QOTD: Got busted the other day (here in Oz) using my mobile while driving. That's fair. But then the cop found out my residential address is different to what it says on my license and apparently that's a crime too?? Big fines coming my way…. 🙁

thanks man, another vote for Chris The Cop back again….I like these guys!!!

yes… perfect, but what will Mott wear?

Thanks Bro!!!!!

The 06 rocked man, the 07 was too thin….I still have a few bottles left.

thanks!!!!!

QOTD: Both took place on a trip my church youth group took, by road, from Ohio to California in 2002. On the way out, a tire on the bus blew out. As we were siting around midnight on the side of the road in Illinois, a state police in an unmarked sleek black mustang pulled over to help. He radioed the county sheriff who sent two deputies in the county paddywagon to take us to a Hardees that was open 24 hours. They must have made at least 6 trips to get us all there while the bus will be fixed, and I will never forget their help and kindness.

Once we got to Cali, a bunch of us had been throwing water balloons, including using one of those giant sling shot water balloon launchers. This was all on the property of the church we were staying at, although a few may have landed in an alley between the church and a gas station. A few hours later, FOUR Huntington Beach police cruisers show up, the offers get out, gather us all (50+ people) in a room and tell us that they had EIGHT calls complaining of us using the launcher (we did not aim at nor hit anybody or anything). They then informed us that using those is apparently a FELONY in California, and they could arrest us all right then and there. But being from out of state and not knowing California's ridiculous laws, they would let us go with a warning but told us that if they got ONE more report they would come back and arrest us. Needless to say we were angels the rest of the trip, we had no idea!

skin-tight Phil Simms jersey and an afro wig?

So as not to offend your guest, I swear I've not yet watched today's episode. But I am writing to second the opinions of those who are in favor of more wine info and fewer guests. If I remember right, you're the guy who promised us “fewer guests” this year. That doesn't seem to be the case so far. None of this is aimed at the nice folks who visit you. Most of them are OK folks, but when you're sharing your attention between the guests and the wine, the wine content suffers. Watching you try to cover for a guest who clearly knew little about the vine was painful to watch. QOTD for you GV, are you our go to wine expert, or are you an entertainer? I'm here to learn wine.

QOTD: The cops in the UK have always been pretty good to me generally, not to my friend though (who's black). A racist cop searched him and then punched him in the face when he was just walking back from a nightclub minding his own business; not good. Racism in the UK can be a big issue and it does spill into the world of law enforcement unfortunately. I trained to be in the police force 10 years ago but decided to leave; it wasn't for me.

Sometimes a pee when you've been drinking maybe worth $480 bucks…..lol

John, i take back my previous thoughts and comments about boston people….you're ok!

Thanks Pat!!!

I agree Bike, alot of people are digging the Cop show. Enjoy your retirement.

It’s hard. I’m gonna try to spit this weekend at the barrel tastings. Usually after 2 or three wineries I get to stumblin.

Chris I have a couple of cousins on the YO force. My last name is Donaghy.

Great to see a local guy (esp a cop) from my home town on the show. If you have any local tasting coming up and need and extra, Let me know.

Gary should do two shows. One where he nerds it up and wears a top-hat and tastes wine with a monocle that pops off his eye when the wine is amazing.
The other would be on the laid-back Friday couch where he BSes about sports and has cool guests like Chris the Cop.

Great episode… Chris was sick…
Often I feel that the guests distract from the focus of the show, but this time he made it… great banter!
I'd love to watch a show with this guy hanging out with his buddies getting blasted…. “It's Always Sunny in Yonkers” perhaps!

QOTD: “kids say the darnedest things”
While in college about ten of us piled into a small sedan to get home from the bars. The “designated driver” got pulled over… after the usual formalities were dispensed, the officer asked my friend, who's face was smeared against the rear door's window,”How much have you had to drink tonight?” In his drunkenness he replied “Not enough to drive officer.” The cop was the first one to laugh… we all got home safely… without tickets.

