How about some shows that move away from evaluating wine and focus on the concept of selecting wine?

One thing I’m always faced with is finding a good sipping/drinking wine for before a meal. A similar concern is wines that we know we’ll pop and pour – what would characteristics would you suggest looking for? Pull a couple bottles you haven’t tried, based on that criteria, and tell us how you do – why the work or don’t.

Another idea would be to try and pair a wine to a food. Sometimes you try for similarity, sometimes contrast. How do you make calculated guesses when confronted with unfamiliar selections? How do you make unconventional decisions that end up being homeruns?

You’re doing a great job helping us define our palates, I think it would be interesting and helpful to help define buying patterns too.

Just a thought.

How about some shows that move away from evaluating wine and focus on the concept of selecting wine?

One thing I’m always faced with is finding a good sipping/drinking wine for before a meal. A similar concern is wines that we know we’ll pop and pour – what would characteristics would you suggest looking for? Pull a couple bottles you haven’t tried, based on that criteria, and tell us how you do – why the work or don’t.

Another idea would be to try and pair a wine to a food. Sometimes you try for similarity, sometimes contrast. How do you make calculated guesses when confronted with unfamiliar selections? How do you make unconventional decisions that end up being homeruns?

You’re doing a great job helping us define our palates, I think it would be interesting and helpful to help define buying patterns too.

Just a thought.

PINOTAGE

QOTD:

1. Get it on Oprah
2. Drop books from helicopters onto wine festivals
3. Get it into restaurants – give a stash to sommeliers to slip patrons
4. Vice-versa get it to somms from your street teams
5. Drop a few $250 WL shopping spree coupons in a few books…
6. Accept yellowtail and 2-buck-chuck corks for book discounts
7. Have Parker rate it a 96-100
8. Sexy wheat-paste poster campaign NYC
9. Have guerrilla street teams ambush tastings w/ posters & stickers
10. Make them rare – only release 500 copies, generate all kinds of hype, then throw the rest up on ebay for $100 each. Give the auction $$$ to charity.

QOTD2: MORE BLIND TASTINGS!

One word —- OPRAH!!!!

Get CAA working for you man!!

Gary, Seriously….actully, maybe I should say Siriusly….what about an apperance on Howard Stern? Huge audience…Howard drinks wine…it’s not as crazy as it sounds!!

QOTD 1: been thinking about it since you tweeted yesterday…still coming up empty. Some kind of Twitter tag? Maybe a WLTV impersonation contest? Though, I’m not sure how either will reach non-Vayniacs.

I am having the same problem driving traffic to my Radiohead contest entry!!! (hint, hint…click my USERNAME!!)

QOTD 2: I’m still waiting on a vegan wine episode!

BTW, You’re up to 1292 wines tasted on WLTV including todays EP.

I keep a tally of how many wines you’ve tasted at the top of the SS….where the “ABBREVIATION KEY” is. So yo can always look there to see where you’re at.

Rocking show man!!

QOTD: maybe you can make business cards with advertisement for both WLTV and the book, I go to a lot of wine tastings and I could pass them out??

QOTD: how about another show on port wine??

QOTD 1: Get distribution of the book in Wine stores. Do a book signing for your customers.

QOTD 2: More verticals – how about of Americas Cabs?

As much as it’s fun to hear you butcher foreign wine names…

Sabores: Sa-BOAR-rays

Go on Jimmy Kimmel or Conan again to promote the book, that would be sweet! The Howard Stern idea isn’t too far fetched either.

Read some of your book on WLTV. You know, just a few pages, a teaser. Have a wine tasting and book signing at a really good wine bar. Or, I don’t know, hire Hulk Hogan as your spoke person.
As far as what to do next week…I sure would like to find some organic wines that tasted good. Is there such a thing?

It’s a tough task to get back up into the top 100. I love the Willy Wonka idea someone had above.

QOTD 2: I really enjoyed your beer episode a while back and would like to see another one. There are so many great styles out there. It’s nice change of pace.

Luv da zins——-how about a South American white taste-off

Luv da zins——-how about a South American white taste-off

Yo Gee , Looooooove dat Zin !!!!

QOTD1: i ain’t got NO “market savvy”……so can’t help Ya dhere………

QOTD2: How ’bout dat Vosne-Romanee Episode???……huh?……huh?…….
huh???……… 🙂

QOTD1: I agree with whoever said Oprah.
QOTD2: Dessert wine show! maybe with a steak pairing like i had asked months ago (reminder)

QOTD1: I agree with whoever said Oprah.
QOTD2: Dessert wine show! maybe with a steak pairing like i had asked months ago (reminder)

QOTD 1: It all depends on how much you want to spend on self promotion. I think the “send in a receipt and get something from WLTV” is a great idea. Perhaps you could offer a special free shipping WLTV secret tasting pack – a tasting pack culled from some of the 101 wines you discuss in the book – and then do a show based upon them. People have to submit a receipt from Amazon to qualify for the free-ship pack.

QOTD 2: A 2005 Bordeaux vs Napa Meritage death match.

Great Show!!!

QOTD: Maybe throw up some random posters in big cities in just odd but well seen places promoting the book (similar strategy but without the negative impact that the mooninites had in Boston).

What I would really like to see this week is more Petit Syrah tastings, Lebanese wine tastings, and smaller, more boutique-style Napa cab tastings. Also, feel free to do a Chateau Petrus and Ausone tasting….Im just dying to hear your tasting notes on wines of that caliber, both in price and reputation.

–RH

I LOVE Zins and there are so many out here in Cali, from the Jammy to the spicey. You mention you might be on a roll again with Zins, thry some from Paso Robles and the Amador Foothills region. Not only will they be great, but way better in Price than Napa and Sonoma!!

What’s the goal in book sales?

I LOVE Zins and there are so many out here in Cali, from the Jammy to the spicey. You mention you might be on a roll again with Zins, thry some from Paso Robles and the Amador Foothills region. Not only will they be great, but way better in Price than Napa and Sonoma!!

What’s the goal in book sales?

get on the Stern show (my Sirius stock needs a bump!)
get the book onto wine.woot.com

BIG show: for educational purposes, red grapes & core characteristics. Arrange from mild to bold with 1 bottle that exemplifies each grape. Of course you’d need to limit it to about 4 to 6 of the most common grapes.

How about getting a wine bottle suit made and doing youtube videos of it crashing through walls yelling “Oh YEAH!” like the kool-aid man? Or maybe he could yell “BRINGIN’ the THUNDER!”

🙂

-Alex

QOTD1:Send a free copy to Instapundit.com.He’s huge and frequently links to food and beverage. QOTD2:More QPR value wines.