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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158 Responses

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April 9, 2007

Tom in Va
Gary: Thanks for a great podcast. I’ve been learning a lot about wines from your shows.

QOTD: Some golf player, wasn’t it, Iron Man?
April 9, 2007

Iron Man
Gary, other words you can use when you’ve mentioned profound too many times in one day; solid, virtual-realistic, enigmatic, “pounding”, throbbing…but this may give off the wrong impression.

QOTD I think some guy named Johnson won, so I can’t say.

Other ideas, I heard Dain will be in NY for some pinot fun, would love to see him on your WLTV exposÃ©. What do you think?
April 9, 2007

Matt
Gary,

I think you may be selling your wine drinking fans a little short as I find it hard to believe everyone of them expects the wine to taste exactly as you describe or as good as you describe. That goes for Parker and Spectator as well. The information the three of you provide does not tell me what to like, rather it provides information for me, the consumer, to make decisions about the wine I might buy. The more the consumer buys wines that the three of you rate and taste, the more the consumer can understand your tastes and make an even more informed decision. While the thrill of simply grabing a wine off the shelf and trying it blind is valid, I would much rather make an informed decision about my purchase, especially when I don’t have the money to throw around frivilously on random bottles. Now, if it turns out I don’t like a wine you, Spectator or Parker recommend, I don’t blame you or ask myself, “why don’t I like this?”. I simply chalk it up to experience and learn about my tastes and yours. I have a feeling many of your fans have the same sensabilities and infact do trust their own taste. Also, I would bet that people generally agree with your tastings much more than disagree.

To that end, thank you for putting your neck out there to make recommendations to us and giving us some idea of the profile for many of the wines you sell.

Regards,
April 9, 2007

Pete J.
Is Ryan V. brilliant or what-picking Zach. Let him pick a half dozen wines for you to taste! Keep up the good and informative work!
April 9, 2007

mikeyrad
What, Barolos and no Brian Chen throw-up?
April 9, 2007

Bobinnati
Way to go Daniel! Your powers of foresight are matched only by your access to the final results! 8-))
April 9, 2007

BobbySee
Long time lurker comin out. Love the Cheese episodes Gary. IMHO there is nothing better out there that wine pairs with. I have never found any food (and this is just me talkin hear) that improves on a wine like cheese and the wife and I have literally drank thousands of bottles of wine over the years. I will usually sip on a glass of wine while cooking and not touch it again until after the meal is done. Anyone else out there like that?
April 9, 2007

dadobs
Let’s give the cheese “a whirl?!?” Profound.

I’d rate this episode an 88+. It would have been a 92 had not every damn thing on the episode been rated a “plus.” Somebody needs to get a little edgy again.
April 9, 2007

KC Dan
Great Ep G Man !!! The fist bump thing was way cool . Made it feel like i was right ther with ya . QOTD Gary vaynerchuk [ Master of The wine world ]
April 9, 2007

daniel von trier
QOTD: Zach Johnson…;o)
April 8, 2007

ChrisR
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April 8, 2007

Fingerlaker
Congrats the Zach Johnson…
April 8, 2007

Atreyu
Hey Gary,
thanks for doing Barolo!
I have bought that Prunotto 2001 in Italy and it was 30euros, which is not as scary as 45dollars. However, worth every once in a while!
April 8, 2007

Trish da' Dish
After clicking the 1st link below, scroll down to the “Master’s Club” entry, and read. Also check out the About.com link. Both links discuss the foods served at past Champions Dinners.

http://www.masters.org/en_US/course/landmarks.html
http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/a/champdinner.htm

I find it rather strange that only 2 of the menus mention drinks that were planned to be served (Tiger Woods-milkshake and Mike Weir-Canadian beer)? I wonder if they serve wine at all at the Champions Dinner. Or maybe people who want wine get the house wine? Since this is a wine forum, I just started wondering which golf champs are wine lovers.
April 8, 2007

cdavis
Gary I loved your rant on how wine snobs can get way ahead of themselves, sometimes. Similarly I find that many people who are new to the wine world (or sometimes not) will tell me, “I hate Merlot” or “I hate Chianti” and then they never will try another wine of that varietal again! Such a shame! I give love to all wine. New world, old world, all varietals, etc. In fact sometimes I walk into my local wine shop looking for grapes I have yet to try. Some days I want the silky structure/tannins of an old world Bordeaux and other days I love me a young strong CA Pillar Box Red! You tell ‘em Gary! Took the words out of my mouth!

