Kosher Wine – Hey Seriously Watch it.

Kosher Wine – Hey Seriously Watch it. – Episode #204

March 28, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Question of the day: “What is your tasting note either on paper or in your mind, that only you would understand?”

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Vayniac wristband email

Gary talks about Kosher wines and a few fun facts too. Sit back and relax and ENJOY!

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153 Responses

March 28, 2007

CW
oy vey!
March 28, 2007

Celia
I’m watching now…
March 28, 2007

FTBoomer
Lame is 1st
March 28, 2007

wine-ot
blah #2
March 28, 2007

Benji
Top ten for Benji?
March 28, 2007

KenP
Top 10?
March 28, 2007

Benji
Looking forward to the SURPRISE.
March 28, 2007

Matty Van - Tampa,FL
top 10 I suck penis
March 28, 2007

Paul M
top 10 now 3 days in a row, not that it means anything but funny
March 28, 2007

TampaSteve
WOW…SS is THE MAN OF THE DAY!
March 28, 2007

waibeans
top 10 again
March 28, 2007

Atreyu
Hi!
March 28, 2007

Benji
Wristband…sweeeeeet
March 28, 2007

HudsonHank
yeah baby
March 28, 2007

TampaSteve
GV please send me the wristband so I can never wear it and you have to come to my house to take it away….seems the ONLY way I will EVER get you to Tampa…..sad…..sad….
March 28, 2007

TheDumbPhase
Damn I’m slipping. Can’t even get top ten.
March 28, 2007

jprva
Great timing on the kosher wine episode. I have had Baron Herzog’s regular cabernet as well as many more and am excited to try others.
March 28, 2007

Brooklyn Paul
Maybe SS will shut up now nah….

j/k
March 28, 2007

NY Pete
I thought I saw a wristband that looked familiar on AcousticDoc and family…
March 28, 2007

DryDrew
Yes!
I am so eager to watch Ill be watching it on my iPod tonight
Thanks Gary
DryDrew
March 28, 2007

KAHUNA
Wow an SS shout out- good lord we are in for it now!
March 28, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- interesting episode. Thanks.

QOTD- NFD
March 28, 2007

wine-ot
what, no 350 remarks?
March 28, 2007

Neil
QTOD: Vennison
March 28, 2007

TheDumbPhase
Way to go SS! Longest props in WL history & well-deserved.
QOTD- When I drink Vintage Champagne, it always reminds me of the sweet, sweet tears of those pathetic crying Jets fans…
March 28, 2007

Bryan
I like Kosher…
March 28, 2007

Lynne
Wow! Is this gonna go to SS’s head or what?

Half pregnant? Oh dear, I don’t even want to know what Kahuna might come up with on this one.

QOD: Grandma’s basement

GV, I’m really excited to try the Baron Herzog…sounds like it will be perfect for my husband. He’s always asking me if I have something a little lighter and/or sweeter and I never do. Thanks!
March 28, 2007

Cameron P
You’re a mensch Gary Vaynerchuk. Cool topic, that Baron Herzog sounds like a great bargain, I’ll have to check out the winery next time I drive through Oxnard (have you tasted any of their other stuff?). Also, those wristbands are fresh- sort of Bjorn Borg meets the drummer from Journey. A photo will be on the way upon their arrival to my house.

QOD: My weird reference point is “carpet store.” There’s a wine characteristic that some new world Cali wines I’ve come across have, both white and red, that smells like when you first walk into a carpet store. It’s sort of a cross between paint/pickle juice/horseradish, and tastes like ass.
March 28, 2007

wildebeest
top 50, baby, YEAH!
March 28, 2007

Lil Luce
A shout out to SS Chris fo’ shizzle! Thanks for the wristband Gary!
March 28, 2007

RPS
Free swag! As sweet as Herzog.

By the way, Prime Grill in Manhattan has a sick Kosher wine list, and excellent sommelier.
March 28, 2007

Orion Slayer
Thanks for continuing to expand my wine world. Kosher wines: I wouldn’t have thought about them. I’m going to try the Baron Herzog Cabernet just to see what your talking about. Not sure I’ll like it, but I’ll have a reference point!

QOTD: Smells like wine.

(Only 30 days until the 2007 Draft!)

I’m sweating already in anticipation of my free gift. Thanks, Gary!
March 28, 2007

Lil Luce
Forgot my QOTD: This past weekend I said that a wine smelled like the pink dust left behind on the Double Bubble gum wrapper. I could NEVER have pulled that out of my brain before watching WLTV.
March 28, 2007

organicguy
SS….it’s OK, wallow in the moment, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine…..QOTD is probably not original but the first time I told the pourer behind the counter that it smelled like horsepoop it was not met with applause. Thanx GV for introducing another niche in the wine market….
March 28, 2007

ecola
Wristbands make me smile:)
March 28, 2007

KAHUNA
QOTD- Smells like my b_lls
March 28, 2007

Matty Van - Tampa,FL
Oh I will get crative with my wrist bands….

