86 Responses

1. November 15, 2006

   Joe Swirl

   Gobble, gobble

2. November 15, 2006

   GOL

   Never been top 5 before, had to do it

3. November 15, 2006

   Andrew B.

   Top 3 gobbers!!!

4. November 15, 2006

   AndrewB

   Gobbers!

5. November 15, 2006

   Marc Mc

   Thanksgiving, lets take the week off and drink wine!!!!!!!!!!!!111

6. November 15, 2006

   FlyEaglesFly

   sweet!

7. November 15, 2006

   Joe Swirl

   He said “swirlling around”

8. November 15, 2006

   Brad

   yeeehaw top 10!!

9. November 15, 2006

   Cousin Eddie

   Looks like Samuel Adams getting ready for a Thanksgiving feast!

10. November 15, 2006

    Shahar Golan

    Thanks giving? I though you needed Kosher wine for that!
    Never mind, I’m a top tenner! What else can one ask for…

11. November 15, 2006

    grape_ape

    top 10?

12. November 15, 2006

    IRA

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

13. November 15, 2006

    Justin

    mmm…Turkey….wine….nap…
    Gary, thanks for the recommendation on wines for turkey day. I got so hungry looking at all the food in front of you. I am gonna make this comment short so I can go grab some food. I was prepping for thanksgiving last night… Mashed potatoes, stuffing, veggies, gravy… anyway…man i am hungry..
    laters

14. November 15, 2006

    lizv

    big shout out to ‘VAYNERMOM’ for spending HOURS making the best looking thanksgiving meal for all of us in vaynernation

    xo

15. November 15, 2006

    saul

    One of my most memorable turkey days was when i was in college at asu we had a pot luck dinner at a bar called the library and a local band played on i don’t remember any wine in those days it was shots of tequila with a beer chaser have a great turkey day i’m sure you wish that your jets played on thanksgiving and kicked the bears ass enjoy

16. November 15, 2006

    TampaSteve

    Very nice episode. Marth Stewart….watch out.

17. November 15, 2006

    Italian Stallion

    AWSOME!!! Thanks Gary, Once again….You Are The MAN!!

18. November 15, 2006

    ChrisR

    Great episode. Where did you tape it? And who cooked all that food?

    Thanks for the shout out!!

19. November 15, 2006

    AnthonyS

    Need any help getting rid of all that food?

    Another great episode. Day after day, the education and entertainment keep me coming back for more and more WLTV. Keep up the great work everyone on the WLTV team!

    I’m still hungry.

20. November 15, 2006

    TampaSteve

    I would have to guess that it’s got to be mom and dads house.

21. November 15, 2006

    Jill

    GREEAAAT episode and belated HB~GV, many more to come. And yes the Jets, really, made the Pats look bad.

22. November 15, 2006

    Brandon M

    Just checking in…from my house…hunched over….sicker than a dog!
    But I won’t go into that…may I bust some balls for a minute? GARRRRRRRY…cmon…you know it takes at least 10 days for those wines to get out here. But I will go with your recommentdations on varietal.

    Beautiful place…beautiful spread…you guys are livin the life!

23. November 15, 2006

    Paul

    Most memorable TDay – hard to say. Usually the big ones at my parents’ house when mine, my brother’s and my sister’s family show. Kids stuck out in the living room at the card table, people jammed so close together so they can barely move to eat. Fantastic!! And then the turkey and stuffing sandwiches at around 10 p.m. Hard to beat and we’ve had more than one of them.

24. November 15, 2006

    Phil Ward

    Gary,
    How can you smell any wine aromas with all the food aromas wafting off the table?

    Phil

25. November 15, 2006

    Tony S.

    I have to ask…did you make that whole Thanksgiving spread just for today’s episode? Or do you just happen to have a whole turkey and all the fixin’s lying around??

    Great wines…I may take you up on your free shipping on a couple of those bottles, I just have to check with the wife if I can spend some money first. QOD: My most memorable moment was 2 years ago when I finally got to have Thanksgiving dinner with all my sisters and my parents and my wife and all my nephews and neices and stuff, and not only that, but the Bears were playing the Cowboys (the Cowboys are my dad’s favorite team), so I got to watch a Bears/Cowboys game with my pop. The Bears lost, but whaddya gonna do? That was it. Great day.

