Portuguese Wines from Douro. Episode #153

December 22, 2006

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Gary tastes an up and coming wine and talks about 2007 and answers some questions. Please join in and leave a comment. Happy Holidays everyone!

70 Responses

  1. December 22, 2006

    Brandon M

    Everyone go drink GREAT WINE!

  2. December 22, 2006

    hinrgman

    All right – Portugal

  3. December 22, 2006

    AJ Vaynerchuk

    I’ll take 3rd.

  4. December 22, 2006

    Brandon M

    :-) Welcome home AJ

  5. December 22, 2006

    Glen

    Happy holidays everyone…Lets go Pats!!!!

  6. December 22, 2006

    AJ Vaynerchuk

    Thanks for the wlecome Brandon, glad to be home :)

    Happy holidays to all.

  7. December 22, 2006

    KAHUNA

    GO GIANTS! At least the pain will be over in time for the 7 fishes and pasta on Sunday Night!

  8. December 22, 2006

    hinrgman

    Welcome home AJ

    I see a Jets win but 24-0 ?????

  9. December 22, 2006

    KAHUNA

    Man SS taken to the matt- How can he update the list and drink 13 different wines at the same time!

  10. December 22, 2006

    Rob M.

    24-0 is a possibility, but you have the winner mixed up. Just ask the Pats.

  11. December 22, 2006

    Eric S.

    Happy Holidays everyone!

    Jets will probably win and my score is: 24-21. Squeeks by…. :)

  12. December 22, 2006

    Brandon M

    Jets 17
    Fins 14

  13. December 22, 2006

    DomTheSomm

    Made Top 20!!

  14. December 22, 2006

    jon777

    Gary — thanks for getting back to the Friday Q&A routine — really a great way to end the week!

    QOTD: Jets 27 Fish 16

    Happy Holidays!

  15. December 22, 2006

    Lou G

    j-e-t-s 17

    dirty fish-13

    GV , biggest game of this season for our playoffs…. Did i say playoffs ,,coach man genious will not be happy…

  16. December 22, 2006

    canadian-kid

    JETS 17
    FISH 14

    GREAT EPISODE GARY. I TOO WOULD LOVE YOU TO TASTE SOME KOSTA BROWNE PINOT!!

    CHEERS,

    CANADIAN CONTINGENCY

  17. December 22, 2006

    Jim

    Any college fans? NJ ND?

  18. December 22, 2006

    ronguy

    Great job on the “OAK MONSTER” waibeans. I agree with GV. Very original!!
    Go Jets. How can I lose if they win?

  19. December 22, 2006

    Brad

    Fins 17
    Jetties 6 (I’m in the giving spirit for the holidays, so I’ll toss you a couple token field goals)

    Happy holidays gumby!

  20. December 22, 2006

    ML

    GV – Thanks for answering some questions!!!! Nice to see you listen to your public!

    Hope the Jets win on xmas…but i’m prediciting a loss…. Phins 13, Jets 10.

  21. December 22, 2006

    waibeans

    Yahoo0o!!! Thanks GV!! I am definitely psyched!

    ronguy: saw your comment before I even saw the show, totally surprised me. Thanks for the great comments, the contest was really fun.. its always enjoyable coming up with a concept and then seeing how it turns out in the final pic.. it usually takes on a whole new form!

    GV great low key show before this holiday weekend. Happy holidays all!

  22. December 22, 2006

    Sluke

    Glad to see the questions and answers come back.

    QOTD:

    Vaynerazor – 1
    Vaynerbeard – 0

  23. December 22, 2006

    Randy

    Nice lead-in to the Holiday weekend. I have recruited three more Vayniacs and given them each a T-shirt for Xmas and Channuka. They’ll be required to wear them when watching the Jets squeak out a victory over the Fish, 21-17. They’ll also be required to wear them at all future wine club tastings.

    Ciao

  24. December 22, 2006

    ecola

    I want that chair used for casual fridays

  25. December 22, 2006

    Len C

    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. MAY YOUR BEST DAY OF 2006 BE YOUR WORST IN 2007!!!

