Great show. You two clicked. Make it a regular feature.

Old school views meet the THUNDER.
Gary was nervous.
I don’t think pointing out her age was such a good thing.
Gary got too technical referring to very grape in existence. (we must test our knowledge)
I don’t know if Gary wanted to share his Jets bucket.
The end got better as Gary relaxed.
The Thunder was a little distant.
Jancis probably never had a Bazooka Joe.
She is a legend buy a little dry.

Thoroughly enjoyable, fun, informative, relaxed; many thanks for 45 mins of very engaging viewing that just sped by…

SERIOUS THUNDER !!!!
Humbled and honoured.

QOTD: YES it was and you have to come back again and again and again.

Great show!

I am a longish time viewer and long time lurker, but this time I had to leave a comment. Great show and loved Jancis’ humble attitude. She mentioned a Woodbridge/Mondavi chardonnay during the show. I am in London and saw that on the shelf at supermarket before Jancis mentioned it but didn’t buy as I figured cheap and nasty.

Tonight I saw it again on sale at somewhere near 5 pounds (probably south side). I made stir fry (packed with fresh ginger a chili) and pork ribs marinated with BBQ, Chili and Soy sauce and fresh garlic grilled so the marinade was blackened on the out side of the ribs.
Not only did the wine stand up to the food but complemented beautifully. The slight oak/butter/cream of the wine just settled the chili from the food while the acid, that wasn’t strong when drinking while cooking, came out giving it bite to stand up to the meal.

Respect to Jancis for who she is, what she has done, avoiding the predictable and for making my evening.

QOTD: Yes super worthwhile, introducing yourself to a new audience (like me) and making Gary V quite for a minute.

great show.chemistry between you two was terriffic.right on with the Ridge comments. keep hanging with people like her and you will learn something about wine.

QOTD: A tremendous idea. GV and JR have a nice balance together.

Great show. The proper British accent and temperment are great foils to your own style. Jancis’ books are the bible for wine students and it was a pleasure to get to listen to her – and you talk shop. Can you get Hugh Johnson on next?

It was a great idea. I read your columns in the FT. After 40 years of cellaring and drinking wine, I still have a lot to learn. I am going to subscribe to your web site. Hurry back.

QOTD: Yes, a very good idea.

Gary, what a show. I wished it was 2 hours. Jancis is without a doubt my favourite wine critic (along with Andrew Jefford). I also think it is great for the American audience to be exposed to someone with a palate and opinions that differ so intensely from Wine Spectator and Parker. Also I completely agree with her take on California – which is why I rarely buy those wines.

Great discourse on Sherry.

Gary & Jancis – fantastic episode! You should pair up more often. BTW, the blog Gary referred to is http://www.catavino.net, a terrific place for information on Spanish and Portugese wines.

Simply awesome show – come back soon.

The very best episode, educational, exciting and superb blah blah blah!!!!

Best guest ever! Gary you did a nice job of not interrupting her, a nice adjustment since the Randall Grahm show. Well done.

Q – Very good choice!

Very enjoyable show…although it must have been one of the longest, time flew by. Having lived in UK, I know that the British really appreciate sherry a lot, so it was a very nice surprise to have one included in the programme. I would say : try to do that more often.
I don’t know whether you were nervous, Gary, but this time the interaction with your guest was just perfect!
QOTD : according to me, it was a brillant idea to do the show…unlike going to Jerez de la Frontera, please repeat in a while!

Kudos Gary & Jancis. Much better job interviewing and listening to Jancis, Gary. She knows her stuff and is clearly operating on another wine level than most of us but Gary, you did a nice job of hanging in there with her.

QOTD: A good call, Jancis.

Jancis, you are the best; I’ve been a fan for over 20 years. I have many of your books and they are all great; even if its a pain, please don’t stop your revisions of the Oxford and the Atlas. I always gift the old versions to someone that wouldn’t otherwise buy them and they are always loved!

Gary, thanks for doing this. Best show ever.

Really enjoyed the show. Jancis made the right decision and was great.
You too Gary.

The most informative show ever, I really really enjoyed it and thank Janis (sic) and gary!!

Well, Gary, … I reloaded this episode for about ten times in the last few weeks and there certainly is one big (very BIG, HUGE even) reason for that: here you prove, for me, you are a ‘winelover with a voice’ to be cherished. It’s you just over and over again encouraging people to explore, to learn, to ‘build’ their palate. It’s the openess for nuance, the ‘follow your guts’ thing you’re doing here and I LOVE that. You’re not only encouraging people to do so, but doing it yourself confidently … . We have to few doing this in the wineworld!
QOTD: of course it was a superb idea and it came out just as I hoped it would. Great.
Jancis has always been a bit of a ‘winemom’ to me. Somebody who made me a winelover, then a winewriter and again a winelover. Someone you follow for so long a time, someone you learn so much of and then someone you think of: ‘nah, now it’s my time doing better’. But then, over and over again, I come back, get humbled, learn again, am reminded to follow my gut feeling, am reminded to write about what I love and not what people think I should love and thus write about.
It’s the love she imparts to fellow winelovers when writing about wine that makes Jancis unique.
So, ‘thanks’, is maybe the best thing we can say here … .

Yes, Janet it was a great idea doing the show. I greatly enjoyed your insight. Thanks for being patient with Gary.

Ok so I guess you can call me one of the “lukers” who just had to come out and comment on this episode. I’ve been a fan of Gary’s for a while and I would place this as one of the top 2 of all time (the number one slot obviously going to Jim Krammer :-). What a great episode. I didn’t know about Jancis before this but have become inspired to read and learn more about her. She had such an amazing level of class, grace and style as well as a keen sense of humor and knowledge of the wine world that I just found very inspiring. You need to have her on again Gary. Great great stuff.

One more thing. I tried signing up for her site and it seems to be down. I guess it must be all the Vayneacks flooding her system. Great work Gary. Keep it up.

and can we get a resolution on the pronunciation of her name? It’s obviously not Janet but I don’t think it’s Janis either. Help??

Wow! Wow! Wow! Now you just need to get that lawyer from Maryland on your show and you’ve really got something. 🙂

Seriously, what a great show. It was so interesting to hear Jancis talk about wine and give her opinions. Wonderful show.

QOTD: Yes, Jancis, it was a great idea for you to come on the show. We know Gary can be, well, Gary, but you seemed to handle him quite well and he was clearly in awe of you anyway. Thank you for “bringing the thunder” as Gary likes to say!

G money, you should have made her drink Pavie blind. Now that would have been interesting!!! I would love to have see the outcome since she’s not a big fan of this wine.

Wow, how amazing to have Jancis Robinson on the show! When I saw the title of the episode I was stunned! Such a good one- she is a wealth of knowledge and so incredible to hear her stories. Great guest!

QOTD: I sure think so. I think it worked quite well!