2 Wines and They Look Kinda Funny….or The Same

2 Wines and They Look Kinda Funny….or The Same – Episode #295

August 17, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk Answers questions and tastes 2 wines that happen to look a whole lot like each other!

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“Nice intro from Lars. Got to give some credit where its due. Get Lar…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
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Just looking through a few episodes I missed. I’m glad you li…” by Andrew
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Innocent Bystander Shiraz/ ViognierAustralian Shiraz/Syrah
2004 Parsons Flat Shiraz/ Cabernet SauvignonAustralian Red Meritage

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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August 18, 2007

Jameus
This was a great show! Thanks Gary. It’s just to bad your Jets don’t bring the thunder as much as you do hehe. Do you know anything about snaps? Perhaps you could head down and give a demonstration eh? (Sorry man I HAD to say something, the wife and I couldn’t stop laughing when that happened last night)

On another note, I’m sure some people don’t want to watch quest intros however if they went back into the archives… you’re just bringing back what you were doing before and it worked and still works. With the little tidbits of education you’re mixing in I think you’re right on track man, keep them coming!

QOTD: Well, I’m remarried and even though I’ve had two wives they are completely different. I rushed into the 1st when I was too young to know any better and as we got a little older we grew apart. My new wife is the best thing that ever happened to me and without the past the future would never have been as amazing as it is!
August 18, 2007

randyshakes
The labels also kind of remind me of ‘The Guilty’ by the Shinas estate in Australia.
August 18, 2007

Scarred1
Great intro, Lars!

“He who hesitates is lost.” or something like that. I was thinking about getting some of the Innoocent Bystander a few weeks ago after the Shiraz-Viognier ep, but opted for something else instead. Shame on me.

QOTD: no idea, although I liked Happy Wine Guys answer about his cellar and Visa statement. I can relate to that.

Have a great weekend.
August 18, 2007

IamAlurker
Lars is sooooooo much better than Gary at wine. Lars clearly has the superior wine knowledge and acumen. Gary you better hope Lars doesn’t open a store in NJ!

And Lars was pretty close in nailing the score! Jets stink!

I want a Lars wristband!!!!! Got an extra snort?
August 18, 2007

Brendan McGuigan
Great episode, GV. I think the entertaining guest intros are good, and boo to all those who hate on Lars. We should all put ourselves on the line so much. I’m already buying too much Aussie Syrah these days, and episodes like this don’t help â€“ they get me curious as heck.

QOTD: Well, even after years I am still blown away by how different two wines that look nearly identical can taste. But that aside: It’s amazing how two waves can look like they’re going to offer you the exact same experience, but as soon as you’re up on them the ride is so totally different you can hardly believe it.
August 18, 2007

Steve-o
great intro lars, well done.

Gary…WHAT THE PUNT>!?

qotd:I have absolutely no idea.
August 18, 2007

Augustus
Gary is right about getting the biggest wine storage unit one can afford. If you live in the Los Angeles area, Vintotemp has a scratch and dent warehouse in Long Beach. Some of the units are truly beat to heck, but others have only a small ding here or there and are more than half off of list price. I bought a sixty bottle stainless, front venting unit from them (with just a tiny scratch on the door) for three hundred bucks. Of course, it is already full and I’m looking to buy something larger.

QOTD: Rosenblum Appelation series Zins:The bottles for the San Francisco and the Paso Robles look EXACTLY the same, but the wines are totally different. The San Fran is just a big fruit bomb (delicious, but boring). The Paso Robles has tons of dark fruit on the nose, along with fresh mint – and finishes with a tremendous amount of chocolate and pepper.
August 18, 2007

Jahlove
You suggest that acidity matters in the longevity of a white wine, but I think its just as important for a red wine. Acidity is what gives you freshness. If a red wine has the requisite fruit, tannin structure, AND acidity, I think its set up for the long haul.

QOD: My Prince Graphite tennis racquets. Same racquet, different grip size. Consequently, they play very differently in my hand.

P.S. Just getting back from vacation and had too catch up on more than one week’s worth of episodes. I watched all of this week back to back and found all the episodes to be highly entertaining. A real solid week.
August 18, 2007

JennyO
LARS!!!!! That was AWESOME!!!!!!!
QOTD: I have two identical-looking microphones for my Karaoke Revolution game. But one I got with a game I purchased at Best Buy; the other came with a game I purchased on Ebay (used.) The one from Ebay has some loose wiring and, consequently, it crackles or drops out in the middle of a song. So, really, it’s unusable. Unless I’m singing duet with a friend. Depending on how good a friend it is, sometimes I volunteer to take the bad one… but usually I selfishly and knowingly choose the good one!
August 18, 2007

soyhead
i’m a lurker. wine stuff good. football stuff not into it.
wikt rahspet diggity!
August 18, 2007

Mudd
Kudos to Lars. Reminds me of one of my old college roommates from Bemidji MN. Great show Gary.

