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 11, 2007

Dale Cruse
Gary, my friend, you took one for the team on this episode.
April 11, 2007

Bobinnati
Boo-boo in comment 89. Fish Eye is from Cali not Australia. Sorry, but it is still nasty no matter where it comes from.
April 11, 2007

J Crazy
Best deal? A free three days in Thailand cuz the tour guide went AWOL and left me and my girl to fend for ourselves. I called the tour agency and gave them some interesting and quite novel ways of inserting their head in different bodily orifices. The hotel and the flight was comped. 2 buck Chizzy is definately a good deal. Like buying a Yugo for 38 cents or a trip to Fresno, Cali for a roll of toilet paper. I was surprise once at how good the Chuck was. Much love to Trader Joe’s. They have great business ethic and are doing good things.
April 11, 2007

GregL
Gary,
Don’t give that Shiraz too good a score had a bottle the other day and it smelled & tasted like rotten lettuce!
G
April 11, 2007

big mitch
great episode on the shaw wines. I was very curious how you felt, I wont even cook with them
April 11, 2007

matt long
Bought a couple of polaroid 690’s for $125 a piece and sold them on ebay for over $800 per.

Yes……..
April 11, 2007

Gman
I think this was a profound episode. Thank you, thank you thank you for taking it for the team. I have tried “TRADER JOEâ€™S from THE BRONCO WINE COMPANY, CHARLES SHAW BLEND wines” once and was at a loss for words how to describe the wine other than, wet, Red, and vague-ly alchoholy.

Best bargain was when my local and beloved wiine shop (who hasn’t gotten nearly enough of my buisiness since I found WL) had some 10+ year old Chateau Picque Calliou (sp?) on offer for $10.00/btl. I bought like a case and half and went back for more, but they said it was no longer good. What a great place.

Man, those were the days. Aged Bordeaux at soda pop prices.

G
April 11, 2007

boyd
Great episode. Gave me some good descriptors to tell my bro why I don’t like this juice at all. His wine “collection” is predominantly 2 buck chuck.

QOTD: Best bargain Pinot I’ve ever had is the Freja right here from WineLibrary. Great stuff.
April 11, 2007

ken
After listening to your reviews of the TRADER JOEâ€™S from THE BRONCO WINE COMPANY, CHARLES SHAW BLEND wines, Iâ€™m not quite sure that I would even use them for cooking. The possible exception might be the Syrah. Quite frankly, I am a little surprised that the camera lens did not end up with wine all over it after you tasted the Gamay and the Cab. When are people going to learn that you canâ€™t make Cab that is drinkable and sell it for â€œ$2, $3 or $4, depending what market you are inâ€?

QOTD: Best bargain that I ever got was a pair of brand new Atomic skis and bindings that I paid $300 for when they would normally retail for about $800. I wondered whether they were hot but I see that the guy I bought them from is still in business. Best wine bargain I ever got was actually from Trader Joeâ€™s. Two years ago Trader Joeâ€™s was selling Rosemount Estate GSM for $10. A steal!
April 11, 2007

Greg B.
Nice Job Gary! Your not afraid to try the Two Buck Chucks. What’s next? Boones Farm and Ripple. Just kidding. Go two dollar Shiraz!
April 11, 2007

Karl B.
Hi Gary,

my best deal was just last month when Beringer had a cellar sale and I picked up the 1992 Private Reserve Cab (95 pts Wine Spectator) for $75/bottle when it was listed at $250 retail.

I tried Three buck Chuck once and that was enough for me. I love the word play on your name.

Karl B.
April 11, 2007

Kirkland M
Thanks for taking the bullet for us, Gary. I don’t recall ever seeing you so flumoxed and at a loss for words. Rumor has it, there is a great deal of bottle variation in CS wine because they buy grapes from all over the place. It may be part of the reason why some people claim it’s drinkable and others say it’s awful. Of course I have no way to prove this, but it’s fun to spread rumors, isn’t it?
April 11, 2007

Matty Matt
When Trader Joes first opened on 14th Street, I picked up all of the red $3 Buck Chucks they had cause I wanted to see what it was all about and was hoping for a decent everyday wine. I opened 1 after another and didn’t enjoy any of them. Would rather spend a few more bucks on something I actually enjoy. I guess if I was still in my 2 for $3 40s of St Ides days perhaps I would pick some of this up.
April 11, 2007

LeatherPalate
QOD: 212 free episodes WLTV…
April 11, 2007

Iron Man
Gary, gotta agree with others, the cutting the tongue has now entered tasting notes lexicon.

QOTD 2000 Casa de Ermita Monastrell blend from Jumilla, around $9 and bested more expensive bottles, I miss that wine.
April 11, 2007

Grasshopper
Sensei,

Great episode and I have to agree with others, love your facial expressions and think I even heard a few Vaynerclanks! I tried a bottle of the Shaw a few years ago and quickly decided that the people who were raving about this wine, knew nothing about wine.

QOTD – bought a 1960’s Wilson 8802 putter with original grip and shaft from a garage sale for $5.00. Sold it for $800!

Grasshopper
April 11, 2007

Bill mondavi
Vayniac wristband

What email address do we send the picture of us wearing our wristbands?

Good episode by the way..
April 11, 2007

10SGuy
I wonder what Shaw and Franzia drink? I guarantee they don’t drink their own wines…probably Budweiser.
April 11, 2007

Les Sebay
Gary …I’m still laughing! Your descriptions were priceless; stinky gremlins and college dorm with clothes in the corner!! Now I know what to get as gifts for my ex and enemies.
QOTD: My life, so far its been a great ride!
April 11, 2007

BobbySee
Great episode Gary. The faces you made alone were priceless. I have to say though. I can’t believe people here are talking about cooking with this stuff. If you won’t drink it why would you put it in your food? You can’t make food taste good with bad wine. Cook with what your drinking I always say.
QOTD: I was at an auction a few years ago and bought a box of 31 MFSL gold CD’s still sealed in the long cardboard boxes for $300. You remember the Mobile fidelity CD’s of all the classic rock bands? The recordings were supposed to sound better, but they cost a lot more so people didn’t buy them and the company went out of business. But the CD’s became collectors items. Anyway. I went home slapped each one up on ebay and got between $90-120 for each one! Except the Pink Floyd the wall CD which I got $250 alone for. SWEET!
April 11, 2007

CW
The TJ’s labels vary by state. In Georgia the good ole boy distributor network forced TJ’s hand to require them to ’sell’ their wine to an existing distributor and then buy it back. It doesn’t say TJ’s on it. Also, maybe unique to Georgia, you can buy 3 buck chuck at most grocery stores, which led TJ’s to charge 2.49 in their stores.

QOTD: My life is full of monstrously bad deals that completely negate by a large margin any good ones
April 11, 2007

Jon B.
Classic episode … Qotd 1/2 price t shirts and free wristband.
April 11, 2007

koenraad
yeah topt 112!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

qotd: free girls :’(
April 11, 2007

KC Dan
Really funny ep , Laughed my ass off when you tryed to cut off your tongue !!! Nice .
April 11, 2007

JOEinLA
I feel your pain GV. I was wincing with you while you tried to swirl that junk on your so recently Bordeaux’ed stained palate.

That stuff is JUNK! I can’t imagine what kind of “wine making” goes on there from added sugar to oak chips…etc.Do they actually call it wine?

Tomorrow is another day~!