Friday and Chablis, not that Jug Stuff

Friday and Chablis, not that Jug Stuff – Episode #231

May 4, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Domaine Pinson Chablis Montmains

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Gary makes an announcement about making WLTV more interactive and sips on some Chablis!

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79 Responses

May 4, 2007

RandyB
No. 1
May 4, 2007

Kirk
#1 is it really possible! Awsome! An official Vayniack!
May 4, 2007

caleb
numero dos
May 4, 2007

RandyB
Go Warriors!!!
May 4, 2007

Fiorentina!
top 10@!
May 4, 2007

thkorent
top 10!
May 4, 2007

Winodontist
almost top 10, nice Mac!
Cinco de drinko is upon us!
May 4, 2007

sfgiants55
First top ten ever!
May 4, 2007

Noanoa
Happy 9th Birthday to my son Joel, and to Mama Vaynerchuck

All the best
May 4, 2007

waibeans
late on a friday.. what can be better than WLTV!
May 4, 2007

Le Vin au Blog
friday….
May 4, 2007

TagWorld Brian
12 is good.
May 4, 2007

Portland Guy
Another Top 20?

Never jump when you can wait, that’s my motto. My stock portfolio proves that.
May 4, 2007

Capt M
“I shall not say the word ASS again”. Top 15!
May 4, 2007

Kirk
Maynard James Keenan!!!!! G V….Put the man on!
May 4, 2007

MzTeaze
Thanks for pointing out the White Burgundies…just in time for me to make another purchase. can you post the name and location of the Mac & Cheese place in NYC. I would love to try it out.

QOTD: I have been ahead of the curve so many times with technical stuff among my friends, I would have to think about it.

Have a great weekend!
May 4, 2007

Kirk
QOTD: Back before I understood what mailing list wines were….I heard about Kosta Browne. It took me the better part of a year to find their webpage & sign up….and now, like thousands of others….I’m waiting for an allocation. Gary! Quit playing! Get Maynard James Keenan on the show!
May 4, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: G-O-O-G-L-E; STILL KICK MYSELF EVERY DAY!
I’m Twittered GV!
May 4, 2007

EthanPSU
Poor College kid Loves the Mac and Cheese/Douro combo! I just bought some cheap Rioja today so I’ll try that w/the macn’cheese tonight. Still wishing I could buy your wines here in PA.
May 4, 2007

caleb
QOTD-amazon.com stock pre-earnings 2 weeks ago!
May 4, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: Golf….It has always been popular but….I resisted learning to play…now I try.
Have a great Weekend G!
May 4, 2007

SoCal
BTW…..GOING TO VEGAS BABY……AHHHHH VEGAS
May 4, 2007

TagWorld Brian
Hey Gary,
Thanks for throwing up my Dad’s wristband photo today! (He was first in the sequence, in the wine room.) That was awesome.
May 4, 2007

RandyB
Jumped in with both feet and now our patent is being issued next Tuesday. If the market buys in, you’ll see my smiling face in the WSJ or Business Week. Of course I’ll be the guy wearing the Vayniac T-shirt.
May 4, 2007

TimF
I just pulled the trigger on half a case of that plonk you just recommended. I’m such a lemming.

Kraft Mac-N-Cheese is awful. But I love good macacroni and cheese — especially as a side with good BBQ.

QOTD: No. Your QOTDs are getting a little too specific.
May 4, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
I got Nuthn’…..
Little leary on this Twitter thing… not too sure I want to/need to know your bathroom habits… maybe this is one I’ll wait on and jump in on later.

BTW.. my local Wine Purveyor has me into a couple mixed cases of the 2005 White Burgandy.. so I’m pumped to try those out.
May 4, 2007

Ben N.
Great Friday show, and great wristband slideshow.
QOTD: GOOGLE on the IPO.
May 4, 2007

Greg B.
Good Going Gary! Love the Mac, Love the 90 Point cheap wine and Love the Episode.
May 4, 2007