    See you later, and have a great day!
    GO BEARS!!!!
    T

26. November 15, 2006

    vonroach

    Most memorable Thanksgiving:

    After eating the turkey and drinking a case of Beaujolais Nouveau between four people (yes, in one afternoon) I asked my wife for a divorce.

    Everyone lived happily ever after…

27. November 15, 2006

    Sydney Australia

    OK, there were 24 comments before mine as I wrote this; 7 of which had anything at all to do with the show. Amazing.

    QOD: My best Thanksgiving Day memory is the year I was MVP of the football game I’ve been involved in for some 20+ odd years.

    Gary. you used a flavor example of “white clove”. WTF is white clove? Where at all does one find white clove? I’ve had both the Zin and the Auslese you recommend and I concur. Both very nice choices.

    Also, off-topic, can I have the BEARS this week against your Jets for a bottle?

    Clove

    Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world. The name derives from French clou, a nail, as the buds vaguely resemble small irregular nails in shape. Cloves are harvested primarily in Indonesia and Madagascar; it is also grown in Zanzibar, India, and Sri Lanka.
    The clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 10-20 m, having large oval leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal clusters. The flower buds are at first of a pale color and gradually become green, after which they develop into a bright red, when they are ready for collecting. Cloves are harvested when 1.5-2 cm long, and consist of a long calyx, terminating in four spreading sepals, and four unopened petals which form a small ball in the centre.

    Uses

    Cloves can be used in cooking either whole or in a ground form, but as they are extremely strong they are used sparingly. The spice is used throughout Europe and Asia and is smoked in a type of cigarettes locally known as kretek in Indonesia and in occasional coffee bars in the West, mixed with marijuana to create marijuana spliffs. Cloves are also an important incense material in Chinese and Japanese culture. Clove essential oil is used in aromatherapy and oil of cloves is widely used to treat toothache in dental emergencies.
    Cloves have historically been used in Indian cuisine (both North Indian and South Indian). In the north indian cuisine, it is used in almost every sauce or side dish made, mostly ground up along with other spices. In the south indian cuisine, it finds extensive use in the biryani dish (similar to the pilaf, but with the addition of local spice taste), and is normally added whole to enhance the presentation and flavor of the rice.
    Along with the recreational uses of cloves, they are also said to be a natural anthelmintic.

    History

    Until modern times, cloves grew only on a few islands in the Maluku Islands (historically called the Spice Islands), including Bacan, Makian, Moti, Ternate, and Tidore.[1] Nevertheless, they found their way west to the Middle East and Europe well before the time of Christ. Archeologists found cloves within a ceramic vessel in Syria along with evidence dating the find to within a few years of 1721 BC.
    In the 4th century BC, Chinese leaders in the Han Dynasty required those who addressed them to chew cloves so as to freshen their breath. Cloves, along with nutmeg and pepper, were highly prized in Roman times, and Pliny the Elder once famously complained that “there is no year in which India does not drain the Roman Empire of fifty million sesterces”. Cloves were traded by Arabs during the Middle Ages in the profitable Indian Ocean trade. In the late fifteenth century, Portugal took over the Indian Ocean trade, including cloves, due to the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain and a separate treaty with the sultan of Ternate. The Portuguese brought large quantities of cloves to Europe, mainly from the Maluku Islands. Clove was then one of the most valuable spices, a kg costing around 7 g of gold.
    The trade later became dominated by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. With great difficulty the French succeeded in introducing the clove tree into Mauritius in the year 1770; subsequently their cultivation was introduced into Guiana, Brazil, most of the West Indies, and Zanzibar, where the majority of cloves are grown today.
    In Britain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, cloves were worth at least their weight in gold, due to the high price of importing them.
    The clove has become a commercial ’success’, with products including clove drops being released and enjoyed by die-hard clove fans.

