Chile Bring The Thunder on WLTV?

Chile Bring The Thunder on WLTV? – Episode #275

July 13, 2007

3 great buys all scored really well by Jay Miller from Chile a country with a great rep for being a value zone. Gary Vaynerchuk attacks these 3 wines on this wonderful Friday afternoon! “FRIEND HIM UP”

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“Great rant, classic WLTV moment. I do buy off-the-shelf cases, though…” by Phredd
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Vino Casablanca Nimbus Estate Sauvignon BlancChilean Sauvignon Blanc
2005 Santa Carolina Reserva ChardonnayChilean Chardonnay
2005 Cousino Macul Antiguas Reserve Cabernet SauvignonChilean Cabernet Sauvignon

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July 13, 2009

JasonA
man I feel like I was on the loosing team at half time and the coach just gave us one those speeches that make you want to go out and KILL the other team. I AM PUMPED!

In fact, every wine I have now is something different. And being a newby is part of that, but also rev. GaryV. The last time I had the same bottle of wine was to share something with friends and family I had at a tasting.

jason
July 9, 2009

Phredd
Great rant, classic WLTV moment. I do buy off-the-shelf cases, though. What’s the point of finding a value wine if you don’t actually buy some of it to have around and enjoy while feeling good about how little you paid for it?

QOTD: No way I’m BUYING 365 wines in a year, but I’ll try as many as I can get my hands on. I frequent three different local wine stores just to get in on three times as many free tastings.
June 27, 2009

Adrian aka AnGkEr
What a rant…..wow….brilliant and fantastic. GV at his best……
QOTD: If I have the bones…you bet…
July 25, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Wow…. Thats a rant that ranks above any of Dennis Millers, because he pre-wrote them head of time. That one was straight from, the hip/heart and full of passion. Gary kicking ass and taking names, perhaps? That brings me to the QOTD: I would really like to, and will do my best, but even buying cheap bottles of wine I cant afford to go 365 in one year. One day my wine dreams will come…….
January 13, 2008

Withnail
Awesome! Perhaps some good did come from your hiatus.
January 10, 2008

Kevin W.
That rant was awesome. It kind of reminded me of old school WWF. When the wrestlers would have their short interviews/rants. All GV needed to say was ohhhhh yeahhhhh!, and you would have Randy the Macho Man Savage. Once again awesome rant, and if I could afford it I would try 365 wines in a year. GV you are great.
January 10, 2008

Todd Smith
Wheh… that was awesome! Awesome rant! Amen! Ya’ll better be listenen.
January 7, 2008

Adam Z
Awesome episode, thanks for linking it up on twitter. Have the badge on my site. Usually I can’t afford to try a wine every day but I just spent the holidays at home and my dad and I went through quite a few. It’s so much fun being a total noob and figuring out what I like and don’t like.
December 15, 2007

Kristen
Way to go GV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was a super cool episode and even better because it was on my birthday!!! I’m totally down with trying new wines and there is nothing better to me than spreading the Wine Gospel (WG anyone?) and seeing repeat customers buy NEW things…and then come back and say, “hey, that was really good!” Or recommending someone to try a glass of the Albarino instead of that Riesling or Chard! Thanks for this ep, it was really great!
November 1, 2007

Rico
yeah yaaaa!!!!!!!!!
lets change the wine world!!!!!!!!
August 16, 2007

Daniel Rymer
QOTD: Even at $10/bottle average, that’s a $3650 investment. Do the free tastings from a plastic thimble cup at total wine count? If so, I’m there GV!

Side note, I hope the upgrades you’re doing to corkd don’t cause me to lose the huge list of wines in my shopping list. I can’t wait for the weather to cool down some (it’s been 100F+ the last few weeks) so I can ship some new flavas my way.
August 10, 2007

Nick H
What a great show, How great is it to see you try a style or wine region that you have talked up and not be let down, Definitly will seek out the Sauv and Chard.

