Entry Level Riesling Tasting

Entry Level Riesling Tasting – Episode #257

June 15, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 low priced Rieslings on this pretty Friday!

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“Love the reisling episode. Gonna have to see if the last one is still…” by Phredd
“Great show..nice to see you in top form…..and Riesling in definitely…” by Adrian
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Rocky Gully Dry RieslingAustralian Riesling
2005 Von Buhl Armand Kabinett RieslingGerman Riesling
2004 Domaine Schoffit Riesling Harth TraditionAlsace Riesling

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June 16, 2007

YoungDave
QOTD: The Plan? My plan? Continue working at my restaurant in Boston, using you as inspiration when recommending wines to my customers every night, until the end of June, then home to RI for the 4th of July (it’s huge in my home town- oldest parade in the country), see dome friends and family, then fly out to LA for (a long time) to work in TV and hopefully start a productive, exciting, and possibly lucrative career… and I’m sure there’ll be room for WLTV every night when I’m there as well– OH and maybe (unlike Massachusetts) I’ll actually be able to take advantage of some of WL’s amazing sales!!

WAIT: What’s THE PLAN for BIG G??!
June 16, 2007

dkeck
QOTD:Plan…..Expand your store into the LA Market, so you can have east cost and west coast distribution. Then sit back a cork one.
June 16, 2007

Justin S
My .02; More people should check out the Henry Rollins show, that man is bringing a little truth to America IMO.

QOTD: My plan is to make enough money to buy a farm and retire in the country.
June 16, 2007

Pablo
QOTD: Plan? I dunno about you, but my plan is to drink some yummy wine! =)

P.S. – what’s with the one sleeve pushed(not rolled) up? Is that your omage to LL Cool J without having to show off your legs? ;]
June 16, 2007

NathanN
Smith MBA you cracked me up!

The A-TEAM ROCKS
June 16, 2007

NathanN
Great show! It’s nice to see ya back on the Friday couch. Thanks for the walk down memory lane with the quotes from the T-Shirts. I remember them all and especially the description of Razon. That wine kicked some serious butt and only $8. I need some more!

QOTD: It’s God’s plan Man!
June 16, 2007

DomTheSomm
Gary…long time no drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrop! (intergalatic planatary) NEWAYZ, love the episode, I am happy to see you have not changed and still up to your ways on telling it like it is. So…here’s the plan…as a “somm”, drinking wine can be equally as fun as much as it is work….so for those days (many) when work becomes play and you still need to rise to the plate like Bond’s on Flax Seed Oil (yah Right)…drink 1 glass of water and take 2 Tylenol PM’s….no hangover! And you can still rise for Sunday Morning football! Later! DomTheSomm from sunny CALI!!!
June 16, 2007

vivaitalia
The last bottle was exceptional and only scored a 90? Is that a price thing? Riesling has always been my favorite white grape and i’ve gotten a lot of grief for it. I’ve always contended that it has the best balance of sweetness, minerality, crispness, and complexity. I wish you would have thrown in one from Washington, I think they are making some of the best qpr rieslings in the world.
June 16, 2007

JCfromtheWC
I love how Gary can smell how the pear was sliced “beautifully sliced baby pear”

QOTD: Don’t know. Was just thinking about it. Pinot Noir maybe? Although the riesling episode is tempting me…
June 16, 2007

Kevin C.
Great episode again! I fall into teh trap of sticking with NZ SB when I drink white, thanks for reminding me to consider the Reisling. QOTD- stay safe from the oak monster, check the car for my knife in case I hit that deer, then a nice jog through that tropical fruit jungle…
June 15, 2007

vanmatthew
So i’m sorry i’ve been lurking the last month or so. but great show. So just wondering did you drop chone figgins? He was struggling after you picked him up but he’s been tearing it up. (Angels fan and watching the dodgers angels game right nwo)
June 15, 2007

thabeav
Gary,

Great show. Nice selection of well priced wines.

How about a T-shirt with the oak monster pounding you with a bottle of Cali Chardonnay? (That way you can claim that everyone bought it because YOU were on it!)

QOTD: Sauv blanc tonight – Matua Paratei; Sancerre tomorrow – Alphonse Mallot; Reisling on Sunday. Any more thoughts on the “rat out a lurker” segment? It would be a fun way to give away those “unpopular” Gary Vaynerchuk T-shirts! (Just kidding.)
June 15, 2007

Doc Dan
Great job Gary! QOTD: Watch the Jets win a SuperBowl!
June 15, 2007

Dan NYC
Plan? How not to get too buzzed on vino and still wake up for work in the am.
June 15, 2007

wildebeest
can you believe I was actually adding html for a hyperlink into the Name field? Jeez, I feel like a moron.
June 15, 2007

wildebeest
YES! I finally figured it out! …the problem is you guys just made it far too simple.
June 15, 2007

TomB.
Just got back from running “naked in a tropical forest and loving it!”…… Should we start a “quote” of the day?
QOTD: The plan is for my beloved Bills to beat your beloved Jets!
Oh yeah… Lurker no more!
June 15, 2007

JamesN.
GV
Awesome episode, I love rieslings, Just got back from a trip to Germany, unfortunately I only brought back 6 bottles. I wouldn’t mind seeing some Gewurztraminers being tasted on the show.
QOTD..
The plan is to enjoy good wine, good food, with friends and family sprinkled in for good balance. Simple recipies are often the best!
June 15, 2007

Winodontist
I like Riesling, just can’t figure out which of those tall-ass, skinny bottles to pick.

QOTD: My plan is to make a ton of dough and go nice places with my family, basically see the world, and immerse myself in whatever local culture I am taking part in that week. Sampling the wine is of course mandatory.
My secret plan is to meet you, some how, some way. Not in a creepy stalker kind of way, but you know.
June 15, 2007

wildebeest
dang it *grumble*
June 15, 2007

wildebeest
trying again…
June 15, 2007

wildebeest
I’m just checking to see if the link I’m attempting to embed in my name is working.
June 15, 2007

Larry
Great! I only knew of rieslings as a sickeningly sweet concoction until I visited Hungary and Austria last summer. Wow, what an awakening. Now I always look for them. Thanks for the pointing out a couple that are a little easier on the wallet (especially after forking out bigger bones for the Grosset Riesling Polish Hill).

QOTD: Keep busting my ass until I can retire and drink great wine every day for the rest of my life! Only 14 more to go . . .
June 15, 2007

Darlene O.
Hey, Gary, great episode!! QOD: What’s the plan??? To live large, live well, live abundantly!!!
June 15, 2007

wine-ot
Solid show G…running naked through the tropical forest….sign me up (bought 6)!!! Welcome back, missed you (not in that way)!