90 Point Wine Challenge

90 Point Wine Challenge – Episode #233

May 8, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

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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110 Responses

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June 23, 2009

Adrian
AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!! Fantastic show…….love it…..
July 6, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
WA state oysters, baby! You know it. Ive shucked a fair amount of oysters in my day as a cook. Washington for the win! Yes, win. Too bad on the Chablis. I got excited when you said lime then it turned into a letdown. Im going to save that $20 and use it towards a J.J. Prum instead. Nice notes on the Azul. You are brutal! I want more… MORE! I beat Mike Tysons Punch Out ONCE (damn hard game) using the cheat code (shame). I dont think anyone caused more anger at the time than Super Macho Man, though. QOTD: Its on the same level of awesome of having Mario Batalli cooking you dinner every night, AND feeding you himself.
June 3, 2007

desmaic
straight up with the king hippo!!!!!! stomach punch to counter.. word up!!!
June 3, 2007

desmaic
only 106 comments?!?! what?!?!?
May 13, 2007

wayno da wino
QOTD: Way toooooo awesome !!

It don’t get any better deen dis !!!
May 12, 2007

TSchampaert
Bad hair day this one.
QOTD: hilariously awesome. Wish I’d mre time …
May 11, 2007

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.
May 10, 2007

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!
May 10, 2007

ColdVVaves
The answer is: Wicked awesome!

Thanks Gary..
May 10, 2007

MichaelP
I love you maaaan
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

Dale Cruse
I like Cork’d too. http://corkd.com/people/dalecruse
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

NY Pete
GV, you are the man…the Prima gets better, the 03 is drinking real well
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

J Crazy
QOTD: It’s awesome enough for me not to crush it. And I tend to crush a lot of stuff.
May 9, 2007

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).
May 9, 2007

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?
May 9, 2007

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.
May 9, 2007

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!
May 9, 2007

KC Dan
Yes SS You Da Man !!! Keep up the good work , you make the WLTV world so much easier ! Thanks Man !!!
May 9, 2007

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 !!!
May 9, 2007

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.