An emotional end to the show, Brilliant. How can I get one of those wristbands

Nick from NZ
August 9, 2007

Sam I
QOD: Only way I’m trying that many wines is if you plan more wine tastings for your Vayniac nation otherwise I simply can’t get through that many wines by my lonesome
August 1, 2007

mcj
QOTD: 365 is a bit steep, but I definitely plan on ordering some WL cases once it’s not so @#$# hot out this way
July 30, 2007

Reverb
Hey I have recently got into wine tasting and wanted to try the Vino Casablanca Nimbus Estate Sauvignon Blanc, but can’t find it anywhere. I live in Eastern lower Michigan, around Detroit and can’t seem to find this anywhere. I love close to Whole Food, World Market, and Trader Joes, but I can’t get it at either place. Any other suggestions on where I might be able to find this thunder wine?
July 27, 2007

LT
I just bought the Nimbus Estate last night…unaware you had reviewed it a short 2 weeks ago, but am now excited to try it. I am, however, a little sad that you paid $10 and I paid $12.
July 25, 2007

wlburk
OMG! That was without a doubt, hands down the coolest rant/inspirational speech I’ve ever seen/heard in my life.

Seriously, you’re new motto should be: “We’re mad as hell, and we’re not gonna take it anymore!”
July 25, 2007

thejordan
gary,

i’m a poor college student that would love to try 365 bottles of wine in 365 days. the thing is, I’M A POOR COLLEGE STUDENT. if i come to your shop, what can ya do for a brotha? are there free tastings anywhere? should i use part of my financial aid on wine? help!
July 22, 2007

Neil D
Oh . . . my . . . god.

That was epic, you were giving me the chills there Gary.

We all should scream at the top of our lungs like that. There is a lot wrong in the world, and we should all go out there and teach people what we know and love. Gary, I admire you because you’re out there, screaming, telling people what’s wrong (in the nicest way possible), and I will DEFINITELY do everything in my power to try as many wines as I possibly can.
July 22, 2007

DanM
Catching up on episodes and boy was this a good one. Thanks Gary.

Did anyone else feel like the episode was a snowball rolling down a hill. More volume as it went along and at the end it crashed into the ski chalet?

Back to catching up…
July 20, 2007

Jeff
Did you bump your forehead on the inside of my monitor? I was afraid you were going to jump out and choke me! QOTD: Yes sir!!!
July 20, 2007

JayZee
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Greatest WLTV rant EVER! I loved every minute of it. Keep up the crusade, Gary. The wine world needs you – and so do we!
July 19, 2007

J Crazy
Rock and Roll. You CRUSHED it on that one, homie.
I read a lot and I read a lot. All information is valuable but not if you don’t back it up with your own opinion and the only way to have your own opinion on wine is to drink it. Like I always say, “Wine is meant to be drunk.”…”I am meant to be drunk” is another less popular saying of mine, but hey.

Tasting groups, wine seminar, tasting events, etc. are great ways to economically tastes through 100s of 100s of wines each year. Attending tastings or even hosting tastins is a great way to try through well over 50 wines every month. If you’re hard core and do the tastings and have a few bottles a week you could even push the 100 mark, per month. It’s much easier in big cities…but start a tasting group. Mos Def.
July 19, 2007

damon aka unknownwine
holy crap. When I first got into wine I read alot and felt bad that I didn’t taste all the things the writers did. now I just taste a lot of wine. I’m probably more in the 100-150 range of wines tasted per year. Its helped alot and its a hell of a lot of fun.
July 19, 2007

Pat Mc
Great show. But to add to Elliot E’s points – sometimes you just need a familiar bottle of wine to be your “comfort food” – when you’ve had a bad day and you just don’t need a crappy bottle of wine. My husband was just in the hospital for a week and when I came home at night, I kept opening bottles until I went to an old WL favorite that I knew would hit the spot. Oh and on the main WL site – way to go with that Cellar Defender feature. Perfect!!!!!