Barolo and Cheese – Episode #210

April 6, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Question of the day: “Whos going to win the masters this weekend?”

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Tom Ciocco’s Terroir Blog

Gary Vaynerchuk answers a question and sips some Barolo and munches on some cheese.

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April 6, 2007

dealbhadair
Awesome speech, G! Inspiring! Empowering!!
(fill in the blank)ING!!! Bravo, muh man!
April 6, 2007

Harold
You are welcome Cindy. BTW-the cranberry (they also have blueberry) stilton is one to check out as well.
April 6, 2007

CindyW
Harold, thanks for the tip — I’ll head to our local Trader Joe’s tomorrow, to see if they have any of that truffle cheese. One of my other faves from Trader Joe’s is a chile-mango cheddar.
April 6, 2007

t_moderne
Trust my palate? What happens when my palate and my wallet have the all-out battle royale? Remember the head to head QOTD you asked when doing the Pine Ridge wines? Well the best head to head combat (besides Ali-Frazier, US v. USSR, etc.) is my wine palate battling my wine budget.
April 6, 2007

Garrison
Did someone forget to mute Apple Mail.app?
That tone haunts me and I heard it throughout the show.
April 6, 2007

Harold
FYI-I’m sure that it’s not quite as tasty nor complex as the cheese Gary was having today but for those of us with a more modest budget, Trader Joe’s (at least the one by me) has just started stocking a truffle cheese that’s really really good. I think I might pick up another chunk of it along with a Barolo tomorrow and indulge in a poor man’s recreation of today’s WLTV.
April 6, 2007

Matthew L
Nice show Gary. I enjoy laid-back Fridays. You’ve piqued my interst in the Prunotto. The cheese with the truffles sounds delicious.

I know you’ve been struggling with dropping “profound” into every description. I thought I would help by giving you some synonyms for the word:

abstruse, acroamatic, deep, difficult, discerning, enlightened, erudite, esoteric, heavy*, hermetic, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mysterious, occult, orphic, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, reflective, sagacious, sage, scholarly, secret, serious, shrewd, skilled, subtle, thorough, thoughtful, weighty, wise

QOTD: Enough of people crappin’ on golf. I’m keeping an eye on Justin Rose

Enjoy your weekend everyone.
April 6, 2007

Joe Po
Kahuna, you are out of control!!!!
Great pairing!!!
Oh yeah, Gary, nice Barolo tasting.
April 6, 2007

JonE
QOTD: Me. I will win the Master’s. Because the whole time its going on, I’ll be drinking the good stuff. And maybe Vijay will make a few shots.
April 6, 2007

Garret Nagle
Gary,

At face value, one might think this tournament is still winnable by half the field making the cut. In reality, because the conditions are as hard as they are, with just three players under par, I expect the winner to be somewhere between even and 4 under par.

There won’t be many low scores, and the winner will have to play solid golf in tough conditions. But truthfully, this entire tournament seems to be set up to favor players who have allready won.

So, allthough it’s possible someone at say plus 5 could make it into the final round Sunday if he shoots a great round tomorrow, the unexperienced players tend to fade away into the azaleas.

So, my guess is that only a handful of players can really win, such as Tim Clark (finished second last year and tied for the lead), Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, or Jim Furyk.

I’m going to have to go with Tim Clark though this time, because he is awfully consistant this week, and has figured out how to play this course.

But always remember Vijay, Tiger, Phil or Jim, or all of them could end up in the thick of things come Sunday. Or hey, what about former champion Mike Weir…..

I think it’s too early to predict who’s going to take the jacket, after seeing the last 12 masters.
April 6, 2007

Jack2112
QOTD – Els is due. And he’s made some fine wines!

Really enjoy the cheese/food pairing episodes. Thanks GV.
April 6, 2007

Fingerlaker
Sweetbreads?? Ugh dude…
I give you credit for just trying them for the first time.
(being a meat cutter i cant bring myself to try them knowing where they come from)

QOTD: anyone but tiger.
April 6, 2007

jprva
Great episode. I loved the narrative in the middle about trusting ones own palate.

QOTD: I have no idea.
April 6, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
#50 STEVO!!! Keep Riding GV about the 540,, we have yet to hear dittly scat about the bet, what he won, the tremendous, tremendous, tremendous, tremendous, tremendous outpouring of support he got that episode.. TREMENDOUS 2: astonishing by reason of extreme size, power, greatness or excellence

I’m sipping Hartford Zin 2004 and a little aged cheddar

GO TIGER!! Gerrrrrrr!
April 6, 2007

Wildebeest
ha ha, 69!
April 6, 2007

Wildebeest
one more
April 6, 2007

Wildebeest
QOTD: no idea; but I’m not one of those “golf is not a sport” folks. In the ancient world, the major pastimes were work, war, and sport. Today, sports can be professional, but that doesn’t chnge the fact that they’re obviously not like other jobs. Sports are about training, not production. And the training is for a game, not war. To me, golf looks more like sport than work or war.

Gary, thanks for your soapbox speech tonight. I love that stuff. Do you think wine self-esteem can be inversely correlated with wine snobbery?
April 6, 2007

Alos Diallo
Why not Tiger, I love that guy. Who else can take the green jacket!
April 6, 2007

Corvette Tony
QOT: Vijay Singh

Btw, great soapbox rant!
April 6, 2007

Wino
QOTD- If I wait to answer until Sunday night I will be right. You cannot bet against Tiger, even though he is off to a slow start.

Wine that tastes like the “poop of the earth” is a pass for me.

Right on with your soapbox rant. I pay attention to ratings but just as a guideline. I like what I like and I try as much as I can to expand my knowledge base. This show is a great reinforcement of that theory. Keep it up.
April 6, 2007

Glenn
Prunotto is a wonderful producer. good choice. i will root for Brett this w/e. young American. sounds like last night was awesome. almost makes me miss NYC.
April 6, 2007

John Blue Label
Hey Gary,
Karen is right. Friday in Lent: perfect for wine and cheese. How about offering a package deal on the Prunotto Barolo and the cheese!!!PLEASE!!!
QOTD: Jim Furyk. He’s in the hunt, experienced, and he needs a greeen jacket (although Tiger has a shot too). the guys at the top of today’s leaderboard will all fold tomorrow. Expect to see Furyk and Vijay in the final two groups, maybe with Tiger thrown in there and a newbie, who will el-foldo on Sunday.
JW
April 6, 2007

Wildebeest
noobs, eh? Sounds like you’ve been watching some PurePwnage. Good man!
April 6, 2007

Colleen
and BTW…ladies out there in lurker land…I met Gary in the store today….and he’s more handsome in person than he is on the show!
April 6, 2007

yowens44
QOTD: Chi Chi Rodriguez