    Active compounds

    The compound responsible for the cloves’ aroma is eugenol. It is the main component in the essential oil extracted from cloves, comprising 72-90%. Eugenol has pronounced antiseptic and anaesthetic properties.

28. November 15, 2006

    Dan

    Great episode.

    If I keep buying wine that is shipped freely I will overflow my house!

    T’giving is a great holiday. No expectations of gifts. Just eating and drinking.

    Once, though, I was in Scotland for the holiday. One of my buddies cooked me a haggis.

    THAT was memorable.

29. November 15, 2006

    Paul

    Yes, Dan, but was the haggis good? Personally, I can’t imagine a BAD haggis (as long as one doesn’t contemplate what went into it or what it went into). You were lucky!

30. November 15, 2006

    Paul

    Hope you feel better, BrandonM.

31. November 15, 2006

    K Spengler

    Love the home-spun location. It had to be either Liz or your mom that created such a beauty of a bird…now we know it’s MOM! These are great recommendations, I say we put one bottle of each on the table and enjoy them all.

32. November 15, 2006

    KAHUNA

    QOD- Once I got to eat 3 thanksgiving dinners at three seperate houses that was the best- Gee can’t imagine why I have to buy new pants every year!

33. November 15, 2006

    Rick "The Model" M

    Fantastic episode. Analogies were flowing like wter from a bubbling brook. My family is ordering all of these right now for thanksgiving dinner. Very Very informative show today V-man.

34. November 15, 2006

    Russ J

    Toto, I don’t think the Vaynerchuk’s are in Edison anymore!
    Great episode, GV, and props to your mom for the awesome spread. I already purchased my T-day white but I am liking your idea more than mine….next time.

    QOTD: During college, the swim teams were not allowed to go home for T-day as we had practice right through the whole week so we stayed on campus feeling bad about missing a home cooked meal. One of the assistant coaches, a graduate student, had his parents up to visit in the tiny house he rented off campus. His parents did a T-day feast for the whole team, guys and girls. We all stuffed into his house and stuffed our faces. No wine back then, but I think I had about 15 beers along with my six plates of food. I was, after all, a growing boy. My mouth still waters when I think about it!

35. November 15, 2006

    PeteB

    Thanks for the episode, now I’m ready for the Turkey!!!!

    QOD: 1999 – when I spent Thanksgiving on vacation with my bride to be celebrating our recent engagement that happened on the trip.

36. November 15, 2006

    Dan G.

    Very nice layout. Brandon; 10 days, thats gotta suck. Finally ordered my first case 2 day arrival. Guess I’ll have to try the Farm Tractor and Haybalers Zin. Nothing too memorable for thanksgiving and Im sure no ones going to beat Vonroach. Damn that takes the cake. Well off to the order screen.

37. November 15, 2006

    johnm

    Gary, you, with a little bit of us in the Vaynernation are changing the wine world. True that. Great episode.

38. November 15, 2006

    Rick E

    Great episode. Put some thought into it next time.

    No one commented on the NY Times ad. Being in Providence, I had to go to the bookstore to pick it up (who knew there’s a store that just sells things to read??) Of course very nicely done, but I’ve been shut out of the quote section once again. So Gary, I just wanted to tell you off the cuff

    “WLTV is the best! Informative and educational, with a splash of fun! I never miss an episode.” Oh, and “Whether you’re a beginner or expert, there’s no better way to learn about wine than WLTV. I schedule my meetings around it every day.” And before I sign off I wanted to mention “Bacchus. Perignon. Rothschild. And now, Vaynerchuk.”

    If none of those get me some ink, I give up. Keep up the good work.

39. November 15, 2006

    PattyO

    Thanks for Giving, Gary! Looking forward to drinking that Gravity Hills Zin with the visiting family next week –

    Great show, fun to see you at the table (mom’s house?), blustery wind out the glass door – nice element.

40. November 15, 2006

    Darlene O.

    Ah, Gary…beautiful! Ok…most memorable Thanksgiving. Several years ago we sat to dinner 21 of my family members. Under each plate we taped the birth date of a family member. Each person had to look under their plate and guess whose birth date they had, and then share a memory of that person. What a hoot!!! We had a frickin’ blast, kids included. Family is everything, and we truly celebrated family that day. :}

41. November 15, 2006

    SeanM

    Thanks for the T-day episode.

