Man I was soooo looking forward to the San Diego episodes since I live right up the road, but couldn’t make it down for the tastings but these were absolutely UNWATCHABLE. Horrible video quality.

@Jayhitek OtterPops are NOT the same as Italian Ice. Otterpops are simply flavored juice (orange, cherry, blue raspberry, grape, etc) you buy in bulk at places like Costco that you throw in the freezer. Italian Ice (like you get from Ralph’s or Rita’s back east) is similar but different flavorings are mixed together with water & sugar (and sometimes cream for the cream ices) in a batch freezer and then deep frozen in a sub-freezer. They’re then scooped out like ice cream when served. Same dessert genre, but different.

Poor video , but You alaways know how to bring the Thunder!

IT is frustrating that i cannot watch the Winelibrary Tv for my military duty. Your show helps me find Great deals on Wine and other things in Life. (even i cannot find a single wine on your show ! lol) Keep up the good work Gary!!

from long time lurker

Liked the concept for this (and the last episode on the whites). A live audience could be fun, and has worked in the past. But, the acoustics and lighting in that room made things difficult to get through. Should’ve brought Mott to work his magic.

QOTD – Purple all the way. Also holds true for children’s chewable vitamins and over the counter cold medicine.

Good show, very informative, but why on earth did you have the mic on at the camera. Next time, just your mic!

I grew up in NJ too, be it South Jersey which is a whole different state, but I called them Ice Pops too. I had a cardboard box in the freezer with 100 of them, I always went for the ORANGE!

Did ya ever make your own in the ice tray with toothpicks?

Ronny K in Philly…

Ha – drunk people at wine tastings. They were pretty annoying to listen to. It would have been waay better to have the volume down on the crowd. I still want to hear them . .but not all thier individual (sometimes assinine) comments.

Perhaps some experimentation with different mikes or something?

Noise level too much for me. You did great as always GV but too much noise. You had to shout over the crowd. How many times did you have to tell them to shuuuuuuucccccchhhhhhhhhhh.

Still, worht a try and something new. Always a good thing.

QOTD : I’m from Ireland, no idea

best episode without any other words

GV, when doing public tastings try miking yourself not the crowd. Hard to watch this way.

painful episode to listen to, had to turn it off.

Gary:
I was WRONG! I can’t believe you’re wearing a lapel mike in this episode, but I saw it!! Where’s Mott when you need him??
The camera mike should have been disabled and only your lapel mike should have recorded the sound!
Too brutal to watch the whole episode, guy.
Sorry…had to shut down.
We are loyal nevertheless…my ears hurt now!

Due to the comments about excessive crowd noise I’m not even going to download & watch this one.

Jesus….where the hell was his being filmed – a frat party.

Loved the buzz and though the crowd were a little disresprectful during your critiquing I dont think it hampered the content…V Good!

When is the WLTV bus coming to a city near me – July I believe (New Zealand)…just a shame I wont be here when it arrives 🙁

QOTD – not sure…..

QOTD: Purple – I call them Ice Pops.

QOTD: orange ice pops

Another tiring episode d/t the noise, but I still managed to learn something, and that’s what matters.

Too difficult to watch. Move on…nothing to see here.

Dude, you’re better than this.

I didn’t think it possible, but this is even worse than the previous episode. I’m sort of baffled as to why you thought that shushing the crowd would have had any effect. It only made you look like a rank amateur. Sorry, Gary, but you should be ashamed of this.

QOTD: lime

Stay classy San Diego

San Diego…disappointing. Hopefully, you can find a more appreciative and mature audience for your next live venture.

Gary, after these past two Live episodes I hope you never do another. These two episodes were quite possibly the worst episodes you have ever done. The yelling and having to ask the crowd to ssshhhhh every few seconds took so much away from the show I have no idea what you drank or scored. I hated them so much I can’t put it into words. Who cares if they are “otter” pops or “icy” pops we all know what you are talking about, does it mater?

Gary please don’t do anymore live shows.

John

I have to agree with the majority–terrible two shows. The crowd was obnoxious (but that’s what you get for pandering to the classless masses–those asses)and the audio/video setup was all wrong. 70 points, and I’m being nice.

I know you have other responsibilities; but given the fact that thousands of people worldwide watch your show, and that you weren’t even close to getting an American Wine Blog Award, perhaps you should up your game a bit? I predict you won’t make it to 1000. Let’s move on….

Have to agree with pretty much everybody that the crowd was totally annoying and rude… I know I’ve watched some other episodes that were taped before a live audience and I’m pretty sure this problem hasn’t come up before. What’s up with those San Diego people???? But you always come through Gary! You made a reference that was great because of where you were.
QOTD: Grape

Damn, G!….

That f’n suuuuuccckked. If I thought that during the white wine ep. you were hammin’ it up, and playin'(down) to the crowd, by this time, they dragged you down, and OWNED you. And as they say on the street, That ain’t right, man.

A roster of wines that merit more respect than was evident. Jim Clendenen (Au Bon Climat) never takes a shortcut, or compromised the integrity of his naturally made, highly crafted wines for the sake of artificial sweetness, fake boobs, or any of that sh*te. His Ici/La-Bas wines are sublime. Thank God you didn’t murder the nuances of his better efforts, but only his entry level wine on this pack of alcoholic pigs.

Ampelos too, is maybe owed an apology here. When Peter and Rebecca appeared on the show, months back, they made it clear that they were totally hands on, and using the best talent available in sources, vineyard management, etc.
Thought the style is more to the popular American, or New-World fruit bomb, this rowdy public forum egged you on straight past any introspection of the wine in exchange for quippy comments designed to make them laugh. Bad Gary.
Go stand in the corner.

I hope you learn from the nation’s displeasure on these two eps., and I hope that the Thunder cruise is a blast and a huge success!

Yo G, That was FUUUUN!!! Seemed to be alot of belly-achin’ in the
comments though! Loosin’ up people, Life tooo short to be miserble….

qotd: cherry….strawberry….blueberry….grape…. 🙂

LIME!!!