Super Tuscan Wines and Information

Super Tuscan Wines and Information – Episode #205

March 29, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Question of the day: “Who is is the most profound influence on you when it comes to sports?”

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Italy makes some of the most interesting wines in the world and today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes four wines that many would say are the wine most Americans are drawn to, the Super Tuscans.

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March 29, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
Gary – great show!
QOTD – Vince Lombardi – without a doubt. As a 6 year old kid in 1965, I became hooked on the Packer mystique. You gotta love Jerry Kramer’s depiction of the greatest NFL coach ever in his book, “Instant Replay”. He encouraged each player to be not only the best football player they could be, but also the best husband, son, brother, and citizen. He demanded excellence from himself and his coaches and players. His famous quote was a sad mis-quote which should have read, “Winning is not everything, the WILL to win is the only thing!”
March 29, 2007

GregL
QOTD :

Easy,my daughter Grace playing softball. The confidence she shows at the plate is something to see. She makes her old man proud no matter how she does because she always give it her all.
GregL
March 29, 2007

Deano
Hey Gary great episode. You say the greatest things lol. I gave the shout outs to your sis and your right hand man Those wines are out of my price range but they sure sounded good. When I hit the lotto i will buy 150 dollar bottles all day long hahha.

QOTD:
-My dad has been my influence. He taught me they way to play all the sports that i play.
March 29, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Love Italian wine. Super episode. Thanks.

QOTD- Kenny Roberts- the King.
March 29, 2007

TheDumbPhase
Dumb Phase? Whatsa Dumb Phase?
QOTD- My Dad. The teams he passionately followed are now my teams and will become my kids teams. He was also the person that taught me to throw a baseball, shoot hoops and swing a golf club.
March 29, 2007

Riezin
Wayne Gretzky showed that you didnt have to be a big guy, just a smart guy, to rule the hockey rink.
March 29, 2007

flavasauce
QOTD: Ummmm………….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
March 29, 2007

flavasauce
Hey I wanna give shout outs to Brandon and Gary’s sis and click on the link to get my wristband but I’m visiting my Parents and Brother in CT and their computers are wacky:(. I promise to send emails if Gary can save me a writband!!! Also leg warmers with Vaniac logo would be super AWESOME!!!
March 29, 2007

TimF
Great use of ‘crap ass’. My QOTD: Which Real World season is the following quote from?

“I couldn’t give a crap ass about fashion.”
March 29, 2007

YoungDave
Nice taste of the Mother Country for this Italian boy today…even if they are all way out of my humble price range.

Oh- and both your sister and Brandon got a little email from YoungDave with my best wishes on your behalf. Let’s hope they don’t get TOO annoyed with all of the others!

QOTD: MY DAD has been a high school coach of multiple sports, a high school athletic director, a lifelong Yankee fan (hey- at least he didn’t just jump on the band wagon within the last 10 years), and an athlete for his entire life. He knows more about sports, both experientially and statistically, than anyone else I know, and I would go to him to get the straight talk about any sports question before asking anyone else.
March 29, 2007

Jon B
Gary awesome episode I love Italian wines. Looking foward to the more reasonably priced Super Tuscan Episode. Great oak monster and crap’s ass(classic).QOTD My dad taught me the fundamentals in every sport i played and what’s more important than that. Keep up the great work and Your sis what a great accomplishment that is… I give you wine educator of the year.I started watching around 4 or five months ago and have learned so much thanks GV.
March 29, 2007

leatherpalate
Best show yet GV awesome!

QOD: Walter Payton#34 pound for pound the best football player of all time.
Great person all heart- like you GV and the WLTV family(that’s all I can say or i’ll get more than a little chocked up…) Now,I’m going to run up my own training hill and finish off this white burgundy…
March 29, 2007

John Blue Label
Gary,
Great show. I can’t wait to get to Tuscany one day and try all those wonderful wines. Price points a bit high, but I’ll look for them when someone else is buying!! Congrats to your sister, and Happy Birthday to Brandon (emails sent). By the way, don’t let it go to his head, but he does a great job from the customer service end. I’m a Vayniac and a Warniac!!!
QOTD: Al Oerter, Long Island boy done good. Only winner of a gold medal in the same event in 4 consecutive Summer Olympics. A model of consistency, perserverance and devotion.

JW
March 29, 2007

Chris the Cop
Good episode! QOTD—My father no doubt about it, taught us all we know about sports and competition. He raised four boys who all played high level college sports.
March 29, 2007

Acousticdoc
Comment 14: Matt B DC
Second That!! Friggin’ Hilarious!!
Daughter Helena asked: “Why is his hair so messy today?”
QOTD: Lance Armstrong.
March 29, 2007

stevo
QOTD: I have to echo Andre Agassi but qualify that with a little bit of Pete Sampras. I can remember watching the final of the 1995 US Open and getting teary-eyed when Sampras won a rediculous point (25+ ball rally) to win the first set against Agassi. Then the next year Sampras throwing up on TV and still hanging in there. Those two guys really elevated my game and gave me endless inspiration.
March 29, 2007

thefab1of4
QOTD: For prfessional sports it would have to be Mike Schmidt of the Phillies and for college sports it has to be Joe Paterno.

For some reason I can never get the links Gary has to work on my computer so HAPPY BD Brian and congrats to Gary’s sister Liz from a fellow teacher (9 years) who joined the ranks of educators (like my wife) after retiring from the law/Army.
March 29, 2007

KenP
Oh, and Olga Korbut. (My 11 yr. old daughter is a gymnast. I am bound by blood to love who she loves.)
March 29, 2007

Ferrigno
QOTD: Guille Franco; an argentine-mexican football (soccer) player. Among his many epics is that time (dec 05) he scored three minutes before the end of the Monterrey’s derby (Monterrey vs tigres) semifinal leading Monterrey to the big final. One year before, also in a semifinal, he dribled his way to the goal but a defender from the opposing team fouled him hitting him with his elbow to cut Guille’s eyebrow, but still he managed to score, also leading Monterrey to the final against unam. A picture of how he celebrated this last goal can be seen here: http://i.esmas.com/image/0/000/003/911/02_FRANCO_N.jpg
March 29, 2007

K Spengler
Boy o boy, you were on fire today Gary. You sure know how to pack a lot of information in 20 minutes! Love the personal links, bet they will too. Great show!
March 29, 2007

KenP
QOTD: Jerry Rice.
March 29, 2007

Russ J
“not that I’m the hugest education man” Your sister must be so proud. Are you are she didn’t hit you in the head with a snowball?

QOTD: Bobby Smith, one of the first great American soccer defenders back in the 70’s.
March 29, 2007

Jim Walker
QOTD: Kimi RÃ¤ikkÃ¶nen
March 29, 2007

jonochicago
Nice catch Camping Lisa! You beat me to it ;-(

QOTD: Sorry, I gotta say it: Tiger Woods. He will be the greatest athlete in any sport of all time- bar none.
March 29, 2007

Jennifer
QOTD: Babe Ruth… all the baseball greats, really, instill in me a sense of nostalgic awe for the sport since observing two grown men who are dear friends revert back to being boys in the baseball hall of fame. Very cool.