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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May 8, 2007

SoCal
Great show as always G,
To bad the wines are not up to par.
QOTD: this is awesome…I am siting here drinking the Franciscan Magnificant 2002 I twittered about thinking this is the future. I agree I think that my interactions with others has increased due to technology. Isn’t life is great.
May 8, 2007

Michael Palmer
Great show. Agreed with Comment 26: By Dave H how “you get disappointed to have a whole episode where you canâ€™t really recommend anything, but thereâ€™s nothing like hearing, â€œthis wine is VERY one-dimensional, and that dimension is crap!â€ every once in a while.” Big Ditto!

and Twitter was great today. I enjoy you answering questions like the last two days. Fantastic. Keep up the great work.

WLTV simply rocks!
May 8, 2007

geespot
QOD: Not only is this incredibly awesome, it’s INSANELY, LUDICROUSLY awesome. I love the show, the forums, and the WINE. Gary, you are creative, funny, dedicated and have managed to amass a group of intelligent, humorous, and all around wonderful people in one spot. All of us together, we are the phenomenon. So, to Gary and all the Vayniacs, keep it up.
May 8, 2007

lifestooshort
uncomfortable high-fivin’ man-to-man love on the beach. too funny, g. and yeah, QOTD: pretty awesome. I’d disagree a little with your starting the wine cellar answer. I mean, splurge, sure, but one of the ways to really figure out what you’re into is to compare the high-end sh!t with the lower end–how about a 90 pt. $40 Cab with a 91 pt. $20 Cab (e.g., both rated by the same person?). Cheers, bro.
May 8, 2007

Ross
QOTD: It is super awesome number one.

It would be awesome to have the cellar times of the wines in future episodes too.
May 8, 2007

Garret Nagle
QOTD:

I would say that collectivley speaking, WLTV has been just as much of a blessing to the Vayniacs as it has been to you. We Vayniacs more and more each day are becoming more enlightened with wine knowledge, and speaking for myself, your show has called into question my career path.

When I graduate in two weeks, I will have a communications degree which I have always planned on applying to marketing or public relations, but I’m begining to believe I can “make it” someday as a food and wine writer. Food and wine has always been a special thing to me since I began watching Iron Chef eleven years ago, but I always thought it would be just a fun hobby. I mean, c’mon… be successful in the food industry? Thinking about that made visions of coffee shop day job-ers pop into my head just waiting for their big moment in Hollywood….waiting and waiting and waiting….

But watching WLTV has encouraged me. You took a vision and worked hard at it, and it turned out to work. If it didn’t would you have felt like a failure? NO! Because that’s part of the entrepreneurial spirit… the courage to take a good risk, knowing it might not always work out – these are the people that end up becoming successful. It’s sort of like recording a song in one take. Sometimes it just clicks, but usually you’ve got to work at something for awhile and get it just right, sort of like a business idea.

I know I can write, so why not start thinking about the steps necessary to reach my goal in 5 or ten years?

Thanks once again Gary,

Garret Nagle
May 8, 2007

Jennifer
QOTD: It is T H I S A W E S O M E.
You know we love you too!
When I actually start a cellar, I will take your wise advice, splurge on a few fine wines recommended by you, and bought from your store, because what you do for the Vayniacs is the epitome of awesome.
May 8, 2007

Brad
Rocky 3 was the Mr. T saga (and oh how we all love the homo-erotic moments on the beach w/ Carl Weathers…good times); speaking of which- could Mr. T take Drago…or would they simply punch each other out of contention all together?
I feel like stat boy Tony Reali on Pardon the Interuption- the dude that corrects you constantly. Everyone needs a ball buster though, right?
May 8, 2007

dublin
Nice show, I like the evolution of the twitter, good way to segway into the ending of the show. Spanish wines, I’m batting around .234 with those guys to where I’m more like .750 with French and .620 with Californian.
QOTD: Rad! Exactly what I’ve been wanting to happen to the wine world for quit a few years. Thanks Gary!
May 8, 2007