42. November 15, 2006

    Jaye

    Beautifully staged episode Gary, kudos! I think I may have to try that Zinfandel!

    QOD: I have been cooking since I was 12 and I cooked up all our family Thanksgiving dinners from the time I was 13 or so. The most memorable one was probably about 15 years ago. I had 14 people coming over for Dinner, and as usual was cooking up a storm all night. I never bothered to have the TV or radio on, or open the door for that matter, so I never realized the whole time I was cooking it was snowing outside. There was so much snow that our company never came. We had enough food for 20 people, and only 4 of us there to eat it. Yowsa. We ate leftovers for 2 weeks.

43. November 16, 2006

    Roberto

    Damn GAy Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo for this episode !!
    YOu have centered the Score for the Felsina Chianti classico rancia 95 i love it.. it is exsactly rthe way you descrive it and taste absolutely a Pure Class in a Glass !!!

    I am wondering if we should talk about the 97 when I get bakc from the UK…..

    Be good and keep up the great job !

44. November 16, 2006

    Roberto

    Sorry I mean GARY no Gay !
    Shut cancel that message it looks Horrible !

    Sorry !

45. November 16, 2006

    Seth - MacGeek

    I was going to use the ad as toilet paper as a joke to send it in to gary, but it was to nice to use for that. Instead I printed it and mounted it on the wall

    seth

46. November 16, 2006

    Tony M

    Love the table of food. Gary you did good. Ad looks great.
    http://www.thewineglass.net

47. November 16, 2006

    Lynne

    Wow!! What a beautiful feast!
    Thanks, Gary, for always providing us with incentives to try and buy different wines.

    QOD: We always have great family Thanksgivings, but a particular one stands out. We were traveling over the rivers and through the woods to Grandma’s house, when a deer runs out in front of us. It happened too quickly to avoid the 14 pointer. All the food spilled, the kids were at first, afraid, then when they saw the road-kill, it was “wow…cool…how are we gonna get to Grandma’s with a busted radiator?” We had to park the vehicle in some farmer’s driveway, call for a backup vehicle, stop at a local grocery for some not-so-homemade side dishes, and on to Grandma’s.

    BUT not before we hit the deer on the road, let the deer fall down, we threw a bunch of cherries on it, took out our knife, cut it, tasted it and that’s what our Thanksgiving wine tasted like!

48. November 16, 2006

    Sam Zen

    G- like you, I immigrated to the United States as a young boy. So Thanksgiving has a very special place in my heart for so many reasons. In my mind, each new Thanksgiving is the most memorable… and this year will lilkely hold true in light that I’m hosting 15 people for a sit down feast! My first Thanksgiving… wish me luck! BTW- in light of the season, thank you for all th eeffort you make with WLTV. This has really been a revelation to be thenakful for. So thanks G.

49. November 16, 2006

    Grasshopper

    Sensei,

    Great episode and thanks for the recommendations and the free shipping. I just placed my mixed case order of three bottles each of all four wines!!

    Do we have the friendly wager on this weeks game with me getting another shot at Free shipping for the Bears beating your beloved Jets? I am not that big of a Bears fan and I hate to see you upset after a loss, but I love your wine picks and the free shipping gives me justification for buying more wine than I need…I know guys, need is a relative term because you can never have too much wine!!…:)

    Grasshopper

50. November 16, 2006

    Lawrence Leichtman

    Thanks for the tasting ideas. I have two bottles of the Gravity Hill and may just put one out for the table. Will be drinking Prosecco and the Saints and Sinners Viognier that I bought half a case of after the show with that one. I look forward to any Thanksgiving that my kids and their wives and significant others are present. The party just gets bigger every year and more fun.

51. November 16, 2006

    Tom T.

    Hi Gary,

    Awesome video. The colors are amazing

    Seriously – it was another great episode. Thanks for doing it. I ordered the Gravity Hills Tractor Zin and look forward to trying it soon. My favorite T-DAY was a few years ago when we all went outside to play some touch football, and my 70 year old Dad playing QB. However all T-DAY’s are great memories with thte family. They just keep getting better. Hope yours do too.

