i say keep pairing the wines, it's after all what we do in the “real world”.

QOTD: haven't had white wine in a long time, the last one we drank was a 2005 Fiano and it was very good. (http://www.garalysoka.com/vinos/2009/10/1/fiano…)

I like basic, concise episodes early in the week so I have time to watch them. QOTD – My favorite white wines are from Navarro in Anderson Valley. They have good acidity and are good with food. I am not a big chardonnay fan normally, but one of theirs was very good last week on a hot Atlanta summer evening.

Great Idea!! Mott! Welcome to the comments.

QOTD: The 2008 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc, which is really Sauvignon Musque, but that's another story. Blockbuster wine… I wish I could get some!

Ok, that's it. I'm snapping. Gary, this is your blog. If you want guests, do guests, if you want food pairings, do food pairing, if you want the brown bag, shut the front door f***ing brown bag it up! This not the same blog as episode #20. You have grow and stretch and do what interests you because if you did the same thing every blog it would have been boring ass as hell, you would have been bored and would made this blog disappear.

Is there shows I like, yeah, I like guests. I don't like the brown bag episodes but I don't bitch about it, at all. Why? Oh yeah, that's right, it's your show and maybe some other people DO like it. So go classic or go out there, it's all good.

Ok, now I can sit my cranky ass back in the rocking chair on my front porch with my 15 cats and shot gun. What was the QOTD? Screw it. I'll have whatever Randall is having. 😛

I love every show GV! My best white wine as of late has to be the “Sketch” albarino, by Raul Perez!!! Amazing white wine, i wish i had a car air freshener that smelled like the sniffy sniff i got from that wine! Its brought in by Ole Imports Gary if you want to try it bro, i know you like Albarino.

YO RANDALL !!!!!! Thanks for the Computer Tip, Gonna have to give it a try……

THROOOOOOW IIIT DOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWNN !!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O)

Yes! Let's get back to the basics for just a while. All the interviews and change of venue has made this show dynamic, but I was just thinking the other day that, when I first picked up your show when you were still in the 100s for episode count, that it was so fundamental in a way, and I found myself kind of missing that a bit. It's huge that you are in a place where you can decide to turn down the celeb visits for a while, and also great that you are willing to do that to preserve the raw spirit of WLTV that really makes it special. Looking forward to GV, a few bottles of wine, and a few mumblings from Mott in the background.

😛 I totally have to bring you over to the dark side of Brown Bags, Mel…
People just can't WUSS OUT and hide behind the knowledge of what they're drinking… they have to actually KNOW what they're talking about…
Judging by the seat of their pants, or skirts, as it were…

p.s. hey… chill… it's just me, don't shoot… I come bearing a Villa Carlotti Prosecco. I know it's a WEE bit rough around the edges, but it's STILL delicious…

B2B (Back to Basics) show which I really like though having a sprinkling of guests, brown bags, Laid Back Fridays stirs up the pot now and then so don't get rid of them.

QOTD: I really like this: Cantina del Taburno Falanghina

Cheers!

Hey Gary
Guests are OK now and then, but the lone Gary is the best.

QOTD: D'Arenberg Stump Jump 2008 Reisling, Sauvigon Blanc, Marsanne & Rousanne blend is pretty tasty.

Good to see ya back rockin' out solo.

QOTD: 2008 Casa Marin Sauv. Blanc Cipreses. Totally rocked my world for $17. One of the best wines I have had THIS YEAR! Guests are good every once in a while (had to say it because I was a guest myself at one point…) but nothing beats a solo show. Especially when it's Sir Gary and Knight Mott doing their thang…

definitely leave the food aside, focus on the vino.

suggestion – have kmurph pick out the 4 biggest oak monsters in the store stacked w/ sticks and vanilla and do a blind tasting to see you chew your arm off…c'monnnn, any takers?

qotd: Isabel Mondavi – deep red rose. got to meet rob and liked the vino.

