New York state wines and a tour. Episode 64

August 3, 2006

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2003 Palmer Reserve Chardonnay

2003 Hopewell Valley Merlot

2001 Bedell Cellars Merlot

Today Gary Vaynerchuk not only tours the wines of New York State but takes a little “tour” of his own. Please leave Gary comments he adores them.

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  1. August 4, 2006

    robert scherer

    Answer to question of best CS based wine I ever had: In 1972 (if memory serves me) at the 2nd Heublein wine auction tasting at Lincoln Center in NYC – a 1906 Chateau Margaux carefully opened by Michael Broadbent (I went back several times and probably had about 6ounces). At that time you could taste – FOR FREE – many great wines. And I did – on my lunch hour++++ A subway ride back to the office enabled me to overindulge safely.

  2. August 4, 2006

    John Coyne

    I’ve been drinking wine for forty years and although I have a good memory, it’s short. The best cabernet based wine I drank in the last few years was the 97 Ferrari-Carano Tresor. (I think).

  3. August 4, 2006

    Tony D

    Gary,

    Watching this episode was the first time that I wished I didn’t live in California. Oh my God, WL is huge!! For me, it’d be like a trip to Disneyland to see all those wines. Quite the selection of Carlo Rossi wines, too! It was only a couple of days ago that I was searching through the WL site for more info on the store, so your tour was timely and spot on. Thanks. Too bad, I’ll probably never make it out there to see it in person. :-(

    Favorite cab? Jeez, you’d think I’d actually have an answer for this one… OK, I looked through my tasting notes that I keep at corkd.com, and the only cab-based wine I have given five stars is the Windwalker 2002 Lady in Red. Windwalker is a tiny family winery in the Fairplay area of the Sierra Foothills. Not a well known wine area, even in California. But it’s definitely on the rise. Most wines in that region rate crappy to OK. This one was truly stunning. One of my 3-4 favorite wines ever.

    Keep it up Gary! And thanks again for the tour.

  4. August 4, 2006

    johnmaki

    1968 BV PR Cab, when it was young-
    the wine that got me hooked
    1992 Far Niente cab in late 90’s

  5. August 4, 2006

    Matty Van

    Great episode, I live in NY near the finger lakes region and I am not a fan of NY reds but we have some great whites such as Dr. Frank Semi-Dry Riesling, I have had a lot of great MY riesling and a great dessert wine Fiori Delle Stelle VIDAL ICE WINE-2004, made by casa larga if you want to taste the best of hte finger lakes region those two are a great place to start.

    I know seeing how you just did a NY episode you probally wont be doing another one for awhile but when you do NY riesling and ice wine would be sweet.

    Recived my first order today and the first bottle I had was not cooked, I look forward to buying more as soon as I have room on my rack to store them

  6. August 3, 2006

    scotty

    Gary,
    Best “group” of cabs I’ve had was a trip in Napa 7 years ago. I was in the Tokalon tasting room at Mondavi enjoying a vertical of reserves 91-94. Michael Mondavi walked in and we had 20 min. of great conversation and I had an afternoon of great wine. I am just sorry that the quality will never be the same.

  7. August 3, 2006

    Dave Miller

    Actually, I think it was the 99 Quintessa.

  8. August 3, 2006

    Kevin C

    Nice tour of the place, Gary.

    To those that haven’t been to the actual Wine Library store, it is 10 times more interesting and cooler than what you saw on video. Definitely check it out if you’re ever in the NYC area (only 30 minutes away by car – as long as you can get out of Holland Tunnel ;P)

    I also have to agree with Rich S on LI wines. The reds are pretty bad to just plain aweful. I remember the Pugliese Cab Franc being drinkable, but the cab sauvignons generally taste like those $3 Trader Joe cabs. And don’t even think about buying pinots from LI. I think the LI wine I enjoyed the most was a sparkling red from one of the vineyards out there – the name escapes me – but it was very close to a lambrusco. Nothing inspiring, but very nice and refreshing wine.

    My favorite cab has to be this reserve cab I tried at this small vineyard called Moon Mountain in Mount Veeder, Sonoma, at a 2000 ft elevation. I can’t remember the vintage, but it was just perfect. Perhaps it was the perfect weather, the beautiful backdrop and the cave the nice lady took us into to show us the hundreds of barrels and let us taste straight from the barrel, but that just blew me away.

  9. August 3, 2006

    Dave Miller

    I have only been a wine drinker for a few years, and the first vintage I was exposed to was 97. My first wine love was the 97 Estancia I went through cases of that stuff, and when it seemed every store was out of it I happened to be traveling to Canada out of EWR and went to the duty free shop and what did I find? the 97 Estancia. Now that I know more and my tastes have matured. My last favorite was the 01 Quintessa. Man, do I miss that 97 vintage thought, for my taste buds no vintage has touched it. Love the show!

