QOTD – I’m in the twice a week club. Maybe Monday, to come out with a bang, and Fridays to end on a high note. “Laid Back Blind Fridays?” Although I like the “Blind T’s” idea too.

Nice episode.

QOTD: As others are mentioning, a once per week or even twice per week blind tasting is the way to go. The problem with going all blind is that it would be impossible for you to select wines that you personally think would be interesting to do. It would also make mixed shows of the sort you were doing last week impossible.

More blind but not all the time. Very nice episode, i like the different backgrounds.

QOTD: I’d go blind once a week and a wild card cheese/beer/whisk(e)y/vodka/rum/liquor show every week.

Lurker De-Lurking:

QOTD: Yes!

And all or nothing! None of this “maybe once or twice a week” mamby-pamby, faithless waffling!

The format wouldn’t get boring because this is Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk we’re talking about. I trust he’ll find ways to keep it interesting and mix it up.

QOTD: The majority of the shows should Go Blind. Love that format.

QOTD: I definitely agree with most of the other comments on doing 1-2 shows a week with the blind format. It’s awesome! Still leaves the other days to showcase the other wine varieties and regions you find interesting, as well as special guests and non-wine shows.

How about figuring out a way to have us choose wines for you to taste blind? You’d have to figure out logistics (do we send in bottles of wine? vote for wines available in WL without your advance knowledge?), but could be a cool way to connect in a different fashion with the Vayniac nation. Just a thought.

once or twice a week will be OK. The “must” of your show is the “lack” of a pattern, and this is what makes each episode and the WLTV so unique, so I think blinds every day would not work well… anyway, you gotta do what you want to!

cheers from south america!

F it! Go blind!

Really like the blind tastings. Great show.

Do it! Just go blind for a year. You may learn about your changing palate and personality. Besides you’re entering the “mid-life crisis” phase and some retrospective blind wine tasting could do you some good.

Do it! Just go blind for a year. You may learn about your changing palate and personality. Besides you’re entering the “mid-life crisis” phase and some retrospective blind wine tasting could do you some good.

Old Tyme Vaniac here and the answer is YES. I agree maybe not 5 times a week but 2-4 times would be awesome. Double blind, even better.

Old Tyme Vaniac here and the answer is YES. I agree maybe not 5 times a week but 2-4 times would be awesome. Double blind, even better.

Liked the show – watching the results is always exciting in a blind tasting like this to see your reaction.
Go blind couple of times a week. Invite guests to compare their reaction with yours.

I’d go blind half the time, as long as you don’t have a guest or secret pack or something else special. I definitely was a fan of this show, and it was very interesting seeing the trends in price/WS scores all together at the end.

QOTD: First time commenter… long time watcher!

I would also like to see more blind tastings. Not every day, but once or twice a week would be eggzelent!

How about blind Mondays?

Blind blind blind. Forget the names, forget the price tag. Is it good or isn’t it? That’s the only thing that matters.

All Blind, all the time, may be too much of a good thing for this Vayniac. I like the background and research that comes out in some of the other formats. HOW ABOUT, Blind Tuesdays, (or whichever day seems to have the lowest viewership) A guaranteed once-a-week slot that people could look forward to …
I’m just sayin’. I love ya GV,

Hi Gary, my humble two colones (cents, if you will):

1. You should do blind tastings all the time. Too much of anything in life is not good, so there are some exceptions: Secret Packs, Food Pairing (like the cheese episode), Guest Appearances (unless guest is a wine writer/critic) and any episode when you are trying to teach us something.

2. If you did this (my point #1) I guarantee there would be so many critics of you or the show, or the format, (and I know you don’t really care, nor should you) who would have to consider your judging/tasting/critizing more seriously. (Even you have to admit there are several issues that cloud unbiased judgment when you KNOW what the wine is)

3. Ground Rules:
*whatever gets taped, gets on the air.
*Ian or whoever picks the wine: no hanky panky, switching, or trying to fool you. (Ok, MAYBE twice a year max!! 🙂 )
*you will do it single blind, including region and varietal (or type) but not price!!!!! that will also cloud your judgement.
*twice a year (just for our amusement) you will do a double blind where you know absolutely nothing about any of the wines. IF however, you get one of them dead on (and I obviously don’t mean the producer, I mean varietal and/or region), then all Vayniacs who watch will (honor system) have to buy at least a bottle from wine library… I mean all of this amusement and fun should not be 100% free, right?

I propose a forum committee of 5 Vayniacs (whom you will pick) that could come up with a set of ground rules and general guidelines for the most awesome year at WLTV: 2009. Go blind, and change the wine world a bit more, PLUS increase viewership by 30/50% GUARANTEED!!!!!!!!!!

all the best,

RR

Yo G….SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!!!!!

qotd: MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE BLIND TASTINZZZ
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All blind all the time. This was a great episode. For folks like my just starting out, it’s encouraging to see you taste blindly, and find out the factors you’re using to categorize wines. I like this episode, too!

Great show. No…you can’t go blind every day, that would take away your selection process – you’d have no say so in which wines you’re tasting for the whole year, that might be a bit much. HOWEVER a blind friday every week would definitely bring the thunder.

Wow!

2 words for you:

Awesome + inspiring

P.S.- Go blind in 2009