QOTD: Honestly? My fee to Match.com. I met my wife through that site. A lot of my friends were giving me grief about going on the site. In the end, the fee was a pittance.

Nice show, Gary. It’s good that 2004s haven’t been forgotten.

I bought some 1930’s HOF gum cards that I flipped for double.

I’m craving for Bordeaux now 🙂

QOTD: I bought some 2004’s to put away and am glad I did.

QOTD: I bought a large bunch of mangy looking orchids last year from a guy who cleaned out his garden for less than $20. Most didn’t have blooms, and now that they are flowering, I can see what I got which ended up being some hybrids and unique ones he was playing with. Sasha, this ones for you.

Mahalo

GV – Fun show man! QOTD – Early in my wine drinking I saw three bottles of 2000 Ch. Laforge at a grocery store with a price tag of $20 each. Thinking this was wrong – I bought all 3. Now – Laforge isn’t my favorite, but I still like it (having one of the 3 recently) – but I was happy I got this these for $20!

QOTD: Darcey was MY gut feeling … and it was a controversial move to “be together” with her … but I know it was not and will never be a mistake.

Great show! QOTD: My mandolin a few years ago. I love bluegrass!

Great show – loved the description on the Haut Brisson. A recent gut feeling accquistion was my dog, who I adopted in June. Although he just peed on my floor for no reason, it was one of the best gut decisions I’ve ever made.
By the way, are you considering doing some more kosher wines soon? I realize Passover is still a bit away, but Purim is another big drinking holiday, so thought you might be interested in some new kosher finds. I work as a sommelier at a kosher restaurant, and would be happy to give you some good leads.
Best,
Harry

I find that I rarely buy wine because of a gut feeling. I just don’t have the money to do that. I often ask the people working at the wine shop for recommendations between a couple different wines, and/or I will do some research. I did buy a bottle of Amon Ra Shiraz 2006 recently, but I won’t be drinking that for another decade or so. Great show Gary and Mott. We love you too Mott.

Awesome show. I’m buying the ’04’s.

I had a gut feeling about trying some “local” British Columbia wines when I was in Vancouver. Loved them! Of course Vancouver is an beautiful and fun city, so that probably didn’t hurt!

QOTD: Best gut feelin’ purchase… my wife’s engagement/wedding ring. Turns out my gut was BAAAANG on!

Side note:
Cheer up GV! Ya still seem a li’l down. If I don’t get that, “HEEEEELLO EVERYBODY!!!!…” in the morning I might start drinking Drano (and not to expand my pal). Juuuust kiddin’!

… seriously though. 🙂

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*NEVER EVER EVER drink drano… gotta love your pal 😉

my favorite gut purchases have been some masks–native art, really, that I’ve bought while travelling. Now that they’re up on my wall, they remind me of both my travels, and the way people live in the rest of the world. They help me appreciate what I have every single time I pass by them. And they’re beautiful to look at.

Yo Gee…..What do Ya mean “Wine ain’t a necessity”………
WHAAAAAAAT?????…….. 🙂
FAAAAAANTAAAAASTIC Episode !!!!! Ya got me cravin’ Bordeaux,
Big Time!!! Thaaank Yoooou, Gee !!!!

QOTD: Best gut-feel purchase??…..i’m comin’ up blank…….
Now, Worst gut-feel purchase…..got a lot of dhose……. 🙂

Jumping on that Haut-Brisson as we speak!

QOTD: Best “gut feel” purchase? Marvel Comics stock (MVL). Bought a ton at a buck-sixty back in 2001. Nothing like a 2,000% return on investment, I always say!

Paul in VA

Hey, picked up some 2004’s during your post holiday super sale. Those were good purchases I must say. Great show Gman.

My best wine deal will probably be the 2004 wine futures I bought 18 months ago. My best financial deal would be my house which I bought 12 years ago and has doubled in value. I have only 3 more years to go and it will be completly paid for; not bad considering that I will not be retiring for at least 25 more years.

QOTD: Best gut feeling…knowing I was pregnant.

QOTD: The best gut feeling that I have had was when my wife I and decided to purchase our first house.

I just sat down for an hour and watched your shows…

QOTD: Best gut purchase? I bought a copy of the movie “The Big Lebowski” once when I saw it in the store, even though I didn’t know much about it. Now it’s one of my favorites, and one of those rare films you can watch multiple times without getting sick of it… in fact, it only gets funnier.

Wine-related gut purchase? Probably the 2001’s I bought, which included the Pape Clement.

Amazing show as always. I have had a few 2004 Bordeaux, and truly enjoyed.

QOTD: Just recently I bought a $45 Gewurztraminer from Alto Adige that I just really believed I needed to try. I haven’t opened it yet, so can’t say if that was a good gut feeling!

Good: picked up a bottle of Glendronach 1968 when I was visiting my brother in Ohio. Only 20% of what it is being sold for out here in LA

But even better: I met a girl who was on a business trip, I had a feeling I should get her number and two years later I proposed.

Great question Gary. My biggest gut-feel purchase happened this year at your place when I bought a case of 2005 La Mission Haut Brion futures from you. I won’t say how much I paid but it was expensive relative to what I normally buy. The reason I bought it is because the Pessac Leognan is really oustanding that year (maybe best ever?) and given what first growths are going for from that year, I felt it was undervalued. I guess we’ll see what happens, eh?

QOTD: saying “yes” to my hubs of 10 years. There were a whole lot of people asking “Why”, but we just followed our hearts (and I followed my gut). I’m not saying it’s been easy as pie, but it’s definitely been one hell of ride! 🙂