90 Point Wine Values – Episode #248

June 4, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 4 wines scored 90 points by Parker, Spectator, Wine Enthusiast ect and are under $20.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Trevor Jones Virgin ChardonnayAustralian Chardonnay
2003 Silverado MerlotNapa Merlot
2005 Zabrin AttecaOther Spanish Red Wine
2005 Marquis Philips Sarah’s BlendAustralian Red Meritage

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June 4, 2007

Doc Dan
Keep it up O’ wine GOD! I enjoy comparing your first impressions with my own.
June 4, 2007

laposte
My $0.02

QOTD,
I enjoy the current format other than when you go on vacation and feel obligated to tape twelve shows in one dayâ€¦guilt raises its ugly head. Perhaps you could just do a one or two wines/show. Also I love the wine and cheese pairing episodesâ€¦but whatâ€™s with this watching your cholesterol thing anywayâ€¦weâ€™re mammals if we donâ€™t consume it we produce itâ€¦right
June 4, 2007

Nathan L
QOD: As is dude. I like to see wines that aren’t great too. There have been many times you tasted wines I was interested in and you panned them. I also like to see your natural reaction and the enthusiams you have when you make a new find. PLEASE keep the format the same
June 4, 2007

BobMac
I like the idea of the occasional blind test…
June 4, 2007

JustinL
QOTD: Definitely keep the format as is. I think that if you go into tastings with a lot of pre-conceived notions about the outcome, it’s going to cloud your judgement and ruin the spontanaeity of the show. I love it when you a genuinely surprised by a wine.
June 4, 2007

sweaver
You already have a pretty good track record of mixing things up. When you do a theme-based show perhaps you could highlight one wine that you feel truly represents the theme in an outstanding way. The basic format of the show however should stay the same – that is constantly shifting focus all around the wine world so we can change all of it.
June 4, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
Keep it the way it is…..BUT
Maybe add some extra BLIND tastings,
Every couple months have a week of GUESTS,, winemakers, Vayniacs????
Selfishly….. I just want to be able to come home at night and before bed, sit and watch a little WLTV,,, learn something and be entertained,,, Is that ASKING all that much?????
Hope you are having a great trip,,,, I’m off to another exotic land, like you….. CANADA!!! in pursuit of Wally Walleye!
June 4, 2007

GregS
QOTD: I love the show as it is, however, I can also see value in dedicating something like an episode per week towards recommendations (maybe based on requested themes). This would provide a useful service to viewers looking to buy wines.

Oh, and by the way, why have all of the “Gary V’s picks” on the main page become nothing but premium priced wines (averaging almost $50 per bottle). Come on throw some value priced bones!
June 4, 2007

Greg B.
Big G. Love the episode. I’m looking forward to that Silverado Merlot. QOTD. Do not, Do not, change a thing about the show I love. The Show brings the thunder just the way it is. The people who write to will just have to match up their tastes with yours and then they will know if they will enjoy a Wine that you recommend.
Keep Killing it Big G.
June 4, 2007

MarkT
Why not mix it up a bit? It might not be bad to have an episode now and then of “Gary’s Picks”.
June 4, 2007

Bobinnati
Oh yeah – the place where pre-tasting might come in handy is when you have guests from a winery. If you don’t know what you’re getting and you taste a real clunker, you might not want to embarrass your guests by being brutally honest. I will reiterate a suggestion that I remember from someone else that the way around this would be to taste all of the potential offerings from that winery and only re-taste those that you truly liked on the show. That way, you don’t have to be tough on your guests and we get to see the wines you really believe to be worth the effort.
June 4, 2007

Atreyu
Gary,
keep the show as you are doing it, but every now and then throw in an episode of recommended value wines.

Have a good trip!
June 4, 2007

Bobinnati
QOTD – keep doing what you are doing. I like the unrehearsed aspect of it. It is like sitting down in a friend’s kitchen and tasting wine together without knowing what to expect.
June 4, 2007

Ole Ole
Welcome back, Gary, kalimera.

QOTD: Fresh tastings, element of surprise, that’s the ticket. More than that… please please do some BLIND TASTING on WLTV. Eric will cover up the bottles and you’ll have to taste them, then uncover at the end. I always fall off on the adventure side of the fence (once I started climbing).

