contest winner equals koolio the kool-aid king! very creative! loved the energy. #1 for the win!

contest winner equals koolio the kool-aid king! very creative! loved the energy. #1 for the win!

although lengthy, that sh** was funny!!! #3 all the way!!

Gotta vote for Video #1. Watched all 3, and #1 definitely had the most energy and was the most original and entertaining spoof.
As for a drinking game, I’d say – if you are alone:
Take 1 sip of vino every time Gary says “Ahhh!” for the oak monster
Take 2 sips every time Gary says, “Whooo!”
Take 3 sips every time Gary mentions a WWF wrestler AND/OR a memory from his childhood.

If you have a group, at least 4 people, queue up a few episodes of WLTV. Pour a different varietal of wine for each person there, and 1 must be a Dessert wine. (Example, for 4 people: 1 glass of Chat’-du-pape, 1 of Sauternes, 1 of a California Cab, and 1 of a German Riesling) Each time one of the following ‘events’ happens, everyone takes a sip of the glass in front of them and passes it to their left. (and wipes the glass, obviously)
1)Mention of the Oak Monster
2)Mention of “Fruit Bomb”
3)Mention of “Old World Fans” OR “New World Fans”
4)Gary rates a wine 85 to 95 points
When the following event happens, the person with the dessert wine makes everyone else finish the glass in front of them and he/she can do what they want with the dessert wine left in their own glass. This is the end of a round and the contestants refill the glasses and continue playing rounds until the end of the videos, the end of the wine at hand, or when everyone is sufficiently sloshed:
1) Gary Rates a wine 95+ points or better -OR- Gary rates a wine

(to complete my truncated post
…Gary rates a wine less than (

QTD…some thoughts for the game…

I’d start with the 1) board, and 2) wine aroma wheel(s) or dice.

The board would be some kind of representation of a “Vayner Valley” or the name of your choice for a fictitious wine region. The wheel would be either a simple set of dice OR a set of wine spinning “aroma wheels”, wherein the aroma terms are labeled with your own Gary V. vocab (e.g., “pig poop” instead of “farmyard” or “methane”, etc.). Each player would takes a turn at spinning the wheels (or rolling dice) to get a score. There would be numbers given for the resulting aromas (or, if using die, the numbers are the numbers). The higher the score, the farther through “Vayner Valley” the player progresses.

Passing through an appellation is rewarded by receiving a case of wine. Remaining in an appellation too long (for too many turns) takes a case of wine from the player.

Some wine trivia questions would come into play on certain spots on the course of the valley. Correct answers would reward Vayniac knowledge with an automative advance to the next appellation and/or a case of wine. Incorrect answers would move the player back one appellation or some number of steps/places within an appellation. Note that an appellation could be comprised of the basic steps of wine-making, so that it would take some time to pass-through a given appellation.

With the map concept, the WLTV crew could have lots of fun naming the appellations in Vayner Valley (e.g., “Skittleford”, “Chateau ’nuff de Poops”, etc.). You could take this further –in a Monopoly direction– by allowing players to buy/rent Chateaux. That would make for a more complex game, maybe not the right approach, since I’m guessing this will be –whether intended or not– a drinking game.

Also, fun little rules like advancing on the map (one appellation through the valley) for landing on special nodes on the map (example: “decanting before drinking”) would also be nice.

Also, Vayniac nicety would be allowing players to pick what type of palate they have (i.e., their palate is their game piece), so that a “Fruit bomber” palate would get scores higher than the “Veggie palate” for a given score/spin on the aroma-flavor wheel.

I’ve written too much! This is word-bomb of a comment…so, I’ll stop.

Great to see you back in the thunder saddle GV! Really excellent energy today! And thanks for the new wristband btw. It made my Saturday!

And as for the contest, video #3 wins. A GV alter-ego from Boston is just too good to pass up. Plus the Vinnie T. photo had me laughing.

QOTD: A palate primer-

Drink 1 for each shout out.
Drink 2 for every “Mott link it up.”
Drink 3 for every mention of fecal matter (great one Adam)!
Drink 4 when GV rearranges his shirt.
Drink 5 when GV mentions a contest.
Drink 5 if GV is on the couch- it’s Friday, you’ve got the weekend!
Finish your glass when GV doesn’t spit.
Anytime GV mentions a Pats player, finish your glass.

I vote for #3 however, I really liked Mark F also. He nailed some of your mannerisms! The Vinny, Big Ass Glass and Yellowtail decided it for me though. I laughed harder at #3, even though I agree he is a little creepy.

QOTD: I would have to think about it, but I like the idea of a board game, or at least have the rules written somewhere. There are great ideas on the comments, but who the hell could remember all the rules when you are drinking?

QOTD: I suggest some sort of combination of “Adam” and “The Original Marc” drinking game rules…those were both funny as hell and really could be put to good “use” during an episode.

As for the vote, I’ll take curtain #3…go Pats! (even though you cheated AND blew the perfect season.) – IT’S a NEW SEASON!!!

a really, really fun episode!