Robin
QOTD: Something I knew I should have jumped on but didn’t was last September when my husband and I were going to a wine dinner in Santa Fe for the Wine and Chile Fiesta, and we wanted to stay the night because driving back to Albuquerque (about an hour) after a 5-7 course wine dinner didn’t appeal to me, and a wine salesman had promised to comp us for a room, but he waited till the last minute, and even though I knew that nice hotels near the Santa Fe Plaza often booked ahead for a year before special events I didn’t push him, and we ended up getting a marginally OK motel that was near if you didn’t mind crossing 6 lanes of freeway traffic at night, so we drove, and my husband didn’t get lost because he never gets lost, but we got an extensive tour of some of the more charming and inaccessible homes of Santa Fe. I mention all of this because at that wine dinner – David and Michael – Michael’s wife Christie (I think it was Michael) told me that ATTENTION GARY: if you ate a serving of oatmeal every day you could lower your cholesterol. I tried it for 3 months (oatmeal is not just for breakfast either) and lowered my cholesterol 21 points. It’s worth a try, especially if you like oatmeal. The instant kind is reportedly not as good, but you can use it in a pinch.
May 4, 2007

ocmpoma
I’m not that into mac & cheese, but I’ll destroy some chili mac. Which, I’m sure, would go good with a nice red… now I’m hungry.
May 4, 2007

Capt M
Cool MacBook Pro! Now I’m twittered and following you. Won’t answer the QOTD, too complicated. I’m looking forward to drinking some serious juices tomorrow with my family. Great ep. Good night
May 4, 2007

Boston Ben
Have you noticed that these wristband photos comin’ back are a little… eh…. MALE DOMINATED. Why is wine such a dude sport?

QOTD: Man, forget about Google stock: what about when they came out with gmail, I should’ve been all over that. But by the time I got around to booking an email address, every – possible – version – of my name was taken. Yah start having to add numbers at the end or stupid little phrases instead of your name that you hope nobody has ever thought of. It’s like the AOL factor.
May 4, 2007

TheDumbPhase
I predict the great Twitter experiment will last 2-3 weeks max.
QOTD- I procrastinate with everything. Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow!
May 4, 2007

Suzanne
Great episode. I’m just starting to get into white Burgundy. QOTD: just about everything. I’m a born procrastinator.
May 4, 2007

Dale Cruse
Gary, you’ve inspired me to go find some tasty Chablis! Thanks!
May 4, 2007

KenP
Love Chablis.
QOTD: Google stock. Waited too long.
May 4, 2007

Joe
Gary, how many times do I have to say this…..one Lipitor a day and you can eat anything you want, guilt free! I went on Lipitor and added steak, cheeze, bacon AND dropped 100 points!

Regrets, I have had a few, GOOG at IPO, then $200, then $250 then $300. Also not signing up for the Harlan wine list in the 90’s (back then I thought the wine was too expensive),
Joe
May 4, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Great ep!!!
I am twittered now.
I like twitter!!!!!!
Is that a PowerBook that I see!!!
Very cool toys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 4, 2007

flavasauce
hey gary, how does lizzy feel about so many having a “link to your twitter”?
May 4, 2007

Matt the Lurker
QOTD – 2005 Bordeaux futures. Doh! And now I’m stubborn and won’t buy any.
May 4, 2007

Jennifer
QOTD: In the late 90’s I received an e-mail about a little company called Monster, telling me to buy up some cheap shares, this thing would be big. I was leary, and procrastinated. Enough said.
May 4, 2007

vivaitalia
Oh hell yeah, Mac-N-Cheese is my favorite. Blue box style only, and use two cheese packets for one box of pasta. If you haven’t done it, you’ve gotta try it. I’m gonna enjoy some now with a little toscana. QOTD i’ve had that happen to me too many times to count, i’m a serious procrastinator. I’ve gotta work on that. Have a great weekend everyone!
May 4, 2007

Matt B DC
Damn G, the laundry list answer to the QOTD can’t even fit in this little comment box.

I’m still planning out the pic with the wristband. I just got that sucker in the mail a week ago, and I want to make sure I represent when I send the photo.

