Serious Red Zinfandel – Episode #244

May 29, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk attacks 4 very serious Red Zinfandels because you have asked him to.

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“QOTD: Top Gun….” by Phredd
“How much oak is “too much”? Is it diminishing the fruit of the wine? I…” by Erik Wait
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2001 Sky Zinfandel Mount VeederOther California Red Zinfandel
2002 Trinitas Russian River ZinfandelSonoma Red Zinfandel
2004 Haywood Rocky Terrace ZinfandelNapa Red Zinfandel
2004 Coppola Pennino ZinfandelNapa Red Zinfandel

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June 30, 2009

Phredd
QOTD: Top Gun.
August 23, 2008

Erik Wait
How much oak is “too much”? Is it diminishing the fruit of the wine? Is it overbearing? Does it dominate the wine? Or is it merely a key characteristic that YOU don’t particularly care for? I have been to Trinitas, loved their wines.

GO RAIDERS!
July 12, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Ouch. Id be dropping bricks all over the place once I got my hands in the cuffs. Nice to see everything worked out. For some reason I was thinking the way you were telling the story the cop knew who you were and was having a bit of fun with you. And as I watch this, I have indeed been watching since episode one. Go me! Oak plus poop plus Fabreeze? Well that just sounds all kinds of yummy to me…. mmmm mmmmm. Is there ever a show where you dont have a totally bizzare way to decsribe a wine? Yes or no, its a part of the brilliance of WLTV. Yet again, ive never had a Red Zin but promise that I will in the future. The 2001 Sky sounds like it would make my pallate happy.
QOTD: Journey. Yes, the band Journey. How can you not like the absolute dorkiness of this band? And Steve Perry’s voice? Come on! Not the greatest songs by a long shot, but something about Perry’s voice and Neil Schon on guitar (he was in Santana, you know) make it work.
February 18, 2008

Chris Tessari
Good call on Roger Clemens not doing anything when he came back to the Yanks.
February 18, 2008

Chris Tessari
Bring a video camera next time you go to a Raiders game. I’d love to see an 80 year old grandma in Road Warriors gear get in a three-point stance and charge at you! Next time do a head slap and slide to the right.
October 20, 2007

9524tee
Awesome, never heard of Sky, you made me want to try it. I’m getting sick of these explosive zins, they were fun for awhile.
August 1, 2007

Trish
Gary, I love your honesty and enthusiasm. I’m new to wine, but have found that Zin and Cab are my favorites. I like something that lingers for oh… eternity. Could you do an episode on a winery from Washington state called L’Cole 41? I love their wine, and they are good people. Very streight forward wines. I didn’t really like Chardonay much, but their 2005 changed my mind in a big way. I would love to hear your view on it.
July 18, 2007

Donald Pipkin
GV: Eric, smell this.
Eric: Smells like wine.
GV: Eric, taste this.
Eric: Tastes like grapes.
June 4, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Guilty pleasure was up until the end of the show Gilmore Girls. Since I am a big fan of Zinds this was fun, probably much more fun than getting arrested in LA. As a passenger I’ve never been asked for a driver’s license at a stop so I guess some bad luck there. Are the Sky and Haywood pretty available?
June 3, 2007

Jeff
QOTD: Eating a whole pint of Ben & Jerry’s or Starbucks ice cream.

Great show!
June 3, 2007

Mike Erdely
Holy crap, dude! That must have been scary as hell.

I got pulled over for speeding in N.C. one time and the cop asked me to come back and sit in the front seat of the squad car. I thought, “Oh no”. He was trying to scare me (thinking I was a college student) about my future if my insurance rates went up. But sitting in that squad car was scary enough. Anyway, I just got a warning that time.

I love Red Zinfandel. I’m definitely going to have to check out the Sky & Haywood.

QOTD: My guilty pleasure has to be Christina Aguilera. My musical taste is generally rock: Pearl Jam, White Stripes, Green Day. But I loves me some xtina.
June 2, 2007

Slick Nick
Gary — too funny!!

