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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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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192 Responses

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May 29, 2007

e.fremont
qotd- WLTV is my guilty pleasure.Loved the Zin episode.
May 29, 2007

tim
Glad the LAPD let you go! Nice show, haven’t had a zin for awhile and it was a great reminder about how tasty they can be. So many wines so little time!
May 29, 2007

PhilB
OMG!!
GV is a bad ass thug!! Do you think they’d let you do the podcast from jail?? That’d be pretty neat!!!

QOTD: Getting up at 1pm, having a siesta at 5pm and going to bed early because the day was tiring…
May 29, 2007

tomfar
Oh no. I’m gonna be a purist. There is no such thing as “Red” Zinfandel. Only “Zinfandel” and “White Zinfandel”. I know it’s confusing but we have to stop the madness!
May 29, 2007

stevek1510
the oak monster taking a dump and spraying it with Febreeze?….I can’t wait for the t-shirt…..c’mon GV don’t hate on the police because you don’t pay your fines!!
May 29, 2007

FredinNYC
QOTD: Watching American Idol
May 29, 2007

wm mole
Gary, you have to get busted in Hollywood by LAPD to be a true celebrity. Looks like you made it! Sat night was great. Monrovino, you really packed some thunder with that Shafer 2002 HS. Thanks
May 29, 2007

TheDumbPhase
At least they didn’t take you to “Oz”. You would have ended up like Beecher.
May 29, 2007

Rempshaker
Guilty pleasure??? DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES…of course!!
May 29, 2007

Jeff Williams
Great Show!

QOTD: Winelibrary TV at work
May 29, 2007

FTboomer
Sorry to hear my hometown did you wrong (and my brother is LAPD, which makes me feel even worse). As for the Zins, had the 1977 Ridge the other night and that totally turned me around on Zins. My new adventure.

QOTD: Surfing the internet and WLTV forums inparticular. I spend way too much time in there.
May 29, 2007

KAHUNA
Hey Gary sorry to hear about your troubles
http://64.70.236.6/gvcop.jpg
May 29, 2007

Mark Z.
Gary,

Did the LAPD take your Jets bucket in lieu of bail? Time for a new one?

Mark Z.
May 29, 2007

bruty
Good Episode
Sounds like you had a real interesting time in LA this weekend.

QOTD: My guilty pleasure would have to be dark chocolate
May 29, 2007

patrill
haha. awesome story. that’s the LAPD for you.
May 29, 2007

Jeffrey
qotd (re: wines): Has to be cheap Finger Lakes Seyval Blanc’s in the summer…Otherwise, any ice wine/sauternes will do!
May 29, 2007

Elliot Essman
Guilty pleasure? I feel no guilt in pleasure. We all need less guilt as it relates to enjoying ourselves.

Excellent zin episode. Zin deserves it. The grape did not originate in the United States, but we’ve made it our own. I have a feeling greater zinfandel history is yet to be written.
May 29, 2007

CindyW
Fun episode — I love zins! Can’t wait for those oak monster tees to come in.
May 29, 2007

vibemore
And here I thought Red Zins were out of style. It is good to have an alternative to the Rosenblums and Renwoods.

Thanks for including cellar times on these wines. I’m just (barely) starting to build up a collection and am curious how long to hold onto something. I realize it is kind of a subjective thing, but a little guidance helps. It is better than the one size fits all inserts in the wine magazines.
May 29, 2007

Ben N.
I love L.A. and Zin.
May 29, 2007

John Blue Label
GV,
Great episode. I love the way you ranked the wines and talked about their relative values. You should get back to doing that. Zin is a wonderful wine. Will have to try some of these. I agree it is a good summer red!
QOTD: Guilty pleasures: 2 of them. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch (hence my moniker) and Grand Marnier Centaire Brandy. That stuff really rocks.

JWB
May 29, 2007

John Blue Label
GV,
Great episode. I love the way you ranked the wines and talked about their relative values. You should get back to doing that. Zin is a wonderful wine. Will have to try some of these. I agree it is a good summer red!
QOTD: Guilty pleasures: 2 of them. Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch (hence my moniker) and Grand Marnier Centaire Brandy. That stuff really rocks.

JWB
May 29, 2007

ScottL
Gary,

Nice episode today. I will have to give the Haywood a try, I missed out on the Copain Le Printemps Rose (that sold out fast).

Guilty Pleasure: Old Amsterdam Gouda Cheese. I can’t stop eating that stuff, it’s amazing I am not a whale by now.
May 29, 2007

Lurker2
For everyone having problems with the viddler feed, why not just scroll down the page and watch the Quicktime version via Amazon S3?
May 29, 2007

waibeans
AWESOME story and great show all around GV..

QOD: latest indulgence was double fisting some Chimay’s and Johnny Walker Blue while playin poker till the wee hours. Didn’t lose my shirt, but did lose conciousness. LOL!