QOD – My hands at the end of a day fishing, rainbow colored berry flavored candy canes I had when I was a kid, new electronics cheap plasticy smell, opened condom wrappers
March 28, 2007

Matty Van - Tampa,FL
Comment 25: By TheDumbPhase….HAHAHHAHAHA…thats the funniest thing I have heard all day
March 28, 2007

Caren
I accidently printed out the whole SS and it was 34 pages!! That’s a bucket load of work…Job well done SS Chris!
March 28, 2007

Caren
Kahuna- do u do yoga?
March 28, 2007

Justin
Thanks for the Kosher episode GV… Now i know what to drink on Passover instead of Manischevitz(or however you spell it…Doesnt matter its awful!)

Thanks for the free wristbands. Ill sport them with my vayniac shirt. I don’t know if they will let me wear them at work but I will try!

QODT:This wine smells like grandma… Only mom thinks that is funny.
March 28, 2007

Brandon M
When you gonna do a show on blessed Sacramental wines?
March 28, 2007

brooklyni
Gary, thanks for the wristband man! That’s so awesome!
never had a kosher wine before except crap. i’ll try to seek out a real one.
QOTD old baseball cards.
March 28, 2007

Harley Stan
Gary, Interesting episode, something I had never even considered looking for.
QOTD-” Well it’s better than winemaker wine” A horrible wine that I had from Moldova that was in a really cool bottle. It was so bad I wouldn’t even give it to Chad Pennington. However, it is the 1st tasting note I have in my wine journal that I started 3/24/06. Looking back through the old notes I have really come a long way in understanding wine in the last year. I owe that to you THANKS!!!!!
March 28, 2007

John Ladany
Yes I know someone that would enjoy that wine!
Signed, Lurker!
March 28, 2007

Christoph
You know you’ve had too much to drink when you start to sweat. I’ll use mine to wipe off that drop you sometimes get after pouring a glass.
March 28, 2007

Kevin
Sweet, sweaty wristbands…

QOTD: “…smells like old beans.”
March 28, 2007

Dom
Hmmm, did you give us the “nose” of the Segal? Either way, I’ll buy some.

QOTD: Unique nose characteristic of a wine: worn tennis grip after a hard-fought 3-set match.

And thanks for the gift. I’ll be wearing them at my next tennis match and maybe I’ll blind my opponent with the lime green logo.
March 28, 2007

Doc Dan
Props to SSChris. Gary, great show, could you answer my email question I sent yesterday?
QOTD: Burnt tar on newly laid asphalt
March 28, 2007

CHEF
I love that reference…”The Baby” Oak monster…Remember that dinosaur show where they used to say
“Gotta Love the Baby”…Now you can say, “Gotta Love the Baby Oak Monster”…

+CHEF
-Whenever someone asks what youâ€™re making for dinner, tell them â€œReservationsâ€â€¦
March 28, 2007

JavaMonkey
Wristbands???
March 28, 2007

Alos
Another great episode!
March 28, 2007

H-Why
SSChris – thank you. I’ve used the spreadsheet plenty of times to compare notes. Very nice work. I hope that WLTV sends you a case a month to keep you rolling.

QOTD: “a hint of Taco Bell *ahem* hot sauce” when referring to a little Jalepeno spice flavor.
March 28, 2007

CampingLisaB
QOD: Smells like the sleeping bag after being stored in the garage all winter.
March 28, 2007

ChardonBob
QOD – cat litter, wet road with skid marks, and the wormy smell in the yard after a lot of rain.

Wristbands – Nice touch!!!!!!!!!
March 28, 2007

TimF
Oh geeze, SS Chris’ head is going to get bigger than it already is!
March 28, 2007

TimF
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GOOSENBERRY!!! IT’S GOOSEBERRY!!! DO YOU SAY IT JUST SO I COMMENT?!?
March 28, 2007

Atreyu
Thanks for the wristband Gary!
March 28, 2007

TimF
Casper the Friendly Ghost was great. I never could understand why people were always so afraid of a FRIENDLY ghost. I used to watch it on CH 56 in MA. In CT we got stations from MA, CT, NY, and NJ — it was great!
March 28, 2007

TimF
QOD: Breakfast Club — Where I went to college the bars would open at 7AM on Saturdays when there was a football game. The bar was usually a mess from the night before. Think cigarette smoke, stale beer, vomit, urine, screwdrivers and bloody mary’s. Put all that in a blender and you’ve got Breakfast Club.
March 28, 2007