Now and then do a pair-off, more competitive. Like, “old world Merlot” versus “New World Merlot” or orginal French Rhone blend versus “New World Rhone blend”. Or $12 Aussie Shirazs against $12 American Shiraz (North or South)… and do that in blind tasting. Oh, Vayniacs, this will take us to episode 1000, easy.
June 4, 2007

John Witherspoon
Hey Gary V
Hope Venice is rockin’, I will be there later this month after I visit the Piemonte region.

QOTD: Keep the show as is, especially now that you are hooked up with cork’d, we can see your drinking ratings that way as long as you keep it up to date.

SEe ya
J DUB
June 4, 2007

Denise W
I’m on the fence… I would love to hear some of your favorites and recommendations, but the mystery- seeing your facial expressions and hearing your off-the-cuff comments when you taste a wine for the first time- is what makes this show priceless. Mix it up!
June 4, 2007

cosmo108
Keep the show as it is.
June 4, 2007

ecola
QOTD: Taste the things you haven’t had before, it keeps the show exciting. Every once in a while do an episide for value, then the next day change it up. You do a great job keeping the show fresh, and I’ve already learned so much.
June 4, 2007

Jon K
QOTD: Stick with status quo, but throw in something you want to share now and then.
June 4, 2007

Dave Canada
Can’t agree with you on there being a place for wines like that Marquis Phillips. If I want 16% alcohol, I’ll drink Amarone….there is way too much shit going one (ie over extraction, 100% new oak, limited selection of grapes) for those types of wine to be enjoyable. I drink one glass and am smashed both by the alcohol and the five alive….not for me…..
QOTD – I say you mix it up Gary….sometime it would be nice for you to do a show about wine you tasted where you stick you face right up against the lense and say “BUY THIS OR YOU ARE STUPID SHIT!” Just my two cents
June 4, 2007

Bossman
Dude,

Forget the laptop, forget the email, the store, the comments, Cork’d, Twizzler/Twither or whatever the heck it’s called. Relax, regenerate, revitalize and re-energize for gosh sake you’re on vacation. It isn’t going anywhere and you’re not missing anything you can’t catch up on. The taping of 12 shows was going above and bbeyond any reasonable expectation.

Threw me for a loop there, the “Sarah’s blend” link leads to Cork’d instead of the WL page, redundant in that there is a Cork’d link to the right. I like to click into WL and put wines you’ve piqued my interest in into the cart for my next purchase. No biggie this time given your take on the wine (ha ha) although I was “seeking” it out on my visit to WL on Memorial day and it wasn’t on the shelf which, in retrospect, is a good thing.

Also, you might want to reconsider the whole Winezap link on the buy it button in Cork’d. Given the value-added provided by your reviews on WLTV and Cork’d and the fact your prices are among the best anyway you don’t need to steer people to the competition. Frankly I wouldn’t mind paying a little more for all the steering to and from once one understands your palates relation to one’s own.

QOTD: Straddling the fence (doesn’t on the fence mean undecided anymore?), once every two weeks or so do a show on what struck you (good or bad) to illustrate a specific point you’re making but the rest of the time don’t change a thing from current format. If it ain’t broke….
June 4, 2007

Montrose
QOTD: It would be a grave injustice to the entire wine world to change the format of the show. It is fine to change the wine world, but why tinker with what is working so well?
June 4, 2007

portman
As always, a great informative ep.

A good mix of wines today. Always looking for labels on your shows that i can find in the barren winelands of Maine.

Nice appearance from your dad. Spontaneous. What did you do to the birds? I don’t hear them chirping in the background lately. Had a BBQ did you?

QOTD: reading the earlier comments and it’s clear that the majority want you “to keep it the same”. The way I see it, the same would be most episodes like you did for today, the occasional Friday couch, the occasional stacked lineup of prior sampled wines, the occasional guest, off site ep’s like Bordeaux and London, once a blue moon blind tastings, and so on and so on.

Sounds like a great mix to me.

Keep up the great work. We are becoming believers.

Mike
June 4, 2007

Angie
QOTD–keep things as they are…but throw in a recommendation once in a while.
June 4, 2007

Domer99
GV-

I thought the Trevor Jones was unoaked – an unspoiled “virgin”. Where did the Oak Monster come from?

D99