  26. December 22, 2006

    mike p

    Gary

    Another great episode! Was wondering if you have ever thought about how the efforts of you and your staff touch people. Your juice will be present in holiday celebrations accross the country and possibly other countries helping create memories and enhance the celebration. I think it is representive of your personality and your buisness sense. Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you and yours.
    MIKE P

  27. December 22, 2006

    Wine-o

    Thanks for answering my question today bud. I think I will take your advice and add my own brief (unlike yours)description to accommodate all our guests.I’m proud of ya kid, ya done good…
    J-E-T-S 20
    Fish 17
    With a little help from the Birthday Boy upstairs.
    Merry Christmas to you and yours. All the best.
    HOLLA

  28. December 22, 2006

    Benji

    Monday Night Football Prediction,

    Dolphins 21, J-E-T-S 17, the Dirty Fish win a close one at home.

    Everyone have a safe and happy holiday.

    -BVG

    Nice job on all the oak monster art!!!

  29. December 22, 2006

    Dan G.

    QOTD Jets 17 Fish 10
    Have a Merry Christmas Gary.

  30. December 22, 2006

    Susan

    Welcome Home AJ!
    :)

  31. December 22, 2006

    Susan

    Vayniacs,
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone and their families!
    Please have a happy and safe holiday time!
    :)

  32. December 22, 2006

    Susan

    Gary-
    Another fabulous episode.
    Every time you answer questions- I learn more and more!
    Happy to be a Vayniac!
    Happy to comment!
    QOD:
    Jets 20
    Fish 17
    :)

  33. December 22, 2006

    Susan

    Congratulations to
    Waibeans!!!!!
    Great artist skills!
    Glad you are putting them to good use.
    :)

  34. December 22, 2006

    MVF

    GV lets work on the accent ei! VIVA PORTUGAL.

  35. December 22, 2006

    steve

    greeat episode as usual….as for the QOD….I don’t have a prediction on the score, but I don’t think we will see a vayner-5 O’clock shadow..let alone a playoff beard!! GO DOLPHINS

  36. December 22, 2006

    eugene

    Yes everybody, old Gary is back!
    And he really listens to us.

    Gary,
    I have to disagree with you on “trust you own palate”.
    If I did, I’d steel be drinking white Zinfandel and Manichevitz.
    You can start trusting it once you get to a certain level of experience.

    Great episode.

  37. December 22, 2006

    eugene

    Gary,
    I agree with you on the wine list question. It really needs description.
    I had oysters today at one place, which I frequent and don’t want to name here – let’s just call it “GC” in midtown if you know what I mean.

    I was about to order a bottle of Vouvray and asked the waiter “Is this chenin blanc dry?” The guy say with all the confidence in the world “Yes”. And of course it wasn’t. It was off dry!
    I didn’t feel like sending it back since my wife liked it.
    A simple line on the wine list would’ve sufficed.

    Btw, would you send it back?

  38. December 22, 2006

    MiamiDolphins

    QOD Fins 21 Jets 9

  39. December 22, 2006

    Denise

    I’ve always been a huge fan of wines from Duoro. Thanks for yet another great episode (love the “Friday Couch Chat” format.)

    Warmest wishes to you (Gary), your family, and the entire VaynerNATION this holiday!

  40. December 23, 2006

    JOEYdaMUSH

    What a horrible typo at the end…ENRTY??? Terrible, just terrible. And how in the world did that one win? Man oh man.

    FISH 23 JETS 8…on a last second TD and 2-point conversion to save a shutout and save some face!

  41. December 23, 2006

    DA BEARS FAN

    Thank you answering some questions this episode.
    QOD HUMMM
    JETS 9
    FINs 21

  42. December 23, 2006

    Chris From NY

    Youre a junkie!!!! You cant stop those Quote un Quote hand gestures. You are doing one handed gestures now. Someone please help GV with this problem.

  43. December 23, 2006

    Adam

    Great episode, I just moved to TX from Miami….I don’t think I could actually hate the Dolphins anymore than I do now after living there. Although I am a Giants fan (sorry) I’m gonna hafta go with J-E-T-S 27 Swimming mammals 16. Have a great weekend.

    Adam from Austin

  44. December 23, 2006

    Mike C

    Gary, loved the episode. Will have to use ask.winelibrary.com more often now that I know it is there…knew it was there but I didn’t know how important it was. Thanks for the montage, was great to see some vaynerlove on the screen.

  45. December 23, 2006

    mjen

    nice job waibeans, any chance we can see a still shot of that online?

