2 Buck Vaynerchuk – Episode #212

April 10, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Trader Joe’s

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Today Gary Vaynerchuk attacks the question that has been asked of him over 100 times a month.

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October 28, 2009

DDB
Yes, I risked my future with my fiancee for some wine. i am an amazing guy.
October 28, 2009

mikem
2 Buck upchuck, the Chevy Nova of wine (with no radio).

Best deal: in 1988, 3 mixed cases of 1976 German riesling, good producers, for 6 bucks a bottle. Still have 4 or 5 bottles left.
October 17, 2009

DDB
Best deal ever? 2 bottles of 99 Lafite, for free. All I had to do is sell my body, to a lonely wino. How sad. I’m not kidding about the Lafite either
October 17, 2009

Mike
How could You taste melon in the blanc one?
Lemon grass is ok, but never mentioned melon in any wine.
These white wines taste soooooo grossssss
October 3, 2009

Pearl Boggs
I need some answeres. can you ship to washington state.. please let know.. my zip code is 99139

thank you so very much Pearl Boggs
September 4, 2009

Lori
I like the Sauvignon Blanc.
August 16, 2009

Maggie
Up until I went raw vegan seven months ago and had to give up alcohol altogether, 2 buck chuck merlot was all I would drink, for two reasons: 1) it’s the only wine that reliably never gave me a hangover, nor headache of any kind (even just one mouthful of some wines would give me a headache) and 2) I really enjoyed drinking it. I don’t know if the change to TJ’s brand included changes in the way it was made, or if Gary and just have different taste buds. For the record, I grew up in wine country and did do wine tasting while still there, so I’m not a wine newbie. That doesn’t necessarily make me a discriminating wine drinker. But I did love the TBC merlot while I was still a wine drinker, so unless it’s changed radically I would probably still love it. That’s my input.
July 5, 2009

MxcnMrcnZrr
A very wise man once said, “You know, expectations are a son of a bitch.” That of course would be Gary Vay—ner—–chuk. He said that right after tasting the Anderson Valley Claudia Spring’s Pinot Noir. This is right after he scored it an 88. Then he said,”However, I am being a little tough, because if this were a 35 dollar Burgundian wine, I’d probably like it a little more.

I am knew to the vlog I love it. The one thing that bugs me is that the tastings are not blind. I think to be truly impartial you need a blind tasting. Gary agrees, I’m not sure why he hasn’t gone to exclusively blind tasting. Again, love the show. Keep it up.
May 26, 2009

looper
Funny show. Ironically, it doesn’t make me want to boycott Charles Shaw. It makes me want to go Shiraz instead of any of the others. But overall, brutal scores for these wines. They might as well be in boxes with the franzia name on them.
May 12, 2009

VIC in BAMA
You can like it or hate it but I dought you could pick it out of a group of four more higher priced wines. We are talking about a wine that cost 2,3 or even four dollars someplaces that has won double gold , not once but on several different occassions and even in the state of California. I was at Trader Joes last week and if you could see the wine leave that store by the case you would think that the experts are simply jealous of the fact that TBC is selling 5 million bottles of wine through only one small merchant distributor like Trader Joes. I tried it and it’s as good as any other wines out there, I am not a wine snob and would not pay $50 dollars a bottle for grape juice but I will pay $2.79 a bottle for a great little table wine as Charles Shaw.. Thanks Mr. Franza
May 8, 2009

Bobbie Smith
Loved this. I use this stuff to cook, especially the merlot, but that is about it. There are much better wines in the under $10 price range that still make you feel like you got a deal. I guess though if you can get 5 bottles for the same price that feels like more of a deal. I like to enjoy my deals though. A friend once told me, if you wouldn’t buy it a full price, don’t buy it on sale. I feel like these are sale wines. Good to know about the Sauvignon Blanc with summer coming. Hope that they haven’t changed who they are buying grapes from.
Best deal I have ever gotten: Nothing like any of these but it included wine. Spent three months in Europe, drinking great wine, eating great food, meeting wonderful people etc. for less than $3000 including my plane ticket and Eurail Pass. I did sleep on some benches, but that was in Pamplona and everybody does that during the run of the bulls. It wasn’t too long ago and I am very frugal.
April 28, 2009

Karen
QOTD: A few years ago, I legitimately got a $120 electric toothbrush for $12 when the price came up wrong because the store policy was if that happened and you pointed it out to them, you got the item for 10% of it’s cost. Not too shabby!
April 21, 2009

DannyG
I sell artificail heart valves for a living…but your webshows absolutly make me want to chuck everything and become a wine taste tester or conesseur(which ever comes first) for the rest of my life. You are hilarious….but right on!
March 22, 2009

Donna S
I so agree with you on the 2-buck chuck. The Syrah is the only one I could drink if fored, but then even many great cabs make me want to spit them out. I’m the Chianti lover!!!!!! Don’t even like Stag’s Leap or FC…etc…
March 18, 2009

Reg Underwood
My two best wine deals:

$6.99 for a bottle of 1987 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon. Retailed @ $69.99 at the time. It was a cashier mistake.

