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 30, 2007

Lynne
QOTD: No one person stands out for me in particular .
Sports figures have had more of a negative impact on me than positive. I don’t even watch NBA any longer. Too many spoiled brats, bad boys and whiners.

I do love NCAA basketball. Go Bucks!!!!!!
March 30, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
QOTD response- My Dad helped shape my sense of sportsmanship, competitive drive, love for playing sports, and passion for being a dedicated fan even when the chips are down. Go Celts!
March 30, 2007

KC Dan
Gary you were on fire today , Fav part of the episode [ Who gives a craps ass ] SWEET !!!
March 30, 2007

Portland Guy
Another Top 100! Not a big Tuscan fan, so give the episode a 83.

QOTD. Like most of the millions of Mets fans, it is, of course, Marvelous Marv Throneberry
March 30, 2007

JOEinLA
QOTD…Tom Seaver. I was a pitcher in little league the HS, worked out a little scholarship action with tom terrific as my hero…

Sipping now on a Brancaia CC.2000. Great with the chicken sauted in garlic and olive oil with side of spinach.

Super tuscans rock. The first thing I did on first visit to Tuscay was reach down, scoop up some limestone dirt in the olive grove we were in, and tasted it. you can taste it and smell it in the glass. I love the terrior in good Italian wine.

My fav…Flaccianello.

Ive sent the emails already but again, congrats to Liz and Brandon!
March 30, 2007

BV
What a fascinating episode – filled with talk of histoire et terroir!

Mega Birthday congrats to Brandon, a great guy who’s helped me far more than I had any right to expect.

Special congrats to Little Sis Liz — as a former 6th Grade teacher in Harlem, I have the deepest appreciation and highest respect for your accomplishment!

QOTD: Actor Joe Campanella. Back in the 80’s, he was my son’s Little League coach. An inspiration to parents and kids alike, this amazing man and his loyal assistants, Sal Consolo and Val Drusen, brought my son’s team from the very bottom of the barrel – to the East Valley Championship.
Joe only ever cared about the kids, never about the championship — he said “I’d just like to get them to the playoffs, that’s all. Whatever happens after that is in God’s hands.”
My son David and I will remember that championship season and Joe Campanella for the rest of our lives.
March 30, 2007

ChadD
Gary,
I remember the coca cola candies-they were shaped like little coke bottles, yet tasted nothing like real coke! I think you can still buy them in my home town which seems to still be suck in the 80’s. What is with your recent obsession with Christina Aguilera?
QOTD: Sorry I was never a big sports fan “Who gives a craps ass??!!”
March 30, 2007

The Smartest Girl in San Francisco
Light blue is a very delightful color on you. You look a little bit tanner. And the hair â€“ itâ€™s so very NOT flat today. Spunky!

Nice detail on the apple.

QOTD: Drama! Drugs! Excitement! Barry Bonds.

But, who gives a crapâ€™s ass.
March 30, 2007

Billy C
Thank you for this show on Super Tuscans.
March 29, 2007

Rob Lind
QoD – Sandy Koufax. A man of honor and personal integrity. Something we could use more of today.
March 29, 2007

Doc Dan
I WANT MORE BORDEAUX!!!
QOTD: Peyton Manning. I know this hurts you Gary!
March 29, 2007

OttawaB
FYI ———- forgo to mention,………. I am drinking th Frescobaldi 2000 Lamaione tonight. Notes listed in what are you drinking tonight section. excellent bottle.
March 29, 2007

OttawaB
Super T’s are amazing. I try to get some bottles each year for the cellar. On my deathbed (many decades from now, I plan on sipping Medocs, Barolos, and Super T’s………. then I can go to the great beyond). My favourites are Solaia, Guado, Tig, Solengo, and Ornellaia on the higher end. But check out Frescobaldi’s other Super Tuscans: Mormoreto (60% Cab, 25% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc) and Lamaione (100% Merlot). Both are amazing, big, and a bit cheaper.
Lucente (Luce’s little sister) ain’t bad either.

Also, Frescobaldi now runs all of Luce/Lucente.

Great show GV. Thanks.
March 29, 2007

Dr. J. L. Sifuentes
Congratulations to Liz and Happy Birthday to Brandon. Nice episode but I’ll defer on the QOTD.
March 29, 2007

AlisonD
Happy Birthday Brandon! It’s my birthday too!
March 29, 2007

Atreyu
Hey, maybe I have a gravatar now!
My biggest influence in sport in Francesco Totti, offense player of Roma soccer club and of Italy’s national team!
March 29, 2007

thescrewcap
qotd: For a long time it was Jeff Van Gundy.

These days maybe Roger Federer. Tough question, though.
March 29, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Another fabulous ep!!!!!!
QOD:
My brother is a
HUGE sports fan
and is a
big influence
on what teams I
watch and want to win!!!!!!!

Go Heels!
March 29, 2007

KenP
The film ‘Sideways’ may have contributed to the current obsession with Pinots but it had little to do with the decline in favor, and price, of the Super Tuscans. It was, in fact, ‘Mondovino’, a film that spotlighted, shall we say, unsavory cultural aspects of the wine world, including Tuscany, that has contributed to Super Tuscan decline. And in that film James Suckling, of Wine Spectator, was especially grotesque, this one recalls.
Wine is as much a cultural as a gustatory product. Breaking the rules, well, celebrate if you like, but there is always a new boss.
March 29, 2007

Tad
QOD: B. Favre…All-time greatest athlete to spend their career in WI.
March 29, 2007

Darlene O.
Great show, Gary! Did a shout out to your sis as well as to Brandon. How great to see you appreciate, on the show, the people you love! Warms the heart. :} QOD: Gonna date myself, but Chris Evert, tennis diva!
March 29, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
I’d love to see a show on the “under-valued-Super-Tuscans”

nice rinse with the $130 Solaia – what was that $15 in the bucket?
March 29, 2007

JonE
Should we call Italian varietals from the west coast, done in an old world style Super Californians?

QOTD: Steve Janzack, made me believe I was a contender.
March 29, 2007

Pat Mc
Nice episode. QOTD Every one of those kids, regardless of country, without big sponsors who gut it out in the olympics.
March 29, 2007

glenn
a lot to cover today:

#1 – restaurant prices episode. hurrah. e-mail me and i will tell you a funny story about Picasso in Vegas.

#2 – sis the teacher rocks! only reason i am what i am today is teachers.

#3 – you opened Solaia in the dumb phase!!! and you let a drop spill down the label…

i have to give you a dead arm for that, pick right or left for the punch. 1990 Solaia is what flows thru the rivers of Heaven.

#4 – QPR Super T’s. you promised this episode and i’m waiting as of now.

#5 – list a few $140 wines you would buy before 01 Solaia! i gots to know.

great episode