Love to go to ski, meet some mountain goats and drink wine from the unknown bad boys of Europe. Loved seeing a wine maker/family guest on the show and love that Gary is willing to criticise the wines regardless.

Tim Wilson

Love to go to ski, meet some mountain goats and drink wine from the unknown bad boys of Europe. Loved seeing a wine maker/family guest on the show and love that Gary is willing to criticise the wines regardless.

Tim

Another great show, Gary.

QOTD: I’ve been to Switzerland many times; I worked for a company headquartered in Basel and had to go there for meetings regularly. They were always wonderful hosts and, on off hours, took me all over the country by car or by rail. Memories: I remember shopkeepers sweeping the the street in front of their stores when they opened, I remember someone yodeling as they walked to work in the morning, I remember storybook towns like Grindelwalt that were out of a picture book, I remember a revolving restaurant on top of a mountain in the Alps eating cold meats and cheese and drinking wine with an old friend (007 bar). I remember many other things. I’ve been to other countries but I always loved Switzerland.

Great Show, Gary!

Very interesting region. I have not tried any wines from Switzerland, but I am intrigued, though they seem tough QPR’s.

QOTD: I never thought I’d be saying this, but I’d really like to know more about the terroir and how it translates to the bottle! I’d love to come to Switzerland again anyway – Last two times I was there were for the Montreux Jazz festival. Some of the best days of my life!

Hey GV,

What a fantastic featured-guest and winery for today’s WLTV. Like most viewers I haven’t had the opportunity to sample any wines from Switzerland yet, though they certainly appear intriguing.

QOTD – The concept of “terroir” is the primary reason I’d enjoy sampling wines from Switzerland. We’ve all seen the beautiful images of the countryside there and it would be nice to pair some of the visuals with suitable wine-impressions from the same region. It’s always interesting to compare the profile of “local” (Northwest) varietals with their counterparts from around he world. I’d like to see how the Pinot Gris you sampled compares to many I’ve tried from Oregon!

QOTD: I know that it’s named after the canton of Schwyz and I knew what the four languages were before you mentioned them. And of course the Alps and Swiss banks and Zurich and all that. I’d love to visit.

Mark E – GREAT job!!!! The voice you did for the plastic monster is super!!! Thanks!!! 🙂

Gary, did I hear an S-bomb fly? (AJ, Google that s#&%!) With a very lovely guest no-less? Is your brother a bad influence?

QOTD: Nice people, culture, geography and wine apparently. I never thought of Switzerland as a wine country until now.

P.S. – to convert C to F, take the C temp, multiply it by 1.8 and add 32!

QOTD: Would LOVE to visit Switzerland for a month or two. I have a friend who is Swiss. I have another who goes to Europe every summer and always says Switzerland is his favorite European Country. 🙂

Ok….time to book a flight to Switzerland.

QOTD: The chocolate, scenery, culture, architecture, and beauty.

A fun episode — a chance to learn something since I’ve had little exposure to Swiss wines.

QOTD: I visited Switzerland once, and would be pleased to go back. It’s beautiful and a very comfortable place to visit — nice people, easy travel. Our best friends are of Swiss heritage and often serve us raclette or fondue, but we generally have American or German wines with them. I’d love to learn more about Swiss wines and try pairing them with these dishes.

Great show, I didn’t realize that there were Swiss wine out there.

QOTD: Swiss? Chocolate, timepieces and bank accounts…I take a trip to Switzerland when I go to the Black Forrest of Germany.

QOTD: Guess I’m the typical American*… Don’t see Swiss wines at my store, so they must not produce any, right? Well, I’m very glad to say I learned a lot this episode. Very fun and knowledgeable guest.

*Canadian actually

Gary, Great episode. Thanks Sophia!

Hey..What’s her real name…Sophia(on the episode title, Sophie(in the link to email her) or Sophoe (on the actual email address)?

I’ve only ridden a night train through Switzerland from Milan to Heidelberg.. No nothing about Swiss wines and really enjoyed learning about them. I’m going to look for some here in the US but will plan to visit and try the wines there.

That should have been “Know nothing”…sorry.

By the way, Sophie, are you just recently married? I played with my wedding ring just after I was married (decades ago) the way you did on the show today.

Great Show!!!

QOTD: I dont know too much about Switzerland…which is funny because my little sister just spent the last 5 months there at an internship with the W.H.O.. I would definitely love to visit though. I just wonder what the absolute best varietals would be for the climate they have there.

–RH

Great Guest show!

QOTD: I’ve never had much desire to go to switzerland before and really wasn’t aware of the wines. I’ll be looking for swiss wines now and will add it to my list of places to visit.

This Swiss Miss, seemed a bit defensive of her family’s wine…Huh? LOL.

BTW, Gary did you tell her to wear that outfit? Looks like she just jumped out of a Ricola Commerical.

But seriously, great episode. Love learning about wines from non traditional wine countries.

QOTD: Never been to Switzerland, but I’d love to go skiing there.

Great episode, Gary you are contantly educating us! Did you curse, by the way, 4:18 into the program?

QOTD: I work at a small wine store in New York, and we have a Swiss customer who makes your country, and your wines seem simply incredible. Also, I cannot imagine a better spokesperson for your country and its character than the well-spoken, intelligent, and humble Roger Federer. Thanks for sharing your wines!

man….I hate it when the tape dropes out

QOTD; I would love to visit Switzerland, and if there, I would have to try the local wine, even if it is a little spendy. I would never purchase the wine here though. I have visited Germany & Italy, and I love Europe but its pretty hard on the pocketbook. There is just never enough of them Bones!
Thanks for another education on the Thunder show.

What a fun show and I learned the Swiss have their own grape that is very versatile.

QOTD: I already want to visit and now I can look for the wine too.

Enjoyed the show, but there are no swiss wines to be found here (in the states)…the big wine store near me doesn’t carry any, and a search on wine library’s site resulted in none, nada, nichts, aucune, nessuno (trying to be as multi-lingual as the swiss). What’s the point? Just torturing us?