Tocai Friulano Taste Off

Tocai Friulano Taste Off – Episode #254

June 12, 2007

There are other white wines in Italy besides Pinot Grigio, today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some very intriguing wines from Italy.

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“QOTD: The Bat-Man. That’s right, the old-school version from when the …” by Phredd
“wow again great show with more info on another varietal…Tocai Friula…” by Adrian
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Sirch Tocai FriulanoColli Orientali del Friuli
2004 Russiz Superiore Tocai FriulanoCollio Goriziano
2004 Doro Princic TocaiCollio Goriziano

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June 13, 2007

MikeyB
qotd: Gleek. highly underrated…
June 13, 2007

Rob B.
QOTD: Green Lantern!!
Another great episode. I love episodes where you talk about different varietals.
June 13, 2007

Ryan D
QotD: Groo the Wanderer, distant second is Hong Kong Fuey.
June 13, 2007

jorge
I read that they will be changing the Tocai Friulano name in the upcoming releases to just “Friulano”.
http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor1/tswa050713.phtml

QOTD: “There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here!”
June 13, 2007

Andy
Yea for Tocai..
QOTD— Captain America
June 13, 2007

Kelby
OK, after viewing your website for the first time, I retract my questions around how you afford your wine. When you only see this show as a podcast on iTunes, this show looks like it is done by some guy from his house. I like that you have not made this show a big, annoying commercial for the store.
June 13, 2007

TSchampaert
Dunno, but for me most Friulano’s are bland. I’ll try to find that Princic. Agree on the Russiz.
QOTD: definitely from LotR, smby like Aragorn or smth.
C ya!
June 13, 2007

Bryan
Good episode – starting to show a little strain

QOTD: Always been a geek, so I’ll have to go with Spiderman, though I’m also partial to Batman.
June 13, 2007

Metal Dave
QOTD: Oak Monster
June 13, 2007

YoungDave
BIG G. – you’re a trooper. Thank you for the marathon taping day for all of these episodes. This one was another great educational one into a completely unfamiliar varietal.

QOTD: I was somewhat partial to Wolverine, back in the day with my Marvel comics and Marvel trading cards, before the recent movies. The Punisher was another favorite anti-hero of mine in my comic-collecting days, but I think I also have to give a shout-out to the dark night as my all-time favorite. Something about Bruce Wayne losing his parents at a young age and using his wealth to develop equipment and suits to avenge his parents’ murder through ridding Gotham of villains like those who made him an orphan… just a good story and a well-written character and a perfect irony of never being able to get full satisfaction or closure of his parents’ death no matter how many villains he defeats…just a never-ending fight.
BATMAN has to be my (Regis Philbin-style) “final answer.”
June 13, 2007

flavasauce
Wonder Woman
June 13, 2007

KC DAN
must try a tocai now !! Qotd : Captain Caveman & hong kong fooey
June 13, 2007

chuck
QOTD: the Green Hornet with Bruce Lee as his driver Kayto.and a tricked out 98.
June 13, 2007

ChrisR
QOD: Favorite Superheroes? How about Fat Mamma, Major Victory and Feedback from Who Wants to Be A Superhero?
June 13, 2007

Andrew Zander
QOTD: BATMAN! He’s a testament to what pure will-power mixed with a little insanity can do. …if only I had the will-power…
June 13, 2007

ChadD
Hey great shout out to the Von Erich’s-Kevin was always my favorite wrestler- grew up watching WCCW (sadly Kevin is the only brother still alive). Give that oak monster the iron claw!!!
QOTD: Wolverine.
June 13, 2007

Justin S
Ohh and I forgot, I LOVE the educational episodes.

Keep Up the Good Work Man!
June 13, 2007

Justin S
QOTD: My favorite was always He-Man as a kid, Battle Cat sold me. I mean come on who wouldn’t want a Big Ass Battle Cat?!?

My .01; Lemons and Bananas sound so good right now.
June 13, 2007

E
Italian whites are always nice. Is it true that the Hungarians are trying to prevent them from calling it Tocai Friulano so people don’t confuse it with Tokaji? Because, there’s no difference between a twelve-buck dry white and a high-end dessert wine. Nope, can’t tell those apart without a scorecard.

QOD: the studio suit who killed the live action Watchmen movie! Seriously though, what about Dr Manhattan–he fried Rorschach, donchaknow.
June 13, 2007

Jim H.
QOTD: The Fantastic 4 was my favorite. Of them my favorites were:

The Human Torch
The Thing
The Invisable Woman
The Rubber Man

Cheers
June 13, 2007

Carlitos
Great stuff! There’s so much variety in Italy. It’s just incredible!

I have to agree with woodchuck and maybe a southern Rhone, or even better, Languedoc-Roussignon episode would be great for the people that don’t know it as well as the value seekers! Please include some Minervois. I had some 2001 examples from JP Senat recently and it was AWESOME! Too bad Solomon is not importing them anymore. I wonder who is. Does anybody know???

QOTD. I always liked Captain America. Simple and effective.
June 13, 2007

Devin P
*Your Lurking skill decreases by 1 point.*

My first comment! Love the show Gary, thanks for bringing the thunder directly to my iPod!

QOTD: Hmmm, I read so many comics, it’s hard to choose, but right now, I think I’d have to go with Nova. Loving the whole “last space cop making the Earth’s problems seem insignificant” thing he has going on now.
June 13, 2007

cpd
Ultraman, of course. (Probably a bit before your time, GV)
June 13, 2007

KW
Mighty Mouse as a kid and Mom for raising 5 kids
June 12, 2007

Martin
Dark Angel (Jessica Alba)