90 Point Wine Challenge - Episode #233

May 8, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

play Question of the day: “How awesome is this?”

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and tastes 4 wines that have been scored 90 points and is very excited to do so….for you of course.

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108 Responses

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  1. about 11 months ago

    desmaic

    straight up with the king hippo!!!!!! stomach punch to counter.. word up!!!

  2. about 11 months ago

    desmaic

    only 106 comments?!?! what?!?!?

  3. about 12 months ago

    wayno da wino

    QOTD: Way toooooo awesome !!

    It don’t get any better deen dis !!!
    :)

  4. about 12 months ago

    TSchampaert

    Bad hair day this one.
    QOTD: hilariously awesome. Wish I’d mre time …

  5. about 12 months ago

    aaronT

    wow, our second appearance on WLTV in a month (first the shoutout for carolyn’s b-day and our engagement, now the wristband pic), I hope we can still go out in public w/o being mobbed! It’s fun to be a [tiny] part of something great, thanks for letting us tag along. When you’re famous I’ll tell all my friends “yeah me and gary are old homies, we’re like this || ”

    Loved your answer to the “what do you have to do to rate wines” question. Your little rant there was damn near t-shirt worthy, though not quite at the level of Dr. Evil’s childhood story. But close!

    Thanks for the 80’s references, too. Mossman prompted a web search that yielded a crapload of kick-ass toys that I used to have. And mike tyson’s punchout OWNED me. I could get to tyson without getting hit, but then lose to him every time. I had to have my buddy beat him. How sad.

  6. about 12 months ago

    Malarkey

    HEY who is that sitting on their horse showing their Vayniac wristband???
    I was going to have someone take a pic of me jumping my mare… but I’m waaaay too busy these days. Maybe when school is out!

  7. about 12 months ago

    ColdVVaves

    The answer is: Wicked awesome!

    Thanks Gary..

  8. about 12 months ago

    MichaelP

    I love you maaaan

  9. about 12 months ago

    Skol

    Gary you are awesome.

    Too bad these wines were not that great.
    Glad I got the last two bottles of Bonnes Mares when I saw you had the Groffier.

  10. about 12 months ago

    Dale Cruse

    I like Cork’d too. ;-) http://corkd.com/people/dalecruse

  11. about 12 months ago

    Jen

    I AGREE with what you said about technology… as much as I fretted about it, it certainly DOES foster more human interaction!! You hit it right on the head.
    QOTD: It is FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
    Gary, you’re so personable. I love it. Thanks for all you do. You are definietly fostering my love of wine.

  12. about 12 months ago

    squiregreg

    Bad news: the wines were not so great. (ratings should be met with scepticism)
    Good news: WE MADE THE MONTAGE! In B&W no less.

  13. about 12 months ago

    NY Pete

    GV, you are the man…the Prima gets better, the 03 is drinking real well

  14. about 12 months ago

    glassrunnethempty

    How awesome? Totally awesome. I mean, you look up the word AWESOME in the dictionary and there’s a link to http://WineLibrary.com … THAT’S how awesome.

  15. about 12 months ago

    metsfan

    “body blow, body blow”

    Great job, GV - you know how we all feel about you and WLTV. See you tomorrow. Gotta get Ian on a show.

  16. about 12 months ago

    J Crazy

    QOTD: It’s awesome enough for me not to crush it. And I tend to crush a lot of stuff.

  17. about 12 months ago

    Raphael S

    Gary,

    I also love the Rhone wines, especially Chateauneuf du Pape. Too bad this St. Joseph wasn’t up to snuff. I did a quick search in the archives, but I don’t know if you’ve done any shows with California Chateauneuf style wines. In particular I’m interested but have never tried the Tablas Creek wines from Paso Robles by the Perrin family of Beaucastel. What’s the Esprit du Beaucastel like? Is it like a good Chateauneuf? That could be a good wine to try (if you haven’t already).

  18. about 12 months ago

    Mike C

    Gary! Loved this episode, despite the crap wines…mainly because my beautiful daughter was showcased in the collage of pictures. Literally brought tears to my eyes, a huge honor man. I like the twitter, but perhaps you should have Eric hold your phone while you taste…so its less distracting to you as well.