Thank you for another great episode.
May 4, 2007

Dave Canada
Holy shit……where to start with that QOTD……..Gmail, 2003 Futures, having kids. There is just so much stuff that I screw up that I don’t know where to go with it.
On the flipside, I’m looking forward to learning about your regularity through Twitter
Best part of show today was when you told the discrtibuter and wineries to shove it….
May 5, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Oh, and if you’re going to go Mac ‘n Cheese you have to go Spirals. Big shout out to Spirals!
May 5, 2007

Winodontist
1 freakin wine, are you serious???
Okay it’s friday, I understand, you want to kick back and make the show a bit more interactive.

QOTD: Amazon in 1999. It seemed overpriced, seriously.
May 5, 2007

3dvw
I love mac and cheese. I used to eat Kraft with a couple extra slices of cheese melted in by the bowl full
May 5, 2007

KC Dan
Love mac n cheese , Kraft mac n cheese is the best . The powdered cheese is awesome . Nice ep today Twitter should be cool , well time to go get twittered !!!
May 5, 2007

Dmjperc
QOTD: Pretty sure I should have bought stock in Apple computers back in the 80’s. I was only like 5 years old..but what if I had…. ?
May 5, 2007

Dan
Speaking of Portuguese wines, I loved Neblina and can’t find it anymore. The taste was like un-sugared Sprite, awesome lime.

I sold my Google a year ago and keep kicking myself.

Flashback: I’m a sneezer. One of my referrals finally came around to liking your style. Go Vay-ner-chuk!
May 5, 2007

geespot
Hah! So I finish my dinner, which included some MAC&CHEESE and red vino, I click on WLTV to find you talking about the same damn thing! I think the mac/red vibes were in the air. I kid you not, I had no idea it was in the show. And, by the way, mac + cheese + red = good eats. The wine sucked however, Red Truck blend, only 7 bones so who cares.

QOD: My senior year of HS we all played a stock market game that had we invested real money, we would have been rich. So what’d we do after the school year? Yeah, we put money in the market and it TANKED. Well, such was the case at the end of the millennium.
May 5, 2007

Matthew L
Nice show Gary. I will check out Twitter.

QOTD: Apple for sure. I’ve always been a fan of Apple and watched as the stock tanked to about $13 a share years ago. I said to myself, I should plunk down $5k or so on the stock. I procrastinated and had to find an ass-kicking machine to punish myself as the stock went over $100 a share not a year later.

Have a good weekend. Enjoy catching up with your brother. I’m off to Kansas City.
May 5, 2007

Susan
Gary-
THANK YOU!!!
for the tip on the inexpensive
monastrell!!!!!!!
May 5, 2007

Sam
QOTD: As others have said, Google Stock at IPO.

Will be trying the Castano Monastrell this weekend, thanks GaryV!
May 5, 2007

MikeyB
Thanks for answering my question – just bought a bunch of the Castano! QOTD: Very creative procrastinator. Learned a lot about wine trying to finish grad school…
May 5, 2007

hossgeek
I know and have known what the countdown of days are for, since 138.
May 5, 2007

suerad
QOTD: the new york city real estate market right after 9/11. co-op and condo prices took a temporary dip for a few months. by the time we were ready to start looking in jan 02 the prices had already risen. we were almost entirely shut-out but we finally pulled the trigger in ‘04 and bought a discounted wreck that needed some serious work. if we looking now, we couldn’t affort our own apartment.
May 5, 2007

yoshi
QOTD google and when you did that monkey prize tasting. I waited and it sold out the same day!
May 5, 2007

Jester
Hey Gary,

I’m a huge Mac and Chees fan, but don’t give me any of that boxed crap. I like to experiment with the all out gourmet Mac & Cheese recipes. The other day I found a recipe for Bacon Shallot Mac & Cheese with Asiago, White English Farmhouse Cheddar, and Truffles that was just out of this world. I substituted some spicy Tasso for the bacon and it came out great.

