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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April 10, 2007

Fiorentina!
Hey Gary
Interesting episode today….I worked at Trader Joe’s in 2000-2004, so I was there for the Charles Shaw BOOM! I still have nightmares of people getting blood thirsty over these wines….just think, you wheel out a palate of wine and it’s gone within 5 minutes….people literally fighting for the last case…getting yelled at because we ‘don’t deliver wine’….it was like watching national geographic.
BTW…i don’t think that you can call what you did a bargain…smart and clever, but not a bargin…personally I call that ’sticking it to the man’
QotD- Probably the best bargain I got was when I bought a case of decent merlot from a winemaker and he gave me 2 magnums of the stuff for free.
April 10, 2007

chogan
Gary.. I DARE you… I say I DARE you to not say “let’s give it a whirl” for an entire episode of WLTV.
April 10, 2007

Jack2112
great episode. I have to say, first time I’ve ever laughed out LOUD at a comment from Gary. The sugar water with the action figure in it. Really well done. Just like GREAT wine, GV gets better with time.

QOTD – this is really a tough one…I’d say it’s buying my first house for $180k, doing 5k worth of work on it myself with father-in-law, and then selling it three years later for $340k
April 10, 2007

geespot
I actually do shop at Trader Joe’s quite a bit, so good ep GV. I’ve never actually tried their brand wines, for fear that this might happen. That said, they do have some excellent wines at good price points. The last two that come to mind, R.H. Phillips ‘Night Harvest’ Sauv Blanc 2004, crisp and fruity for 8 bucks. Also the Echelon 2005 Pinot Noir, at 11.99 (12 is the new 10), a very young wine, with some real potential. Solid cherry flavor, with a very intriguing nose, besides cherry I got dried apricots, maple syrup, mango. So, go to Trader Joe’s, just don’t buy their brand. Gary, any chance we can have a French wines for under 15$ ep in the near future?
April 10, 2007

Fishamble
QOTD: Is it okay to mention beer on WLTV? Oh, well, here goes anyway. I recently got 2 doz bottles of Brooklyn Lager for â‚¬5 because it had just gone past its best-before date. Tasted wonderful.
April 10, 2007

3dvw
Unfortunately the silly NY alcohol laws keep trader joes from selling the wine without a separate wine shop. So no trader joes wine out on Long Island
April 10, 2007

daniel von trier
Gary,

Thanks for tasting those, and getting that out of the way. Now can we get back to some real wine? You looked like a Martyr there in the middle of today’s show, grimacing like you were getting stuck with hot pokers. Can’t have been pleasant.

QOTD: In the early 90’s in California, SHOPPING AT TRADER JOE’S incidentally, I used to get a lot of great deals, not on $2-chuck, but back when they were really out there looking for good deals for their customers, second label stuff … I seem to recall getting some Stag’s Leap second label wines for about $4 a bottle, essentially the same wines that were going for upwards of $20. I don’t remember a lot from that period, though, so it could have all been crap.

But I was drinking Sanford Pinot, and long before Sideways!
April 10, 2007

waibeans
would you call 2$CK wine or wine “drink”?

Dave Chapelle knows the difference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPqHOeBdkk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evideosift%2Ecom%2F%3Fpage%3D5

Great Ep GV.. you looked like you were really having fun there!
April 10, 2007

njbabs
QOTD: Perhaps the vayniac wristband? I’ve lived my life for a good deal – so it’s just so hard to narrow it down.

Drinking some CH Lot 24 Syrah right now, and enjoying it… but perhaps anyone can make a good syrah

Need to try some Shaw in the near future – it’s been on my ‘to drink’ list – even if it kills me. I’m up for an adventure. Just need a Trader Joe’s closer by.
April 10, 2007

Kelly
You hate Lawrence Taylor, and I hate you for it. Go 56.
April 10, 2007

stevo
I felt bad for ripping TJ pretty bad on the forum a month or so ago so I bought a bottle…and quickly poured it out. It’s not wine. Maybe I’ll give the shiraz a try at some point…if my wife and I lose both of our jobs or something.

Best Bargain: $135 non-stop, roundtrip flight from Phoenix to Atlanta.
April 10, 2007

Randy
Gary,

Wow, what can I say, you really went that extra mile in tasting the TJ wine collection. I gotta wonder what “furlescent” means (description of the Shiraz?).

QOD: Best bargain, hmm a toughie, I’d have to say getting umpteen cases of Kenwood Table Red at something like 50% off for my wedding (wife was a grower for them, ya know).
April 10, 2007

Dave-from-Katonah
WoW top 25!
April 10, 2007

glassrunnethempty
QOTD: As a reward for being one of their more frequent buyers, a local wine store invited me to attended a distributor (Glunz) wine tasting. Afterwards he told me I could order anything in the distributor catalog for the cost price. One case of wine, for example, retailed for $21/bottle. Buying a case they cost me $13/bottle. I’ll take that deal anytime.
April 10, 2007

Fiorentina!
Top 25 YEA!
April 10, 2007

TagWorld Brian
2 Buck Chuck urban legends: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/shawwine.asp
April 10, 2007

KAHUNA
DONT YOU BAD MOUTH LT – OOOH Jonathin Vilma cant carry LT’s jock!
April 10, 2007

Corrado
Haven’t we already had this QOTD?
April 10, 2007

TagWorld Brian
top 16
April 10, 2007

waibeans
YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAA!!! 2 $ VCK!
April 10, 2007

KAHUNA
Change that to Mr. Franzia not Mr. Shaw
April 10, 2007

KAHUNA
I think they changed their label due to the new California labeling laws- which means you cant lie to the consumer like your hero MR. Shaw would do.
April 10, 2007

Ben N.
Two buck upchuk
April 10, 2007

Harold
I haven’t even watched today’s episode but I already love it. “2 Buck Vaynerchuk”, classic!
April 10, 2007

KAHUNA
Not to mention thanks to Charles Shaw’s wife who divorced him and forced him to put his own name up for sale- Women can’t live with them can’t bury them in the backyard!