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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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 14, 2007

Cam
Just tried two today — a Bordeaux (yay!) and a reisling from Cali (not so yay).
July 14, 2007

Bernie Bearnaise
Really great shew..(Ed Sullivan)I just tried to figure out how many wines I’ve had in the last two months (maybe 30) and I still have many of the bottles to count because I like to see the labels. What I need to do is keep a log with tasting notes or just jot down something that impressed me about the wines. I have revisited a few wines when the succeeding year arrives and verticals can tell you a lot. Sometimes they are radically different from the previous year. You are an inspiration and so is Robert Parker because you can access many more wines than the average Vayniac. Expanding our horizons is a good thing but I also like to pair wine with food. A synergistic wine with just the right cheese or sauce or steak is really exciting to me!

There was a recent article in the NY Times about limos and tour buses hauling people to the vinyards on Long Island and going place to place and tasting a lot of free wine and doing wine shooters and getting rowdy. That is just silly and not what we need. Ban the Limos.

On the other hand there was an incident here in DC this week where a man in a hood tried to stick up a Capitol Hill back porch dinner party with a gun. The host kindly offered the thief a crystal glass of a nice Chateau Malescot St Exupery Margaux which the thief tried and said” Man this is some nice wine” He sipped some more and said that he must have made a mistake and gone to the wrong house and asked for a hug. The party obliged and he left with the glass of wine. They found the crystal glass upright and empty in the alley the next day. The police said they should have grabbed him instead of hugging him but I thought it was a brilliant solution in a tense situation.

Lastly my favorite QPR in Bordeaux is the Cru Bourgeois. Well they just couldn’t agree who was in or out so the French court got involved this week and dissolved this whole class of wine. In a vintage year many of these neighbors of the classified growths bring some thunder but at a fraction of the cost. There are 7,000 Chateaus in Bordeaux so at 365 a year it would take a while to taste them all. That is why Robert Parker and Steve Tanzer and Gary Vaynerchuk do such a great service spitting so we don’t have to. Thank you all for chopping a lot of the wood. The British got a head start on the US in appreciating wine and then there was Prohibition and there are still dry counties in the hinterland of our country as a result. With what Gary suggested there is hope that the average person can gain a lot of knowledge if they try as many styles and varietals and terroirs. Chile used to be a lot better than Argentina but I’m pretty stoked about what I’ve been tasting lately from Mendoza. Next stop on my tour of South America is Uruguay. Wine evokes emotion and love and the world needs more of that.

Thanks for the challenge Gary! I’m inspired but my poor liver might quit on me…
July 14, 2007

Ben Morris
Holy cow!

I scrolled through some of the comments this morning, and just caught the show this evening. Fucking right on! This is exactly the kind of passion the wine world needs to get beyond the (stuffy) Parker’s and Spectators ‘fifteen-point’ (85-100) world we are living in now. Wine is so much more than “91 points -Parker”. Winemakers are pouring their soul into their wine, and respect is long over due. Try everything! (just hand over your car keys first).
July 14, 2007

Totte
Gary

Kool episode. Not that relaxed though. Yesterday I really had a Skittles wine, first time for me. It was the Montgras Cabernet 2005 from Chile.
QotD : I think IÂ´ve allready tasted 300 + wines this year, this week 7, but thats far from enough for me. All IÂ´m trying to do is actually to try new ones.

Thanks

Swedish T
July 14, 2007

EvilHomer
Love the philosophy of just going out and trying wines…tried my first albarino yesterday and was really impressed. Would normally have gone with a pinot blanc or sauv blanc but am motivated to try new things. keep on the rockin the wine world Gary!!
July 14, 2007

Tom T.
Best rant I’ve seen in a long time. You are definitely correct about just going out and trying different wines. Melissa needs to extend herself. If she reads this I maybe she should start with Episode 1 and work her way through the WLTV episodes. QOTD if I could finish a bottle every day I’d be up for trying a different wine every day for sure. I love wine, and thanks to WLTV and the Vayniacs it’s been a great experience.
July 14, 2007

AJBerke
Awesome show, GV! And thanks a million for putting the “Badge me Up” on the site!
July 14, 2007

BobMac
There is no way I can afford to buy a bottle a day, although I’d love to. But with that rousing speech at the end, I almost sent my credit card to Gary with a note saying just put me on the bottle-a-day list.
July 14, 2007

Harley Stan
WOW, that was some thunder at the end, it was awsome!!!!
QOTD- I would love to try 365 wines a year but I don’t think my wife will be too keen on a second mortgage dedicated to wine. I will probably get 50 to 75 wines in by the end of the year, I have 37 different entries in my wine journal for the year so far, that does not include wines tried a restaurants or away from home.
July 14, 2007

GottaGoDrink
Gary- Great show, great RANT!