However, the best Mac & Cheese I have ever tasted was the recipe that Cesare Casella came up with to use at his restaurant, Maremma, in NYC. Apparently he won best Mac & Cheese in the City in some NY Times contest or something. He recently demonstrated part of how to make it on a TV show. I watched it and was intrigued, so I called him and got the recipe. I just made it the other day and it is FREAKING AMAZING!!! Have you ever tried it? Basically, you saute some finely minced garlic and shallot in a few tablespoons of butter, then add several large stirring spoons full of a well seasoned, homemade tomato sauce. After about a minute of stirring, add about 2-3 cups or so of heavy cream…..until you get a nice medium to light pinkish-orange color, like any red cream sauce. Then toss in a huge handful ( 3-4 cups )of 6-month aged Grana Padano cheese. Stir until the cheese melts completely and then let that simmer down. Immediately add your already cooked and well-drained pasta…..I prefer either Radiatore or Rotini, but Cesare uses small broken Fusilli. Add a little pinch of salt and a hearty dose of freshly ground Tellicherry black pepper. As the pasta and sauce simmer, pour in about an 1 1/2 ounces ( more if you like ) of high quality Bourbon. Simmer for a few minutes to let the alcohol evaporate off. Right before you serve, toss in several more handfuls of the grated Grano Padano and remove from the heat after about 30 seconds or stirring, that way the residual heat can melt the cheese, but it doesn’t become completely incorporated into the sauce. It still stays gooey and stringy. I, personally, also add a little hint of Pecorino Romano and Asiago to the Grano Padano that I add at the end. Dish it up, garnish with chive, and enjoy! If you haven’t tried this amazing Mac & Cheese, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!!!! This is the best damn Macaroni and Cheese that I have ever tasted. I’d love to go to Maremma just to taste it from the man who came up with it. Supposedly he spent almost a year trying different cheeses trying to come up with the perfect Mac & Cheese. I, personally, think he did it. Everyone who reads this MUST try out this recipe. Grana Padano ( 6 month ONLY, any longer aging makes the cheese too salty and musty tasting ) is pretty easy to find at any Whole Foods or store that has a good selection of cheeses. Everything else is standard ingredients.

I’m a big fan of Spanish wines with my Mac & Cheese. I do like big extracted gushy fruit reds from Priorat like Mas Doix, Vall Llach, or Mas Igneus. One of my favorites, though, is a the ‘00 Bodegas Sierra Salinas Mira. Its a brambly buzzsaw of a wine that is a blend of Mourvedre, Grenache, Cabernet, and Alicante. It has some really spicy earthy and resin-like flavors, fierce but integrated tannins, and great dark fruit. To me, its the perfect wine for rich Mac and Cheese.

PS- Gary, does WineLibrary carry a good quality 6 month or 1 year old Cacio Di Roma ( aka Caciotta ). I’ve recently become a huge fan of this Sheep’s milk cheese and have been trying out as many varieties of it as I can find. Some people prefer them younger when they have a softer texture and lighter flavor, but I like them with a little age and the firmer texture and sharper flavor that comes with it. My girlfriend absolutely hates it. She says it tastes like grass and barnyard, but I absolutely love it. On a salty, buttery cracker like a Ritz, it is heaven!

Best wishes.

Jester
May 5, 2007

Harley Stan
Gary, great episode. Nice pics!!!!
QOTD Highspeed internet, now that I finally have it I spend more time online than I should.
May 5, 2007

aaronT
Mac & Cheese sounds like a plan. I’ll have to email my old roommate for his grandma’s homemade mac-n-cheese recipe. It’s awesome, loaded with white cheeses (jack and mozz I believe) and onions, backed in the oven it gets a nice brown cheese leather on the top. Have it once and it’ll change your life. I’m not sure the box stuff will do it. Unless it’s kraft deluxe, or velveeta shells & cheese, I guess I’m more high maintenance than I thought. In any case, you just gotta love that greasy salty goodness. All my friends’ 5-ish year old kids may have it right after all.
May 5, 2007

Michael
Hi Gary, just got introduced to the podcast via diggnation, and am hooked, bought a 30 buck bottle that you liked, I started my own wine blog called ‘wineskeptic’ but now that I find your show, who needs it? We all needed a voice that wasn’t snooty and unnecessarily expensive to find out about this amazing world of wine. Keep up the good work!
May 5, 2007

Colleen
QOTD: Apple!!!!
May 5, 2007

tarheel17
I can’t wait for the Portuguese Wine Episode! Or one on the inespensive Spanish wines you keep mentioning. Or both!
I have to use you as a conduit to find all the great deals, since all I have access to is supermarket wine (usually).
Thanks for all you do!
May 6, 2007

TSchampaert
Last year World Cup Football: Licata (an Italian wine importer) did a stunt. When Italy ‘d reach the finale, you’d get a total refund of your last command. I didn’t go there, and yes the Italian got to the finale. A lot of friends got a huge refund and I just got nothing, cause of my own stubborness …
May 6, 2007

kelly
Okay Gary,

You have to Have MJK on the show. I’m a huge tool fan and have been posting on the Tool forum at Toolshed.down.net for years. I have a wine thread over there and I’m going to let everyone know about this and that should get the viewer-count up big time, atleast for that show, and there will definitely be people who stay for good.

