Argentina and Those Pesky Malbec’s

Argentina and Those Pesky Malbec’s – Episode #296

August 20, 2007

Malbec is on fire and South America is taking full advantage and credit for this and you know what, good for them. Gary Vaynerchuk explores 4 new world Malbec wines for you today. LURKERS join us!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Alamos MalbecArgentine Malbec
2005 Ben Marco MalbecArgentine Malbec
2005 Susana Balbo MalbecArgentine Malbec
2002 Nieto Cadus MalbecArgentine Malbec

Links mentioned in todays episode.

WLTV Free Pack #1 (for the Aug 24th show)

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August 20, 2007

Autoproxy
QOTD: Trenton. Okay, that’s a lie. Chicago.
August 20, 2007

MossyMo
Ding! GV, you said supposably! It’s supposedly, dude! Sorry, that drives me nuts!!!
August 20, 2007

kevin
QOTD, New York City ….and Paris ..
August 20, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
QOTD: San Francisco, Chicago, London, Berchtesgaden
What can I say,, honeymooned in SF, Midwesterners are awesome, love my English pubs and Hofbrauhaus’s

Can’t wait to visit Scotland so my scotch fix can be had……

It’s not all about wine ya’ know!
August 20, 2007

Canuckchuk
I’ve never been able to appreciate Malbec, finding it too plumy and/or fleshy.

I think my favourite city in the world is Florence.

And thanks for the wristban, Gary. Photo to be sent soon.
August 20, 2007

Jer
QOTD — Cannes, France

Malbec has a special place for me — nice episode.
August 20, 2007

C.W. Miller IV
AotD: SF and NYC
August 20, 2007

Marc
QOTD: Cities are like wine. There’s good ones and there’s bad ones and there’s ones in between. But if I have my favorite one constantly, I’ll get sick of it. So my favorite city is whichever one fits my mood at any given moment.
August 20, 2007

Wine-ot
Q.O.D. San Diego !!!!!!!!!!!! 95 pt. show GV TY!!!
August 20, 2007

Doyle
Gary, y not go for the largest thundercat collection in the world?
August 20, 2007

Dominus
You are kidding me right? It has been over 200+ episodes and you have not done Malbec? I’m shocked though pleased. Great show on a great varietal. This is the pinnacle steak and lamb wine, bar none.

QOTD; Hands down it’s Venice, Italy. There are many that comes close; Florence, Vienna (ahhh those Viennese know good music when they hear it — Amadeus), Salzburg, a little town called Eze on the French Riviera but please, give me Venice.

Sante!

P.S. A small package of at least a dozen or so TCs coming your way. I need to find out if Peyton has the time to make a presentation to the G-Man.
August 20, 2007

OttawaB
Malbecs —- my favourites are from Cahors. Argentina can be very hit and miss IMO.

QOTD. My fav. area is Whistler BC in the spring — ski in morning, golf in afternoon, party all night ……… then repeat. However, if we are referring to an actual city …….. then it is Paris.
August 20, 2007

Bill Hoofnagle
Went into DC this past Saturday to buy some Innocent Bystander and they were doing a tasting with Alamos. It is a good buy at $8 bones. I came home with a few bottles.
August 20, 2007

BruceP
QOTD: Gotta go for the hometown. I love San Francisco. I am, however, also a huge fan of Glasgow and Montreal.
August 20, 2007

Jim Rudolf
Ride the buses in San Francisco, you will see an amazing city that will take you around the world.
August 20, 2007

David M Roberts
QOTD: Any takers for BOISE??

Well, it’s not on my list, but from the very focused expressions of one Gary Vaynerchuk (photos below from last weekend’s Idaho Wine Festival), certainly Idaho’s captital city ranks up there on HIS list…

http://www.treasurevalleywinesociety.org/IWFAug07.htm
August 20, 2007

Orion Slayer
Today’s show made me remember I’ve got a Susana Balbo Crios (Syrah-bonarda) at home that I’ve been meaning to open. It’s not Malbec, but that’s how my wierd mind works.

QOTD: Paucity
August 20, 2007

RieslingRon
Looking forward to trying the Susana Balbo Malbec. I have had the Torrentes and the Rose of Malbec from her Crios line, and both were excellant for the $12 price point.

QOTD: NYC, Chicago and SF……….How original!!!
August 20, 2007

KenP
Good, instructive ep. Thanks, GV!

QOTD: Barcelona and Paris.
August 20, 2007

Jennifer
GREAT show, Gary. I just had a Susana rose the other day. QOTD: I should say NY- and I _LOVE_ NY, but I have to go with Boston- great walking city, I can find my way around, lots of old world charm. p.s. I have freckles.
August 20, 2007

gordoyflaca
rome
August 20, 2007

Grasshopper
Overview: The names â€˜pansyâ€™ and â€˜violaâ€™ are often used interchangeable. There are many cultivars within the genus Viola and most of them are hybrids of the same handful of species, so there are a lot of similarities and probably only a botanist really cares which is which. The gardener knows pansies as cool weather flowers with almost heart-shaped, overlapping petals in bright colors or bi-colors and often with face-like center markings.
Latin Name: Viola x wittrockiana cultivars Common Name(s): Pansies
August 20, 2007

Grasshopper
I think the flowers you were searching for are pansies? They look like they have little faces on them…..

Love Malbecs and think that they offer great QPR! Everyone should go out and try one. The Alamos is a risk free place to start for 8 bones.

QOTD – San Francisco
August 20, 2007

PaulT
I had the Alamos not too long ago, it was good indeed. They also have a Cabernet and a Pinot, I’m curious to try those as well.

QOTD: that’s a difficult question, I have many cities I like: London, NYC, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Berlin, Kyoto, Rio, … and probably many more that I haven’t visited yet.
August 20, 2007

Tom T.
Montreal. Then NYC.