Sparkling Shiraz and Syrah

Sparkling Shiraz and Syrah – Episode #211

April 9, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Sparkling Shiraz is something many of you have not had, today Gary Vaynerchuk tries 2 and a few other Syrah wines.

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April 10, 2007

Jay
Actually, I really like Gary’s shirt. The wristband and the watch though… Well, to each his own.
April 10, 2007

KenP
Test.
April 10, 2007

Justin S
I’ve been meaning to taste a sparkling shiraz for some time now.

QOTD: My “thing” lately has honestly been wine, I can’t learn enough quick enough.
April 10, 2007

Large Format Fever
MY THING: Large Format of course…. Cant get enough of it. $$$$-IT HAS BEEN BAD LATELY-$$$$
April 10, 2007

Jaimelia
PS – Those sparkling shiraz-es look like Welch’s Grape Juice.
April 10, 2007

Jaimelia
My thing is to get BUFF! Lifting weights again. Got railroaded this winter and put on insane poundage. So I’m a gym rat. Now if I could just stop drinking all this wine and eating all this cheese…
April 10, 2007

Winosaurus
The consensus opinion, with sparkling shiraz, is that you get what you pay for. But, at $28 a bottle, I doubt that I would buy the Majella sparkling shiraz.

We drank the Black Chook with Thanksgiving dinner, and found it very enjoyable. It definitely was NOT ‘crappo’. I have also had the more expensive Fox Creek ‘Vixen’, and the less expensive Hardys Sparkling Shiraz. The Black Chook was easily the best of the three.
April 10, 2007

Andrew G
QOTD: Baseball Season! Go Devil Rays!
April 10, 2007

Hank
my wrists are cold
April 9, 2007

Marc
QOTD:
A: Turkey sandwich on a hoagie with tomato and spinach. Usually am eating one while watching WLTV, even though the hoagie lately is replaced with matza.
B: Weight lifting. Creatine does amazing things if you don’t mind peeing every hour.
C: Scrubs.
April 9, 2007

KenP
Garretson Aisling? Good luck remembering your name tomorrow.
April 9, 2007

JumboJ
I’ll try anything. Garretson Aisling? It’s not a 15% ethanol fruit bomb, is it?
April 9, 2007

Jen
QOTD: My THING is… tryin to figure out how to win your contest
I want it so baaaaaaaaaaaad!!! I think I will be filming tomorrow… stay tuned.
Also, my other THING is I’m going to Vegas on the 20th for the SECOND time ever and I am planning to really whoop it up. (Yeah, that’s right, I said WHOOP.) My THIRD THING is this Asian tuna salad that this girl at my shop makes; it is awesome, in a sandwich or by itself. I can’t get enough. ALSO my THING is, always, forever and ever, the 80’s cover band The Spazmatics, every Thursday night at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA. They are just too much fun. Yes, that is actually my #1 thing, for about a year now. The only thing I love equally is wine. And the wisdom of Vaynerchuk…….
April 9, 2007

Jim Walker
Flavasauce: The Zen master Ikkyu, in his poem, “Crow WIth No Mouth,” wrote: “I suck out the world’s sweet juicy plum” (translated). If you’re going to marry me, I hope you’re a woman.

QOTD: Gary, you want to know about my “thing”? I don’t like to brag.
April 9, 2007

Bill
I know this depends on your computer setup and blah, blah, blah, but if I see the word “Buffering” or a percentage one more time, I’m going to smash something. What ever happened to the technology that allowed you to be patient let the whole thing get cached so you didn’t have to start from 0% every time you hit “play”?
April 9, 2007

AndrewB
Gary, QOD: My thing these days is rockin the really short hair, a beard, and going to Washington Nationals games, even though they havn’t been doin that great, They won their 1st game so far against the Marlins on my 24th birthday last Wednesday April 4th and that was an amazing day, 7-6 after an RBI in the bottom of the 9th, so awesome!!! My other things are playing Vollyball, Bad Movie Nights, and the Virginia Wine Festival June 2nd and 3rd. I cant wait! Saturday at Wegmans wine shop are also very satisfying because I love to educate all my customers that come in on that busy day about the world of wine. Life is good. Keep on rockin Gary!
April 9, 2007

Darlene O.
Hey, Gary, as always, great episode. Not sure I would have paired Shiraz with ’sparkling’, but there you go. QOD: WLTV, absolutely. AND…my baby girl is off to ASU in August. We’re doing the ‘college orientation’ thing, and the ‘daughter-off-to-college-soon’ thing, so I’m grabbing every free moment I can with her. So, I guess, my baby girl is ‘my thing’…
April 9, 2007

The Smartest Girl in San Francisco
Yeowch! WHAT is going on over there? Light blue and purple stripes?! A watch AND a wristband!? You’re like a wine-colored version of Mork! And who doesn’t love Mork?

Different! Wild! Just like sparkling shiraz.

QOTD: SF Symphony. And my wristband. And the tape on the envelope it came in.
April 9, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Sparkling Shiraz,,,, may be a way for my wife to start drinking red??? Thanks.
QOTD: WLTV,, not sure that’s a good thing?
April 9, 2007

jonomck
Congrats to Zach Johnson; he deserves it!
QOTD: Filling my cellar; driving my 1964 Mercedes 230 sl and touring on my BMW r1200rt around Southwest Wisconsin.

Sparkling syrah??? I had no idea!!!

Nice GV
April 9, 2007

Leigha33w
Thanks that was fun. Made me kinda thirsty.

QOTD-Segway Personal Transporters. I think I have to buy one.
April 9, 2007

flavasauce
Ahem…I meant plum.
April 9, 2007

flavasauce
QOTD: Used to be self-exploration, expanding my mind yada yada yada, lately its all about pleasure and “sucking out life’s juicy plumb.” (if any one knows who that quote is from I’d marry you.)
April 9, 2007

Atreyu
It’s nice to see your enthusiams Gary, although I am not a big shiraz fan.
My thing? The new casio watch that I bought, which has tons of function that I will never use, but it is nice to have them!
April 9, 2007

A
QOTD: My thing has been collecting, understanding and drinking fine tea from around the world. I also have a large collection of fruit trees which includes one of the largest collections of different figs in the USA.