CHEF
Cool Wristbands…Now we can all look like Bjorn Borg…

+CHEF
-Whenever someone asks what youâ€™re making for dinner, tell them â€œReservationsâ€â€¦
March 28, 2007

Jim Walker
QOTD: My unique tasting note which NO expert wine taster ever uses: grapes.
That’s right, grapes. Take a bunch of grapes and ferment them and you’ll find yourselves AMAZED at how much it tastes like wine.
March 28, 2007

Russ J
QOTD: smells like that plastic mini tookit case in the basement(probably very similar to Brian Chen’s throw-up)
March 28, 2007

Jon B
Gary interesting Kosher episode. Having a little trouble with the wristband link I’ll try later.Mello Smello was the brand name that hooked up the scratch and sniff and the wild cherry clown(orange afro giant cherry colored nose mmmm). Or the bag of peanuts. But as you mentioned and my personal favorite was the skunk,or possibly the band aid.QOTD On a 04 Francis Coppala Claret the nose pizza dough.
March 28, 2007

Tahmedee
Great show Gary! Never had a kosher wine before. I probably still won’t run out to find one, but if I come across one, I promise I won’t rule it out because it is kosher. Thanks for the wristband!

QOTD – My elementary school library. Quite a unique nose, I must say.

Also, TimF, are you a Boilermaker?? Because they do a breakfast club in West Lafayette.
March 28, 2007

Shotgun
Tried but couldn’t listen to the spiel. Shalom. Luv u anyway.

QOD– It would be or should be moderated out, so no.
March 28, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Tiger lilys/// bandaid/athletic tape How ’bout those?
March 28, 2007

Badger Ann
QOTD: Sweet Tarts (ok, everybody knows what they are).
March 28, 2007

Bobinnati
Maybe goosenberries are named after the South African professional golfer (Retief Goosen). Have to try that cab – sounds like a winner for the money.

QOTD – the organic chem lab stockroom. (After all, flavors are just collections of volatile organics.)
March 28, 2007

TimF
Yes — Full Boilermaker.
March 28, 2007

Jennifer
Excellent, as usual.
QOTD: My mother’s raspberry tarts.
Casper- watched the cartoon as a young lass, and my father frequently read me Casper the Friendly Ghost before bed time.
Scratch & sniff- all over my notebooks. C’mon.
March 28, 2007

Dr. J. L. Sifuentes
Are you really able to score 35 points? Send me two of those Vayniac wrist bands and I’ll take you on!
March 28, 2007

The Smartest Girl in San Francisco
Oh snap — the wristbands!

LOVED the color coordination of the green shirt, the wristbands, the cute little flower on the white board. It’s springtime! And springtime is good. Speaking of springtime and flowers, the whole set had a tinge of green today — even the wall in the background.

And props on the minimalism of the set over the past months — there is episode a while ago in which the basketball players were standing on your head.

QOTD: the jasmine rice at a beachside restaurant in bali.
March 28, 2007

Dave Canada
Gary, Gary, Gary. I accept that you are foremost authority on wine….but when it comes to ball, your love of Patrick Ewing and belief that you could even score one point against me is making you look delusional and sad.
I am telling you….we need to set the game up. You need to come up to Canada, I’ll show you a good time in Niagara (drink some Icewine, check out winespectator.com Steven Page column) and I will woop your ASS! Then, we’ll drink a ‘77 Fonseca to sooth your ego! I am dying for a game!
I emailed to get a wristband so I hope you ship to Canada. If not, let me know know and I’ll get you an address of a distant relative or something but I need one cause it’s gonna be in the photo of me drilling the threes on your head and showing you my lovely jump hook! Feel that Hizszy!
March 28, 2007

Darlene O.
Great episode! And thanks for the wrist band, Gary!!
March 28, 2007

BV
QOTD: Smells like cheesy smegma.

Tastefully yours,

Bill V.
March 28, 2007

Susan
oy vey!

Comment 1: By CW on March 28th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

Gary-
Another fabulous ep!
I have always been
curious about how Kosher wines taste.
Thanks!
March 28, 2007

Autumnfox
Okay, I paused to write this but…this truly has come up in my filthy brain.
QOTD: Smelling the smell after a night of gettin’ it on.

