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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234 Responses

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April 10, 2007

dadobs
Dirty-gremlin-and-loose-hamster-nose…hahaha…I haven’t laughed that hard in weeks. You killed, GV…and that’s before the great facial expressions.

So which episode’s been the toughest: the one outside in the blizzard, the one where you ate raw peppers, or this one? Whatever the case, exceptionally entertaining effort. Kudos!
April 10, 2007

RonC
Great episode !!! Over the past 2 years I’ve had quite a bit of the Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz. I thought the Shiraz was pretty good, the Merlot OK and the Cabernet Sauvignon a last resort. I wonder how many of your readers will acyually admit they drink this ‘wine’ on occasion.
April 10, 2007

Snarf
Best bargain for a non-sale/clearance wine: 1996 Io Syrah big WS rating and local store had it priced at $20 per bottle. SHould have been $40 per bottle. Obviously an inexperienced person divided by 12 instead of 6 when posting the price (they came in 6 packs).
April 10, 2007

Matt B DC
WOW! I never thought you’d do it, Gary V. This is a top 10 episode just for the wine knowledge you dropped on ol’ chuck.

Best deal ever? I did get a mega steal on the free shipping two offers ago from WLTV, but I don’t think that’s the best. Probably when I bought my Corolla and went into the dealership with a sheet on every cost that contributes to the car. I informed them what I would pay for, what they would throw in for free, what I didn’t want, what I would deduct from my offer for those things, and then I told them how much profit they would get.
April 10, 2007

glenn
i stopped 1/2 way thru – YOU DISSED LT??? don’t be coming to Cali with that ‘tude b/c we will throw down.

in the argument of Greatest Linebacker Ever and YOU DISS HIM???

sad thing is i KNEW you were going 56 and KNEW you would besmerch the great LT even before the words came out of your filthy pie-hole.

may you bathe in a tub of CS Gamay Yuck!
April 10, 2007

dublin
UNREAL!!! 2 buck chuck, I’m floored! I wouldn’t use that toxic waste to make Sangria. Franzia buys up all the grapes in Central California that is usually used for grape juice (like the kind you got in elementary school lunch line) and makes wine out of it. Ferments it in huge steel casks much like the one’s you see in front of Budwieser breweries. There’s always a business person out there to give American products a bad name. Thanks Franzia. NOT!
QOTD: Got a bottle of Cheval Blanc 99′ for $80 on WineCommune, it was life changing.
CHEERS!
April 10, 2007

Dom
Your expressions were priceless! Great show though I wouldn’t set foot in a Trader Joes since the one near my chateau is disgusting. Actually, since I live in one of the worse “wine states” (MD) I bet our Trader Joes doesn’t even carry wine. Doesn’t matter, I won’t try it.

QOTD: Best bargain? Looking back probably buying my mint condition ‘68 Roadrunner for $800 and selling it for $1100. Of course, the new owner totalled it a day after he had it.
April 10, 2007

OhioPride
In the yard with your action figure in your underwear, hey where’s my Big Wheel?
Open mind yes, I just can’t usually make it through one of those bottles. Terrible.

QOTD-1999 Chateau St. Michelle Columbia Valley Cab, man that was a nice wine for $13.99
April 10, 2007

mbannon
Awesome episode Gary. Hilarious. Can’t wait to play it for my neighbor, the Little-Penguin-freak-juice drinker.

Charles Shaw wines suck!
Yellow Tail sucks!
Little Penguin sucks!

Gimme a $6 Spanish white any day.
April 10, 2007

SoCal
Dude,
I almost threw up watching you!
Having grown up around the corner for TJ’s I can tell you Charles Shaw is horrible.
There you could of asked me and saved your pallet!
QOTD: When I bought a mixed case of SLV from 1985-1987 for $80 per bottle two years ago.
April 10, 2007

mas
I never had 2-3-4 Buck Chuck and now I know not to let my curiosity get the better of me. I wonder why the bother creating vintage wines – it seems to me they would be much better off blending across vintages – I can’t imagine them getting passable excess juice in every vintage …

QOTD: ‘98 Vieux Donjon CdP for $19.99.
April 10, 2007

Dave Canada
Never tried those….by the sounds of your ratings though not such a huge deal. I’ll give them a try though for kicks sometime when I get down south.
QOTD – My wife….not idea how I scored that one?
April 10, 2007

cdavis
QOTD: It was the summer of 1998 and there was a gas station selling 87 unleaded for 92 cents a gallon. At the time I didn’t know it but that was the best bargain I have ever had. =)
April 10, 2007

Lars
QOTD: Now we all know why K-Mart filed for bankruptcy! For me, I would say anything I buy at Costco.

