Vintages how much do they matter, a 2001 vs 2002 tasting

Vintages how much do they matter, a 2001 vs 2002 tasting – Episode #77

August 23, 2006

2001 Artazu Navarra Santa Cruz

Today Gary Vaynerchuk tackles the issue of how much a vintage effects the wine. Gary samples 2 wonderful wines from Spain that are exactly the same but are from 2 different years. Gary also asks you to help him with something cool!

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August 24, 2006

DaBear
More slogans:

Because I’m Gary Vaynerchuk and your not!

“It’s the wine, stupid!!!”

I still can’t believe I get paid for drinking wine.
August 24, 2006

TommyG
Closing phrase:

“See you next time as the wine swirls”

Question:

I want to ask you about glass. No, not the glass that Chad Pennington is made of. Glass bottles. I was under the impression that wine bottles are tinted ( brown, green, etc. ) to protect the wine from damage from light. If this is true, then why is an EXPENSIVE Sauternes like Chateau d’Yquem in a CLEAR bottle? What are your thoughts?

Go Giants!!!
August 24, 2006

Tommy T.
Gary,

How about one of these signatures:

“W.I.N.E. Wine, wine, wine!” (like the Jets cheer)

“Wine library and you, perfect together”

Great episode. Got a question about smelling the nose of the wine. It seems that everytime I stick my nose in my glass and take a whiff it just smells like alcohol? What gives?

Tom
August 24, 2006

JP
Gary,

A good sign off:

This is Gray V. with WL TV uncorking knowledge one bottle at a time.
August 24, 2006

Lawrence Leichtman
Can’t come up with anything better than I have already read in the previous posts for a sign off.

Want to thank Gary for helping me get a wine that was temporarily out of stock.

In light of this vintage episode how about looking for wine bargains with good wines from less than good vintages. I picked up some Bordeaux and Burgundy bargains from off vintages over the years. Always looking for more.
August 24, 2006

Mike F.
Sign offs no matter how clever, usually backfire and come of as cartoonish. “See ya next time”, although it may seem too easy is to the point and retains some class. If you have to go with a sign off, then I agree with the suggestion to just use all of them this way your tongue is always in your cheek, and you can get as silly as you want, without the risk of sounding like a repetitious caricature. For example when you get around to doing a show on the pink stuff you can end with something like: “I’m Gary Vaynerchuk looking at the world of wine through rosÃ© colored glasses”.

Or you can re-use some classics like:

“Winelibrary.com..Because an educated consumer is our best customer”.

“Wine.. Itâ€™s what’s for dinner”.

“Winelibrary TV.. We will drink no wine before it’s time”.

But if you feel the need to try something clever, hereâ€™s one for you..

Winelibrary TV: bringing value to wine one bottle at a time.

Sorry, I couldnâ€™t resist.
August 24, 2006

Matthew
Gary, another great installment. Thanks for taking my question. I cook a lot, an my wife’s a chef, so I’m pretty familiar with a lot of spices, but several you refer to I don’t know about. I will be sure to incorporate those flavors into some food so I can appreciate the nuances even more.

Even in my infant knowledge of wines, I’ve come to appreciate the difference in vintage. I used to read Wine Spectator religiously and I always took note of the ratings they would put in tear-out cards based on vintage. It was helpful to explore the differences between on one year and the next. Being around agriculture a little growing up, and some part of my professional career, I think it’s important, as you said, for people not to lose site of the fact that wine is an agricultural product. Too much water, too little water, too hot, too cold. Everything in the environment affects the outcome of an agricultural product.

I will be sure to take a look at episode 64. I’m in DC, but I would love to recommend my friends in NYC and Jersey to come by your shop.

I think the closing of the show is fine the way it is. You don’t strike me as a gimmick guy.

By the way…what’s up with the posting date on the comments page? It’s a day off.
August 24, 2006

Ty Webb
“Thanks for watching and from all of us at Wine Library TV….Go F#@K yourselves.”
August 24, 2006

DaBear
Hey Gary,

Here is a couple of sign off’s:
Wine Libray TV- making Jets games easier to swallow
I’m Gary Vaynerchuk- The Yoda of Wine
(or a hip-hop tag)- The Wine MC
To serve and protect customers from bad wine
Officer Gary Vaynerchuk- throwing bad wine into jail.
August 24, 2006

Craig K
Gary,
Excellent episode (90). Just as you mentioned yesterday where reviewing 90-point wines is an occasional recurring theme on WLTV, you might consider the same for comparing 2-4 vintages for same producer same varietal — always fun and educational. Question for you: Can you talk about, or devote an episode to, how to estimate a wine’s peak (e.g., â€œdrink now vs. 3 years from nowâ€), as well as what characteristics lead to estimating longevity? As for QOD, my preference is that your SIG contain three elements: 1) Station reminder and/or callback. This also presents an opportunity to add a teaser for next episode if desired. 2) Your name. Although you have a growing fan-base, there are still many more to come and repeating your name at the end helps bring each episode full circle. Plus, the verve with which you say your name is practically its own trademark. These first two make sense and have worked well, unless you have significant comments/emails to the contrary. 3) A catchy tagline, preferably something that challenges the viewers to learn and enjoy wine for themselves, which is one of the main reasons for this whole thing, yes? So altogether, it would be something like: â€œIâ€™m Gary Vaynerchuk and this is WLTV. Check me on the next, where Iâ€™ll be tasting 4 premium red wine blends to see if they live up to their sticker shock. Until then, what wine is pleasing your palate?â€
August 24, 2006