I’d love to watch the show and love to ask the guy some questions if you would have an email segment. Who knows maybe that’s asking to much, but this got me real excited. Any comments would be appreciated.
May 7, 2007

YoungDave
I’m still looking for a decent priced Chablis since your last Chablis Ep., but I’m definitely going go come home with a bottle after my next trip to the wine shop.

QOTD: How about waiting to put my money into anything other than CDs and an IRA so far… I’m 21 already, so why haven’t I bought some stock?… oh yeah- because of STUDENT LOANS!!
May 7, 2007

Susan
Gary-
Guess who was chanting your name this am?
My nephew Mark LOVES you!!
May 7, 2007

wayno da wino
Mac & Cheese ??? YUK !

Gimme Pizza wit extra pepperoni, peppers,
onions, garlic, & cheese. Dats what i eat
wit my red wine! Yummy !!!!
May 7, 2007

JimVarney01
Nice ep Gary. Maxin and Relaxin on the Friday couch!!!

QOTD: Still procrastinating on opening up the vino store… Just doing as much research as possible right now to get ‘er going. Didn’t really blow up in my face or anything, but just havent’ been doing as much as I should be doing on it.
May 7, 2007

alco Holland
Qotd: I just jumped on the last 05 Suduiraut future. I’m still procrastinating on purchasing 05 Muller Catoirs and the last Stone IRS in the cooler.
May 7, 2007

TagWorld Brian
So, you decided to jump on Twitter after all? Cool. Are you really going to tell us if you’re taking a dump at midnight? Maybe they should call the service Sh*tter.
May 7, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Google. I wanted to buy the IPO and my wife was hesitant. I still bought it but made about 1/2 what the people at the outset made. From using Google since it started I knew it was going to be a big stock but I couldn’t convice my wife for 3 months and the big money went out the door. Since Yahoo isn’t going to be bought by Microsoft now the time has passed for that stock as well.
May 7, 2007

Mr. Cabernet
I’m a Chablis fan and have a number from Montmain. It’s grownup Chard.

I agree, don’t have guests, at this point the show should run the way it’s been running. Not as an interview show. I don’t even like when you have your own created parodies–I just skip right through them.
May 7, 2007

njbabs
oh no, twitter.
one more thing to become addicted to.
at least finals are almost over.
May 8, 2007

ken
Iâ€™ve been busy and am trying to catch up on past episodes. Mikey B, I liked the Ercavio Roble as well, as long as it breathed for about 3 hours. Another nice inexpensive Spanish Red that I have found lately is the Carro Tinto. Unfortunately, WL does not carry this wine â€“ Attn: Gary V.

QOTD: I bought a bunch of Google stock and almost procrastinated on buying it. However, I procrastinated on not making the decision to buy more. However, I am happy with what I bought.
May 31, 2007

paxil
in Germany and then in the United States
June 8, 2007

Sam I
Hey Gary… you guys need to change that link that says “Great everyday wine under $10.” to “Great everyday wine under $10. (2005 Castano Monastrell)”. I tried search for Castano and I couldn’t find it. Then for Monastrell and still nothing. Then I decided to go by the item number on my receipt and I got a hit. I quite like this stuff especially for the price. I’m surprised it’s not on this list http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3234893.

Thanks Sam
July 4, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Nice wine. I keep seeing white burgandys in the stores and havent picked one up yet. I need to because I know I’ll love it. QOTD: Ive passed up on certain limited edition sets of DVDs or albums (I NEED to have the special editon of something), then gone back a few days later to a store to find they were gone and then I had to run around and still couldnt find one. I always kick myself when I do that.