Love the episode. Especially because I have 3 bottles of the Shiraz and 3 bottles of the Sav. Blanc in my “cellar.” Both of those grapes can make good wine makers out of nearly anyone, so they are the ones that I get of the 2 buck Chuck.

Thanks Wine Guy for takin’ one for the team.
April 10, 2007

jonochicago
QOTD: It’s gotta be Australian Shiraz, right?
April 10, 2007

TheDumbPhase
I loved the returning the Shaq figures bit. Charles Shaw isn’t wine, it’s Kool Aid w/ alcohol. BUT, if it gets people interested in wine that wouldn’t normally have been, it’s a good thing.
QOTD- Best recent wine bargain was ‘03 Don Melchor for $37.99 at a shop in Aberdeen. Cheapest other places is close to double that since the WS Top 100.
April 10, 2007

Herm
Thanks for the episode….I will try some of the 2 buck wines….Qotd, if these wines pan out it could be the best deal ever….
April 10, 2007

Brad
56- cuz you hate Lawrence Taylor? Your getting cut…I’m going to send in a bloody Pat O’Brien jersey, along w/ a badly burned Broadway Joe picture to show you how much I loathe the little green pukies. Don’t talk trash in my town- Brandon Jacobs will split you in half!
April 10, 2007

Kent I
NICE episode!

I didn’t even know Charles Shaw did Shiraz. Now I feel like I have to try it just to appease my own curiosity, but for god’s sake, I’m not made of money!
April 10, 2007

Matty Van - Tampa,FL
Two Buck Vaynerchuck….hmmmm lets hope your wife does not call you that.

QOD – WLTV hands down the best value in the history of the world. Gary thank you for doing the show, it has enriched my life and my wine world….Thank You
April 10, 2007

Craig
QOTD

Best wine deal – Half case of 1986 Blackwood Canyon Pinnacle (a Trockenbeerenauslese level Riesling) on close out at Fred Meyer. Still have a few bottles left â˜º
April 10, 2007

jprva
QOTD: in terms of wine, probably $7.49 for the 2004 Kenwood Sauvignon Blanc. This was a fantastic summer wine. I bought 6 bottles before it sold out.
April 10, 2007

JulesG
I enjoyed the episode and now I know what wine to serve to my mother-in-law next Christmas. She normally makes me buy a box of white zin for her, now I can spend the same amount and impress her with the bottle.

QOTD – It was actually my Dad’s bargain but I was there. It was 1982, I was 15 and looking for my first car in the used car section of the local paper. I wanted a 67 chevelle and was willing to spend $2000.00. I worked all through my sophmore year and the following summer and was ready. I spotted an ad in the paper that stated “67 chevy $900″. I called the lady who happened to live one section over in Levittown and arranged to see the car in an hour. I called my Dad who was an auto mechanic and he drove home to take me over there. Well, that day my Dad bought himself a 67 corvette for $1000. The lady’s son died in Vietnam 12 years priior and the car had been sitting in her garage ever since, it had 6000 miles on it. There was no chance I was getting that beautiful car and though I didn’t understand at the time, I get it now. I did buy a 67 chevelle that year for $500 and totaled it the following year. That was one smart move by my Dad.
April 10, 2007

dwildman
Best deal: twin fraternal girls for $100 copay.

Second best deal: inheriting Lucent for free and selling it in 1999 at $65/share

Third best deal: 2004 Numanthia Numanthia for 44 bucks/bottle
April 10, 2007

DrEdwardo
Two Buk Vaynerchuck