QOTD: guilty pleasure.. fork a Perugina Baci and dip it in Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread!!
June 1, 2007

SoCal
Dude,
Just catching up on some eps I missed while traving.
QOTD: guilty pleasure…wine collecting
June 1, 2007

ChadD
Gary, I live in Ohio but spent a week in LA last year-only saw one cop and only one person pulled over the entire time I was there! Crazy story. I must admit I was never into wine or any alcohol until about four years ago when we went out with some friends to a nice restaurant. They were wine drinkers so I ordered a bottle of Coppola Shiraz (yes I’m a movie geek and I ordered it just because it was “THE” Coppola). Bottle was $40-and I really liked it. Later I went out and bought several bottles (at $15-I quickly learned about price mark-up in restaurants) and have been drinking wine since. I don’t know if I would still like that wine today or not, but I have a bottle in the cellar that I’ll pop one of these days.
QOTD: Myspace-I’ve met and talked to people I would never have in a million years otherwise.
June 1, 2007

tnfdude
QOTD: oh dear, i can’t believe i’m admitting to this, watching Laguna Beach/The Hills on MTV…
May 31, 2007

Wine Lush
QOTD: Taking two hour long bubble baths in the whirlpool tub, with a nice bottle of Champagne (preferably single grower) and one of my books on wine to relax and read. Two loves, one place.

Nice to see some serious Zin coming out. I dunno about Coppola, he kinda makes his wine like Disney. $25 Entrance fee to the estate? Kinda lost some respect there, but I understand, his estate is probably overrun with tourists.
May 31, 2007

Jennifer
Outstanding ep, GV. Good job, big man!
I’ve been on vacation, so I’m catching up.
Great story… I was was beginning to think that the guy that pulled you over was a “hot cop”, and it was all a big joke. But no banana, huh. What I want to know is, why in the world did he pull you over in the first place?
Ah well. There’s no place like home.
QOTD: My soap- Days of Our Lives.
May 31, 2007

Karl B.
QOTD: guilty pleasure – I wish I had something fantastic outside of buying great wines, but mine is to enjoy tobacco products while I am playing golf.
May 31, 2007

Adrian
See you tomorrow night…Were coming up from Santa Rosa. Can’t wait to meet. Nice story about L.A.
May 30, 2007

Slick
Great episode Gary. I love old-school zins (I’ve found old vines to have the best depth.) The Trinitas winery have been some of my favorite zins (I haven’t had the 2002 Russian River you sampled). The Trinitas 2002 OV Contra Costa County is a 92+ and while the Old Vine Cuvee blend is a 94 in my book.

QOTD(after): NASCAR racing, am I the only wine drinker amongst these tailgaters – zins and high octane is a wonderful mix ?
May 30, 2007

yowens44
We went zin hunting today- wish we would have seen this episode first!!! loved it.
May 30, 2007

Kathleen Lisson
QOTD – The all you care to eat sushi Sunday’s at Totem in Albany, NY
I love sushi so much!

Kathleen Lisson
Wine and Stories from the Vineyard Blog – http://www.myspace.com/gamay
May 30, 2007

H-Why
Don’t mess with the LAPD!
May 30, 2007

John Witherspoon
WOW do I love ZiN. I am drinking a 2005 Castle ROck (12.45) from Mendocino right now. Seghesio (single vineyard stuff), Ridge (although slightly pricey) and Yoakim Bridge (great small producer in Dry Creek) are 3 of my favorites plus you can always count on Rosenblum.
Great Ep.

QOTD: Greatest Guilty Pleasure = I don’t know if it’s guilty or not, but video games are crazy addictive, even if you are 30! haha

Keep it up
J DUB
May 30, 2007

Douglas
QOTD (for Tuesday, anyway) my guilty pleasures musically are Amy Grant, and one of the most underrated singers of the 80s Ms. Deborah Anne Marie Gibson (you probably remember her as Debbie Gibson)!

You can start laughing . . . in about twenty years !

Douglas aka demilove