I have no fun fact and I can’t think of anything cool to say so I won’t say anything. I just need to leave a comment to support the show. Later vanyiacs.

QOTD: My whole life is full of fun facts… let’s see…
Well, I once told Academy Award winning actor Geoffrey Rush that when I drink red wine, I can’t feel my legs. He then promptly asked me out on a date. 😉
It was a cute and magical moment in my life.
(by the way, this was about 7 years ago, before I really knew anything about wine… I have since felt my legs most of the time while consuming red wine.)

Impatiantly waiting for my next wine delivery. New Vayniac here.

QOTD: Santa GaryVee is giving away great gifts!

Fun fact: Male Hippos shower each other with urine and feces when determining territories. Weeeeeeeeee!

QotD: Fun Facts of the Day: Richie Havens was chosen to open 1969’s Woodstock because other bands couldn’t get to the venue. Havens’ acoustic style and limited “stuff” [all he really needs is a guitar] made him able to be flown in by helicopter. The Grateful Dead consider Woodstock to be one of their worst shows ever. Their short set was plagued by problems including Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir getting shocked every time they touched their guitars.

Fun Fact: In Denmark (in Scandinavia) there are more than 23 commercial winegrowers. Thanks for a great show!
Regards from a danish wine-enthusiast in the northern part of Europe

I haven’t much explored Italian wines and Ripassos not at all. My curiosity is piqued…
Fun fact: The B1B Lancer is the only bomber that can pull 3G combat maneuvers. This courtesy of Air and Space magazine and my 15-yr-old son. I learn something new every day.
[It trumped the comparatively mundane fact that horses each produce abt 50lbs of manure per day]. ; )

Hang out in Venice for a week and you’ll taste some great local wines.

QOTD: Fun fact of the day, pairing good craft beer with the right food can make just as big of a difference as pairing great wine with the right foods.

FFOTD: Dallas Mav’s are going to bring the thunder and win it all this year.

(Please get well soon Dirk… please!)

The Jets recently hired Bill Callihan as an assistant coach. Bill was the Head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers last year. The last two big Jet pick ups from the Huskers: Scott Frost 98-01 and Johnny Mitchel 92-95. Neither that successful overall. So fact of the day: when the Jets bring on a Huskers to the team it does not translate to a Super Bowl…bad news for next year.

The Jets recently hired Bill Callihan as an assistant coach. Bill was the Head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers last year. The last two big Jet pick ups from the Huskers: Scott Frost 98-01 and Johnny Mitchel 92-95. Neither that successful overall. So fact of the day: when the Jets bring on a Huskers to the team it does not translate to a Super Bowl…bad news for next year.

If you’re going to have a different varietal every night be sure to take some notes. When we go out to dinner we often order wines that we’ve never had. Problem is, we forget what they were.

QOTD: My fave piece of trivia. Tom Seaver’s first name is GEORGE.

Great show Gary! Fun Fact-some of the most interesting new World Rhone Blends are coming out of Paso Robles, CA–check out the Rhone Rangers.

Great show Gary! Fun Fact-some of the most interesting new World Rhone Blends are coming out of Paso Robles, CA–check out the Rhone Rangers.

QOTD: Did you know that Panama has the Atlantic Ocean to the North and the Pacific Ocean to the South?

FFotD: It’s not nearly as hard as one would think to make your own wine. That said, it will take a while to make the wine interesting, rather than just drinkable. But there are kits out there with some pretty decent juice, and they’ll end up costing you 2-5 bucks a bottle, if you don’t factor in your time.

Here’s a fun fact… I (Andy) am a microbiologist. That’s not the fun fact, here goes… just like wines you can get to know different bacteria by the way they smell. Staph aureus (you may know this as MRSA since it’s been in the news) smells just like sweaty socks. Proteus mirabilis smells exactly like chocolate cake. Pseudomonas aeruginosa smells like very fruity grapes. Most importantly to this discussion however is that Klebsiella pneumoniae smells a lot like some Cabernet Sauvignons to me. Gary, you’ll have to go check out a microbiology lab sometime. I think you would get a real kick out of smelling the differences in bacteria since you like to smell and taste weird things all the time. Great episode Gary and thanks for all you do!

gary, you mentioned wanting to decant a wine and try it the next day. you should do that more often, i think it would be of value to all.

Hi Gary!
QOTD: Office workers check their email an average of 30-40 times an hour. I dunno if that’s fun but it’s kinda interesting.

While channel surfing last nite i discovered a cool way of getting out red wine stains-a 50/50 mix of Dawn liquid soap and hydrogen peroxide…apparently you HAVE to use Dawn….not Palmolive or Joy, etc..

How about trying that on the Thunder Show!!! Heck I’d even drive the 90 miles and test it out with ya!!!!

Frankly,since you don’t ship to my state I seldom watch anymore unless you are tasting something I own or am curious about.Just being honest

Frankly,since you don’t ship to my state I seldom watch anymore unless you are tasting something I own or am curious about.Just being honest

I have had several different ripassos before. Started on Zenato 2003, great wine. Hot year 2003, so pretty sweet. But apparently Zenato has became this national brand, the quality has been going down. I think there are much better ripassos out there right now, around the same price range.

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Dallas Cowboys are going to be super bowl champs next season