Good back to basics show. I like the BB. I like the basic shows. I like the celebrity shows. Hell I like em all, except for the occasional pretentious guest who doesn't bring anything to the table. Luckily, we don't get that many of them so I am fine with whatever. I just wish there was a way to increase the participation of the community somehow. You know, a bigger buy in on the part of the Vayniacs. I don't know how but I only get paid enough to come up with the problem, I always leave solutions to folks higher up the food chain.

QOTD: easily the 06 Stefanini Monte Di Fice Soave! I got it from WL (I think it was a Cindy deal) several weeks back. I paid 15 bones and it rocked for the QPR. Crisp, citrus and floral up front and a very clean mineral driven finish with nice acid. Disappears just a tiny bit in the middle but for the price it is a steal. I always thought very poorly of Soave until I had this wine. It reminded me to keep an open mind.

Food wasn't necessary here as you just briefly touched on it … your comment about how the Gruner and Gewurztraminer go well with Thai and Indian food was enough, no need for the backdrop you know?

QOTD; not a huge white fan but trying to expand my repertoire – just had the Loosen Bros 2008 Dr. L last Friday, definitely enjoyed it.

It's good to be back to basics.

QOTD: Was a tablas creek – 06 Espirit de Beaucastel Blanc. great white wine almoust a baby white chateauneuf-du-pape. Had it at a new world tasting.

La Difference Grenache Blanc. This was my first GB wine and I was shocked at the quality. The Grenache Blanc varietal needs some love because it is under appreciated.

QOTD: Nothing super interesting. Have a Bedrock white wine that probably will be great when I drink it. Went to a tasting at Alba vineyards in the Dirty Jerz and they had a pretty good Gevurtz and an everyday white blend of Vidal Blanc and something else called Mainsail White. Other than that an Alpha Omega Chard, Clos Blancheau James Berry Vineyard Chard were very good. A nice picnic wine Shannon Ridge Chard(almost off-dry) and a German Sparkler I haven't had in years-Henckell-Trocken was a nice surprise for 8 bones–enjoyed more than many Proseccos.

Now this is back to basics and roots. Just you, me and Mott! VERY good. Nerd it up even more! Though I liked the details around the grapes!

Thai and Gewurz! Gotta seek out Gruner!
QOTD: Viognier and Pinot Gris blend – wow, what a combination that is!

p.s. ideas: some dry rose's from southern Rhone? how about Tannat blends? It's almost 4th of July – how about hotdogs ? do a show outside cooking hotdogs, pairing wines. Jersey turnpike & whites. ha.

I don't mind food pairing shows. That is what I do on a regular basis after all. Love back to the basics though!!

QOTD: Gary Farrell 2007 Chardonnay blew the doors off other whites I have had. Looking forward to trying some Chard from his new winery Alysian.

Tnx B2

I noticed a little red wine in the spit bucket and couldn't help but wonder if you've been saving the Jets wine.

QOTD: The best three whites I've had in the last 45 days would be the 2008 La Cana Albarino (4th time I had it; you had it soon after the first time I had it, and seemed to be a big fan too).
2007 Scholium Project Choepheroi Chardonnay. It was being poured by winemaker Abe Schoener at an outdoor wine tasting I went to over the weekend. It was easily my favorite of the wines I tried that day. 2007 Grans Fassian Trittenheimer Riesling Kabinett. Nice acid and a fun canned pineapple thing going on in the mouth.

If I had to pick one, it'd probably be the Scholium Choepheroi.

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Welcome back (to basics) Gary! Good show!
Love the guests (once in a while) if they have something interesting to say. 🙂

QOTD: I will echo others here with the Tablas Creek – Cote de Tablas Blanc. About $20 in SF Bay Area. I also liked Curran 2007 Grenache Blanc..($23). Most impressed by Miner Viognier. Wow.. I think it's the best Viognier I've had yet (also $20 retail).