QOTD 1-Get Papa V to do some guest hosting, the Vaynernation is craving it!

QOTD 2- Pinot Noir- Monterey- Complex, Well Structured, with a strong balance of tannins and acid. 89 points. Great question!

Good Show, good guest!

Woah, this is the earliest I’ve ever left a comment before, sweet!

3…are you kidding me…3!!

3…are you kidding me…3!!

I think I’m a big ass cab from napa that goes well with duck.

I think I’m a big ass cab from napa that goes well with duck.

QOTD 2: Young, dumb and full of 🙂

QOTD 1~~if you had to have a fill in…make it the Cheese dude you have working there(Dude with the Red beard..I forget his name and am too lazy to look it up …..)
QOTD 2~~ Broad Shoulders with a firm structure to last the long run…a fruit bomb upfront but with a surprising long finish…a perennial favorite that never fails to please, year in and year out… the kind of wine that you want to share with all your friends and family just to show them some love…and as a bonus has Excellent Price to Quality play!

QOTD 1~~if you had to have a fill in…make it the Cheese dude you have working there(Dude with the Red beard..I forget his name and am too lazy to look it up …..)
QOTD 2~~ Broad Shoulders with a firm structure to last the long run…a fruit bomb upfront but with a surprising long finish…a perennial favorite that never fails to please, year in and year out… the kind of wine that you want to share with all your friends and family just to show them some love…and as a bonus has Excellent Price to Quality play!

QOTD 1: I agree, the cheese guy should totally fill in…

QOTD 2: Pleasing on the nose, with just a hint of peppery goodness.. On the palate, sweetness and smoothness, with just a hint of sass on the back end!!! Great episode!! Really starting to enjoy Rieslings and Gewurztraminer more and more since finding you!!

Great show guys, I really enjoyed this one!!

QOTD 1: No guest host, wouldn’t be the same without Gary.

QOTD 2: Sweet, well rounded, with tones of interesting complexity.

AWESOME show, really liked what I heard about the second wine, all good comments I wanted to here, don’t like the price, but willing to pay it, the guest was AWESOME!!!!

Pt 1 — no, but the cheese suggestion does have some merit

Pt 2 — tasting note, no, but the wine would have to be Fat Bastard!

QOTD #1: What would Per Se & The French Laundry be without Thomas Keller?
What would “a few minutes with Andy Rooney” be without Andy?
What would the Indiana Jones movies be without Harrison Ford? (boy, you so owe me for putting you in this company 🙂 )

QOTD #2: Aged.

QOTD:

1) No GV = No WLTV! – it’s as simple as that! (even though I liked the guest)
2) May be a little too over the top for some. Not barrel aged, so no fake flavors which lets you taste the essence of its personality and complexity, and even the flaws. Tastes slightly different each time and, while not perfectly balanced, is seductively enticing again and again. Pairs well with big characters! Will last 60-70 years easy.

QOTD 1: How about the viewers sending in their own tasting video and showing some of those ?

QOTD 2: A vintage Port, starting to age a little, but still young.

Great show Gary, as always.

QOTD 1: Absolutely not! Unless of course Sasha fills in.

QOTD 2: Very dry with excellent structure and balance to please for years to come.

nice show and glad to see 3 different wines from alsace. too bad about the ostertag. i hear great stuff about them. in its defense, 06 was horrible in alsace. a friend from there told me the weather that summer was rain rain rain and that the suppliers of sulfur were sold out. on that note, ostertag is bio dynamic and might not add sulfur to their wines. it is a basic cuvee and i would not dismis them on a basic cuvee in a bad year. i just bought an 01 muscat from them. will drink it this spring i guess.

QOTD – i like the guest host idea.
qotd 2 – wow – self reflection time. i would hail from france. not burgundy though i love it. bordeaux is too gentleman like for me, even though i love it. i might be a syrah from the northern rhone. maybe cote rotie, a bit rugged but elegant with some flashes of violet but also smoked bacon. perhaps 30% new oak, so not much shaving, surely no cologne. in for the long hall. i might even have some semi polished tannins but surely not silky. maybe fury tannins. healthy acidity and a little hint of the farm yet quite sophisticated and good posture. drink before 2035

Great show guys… if Zack ends up moving to LA, have him look me up, I’d be happy to invite him to my Tuesday night tasting group in Santa Monica/Venice. We’re not exactly his age group, we’re all at least 35, but it would be great to see some younger faces!

QOTD 1 – a guest host is really not that important, maybe the cheese guy or a Beer or Spirits guy/chick…

QOTD 2 – as much as I love wine, I can much better describe myself in beer terms: big head, full-bodied, profound, sharp/pungent hop aromas, smooth long finish with a hint of a bitter edge.

Someone has rich parents…

Yeah, but books are a good resource.. and they are much more in-depth than most websites.

Wow you guys are dressed the same??? What is the deal with that??? Did Zack go to GV’s house of fashion… Didnt know if you noticed that, but all in all pretty good show….

QOTD: Guest host? If it’s not GV it’s not WLTV. What next, John Mayer hosting the the thunder cruise?

QOTD 2 (this is the kind of thing that would happen if you allowed guest hosting – more than on QOTD – I mean, if the first one was the QOTD how can this one . . . never mind . . .) Strong and mildly offensive nose, disjointed in the middle, probably should be put away and brought back out in a few more years . . . possibly corked.

It is usually difficult to taste Gewurztraminer after a Riesling, because the riesling has so much more acidity..

Loved the show. Liked having the young guy perspective on wine.

QTOD1: No one can replace Gary V. He is the show, so not going to happen.
QTOD2: Slightly Spicy, not jammy but more deep fruit action, subtle, profound, well balanced throughout, just gets better with age, pure genius really :):)