Kosta Browne Taste Off With a Ringer…Blind

Kosta Browne Taste Off With a Ringer…Blind – Episode #271

July 6, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk has some fun on this friday, answers a few questions and tastes some AMAZING PINOT NOIRS Blind!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Kosta Browne Pinot Sonoma on Wine-Searcher
2005 Amisfield Pinot Noir Central OtagoNew Zealand Pinot Noir
2004 Kosta Browne Pinot Sonoma on Wine-Searcher

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July 6, 2007

Randy
I would probably go for a Pinot that tastes like dirt before drinking one that tastes like a cab or zin. Gotta live up to expectations. BAH!
July 6, 2007

Randy
Another classic episode. Good one, Gary!

QOD: I tasted a BV Carneros Pinot (review is on Cork’d) that wasn’t really inspiring, but that’s about as bad as it got for me. I gotta say that almost everything I’ve tried in the last two weeks has been nice and drinkable, not anything like Two Buck Chuck or worse.

Hey, next blind tasting, you should wrap Jennifer Piper around your head! (let’s see if she picks up *this* plug)
July 6, 2007

yowens
Love Darth Vayner reading the NJ weekly or whatever that was- well done. QOTD: Nothing that was bad, but the worst of them would have been a muscadet last night.
July 6, 2007

Stevei-e B
Hey Gary,

I love Sonoma coast wines. Tried some great Pinot Noir from Failla (Rancho Santa Rosa) and some Viogner from Failla (Alban VineYard.) Lovely stuffing.
July 6, 2007

Shadowbird
QOTD: A Chilean Shiraz. Tasted too oaky.
July 6, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: I don’t drink bad wines. I only drink wines recommended by Gary Vay-ner-chUk!!!!
July 6, 2007

shaggy D
I haven’t had any! I’m dieing here
July 6, 2007

KenP
KAHUNA in right on point. I am puzzled by what has happened to Ã‡ali Pinot. Next time include a similarly priced Burgandy. Or do a blind Burgandy ep with Romanee Conti et al. Fun ep, neverthelass.
July 6, 2007

TheDumbPhase
You look kinda like Tri-Klops from He-Man with the shirt on your head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Klops
July 6, 2007

Ken B.
Gary,

Great show, the blind tasting is fun. I think it shows that you have a great palate and I would like to see other shows in the future to really challenge you.

QOTD: No bad wine in the last 14 days! Good for me.
July 6, 2007

Nick
Have you tried the 2005 sonoma coast. we just got it in and I must say there was an awkward cola sweetness and much less depth than the 04 (I’ve never had the ‘03).

I don’t really drink much stuff that’s been very bad recently but for the price the new vintage of Kosta Browne would have to be up there. I had Allison Rose from Steltzner Vineyards and that was “like Skittles”….but the sour kind that you have to chew forever. It was perhaps the worst rose I’ve had all year and is pricy for rose.
July 6, 2007

KAHUNA
OK – Pinot traditionally is not equal to Big Wine- so why do the Cali Pinots get Props for being Over extracted big wines instead of finesse wines which Pinot is traditionally known for- I would think your tasting notes should have been followed with – this is what is wrong with Cali Pinot- Over extracted too big blah blah blah- Just curious because Napa Cab gets panned with the fake over extracted tag for doing the same thing the Kosta Pinot’s did-

Sounds like the Kosta Pinots are made to please a Cab or Zin drinker as opposed to a long time Pinot/ Burgundy fan.
July 6, 2007

John Farrin
Thanks Gary, it makes me feel better about actually being on the KB waitlist. I think we Californians should get waitlist priority status

On another front, watch the false modesty. I will appreciate it if you don’t get a big head but ‘just don’t have the talent’, oh please. Have you read the Time article ?:) If not, I told you earlier that I was going to tear the page out and put it in my wallet so you can borrow mine and educate yourself on your popularity.
July 6, 2007

Shad
Fun episode. Its nice to see that there are “big” Pinot Noirs out there. Most I have had have been thin and I have not been impressed at all. QOTD: worst wine in last 14 days…Ruffino Chianti that was brought to our home for a dinner.
July 6, 2007

Sonnenuhr
U r 1 crazy mother – great show, keep ‘em coming!

How about a review of The Prisoner (Orin Swift)
July 6, 2007

Keith E
Week long viewer, first time poster.

Gary, tell me what I need to do to get some of that free Schwag? How do you think a La Crema Pinot Noir would stack up against these 3?
July 6, 2007

Noflag
QOTD – Ridge, ZIN, Ponzo vinyards, 2004. It was not plunk, just a BIG let down. the wine making was just all oak, too bad. $30 too, ouch!
July 6, 2007

panoca
TOP TEN?!
Kosta Browne Pinot are my favorite pinots from U.S. Just a little hard to find.
GW Gary!
July 6, 2007

Tiny Enemy Crab
You better make good on your sofa statement Gary! That sofa is the heart and soul of WLTV.

Ok so maybe it isn’t…
July 6, 2007

KAHUNA
Did you smell them before you started filming?
July 6, 2007

ole ole
Love it. Good one.
July 6, 2007

KAHUNA
Pinot Suc…. Nevermind! Great to see all the Vayniacs on Thursday and GV and Ian. Always fun!
July 6, 2007

garyv
SOFA will be back hard NEXT WEEK!
July 6, 2007

Karl Laczko
Have you given up on the Friday sofa experience?
Exclusive Pinot Noirs – that gives me an idea for the weekend. I like the blind idea, but not sure on the moustache.
July 6, 2007

KenP
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