Petite Sirah Wines After a Big Loss

Petite Sirah Wines After a Big Loss – Episode #161

January 8, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Petite Sirah is it the same as Syrah? Is Petite Sirah bigger or smaller then Syrah? Is Petite Sirah the same as Durif? All these questions and more will be answered by a sad Gary Vaynerchuk.

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January 8, 2007

Justin
Gary,

I feel bad about taunting your Jets after seeing you in this sad state! Cheer up buddy.

QOD: Champagne. What else is gonna make you feel good again?
January 8, 2007

Colleen
Gary,
Just wanted to extend my deepest sympathy for your loss.
January 8, 2007

barclay
heh. i figured today’s episode would be bleak… Tough loss man, sorry about that. At least you can find some comfort in knowing a) the cowboys lost, and b) the eagles won (albeit it wasn’t our fienst game). New Orleans, here we come.

QOD: like some of the other folks mentioned, if i’m not in the best of moods. i’ll pass on wine and go for scotch or bourbon. (I’ve been on a woodford reserve kick for a while now).
January 8, 2007

el tejano
long time lurker here- 1st post.
I only hit refresh about 50 times today to see if you were going to even post a video/review. You did, so I’ll give you points for that- but you were too sad. You should’ve taken the day off. I’ve been touting your site and vids for a while- I told about 6 Jersey folks yesterday while we watched the game. Yeah, that’s right, I watched the Jets and I never have before– I’m a Texan living in California, why the hell would I ever watch the Jets? So keep it in perspective. . . .

QOTD?
Anything from Copain, or Herradura Tequila.
January 8, 2007

Charles Colomer
what does not kill you, makes you stronger….Jets will get’em next year
i drink burbon when im sad…wild turkey to be more specific
January 8, 2007

PeterT
When I’m sad I go for W. L. Weller’s Centennial Bourbon, you can’t beat it.

Wow, Gary, I’m surprised you didn’t dim the lights, swap out the red table cloth with a black one and have church organ music playing in the background in a minor key.

Come on, try singing the famous lyrics to the great Monty Python movie “Life of Brian”…..Always look on the bright side of life……and it’ll hopefully put a smile back on your face. Just think, they were singing it while nailed to the cross!
January 8, 2007

Beck
Gary, a lurker comin’ out of the wood work to cheer you up a bit.

I kind of look at it like this, a good wine isn’t just in the taste — it’s in the nose, the color, the temperature, the glass, maybe the food you’re having with it. And a “sad” wine isn’t just in the bottle you pick. It’s in the music, the room, the book or movie or person or wall you’re contemplating.

I like to be all alone, in my lazyboy with the lights low and Billie Holiday singing to me. In my hand, the first bottle of red I pick out of the cellar, swirling slowly in the biggest, snootiest glass I’ve got.
January 8, 2007

Bill Ross
Well the good news is that I heard there were at least six or eight first-time lurkers watching today’s episode. They heard about it recently on the E-bob forum and all were sitting in straight-back chairs and wearing coat and tie. They all agreed that, despite the over-the-top exuberance, the program was fundamentally solid and well-conducted, and they can’t wait for the next episode.
January 8, 2007

Jules
GV, Great season for your Jets, be proud.

Pitchers and catchers report soon enough!

If I’m sad…….caymus is the way to go, it’s hard not to smile when you have a glass of caymus in hand.
January 8, 2007

Zenus
So much for that Bears vs Jets Super Bowl.
January 8, 2007

jon777
Don’t waste drinking anything good after a loss like that. When you’re depressed like that, you won’t taste anything…

This is the time for the cheap stuff to numb the pain!
January 8, 2007

mikeyrad
Gary, I feel your pain.

QOD, I guess I’d go with whatever you consider to be “comfort wines”. For me, that means something old world and mellow, not too much oak or sugar. Maybe a Chianti or a Barbera.
January 8, 2007

Tom T.
Dude cheer up. I feel your pain (my Giants lost too).
Invite us all down for a party. We’ll all make you forget about the game.
January 8, 2007

Mets fan 13
Sorry about the Jets . . . I feel your pain. Bright future though.

