My one new years resolution is: for every episode of WLTV I watch I will leave a comment. Fair is fair.

qotd: Don’t know the brand or name, but those large ball shaped glazed ones that once you reach the centre release a fizzy lemon sugar goodness into your mouth. Awesome!

GV – stay away from 20 year old bubble gum. Thanks for covering Italian Pinot Bianco. I had had several from Livia Feluga (spelling?) that were awesome. I also lke the Chenins, particularly from Savennieres.

QOTD 1 – Yes I have has Savennieres and love it.
QOTD 2 – Not a big gum chewer, but liked Bubble Yum in its day.

Thanks Gary

Great show and good work trying to eat that gum. I’m really not a big gum fan, but my favourite is Wriggly’s ‘PK’, but that’s only becasue of the conitations that PK has in Cantonese.

Cheers
Andrew

Yo Y,

the Savennieres was too young perhaps? I find they age like crazy.
just drank a freaky 1997 that was still a baby. I do like the SA chenins (can you say Steen?) also apparently the #1 white in S A.

I personally love aromatic floral whites so I generally like the Italians and southern french and Loire whites and Rieslings.

AS FOR GUM pass! me no likey.

Keep doing what you are doing.

“You know what I haven’t had in a while? Big League Chew”

“Granny Apple Smith”……….who’s that?

Zooming in on gum pitouey??? Well, that’s the last show.

My condolences to Chris on the Giants loss yesterday. That gum segment was funny. Very typical GV will try anything to expand his palette stuff.

QOTD: I have not had a Savennieres for a long time, but enjoy good Chenin Blanc – I prefer the Quarts du Chaume. I have no favourite gum.

subqotd: haven’t had one yet, but I have a bottle in the wine fridge
qotd: juicy fruit

Gary, I loved your enthusiasm for the third wine. I would also like to see you taste some better wines more often. I didn’t read all the comments, so I’m not sure if its been said or if I misunderstood, BUT it seemed like you said pinot bianco was not to be confused with pinot blanc. I believe these are two names for the same grape.

“like the friend that peaked in high school” – hilarious!

QOTD #1 – never had a Savennieres, but i have had some pretty good Chenin Blanc’s from South Africa….

QOTD #2 – Extra Polar Ice is very nice!

I’ll pretty much chew any gum. That topps 87 was the first year I got into the baseball card scene, I still have a complete set somewhere in an attic.

Speak it brother! Italian whites have almost never disappointed!

QOTD1: Never a Savennieres, but I’ve had plenty of Vouvray and other Loire whites. Yum. Chenin blanc is great!

QOTD2: Stride

QOTD: No, no Savennieres, but Chenin Blanc from Australia that left a lot to be desired. From my childhood, definitely the zebra gum, but now I like orbit because they have all those funky flavors like mojito mint and sangria fresca.

Great show!

Hello there,

Thank you for your enthousiasm. Yesterday I drank a Savenniere from 1995 from de vinyard of Madame la Roche et file. It was very very good lots of herbs and minerals. So you see, Savenniere can be kept quite some time, more then the 8 years you mention if I understood you correctly and it only gets better. The taste is a little less between 2 and 6 years old. Less complex and mature. You can best drink is very young or leave it untill after ten years. Enjoy, Maud (Netherlands)

ha ha ha, I cant believe you bit the bullet and chewed that gum. QOTD: I was always down with regular Big League Chew.

QOTD: Chicza made from natural latex from the Mayan rainforest, biodegradable too!

Chenin is definitely a massively underrated varietal.
I did that with an old pack of baseball gum too, and it definitely doesn’t gel into gum

90/100

line of the day – ‘Whip this fun fact out this weekend and I guarantee you nothing but ladies, cash and riches’

Nice episode with the highlight being a tasting of 23 year old bubble gum