Don’t worry… the winelibrary binge is normal. There were a lot fewer episodes when I did it ;).

I think you should just do whatever shows you like. I am not actually a fan of the brown bags. I think allowing you to discuss the wines, the varietals, appellations, terroirs, etc, during the tasting gives more educational benefit. Other than tasting notes, I dont get much from blind tastings.

randomly, I just picked up a J Mourat AOVDQS Fiefs vendéens from the Loire. Really looking forward to it. It seems to be a blend of pinot, cab frank and negrette.

A 5min one wine show once a week would be a nice balance. I like when you dive deep into one area, grape, winemaker, etc. We are wine geeks and we are proud!

I like the one wine format. I’ve been watching the show for about 2 years and always have a ton of laughs and gain valuable wine knowledge with each episode. However, in my schedule one wine is easier to make time for on a daily basis. Perhaps once a week a head to head or comparison of 3 wines would be a welcome addition (with Sasha of course!) Keep up the great work of bringing the thunder to the masses regardless of the format you choose.

I’m a lurker coming out to play for the first time 🙂 Not really part of the CKC, but I’m 28 and a PhD student in biomedical sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Anyways, wanted to say hi.

QOTD: I like the 5 minute format maybe once a week as you suggested. Although I do really enjoy the more in-depth episodes as well. I actually think it would be great if you could do more brown bag episodes and interview episodes. Some of my favorites have been where you are interviewing influential people in the wine world. Also, I have a suggestion for the 1000th episode. I would love it if you could do a secret pack again so that we can taste along with you. I haven’t participated in the past but would love to give it a shot. Keep up the good work!

QOTD – For me the best shows are those when u lay some serious knowledge on us concerning an interesting region or wine. I also like a quality guest and some brown bag throwdown. I like the mix of show lengths, keep us guessing.

I think it’s good to have variation. These 1 bottle quickies are nice every now and then (especially when it’s an interesting wine like today) but then I also enjoy brown bags, head-to-head and normal 3(+) bottle shows.

Great Loire Cot Ep! Coincidentally I opened a Bourgueil last night, when you had a Chinon on the show, and with today’s wine I’m still somewhat on the same page with you as I’m finishing it!
QOTD: The one-wine tighter episodes are ok peppered in once in a while, but I’ll always take a head-to-head battle episode hands-down, especially a brown-bag head to head.

P.S. UNIFORMAL is officially my word of the week. Someone needs to make a recent video montage of your ingenious invented words! Editors? EDITORS??

Comment #316? Damn, no one is gonna read this!

Anyway, I think a decent format would be to cover three wines (but no more) and definitely keep the video under ten minutes, ideally under eight.

Email me with your postal address, Gary, and I can send an invoice for this great consultation 😉

Vay…Ner…Chuk

This is my first comment… But getting hooked on your shows… Crush It is where I heard of you… I like a little more meat in the show… If you’re running out of info I can understand cutting back to 8… but, I enjoy soaking up all your details. Give Me the More..

thanks for doing these shows.

As much as I like the super short format, I prefer 8-15 minutes. Great to nerd it up and focus on a particular region, but slightly longer is better because you can taste 2-4 wines from that region to see the differences and possibilities within a specific region!

You the man Dan! Keep on writing, look forward to it.

Calling Dr. Barker! Calling Dr. Barker! Your needed at WLTV Stat!

Hi Gary, love your shows – both long or short! The best way is to mix it up a little, I think. Brown paper bag shows are my favorite!

Would love to see you tase some more nebbiolo in the near future. Not Barbaresco or Barolo, but entry level stuff: nebbiolo langhe, nebbiolo d’alba, nebbiolo roero. There are some beauties out there, that can almost match a Barbaresco, but they are hard to found. Hope you can dig up some good value examples!

Talking about feedback: there’s one thing that worries me a little. You’ve tasted an awful lot of wine over the last almost 1000 shows and you know so much about it, except for your effort in pronouncing the wines. It falls short quite a bit. Would be great if you could at least try to give a French, Italian, Spanish or whatever foreign wine some of its original grandeur by trying to pronounce it well. Could be entertaining as well! 😉

I prefer the longer show’s. I like the comparison between wines.

the more wine, the sluttier <:-0

speaking only for VT, it would be more precise to say that we won’t be producing “quality wines [ in great quantities ] for 30 years”. Sure many of them are not up to spec, yet, but a couple are killer. Just tasted an Italian wine importer on on our home crafted 2010 La Crosse…he was confused and blown away, said that double-blind he would have pegged it for a cool Mediterranean island white. Sure we may not be GREAT, but shooting for unique and tasty is a good start.
Besides, I hope that we are all raising a glass to you when you turn 100!

How about a “Battle of the Iron Vintners” for your head to heads?

Let 2 (or 3 vintners) battle it out using grapes from the same source (budget burgundy village wines as an example).

The USA “Iron” Vintners can battle it out on battlefields such as Napa’s “Three Palms” vineyard where some of the best merlot is grown (Iron Vintner “Sterling” vs. Iron Vintner “Duckhorn”).

Iron Vintners…Let the battle begin!

Greetings from Koh Samui!

Another nice show ! Never had a Malbec from Touraine, will try when I’ll put my hands on a bottle over here… I had many from Argentina but in general they don’t really impress me since the usually come with a new oak vanilla thing that is not really my type.

comparing to the tannat in previous show, that bottle looks really nice. “Cent Visages” means “100 faces”

QOTD: i prefer 3-bottle shows as long as all bottles are comparable… meaning they come from the same region, appelation and eventually same vintage. love the brown paper bags shows but I think I would actually even appreciate a show with no bottles at all as long as it talks about wine and with that energy you’ve got!

any brown paper bag show with sparkling wines or champagnes coming on ? getting closer to 1k ! it’s time to have some bubbles and celebrate !

QOTD: Keep the brown bags coming – with more discussion of the wines after they are revealed – why the worked/didn’t work for you.
Honestly, I like longer shows. #CKC so it’s a pleasure to slide an extra 15 minutes of WLTV into my day.

P.S. Love the variety of wines at the minute – surprised the Malbec wasn’t too austere. Keep challenging my preconceptions GV.

Then let the episodes of just wine from France, Italy, Spain, California and Argentina continue. Oh well, I can only try. 🙂

I second that. There’s no magic formula that will bring all the thunder at once.

…and I KNOW for Certain that it wasn’t me…
😉

I like a variety of formats. I’m curious to see a double blind with a guest. Set it up like a competition, the winner gets to ask the QOTD.

Wine library tv is new to me. I must admit, at the outset, that I have only viewed three of your episodes. You are entertaining to many and passionate to the point of giddiness. Yes….spread the word. You appear to have an ever widening audience so please take the time to research Old World wines with regards to a reasonable pronounciation of the producer, the specific viticultural region and/or the name ascribed to the wine. A brief sidebar suggesting several food matches/partners would be beneficial to your famished viewers. That is, linking the bridge ingredients: the aromas and flavours of the wine[s] you are showcasing and why you would suggest an accompanying meal or recipe.