col du Galibier (famous climb in the Tour de France) and being a contestant on Jeopardy. Both hugely exciting. But I REALLY wanna write about Sagrantino! Had my first – before I was much into wine – in Assisi in a lovely restaurant “San Francesco” overlooking the Basilica of St Francis. Having read my Umbrian guidebooks, I knew of Montefalco and their wine, so I ordered a bottle and absolutely loved. That wine experience more than any other in my life ignited my passion for wine. In a couple of months my 1000-bottle wine cellar will be complete, and that leads to a question for Gary: what about the ageability of these wines? Strongly tannic wines I know tend to age well. I’m sitting on a couple of Paola Bea’s and three Arnaldo Caprai “25 Anni” bottles. Am I wrong to let these age 10+ years?

GV: Wowâ?¦.. I think we are all thrilled youâ??re going to keep WLTVing. And, I think we know what a commitment / effort this is for you in addition to running your business. And Mott, should get a little credit because I know heâ??s not throwing the tape in the Beta Max. Wow did I date myself!

QOTD: Ummmmmmm Motorcycle touring with guys I worked with.

Thanks for sticking around a little longer. We all should realize this great trip won’t last forever; we better learn from Gary and pay more attention to how he does what he does while he is still willing to teach us. More than likely, we will never attain his skill level, but for myself, I will continue to work at it, since this is an endeavor and passion that is really enjoyable and can be quite costly.
Too often in life we don’t realize how good it is until it is gone, so to all the V’s out there, heed this word of caution…it won’t last. So let us learn as much as we can from the most informative and enjoyable teacher in the present day wine world!

QOTD: Probably spending time helping families and residents that had Alzheimer’s.

Gary I’m SO glad to hear that your sticking around! Your passion and excitement are contagious. Thank you so much.

QOTD: Scrambling up a waterfall in Yosemite National Park.

Man, I miss a few episodes, and all this madness happens?! Good to hear that you’re not leaving us though, Gary. That would have been some very unhappy news.

QOTD: My first book tour in 2000. Hey, and I write technical books! 😉

Gary I’m so glad that you decided to keep doing the show! When I’m having a bad day, I can always count on you to make me laugh. I know everyone at the winery where I work will also be happy with this news. I’ve been a lurker for over a year, but no more lurking for me, baby!

Gary – I feel mixed about this. I did a local tv show years ago (web 2.0 before the web). I loved that show and it made me molto famous on at a very local level. But it was a slog. I got tired. We did the whole thing – soup to nuts – week in and week out and it started to get me down. At two years, I had to pull the plug. There was other stuff I wanted to do. If you need to walk away, then you need to walk away. You’ll come back, and be better for it.

Gary, thanks for answering my Facebook question, very cool of you… I can understand that there are many demands on you at this point.. we enjoy your show so much and appreciate your efforts for our entertainment and amusement and education… and realize you are a bit of a born entertainer and get off of it some too :-). Love ya!
QOTD: Fave non-family thing? Hmmm… well I’m a movie junkie, like hikes, shopping, reading, political action, reading, dunno, guess I’m kind of a nerd. Oh yeah, watching that Pats/Red Sox has been a thrill lately because growing up it was generally painful.

Gary, thanks for answering my Facebook question, very cool of you… I can understand that there are many demands on you at this point.. we enjoy your show so much and appreciate your efforts for our entertainment and amusement and education… and realize you are a bit of a born entertainer and get off of it some too :-). Love ya!
QOTD: Fave non-family thing? Hmmm… well I’m a movie junkie, like hikes, shopping, reading, political action, reading, dunno, guess I’m kind of a nerd. Oh yeah, watching that Pats/Red Sox has been a thrill lately because growing up it was generally painful.

QOTD: Well, I’d like to say WLTV, but since we’re all family here I can’t go with that.

I understand the problems that can arise when you’re committed to one project too many — but if you have to give one up, I hope it’s not going to be the one that earns you a place among the top 20 things to be happy about in this life!

QOTD: After being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 8 years ago, I lost a lot of weight, started exercising a lot, achieved normal blood sugar in a few months, and have maintained normal blood sugar ever since, WITHOUT taking any medications. The best-kept secret about diabetes is that it’s quite possible to do this, if you change your habits enough. Almost no one actually does this, so doctors tend to talk as if it can’t be done — but if doctors keep talking that way, patients won’t try. Anyway, my love of wine was NOT one of the things I needed to change, and I haven’t changed it! Right now I’m training for a marathon I’ll be running in Napa, in early March. By the time all this cold rain stops I’ll be running down Silverado Trail past a lot of beautiful vineyards, and I’m going to make sure there’s a friend waiting for me at the finish line with a bottle of something really good.

Woo-hoo! Nice to know you’ll be around for a few more episodes…

QOTD: Singing on the stage of some of the coolest opera houses in the world with some of the most diverse and interesting people (outside of my extended Vayniac Family!)

So happy right now, so happy.

Wow, too bad the Paolo is sold out, I was going to can dinner and going out tonight for that baby.

QOTD: Being a part of the Obama campaign for over a year now– amazing. And WL, of course!

Yeah baby thunder-show is going forever. For some reason I thought you were going to tell us that Lizzy was pregnant and you needed time. I think the thunder show going on is a great but close second.

QOTD: Best non family thing I have ever done was help homeless children get off the street. It is a wonderful charity that you should seek out. You put a purple Stand Up For Kids shirt on and hand out food, cleaning supplies and bring homeless children into foster care. If you want a life changing event do this they have it in almost every state.