Episode #51: Gary Vaynerchuk tastes the wines of Raymond

June 14, 2006

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2003 Raymond Reserve Chardonnay

2002 Raymond Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Gary welcomes Walter Raymond from Raymond vineyards. One of the great California wineries makes it’s latest reserve selections available for gary to comment on. Watch as there is a huge surprise at the end of the show.

10 Responses

  1. about 23 months ago

    Sam Zen

    Nice guy. Too bad for the corked cabsauv. It appears like a consistent, can’t go wrong, appelation. Thanks for great story Raymond- I look forward to your wines in DC.

  2. about 23 months ago

    Buddy

    I’ve tried wonderful wines from Raymond, but my last experience with their wines was with a rep that was tasting with my local shop. Out of eight wines, three were corked. Need to worry?

  3. about 23 months ago

    Mike

    This was an entertaining episode that unfortunately ended somewhat abruptly. I felt the corked wine issue was left hanging in the air like, well, like the musty stench of wet newspapers. I tried an ‘02 Raymond cab a few weeks ago and it, too, was corked… incidentally, it’s not so funny when you don’t have another bottle to open and you have to drive several miles to your local wine shop for a replacement.
    Gary should have pressed Mr. Raymond to confront this problem or at least give his opinion about alternative bottle closures.

  4. about 21 months ago

    Lawrence Leichtman

    How weird. I had a 2002 Raymond cab last week at a wine tasting that was also corked. I’m seeing more corked wines coming out of California than ever previously.

  5. about 19 months ago

    Brandon M

    I’ve had TONS of Raymond in the past and can’t ever remember a corked bottle. I hope it’s not a trend. Has anyone had a corked Raymond over the last couple of months? I’m not drinking it as much as I used to, so now I’m curious.

    B

  6. about 14 months ago

    Lars

    A corked bottle. Wonderful. Love it.

    Thank for the description. I had a wine at a tasting that spelled of wet cardboard. Now I realize it was corked!

  7. about 10 months ago

    David Canada

    Never heard of this label….shows what I know….I’ll be on the lookout.

  8. about 10 months ago

    Colleen

    I read about you in Time Magazine - the article was in between their promos for iPhone. I mean 5 iphone stories in as many months!! Anyhow- glad I stumbled across this/ I will forward url on.
    See if you can get Stamos on to try some wines- I hear he is a big drinker.

  9. about 8 months ago

    WA Ambassador

    Wow, it seems they may have a quality control issue. I’m a QA test engineer by trade. I’d be happy to QA their product. =oP

  10. about 3 months ago

    The Fanjestic

    Corked Wine? He seemed really cool about it. My favorite guest so far!

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