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Attaboy GV!

4 fo sho

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It’s always fun the see the expressions on the guests faces when Gary does the introduction!

way too spread that thunder!

Early show today. How am I supposed to be top 5 if you throw off the times?! 🙂

Great to see a bubbly show. I’ve been wanting to learn more about it.

Early show today. How am I supposed to be top 5 if you throw off the times?! 🙂

Great to see a bubbly show. I’ve been wanting to learn more about it.

Lurker coming out…. big vote for the Matt-cam, with split screen shots. Gary still gets top billing.

Nice… I caught the show before I take off and now I’m even more bummed that I won’t be there tonight at Bounce.

Well have fun and have one for me Gary!!!!

Wow! Very early show!

Looking forward to it…love the bubbles 🙂

QOTD: In 1996 my husband and I went to France. We were wine drinkers but didn’t know much about the wines of the world. One day we drove into a village and we sat at a cafe reading our travel books. That’s when we realized we were somewhere incredible. We were in Gevrey-Chambertin. We had the best afternoon tasting incredible wines in people’s basements/cellars. We’ve remained huge fans of Burgundy while we continue to expand our palates.

During that same trip to France, we went to Champagne, Loire, Alsace…….and more.

QOTD: Mine was also with a girl – my girlfriend got really stoked the first time she had the ’05 MD Boxer. It’s definitely not everyone’s wine, but it was the first time she got really excited about a wine I bought. It was really cool to share that.

QOTD

Favourite wine moment was having my first taste of 2000 Bordeaux with friends for my 40th birthday.

Matt was a good WLTV-guest-taster – comfortable, authentic and not the least bit nervous or self-conscious on the show. Congrats on the MD! Good choice with the bubbly and a nice cross-section of bottle choices.
Gary- thanks for mentioning the Gruet tasting-room PR. No matter how good the product, wine is about people – and the Gruet folks have created for themselves a reputation of consistently providing an unpleasant, snooty, and often downright RUDE tasting experience for guests (customers!!) visiting their tasting room in Albuquerque. In this day and age of service??? There’s a LOT of good cava out there for the price (or less) of Gruet’s offerings – I like buying local and/or USA products, but those folks need to handle their customer relations WAY better. We have lots of choices and don’t have to give our business to endorse a product whose producers make us feel bad!

QOTD: My favorite wine moment was with my wife – we had a 2001 Chateau de Pez with a meal. It was one of those epiphany-type moments for her where she exclaimed “This, THIS is the perfect red wine”.

QOTD: My favorite wine moment was with my wife – we had a 2001 Chateau de Pez with a meal. It was one of those epiphany-type moments for her where she exclaimed “This, THIS is the perfect red wine”.

Didn’t expect you on so early, nice, I get to watch while I’m fully awake and it’s still light outside!

Matt seems a natural, good guest, relaxed and funny.

QOTD – My two most recent birthdays, where Sarah went Above & Beyond in finding wines that fitted in with exactly where I was at the time – last year wines from 1967 to match my 40th birthday, this year wines from 2 countries I didn’t have (India & Uruguay) as I continue my globe-trotting purchases.

Good Luck on Conan!

Excellent show!

Why not have a mirror on the wall behind you then we can see Mott 🙂

QOTD … It’s on 2 separate occasions recently, but it is the same. Local wine shop brought some wines over from BAVA and on another day Chateau Margaux.

After tasting and enjoying wines for a few years, my “pal” certainly went up a gear tasting these wines and could really enjoy them for the their complexities.

Is the mouse wine happening at the NYC Diggnation show? That would be an even better reason to get there.

I think you were referring to Azuki bean, but I’ve always known them as just red beans with ice, from china and korea

QOTD: Had my girlfriend and another couple over in college and opened a bottle of 2003 Hayman & Hill pinot noir and my room instantly filled with the scent of fresh flowers. It was really incredible and all four of us could smell it. I’m usually the one calling out smells but this was so strong and so distinctive that we were all able to enjoy it together. Thanks, vino!

Qotd: the ’95 La Grande Dame Veuve that my wife and I popped after our wedding reception in our room after the crazy/wonderful day. It tasted amazing but at that moment..anything was bound to be incredible. Awesome show- I love the guest shows, as well as the bubbly episodes! Have fun on Conan!

Definitely a fan of guests. I think instead of a simul-cast of mott, you should do a Mott confessional. His true feelings on the wines you make him taste, and everything else that is WLTV.

QOTD: Last night in Vienna after running around Eastern Europe with two friends from highschool. Ordered some random bottles of red wine and reminisced. Couldn’t even tell you exactly what we drank, but good times, good food, great friends, and wine . . . could you ask for much more?