Gruner Veltliner from Austria

Gruner Veltliner from Austria – Episode #181

February 13, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Wines that taste like this are the future of the wine drinking world and today Gary Vaynerchuk tackles these food friendly wines.

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October 25, 2009

John J.
qotd dont really have a fav tennis player

My fav wltv episode i’d like to see would be on vin jaune, since nobody out there really talks about it
September 9, 2009

fatseany
got 2 gruners in the fridge, wieninger 2004 and a jamek 2004 thought I would have a catch up before drinking…thanks again GV
October 31, 2008

bill wrollcia
sabatini, Come on gv, am i right or am i right. a little bit of beckers diving, with agassi return game, ivansevic serving, and of course sampress”s wife.

hit me up on twitter guys. wrollcia
February 19, 2007

sheila
Men: Sampras and Federer
Women: Navratilova and Hingis
February 17, 2007

Groovy gruner. « piran cafÃ©
[...] Jump to Comments That’s how Gary Vaynerchuk, host of Wine Library TV, describes the popular Austrian grape,gruner veltliner. Check out this episode–fairly entertaining and quite informative– where a handful of gruners are tasted, spat and reviewed. [...]
February 17, 2007

ThomasS
At last some time to watch not-so-back-back eps. GrÃ¼ner rocks!
Anyway, QOTD: Witty Ivan Isevic, and, being a Belgian, of course Kim Clijsters.
Any lurkers from Belgium … call in and we’ll have an nice bottle or two, three ….
C ya!
February 16, 2007

tuscanbob
Anna Kournikova, of course.

Great episode…Haven’t had Gruner yet…I’m going to take a bottle up to the slopes this weekend with our picnic lunch.
February 15, 2007

Michael
Hi Gary,

If you can, go to Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant and do a food-wine pairing.
February 15, 2007

Joe P.
…and of course “Rocket” Rod Laver!
February 15, 2007

Joe P.
Ivan Lendl!
February 14, 2007

cpd
Steffi Graf, of course. How long do you think it takes to shave those legs…
February 14, 2007

Karl Satirev
Why don’t you simply let us catch up on episodes we missed while you are away?
February 14, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Lurker attack! Am I first even? Possibly the only lurker to be adopted?
Been lurking for a while so I guess I’ll post now. Thanks for all the adoption offers. I accept. Now everyone put your cellar and its contents into your will with my name on it. Thanks new mums and dads!

Yours,
Your new son.
February 14, 2007

TagWorld Brian
Listening to your iPod during taping?
February 14, 2007

mike volker
bobby riggs
February 14, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
GrÃ¼ner’s are such good food wines they are my go to after Alsace for foods as an alternative to Chardonnay (my wife’s favorites not mine) but there are many white varietals that go great with food including almost any Rhone white. Just lots of choices if you don’t like Chardonnay.
Not much of a tennis fan so can’t say, guess Borg, Conner Johhny Mac Agassi for the men, Williams sisters, Evert, Sabatini, Graf for the women.
Good call on the white pepper in GrÃ¼ner. Always there with the grapefruit in the ones I like
While in London please review some English wines if you get a chance. With global warming they may be the next big wine region.
Any lurkers who want to be paired step up. I’m happy to add my advice.
February 14, 2007

craig
had a though again – you could do an anniversary edition on the plane – with the wines that they serve in those little single serving size bottles. Then upload it once you get to London! I mean, its a conference on web stuff, so if someone there can[’t help you figure out how to do it, then, well, it isn’t a very good conference is it?!
February 14, 2007

Tim Tamblin
Gary- I only was able to see 1/3 of todays episode, almost to the end of the first wine. I tried reloading it but to no avail. This has never happened before and was quite traumatic. Based on the comments, doesn’t look like anybody else had this problem so it must be an aberancy. Any suggestions?
February 14, 2007

wine dog
Anniversary Show from London with Big Ben in the background and the Queen as your guest.
February 14, 2007

wine dog
Never had a gruner. I will now.
Chrissie and Billy
Jimmy and Nastasi
February 14, 2007

craig
anniversary idea – tape in London and post it from there of course, but do it outside or something so it doesn’t look like an OFFICE. And not only have free shipping, but a secret code word or something for those of us that live near WL and actually shop there (since free shipping doesn’t really do anything for us locals!)
February 14, 2007

Joe Po
Your comments and comparisons were so hilarious that I could see Dracula saying”I vant to bite your neck to put some Vertliner in your veins!” (Sorry):)
QOD: Pete Sampras, low-key but great!
February 14, 2007

JimVarney01
qotd: Kournikova’s hot… and she was born like within a week of me!

Quit giving me all these new wines to try Gary… my shelves are going to bust.

I WILL ADOPT A LURKER! Holler!
February 14, 2007

Jim
Thanks for doing this episode Gary. I am fortunate enough to have spent some time in Austria and I have been through the Wachau sampling some awesome Gruners that never make it to the US market. At some of the Heurigers, they serve cheeses, sausages, and other appetizers that pair perfectly with GVs. If any of the viewers can find the 2004 Gobelsburger GV, it is a huge bargain at around 10 bones. Parker gave it a 90, but it is a bit better than that. The Prager Hinter Der Burg 2005 that you were (are?) selling is very nice as well. The good thing is that these wines are typically inexpensive, so experimenting with many different makers is affordable and well worth it. I have had some that were trashed by WS or WA, but were actually fine examples of classic GV. Thanks again for the good episode. As an epilogue, you might want to explain some of the designations such as “Smaragd”, as these classifications can help guide the buyer toward a different and perhaps better experience.
February 14, 2007

BigMC
Can’t imagine drinking anything but bier in Austria. Good episode.

QOTD: Bobby Riggs