Well, I do have to wonder a bit about all of the seriously negative reaction to Gary’s vanishing act. After all, it is just a low budget (and how) TV show about wine. Are we really so dependent on WLTV that we go into this kind of withdrawal when it’s not there for a week? It’s really a pretty good testament to Gary’s drawing power and command of the media. Having said that, I do agree with one thing that has been said here. From what I can tell, WLTV is THE reason for Gary’s success in other arenas. The TV appearances, Sirius, the books, the seminars, none of it would have happened without WLTV. I can understand burnout, certainly, and MAYBE there is some of that. But a little more focus might be in order. Perhaps he could straighten out the office enough to get the couch back up under the window where it belongs and plop his butt down there with a few bottles of GOOD vino for a few relaxed episodes. I’d like that.

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I think Gary is having problems dealing with the fact that the over hyped Jets are totally gonna blow it this year.

what a bullshit, no wonder that amaericans have such a shit image in the wine world! BIG DISLIKE

This is one of two comments that GV wrote regarding his illness:

Dont worry Gang, I got sick 🙁 on Monday , had to go to boston ect… will be back soon

if you go to Jared’s blog and/or youtube site, there’s a video that he took when he was at the wine party, and the video has some still shots at the end. I e-mailed Jared requesting to have GV on his show as well….no response from him either (although Jared usually answers other e-mails….maybe they don’t like each other :P).

You forgot to mention the wine he sells though Cinderellla Wines!

Nice sentence, I don?t care if English is your second language. If you are going to insult us, learn how to type/write in our language.

thanks for ur mail. i am glad my english leved with ur statements on wine. don’t worry about my english, I aslo dont give a shit about ur german! and by the way, i am not insulting u – just ur show and what u do with wine: no respect!
have a wonderful eve, roger
and for u also in german if u understand that better:
danke fuer deine mail. i bin froh, dass mein english dein niveau erreicht hat. du brauchst dir keine gedanken ueber mein english zu machen. und im uebrigen beldeideige ich nicht dich sondern deine bloeden kommentare. man sieht kein respekt!
schoenen abend noch, roger

LOL

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cellarrat5/Rogerbock, We are all here for our interest in wine not to fall out with each other over the way we express it. Stay on the path boys.

This is like 7th grade when the teacher walks out of the classroom. hahaha. I’m loving the posts… get well, Gary. Take your time, this is funny.

Well, put, cellarrat5. But this is what social media does, it builds or tears down – no even ground. This is collective thought – it feeds on each other. Fun to read and watch.

I completely agree, regardless of individual opinion I still enjoy the discourse that goes on here. We all are here posting for similar reasons, and no matter what I may say I have fun saying (or typing) it.

OMG. Du tust mir leid!

don’t worry! funny flecko… but to let u know i am HELL!!!
PS: and always drunk! HAHAAA

Hey, you are a genius! I am sorry I didn’t get that immediately.

Get well soon GV.

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Nah, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration at all to credit WLTV with a huge amount of the success he’s had in the past couple of years. In fact, Gary has always been the first person to say so. Hell, the catchphrase he ends every show with reflects that fact. The simple reality is that he wouldn’t have gotten a book deal, and he wouldn’t have gotten a radio show, if the people shelling out for them weren’t convinced that he would be able to bring the audience. And he wouldn’t have that audience if it weren’t for us.

Again, this is sketchy ground, because we just sit and watch and he has to actually make things happen. But, again, that’s just economics; a product is only as good as the consumers decide it is. At its best, I think we all agree that WLTV is great. At its worst — and I really do think the past month has been an all-time low — not so much.

Definitely agree that folks are being inpatient. Isn’t it the way most friends are though? Constantly valuing the friendship based upon a “what have you done for me lately” analysis instead of looking at the overall, big picture history. The other side of the ledger is, of course, that it doesn’t seem like there could be any good reason for a friend not to somehow take the 30 seconds it would take to let us know what’s up. But, it doesn’t follow that this means GV is a big phony or something. It just means he has something going on in his life right now. We have to do as you suggest CR5, and look at all the value he has brought to the relationship. Not just lately but over the last several years. Putting out a daily show has to be one of the most grinding, tedious commitments one could make. I doubt any of us could stick to it as well as Gary has.

If Gary had anything close to what I have had for the past week, I don’t blame him for taking off this long. I’m still fighting it. Feel good, relapse, repeat….ugh. Get better, GV!

I do like the idea of KMurph filling in during long periods of absence. Look forward to the old team back together soon!

which impossible to join if you clicked wrong button

my mouth have tasted CdP and Hermitage the last 4 days at the spots… I’m i heaven

Gary does not look very sick in this video posted yesterday http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=439807407040