Albarino Wine Tasting – Episode #241

May 23, 2007

Today Gary goes after the hot white wines of Spain.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Nora AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Pazo Senorans AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Pazo Pandol AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2005 Havens AlbarinoNapa Other White Wine

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June 16, 2009

Karen
I actually opened a bottle of the Nora tonight and loved it; then I decided to see if Gary had ever reviewed it. Surprise, surprise: Not only had he reviewed it, he loved it, too. It is exactly as he described it. Definitely give it a try, everyone!
April 10, 2009

Leana Hellman
Is that a “Mod” (hope I spelled that right) action figure with you on the show? Awesome!
March 6, 2009

boarderhype
I just hat a Pazo Senorans from 2006 yesterday during a wine tasting and found it pretty one-dimentional, although it is very well made. Usually I like the Albarino grape but tis time I kept away from buying the Pazo at a price of 14€. I decided for a Basa Rueda 2007 (Verdejo, Sauvignon, Viura) at a price of 7€ which I liked a lot more.
January 4, 2009

joe albarino
kuchrenyav .,.name backwards………great video…..
thank you

joe albarino
September 28, 2008

one filipino dish a week » Blog Archive » Pork Chops w/ Garlic Rice - paoix
[...] of Albarino, which is a white wine from Spain. I’ve become big fan of Albarino all thanks to Gary Vaynerchuk. I just like how this wine pairs up with a lot of different food and not to mention Filipino food. [...]
July 10, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Did I totally miss the QOTD? hmmmm…. Well anyway another episode enjoyed by all. I guess thats just me since Im the only one in the house that watches. But no matter. Another white ive never heard of. Def. something I need to check out to expand my tastes.
April 24, 2008

ted vaughn
first Albarino i tried was called LICIA – same name as my wife. She grabbed it on the way out of a wine store in Rochester, NY. It was killer – refocused my love of white wine. It is the best wine to pear w/ creamy soups.

In my opinion, Albarino and White Rhones are the best white wine on earth….followed by the wines of Loire – then white bordeaux.
March 14, 2008

JF
Great episode, Mr. Vaynerchuck. I just tried Albarino so I checked out what you had to say for you are the expert. Thanks for doing an episode on this!
June 11, 2007

Marianne
Hi Gary.
Very nice video …. I’m a big fan of Spanish wines.
I enjoyed your albariÃ±o tasting, and I am going to search for more tastings of Spanish wines you might have done on you website.
But ….
I wonder why you didn’t taste the 2006 vintages.
AlbariÃ±o is a wonderful grape, but the wines you tasted are made for fresh consumption. So I think that if you would have tasted the 2006 you would have been more enthousiastic (still).

Congratulations with this new way of educating us on wine!
Marianne Rembrandt
Netherlands
June 4, 2007

Johan
Why didn’t you try any of the great Portuguese alvarinhos?
/J
June 1, 2007

Daniel Rymer
Thanks for showing us a new grape. I typically like the ones I’ve never heard of more than the big boys (cab, merlot, etc).
May 31, 2007

Susan
Gary-Thanks for all of the wine education!!!!
Will try Albarino(especially the Nora) SOON!!
May 29, 2007

Annapolitan
OK Gary, I’m crying “Uncle”! This Albarino episode has flushed me out of the bushes. Ive been lurking for over 200 episodes, but albarino is enough to turn any Peeping Tom into a doorbell pusher. My wife(Mrs. Pinot Grigio)flipped out upon tasting a Salneval Albarino. It’s going to come in handy this summer on the Chesapeake Bay. Thanks. Give your teacher sister a big Kudos for me.
May 28, 2007

Julian
Bubble Brothers needed an AlbariÃ±o in the range, and we tasted more than twenty bottles from nearly as many producers. They were all dull, and all too expensive by far. Then the next morning a late arrival turned up, and it was great. So that’s the one we stock. Tamara from Pazo Pondal was twisting my arm for some business last week at the London Wine Fair. It was good to re-taste her wines, but one AlbariÃ±o’s enough for us at the moment.
May 28, 2007

Ryan
We love Albarino and have been drinking it all month. Good to see it finally making headways in the states. Now onto all of Galicia’s other great whites..when is the Godello video coming out?
May 26, 2007

wallace
the nora is a good wine. i highly encourage everyone to seek out the Valminor 05′ it is wonderful for around 10 bucks. albarino rocks!
May 26, 2007

Karl Laczko
I love Spanish wines but surprisingly have not had a really good AlbariÃ±o (only had one or two ever, and both were far too green and acidic). Based on this episode I’ll have to give them another try, although “Razor-sharp” just might be too much for my palate.
May 25, 2007

YoungDave
Great EP., BIG G! — You KNOW I’m including an AlbariÃ±o in my next 1/2 case!

QOTD: Man, I love WLTV… I really do.
May 25, 2007

Justin S
My .02; Albarino rocks out with it’s cock out!
May 24, 2007

Bobinnati
OK Bossman, I do agree with you. You have WAY too freakin’ much time on your hands……

Thanks GV for introduction to another wine that I did not know about. I also enjoy the character of the nose on whites. To be honest with you, even though I love red wines most, I find more variety and complexity in the nose on a lot of whites. Not sure if that is my olfactory peculiarity or if that is something others also observe. I am still in a SIWBM, but I have a list of stuff to buy once the embargo is over………including Al-bah-reen-yo.

I don’t think I can remember an episode without a QOTD. Have you slipped a cog?
May 24, 2007

SoCal
G,
Napa wins?
QOTD: ?
Thanks of the white wine education.
May 24, 2007

Matt the Lurker
QOTD – Question of the day! Question of the day! We want a… question of the day!
May 24, 2007

Bossman
OS,

You can’t search for “shirt”, “tee” works but if it’s the pickle you want, “pickle” will weed out the dead deer (and thankfully doesn’t include any of Gary’s tasting notes…. otherwise we’d be wading through mucho entries). Oddly enough only the Vayniac shirt has “shirt” in the description.

I’d link to it but I don’t want to make assumptions on size lest you decide to sit on or send your big brother after me as the case may be.
May 24, 2007

DK44
Vay-ner-chuk backwards is Chuk-ner-Vay.

Great episode. I’m a fan of Albarino. Had my first bottle with grilled lobster….yummm
May 24, 2007

C.W. Miller IV
I discovered AlbariÃ±o a few years ago and it has fast replaced my old friend Pinot Grigio as my hot summer with seafood wine of choice.