    Tom

52. November 16, 2006

    rich loughrey

    You are the Zen Master. Shop room pelted with grapes;smell of a log when you are fishing as a boy!!!

53. November 16, 2006

    Lev M.

    I hope you have enough of that Zinfandel to go around

    QOTD- I was travelling in Spain for 10 days alone and had Thanksgiving at a friend’s house in Madrid. They told me that there is little turkey to be had in Spain and instead, they cook capon. Theres really something about coming in from the cold Madrid streets to a warm family gathering.

54. November 16, 2006

    MichaelP

    As Ali G would say much respect to vaynermom for the crazy spread.

    Great ep GV. I was waiting for this. Every year the turkey/red wine would put me into a vegetative state. Its white all the way this year.

55. November 16, 2006

    stewart l

    Best thanks giving day-We allways play football on that day. On college break I came back to play. On the first play, Iknocked one of the opposing players on his ass. He didn’t get mad. Three days later I saw him in church, and he was our new pastor! Five years later he was the pastor for my wedding!

56. November 16, 2006

    Matty Van, Rochester,NY

    QOD – I was driving 3 hours to elmira,ny to meet my family for thanksgiving. On the way I got a speeding ticket and I happened to have 6 cartons of ciggerettes from the indian reservasion on my back seat, I did not know its illegal to have more than 2 cartons of un taxed ciggerettes per person. I got arrested for it. When I finally got to dinner way late but just in time, I walked in the door and was serenaded to ” I fought the law and the law won”

    Thanks for the episode, I just placed my order

57. November 16, 2006

    Suzanne

    QOD….has to be back in ‘92 or ‘93 when I was hired by Mattel to choreograph their Barbie float for the Macy’s Parade. The guy who hired me was a jerk. After weeks of rehearsing these poor Barbie Dolls/Girls/Dancers that he was paying next to no money, he wanted to cut them from the float and go with just the singers. At 5 AM in Central Park on Thanksgiving morning I told the CEO of Mattel to take the float and shove it up his *&%$#.Then I took the D train home to Brooklyn and went back to sleep.

    Happy Thanksgiving Gary. Your Mom did quite a job. You look like you’re in Williams Sonoma comercial.

58. November 16, 2006

    Susan

    Liz V,
    Thanks for confirming what I thought-
    I figured Gary’s Mom had worked long hours in the kitchen for that
    DELICIOUS meal!
    Thanks Mrs. Vaynerchuk!
    

59. November 16, 2006

    ScottJ

    Gary,
    Great episode and thanks for the recommendations; but 2 comments. First, the ‘free shipping’ doesn’t really help those of us beyond the Mississippi River, at least not to have the wine for T-day dinner. (Wish you had posted the episode a couple of days sooner…). Second, ‘The Other’ white wine rec sounds really good, but the web site says you are out already. (Wish you had posted the episode later today, instead of last night…..).
    Keep up the great work. We all really do appreciate the education. And Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

60. November 16, 2006

    Susan

    Gary-
    You did a
    GREAT job on this episode!
    I am now ready for Thanksgiving!!
    Yum!
    Thanks again for all of the
    fabulous wines you tasted!
    

61. November 16, 2006

    Susan

    Brandon M,
    Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly.
    I hope you start feeling better
    SOON!
    

62. November 16, 2006

    Ricardo C

    Very good episode! Here we dont have thanksgiving day but the recomendations for the turkey are very good, going to try!

    Big hug!

63. November 16, 2006

    AlisonD

    Hey Gary, good info! I am going to purchase two of the wines you tasted, thanks!

    My most memorable Thanksgiving was also my worst….the food was the absolute worst Thanksgiving food ever. I went to a friend’s mother’s house for dinner…how could a Mom’s food be bad, right? Well the turkey was dry, the gravy was lumpy, no mashed potatoes!, stuffing was salty, and the desserts were horrible! But I have to say the wine was good and it was the first Thanksgiving I woke up ONE POUND LIGHTER the next day!

