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 9, 2007

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!
May 9, 2007

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!
May 9, 2007

Smith MBA
Awesome – WLTV
NOT Awesome – writing a paper on the steel industry in 1986 at one a.m.
May 9, 2007

t_moderne
This is all quite cool. But here’s the problem Gary. You are tasting someone else’s 90 pointers. If you taste the wines your watchers/Vayniacs suggest, I think you will have better luck.
So with that in mind- how about tasting a Numanthia Termes or a Borsao Tres Picos (for the Spanish coverage) or a Guigal Gigondas for the Rhone coverage.
May 9, 2007

Atreyu
QOTD: Gary, YOU are awesome!
Keep up the good work!
May 8, 2007

wildebeest
Wow, great advice on cellaring with a limited budget. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said better.

QOTD: Yep, this is pretty stinkin’ awesome. In fact, I’m astounded that any of the Vayniacs would be able to say with a straight face that technology is getting in the way of relationships. Look at all the friendships that have sprung up as a result of WLTV. And many of those people will eventually meet each other in real life. I know I’ll be meeting a bunch of you guys in SF later this month. Seriously, the only people who say technology separates us are those who don’t use it, don’t understand it, or are just naturally fearful of new things. Sure, personal letters have all but disappeared as email has become more and more popular, but it’s idiotic to say that people are communicating less. We’re simply communicating in new ways. Now, if someone wants to talk about the relative value of the different modes of communication, I’d be happy to hear them. I’ll be the first to admit, for example, that personal letters tend to have more depth than most emails.

btw, SS is the MAN!

- wildebeest
May 8, 2007

Matthew H in Twin Cities
love the honesty with the wines! twitter is growing on me….big time!
May 8, 2007

cpd
QOTD: I can’t wait to come home after a hard day at work and get a dose of the GV. As long as Mrs. cpd doesn’t take away my computer or credit card, I’ll be fine…
May 8, 2007

Loosh
Awesome Punch-Out reference. Glad you said the Mike Tyson version and not the lame one with Mr. Dream after Tyson went to jail.
May 8, 2007

GottaGoDrink
WOW- Gotta give kudos the the SS spreadsheet, you are on fire!
May 8, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Great advice on the cellar. I’ve been buying wines I don’t think I like, such as sauterne, spatlese, red burgundy, slowly but surely. Goes hand-in-hand with your other good advice that my palate will change…seeing that one already. Cheers my friend!
May 8, 2007

Louisiana George
Gary:

You are always asking for constructive criticism and compliments, so here is my take on things: I have noticed in the last few episodes that you have been trying to keep from cursing during the show and thank you for that. Keep up the good work and please try to exclude all “colorful language” – I have a 14 year old who likes learning about wine and watching the show, but I would prefer to not expose him to cursing, if possible. Thanks for trying to keep it clean, for Quentin’s sake.

Louisiana George
May 8, 2007

Darlene O.
As always, Gary, love the episode! QOD: This is RIDONCULOUSLY awesome!!!
May 8, 2007

Susan
Gary-
I want to thank you for
working on keeping it clean!!!
I do greatly
APPRECIATE
all that you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 8, 2007

Winodontist
Gary,
Don’t sweat the wines today, you can’t win em all. You’ve allowed us to try 100x the number of wines we would ever experience on our own, so much appreciated.

QOTD: This is really something special, keep it rolling, everyone is winning here!
May 8, 2007

Rick "The Model" M
Love todays episode man.
May 8, 2007

MikeyB
Yeah, tried the Piedra Azul a month ago and also thought it was bad. What is up with Jay Miller? Seriously Gary – how can a supposedly good critic get a wine so wrong? I know sometimes it’s about palate differences, but come on. QOTD: wicked awesome.
May 8, 2007

Bossman
QOTD: How awesome?

I found WL by Googling “free Shipping wine”, began watching WLTV in the 170’s or 180’s (haven’t missed one since). I’ve since gone back and not only watched episodes 1 through 109 (so far) but have read EVERY comment of EVERY episode I’ve watched! (Okay, so I’m easily amused). Just awesome stuff. I figure I’ll complete the cycle in a week or two, be forewarned the logical progression will be the forums (don’t say you weren’t warned). Keep up the great work, it really is a service to the community and, to boot, will surely generate customer loyalty. Your joy is contagious, something to look forward to each day.

I’ve decided to overlook the whole Jet’s thing, nobody is perfect (except maybe SS Chris). I think I’m safe for awhile. Judging by his comments tonight he’s stuck inside until the swollen head reduces (Hi Chris!)
May 8, 2007

E-Rock
QOD = IT’s the awesomest, raddest and coolest thing in Wine.

1 for 4 today and a shaky 1 at that. Well that sux. Pick some better wines tomorrow.
May 8, 2007

Greg B.
Big G, You my Vino tasting friend are seriously hyped. I love it. Keep it up man. I can hear them out there and their nervous, that’s right, there is a little Pucker goin on, because they know Big Gary is bringing the Thunder. NICE!
May 8, 2007

TimF
Isn’t the crap dimension in the Twilight Zone?

Tyson was only beatable when he stopped training and lost focus. No one would ever have beat him in his prime. No one.

There are golden plums.

Antiquate? Try equate.

Rocky IV = Terrible. They don’t high five in Rocky IV.

QOTD: Pretty awesome. 233 is a big number.
May 8, 2007

JimKay
Yeah – he liked the Prima (4 btls in the basement). One reason to expect it would be good – the winemaker (taken from another site): Mariano Garcia established his reputation at the world-renowned Vega Sicilia in Spain’s Ribera del Duero region, where he was the winemaker for 30 years from 1968 to 1998 when he decided to produce his own wines. Good region + good producer = good wine.

I’ll say it again, WLTV has exposed me to wines I (and hundreds of others like me) would never have considered otherwise. You get one life, mine is enriched by the wines I’ve tried because of WLTV.
May 8, 2007

leatherpalate
they say Charlie Parker never did the same solo twice and you my friend have never done the same show twice! that was top shelf even (though the wine didn’t bring the thunder). you were snapping off one-liners like a metronome.

Qod:Awesome like a spring day.
May 8, 2007

Herm
Qotd: WLTV is the best….I promise that I am not a jerk….I will send a picture….Thanks for the episode!
May 8, 2007

3dvw
QOTD: It’s great

I do talk to more people because of the technology. It’s just different. Not bad just different. Hey without it I wouldn’t keep in touch or gotten to know GV