QOTD- Sure thing, although I’ll likely lose count. Going to try about 10 tonight. Cheers!
July 14, 2007

Dale Cruse
WHAT AN ENDING!

Folks, if you don’t watch WLTV, check out the last few minutes of this episode to know what Gary and us Vayniacs are all about!
July 14, 2007

Stevo
This show gets better and better every time. 365 is a tough number to top. The most I’ve tried was about 180. Keep up the great work.
July 14, 2007

Paulo Prado
HALLELUYA!!!
gOSH!… what happened on the last minutes?
Whatever that was IÂ´ll be definitely voting for you, man!
Are you creating a new church?… I am there!

Anyway, Casa Marin is not in Casablanca it is at San Antonio, South of Casablanca. Did you try the Cartagena (the economic line of CM) Chardonnay? Great wine. Fresh and No OAK Monster there.
Paste this “-33.5240049226, -71.5449155527″ on “Fly To” on Google Earth.

Still daring you to try the Familia Deicas Premiere Cru Garage.
July 14, 2007

JC
I need to be in top form during the week (6 days). 50 a year I’ll give a try. Great rant!
July 14, 2007

Scottymatt
Gary-loved this episode. I have not looked/drank at any Chile’s wines except for Don Melchor for the past five years-so you inspired me to break out of my wine comfort zone.

Your rant at the end is SPOT ON. I have been doing wine tasting/collectin for over 18 years, and the only true way to learn about wine is to actively taste (look, sniffy-sniff, taste, ponder…). Having people over (4-6-8 people-dinner parties or just drinking sessions (I am Canadian after all)) with wine as the central theme-no pretentions, no preconceptions, no worries; the only rule is sharing. You can knock off 10 wines a night easy. This way I have tasted over 400 wines a year for the past five.

Keep up the passion my man!
July 14, 2007

chitown_wino
QOTD: I got your back Gary- 365 wines in a year- OK. Now let me try and remember the last time I didn’t try 365 wines in a year?
July 14, 2007

sharon
What a sales pitch! Almost fire and brimstone…Are you off the meds or something?
QOTD: That’s not gonna happen any time soon
July 14, 2007

Cam
QOTD: I’m on board, Gary! Not sure if I’ll make the 365-wine goal, but I’m game to give it a shot.
July 14, 2007

E
That was fun.

I think the last really nice sauvignon blanc I had was from Chile. With a screwcap, even. (See, I do drink them once in awhile).

So when’s Tiki Barber coming on the show?
July 14, 2007

David McWherter
Holy Moses! What did they put in your Cheerios that morning?

*small* Pittsburgh, Ho! *small*
July 14, 2007

BillyA
OK. I must admit that I have been a “lurker” since Feb. 06. But this last episode sucked me out of my leather chair and motivated me to send a response. Gary, you put Ernest Angley to shame with your inspirational sermon. I BELIEVE! Seriously, I couldn’t agree more. It’s all about tasting and enjoying. As for the QOTD, at 365 separate bottles in one year, that’s a tough one. When I find a bottle that I like (and I can afford), I stock up. So, I doubt if I’ll make the 365 mark. But it will be fun trying. Gary, I am amazed at your determination, desire and passion to share your love of wine to the rest of the Vayniak nation. I will be visiting my daughter in camp in Pennsylvania in August and will make a point to visit Wine Library. Hope to meet you in person and extend my gratitude for your efforts.
July 14, 2007

Nico
The B E S T C L O S I N G E V E R ! ! !

QOTD: If I could afford 365 bottles * (at least $10/bottle) = $3,560/year for wine, I’d guarantee I’m on! Hmmm… time to expand my tasting group (wine club): http://www.corkd.com/tags/amiciwineclub
July 14, 2007

ecola
The couch cannot stop you, it can only hope to contain you. I thought you were going to come through my computer and punch me. Awsome rant!
July 14, 2007

Ricardo
Hey Gary great work!
We are watching all the way from the Philippines… whoa I know where he heck is that?

Looking forward to more great shows!
July 14, 2007

Martin
yes, let’s do it!