QOTD: Cigars! I’ve smoked many cigar brands that looked alike but smoked and tasted drastically different.
August 18, 2007

wlburk
So that was a great Friday episode, possibly my favorite.

Great intro by Lars, it’s been a while!

QOTD: My albums!
August 18, 2007

Capt M
Lars, your intros are THE BEST! bar non. Both Gary and Lars are great performers, hahaha.. NICE toss of the wrist band!! Then I got confused myself too; I sword that you got the wrong (2nd) bottle. Two great wines. You know.. before I started watching WLTV (about 13 or 14 months ago), I knew very little English. Then first I learned a word really well: PROFOUND. Now I’m down to my second learned word.. TREMENDOUS!! QOTD: Wife and Ex-wife! haha.. just kidding. Again, Lars.. award winning stuff, congrats! Tremendous!
August 18, 2007

Ferrigno
Hello hello.. ALRIGHT I ADORE LARS’S CLIPS!!!!
QOTD: of course you and Sir VaynerchuCk
August 18, 2007

Matt N.
Hey Gary, is buttoning only one of your collar buttons a new trend I don’t know about? Is that like the one pant leg up thing from a few years ago? I feel like your viewers need to know these things so we can get a head start on trends that super famous people like you only know about.
August 18, 2007

Yanknbank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle

scroll down towards the bottom.

“punt” or you can go with my short answer after reading it. Everyone has theories, but nobody knows.
August 17, 2007

lenny
Every time I try to get a bottle of wine that is rated good by Gary, SPEC’s doesn’t have it!!

Is he just tasting wines he has an exclusive on??

QOTD: My 2 granddaughters!!! Same as above.
August 17, 2007

Jeff Mastroianni
Have to try a shiraz viogner blend one of these days.

QOTD: my 2 daughters, they look very similar, and in their baby pictures sometimes I get confused, but they are total opposites. One is shy, sweet, and always wanting to please, the other is boisterous, demanding, and full of life. Hard to figure, maybe one is the mailman’s kid???
August 17, 2007

Bearsfan
Gary,

I’ve been watching WLTV for about two weeks now. Lots of fun and great information. I am presently watching your beloved Jets as I write this. It’s the 4th qtr and yer boys are gettin schooled by the Vikes 34 to 13 Vikings.
Too bad soooo sad.
August 17, 2007

TROC
Thor brings the Thunder to the Meadowlands! Vikings rip up that Welch’s Grape Fruit field and bring it some real Terroir! (You actually hate the 49ers?)
August 17, 2007

Bossman
Lurker,

“Iâ€™ve never asked this question..nor seen it answered – but what happens to the wine that Gary drinks on the show?”

If you’re referring to the spit bucket it’s collected and used in the WL store branded bottles. If you’re speaking of the wine he actually swallows, I surmise it follows the normal course but that’s just conjecture on my part.

“What I mean isâ€¦.there is still a good 4/5 of a bottle left of wine when he gets done, what happens to it?”

Oh, okay, sorry. You know Gary is a standup guy, he donates it to the local shelter. This explains the recent phenomena of homeless people stumbling over the streets of Springfield reaking of D’Yquem, Caymus and Grange requesting .25 or any spare foie gras of passer-bys.

“Anyone know? Gary – have time to answer?”

He rarely responds to questions on the vlog, but surely if you email him you’ll get a response. However, he gets so much email he often misses some of it so if he doesn’t respond right away resend it daily until he does.

What? Gary asked us to help out with answers, didn’t he?

…and he wants to know if we drink wine while watching WLTV.
August 17, 2007

Denise
QOTD: My two daughters. : )

–your #1 fan : )
August 17, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
LARS ROCKS!!!! Mr. Cabernet, not so much…. sounds like a non-Vayniac type A P _ _ _ K.

Go PACK!!
August 17, 2007

amgryger
QOTD: I have a bookshelf full identical black, spiral bound sketchbooks, but what is drawn and written inside of each one is very different, especially as my ideas about the world change over time.
August 17, 2007

Roo
- was wading through all of the archives and forgot about the new episode. Nice one!

QOTD: Apples. I’ve been eating them like crazy lately – and it’s the absolute WORST when you bite into a gorgeous looking one and it’s mealy…