    Fish 3
    Jets 13

  46. December 23, 2006

    Shotgun

    Sorry Gary, Dolphs 20 Jets 7

    It’s for your own good. You can’t grow a beard. Beards and wine do not mix. Name one prominent figure in the wine world with a big bushy beard. Name one. You would be gross and vile on WLTV slurping wines through your beard. Not to mention how having all those flavors and aromas of yesterday’s lox and whatnot mixed in will totally screw up your palate. No one will trust you anymore. No one will watch. Actually, Dolphs 31 Jets 3. That’s even better. The chastening experience will prompt you to never ever again miss a day of shaving.

    The only two guys I’ve met in the wine business with beards are Stuart and Charlie Smith of Smith-Madrone on Spring Mt. in Napa. Great guys, great beards, great wines. But they don’t eat lox. Oh, and Ed Sbragia of Beringer has a beard. Can’t think of any others. Maybe a good QOD– people in the “wine world” with beards…hmmmm

  47. December 23, 2006

    Luigi

    Why did you take out the Itunes Opiton? I am so mad about this….

  48. December 23, 2006

    Sherri

    Sorry Gary…

    Jets 24
    Fish 7

    Pats 34
    Jags 10

    Gotta razor?

    GO PATS

  49. December 23, 2006

    Nathan N

    Love the Friday shows and the Oak Monster.

    Merry Christmas

    QOTD: Jets 21 Dolphins 14

  50. December 23, 2006

    SS Chris

    Gary, I wanted do respond directly to Grasshopper’s questions as well as your comments about the spreadsheet (SS). A few weeks ago there was a THREAD created by Brooklyn Paul (BP). The topic was whether or not (there was a POLL set up) I deserved my own Moniker…this is different than the screen name…it is the designation under the Avitar’s on the Forum (i.e. Wine Newbie, Oenophile, Wine Connoisseur, etc., etc.). This had already been done for MarcT and for Jason Hicks (this is an important point…it’s not as if it had never been done before, in which case, I would expect some people to be against anyone getting there own Moniker (Hi. Julius ;-D…luv ya buddy).

    BP was good enough to start this THREAD saying, “As we all know, our buddy SS Chris created the famous WLTV spread sheet. And he still provides updates for it today. I’d say he deserves consideration for a special title.”

    As you can see, it was, specifically about expressing appreciation for the SS and the work that went into creating it; as well as the continued efforts to keep it updated. I believed it would be a relative no brainer as NO Vayniac puts in as much time as I do for something that I get nothing for (GV will confirm this). Well, to both my and BP’s surprise, the votes over the first few days were decidedly against me (it has since swung marginally the other way). Poor BP felt a need to apologize to me for creating the thread. And let me be clear that this is not about the special name at this point…I don’t care about that. I do care about what I do being appreciated however. Part of what I took from this was that perhaps the SS wasn’t as valuable as I had thought and, at the very least, both the SS and I weren’t feeling much if any appreciation (yes, the SS actually DOES have feelings)

    So, it was at this point that I discontinued updating the web SS. I just wasn’t feeling much love from the VAYNIACS….all’s I need is just a little LOVE for the ALL of the time I put in (or I just may need to take my bat, ball, SS and go home). Gary, perhaps you could weigh in on this and maybe prod the Vayniacs a little here…they need a little VaynerPROD. (that’s for you MichaelP)

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS and HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR to everyone (except those who voted “NO”) :-D :-D

    Here’s the link to the THREAD mentioned”

    http://tv.winelibrary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1038&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

  51. December 23, 2006

    SS Chris

    Gary, I wanted to respond to Grasshopper’s question and your comments relative to the Spreadsheet.

    Please take a look at the following thread for my response.

    http://tv.winelibrary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20086#20086

  52. December 23, 2006

    johnm

    Good to see the questions being anwered again. Folowing up on Eugene, I think it would always be better to pair, “Taste lots of different wines” with “Trust your own palate”, since our palates change and adventure keeps everything fresh and interesting. Happy, healthy and joyous holidays to all, except the Fins (they only get healthy and joyous).
    Jets 21 Fins 17

  53. December 23, 2006

    Joe P.