64. November 16, 2006

    Mitch

    Gary, I assume that is your home? Nice Crib. Do you live next to Tony Soprano in NJ? Looking out your sliding glass door into your backyard it looks beauteeeeful and very similar to the Sopranos’ back yard which of course leads to all kinds of questions best left un-asked. I hear Rachael Ray is married to one of Tony Sopranos’ neighbors which means you might see her all the time too! Do you get along with her? But then I have to ask my most serious question of all-can I come live with you? I will be your personal butler/cabanna boy/chauffeur. I’m 47, possess a law degree (Ohio, sorry), and can be quite discreet. I look decent in a butler’s uniform-5′11″, 145 lbs. If I become your personal man-servant, can I get wines at cost and first dibs on all the rare high-demand stuff? Watch out-if you reject me I might become a Vanynerchuk stalker. Can they disbar you for that?

65. November 16, 2006

    Italian Stallion

    Stewart……CLASSIC story. That is hysterical

66. November 16, 2006

    Arnold

    Dang, already sold out on the Peirano Estate and Gravity Hills!!! Have any other inexpensive recommendations?

    I thought that was a rubber Turkey until you took a bite, guess WLTV spares no expenses.

67. November 16, 2006

    Orgman

    Loved this show. But what about pinot noir for turkey day? I love a good oak Pinot with my turkey. Garry you rock.

68. November 16, 2006

    NateDogg

    Great recommendation on the Gravity Hills – I’ll see if I can get some by next Thursday. I’ve already picked up a bottle of the Independence School. Let’s just say I’m excited to see how they match up head to head… Favorite Thanksgiving memory: 2 years ago when my brother and I were in the kitchen wondering why the turkey juices still (after nearly 6 hours) weren’t running clear, then discovering that he’d forgotten to take out the Fun Bag. That is, the sack containing heart, gizzards, liver and such. Needless to say, we didn’t mention this to the rest of the family – and no, nobody got sick. Later,

    NateDogg

69. November 16, 2006

    damon

    That looked like a great spread!

    Thanks MOM GV!!!

70. November 16, 2006

    cgf

    Gary awesome and timely episdoe. What a beautiful home. And how about that spread?

    I love riesling, especially with Thanksgiving leftovers. It goes with every single course of the meal, as you said.

    Happy Turkey Day!

71. November 16, 2006

    Joyce

    Gary,
    Great episode, nice to see you outside of your usual location. Loved the improved lighting.Compare the usual place and this presentation, much better visually. Anyway, enough about the lighting. Appreciate the effort of Momma Vaynerchuck to prepare a feast for your Thanksgiving video. Thanks for the detailed descriptions for the holiday wines. We’ll have to try them. As usual, great job, Gary.

72. November 16, 2006

    JayZee

    QOD: Best Thanksgiving? There are many. The most recent memorable one was in 2002 when I was in Geneva, Switzerland and it was also my birthday. No turkey – we had roast loin of venison at a really nice restaurant in the countryside outside of Geneva. It was excellent. We had a Gigondas with the meal. Very nice and very memorable for me.

73. November 17, 2006

    Christopher

    A comment for your Mother, well done.

74. November 17, 2006

    Miguelo DiMarco

    Regarding the Zin comments: My tongue and palate must work different. I think towards a ~more~ over-the-top nature with all those carbs and gravy at the table. I’m sticking with the massive Earthquake (16%). And for a little experiment, I’m going to sit a $3.50 Sutter Home Zin next to it (open both) and see what happens! Maybe this will lead to my most memorable moment.

75. November 17, 2006

    Dan C.

    Nice episode Gary. I missed out on your Gravity Hill, so I will serve ‘02 Seghesio Old Vine Zin because, like Miguelo, I prefer a pretty big wine with all the food flavors. Maybe a snappy Sauv. Blanc or Riesling for the white.

    QOD- Probably this year as we’re having our best friends and their kids, our kids, our other mom from Poland, and several strays who don’t have family nearby. My wife is a great cook and I make the turnips, which are really yellow rutabagas.

76. November 17, 2006

    Thomas

    Good show Gary!