Comments people!
April 8, 2007

TR
If Tiger weren’t so fat (look who’s talking) with his sympathy weight, pregnant wife, presumably from scarfing too much creamy truffle cheese, he’d be wiping his buns with the lame competion. I know its cold and windy and the pin placements are hard, like Michelson’s math but I’m not seeing any PROFOUND golf shots ala Nicholas in ‘60 British Open, with much worse conditions and equipment. They are all worthless and weak and no one can putt .’. Tiger will win, not that I like his nerdy arse one bit.
What were we talking about, Italian wine…2005 Sangiovese from Puglia outstanding QPR.
April 8, 2007

NY Pete
GV…you are still the MAN ! Golf is boring… my question of the day is… Who is going to win the Stanley Cup ?
April 7, 2007

Shotgun
Good episode Mr. Vaynerchuk. Your “Rat’s Ass” comments are dead on. Usually the last question that people ask themselves when tasting a wine is, “Is it a good tasting wine?” Instead they want to know the Wine Spectator or Parker score, or play the vintage-chart game, as if they wouldn’t be caught dead drinking a wine from a less than superb “vintage year.” Or what does the label look like. There really is a lot of bullshit when it comes to wine and the wine business, and in the long run it is damaging and runs people (customers) off. QOD– I will DQ myself as I am writing on Saturday late and watched the carnage of the third round unfold. It will be Tiger unless he completely goes brain-dead (like he did on 17 and 18 today). I will be pulling for Appleby though. Good Aussie mate who knows a thing or two about wine.
April 7, 2007

Garret Nagle
Gary,…

Tiger is a LURKER! Just probably not on WLTV…….

One shot off the lead to begin the final round
April 7, 2007

dude
Agree with above. Great rant about trusting your own judgment, that’s what makes you so hard to imitate. If you haven’t seen the dude slam some maple syrup on the winelibrary contest, check it out. QOTD: Tiger > all
April 7, 2007

Slick Nick
Gary,
Great episode. So true about trusting your own palate.

I’m listening to you and watching the Masters. These guys suck!! They can’t handle the pressure! I can’t believe they’re going to let Tiger back in to the win the Masters. They can’t make a short putt today, wait till tomorrow when Tiger takes the lead.
April 7, 2007

Derek
Hay Gary, Great episode man, you have me hankering for some nice cheese now.
Keep up the great work bud!!!
April 7, 2007

TagWorld Brian
Kahuna, comment 44 link was profoundly immature, but funny. WLTV photoshop phriday. Too crazy.

I don’t follow golf either, so if I can’t choose Tiger Woods to win, I’m locked out of the QOTD. (If you get a chance to see the UCLA Dynasty on cable or netflix, I highly recommend. Great bio of John Wooden and the UCLA hoops juggernaut. Makes me feel better after getting fist bumped by Florida twice in a row.)

That first barolo sounds great.
April 7, 2007

geespot
QOD: Harrington pulled out a 68 yesterday, 9 strokes better than round 1! Watch out for him, 68 at Augusta is a feat, if he keeps that up today he’ll push to the top. But, I gotta give props to Appleby, he’s maintaining -2 today through 9 so far.

Otherwise, great show, man I wanna try that cheese. My lurker status has been revoked permanently with post #2.
April 7, 2007

Ryan V.
QOTD: For the first time, in nearly forever I’m actually watching the Masters this weekend. This is chiefly because the Yankees are filling my heart with utter depression. It doesn’t matter though, they’re just holding me over until the nfl draft. Oh, and after recovering from an ADD attack, I’ll answer the question, I think Zach Johnson will pull it out.