Yes Gary, it was my birthday.

Thanks for the shout-out.

I hope someday everybody here in Brasil will be able to get a Secret Pack and taste along with you.

Best regards,

Fabio Rodrigues. (Distrito Federal, Brasil)

Can you send secret packs to New Zealand?
Great show.
G’Day from NZ

Harvesting grapes and making wine in Virginia. outside of that, sleeping when we can.
Nice show, really interesting mix of wines, looking forward to seeing what people think about them

QOTD: I just got back from giving a talk at a conference in Croatia. I had a really good trip. Although I’m jetlagged and I’ve caught a cold. oh well, it was worth it. I had a lot of Croatian wines, and some of them I thought were very good!! Our organizer was very careful to choose different wines every night so we got the whole gamut of what Croatian wines were like, it was really neat. Unfortunately, I’m not so good at reading Croatian wine labels, so I can’t recommend specific bottles. (I do have some pictures if you want tho) However, I really do think that you should do a show on Croatian wine, I think that there is something for everyone in that little country.

i was watching episode 2 just now. . gary didnt rinse in between tasting. .hmm
i wonder if he just never did that. . and someone told him to or what . .

QOTD: Lesson Plans galore—students are back. Bought a new computer in spite of the economy. Lost our 15-yr. old Samoyed named Justin–toasted him on Sat. night while out to dinner with family and friends with none other than some Justin Obtuse Port. Drank a great array of wines that evening including a Bridlewood Viognier(pineapple juice) and an ’85 Martinez? Port.

Went to dinner last night at a BYO (Fresco in Clark NJ–great food)Brought the Goretti. Red pepper and sun-dried tomato-esque, definitely evolved in an hour–very RUSTY and blood orangey BLOODY(like DEXTER)exactly like biting your lip or the inside of your mouth. Good Halloween wine. A little tar with a floral finish and more cat-pee than burnt rubber to me and yes, cherries. Excellent food wine.

All of these wine’s sound right up my alley but none of them are available in Ontario 🙁 and WL can’t ship to Canada/Ontario 🙁

Hey Gary, how about some reviews of Ontario wines and maybe talk about why you can’t ship up here.

Gary, retired and it is all good! Golfing today, inventorying my cellar a little later, taking the in laws to dinner tonight and leaving for our cabin just outside of West Yellowstone in the morning. See you on the cruise!!!

Ken

QOTD: Watching the markets and listening to friends’ advice that “this too shall pass.” But it is crimping my search for a place in Italy to retire to.

I was a guest at a dinner the other night where a horizontal of several 89 Bordeaux First Growths were the main event.

QOTD: Big job interview in Chicago tomorrow for a renewable energy company. Wish me luck dude! Getting flown out tomorrow morning and coming back tomorrow night so I can work Friday because I’m just that kind of employee. 🙂

Been going to school. It is nice that I still have been having wine even though I am on my own now. Love the show.

Have been working hard on my own website and building that personal brand that we all strive for – PP so true GV so true !

Loved your Web 2.0 speech

Any chance of you shipping secret packs to ireland ??

Would be killer

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode even though, being Canadian, I could not taste (and smell) along with you. I am excited that you are going to be part of the web conference. It will be my first web design conference because I don’t have to travel.

What I have been up to? Not much. Although I thing I am going to buy Iron Man today on Blu-ray, even though I won’t have a Blu-ray player for another week.

Wish I could have joined the fun with the secret pack, man I hate MA.

QOTD: I have been really busy with work, working about 56 hours a week, catching up to you Gary..LOL!!
Also been building my wine collection with some 05 Bordeaux that I have been ordering from wine library…having it shipped to a friend in RI.
3 bottles of Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion Rouge “futures”, and 2 bottles of Chateau Vieux Pourret.