    I think riesling is the best combination with turkey. But the name is Möchhof Ãœrziger…=Moechhof Uerziger…
    And Auslese is [OWS-lay-zuhe].

    Thanks and greetings from the old Europe.
    Thomas

77. November 17, 2006

    Darius

    That was pretty good Gary. A little traditional though. I found another great Thanksgiving pairings episode on another show called What Lukka Likes. Check it out http://www.winecountrytv.org/whatlukkalikes/. Have a great thanksgiving Gary!

78. November 18, 2006

    Robert Scott

    I understood from your Thanksgiving video that there would be free shipping on the featured wines.
    I tried ordering 6 btls of the 2004 Gravity Hills Tumbling Tractor Zin and it kept showing $18.00 shipping.
    What’s up with that?

    Also, could not agree more with the 1995 Felsina… had a bottle of the 1993 the other evening – excellent.
    I know Dr. Guiseppe Mazzocolin well. He is a great guy, former Philosophy professor and a superb winemaker.
    If he is ever in NYC you should try to have him on TV.

    Robert

79. November 19, 2006

    Vinacull

    Gary,
    This was like Brian Wilson’s Good Vibrations all around. Really gets one in the mood for T-Day. Am headed to WL later today so I will check out the Tumbling Tractor. Thanks for another great show, and made extra special with the home surroundings. Cheers, C

80. November 22, 2006

    Bottle Room » Thanksgiving Wines

    [...] So yesterday I headed to Winter Park and The Wine Room to pick up a few bottles of wine for Thanksgiving dinner. I thought I had a good plan going into the store, since I had read all the articles on what to pair with the traditional turkey dinner. After a quick tour of the store, however, I froze up and couldn’t decide on anything. All the recommendations from the New York Times, Vinography, Wine Library TV and LENNDevours had me running in circles. [...]

81. November 23, 2006

    phig

    Happy holidays G and thanks for the show. It has kept me entertained and will continue to do so. White Zin was too awesome for words (previous episode). Many years ago I was friends with Alex Morgan who, bless his soul, has passed on. He was one of the great sales people who launched Sutter Homes White Zin, the people who created the market. The irony was that he had a great palate. Wish he hadn’t sold out quite that much but he lived a rich life. Thanksgiving makes me think of him and this episode makes me think of others who are still around. The recs all make sense. Not sure what I’ll be drinking yet, though I have to confess that what I’ll be eating will be goose. I actually like turkey but I’m cooking for my Dad (who is a grouch) and he won’t eat it.
    Best to all.

82. February 14, 2007

    East Village Wine Geek » Blog Archive » Gary Vaynerchuk and the Vaniacs!