    Gary, you were oh so coy about avoiding mention of your apparent countdown numbers. I believe a few of us matched the starting number with a possible baby V. Any truth to that? If not that, then it’s a real stumper for the moment. Thanks for the show! jp

  54. December 23, 2006

    Suzanne

    My money is on a Vaynerbaby as well, Joe P.
    Many people don’t believe in making an “official” announcement until the first trimester is over, which would be a feasible explanation for the mystery.
    Gary better watch himself though, because if she is anything like me, his wife is going to give him MAJOR hell over the beard!!
    Gary, from an ex-NYer (Brooklyn to be exact), living in South Florida:
    GO JETS!

  55. December 23, 2006

    craignkzoo

    Wine-O:

    From one restaurant operator to another, beware there are pitfalls to having your suppliers print your list for you. Seems like today things change too rapidly regarding vintage etc. When printing is so cheap, why have a supplier do it?

    Gary is right on the money, you want YOUR STYLE AND YOUR TASTE to come through on the list.

    Craig
    p.s. email me through my site if you want some help.

  56. December 23, 2006

    lizv

    no vayner baby relax kids…it’s something much more clever i assure you;)
    have a wonderful holiday weekend!

  57. December 23, 2006

    Herm

    Jets 14 Dolphins 13….but how about those Browns?

  58. December 24, 2006

    Jtk

    Excellent episode! Merry Christmas from mine to yours. GO VAYNERBEARD! QOTD: NY 21 Miami 17 CHEERS ~ Jtk

  59. December 24, 2006

    LXA_Harris

    So I understand that the numbers today happened to be a prediction, but what about all the other days? What are you counting down to? Episode 400ish, apparently….

  60. December 24, 2006

    Eric Anderson

    Happy Holidays!!!!! Just opened a great Brunello di Montelcino that your guys at the store helped my wife pick out for me so thanks for that!!! Gary you should answer questions whenever you want to. Don’t cave into the pressure!

  61. December 24, 2006

    Suzanne

    Great episode today! I’m just getting into wine, and I’m trying as many different ones as I possibly can, seeing what’s out there, and enjoying my favorites because they taste good to me….no matter how they’re rated by the ‘pros’. Wine–like any food or beverage we consume–is so personal and subjective. Ratings are helpful, sort of like general guidelines, but how can we all be expected to like the same thing? I agree that you have to go with your own personal taste. It only makes sense.

    Thanks for another great episode, Gary, and I wish happy and safe holidays to everybody.

    Oh, and has the Vaynerwife ever been a guest on the show? I’d like to see Liz!

  62. December 26, 2006

    Dan G.

    Looks like Herm and I tied with 4 off. At least I got the fish score right. What do we get??? At least they won unlike my now gone Steelers. Oh well. NHRA starts in a little over a month. Waitin for the Nitro!

  63. December 26, 2006

    FURBS

    Hey Gary, congratulations on a great win by the Jets! Oakland (Jokeland) should not be a problem. Now that the Steelers are out (what a bizarre season they had!) I have a new team to root for. I hope you had a great Christmas and have a great New Years. Go Jets and go Gary!

  64. December 26, 2006

    Joyce

    Santa read my letter! I received my official Vayniac T-shirt for Christmas! Other gifts cost more, but none made me more happy than my V-shirt.

    Hope you found your heart’s desire under the tree on Christmas morning. Happy holidays to all.

    Joyce

  65. December 26, 2006

    Lev M.

    Gary,
    Greetings from key west…i was down here rooting for the jets and it looks like it helped :)

  66. December 26, 2006

    JayZee

    OK, posting the score prediction would be pointless since everyone knows that the Jets won. Boy, those Monday Night Football announcers sure didn’t give much love to Chad Pennington. But he gets the last laugh with another win. The weird thing is, despite the fact that I don’t give a hoot about the Jets, I found myself rooting for them. I figure if the Jets make it to the Superbowl, Gary will probably be very generous and give all Vayniacs free shipping for a week! :-)

  67. December 26, 2006

    JayZee

    Wine! I forgot about the wine! Great episode once again. I actually have a couple bottles of a 2003 Meandro in my cellar that I believe WS scored 90 points. Now I can’t wait to try it.

  68. December 26, 2006

    thenettiep

    Thank you! Portugal wines do not seem to get enough praise or even notes. I’d love to see you do more shows on them.

    - the nettie p

  69. February 16, 2008

    thefanjestic

    Those were all really cool Oak Monster drawings and photos. Nice and Laid back episode.

  70. October 8, 2009

    John J.

    I like that your pushing Portuguese wines Gary, definite values coming from there.
    Any chance of you doing a vin jaune episode?

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