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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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!
🙂

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.

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.

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

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

Big hug!

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!

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?

Stewart……CLASSIC story. That is hysterical

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.

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

Great recommendation on the Gravity Hills â?? 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 â?? and no, nobody got sick. Later,

NateDogg

That looked like a great spread!

Thanks MOM GV!!!

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!

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.

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.

A comment for your Mother, well done.

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.

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.