Running away embarrassed…
March 28, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Love the reference
to Casper.
I have a friend named Casper.
March 28, 2007

stevo
QOTD: Don’t have one yet…developing…

GV – do you realize that you use the flavor profile “cherry” in the vast majority of the wines you taste? It most often appears as “sour cherry” but “black cherry” sneaks in there also.
March 28, 2007

Susan
Gar-
Love the
Baby Oak Monster reference!
Couldn’t stop laughing!!!!!!!!
March 28, 2007

Jerry the 2THDR
QOTD: Dirty Baby Diapers. This is what I get from most of the wines of Alsace. That’s why I avoid them. I have just the person for that semi-sweet Cab. I have been using A Virginia wine- Rivanna Sunset by Burnley Vinyards to introduce my wine novices to reds with some sweetness. I get a thumbs up every time. Please try it. Jerry the 2THDR
March 28, 2007

Susan
Gary-
FREE Wrist bands.
I don’t ever turn down free stuff!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!
March 28, 2007

ChrisR
Love scratch N sniff stickers! I had the whole collection. I loved the gasoline one and the peanut butter and jelly one.

And of course I had the Smurf stickers too!
March 28, 2007

SpaceJay
The Pizza scratch & sniff was the bomb. Liked the grape one too.
QOTD – Theirry & Guy Fat Bastard smells like my father-in-law’s homemade smoked venison sausage.
March 29, 2007

Capt M
I’m a regular customer for Baron Herzog. I like the Cab Sauvignon, but it’s their Zinfandel what I like the best. Price in Panama is about a buck or two more, but the Zin costs about two bucks less than the Cab. Very respectable bottle of wine. Pleasant and very well balanced, very mature and under control.
March 29, 2007

Justin S
1. goosenberry silly goose, childish, kiddish, fairy-like, clown

OMIGOSH you are sucha goosenberry ! Now stop playing sock puppet with your grandma’s unwashed panty hose !

The pizza scratch and sniff smelled great, now I need to find a wine that smells like a pizza scratch and sniff. Great show as usual!
March 29, 2007

RobinRedBest in Boise, ID
QOTD: First NZ SB in the 70’s smelled like Horse Piss…then one First Growth at a fancy wine tasting dinner reminded me of the odor of Gelatin Capsules that were/are used by pharmacies/consumers to contain powdered medicines. Being a nurse – a first impression that no one else understood??? could have been a wine clarified with gelatin…and at a Passover Seder, when the Sosnick Kosher Concord wine was opened, poured into miniature glasses, everybody tossed the liquid quickly down and yelled “la Chaim”. My 4 year old daughter stood up with hands on hips and very indignantly stated: “Don’t you know you’re supposed to smell it first?”
Thanks for the freebie and expanding our wine world.
March 29, 2007

cyrock1
QOTD Just thought of this one that I will try using in place of “funky”.
Smells like the head after a 3 day FTX during basic.
March 29, 2007

YoungDave
AMAZING free offer with the wrist bands, BIG G.!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for the generosity- I can’t wait to sport it at the gym and tell people about your blog when they ask!

QOTD: THANK YOU for asking this because all I could think of was you when I first had this tasting note.
2005 McMannis Cabernet: there is a little manufactured, chemical smell on the nose of this wine that I finally pinned as FINGER PAINTS that I used to play with when I was in pre-school. Wierd, but it’s deffinitely there.
March 29, 2007

daniel von trier
Gary, thanks for today’s show–a real eye-opener. I’ve celebrated passover with jewish friends before, and now I know some wines I can bring with … and perhaps even a few I can drink at home when it’s not passover.

QOTD: This isn’t that personal, but one that always sticks with me is “violets, like that Sanford Pinot Noir.” It was the first wine I ever tasted that really stuck with me, and made an impression, back in ‘92.
March 29, 2007

RonC
Gary, thanks for the capsule education on kosher wine. Whenever I thought of kosher wine, Manischewitz came to mind. My mother (age 87) likes sweet wines. Ever since I can remember, and I’m pushing 60, we’ve always had a ‘peasant’ Christmas Eve dinner that consisted of pea soup, smoked fish, pierogies with sauteed onions, potato pancakes with sour cream or apple sauce, lima beans, and a bottle of Manischewitz Concord Grape wine. Don’t ask me how this meal originated because I don’t have a clue and as you can surmise, we’re not Jewish. Maybe I’ll put a bottle of Baron Herzog Cabernet Jeunesse on the table this year and see what happens.
PS: Your episodes are terrific.
March 29, 2007

Kent I
Wristbands are awesome. Thanks Gary!

I ordered a bottle of the Baron herzog cabernet jeunesse. I think it’s a great idea to have a wine from that day’s WLTV episode on free.winelibrary.com. Not every day, but every now and then. I know that enticed me to buy it.
March 29, 2007

wildebeest
Thanks for the wrist bands, big guy! I’ll definitely sport them often. Have you ever thought of making patches that could be sewn onto things? I’d love to put one on my backpack.

Agreed: SS ROCKS!