    I wanted to respond to both last shows QOTD and the show before…

    Technology is slowly getting more simple and refined for the most effective use by a human. This gets me excited to see things such as Twitter having practical uses. On the other hand, until we get to a point of optimum efficiency…our brains are going to be sapped of intelligence with all of these distractions. Recently they did an IQ test with Blackberry users and pot smokers (one in the same?) well the pot users scored higher than those getting email messages during the iq test…what does that tell you?

    Which brings me to my the next QOTD, I love it. Even though at times I lurk for a period of time, there is never a day when I will miss my WLTV. I say my…in the sense that you have made a very viewer owned show, for that I thank you!

    Loved the sleeves rolled up by the way! Oh, one more thing…the lighting was really good on this show, what did you change?

  19. about 12 months ago

    Lawrence Leichtman

    You have to have days like this episode to appreciate the good ones. It is just such a pleasure to have some prescreening. I have had the same experience as Gary with wines that are processed beyond terroir to the point of garbage. Chilean wines are that for me and many from CA, Spain, and Australia. I rarely find a Rhone or Bordeaux wine I am that turned off on. I started my cellar (now ~550 bottles as Gary recommended. I found wines that were maybe too tannic to drink right now but with time they have become wonderful and a bargain because buying a wine 7-10 years later that has aged properly may cost a fortune. I age almost all of my wines if only 6 months for some or 10-20 years for some. The only problem I have is that I’m simply getting too old to comfortably buy wines that need cellaring for 20+ years as I’m not sure I will appreciate them as much in my ’80’s. So Dunn Cabs are out.

    Gary, you bring much to the table and it is we who thank you. Who else would publicly say this wine brings garbage to the table?

    One thing anyone reads this and knows how to work twitter. I have downloaded it to my Mac but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to send messages or post replies. I don’t use text mail on my phone so what are my other options? There seems to be no spot to click compose message.

  20. about 12 months ago

    JimVarney01

    QOTD: You do show the love and it’s totally awesome!! My gf still can’t get over that you kissed her twice, once on each cheek! LOL… (sure hope liz don’t read these!)

    You’ve lately been using milky a lot, and that’s something that I was curious about before I heard you say it. Sometimes I get a cheese taste on the mid palate or the dairy that you talk about. I’m glad I don’t just have malfunctioning taste buds!

  21. about 12 months ago

    KC Dan

    Yes SS You Da Man !!! Keep up the good work , you make the WLTV world so much easier ! Thanks Man !!!

  22. about 12 months ago

    KC Dan

    great ep G ! wish the wines would of brought the thunder !!! Qotd Grab bunnies And Bite them on the ASS now that is awesome . Wine Library TV is the best thing since sliced bread !!!

  23. about 12 months ago

    TagWorld Brian

    QOTD: Gary, friggin awesome!

    Hollywood girls are all phony? Like big haired Jersey girls? :)

    Have you noticed that the reds you pour often get a dribble down the label? When I waitered, they taught me that little twist at the end of the pour… Great trick. I still use it to this day.

    I’ll have to figure out how to link your twitter to my IM. That would be the best way to get the heads up at work.

  24. about 12 months ago

    YoungDave

    Logs on my back through the snow, check. Reading wine books, check. Throwing rocks at my palate and chipping 14 teeth, check.
    Catching bunny rabbits in the wild and biting them on their ass… it looks like I have some more training to do after all!!

    QOTD: My picture made the wristband montage!! = VERY awesome. Thanks again!

  25. about 12 months ago

    Panoca

    QOTD: Really A W E S O M E !!!
    My picture was on the Montage today!! Spectacular! I’m famous now among my friends!!
    Really Great Gary, what you are doing is not only super super educational, it became my favorite time after work, when i’m super relax at home, after dinner, sipping a good wine or dessert wine, treating myself with 20′ minutes of pure enjoyment. Every day!! Can’t describe in words what you have created. Thanks again. Keep it up!

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