Great……you go to the NVG which is 10 mins away from me and you don’t even give me a heads up so I can go see you.

NICE!!!!

Dows down 500 again today.

QOTD: Go there often….and, my fav is Campanias in Fairlawn. BYO and the best meetballs in Jersey award.

GV-
Sorry your not feeling well…hope you get some rest and come back soon full force!!

QOTD: Balducci’s Willowbrook IL or Chapin’s in Morris IL

Another good episode, really do like the unoaked Chardonnay’s.

QOTD – Probably III Forks Steak House in Dallas.

QOTD: My wife and I just enjoyed a nice dinner at Clementine in San Francisco last weekend. Yummy food and a good wine list.

QOTD: different restaurants depending on my mood (and of course their proximity rates high in my book). (All close to Newark DE and Elkton MD) Homegrown is a favorite because they usually have something new on the menu. Its kinda like if Trader Joe’s had a trendy restaurant, that’s what it would be. Then for “local cuisine” Wellwoods, its right on the marina and they have the best crab bisque. And El Kukuruku has the best rotisserie chicken and Mexican salsas, and thus make killer tacos, even if they use store bought tortillas.

Favorite Dublin restaurants:
Pizza Stop, Dunne & Crescenzi, Siam Thai

Come to Dublin, Gary! ; )

Whipped right through that episode, not bad.

$50 is a little heavy for a Merlot, although if it keeps up with or surpasses a Pomerol I guess it might be worth it. I tend to go old world when I chose to spend that much cash on a bottle.

QOTD: My local Italian joint “My Italian Place” especially now that they significantly upgraded their wine list and kept the pricing reasonable. #1 restaurant bitch is 2.5x to 3x retail wine prices. Makes me drink beer.

Another great show… since I’m in SoCal, nice to see some Cali wines…

QOTD: Silvera’s Steak House in Downtown HB… Owned by the former drummer of Korn…

P.S.: I hope they wash the pitcher REALLY good before serving water in it again… 😉

QOTD: Commander’s Palace, New Orleans.

QOTD: I really like Ruth’s Chris and the Melting Pot… Both have a decent wine selection (and RC has a reasonable corkage fee 🙂 )

On another note it’s funny that you picked today to do all Napa wines because I announced today on my video blog that I’m going to be starting something in a niche market for all you Napa lovers out there… Check it out and let me know what everyone thinks http://mattiej.com/2008/11/05/wacky-wednesday-2/

audrey claire – a BYOB in philadelphia. delicious.

Thank you for bringing the thunder despite the sickness. Hope you get well soon.

ps Looks like you’ve got a potential vayniac in the top right corner of the screen!

Cool show Gary.. I’ve walked past the Napa Valley Grill a few times at Garden State Plaza but never stopped in.

QOTD: In Jersey, I really like the River Palm just off Route 17. Also, there are such good Italian places around that I just can’t name them all, but a hidden GEM is Momento II in West Milford, NJ. It’s hidden away, private, and over-the-top GREAT food, service, etc.

Cool show Gary.. I’ve walked past the Napa Valley Grill a few times at Garden State Plaza but never stopped in.

QOTD: In Jersey, I really like the River Palm just off Route 17. Also, there are such good Italian places around that I just can’t name them all, but a hidden GEM is Momento II in West Milford, NJ. It’s hidden away, private, and over-the-top GREAT food, service, etc.

QOTD 2: basically any decent French bistro

Awesome show, Gary. I may have to brave the Paramus mall …. in January. I’m not insane.

First off, I hope you feel better my man but you started of with “…Virginia and all that bull-crap …”? Please, that’s not nice.

I had some problems with the visual aspect of this show: too dark, Chris’ video could not focus on the label and what’s up with that video Peeping Tom behind you? Annoying though I want his job.

That being said, I’d like to find some of the Twomey. I’ve read about it but have never tasted it.

QOTD: A much better strip mall restaurant not too far from your Rockville, MD book signing called “Il Pizzico” that features only Italian wines though their food is amazing.

Cheers!

daniel is always a classic, ate at bouley last week for my girlfriends b day,,,,, baggin,,, the thunder was def brought.

oh i really miss dirty jerse now! i moved to the west coast a couple years ago from DE. next time im in jersey im going to napa valley grille!

QOTD: The Charleston which is located in Baltimore. Its awesome. http://www.charlestonrestaurant.com/

QOTD- In Los Angeles, Madeo in West Hollywood,CA A perfect 100.

Pizzeria Azzurro in Napa. Great Pizza and excellent wines by the glass!

Also Bounty Hunter in Napa is loads of fun.

Damn…………….four wines in 13 minutes. And I kind of like that.
Looks like you took your vit. B-12 today. Lotsa energy when I know you feel bad.
No real favorite restaurant. We have a lot of places opening in our area, (Arlington, VA.), and we try to hit many of them. Last visit was a place called restaurant “3”. Exxxxcellent food, and good service. Wine list was very inclusive, however we skipped the vino as the food is $$$, (but worth it).
Hopefully I can enjoy the wine with dinner in a few years when the stock market recovers. Cheers……….

QOTD: Low budget…kids…I don’t get out much. But when my husband and I have ‘date night’, we like BYOB restaurants. Or we like restaurants with low corkage fees and we BYOB. No favorites at the moment. No plans going to Paramus any time soon. Sorry, it’s 2-3 hours away.

don’t know where to write this..

i’d really love an episode in which you show us the whole winelibrary shop, with the cheese area and all the other things..