QOTD: Holy crap, GV, GREAT QUESTION!!! I think the smell that comes up most often is “dingy old cave”, which is predominantly rat piss (but also dirt, liken, and feces). I spent my summers on a large ranch when I was a kid, and one of my favorite places to go when I was near the mountains was a cave that overlooked the whole valley. I also never fail to notice “wet sagebrush” when it’s present. It’s one of my favorite smells in the world. But I feel like neither or those examples are personal enough to answer the question. …an old girlfriend of mine had the best-smelling hair I’ve ever had the pleasure of burying my nose in, but I admit that I’ve never found a wine with the same aroma. Ah, I know! There was an old barn on the ranch, and in this barn was a room filled to the ceiling with salt-licks and mineral supplements for the cattle. I used to climb the stack and sit on top of it. I loved to watch the birds fly in and out of the windows, and listen for the rustling of rats beneath me. The place was FILLED with a pleasant stench that was entirely its own. Recently, I was reminded of those days by the 2003 Cantado Aglionico. That fantastic juice tasted, in the mid-palate, a bit like the smell of that old salt room. Thanks for turning me on to this one, G-man!
March 29, 2007

thkorent
Hi Gary,
Interesting one, this time. QOTD: My favourite “private” tasting note is “asparagus-pee” – it’s that smell you get when you take a pee after you’ve eaten asparagus, which is really intense sometimes. I’ve only had it once so far, but it was really obvious on a 1999 Chardonnay from Langhe, Piedmont: the Bussiador by Poderi Aldo Conterno.
March 29, 2007

KC Dan
Thanks for the wrist band G !!! The OAK MONSTER rules , But you gotta love the baby . I remember that show chef .
March 29, 2007

Lars
What about an episode on wines that are only touched by young virgin nymphs? I thought I read about that in book somewhere. (kidding 0-) )

“uff da” (that’s a Norwegian “oy ve”)

Is it just me…with those wristbands…did the Wine Guy remind you of Ben Stiller’s character in the movie “Dodgeball?”

Another wonderful episode.

QOTD: I got nuthin’
March 29, 2007

Lars
Okay… QOTD: “Brainerd Mayor George Bedard’s crab apple tree.” I tasted a wine last week that tasted like the crab apples that I “borrowed” from the mayor’s tree.
March 29, 2007

SoCal
Thanks for the Gift!
QOTD: Any citrus notes ring true to me. The reason is I am in the citrus industry and there is such a thing as a rotten grapefruit smell in wine.
March 29, 2007

NathanN
Thanks for the free wristband!

Havn’t had one since grade school.
March 29, 2007

Justmarsh
Can you bring Brian Chen in for a “real” tasting note? I want to better understand the flavor profile you’re describing. hahaha!!!!
March 29, 2007

Fishamble
QOTD: Someone got there before me, but it’s Asparagus Pee, TOTALLY. Sometimes with Chardonnay or SauvBlanc it dominates completely. I wondered if it was a fault. I’ve never heard anyone experienced mention it, so I’ve shied away from pointing it out in wine tasting classes. I will now.
March 29, 2007

Matthew L
Nice show Gary. I know a lot of us have been looking for an episode on kosher wines. I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the variety of kosher wines available. So often I have identified kosher wines with sweet, soda-like wine packaged in small bottles.

QOTD: I, honestly, don’t have any real unusual tasting terms.
March 29, 2007

Orion Slayer
My favorite Casper was Raiders tight end Dave “the Ghost” Casper:

He was part of two memorable Raiders plays, “Ghost to the Post” and the “Holy Roller.” Read about them in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Casper !
March 29, 2007

Matthew L
Oh…how did I forget? Thanks for the wristband Gary! You’re dropping 35 huh? Something tells me you are a mad man on the court.
March 29, 2007

Joyce
Gary V…..thanks for the wristbands…I’ll proudly wear them with my Vayniac T-shirt! What a nice way to say “I love you Vayniacs!”

QOD: School 3 in Linden NJ, early start of year, the hallways smelled of freshly painted shiny, gray floors and Elmer’s white glue. Whenever I smell paint or glue, it brings me back to good ole’ PS School #3…now long gone……….thanks again, Gary
March 29, 2007

Mike I
TN – OK, not really mine but soy sauce. My wife always looks at me like I’m insane.
March 29, 2007

Randy B
GV,
A baby oak monster with charcoal hair is okay by me. Many thanks for the wristbands.

QOTD: Noirkraut. I don’t know if this is indigenous to the varietal, but that first sip of many pinot noirs leaves you with this somewhat bitter, saurkraut, over-sulphited taste at the back of the palate. With time, it usually blows off which has often lead me to believe it’s a function of the winemaker.

