what is going on?

My man. We are holding down the fort with great interaction and our own TTF QOTD that I believe “someone who shall remain nameless” was supposed to initiate. 😉

We are well. Thanks.

I think I can speak for most and say we miss Mott and have yet to “make the connection” though we will always love the G-Man.

Cheers!

P.S. How are you?

D, You play the piano? Amazing. All beautiful pieces. Loved the Beethoven piece and espec the Mozart piece, which I had not heard before… Nice. You must have seen the movie, “Amadeus”.. I wonder if this piece was in it?

How wonderful it must have been to visit Vienna. It’s on my list (after France and Italy).

And who doesn’t love Steve Winwood? I wore out his CDs in the late 80s as well. Roll With It and my favorite, Higher Love. Ummm.. I had not seen this video before… Hot. Re: 02:22 Well, you know what they say.. Practice makes perfect. 😉

PS: I will answer your QOTD once I recover from last video clip. Speechless (again).
Thx for sharing. L

alive and kicking

Yes, that piece was in the movie. Great scene where Mozart’s wife Constanze visits Salieri to try and convince him to give Wolfie the Koncertmaster post. Salieri slowly waves his hand over the leather bound manuscripts and says “And these . . . are . . . originals?” And then he reads the music while the Gran Partita begins to play. Magical scene. I have seen “Amadeus” maybe 50 times?

And yes, I play the piano but am a beginner at best. Take lessons and try to practice as often as I can. After the second glass of wine the notes start running together. 🙂

tennispro, Dominus, Lisa S, AndersN,,,,, GET A LIFE,,,,, 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉

I don’t have to say this to NW because he hasn’t got a life,,,,,, 😉 (Hope you all have a sense of humour) HiHi—–

we wish we could, but work drains us so and to get some air we tend to squat here, in waiting for the reapperance of the magical 1001.

I’m happy to say I’m pretty psyched to see the current episode over at Daily grape, since I’m quoted on a few pages of that article that Gary bases his episode on (I’m the John from Antrim 1844 in that article).
I certainly don’t mean this as any sort of bragging thing, I come from a family who has no interest in wine so this is one of the only places I have to share it.

Wow Vascular Surgery, I have cousin who does that, that’s really hard work but really rewarding my cousin tells me.

You guys familiar with Jules Massenet? He’s not as famous but he’s composed some gorgeous pieces.

Aaawww! You had me at “my sweet woman” 🙂 I had decided that Morgons were not my thing but might consider trying one again in the future after reading your description.

Hi J: I’m not a surgeon, I just play one on TV. Ha! Actually it’s an administrative job. Surgical education (residency and fellowship) and faculty appointments, promotions and searches.

I thought that long guest episodes would appear here….

Great review AndersN. Morgons for me can be hit or miss but the one I had a little over a week ago was quite good. I must admit, “hotness” in wines turn me off more than anything but when we talk about “hotness” of our fellow Vayniacs, i.e. Lisa, well, that’s a different story altogether. 🙂

TGIF!!!!!!

I came out of the woodwork for you NY Pete. You hit it on the head my man.

There were two wines on the table and they did not review them? Hmmm. Just seemed to be pushing her new business venture into wine glasses.

Let’s hope for something, not it’s suddenly Behind the Grape for guests, when DG stement was no guest and 10-15 shows on WLTV for special things…. I guess the old comfort zone is making an apperance in new form or what..

True, and the DG score icons are eaqually empty. They screwed the script up on that one or?

You have got to be kidding me GV! You are going to give up on WLTV all together and start having guest over at DG and non here like you promised. How sad! This is definitely a sad day in wine history. I do foresee the WLTV site going by the way of the Dodo Bird. I am not feeling very happy about now. 🙁

After reading the comments from GV today over there, I have come to the conclusion, albeit forsakenly (is that a word?) that it (WLTV) is no more. He’s “thinking” about it? Please, to be that successful you don’t “think” about business decisions. You do it and that part of you has inspired us for many years.

To me, this is a sad ending to five glorious years. I spent more time, listening, drinking, laughing and commiserating with GV than I have with any one person in my entire life.

Good things must come to an end. Begrudgingly and kicking as we are shown the door, but alas, it will happen. And soon if by tonight’s episode didn’t put the nail in the coffin.

I’m with you NWIndianaDan. Sad but we must go on. If you want to ask the QOTD: What was the last wine you ordered at a restaurant and receive a bunch of “I don’t order wine at restaurants” or what is your favorite European capital and the answer is “I’ve never traveled to Europe” then so be it.

Time to pull up our bootstraps and move on.

I appreciate and adore all the friendships I have made over the years. Lisa, tennispro, yourself, Kahuna, NY Pete, the list goes on and on. And last but not least, Mott. That is what broke the camel’s back for me. I love the guy. Plain and simple.

Cheers!

P.S. Last but not least, GO COLTS!!!! 🙂

Thanks Dom.
You’ll get a personal menu anytime you come there. My name may not be on it after the 24th however. I’ll be moving on from Antrim after that, (on very good terms) and heading into wine distribution.

Oh yeahhhh, if Andrea is on over there that does kinda mean that. I’ll be more curious to see that episode now. Gary’s gotten flack for switching to DG and not doing WLTV outside of when he has a guest. I’ve decided to keep my thoughts to myself on that issue and not really comment on it. But I’ll say after hearing about this, that it sounds like Gary is purposely trying to send us “vayniacs” who still keep things alive over here into some sort of “jokes on you” purgatory or something.
I may change my mind after I watch it, but for right now I’m a bit surprised frankly.

If you’re going to reconsider Morgon’s or any other Beaujolais Cru the timing is perfect, 09 is the year to get, perhaps the best year its had ever. And it’s a real steal value play. Personally I recommend steering away from the Jadot’s and the DeBoeuf’s and going for some of the more interesting grower prodeucer’s. Cheers!

So, the tone of the WLTV to DG transition looks more like a continuing trend rather than a onetime shift to a new equilibrium. The business enterprise appears to have become more about Vaynermedia and building the GV celebrity brand to monetize things around a wine and social media theme as opposed to a wine-centric offering with interesting personality and a really good wine shop connection. That’s OK if the content quality and entertainment level remains, but IMO that’s been diluted. And the plugs for things he invests in without disclosure is a bit tacky. Guess I’m not the target audience.
QOTD’s etc seem to be designed more to generate numbers than content (perhaps to impress potential Vaynermedia clients? Or just stroke an ego?). Yet after 2 months the DG web site and app are well below average in functionality (wouldn’t potential clients notice that, too?) I can’t beleive how a group pasing themselves off as a gang of cutting edge techno wiz still have no password retrieval functionality! LOL. And how’d that Wine and Web thing work out?
I dunno. Maybe GV’s crazy like a fox, or maybe his competitive, impulsive/ADHD side has taken over a bit too much. Maybe DG will bring him the $$$ he seeks over the long haul or maybe GV’s in the process of Jumping The Shark and in the process perhaps unwittingly helping to prove that he’s no immune from his own pronouncement that99.5% Percent of Social Media Experts Are Clowns.