Fume Blanc Tasting - Episode #294

August 16, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Fume Blancs and gives you as little history lesson too!

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  • “I just tried a fume blanc, the 2006 Mondavi private selection and it w…” by JacobS
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Chateau St Jean Fume BlancSonoma Fume Blanc play review at cork'd
Ferrari-carano Fume Blanc 2006Sonoma Fume Blanc play review at cork'd
Dry Creek Fume BlancSonoma Fume Blanc play review at cork'd

194 Responses

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  1. about a month ago

    JacobS

    I just tried a fume blanc, the 2006 Mondavi private selection and it was great. I didn’t know it was sauvignon blanc, that’s interesting.

    qotd: some kind of educational technology website, or review blog or something. Grad school and work just take so much time, as well as catching up on all these past episodes.

  2. about 9 months ago

    Nuno Teixeira

    You keep breaking the rules Gary!!! Screw tradition. That’s why I love your show, and am starting to “love” hating wine. Keep inspiring me!

  3. about 10 months ago

    bamadog

    A little late but…
    QOTD: Yankees game and/or James Taylor concert. A little odd pairing, but they both only seem to happen in the North East now.

  4. about 10 months ago

    Brandon M

    Whats with the funky font here?

  5. about 10 months ago

    Cblukens

    Gary - a bit behind on my WLTVs - but as a lurker (maybe no longer?) I’d like to chime in on this - a very good show.

  6. about 10 months ago

    chito

    Gary, loved the combo with the wines. Believe it or not, not all that crazy. Reminds me of high school, when I used to combine colognes to get a smell I really liked. Won’t tell you which ones cuz it will really date me. Great work!!!!

  7. about 10 months ago

    phermented1

    You’re drinking marketing, plain and simple!
    QOTD: Open a restaurant. It is still in the 10 year plan though.

  8. about 10 months ago

    Kathleen

    QOTD: Learn about the finer things in life! I’m learning about wine now, cheese is next, then cigars. I’ve been out of college for ten years, time to study things *I* find fascinating.
    Kathleen Lisson
    Albany, NY

  9. about 10 months ago

    Kathleen

    QOTD: Learn about the finer things in life! I’m learning about wine now, cheese in next, then cigars. I’ve been out of college for ten years, time to study things *I* find fascinating.
    Kathleen Lisson
    Albany, NY

  10. about 10 months ago

    Matt from Barossa

    Great Episode Gary, You know, because I e-mailed you and told you, that I don’t have any regrets anymore. Why, because you gave me the courage to take a risk! I studied wine marketing at Uni and fell into the transport / logistic side of things but have now again found the passion to represent the small to medium sized guys and set up my own website. It was U, Mr GV that encouraged me to do this…

    Now one question I must ask is? Who did you wink at halfway through the show?

  11. about 10 months ago

    YoungDave

    QOTD: Stand-up comedy. I’ll fill that void when I move out to LA this week.

  12. about 10 months ago

    Andy

    Fume Blanc is really my favorite porch wine — Great value as well.

    QOTD— Go to a Final Four, The World Series & a Super Bowl(the JETS could be playing would not care)

  13. about 10 months ago

    Mike S.

    Gary, I thought of something that I really really really really REALLY like about WLTV when you do it on your show. I like it when you tell us what the wines would be great paired with(meaning food). I belive that is or is more important than the ratings (and I know you have rating issues anyway). Nothing against the ratings, I like the ratings.

    QOTD. I have not opened my own little restaurant yet. Heck, I don’t even work in a restaurant or have ever worked in a restaurant! But Cooking is a passion that ONE DAY, may just happen.

    Mike

  14. about 10 months ago

    Jeff

    QOTD: I want to open a bed & breakfast.

  15. about 10 months ago

    Dave Canada

    Love the blending……
    I don’t think that I have ever had a Fume blanc……
    QOTD - Hmmm, gotta be making wine my vocation as opposed to my hobby. I’m loking into a Sommalier course to right this wrong!

  16. about 10 months ago

    BobMac

    Love the little wine facts you’ve been throwing in the ‘cast.

  17. about 10 months ago

    Tim T

    Gary- Am so darn glad you finally took two yummy albeit different wines and blended them together due to the apparent shortcomings of each respective effort. I have been performing this magic for no extra charge mind you for family and friends as many years as I can remember where there existed errors of omission in wines and refused to let them stand alone in mediocrity! Have come up with some pretty gosh darn good blends if I do say so myself.

    You, with a little bit of me, we’re changing the wine world (recipes) whether it is appreciated or not…

    QOTD- Become the finest Blend Master this side of the Mason-Dixon line.

  18. about 10 months ago

    exlurkr

    Great show on the Rodney Dangerfield of whites … thanks gv for showing some r-e-s-p-e-c-t. Too bad about the Dry Creek - they are usually pretty reliable and a great place to visit if you’re ever in Sonoma: a nice mellow bike ride out Dry Creek Road … take a picnic … buy a bottle … enjoy the beautiful setting … ahhhhh!

  19. about 10 months ago

    Brian Richards

    Hey Gary, I consider myself a beer guy who appreciates good wine. I love the show and you get me excited about wine every time I watch. Keep it up buddy. Thunder Cats Ho!!!!

  20. about 10 months ago

    wayno da wino

    Yo Gary !!!
    You tell it like it is!!!! Why da heck
    are dose pinheads oakin’-up dat poor
    Fume Blanc??? Enough already!!!!

    QOTD: Beats da heck outta me?!?

  21. about 10 months ago

    Greg B.

    Big G, Great show. Don’t be scared to blend. I remember the France episode where we watched you pick out some varietals to blend and you ended up with big ups from the Head Guy there.

    QOTD: I just want to do more things that inspire me. Like WLTV!

  22. about 10 months ago

    Julava

    Oh man! A first for this new guy in the wine world…I’ve purchased a wine BEFORE it was even on wine library tv, haha. That’s right, I had the Dry Creek fume a couple months ago. Glad to see I’m picking something of interest out there. Plus I’m always looking for a great QPR.

    QOTD: Two things. First, I want to have a two pack wine deal with free shipping for the CKCs to do a taste-along with Gary :-) Two, and for serious, trace my family roots back as far as I can and maybe even visit some of my countries of origin back there in Europe.

  23. about 10 months ago

    wlburk

    I have been waiting soooo long for you to mix 2 wines on WLTV just for the heck of it!

    QOTD: I want to do everything! I want to tour the US playing my music, I want to direct a trilogy of films that I have adapted from a Fantasy Trilogy I love, I want to produce albums and films, and mostly, I want to be recognized as being a great person by everyone who knows me when I die!

  24. about 10 months ago

    Larry

    Great show. Sorry to see that you didn’t care for the Dry Creek Fume Blanc. I used to go out of my way for their Zin’s.

    QOTD: I’d love to be a better cook and also to be fluent in Japanese!

  25. about 10 months ago

    JTS_Brown

    also, the comment about “how can I be upset about something that throws this many cucumbers in my grill piece” was absolute classic!!!!

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