Wine Temperature Time – Episode #273

July 10, 2007

Today Gary Vaynerchuk tries the same wine 3 different ways and has some fun in the middle that will make you veryyyy happy!

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“24, M, Birmingham, UK…” by richardvinifera
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I love Gary. So glad I discovered him….” by Rick
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Le Macchiole RossoTOSCANA IGT

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July 11, 2007

Daniel Agar
Ha nevermind, I’m in the middle of watching the epside.
July 11, 2007

Daniel Agar
Wouldn’t it be better to have all the wines return to room temperature and then taste? That would tell us more about how the storage temperature affects wine.
July 11, 2007

markc
Super episode. Great Fun.

34
Male
Jersey!

Where are all the locals who shop in the store like me?
Is there a Jersey group?
July 11, 2007

Michael
ASS…can never get enough if you ask me!!! …Male > 25 > VA
July 11, 2007

Paul Levy
Interesting episode but I’m not surprised. Taste is largely olfactory — the result of volatile compounds interacting with our sense of smell. These compounds evaporate at different rates which no doubt accounts for the shift in bouquet. Heat speeds up all chemical reactions, which may mimic aging, but it could also chemically alter some of the compounds that give a wine its characteristic taste. Taste the heated wine at room temperature to compare.

Isn’t this worth some kind of freebie? =:
July 11, 2007

Garret Nagle
I dissagree with Mr. Cabernet.

He could have tasted the same bottle on the roof for 3 hours, after letting it get back to completely room temperature. The same goes for the colder wine, allthough cellar temperature would be interesting too. The wine does not need to be stored for a year, because this situation is very common when people forget wine in their car. No one would drink it right out of the car, rather after it cools.

Finally, perhaps Gary could send a bottle of wine out through ground shipping to the middle of the U.S. and back, and then let the bottle rest for 3 weeks to simulate bottle shock from shipping.

And to you Gary, I appologize for refering to you in the third person in an e-mail to you, and using this comment as a discussion board post!
July 11, 2007

Ari
ASS: 30, F, CA
July 11, 2007

eatapc
55. (I hope no one at work sees this.)
M
NJ
July 11, 2007

Joe T
52
M
Pennsylvania

Get the shipping laws improved!!

Joe Trdinich
July 11, 2007

Mr. Cabernet
I was glad you mentioned that you would redo this episode because unless you live in the sahara you won’t be drinking hot wine. I would like to see you taste three wines–one was stored in the 80’s or 90’s, one in a wine cellar and one at room temperture. They would need to be stored for at least a year. Then taste them all at room temperture–BLIND. I think this will be a more meaningful test.
July 11, 2007

Lev M.
thanks for the shwag
a.s.s.: 25/m/nj
July 11, 2007

ErikT
Very interesting show! You did it so I didn’t have to! Awesome.

QOTD: 23, Male, Minneapolis Minnesota
July 11, 2007

wayno da wino
Coool Episode !!!!
It proves that wine is a tuff animal !!

QOTD:
A: 56 (though act like a quarter of dat at
times, must be da CA-air)
S: male
S: California
July 11, 2007

Sassodoro
I admire your experimental approach, and I would love to see more of it. Check out http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor/tswa010618.shtml for a similar experiment performed some years ago with a cabernet sauvignon. He was less interested in the effects of serving temperature than the effects of having previously cooked one of the wines. So he blind tasted the cooked and uncooked wines a few days after leaving one wine in a hot car all day, i.e., when both were at the same serving temperature. And he got a similar result — the heated wine seemed more mature.

All this suggests that shipping wines during the summer may not be a huge problem, provided one intends to drink the wines right away. It may produce a somewhat different wine, but not a ruined wine. On the other hand, the conventional wisdom is that a heated wine won’t age long or well. It would take a rather lengthy experiment to test that, but it would be interesting.

QOTD: 53, male, Illinois

Thanks for the discounted stuff and free shipping!
July 11, 2007

TheDumbPhase
CBC’s in the hizzie
Cell Block Crew
QOTD-
A- 31
S- Not if I can help it (I am incarcerated you know)
S- Rikers Island Correctional Center, NYC
July 11, 2007

KW
Great Show. Very informative.
Thanks for the offers
QOTD: 50 / M / NC
July 11, 2007

Matty Matt
A – 31
S – M
S – Money Makin’ Manhattan (NY)
July 11, 2007

ScottJ
Thanks for the informative episode Gary.
QOTD – 50, M, TX
July 11, 2007

Jim H.
QOTD: 51,Male, California
July 11, 2007

JJW
QOTD: 40/M/ME
July 11, 2007

Ryan
Age – 23
Sex – M
State – PA

Excellent shows. I still haven’t acquired the taste to enjoy wine (or maybe i haven’t tried enough yet) but I still love watching the show. Keep them coming!
July 11, 2007

Tristan
A 22
S M
Paris, France

Keep the thunder up!
July 11, 2007

ScoTT
ASS= 35,M,Utah

Keep up the great shows Gary and keep bring the thunder to the wine world.
July 11, 2007

Koenraad
A – 22
S – M
S – Belgium, province of Antwerp

Does that count? :’(

I FLY LIKE BIRDS IN THE SKY
July 11, 2007

Vic Simianu
A = 20
S = M
S = Indiana

Watching this episode made me think of Gluwein from Austria…I think that’s how you spell it. THUNDER!