Happy New Year Gary and Mott and to your families. Good reviews today… I was rooting for the Catena… I have enjoyed their Malbec and Cab, sounds like they need to work on their Chard or maybe even give Torrontes a try. Have not seen Catena do the Torrontes varietal yet.

Gary you remember how you sometimes say there is never great wine, only great bottles… could this have been the case with the KJ Reserve? I mean your pallate is yours and Parker’s is his, however, I don’t recall you guys ever being more than 3 pts apart… just a thought.

Furthermore and more importantly, please, please have a healthy, happy 2009 and my best to Lizzie and family. My best as well to Mr. Chris Mott.

Reg. Football, are u gonna root for the Falcons and Dolphins now? ok, never mind the Dolphins, but the Falcons at least.

So was that intentional? “You…are changing the wine world” Appealing to our egos? No “little bit of me?” Have to admit it felt nice to me…

Nothing happening with video. Will try tomorrow.
The Today show was fun – it looked as though you all were having a good time.
Happy New Year’s Eve and New Year.

happy new year, and thank you for coming around,even though illinios is screwed up.i will place my new order friday and look forward to retuning to wine library again and again.alas tomorrow we shall be at wrigley field watching the blackhawks beat up the red wings ,so limited wine and cheer tonight

Happy New Year Amigo, I know that 2009 is gonna rock.

Sincerely, Thank You for the tremendous effort in putting together such an exhausting number of shows. Love it.

hey, I like the quicktime version… that last wine looked like fun… I am gonna have to make an order from you….

I love the new harsher ratings. I think that’s definitely a step in the right direction.
Happy New Year.

Good to see the Clare Valley, South Australia getting a showing. My home town.
Petaluma wines have been getting more and more expensive in the last 3/4 years due to exposure in the US market and big scores from big wine guys

Just wondering if there might be a link between the Petaluma and a high school girlfriend of mine named Peta who moved to Australia many MANY moons ago. She was an outside-the-box gal!

Enjoying a multi-media experience watching Ep 602 and Canada-USA Junior hockey game (Canada prevailing after spotting the US three early goals), while enjoying a Finca Flichman Malbec alongside a K-J of pizza, a Kraft Delissio of the Canadian variety (Pepperoni, Mushroom, Bacon). Great way to round out a thoroughly crappy ’08.

Have to say the Aussies would please my palate more if they’d promote sweeter sweeter Rieslings.

AND, for dessert to celebrate the great hockey result, a lovely blue cheese with cranberry on Triscuit crackers (aaack, another Kraft product – really abandoning my values here).

Happy New Year y’all! Can’t thank Gary and the WL crew enough for providing a wonderful experience for yet another year.

Finally ? Go, Blackhawks!!!!!!!

Hope you’re having a good New Year’s GV – it seems like the Languedoc is becoming (if not already) a go-to wine region tasting wise. Very good show.

I love your take on the KJ haha, Happy New Year!

GAry! Happy new year from Brazil!

hey, what did you expect from that KJ?

hey, you know you can make your own creamsicle? use a spoon and scrape off thin bits of vanilla ice cream into a cup of orange soda, its the BOMB!

hey, Gary you rock (you too Mottster) thanks for being.

hey, its my birthday, the 1st. self-shout out to me! hoot hoot!

Happy new year Gary and Chris, and thank you for doing this show 600+ times.

Some apparent video problems. Unable to watch.
Will check it out again in a few days.

Couldn’t watch the video as well… Quicktime version seems to work though :).

Happy new year GV :).

Is there another version apart from the quicktime one?

Yup, it’s busted somehow. Might want to re-upload it, MOTT. 🙂
I was able to get it to start once but even then the progress bar wasn’t working and there was no end time given.
Anyway, Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Fingers crossed for the high end market!
Thanks for and crew for all your hard work in entertaining and educating all. You guys really do great and it is very much appreciated. Cheers!

Yo G, video STILL NOT WORKIN’…… What’s da Story????????? It says
00.00 minutes on the bottom right…… It DON’T WORK. WHAAAAAATS DA
STORY?????? I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT MY WLTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁

Thanks for a great year of shows. I am looking forward to even better shows in 2009. Happy new year.

Great show and to you and yours a most wonderful and healthy New Year.

No QOTD? Ok, I predict the Colts and Falcons win this weekend.

Thanks to you and Chris.

Cheers!

P.S. Tonight I’m pulling out a ’99 Domaine Serene and ’01 Beaux Freres for NY dinner of roasted pork. The idea of blind tastings, more guests and value wines work for me in ’09.

Happy new year Gary – All the best to you and your family for the New Year