QOTD: Best cop story. I was at Lakefront Park in the middle of night, like 3am, way after hours for being in the city. My girlfriend and I were making out when these kids showed up and started fire dancing right in front of us. It was so random and so beautiful. This cop car suddenly pulls up and this fire dancing girl just goes right up to them and tells them what they're doing. They chat for a minute then they leave. Letting the dancers continue.

Worst cop story: Some guy tried to mug me and I fought the dude for his gun, turned out to be a pellet gun, but I won. The cops were called and I had to wait in the back seat of a squad car for hours. My adrenaline was super amped and I couldn't get a drink of water while we waited for some detectives to show up. I was a little banged up from the fight, and Detectives wanted me to agree to an ambulance. I refused and they said they could call one and I wouldn't be billed. So I agreed. I was billed $85.00 for a band aid. Which was way more than the money I had on me. I'm certain those detectives lied to me to cover their own asses.

Whatya mean bro?

Looks like he vented two posts further down the page.

Lurker from Croatia, Europe comming out! Worst cop expirience: Friend and me 'bout 1988, 2 AM going home from usual “everything but responsible” wine drinkin' party, finding some used car tyres, kicking and rolling them down the street until two cops came out and beat the living daylight's out of us just for being young, ripped clothes, restless punks. Hehehe. Nice memories!
Best cop xp: not sure I got one. Somehow I think they are never there when they should be and much often are there when there is no need for it. All around the world there is too much negative selection thing going on when “advertising for” and recruiting new cop personnel. Don't get me wrong, I think it is a honourable profession, but it's been here, basicly unchanged, for so long I think it's time to try some new arrangement of oraganized social living and law reinforcement.
Anyway great show, I'm looking forward to see more guests from music, art, literature, philosophy, etc… profession / background. Wine making & drinking has always been strongly connected with these humantic enterprises. You haven't had a guest like Maynard James Keenan for a long time. Stay cool. Peace!

I disagree with the tone of his rant (2 comments down) but I agree with the sentiment. I didn't dislike this guest for any reason, I just see no reason to have him on the show. I love when you have guests who are actually in the wine business and can bring some knowledge and interesting wine related stories to the table. I understand that you're in to sports, but this was more of a sports show than a wine show, and that bores the crap out of me.

Sorry, Chris, nothing against you. If I could be on the show I would do it, too.

Hahaha, that's right.
But I give you the whole story.
The cop stopped me in real Western Style.
He turned over, making a huge U-turn and crossed the in between the two directions of the highway. As I saw him doing that i thought 'waw, they not only do that in the movies'.
I stopped – I'm not stupid you know – and opened the window.
'Good morning Sir' he began with. I responded very politely 'good morning Sir'.
'Do you know what the speedlimiet is?
'Yes, I do, 70'
'Do you know haw fast you were driving?'
(This question was a little more difficult)
'eeeuuuggghhhhh, 78?' I tried.
Then, three seconds silence and then he shouted '99 Sir, that's 30 over the limiet'
I looked at him with a dog face (here in Belgium it means looking like if you were hit and with lots of guilt)
And then he told me what you already know.

Now serious. Cops in America are very nice guys compared to the cops in Belgium. You guys are polite and correct. (this has nothing to do with the previous story) Here in Belgium most of them are rude.

A big salute to you all.
Let's drink a glass of wine on that.

Best regards.

i have an unfortunately heavy right foot. so much so that i fear my license will be taken away when i head to court (to fight yet another speeding ticket) in april! i have tried everything. fake crying, unbuttoning a top button or two, to no avail.

thankfully, for my 24th birthday, which was this past saturday, a dear friend has serious ins with the boston police force and he gave me the best bday present of all time…a legit police sticker serial numbered to a top dog on the highway patrol squad. with hope, i will not have another police encounter for awhile, but im sure it will be an interesting one if i do!