Pinot Noir Taste Off – Episode #221

April 20, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

Gary Vaynerchuk and four different wines made from the Pinot Noir grape.

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April 21, 2007

TSchampaert
Hey, great. Pity the Rion did not liven up to your expects. Now, I dunno with Rion: his Chambolles are not my cup of tea exactly. It’s seems, to me (saying that again, I am in no way an expert on this) that he isn’t really able to master the elegance this terroir or climat provides. I’d rather have one of his Vosnes or Gevreys.
QOTD: Was quite dissappointed with it. Had expected much more. Good road movie however, but sometimes a bit dull and superfluous. Yet, I loved the wine geek wink with the Cheval Blanc in the MacD. No Merlot … you bet ! Dunno anything about the impact: Burgundy has always been expensive and no real QPR-breed. About the Oregons I dunno. Had some and liked them quite much. Yet NZ pinot is to me just IT. Love Seresin!
C ya.
April 21, 2007

glenn
love the flick, loved the book 1st. dude, you know i am riding my Harley up to The Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival in less than a month. what a w/e that will be! gibe The Savoy Vineyard its props; perhaps the finest PN field in our great nation.
April 21, 2007

Bill V.
QOTD: Both “Sideways” and Pinot Noir are on my list of things to experience for the first time.
Anticipation is a good thing!
Bill V.
April 21, 2007

Bill V.
Thank you, THANK YOU, one and all at WLTV — I just received my SECOND Vayniacs Wrist Band!
Now, at last, I can ward off them flyin’ corks like a true SuperHero!
Bill V.
April 21, 2007

Bill V.
Hey, KenP, no fair!
Leave Lars alone!
He’s my friend!
April 21, 2007

KC Dan
Great ep Gman I’ll try to seek out the elke PN . Smells like cindy Taste like cristina , Awesome !!!
April 21, 2007

tomavino
QOTD: Sideways didn’t ruin Pinot for me, Burgandy did way before them when they hiked their prices beyond what I can afford. Long live the CA Cabs and Zins.
April 21, 2007

KenP
tarheel17,
Check out the WLTV Meets Forum page. Gary is coming to San Francisco of the 31st of May. And you…?
April 21, 2007

KenP
Lars #106,
No position? Too sleepy curled up in the bear skin rug? Wine is not Soma.
Actors…can’t live with them, can’t live without them… well, just maybe.
April 21, 2007

tarheel17
QOTD: I thought it was more of a ‘guy’ movie than anything, though I suppose I can appreciate where some of the characters are coming from. . .OK, maybe the only thing I understaood was the guilt of robbing your mother for cash.
I also don’t hate the movie because I love Merlot, and I love less expensive Merlot all the better! Hope CHicago was a blast, and if you ever make it to the West Coast some time, I’m there.
April 21, 2007

Lars
Hey, Wine Guy!!! The camera’s over here!!! This episode was like being on a date with a gal who is constantly thinking about her ex-boyfriend. But, we do understand. Yer a busy man. Thank for doin’ the episode.

QOTD: No position. Kinda really getting into Shiraz right now.
April 21, 2007

Bobinnati
As usual, interesting episode. I have not had a lot of Pinot Noir in the past, but plan to try more in the interest of expanding my range of experience.

QOTD – I am not a big movie guy (just don’t have the time), but oddly enough, the Sideways DVD is sitting on my kitchen table right now waiting for me to watch it. (In agreement with Comment 102, my son says the book is WAY better than the movie, but I haven’t read the book either.) Since I am not a PN addict, the rise in prices doesn’t really annoy me, so no reason to hate the movie.
April 21, 2007

Panoca
QOTD: I love Sideways!! one of my favs. I wasn’t into wines when i watched it, and i easily thought it was one of the best movies of the year. I ‘m a huge fan of the director, Alexander Payne, i’m really into movies, and Sideways is his Masterpiece.
Great episode gary!
April 21, 2007

wm mole
Having played the Alisal River Course during off hours when the wind was up, I was alerted to the unseemly level of play exhibited by the lowly characters in the movie “sideways” screwing things up in general. OMG! Their disgusting behavior and consequent rise in value of “terroir/hollywood” pinot, has me reaching for a $9 Robert Parker 90 Merlot! Sorry Miles, but it’s all your fault!! Ha!
No way, Santa Rita and Sideways rock!!!!!!!!!!
April 21, 2007

C-BusWineMofo
Love the theme of this show and I hope everyone is having a blast at the Chi-Town party.

QOTD- Sideways, movie good, book even better. If you thought the movie was ok please read the book it will change your option I promise you. Remember that Merlot prices went down because of the movie so thank them if your a Merlot fan. I love Merlot and Pinot so good put that in your pipe and smoke it.
April 21, 2007

nougat
old fingernails? That’s the new “cat pee” right?

Sideways was great. Pinot noir; not so much.
April 21, 2007

KenP
Garret Nagle,
I’ve two books to recommend: Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine and The New France, by Andrew Jefford.

Rethink Sideways at 30.
April 21, 2007

Darlene O.
Great episode, Gary. QOD: The movie was entertaining and, I must say, made me more aware of and begin to taste more Pinots, which, interestingly enough, had me find that I’m not necessarily a big Pinot fan. Maybe I just need to taste more Pinots.
April 21, 2007

jonomck
JUST GOT HOME- CHICAGO TASTING ROCKED AND BROUGHT THE THUNDER!!! GARY HELD A KICK ASS TASTING AND BROUGHT A PHILLIP TOGNI!! CHICAGOANS ROCKED AND BROUGHT A MOUNTIAN OF GREAT WINES. OH, AND ASK GARY ABOUT THE 2 OF CLUBS…………..
April 21, 2007

Neurodoc
Question 1: Do you taste pinot noir with a Bordeaux glass? I usually use a pinot noir glass.

QOTD: I think Sideways has gotten many on the Pinot Noir bandwagon, including me.

Comment 1: I wouldn’t like to smell Cindi Lauper, but I would love to taste Christina Aguilera.
April 21, 2007

Garret Nagle
I’m generally indifferent to the issue of Sideways, because it came out before I was 21, and had not been introduced to this varietal at that point, although I was allready a Sangiovese and Cabernet fan by 19.

Truthfully, it’s a silly movie that isn’t worth watching, but I have eaten at the Hitching Post, and I plan on posting a review of it in the forums,

If you read my e-mail about the Cabernet Sauvignon / Terroir show idea, it seems like we were thinking similarly yesterday, although you recorded today’s show before I sent out the e-mail. On second thought, it might be too hard to compare the varietal’s different characteristics based upon terroir, because every winemaker tends to craft his wine into his own style. Maybe it’s too hard to try and compare the terroir variances? For example, if a bordeaux turns out to be very new world in style, it might defeat the whole idea of trying to taste how the region of Bordeaux affects the flavour profile of cab as compared to Napa, etc.

Let me know what you think

Garret
April 20, 2007

wm mole
Also, thanks GV for the wake up call, to all the other great wines of the world.
April 20, 2007

wm mole
Ah, you know how Miles is! He’s probably on WL staff pushin burgundy futures.
Keep the Cal/Ore/NZ Pinot bargains coming GV!!!!!
Loved the movie!
April 20, 2007

wildebeest
QOTD: Miles is my hero Seriously, I’m a fan of the movie, and though it’s had it’s popularity has had its drawbacks, I think it’s given the wine industry a boost overall.
April 20, 2007

MzTeaze
Interesting review – I was intrigued by the last wine…will be trolling WL for it.

QOTD – I can’t be mad at Sideways, it made me look at wine and tastings in a different way. Just hate that they drove the price up on great wines.