Episode #37 - Hogue Cellars from Washington State:Guest David Forsyth

April 25, 2006

Today Gary Vaynerchuk welcomes David Forsyth Director of Winemaking of Hogue. Gary finds the Cabernet and Riesling very exciting and ponders the Syrah.

19 Responses

1. about 28 months ago

   BIg wine dude

   is it me or does gary seem to rush this along. seems kind of lets get this over with already doesnt he?

2. about 28 months ago

   Doug

   Thanks Gary, excellent job!

3. about 28 months ago

   garyv

   Big do you mean this episode or all of them? I really am enjoying them. I think because people know I am very busy they might be looking into it too much, the WLTV is the highlight of my day!

4. about 28 months ago

   Doug

   I think Gary is trying to keep the video to a manageable length, which I agree with.

5. about 28 months ago

   josephc

   Gary,

   How did the Syrah turn out?

   –
   josephc

6. about 28 months ago

   Sam Zen

   In one week you go from vintners like Tony Coturri to David Forsyth… wow, what a difference in character! Would love to have a follow up to see what you ended up buying. Best.

7. about 28 months ago

   garyv

   Sam agreed.
   Joe the Syrah is a PASS

8. about 28 months ago

   Tony

   I think having guests and tasting the wines for the first time live on video is a bit problematic (case in point, the syrah). I think it’s unreasonable to expect that you could be as objective with a guest present as you are when you do a tasting on your own. And too much to expect you to make a face and say “not so great” when you taste a poor quality wine in front of a guest

   So here’s what I think you should do when you have a guest. Taste a selection of their wines BEFORE the show, and pick out several that you DO like, and taste them on the show. Be up front about it. “Hey, here’s our guest, I tasted several of their wines, and we’re here to talk about the ones I liked and that I think you might be interested in.”

   That’s totally honest and fair, to us, to you and to your guest. No awkward moments, no problems with being totally honest, and we get to see wines that you think are worth our attention.

   What do you think?

9. about 23 months ago

   Brandon M

   I guess it’s really hard to be 100% honest in front of guests, but it was great to meet these people. These were my favorite episodes for a while.

   B

10. about 23 months ago

    Mike F.

    Maybe you can have a Nickelodeon like setup where if the wines arent up to snuff you can slime the guest, Whaddya think?

11. about 20 months ago

    Ted

    I definitely agree with Tony regarding tasting wines in front of guests. I thought that this might be a problem previously on the other episodes where you tasted a line of wines brought in by a guest. Ithink Tony’s suggestion of tasting them ahead of time is right on.

    Regardless of that, all of the episodes have been really very good. Keep up the good work and thanks.

12. about 15 months ago

    dkeck

    Gary

    You are the man, now your talking about my childhood playground. I have fond memories of these places. I love thoes Washington wines.

13. about 15 months ago

    David Canada

    That is awkward…..could tell you had some issues with that syrah….

14. about 13 months ago

    yowens

    GV- Thanks for another good one

15. about 12 months ago

    WA Ambassador

    I’ve met David before at a wine tasting in WA. Really neat guy. GO WASHINGTON WINES!!!

16. about 11 months ago

    GrapeStuff

    Looks like Hogue would be a good option to try from Washington - especially seeing as WA is set to EXPLODE over the next 24 months.

17. about 10 months ago

    Terry Odor

    David is my cousin, he must know what he is talking about!!

18. about 6 months ago

    The Fanjestic

    Hogue is the only winery that has ever had a wine where the fruit overpowered the wine for me. However, the majority of their wines I have enjoyed - good value!

19. about a month ago

    Dan Leavy

    word 37 “and”

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