    [...] My thirst for wine knowledge is never completely quenched. And honestly I don’t attempt to quench it. I just allow my geekiness to bring me form one wine to the next with an open mind. And when you have an open mind you constantly think of stuff other than what you’re supposed to be thinking about at that moment which leads to more questions and more inquiries. This is the life of a wine blogger. We are the people that sit and think about wine and love it so much we can’t help but share it with the world. As wine bloggers we (at least I hope) are reading every other wine blog out there trying to find that common thread of interest and approach. My focus when searching out wine blogs to read- and I read about fifteen to twenty a day- is a lack of pretense. Wine is for everyone and its knowledge should be shared. We are here to give that person just getting into wine a one up before they enter the store. We are the ones giving that person advice on what to look for in a wine merchant. We are the vintage trackers, the taste testers. But we do all this with the intention of helping. Not telling. We are putting our passions out for display in the hopes that we can help a little bit more in this sometimes confusing and esoteric yet amazingly fun world. Speaking of amazingly fun. I said that I read about fifteen to twenty blogs a day. Well after a good couple of hours of writing my posts and reading and communicating with fellow bloggers there is one place I can go to just sit back, relax, smile and watch a wine review. Enter Gary Vaynerchuk. This guy brings something to the table that has not been brought before. He takes the blog idea to the next level. Gary is the host of his own video blog at WineLibraryTV and man is it a great time. According to is “About WineLibraryTV” He had his first wine experience at the age of seventeen and it is clearly evident that it only fueled him form there. He does a post everyday and it’s not just some guy sitting at table sipping expensive wine and droning on about things that only he knows. No. This is a fun time. The minute you click the screen on he comes with usually three or four wines on the table in front of him, a Jets spit bucket, sometimes some toy action figures of some sort and a dry erasure board with something written on it form the Jets game score to a welcoming to first timers to the show. He bursts out with his salutation by stating his name in pronunciation form, “Hello everybody and welcome to Wine Library TV. I am your host Gary Vay-ner-chuck.” which catches you immediately and screams that this guy is excited about what he wants to get out there and that he loves what he does. He then launches into his show, which is everything, wine…and sometimes Jets. He always likes to keep his shows surrounding a theme whether it is the best wines for thanksgiving or a line of granache from different parts of the world (one of my recent favorites). He gives an introduction to what he’s tasting and gets right to it, all the while having fun messing with his camera crew and throwing objects, usually corks at the camera. And then comes my favorite part the tasting notes. I love Gary’s brutal honesty. He rates the wines that he tastes on a point system remniscent of the “the Spectator “ but with his enthusiasm and his passion shining through the screen I would take his ratings more to heart. If it is a new world wine he lets us know so an old world lover won’t go out and waste his or her mullah on a fruit bomb and vice versa. And the aroma descriptions that he pulls out are truly his own and make complete sense. He says what he thinks but he also does it in a way that is non-threatening. He has a good sense of humor and I think that is what is important in the wine world today. We have sit back, relax and enjoy. We have to be able to laugh when experiencing the good juice and the bad juice knowing that it’s all part of discovering this natural phenomenon. And Gary Vaynerchuk helps us do that. His viewers who call them selves “Vaniacs” arehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif twenty thousand strong and growing…make that twenty thousand and one. Count me in. The WineLibraryTV website is chock full of information on wine as well as a place to order wine online, a written blog and a huge forum that people can communicate about what they have tried form the show (or not from the show in which case Gary makes a good effort to try get the requests that he gets in emails and on the forum on the show). This wine geek makes it a daily priority to check out what the Vaynerchuk is into. Keep it up man. When I talked about searching for a common thread in the beginning of this post this blog is the example that came to mind. You’re doing great work for the wine world everyday. To get pumped up and really get into this new and refreshing approach to wine blogging when you go onto the site find episode #125 (or just click on this) and you will get a feel of what this guy is all about. I will end this post with a quote from Gary that he ends his show with everyday and that I think really hits home with the approach he is taking. Cheers! [...]

83. March 23, 2008

    Deeve

    Just had easter dinner. At Gary’s recommendation I tried some Zin.

    I just gotta say it went exceptionally well and I will definitely be doing it again.

    Thanks GV

84. April 16, 2008

    thefanjestic

    Qotd: Just spending time with my family makes it the best Thanksgiving ever. However – Two Thanksgivings ago I think was the time my wife and I made our beautiful Daughter – so that’s very cool!

85. July 12, 2008

    Purple Tooth

    Hello Mrs. Vaynerchuk. I’m sorry that it has taken me almost 2 years to view this episode. I just wanted to tell you that you have a lovely home and your Thanksgiving table is beautiful. You have a delightful son. You must be so proud of him. Have a nice 2008 Thanksgiving! (hey, Gary, how was that? Is your Mom smiling?

86. September 24, 2009

    John J.

    qotd: years ago family was together at a real long table to eat. Grandpa asked my dad to toss the potatoes to him, who were at opposite ends of the table. Instead of passing them my dad picked one up and tossed and it landed right in my grandpa’s drink.
    Like those wine suggestions Gary. I heard 2 about 2 other good wines for thanksgiving I may try this year. Qupe’s roussanne is supposed to work. I also saw a review for a good cheap light red to use that went great with turkey. J. Lohr’s valdiguie. Similar to gamay, and one that I like already since that varietal is barely known. I’ve had it before and it gives great q.p.r.
    Gary, I’d like to request you do an episode on tasting different charbono’s, and especially one on vin jaune’s.

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