After the Mets lost game 7 of the ‘06 NLCS, we opened a bottle of Vall Llach, one our favorites, to try to numb the pain. It didn’t change the results of the game but it did make us feel better.
January 8, 2007

Craig T
Gary – As a Redskins fan, I feel your pain. Always.
January 8, 2007

Randy
Mr. V that was worth a Golden Globe nomination.

QOD: When I am sad, my favorite wine is Jack Daniels, straight up.

Ciao
January 8, 2007

Ben Lee
Never really thought about Petit Sirah. I’m glad you cleared up with a Petit Sirah really is. I thought it was an early picked Sirah grape wine. Definitely will have to try these.

QOD: No wine. Either Jack Daniels, Margarita or bourbon.

Pull yourself together, man. At least the Jets have a Superbowl to their name. My Saints? Well, do I have to go there? This is the first time we’ve ever even had a BYE! One playoff win the HISTORY of the Saints. Look at the bright side, y’all got a higher draft pick now. Never know. Might have a “Reggie Bush” fall to the Jets like we did.

THANKS HOUSTON TEXANS! SAINTS LOVE YOU! Oh, yea, SO DO THE TITANS!
January 8, 2007

rkorzenk
damon,

ROTF

Sounds like the first chapter of the greatest self help novel to come.
January 8, 2007

canadian-kid
Shitty deal about the jets…cant be upset about the season though.

QOTD: When im sad, I dont drink.
January 8, 2007

KenP
I was moved by your effort today. Great sadness, painful to watch. I feel for you, man.
I use a tasting glass all the time, one from La Derniere Goutte, a wonderful little wine store in Paris down the rue Dauphine, in the quartier Saint Germain. Beautifully etched little glass.
Love Petite Sirah.
When I’m sad I turn to Champagne. Well, I drink Champagne at any and all times and moods. My favorite wine experience. But it is especially good when I’m down. To your health and that of your family.
January 8, 2007

damon
Gary, thanks for showing up today. I assume you will be back, full of piss and vinegar soon. All I can say about what wine to drink is to treat yourself. When I’m alone and feeling down, I head down to the cellar. If something great cathes my eye, I say to myself, “I deserve that wine, darn it, and people like me.”

hugs
January 8, 2007

waibeans
disappointed GV.. I come back after a week and this is the enthusiasm I get?! I want you to know that I was a walking advert for WLTV on my trip. A few people actually asked me about the show and wrote down the site address.. hey those t-shirts work!

sorry about the Jets loss, but I can see through sullen GV, the old energetic GV is still there underneath. On the brighter side, think about what was accomplished this year. The real question I have is.. what team are you going to root for now? I’d say go for the pats so you can say you that lost to the champs!

glad to be back regardless..
January 8, 2007

mbannon
Lurker Alert – Don’t shoot, I’m coming out!!

Gary – I’ve been trying to catch up on all the past episodes so I could jump into the mix and say something clever for my first post, but with 60 episodes to go and the Jets out for the season, I figured it was time to make an appearance. A little something to cheer you up on this dark day.

Great episode, love the funereal air, way to tough it out. I spent Sunday evening wondering what was in store on WLTV come Monday (if anything). Regarding the QOD – I think something dark and brooding is appropriate. Screw the Champagne, bust out the 1977 Taylor’s or a ‘94 Cali Cab. Wallow in the dark cherries, bitter chocolate, and ground-up worm heads. Plenty of time for froo-froo-happy wine later. Right now is the time for self-pity. It’s your time, Gary. Yours and the Jets’. Live it.

I’ll get cracking on my WLTV video introduction.
January 8, 2007

rkorzenk
QOD: When sad, no wine, Tequila, cause Tequila makes everything better. Key is to not stop drinking till you don’t remember or don’t care.
January 8, 2007

Edward H
QOD: I like a good, slightly spritzy German riesling.