I vote for video #3.
Qotd: Every time that Gary makes a reference to a classic old line from WLTV like “the deer you hit with your car..” everyone playing must describe the wine they are drinking in a similar fashion. The least amusing and graphic description has to finish the glass they have. Thanks for the episode!

MY VOTE IS #1

Ah- post-script to my previous post: I forgot the drinking part! When a player completes a given appellation, he can then direct the previous player to either 1) take a sniffy-sniff, OR 2) Give it a ‘whirl. If he directs the previous player to take a sniffy-sniff, all other players must “Give it a whirl”. This allows for the advancing player to bestow some mercy upon a player by allowing him/her the pleasure of sniffing the wine without having to take a forced drink (not that taking a drink is a bad thing at all).

Ah- post-script to my previous post: I forgot the drinking part! When a player completes a given appellation, he can then direct the previous player to either 1) take a sniffy-sniff, OR 2) Give it a ‘whirl. If he directs the previous player to take a sniffy-sniff, all other players must “Give it a whirl”. This allows for the advancing player to bestow some mercy upon a player by allowing him/her the pleasure of sniffing the wine without having to take a forced drink (not that taking a drink is a bad thing at all).

I vote for video #1!

The other two were simply trying too hard to mimic exactly and as a result lost out on creativity.

QOTD: I don’t want to have a drinking game for good wine… I’ll do that with Pabst.

David

#1 the funniest!
#2 the most like WLTV!
#3 good!

Well that was really cool Gary, i was watching the shout outs and said to myself, “hey that sounded like my name… hey that IS my name!” Anyways, even without the shoutout this was a killer ep, I do like the fruit bombs and I can only hope that one of the stores around here is carrying the Tardieu Laurent Gigondas. (to be honest, i’ll probably take a look for the Montirius as well).

QOTD: I always thought a beer pong for wine would be neat, you know with corks and glasses.

One last thing, i will have a large announcement sometime in the next few weeks. Things are still being worked on right now, but it’s something that i think you’ll like. I’ll keep you posted as details become finalized.

Well that was really cool Gary, i was watching the shout outs and said to myself, “hey that sounded like my name… hey that IS my name!” Anyways, even without the shoutout this was a killer ep, I do like the fruit bombs and I can only hope that one of the stores around here is carrying the Tardieu Laurent Gigondas. (to be honest, i’ll probably take a look for the Montirius as well).

QOTD: I always thought a beer pong for wine would be neat, you know with corks and glasses.

One last thing, i will have a large announcement sometime in the next few weeks. Things are still being worked on right now, but it’s something that i think you’ll like. I’ll keep you posted as details become finalized.

I have a drinking game idea I wanted to develop since I run a pick up line site… It’s pretty simple, it’s truth or dare with pickup lines. You pick a card from a deck with a pick up line and they either try the line on a girl or guy or you get to decide what their punishment is… buy a drink, chug a beer, wine…etc. You can also have a second deck with dares so it’s random. What do ya think?

I love Chat-neuf so was happy to see u do the GIGonDAS!

Choco, btw, is what Japanese often call chocolate. But the chocotaco sounds good.

WLTV Drinky Drink Game! Hmm… empty glass every time Gary mentions fruit and animal carcass in same sentence 😉

Yo I will Muff up Oklahoma City if they don’t chill with their Veynerism plagiarism! And by the way, did you just say “Lavender?” NO NO NO bro its “Violets,” don’t let that frenchy tell you how to describe wine, your an American!
qotd, uuuuh i been watching all the old episodes starting at # 1 to try to document how your shtic comes together. at first i wanted to see when you started saying “sniffy sniff,” but so far i been also looking for; the standard intro “Hello everybody and welcome … Veeeeey – Neeeeeer – Chuckkkk … aka the internet’s most passionate wine show.” ; the Oak monster; Pazzzzzzz ; your outro “you with a little bit of me … ” ; big league chew refferences, official predictions as to where a wine will be in X amount of years ; shoutouts ;
those are probably good starters … but ask yourself, are drinking games (or getting drunk in general) the real reason to drink wine?

o also check this stuff out
“Glace’ de Vino” ice cream
glacedevino.com
im eating the raspberry merlot cheesecake flavor, its really good! and its made in NY! no i dont work for them, i got it at Hanafords, who i also dont work for cause i aint got no jobby.

Man, were you pumped today. Love to see such enthusiasm. Seems like you’re sniffen a bit too hard!
No question on the contest winner… ’tis numero uno (#1).

We don’t need no wine drinken game, ’cause games must have rules, and man, it’s like trusting your PAL, no damn wine drinken rules allowed!!!

glad to see ya back in the office!

Great show! I love Gigondas for its value…All the videos were great…# 3 stands out. Cheers.

Great show! I love Gigondas for its value…All the videos were great…# 3 stands out. Cheers.

i vote for #1, although #3 gets kudos for doing the best inadvertent Quentin Tarantino impersonation EVER.