Gary – Congrats on your announcement. I wish you and Lizzie the best for a healthy (and quiet, good sleeper, good eater, etc.) child. I hope you can coordinate your out of town travels so you can be an active part in their life.

Great show, I really enjoyed it even though I do not like wine from the other 46. Your descriptors are classics – a burning garbage truck, mint water, wiffle bat smell, etc.

QTD – Ohio (where I just scanned the web for local school closings as they are expecting the high tomorrow to be 8. No such luck yet although our neighboring county has their major school districts closed.)

That was fun, too bad you weren’t a fan of any of them 🙂 but I think the comment about how you didn’t mean to be disrespectful was good, it’s hard to be honest and try not to offend. Congrats on the pregnancy!

QOTD: Live in Maryland but from New York.

Wild, wild show Gary!

@QOTD:

Hessen in Germany.

QOTD: California now, but born and raised in Missouri (go Tigers!).

I’ve never had a Missouri wine, but my very first Missouri Norton is in my fridge waiting to be opened. My understanding is that Cynthiana and Norton are synonyms for the same grape; some bottles label it as “Norton (Cynthiana)”. Cynthiana is also the name of a small town in MO wine country.

I have had a couple of Illinois whites that were surprisingly palatable, albeit simple.

Finally, a very big congrats to Gary and Lizzie on their exciting news!

Although the wines were bad, i really enjoyed the show. Double blind and the “other 46” was so instructional…
QOTD: California. The best place in the world!

Hawaii. We have a couple good wine retailers in Honolulu (Tamura’s, Fujioka’s) and some wineries on other islands, but nothing noteworthy is made here (unless you’re into pineapple/grape concoctions).

Originally from Oregon, fallen in love with Walla Walla Washington wines, but I’m currently living in Montana where there are a total of two vineyards both of which make a pretty decent grape.

Great show Gary, feel a bit sorry for the makers but that’s life. Double blind format is great, need more like this. Next time with less ridiculous stuff like St Croix so you have a chance of guessing it 🙂

QOTD: South Australia… home of the Barossa, McLaren Vale, etc etc

QOTD: West Virginia. Born in Cali, raised and live in WV.

Thanks for the belated Birthday Shout-out! Appreciate it.

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Hi G.V

I havn´t watched the Thundershow for a very long time now. Feels good to be back. Happy to hear that your’e getting a baby.

QotD: I live in Sweden but we some not so bad wine ourselfs here. Will be in NYC for master sommelier exam in August. Perhaps it’s time to put some Scandinavian wines on the show by then ?

Keep it !

Swedish T

Blind tastings are fun.
Love to see you struggle a bit, but you consistently hit it out of the park.
Real nice show, and am looking forward to tomorrow.
QOTD………….. The Commonwealth of Virginia.

Congrats!
QOtD: Denial (rhymes with smile)

You can’t love everything can you Gary!

QOTD: I don’t live in any state, I live in a very green(ish) county called Berkshire in the U of the K 🙂

Fun episode — enjoy the blind tastings! (As others have mentioned, Cynthiana and Norton are the same grape.)

QOTD: Virginia (where we have some pretty nice wines!)

QOTD: Upstate NY? Lot’s of wineries creating terrible, sweet wines to please the people that don’t understand wine. However, there’s a few serious wineries.

Good show, could feel the awkwardness.

TEXAS, BABY ! YEEEEEHAAAW !

Fun show, Gary. Kentucky — we have several wineries, one that I like is Jean Farris…their Cab is great! Congrats again on Baby Vee! Hugs and kisses from Kentucky.

qotd: freekin Massachusetts where you can’t send us your delicious grape juice.

Awesome show, thanks Gary\

St Croix – WTF, never heard of it before!

QOTD: Mate I live in the town of Yuen Long, Hong Kong

Cheers
Andrew

The great state of Hyogo in Japan. A prefecture really but great nonetheless. The family lives in WA State though.

I’ve been lurking for the past 70-80 episodes and this is my first post. Great show!

QOTD: The Commonwealth of KENTUCKY
Bourbon and basketball, baby!

We figured this show would be a train-wreck when we saw the title as we’ve not had good experiences with wines from outside of the 4. I say WE because this is the first time my wife watched the show with me. She always hears me watching some of the show and says, “it’s that crazy guy again”. But this time she watched and commented without solicitation, “I liked it”. Cool huh? QOTD: Tokyo, Japan

I love the double blind episode and look forward to more as the year goes on. I’m also glad the Michigan wine was the best of the bunch. I’ve had good riesling from the Traverse City region and many up and coming vineyards in Northen Michigan.

Interesting and fun show……….

I’m from New York

GA