woman of wine: emily wines, master sommelier at fifth floor in SF, and kimpton hotels consultant… a wonderful educator, unpretentious, and generous with her knowledge!

sexy wine experience: drinking dry gewurztraminer straight from the bottle on a picnic bench at gundlach bundschu with a girlfriend and good friends, eliciting envious glances from the more reserved. i’ll censor myself for once and keep the racier tales for a more intimate audience.

fun show!

woman of wine: emily wines, master sommelier at fifth floor in SF, and kimpton hotels consultant… a wonderful educator, unpretentious, and generous with her knowledge!

sexy wine experience: drinking dry gewurztraminer straight from the bottle on a picnic bench at gundlach bundschu with a girlfriend and good friends, eliciting envious glances from the more reserved. i’ll censor myself for once and keep the racier tales for a more intimate audience.

fun show!

Gary – I enjoyed the 2 part episode in Paris quite a bit. Would have been great to be there for the tasting (especially wanted to try that Chenin Blanc). That was quite interesting that so many folks there had not tried a Savennieres.

QOTD 1: Heidi Barrett (because of her appearance on the Thunder Show. What a delightful and pleasant woman)

QOTD 2: Champagne in a hot tub. It doesn’t get any better than that…

@KAHUNA – your 2nd QOTD was absolutely hilarious!!! Nice

@KAHUNA – your 2nd QOTD was absolutely hilarious!!! Nice

@msquared – I totally forgot about Laura Catena, great call! I do love the Catena Malbecs, so balanced and elegant, definitely gives off that “finesse” of a woman winemaker.

QOTD #1: My favorite lady of wine has to be Heidi Barrett. When she was on the Thunder Show, it was one of the best episodes ever.

QOTD #2: It involved champagne and my wife and I cannot possibly say any more than that!

QOTD #1: My favorite lady of wine has to be Heidi Barrett. When she was on the Thunder Show, it was one of the best episodes ever.

QOTD #2: It involved champagne and my wife and I cannot possibly say any more than that!

QOTD: Patricia Green

favorite lady of wine – Kathryn Kennedy
sexiest wine experience – New Years Eve 1987 w/ Tina Davids and Dom P
or NYE 2008 w/ Erin from Irrigan at The Grove

favorite lady of wine – Kathryn Kennedy
sexiest wine experience – New Years Eve 1987 w/ Tina Davids and Dom P
or NYE 2008 w/ Erin from Irrigan at The Grove

QOTD1: the Veuve herself.. she was a pioneer and bad ass momma jamma for her time!

QOTD2: Can't go into the details but let's just say that when you mix together a really nice single malt Japanese whisky with an unexpected visit by Lara Croft, things tend to get a little spicy… oops does whisky count?… or maybe i'm cheeting… 😉

P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program This product is what I expected from the infomercial – the infomercial is a good representation of what you’ll get. The DVDs are good, come in a small case (no excess packaging to exaggerate or compensate for lack of real product). The accompanying written materials are good too. However, I found that I wasn’t quite in shape enough when p90x arrived to use it well. I went back and bought Tony Horton’s “Power Half Hour” and used that for a few weeks first – had to wake up some muscles I’ve let go dormant. I’ve been in good shape most of my life, but kind of got lazy lately – I needed to get a basic foundation before I could jump into the incredible workouts he provides. http://www.p90xbuyonline.com/13dvd-fitness-guide-nutrition-plan-p-63.html

88/100

line of the day – ‘if I allowed anyone to pay $50 for this wine, you would come to the store and punch me directly in the face’

Meh, guests didn’t improve. Not GV’s fault but that’s the way the cookie crumbles