$15.00 a bottle for 6 bottles of 2005 Pahlmyer Jason’s Red. Retailed @ $50.00. It was a close out deal at Safeway.
March 15, 2009

Jennifer Barfield
I cannot stand Charles Shaw. I like reds, and I’ve found the 3 buck Chuck (I’m in WA state) is one of the worst I’ve had. I’m no wine expert, but the best way I can describe it is “perfumy” and the alcohol taste is sometimes overpowering. Definitely off-balance. I don’t touch it anymore.
March 15, 2009

Tracey
My best deal was a pair of New Diesel Jeans off EBay for $9.99.
My best wine deal so far is a case of 2007 Domaine St. Pierre Cotes du Rhone for $179.
March 15, 2009

Lou Paglia
there have been wild swings in quality with TB Chuck. i haven’t had it this year or the Trader’s Joe private label, but in my experience, the years have much wider swings than the changes from one year to another in any other brand.
February 21, 2009

Murso
QotD – In the 1970’s, my older sister worked for an international charter airline, and their policy was Parents fly free. Anywhere they flew, worldwide. Family siblings flew for $25! (standby). I was 15 in 1976, and my dad and I went all across the south of Spain for 2 weeks. It was absolutely breathtaking, to say the least.
February 21, 2009

Murso
Fred Franzia has done alot in and for the wine industry. As others note, the whole debacle and hysteria over 2 Buck Chuck is nothing but a clusterfuck of a headache for those in the wine retail industry. I think it is shit,I wouldn’t drink it ,and I resisted with all my reasonable resources from bringing it into my sets. I had to constantly defend my actions, which were purely in the interest of protecting the consumer. Cheap assed stupid consumers yelled at me for not helping them save money ( actually, I’d bring in numerous other “glut juice” wines with similar costs, but much higher quality). Supervisors yelled at me for not making a buck off of it (losing potential ‘profit’. Yea, right.). I personally found it a bit unethical, verging on immoral, to knowingly make money off of total garbage. I’d liken it to asking them to block of the deli counter, and stock the store with potted meat product, or “commodity meat” as Hasil Adkins says. Close the bakery too, and just sell Wonder bread. “Howz that grab ya?”, I’d ask.
January 20, 2009

Chris Lotz
my two cents: stay away from chuck shaw. my best deal: knowing people and getting the preferred customer discount. because you’re no one without friends
January 18, 2009

Danl Cooney SpiritGuy
Gary, You had me, my wife and two sons cracking up over your reaction to the Trader Joes Gamay Bouj. The best wine deal recently was a close out on a South African table red wine I paid $4.00 for. I went back the next day and bought their last two bottles. Danl
January 13, 2009

Norm Schoen
Dude, totally was cracking up during the Gamay tasting……..(Hmmm, action figure from your underpants???).
Best deal EVER was buying Magnums of 1998 Staglin Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon for $75/ bottl/e
November 21, 2008

Toni
Wine:
4.15 EUR for a Clos Moulin Pontet 2005 (haut medoc). It easily rivals any 20+ EUR bottle. (That would probbably translate to 40 USD in californian wine…)

General:
Bought a condo for 178,000.00 german marks (translates to 89,000.00 EUR) in 2000. It was worth estimated at 225,000.00 EUR in 2007.
November 20, 2008

mikek
New to WLTV…been lurking for ~3 months. LOVE your show!

QOTD: Savory & James Cream Jerez…at 9 “bones” is really good sherry!(been drinking this for years!…used to be 5.99!) Blows Harveys Bristol Cream(which is terrible stuff, btw) AWAY!

Recently, I found the 2005 Capcanes Mas Donis for 10 bucks to be a great value from Spain! Open and decant for about 2 hours and this is a great bottle of wine!

Thanks for all the effort! You really ARE changing the wine world!