South African wines – Episode #218

April 17, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Gary Vaynerchuk takes the advice of over 20 viewers and does South African wines today!

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April 17, 2007

JonE
QOTD: Words can’t describe somedays.
April 17, 2007

Jon K
Super lucky – my daughter jamed her finger up my nose during a diaper change and drew blood!

Jon
April 17, 2007

J Crazy
Yeah, it was definately Sugar Smacks. With the cracked out Frog. Don’t dip in the product. Someone should have told the poor frog that. How blessed are we? Shoot, where to begin? I just hope that people change for the better after these types of events: change how we live, how we treat each other, how we treat ourselves, etc. The list is infinite. And to be blessed with a community like this where open minded people can share freely their ideas on wine. Mad props to GV and everyone else on WLTV and only the best vibes and thoughts to the people in VA.
April 17, 2007

Winodontist
Nice episode, I knew nothing about SA wines.

QOTD: We are lucky to be wine drinkers and vayniacs. Our kind are too busy catching a light buzz and spending hours watching wine videos online to be out shooting innocent people.

Marshall Faulk is the best #28 of all time.
April 17, 2007

Caren
QOTD-Beyond words…
April 17, 2007

Jennifer
A little late on the gun. Woops.
April 17, 2007

Jennifer
QOTD: Gary, we are so lucky, and blessed beyond, aren’t we? Puts everything in perspective, for sure.
You weren’t thinking about honey bunches of oats, were you? Or honey nut cheerios? Or… SUGAR SMACKS! I’ll bet that’s the one.
April 17, 2007

mas
Haven’t tried much S. African wine other than Mulderbosch – have always found those wines to be good values.

QOTD: we are definitely fortunate to be where we are in life – I cannot even begin to imagine what the families of those poor folks are going through – thoughts and prayers are with you, VT.
April 17, 2007

geespot
Good episode, and BTW I love Smacks. How can you not love a cereal with a slickster frog as mascot?

QOD: Man, I work in the only county-run emergency room in Las Vegas and the stuff that routinely rolls through the door is often enough to scare the s*** out of you. I am lucky everyday that I have a good life, a good job, good health and plenty of love in my life. I am lucky I am not a victim of the ’system’ as much as so many of the folks I routinely care for day to day. My heart goes out to all of the people affected by the VT tragedy, may we pray for a day when we don’t have to fear things like this happening…ever.
April 17, 2007

Dominus
You listened to the Vayniacs and we salute you. Great show on SA wines and yes, we all concur that we are oh sooooo very lucky. We can sit back in the comfort of our homes, enjoy this show and to live in the great ole USofA. The rest of the world can bash us but it doesn’t get better than this.

On a more somber note, our hearts and prayers go out to the friends, family and especially to the parents who lost their children to a ruthless, barbaric and senseless act.
April 17, 2007

tarheel17
Not corn pops? i’m pretty sure that frog cereal was the aforementioned Honey Smacks mascot.
But what do I know – my mom never let me eat any sugar cereals.

THANKS for doing South African wines! I would have suggested it, but I figured I had done so so many times in the past, it was getting repetitive to the point of nausea. I will have to go back just to taste that kanonkop!

QOTD: I’m lucky to be living at the end of the earth where shootings like that at VT are rarer than most other places. But it still scares the beejezus out of me. And I’m lucky to have found WLTV and all the good folks here.
April 17, 2007

RandyB
One final jab at you Gary. Meritage is not pronounced meritahj, but ryhmes with heritage. It’s an American term combined from the words merit and heritage used to describe wines made from a Bordeaux-style blend. A winery must be a member of the Meritage Association before it can legally use the name on its label.
April 17, 2007

sfgiants55
Oak Monster’s Date?? Must be Gary. Now that would be a lucky pull. I also love the fact that you rinsed with the Tokara and then filled with the Kanonkop. Great episode. It’s always great to learn some new info. I’ll have to re-watch this in 3 years to get ready for the World Cup!
April 17, 2007

stevo
Thanks for the shout-out GV!!

QOTD: We are so lucky that we often forget just how lucky we are. Every day should be treated as a “big glass” day.
April 17, 2007

njbabs
Great great great choice for wines. These were huge when I was over in Denmark last semester – everyone there seems to know what we’re just learning: South Africa is where it’s at in the near future.

QOTD: It’s not luck, but the grace of God And we are truly blessed.

*Oh and aluminum doesn’t rust… it does corrode though. When aluminum oxidizes it forms aluminum oxide which is an even stronger metal that protects it from further corrosion. Old steel cans (and iron in cars) will rust a plenty though. [putting my Chemistry major to use]
April 17, 2007

Andrew G
SA really has some great bargains…good everyday drinking wines. Gary–have you ever tasted the 2001 Jamieson Canyon Napa Cab? Any thoughts?
April 17, 2007

Randy
Gary, we are SO lucky. You, to be able to sit in front of a camera five days a week and give us our daily dose. Me for having two gorgeous healthy kids and a loving wife, a roof over my head and food on the table. Everyone else for being who they are. We’re lucky for being able to experience opportunity, to be free to live each their own life the way he or she wishes. We’re lucky to be able to wake up and know that it’s a new day and that we’re alive. Nobody can say they will be on this earth tomorrow, so plan for the future, but live for NOW.
April 17, 2007

Davdef
I think in honor of the pinotage review I’ll stop lurking to say thanks for the SA reviews
April 17, 2007

SoCal
G,
Thanks for doing a SA episode.
I had been asking for so long I had given up.

QOTD: How lucky are we? ….. unbelievably…..the horrible tragedy that happened in Blacksburg is stunning.
Hell I am in Texas and it makes me ill just thinking about it…I can even fathom what it is like to be on the campus of VT….I consider myself very lucky to be enjoying a glass of wine……watching a Vblog about Banana and a rusty nail…
April 17, 2007

Norcal
BTW, hate to bust you, but Rumble in the Jungle happened in the DRC, Zaire at the time, not South Africa.

QOTD: Every new day is a new day to appreciate, wherever you are.
April 17, 2007

jonochicago
QOTD: I’m so lucky I have my own online wine taster!!!!!!!!
April 17, 2007

John Blue Label
Gary,
Nicely done sir. Appropriately somber beginning given the events of yesterday. Makes the QOTD easy: we are lucky to be alive. There but for the grace of God…

And then there was the fun! Yet another new varietal. I am learning so much from WLTV. Problem is, I am spending so damn much on wine!!! Thanks for the education.
JW
April 17, 2007

Neil
The Virginia Tech tragedy reminds me to enjoy every day with friends, family and loved ones. One never knows when something random can change everything he takes for granted in an instant.

QOTD: Even in light of the tragedy in VA, we should be grateful that we live in the USA.
April 17, 2007

Andrew
I’m gutted! I saw the Rustenberg on the listing and was stoked to see what Gary thought as I have several bottles of this as it’s a favourite of mine, but then it’s corked! Tomorrow please! SA has a superb number of top notch wines, I was lucky enough to visit a few this summer. Paul Cluver makes a great Pinot as does the Meerlust vineyard. Anyways, first post up so I’m no longer a lurker, hopefully I’ll keep it up!!
April 17, 2007

Ben N.
QOTD- Vary lucky!!!