OW ya, also been learning how to use my twitter, now I cant stop, so much fun…so many great people…..@Derek7877

Excellent show Gary

Why goes a screw-cap symbolise poor quaility???? For me I look at wine sealed with stelvin as being better. I’d think obviously the producers care enough about the wine to seal it with something that’s going to get it in better condition to the consumer and keep it that way. I buy a fair bit of wine to cellar and if something’s got a cork I see it as a reason not to buy that wine. You talk about changing the wine world, why are you encouraging outdated myths of the superiority of cork?????

Cheers
Andrew

QOTD: Working hard, playing hard. Been preparing to play tenor saxophone in our community theaters production of “The Buddy Holly Story”. Should be a blast.

I will have to get back on here and post what I think about these wines.

QOTD= Love me the Montefalco!! I had a date over to taste along with the show and, she loved the last wine. Thanks Gary. Damn I wish I had bought some chocolate.

Fun show…
QOTD ~ What am I up to? HMMM – Well, I am researching wines for a blind price-point tasting for my wine group. Trying to find the highest point reviews for the lowest buck, and then comparing an $8 90 pt. wine against a $12 90 pt wine, and then against an $18-20 90 pt wine. So – lots of research going on today at my place.
Salud`

Gary,
I ordered the secret pack (didn’t get the free cruise ticket inside – SO upset about that since that was partially why I bought this one in particular – oh well) and am planning to do a wine tasting party with these 4 wines and about 5 other friends. I read through all the posts hoping others might say what foods they liked with these wines. Gary, you mentioned light salads, fish, shrimp with the Albarino and chocolate, cheese, cheesecakes with the Rivesaltes, but was hoping for ideas of what to pair the Syrah and Sagrantino with (never had a Sagrantino).

Might I suggest that you definitely mention what foods to pair with the secret pack wines (and if you ever post on here, what you suggest with this particular pack before I have my wine party)?

Hoping I can get to the cruise somehow!! Thanks! : )

This was my first secret pack and I am just thrilled. So much fun tasting along with you. Had to do it in a couple of days segments due to constraints.

Loved the Albarino, never had one before, the Syrah was great (your comment of the marshmellow, cotton candy component was right on). The Sagrantino was most interesting, will enjoy it over the next few days, and the Le Goumand was out of this world. Looking fowward to the next opportunity to try wine with you.

QOTD – Working, both jobs, never a dull moment. Hospital work has been way too busy, and the cop thing is my version of the neverending story. Way too many stupid people making my way too busy.

Glad you are back, looking forward to the next episodes.

Cards should have beat the Skins? You’re overrating the Cardinals. Their secondary was nonexistent against the Jets.

The Redskins played terrible against the Giants and Campbell was still learning the offense. Then we have Saints, Cards, and Dallas fans saying they’re gonna crush us. Skins never get any respect.

Chris Horton, Defensive Rookie of the Month. How about your old pal Santana Moss? Watch out if he stays healthy. HTTR

Congrats to the Jets and a great performance by Favre.
Keep up the awesome work on the show Gary. (sorry for not talking about wine haha)

Hey Gary, we are right in the middle of crush. The winery is full of fermenters and the quality looks great for we’ve brought in, so far.

I know you get wines from people all the time, but I got to ask you what you thought, if you have already popped them, of our three 04 Syrah’s? I would love to send you the 06’s, from a very smoky, wild fire year. These Syrahs bring some serious Slim Jim action, bacon fat, and cured meat/venison notes, I know you will love. Everything is good here. Hope you and Lizzy are well out there in NJ.
John Cabot
Cabot Vineyards

Been away for a while, about two months. Sold the house, now renting and looking for a new place while watching the housing market……not good. I just happened to log on and saw this ep, which had a wine i recently purchased, the Syrah. Loved it and went back to my LWS to get more. Good to be back.

Geez, I wish we could get the secret pack here in Hawaii. Is there a way? There doesn’t seem to be, but I would sure like to taste wines with the the rest of the lucky Vaniacs. Sometimes, the island “paradise” isn’t all that.