SeanM
How about:
Signing off here at Wine Library TV…
…where a sip of mine saves you time.
…let our waste save your taste.
…always fresh, rarely re-canted.
…pop a cork, twist a top, share a sip, don’t spill a drop.

I like Lynne’s “Remember…Try this at home.” Maybe revised a little “Remember, I’m a professional and you SHOULD try this at home.”

Question lead up:
When I was on a trip to OR and WA I visited a bunch of wineries and got to taste a bunch of pinotâ€™s, reislings, zins, and syrahs. While tasting my friend was laughing at me, I was lining up glasses of wine infront of me and going back to them in order to see how air was affecting them. He thought I should be â€˜drinkingâ€™ faster. I pointed out that if his glass was empty he couldnâ€™t be enjoying the wine as much as I was.
Question:
Was I tricking myself into thinking I was getting anything new from the wines?
August 24, 2006

TimF
“Winelibrary TV, where small fools drink too much, and great fools none at all.”
August 24, 2006

TimF
One other thing to point out from my trip to Napa: Winelibrary’s prices are better than just about every winery’s tasting room. I’d only buy bottles that aren’t widely distributed. I went to Etude and Gary’s price on the 2004 Pinot is $10 less than it was in the tasting room…
August 24, 2006

TimF
I just got back from Napa. I wanted to thank everyone for all the great tips. One of the best tips was to share the tastings with my wife. We were able to taste a lot more wines in lower quantities that way. We went to the following places: Bouchaine, Domaine Carneros, Etude, Hall, Whitehall Lane, Provinence, V Satturi, Ridge, Harvest Moon, Domaine Chandon. I’d be glad to give my impressions on any of these — just let me know.

Major props go to Gary for hooking me up with a personal tour at Ridge where my wife and I were comped our tasting fee and presented with a bottle of Lytton Springs Zin as an anniversary gift. I can’t say enough good things about the trip to Ridge.

Finally, the funniest observation I made was that at 11AM people were very formal and stuffy. By 4PM couples begin groping each other. By 5PM couples are making out all over the place. It’s pretty funny to see it…
August 24, 2006

Big Billy from Big D
Good episode.
A simple sign off with a raising of your glass from your last pour, then say- from all of us at Wine Library, chin chin.
August 24, 2006

Tony S.
Hey Gary,

You should just use everyone’s comments…a different one each day. They’re all pretty good.

T
August 24, 2006

Ed R
I’ll give you a solid 90 for episode.
August 24, 2006

Ed R
Gary,
Ten bucks if you make an ass of yourself and say “Hasta la vino baby!” Dark sunglasses and accent optional.
August 24, 2006

Ed R
that’s keep “up” the good work
August 24, 2006

Colin D. Devroe
EP rating 90. Great episode.

At first I was thinking “This is Gary Vaynerchuk and Colin is my homeboy.”

But perhaps “Thanks for watching, and stay subscribed to the greatest show about wine on the Web and a member of the 9rules Network, WineLibrary TV”
August 24, 2006

Adam
“bottoms up”
“tasting on wine at a time”
“don’t forget to swirl and sniff”
“wine, it’s not just for geeks”
August 24, 2006

Al D
another sign off. “This is gv,until next time long live the grapes!
August 24, 2006

Lynne
Gary,
Watched episode #1 again…quite a difference between then and now. (for the better) Its better not to take ourselves so seriously.

The very day you did the ‘04 Falesco review, a case with six bottles of the stuff arrived. I am a wine novice and even I thought it was nasty! Which brings me to my question: How big a roll do politics play in this wine game? Why would a professional make such an obvious mistake in judgement? Or was it just a bad day on the job? (Referring to the WS 90 score)

Closing remarks: Use no specific one; we’ll all be waiting to see what you say next, oh wine guru!

* Gary V…….uncorked and seated

* Remember…try this at home

* Gary V…just doin’ my job. (I’m so jealous)

BTW, I guess I’m one of the six ’cause I’ve watched WLTV from the get-go.
Cheers, Lynne
August 24, 2006

Al D
Great episode. as for the sign off well how about “This is Gary Vaynerchuck and until next time may the force of your favorite wine be with you” Sorry big Star wars fan.
August 24, 2006

Tom Langan
Gary – How about this closing line, “This is Gary Vaynerchuck, of Wine Library, your favorite librarian!”