Ciao
March 29, 2007

Malarkey
QOTD: Aunt Juanita & Uncle Clyde’s garage. very unique smell. Can’t describe it, definitely a childhood memory.
March 29, 2007

Deano
Hey Gary Nice episode I need to get my hands on some kosher wines. You da man for creating those wristbands and shooting them out to the vayniacs!!! Thanks again Gary for doing what you doing!!!
March 29, 2007

Joe Po
GAry, You are just too good to us! Thanks for the wristbands. BUT, where has everyone gone from yesterday?!?!?!
March 29, 2007

TimInFL
Thanks for the Gift. Finally some Baseball Talk…and of course the Metropolitains, Kudos to all Mets fans.

QOTD – Provolone Cheese…Good, Sharp, Provolone Cheese…The kind that sat in your lunch box UNTIL lunch time…Yeah, That is a smell that takes me back to my school days. I have that now in a few wines and yet, the palet goes either way.

Thanks Again
March 29, 2007

Dan R.
This episode came just in time. We are having a Seder Meal (I’m Roman Catholic but we have one each year anyways) next week and I’m to bring the wine. The Baron Herzog Cabernet Jeunesse will be served.

Also thanks for the wristband.

Dan in Kansas
March 29, 2007

Joyce
Gary…Relaxed Couch episode this Friday??????
March 29, 2007

Robert F
QOTD: I’d have to say stage weights (I’m a theatre major). It’s a combination of iron and metal, but combined with stage dust and spiderwebs.
March 29, 2007

Acousticdoc
Gary,
Thanks again for the sweat bands. Helena and I wear ours proudly!
QOTD: The inside of my guitar. Similar to cedarbox.
March 29, 2007

DryDrew
QOTD The 2006 Goose Bay Sauvignon Blanc tastes like a dentist drilling in your mouth and at the end your all clean and done
March 29, 2007

PhilB
QOTD: In a short time, it will be sweaty Vayniac wristband, for sure!
March 29, 2007

dealbhadair
“Throw-up”??? Oooh… I gotta get me some a dat!

Interestingly enough, I saw on a Science Channel program yesterday, that ‘butyric acid’ is the aromatic that gives that special, recognizable character to both vomit and cheeses like Parmesan. I wonder if there could’ve been some of that present in the Rashi Barolo. Maybe, eh?
March 29, 2007

Bernard Kenner
I have been doing tastings and Passover wine sale at my temple for about 10 years, drink all types of wine for the last 40. You should try the Weinstock cellar select cab. It is a Kedem/Herzog wine. It sells for about 15.00, and is better than many 30.00 Cal cabs out there. Try it, you’ll like it. Nice oak, great fruit, length and balance.

There is a revoulution of kosher wine going on, and it gets better every year.
March 29, 2007

dealbhadair
QOTD: Here’s a copy of mine, from my thread on the WLTV Tasting Notes forum, entitled, “2003 Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico ($12, Ep.#185)”…

“… a summer aftenoon at our family cabin in the mouth of the Weber River Canyon (a very rustic little abode, a small A-frame with no services at all). I mean… campfire, wild flowers, a little charcoal grill, the wood shingles warmed by the sun, a hint of mossy smells wafting up from the river below, and yes, even a momentary aromatic jab from the outhouse.”
March 29, 2007

Jim Walker
I just read about “What Makes a WIne Koser?” at: http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000033155.htm
It says that for wine to be kosher, one percent of the wine must be discarded, a symbolic remnant of the 10% tithe.

Since I’m non-Jewish and a heathen (and a living wine disposal unit), I’ll gladly “dispose” of this wine. Where should I send my address?
March 29, 2007

Michael
I started serious wine tasting about 4 years ago. I remember the first time I smelled CDP, some of the wines reminded me of fresh or semi-fresh blood. I completed a general surgery residency, and the smell of these wines reminded me of the trauma surgeries we used to do. There was this peculiar smell in the air from all the blood. I guess “animal fur” is another description for this aroma.
March 29, 2007

Justmarsh
Gary,

I just saw the 07 NFL schedule. I’m gonna really feel bad for you when the Jets lose to the Eagles in the Meadowlands. That’s gonna be a tough day for you! Don’t worry, I’ll get you a bottle of Krug to catch your tears. Will a magnum be enough?
March 29, 2007

JimVarney01
I forgot… I was so excited to get hulkamania wristbands that I forgot to leave a comment. THANKS DUDE!!! I don’t have a private TN though… I use the same ‘cherry’ TN for all my reds, lol.
March 29, 2007

TagWorld Brian
QOTD: Laundry detergent/soap on the finish of a 2005 Atwater Vidal Blanc. (I guess other people have said “soap” in tasting notes, but it’s the weirdest one I could think of so far.)

