Gewurztraminer Wines in the Hizzy

Gewurztraminer Wines in the Hizzy – Episode #258

June 18, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Gewurztraminer wines and lets you know exactly how he feels!

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“I only discovered Gewurztraminer quite recently, at a French wine cour…” by GavinF
“QOTD- Gary, come to Europe! Maybe London, or somewhere in Germany/Nort…” by richardvinifera
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Malivoire GewurztraminerCanadian Riesling
2002 Willm Gewurztraminer Clos GaenbroennelAlsace Gewurztraminer
2000 Trimbach Gewurztraminer RibeaupierreAlsace Gewurztraminer

257 Responses

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June 19, 2007

Wimberly Miree
Hey, Boomer, one of my tasting groups in Birmingham, Alabama just got back from a road trip to Bern’s Staeakouse in Tampa. There were eight of us. We tasted wines and ate from 7:00pm until 2:30am the next morning. As I am sure you know, there probably wasn’t anyone in the wine world having more fun than we were during that time.

For those that don’t know, Bern’s has the largest collection (I believe) of great and rare wines in the world….about 1,000,000 bottles, with verticals going back for over 100 years. And the pricing is about the same as commercial wine auction.
June 19, 2007

Wimberly Miree
Go Southeast, young man. Go Southeast.

Gary, I would like to know which food dishes always make you think of Gewurtz.
June 19, 2007

Barb
Come to Walla Walla.
June 19, 2007

TSchampaert
Hey, huge, at last some gewÃ¼rz.
QOTD: come to Brussels. All of us in Europe can join you there if we want to …
June 19, 2007

RieslingRon
QOTD: Come to Ithaca, NY……..the gateway to the Finger Lakes and the many woneries on Cayuga, Seneca and Keuka Lakes
June 19, 2007

ChrisR
QOTD: Come to Tucson Arizona!!!!
June 19, 2007

Chris
Another great episode – never had a Gewurztraminer before… but I aim to change that soon!
June 19, 2007

Chris G
Come to London
I can’t be the only vayniac here can I?
June 19, 2007

DryDrew
I know :/ My spelling is BAD! thanks
June 19, 2007

Susan
Gary-What is this Bring The Thunder???????????????????????????????
June 19, 2007

DryDrew
A while ago (while Gary was in France), as I was coming home to Brooklyn from the â€œdirty Jersâ€, I thought I saw a bill board for WL with Gary on it. I have bin passing by the same root lately and I donâ€™t see it any more! Was I just imagining (it was after 12:00 midnight after a long hard day of work I could have been seeing THINGS) I thing it was at the toll booth for the Goethals bridge can any one clarify this!
June 19, 2007

Raphael S
Vayniacs! I give up.
June 19, 2007

Bill
Gary: I say come to Detroit. You’re a Jersey boy, you can take it!
June 19, 2007

Pearl
Great job on the past episodes link. Makes it a snap to pick up after missing a few episodes.
June 19, 2007

Raphael S
Vaniacs, that is!
June 19, 2007

Matt the Lurker
QOTD – My vote is for San Diego. It also looks like there are a lot of votes for LA out there. What about a 2 night SoCal tour? San Diego is a great place to come to. Let me know if you need any help planning it.
June 19, 2007

Raphael S
I’ll add my call for the Finger Lakes, and Ithaca in particular. It’s a city with great restaurants, great fall foliage, fantastic wines, and plenty of Vanaics I’m sure!
June 19, 2007

Louis S
Great episode as always. I’ve never had a Gewurztraminer, but I’ll definitely try and find one the next time I go out for spicy food (which shouldn’t be very long…)

QOTD: MontrÃ©al
June 19, 2007

Rich G
Gary –

Upstate NY! Naples….GRAPE FEST!!!! Come on – Fall in upstate?!?!?! Its awesome!

Cheers!
Rich

http://www.naplesvalleyny.com/grapefestival.php
June 19, 2007

Bart Springer
Gary … you’re a nut case! Cucumber salad … my late mother was Ukranian … we did cucumber salad at home. On the Russian thing … my mother used to warn me not to let the kids at school know I was half Ukie … the hate thing would wax and wane as relations with the former Soviet Union did as well.

My first gerwurztraminer was a 1964 Willm. This dates me.

Too bad you drank the `04 Malivoire first. (Although starting youngest to oldest is the way to go.) You had a precocious high school kid sitting in with some guys with PhD’s!

As you may know, when gerwurtz gets fully ripe it sends out a fabulous scent to all the birds and animals in the district. Many (non-Alsatian) growers don’t allow the fruit to hang fully for fear of animal theft and pick early-ish. Your notes on the `04 Malivoire smacked of “chaptalization.” The “fruity pebbles” remark and later the “damp towel” comment all harked, in my experience, towards chaptalization. It was also a surprise to see a winery with a, what appears to be, French name using the German spelling of gewurztraminer, with an umlaut! The French (normally) do not use the umlaut as that is a German thing from 1870 and Bismarck. (Latinish shift away from the OE, UE thing)

After this experience, your palate went on to the austere, aristrocrates of the gewurz world. It seems those two years were not the ripest in that part of the world … with 2000 being similar to the 2000 German vintage.

Anyway … as those great Alsatian wines “languish” on your shelves that keeps the price down for guys like me who just adore this grape … especially from Alsace.

I collect these wines and have quite a few of the 1983s in my cellar… they are still outstanding with great acidity to “keep” them. I invariably drink gewurztraminer with Thanksgiving turkey!

Keep up your fantastic missionary work for wine! The US needs you!

Bart Springer
June 19, 2007

AJBerke
Excellent reviewing, Gary. I had never even heard of Gewurztraminer, and now I’m looking forward to trying it.

Have your web guys develop “buttons/widgets” so we can put Wine Library on our blogs.

Oh, the poison ivy has gotten worse and I am now on drugs to clear it up…
June 19, 2007

Carlitos
QOTD. What better place to be during the end of the fall or beginning of the winter than in sunny Miami, FL. Even if you hate the fish, who knows! Maybe (should I say surely) the Jets will kick their butts on Sept 23rd and you’ll be happy you came! Or you can come for the Dec 2nd game!!!

GO GV!
June 19, 2007

Acousticdoc
After reading all the comments for the QOTD, it seems like everyone wants you to come to their home town, myself included. I believe you will get your biggest draw if you hold a Vaynernation Extravaganza in VEGAS. I’ll fly there in a heartbeat. Vegas AND Vaynerchuk….It doesn’t get any better than that!
June 19, 2007

CMD
Come to Seattle!!
June 19, 2007

wm mole
Also GV, have fun hanging with Leo, have been a fan of his (and Erica Hill) since “screen savers”.