Lb in KS
my ? of the day: Who sent in their picture with Jeff Black? Saw him perform in February…solid
May 8, 2007

Segkee
Gary looks like that guy from The NeverEnding Story:

http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/images/DeepRoy_NeverEndingStory_TeenyWeeny.jpg

And for that he will be forever cool.
May 8, 2007

Hank
hella-awesome!
May 8, 2007

Steve-o
QOTD: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
May 8, 2007

wm mole
Pretty awesome, it’s fun for me and looks over the fence for you! If you really want to “change
the wine world”, get Paul Giamatti on there and get down on some tasty Bordeauxs.
May 8, 2007

Neil
QOTD: Completely
May 8, 2007

John Blue Label
GV,
Another nice episode. Refreshing honesty. And thanks for answering my question. that twitter thing is pretty cool.
Appreciate your comments on building a cellar. QOTD: overall, this is very awesome. We are all learning about wine, sharing experiences and getting educated. Education can be fun! Throw in the football and sports talk: damn, this is good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
JW
May 8, 2007

KenP
Honest episode. Little dissappointed with the rap on the Verget Chablis. Love the wine. But I never taste at room temperature as you do. I feel warmth can itself be a flaw for some whites.
QOTD: I wait for each day’s episode. Worth my time. Great work, GV, a great community.
May 8, 2007

mas
Good idea in comment #39 by cgf – let someone else screen that twitter thing for you – although better today, it is still distracting.

QOTD: Very awesome. Even the 0 for 4 episodes are useful Gary – probably more so – I often will buy a less expensive wine based on a critics’ review/score to give it a try – and I usually end wishing I saved my money – probably less than 50/50 on 90+ wines under $20, especially reds … and from the same critics that I usually align with on other wines.
May 8, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: This is awesome because you, Gary Vay-ner-chuk, are awesome. We love you too.
Still waiting for the “Big announcement”……?
May 8, 2007

cgf
Oh and welcome back eric
May 8, 2007

cgf
QOTD: So awesome you should be arrested.

Great enthusiasm today. sorry the wines sucked.

Gary, you started talking to Chris Mott alot more, and today you kept it up with Eric. I like that, because it keeps the improvisational aspect to the show and reminds me of the old episodes of Conan.

In terms of Twitter, give your phone to Eric or someone else. Let them screen all the jokes people send in and have him ask you the questions. That way there will be less dead air while you scan through the phone. This keeps the live aspect to the show (which is a GREAT IDEA) but eliminates some of the A.D.D. problems.
May 8, 2007

thabeav
Gary,

I love the bludgeoning stick. You really put the smack down on the Azul. That anger (and your high cholesterol) is probably from the steroids – ala Rocky IV! Thanks for the honesty. There are too many “polite” reviews out there.

I recommend stopping the steroids so you can eat more cheese. Also, wine raises your HDL (the GOOD cholesterol), so take comfort that the juice is helping.
May 8, 2007

Doc Dan
Great show Gary! Love the 90+ reviews.
QOTD: Its sooo good, it has to be illeagal!
May 8, 2007

SS Chris
By the way, I’ve just noticed the update of the main WLTV page….with a big banner w/ HUGE letters saying, “Click here for all of Gary’s tasting notes and scores from the show”…. I’m happy for this new link, but no mention of the SS Chris!!

Now up above there is still the small link that says the “Chris Stanisci Spreasdsheet”, but nothing on this new HUGE banner across the middle of the page???

Maybe in parenthesis (The “SS Chris Stanisci” Spreadsheet) or (provided By SS Chris)…..something….anything. WTF!!!!!!!!!
May 8, 2007

cdavis
QOTD: Awesome is not even the right word! You would have to cellar the word Awesome, and come back to it in 10-15 years and then use it to describe WLTV. =)