  10. August 3, 2006

    Kai

    Gary….great shows. I wanted you to know that I am watching from Hong Kong. Your show is the first thing I do in the morning (your evening – 12 hours difference in time) when I arrive at my office.

    Best Cab based wine was a 1961 Chateau Gruard Larose.

  11. August 3, 2006

    Jimmy D.

    Vaynerchuk…Good Job…
    On Aug 3rd,1995 Former Pirate pitcher Jim GOTT
    played his last game.GOTT means GOD in German and GOD was 1995 SILVER OAKS CAB.ALEXANDER VALLEY the best cab I ever had.Good wine and good dine.

  12. August 3, 2006

    kjb

    I echo Rich S’s comments and found LI whites to show better than the reds… I thought Paumanok had some pretty good reds, particularly the Grand Vintage wines and bordeaux style blend named Assemblage…

    Best cabernet based wine was a 1985 Sassicaia, in Magnum that my boss purchased for our group during a holiday lunch at Felidia in NYC. Unfortunately there were about 11 of us, so I only got about a glass worth, but boy did I savor that wine.

  13. August 3, 2006

    GregS

    Best cab (my wine budget more limited) was:

    2001 Beringer Private Reserve Cab

  14. August 3, 2006

    JW

    Gary -

    Big fan…but you’ve got to do us all a favor. You need to get your head a good bit into that spit bucket so we are spared the visual of the wine streaming out of your mouth. That’s a bit much, even when the wines suck.

  15. August 3, 2006

    Wino4Life

    BEST ITALIAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON – JUST DRANK AT CHRISTMAS

    1997 TENUTA LA PALAZZA ‘MAGNIFICAT’

    EMILIA ROMAGNA

  16. August 3, 2006

    MarcT

    Best Cab……………?
    Can’t think right now. Great episode. I can’t wait to get up there and check you guys out.
    Still waiting for the WLTV Fanatics tasting. I WILL fly up from Atlanta for it!

  17. August 3, 2006

    David K

    1996 Pichon Longville – though I probably spelled it wrong… damn French.

  18. August 3, 2006

    Rich S

    Another good episode GV. NY wines are definitely hit or miss. I actually just went on a tour of LI wineries last month and found that the white wines totally outperform the reds, at least of the ones that I tried. LI also produces some wonderful dessert wines that are made from late harvest riesling grapes. Definitely check them out if you have not had the opportunity to do so.

    Best cab based wine was a 2000 Joseph Phelps Insignia that we had for my friend’s engagement party. In fact it may have been the best wine overall that I have ever had. It was so well structured and the finish was amazing. Definitely include that one in your high end cab tasting!

  19. August 3, 2006

    GeneV

    Did not want to mix the nice memory of the Cos and my wife with a wine bashing, but we tasted at quite a few wineries on Long Island about 6 years ago, and I was quite underwhelmed. They kept displaying “gold medals” and the like, but I found few efforts that were even drinkable, much less “winners.” I hope things have changed. Appropos Gary’s tasting, the reds were the weakest.

    Next trip east, I have to stop by the WL. The store looks like it would be a blast.

  20. August 3, 2006

    GeneV

    Best Cab wine: ‘86 Cos d’Estournel in March of this year decanted and served with a six course meal I cooked for my wife on a big birthday (not allowed to say which). The wine was in many ways still quite young after all those years but with extra notes that comes with maturity–just like us.

  21. August 3, 2006

    Henry

    The best cab I ever had was the amazing Chateau Leoville Barton 2000. Tasted like nothing I ever had…

  22. August 3, 2006

    Nick

    Just recently came across your site (actually from a link to your “Carlo Rossi” episode) Spent the better part of my lunch hour catching up, and all I can say is “Keep them coming!”.

    Best Cabernet…
    Caymus Special Selection 2003 – Had this at a business dinner a few months back (obviously I wasn’t paying) and it was just wow; silky, balanced, and all that jazz.

    Oh, let me echo others in previous episodes a request a port tasting!

  23. August 3, 2006

    garyv

    61 MAG…HOLY VAYNERNOD!

  24. August 3, 2006

    kidseyemd

    Hi again Gary,

    As a New Yorker i have been consistently disappointed with “our” wines…for $20 you can have stinker after stinker….maybe someday that will change

    You mentioned Idaho and i had a solid Idaho cab in Utah last winter-Snake River Vineyards 2001 or 2, very nice and surprised the heck out of me

    Your ? of the day for me is easy to answer, having had the access to my in-laws’ cellar.

    I have had many great Cal Cabs or Blends-the Insignia 1992 comes to mind…but for me Bordeaux is “it”, and the Latour 1961 (yes, 1961 IN MAGNUM!) was, and will always be numero uno

  25. August 3, 2006

    Dan Brown

    Really enjoy the episodes. Sharing them with all my wine geek friends.

    Best Cab is 2001 Beringer Private Reserve.

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