Baby Oak Monster! Like Scooby & Scrappy Doo. Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch. I see an Adult Swim franchise developing here. You should do a contest where the best drawing of the Oak Monster and his family wins a free whatever….
March 29, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Gary have tasted all of these wines and have to agree on all but the Barolo. Tasted in a blind tasting then afterward and picked it out as a classic Barolo. Perhaps you got less than a perfect bottle. This wine matched up easily with the twice the price Barolos with fw flaws for me. I found a long violet and cherry finish and really enjoyed it enough to buy 3 more bottles. Bought the Baron Herzog for friends who like sweet wines (White Zindfadel) and they loved it. Have you tried or reviwed Hagafen kosher wines from Napa? My signature tasting note on the nose is Redken Hair Conditioner that I feel is the nose of all Alsatian GewurtztÃ¤miners and that makes me dislike them.
March 29, 2007

brian_chen
Gary,

That day in 2nd grade has scarred me forever. I’m still embarrassed about it. Just when I thought that everyone forgot about it, you have to bring it up on WLTV! My life is RUINED!

Brian
well, maybe not.
March 29, 2007

JayZee
Nice episode and, as is often the case, I actually learned a few things. So now I need to try a kosher wine! Thanks for expanding my wine horizons. And thanks for the wristbands – cool!

QOTD: I use “Dave’s car” as a description for lots of fruit bombs. My friend Dave always has some sort of berry aroma air freshener in his car and when it is a little warm, it is an overpowering fake berry smell.
March 29, 2007

Kathleen
Gary,
I think you can open an endcap in the wine library for scratch and sniff packets? Get them to make a combo with – pepper, black cherry, strawberry, gasoline, black currant, etc. – the wine tasters pack!

Then we can describe our favorite wines – ok, fans, put the pepper sticker on top of the strawberry sticker, scratch and sniff!

QOTD – Orange Lipstick Granny – for a perfumey wine, like what comes off of the granny that wears the neon orangey red lipstick and the old floor length fur.
March 29, 2007

GeneV
SS-Thanks man. You’re one of the folks who keeps this going!!
March 29, 2007

CollegeFootballisNumberOne
QOTD: It’s a toe curler. But this description is reserved only for the best wines. Like when GV says, “this wine is rocking my socks off…changing my world…”
March 29, 2007

Fiorentina!
Personal Wine Notes:

1.”Sally can’t wear no thong.”
2.”This is an hour glass.”
3.”Low Tide.”
March 30, 2007

Fiorentina!
Sorry that I didn’t put down the meanings before.
1.”Sally can’t wear no thong” refers to a wine that has no finish/butt. Also, this can work with “Sally’s got a thong.” (Not exactly the most PC term, but it works)
2. “This is an hour glass” refers to a wine that has a big front, finish, but has a weak/thin middle.
3. “Low Tide” refers to wines that just have tons and I mean tons for junk it in..you know what blends I’m talking about…where is just has everything thrown in and is just WAY too messy.
March 30, 2007

vinumsanctum
Gary,

about the jeunese

Isnt this a case of do not feed your mogwai after midnight it might turn into a gremlin or do not feed the bears. In other words do we want to encourage people to drink sweetened wines

fine the customers want sweet wines but come on, do we have to give it to them?!

most people who claim NOT to like dry “sour” wines, often LIKE a low acid fruit bomb from australia or california. I’ve poured it for people who “dont like wine” and they are shocked “wait a minute thats…that tastes good!” is the usual responce. I just dont know if we want to enourage the american addiction to corn syrup.
March 30, 2007

wayno da wino
Gary, interesting episode! The Segals & Herzog sound
yummy & good QPR ta boot. Gotta search & see if any
arround here in da ‘hood.

Gotta gimme dat wrist band to match me Vayniak T-shirt.
March 31, 2007

Jen
QOTD: “booty is herbal”
(taken from a tasting sheet… with many spill stains…)
March 31, 2007

Jester
QOD — I could think of many odd aromatic or flavor descriptions that I have given wines over the years, but I had a wine at the Once Upon a Vine tasting last weekend that brought a strange one to my mind.

The wine was a 2004 Lucien Crochet Sancerre and the aromatics and flavor profile both powerfully exuded two strange odors. The first was what I can only describe as new carpet….like when you walk into a brand new apartment. The second characteristic that I identified immediately was “linen”. It smelled and tasted like brand new linen when it comes out of the package or the washing machine, but it also had the powerful, but unmistakable scent and taste of the room fresheners/plugins/sprays that Glade and other companies call “Fresh Linen”. I found it to be very interesting, especially how intense it was. So, have you ever found the “new carpet’ or “linen” characteristics in a wine?

