Gary, love it when you go on location. I appreciated the technological foray at Clo but I must be a romantic because I prefer an old style wine bar. I always felt that a wine bar should make you feel as though you just stepped in from the vineyard, even in NY.

QOTD: Living in North Georgia (suburb of Atlanta) for three years now and haven?t found a wine bar yet. If someone knows of one let me know.

Gary- first as a Jet season tix holder since 1968– love the J…E….T….S paraphanalia throughout your show– my favorite wine bar– no doubt– in the Portland PDX Airport– you can get a glass of Silver Oak Napa Valley for $20/glass, also grat Oregon Pinos (which you should review (Panther Creek, Domaine Serene, etc…)– also visited a wine bar in St. Emillion in the village where you get a glass of Cheval Blanc for $100 euros.

I love it when you go places! Despite the fact that I think Mott is a ROCK STAR, I am a huge fan of the Flip Camera! I did like it more when you sat down to taste, because when you were moving around and showing us stuff, I thought that the movement was a little much…

QOTD: I need to get out more. I have never been to a wine bar, let alone what I would consider a good one!

QOTD: My favorite wine bar closed :’ ( Vintage on West 93rd Street, NYC

Nice show!

QOTD: Currently I have found Cline Ancient Vines Zin to be delicious and priced right.

That’s a great looking wine bar, will have to try it the next time I’m in NYC.

QOTD: Mmmm, don’t have a favorite at this time actually. A few places I like in SF, but nothing picked out in Seattle yet.

Gary..you have to post episode #686 on the right side of the page, along with other very memorable episodes, ie, the tasting out in the freezing rain/snow, and the “I eat everything from jam to dirt” episode. Episode #686 when you introduce the masses to little Misha is an instant classic.

qotd: salt tasting room in vancouver is really nice

Just went to a place in Dallas called Cork in West Village?liked it a lot.

http://www.corkwines.com

qotd: my local wine bar here in Santa Monica – Bodega Wine Bar http://www.bodegawinebar.com/

Honoroable mention for local automatic pouring at a wine bar, like CLO there, goes to Pourtal down on Ocean http://www.pourtal.com/ee/

Al Mascaron in Venice, Italy was wonderful. It functions as both a wine bar and restaurant. No wine list. If you see the bottle on the wall, they will pour it. My whole family had a great time there.

Fun!!!

QOTD: I don’t have one. There’s not a good one to be found near me!!!

That wine list is state of the art and where lists *should* be going. What I want when ordering an unfamiliar wine is info, info, info. Not really wild about the self-service part of the bar–once I leave my home I don’t really want to serve myself.

QOTD: don’t have a favorite, but if forced to I’d say Lee’s Wine Bar (Tallahassee)

Clo looks too Start Ship Enterprise for me. I think it appears too uptight, with its hermetically sealed bottle cabinets. I’m as nerdy as anyone here, but I think places like this risk giving wine a bad name.

My favourite Melbourne (Australia) wine bar is Joe’s Shoe Shop in High Street Northcote. Excellent selection of wines, and they’ll order pizza from their neighbour Meine Leibe, one of the town’s best pizza joints.

Great show. Love the technology and the ability to use the card to order what you want when you want it.

QOTD: Wine Sync here in southeast Michigan. Small with great prices and good variety. No food, but you are more than welcome to bring your own to share.

Corked.

I love Marugo in Shinjuku 3-Chome. They’re staff is really friendly, food is great (recommend the liver pate) and the place is always crowded with 30 somethings and younger kids. The place is really small but they pull it off well.

Loved the table, where can I get one… ha

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Great show! It’s fun to visit places like CLO and see new ways wine is being presented to consumers. My favorite wine bar is “The Purple Tooth” in Annapolis, Maryland. They have a great selection of different variatals by the glass and specialize in grilled cheese sandwiches as well as great cheese and fruit boards. Gary would love it!

Hey Gary,

I’m a few episodes behind, so I apologize if you’ve answered this in the episodes I haven’t seen, but can you give an update on the Vayniac Cab?

Thanks,
Mike Spaeth

QOTD: Probably CAV or Hotel Biron in San Francisco.

GAry, THanks so much for the trip to CLO; it was a fun experience. Hope to try it in person this summer. ALl the best from Champagne Lady aka Naples, Kathy
QOTD: Havnen’t been to a wine bar YET…will do this summer.

We have wine bar near Cleveland here in Ohio called “87 West” that has a similar wine delivery system called “enomatic”. Pretty slick.

QOTD: In addition to 87 West, we like the Royal Vine Wine Bar with its outside seating in the Cleveland suburb of North Royalton and we also like the Markert Square Wine Bar in the Ohio City area of downtown Cleveland.

Enoteca Cantinone “Gia Schiavi” – Venice, Italy