Jester
April 2, 2007

Seth Zuckerman
Jeunesse… I can’t believe you like that. It tastes like the sugar is making the wine like candy. Almost Manechevitz! WAY sweet! Not worth it for anyone who drinks wine regularly.. WAY To sweet! but the other baron herzog cab is much better.
April 2, 2007

SS Chris
Well thank you Mr. Vaynerchuk!!!

I went to D.C. for a long weekend and I’m just catching up!!

MUCH APPRECIATED by the SS!!!!
April 2, 2007

SS Chris
Oh…and Brian Chen’s puke WILL be on the SS!!

You’re nuts!!
April 3, 2007

Corrado
QOTD: Off the top of my head: I was chatting w/ my wife about a 2000 Vin de Constance (S.A. Muscat dessert wine) that we’d opened. I kept trying to place the flavor that brushed across the mid-palate and I finally hit it: GUNPOWDER. My wife still has no idea what I’m talking about about, but that gunpower smell from a 4th of July fireworks show is in that wine.
April 3, 2007

Christopher
QOTD: Ant-Hills,

Possibly an aroma that many others are familar with however the only way I can describe it is Ant-Hills…. The type of scent that ants secrete, a sharp acidic natural-chemically smell.

Love that “Orange Lipstick Granny”…
April 6, 2007

J Crazy
Shoot, scents that everyone thinks I’m crazy when I say them?! Tatami mats, sweaty martial arts clothing, boxing gloves (but that’s really like a baseball glove, isn’t it.) And my ex girlfriend. That’s about it.
April 10, 2007

TSchampaert
Oy Gary, any of these cool wristbands left?
Nice ep, esp. on the Herzog. In Germany halbtrocken (=semi sweet) reds are still common, mostly from Dornfelder and Portugieser. Often its junk, but then … sometimes, I have to admit wheezily, I like them, when I just don’t wanna think about what I’m drinking, and jus wanne drink on the porch outside, in the sun, without a coke, bit smth sweet, chilled and nice. Still have some Thanisch hb-t Dorns lying around. Try it, maybe a good alternative to the Herzog for your customers.
QOTD: a Freya Vandenbossche wine. Just an extremely dumb girly girl Flemisch poltician I can’t stand.
May 15, 2007

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June 11, 2007

Loweeel
Ok Gary, I’m finally commenting on the old post — I know you’ve been saying for a while that we should be sure to comment on the old posts as well, and I’m finally coming out of the lurker closet.

That being said, I bought a few bottles of the Concannon ‘04 petite sirah on your recommendation, being a big fan of Petite, and was absolutely blown away.

As for the kosher wines, I notice that WineLibrary doesn’t even carry anything by Hagafen in Napa. I know you don’t like the Napa cabs as a rule, but their wines are fabulous. I love the ‘02 cab, and they have a chardonnay that’s surprisingly unoaky and even drinkable to somebody like me who hates the smell of it. They also have some great reserves. Be sure to check it out.
July 30, 2007

chakira
Gary
I know this is an old thread but I was wondering what you think of the Domaine du Castel grand vin, specifically the 02 which was supposed to be a great year.
I had it a while ago and thought it was wonderful, but my friend (who was actually involved in making that wine) hates it. Though Rogov and others consider the castel to be the best israeli wine out there.
Also, the C blanc du castel is excellent as well.
February 8, 2008

Surekat
woohoo, finally some wines i can easily get my hands on. what a shame about the yarden – their wines are usually a pretty safe bet. any chance of some non-kosher israeli wines on the show?
September 8, 2008

Aron Ritter
Hi Gary

Love the review keep up the good work on the Kosher Wine World. Come check the Kosher Wine Society out one of these days.

Thanks
Aron Ritter
http://www.KosherWineSociety.com
May 24, 2009

Moti
Found the Baron Herzog Cabernet Jeunesse at $8.99 instead of $10.99 which is almost 20% off…
you can find it here:
http://www.mykosherwine.com/productDetail.aspx?ProductID=18
June 11, 2009

richardvinifera
204 episodes in and i’m officially no longer a lurker! Originally stumbled across WLTV while looking for some information on Majella Sparkling Shiraz and found Gary’s video to be really engaging.

QOTD: I tried the Tolloy 06/07 (Alto Adige) Pinot Grigio at a wedding, it tasted so much of nutmeg but I couldn’t find anyone that agreed! Maybe it’s a flavour that is hard to recall, i mean the flavour was just unmistakeable to me.
November 8, 2009

John J.
qotd: freshly gutted salmon. It smells EXACTLY like cucumbers. You’d mistake it for cuccumber in a blind sniff test.

The starter red I use to ween people off the white zin is J. Lohr’s wildflower valdiguie. Pretty much one of the lightest fruitiest low tannin reds I’ve ever seen, and its served slightly chilled. At $9 its a value too.

Hey Gary, how about doing a vin jaune episode?