The Fascinating Wine Show – Episode #299

August 23, 2007

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Gary Vaynerchuk found these wine’s fascinating. Sit back and find out why.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Woop Woop ChardonnayAustralian Chardonnay play review at cork'd
2004 Bonny Doon Le Posseur SyrahOther French Syrah play review at cork'd
2004 Domaine Du CastelIsraeli Kosher Wine play review at cork'd
2005 De Conciliis Selim Sparkling BrutItalian Brut Vintage play review at cork'd
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  • Dessert Wine Nerd
    QOTD: How quickly I was turned onto wine. I was so used to sipping the cheap garbage that my parents bought at the stores that I thought Id never like wine. I was into drinking shots and mixed drinks, then got bored with alcohol altogether. A few years later I tried some good wines and here I am with a decent collection ageing and ready to try new and exciting things in the wine world.
  • Bill Moskowitz
    I am sure you have heard a great deal about the previous episode you did on Kosher wines (the choices - if you were going to do 2 from the same winery, why not Golan Heights - i.e., Yarden) so the Castel was finally a choice that begins to show the strides made in making kosher wines. Deinitely 2 thumbs up.
  • Ken B.
    Gary,

    Back after vacation; so just catching up. Good show, I am especially eager to try the Castel.

    QOTD: Philosophy
  • Thanks for tasting that Castel!
    But I was extremely disappointed that I could not order it!
    Will you be getting more in?
    QOTD: Medicine
  • yowens
    QOTD: Ants.
  • YoungDave
    QOTD: What fascinates me: watching the huge spectrum of types of people out here in my new diggs in LA. So many people trying to make it in the entertainment business, and so little room for success. More daunting than anything else...
  • What did you mean by "fake" when you were talking early in the episode?
  • Vinsant
    dude! why didn't you answer my calls?
  • sharon
    baseball.
  • KimG
    qotd: internal inspiration: knowing that what you have is good and can show it to the world. : You, Apple, everybody else who push their good stuff. The Czech guy. It triggers me.
  • Jack
    # 125 ?
  • Sue Z.
    QOD - Teaching children with emotional &/or learning disabilities, wine, & the ultimate wine and food pairings!!!
  • E
    Who knew GV was a Perez Hilton fan.
  • mas
    In the span of a couple of episodes I go from ignoring Kosher wines to dying to find the Castel - that sounded great and I love the blind tasting idea.

    QOTD: my daughter
  • wmole
    Hey Gary, congrats on 300 eve show and for lighting the champagne spark in me.
    Had a cava last night and it was great. Also loving you sharing your knowledge about wines and regions, truly fascinating! Oh, pardon me, but that's the answer to the QOTD.
    My other great fascination is cheerleaders! The world would be a much better place if all the guys battled on the lawn for a football and all the girls battled for best dancer, singer and cheerer on the sidelines. Peace through football brethren!!!!
  • Sherry! SHerry! Sherry!
  • Lee
    Brand new to WLTV and pleased to find a website that treats wine as a beverage that brings people together. Gary, you have the right approach, spaciba. QOTD: What fascinates me? FOOTBALL, but the real football(okay, soccer), not the American gladiator version where the play lasts mere seconds, the game lasts for hours, officials can take minutes to interpret a call from tape, the players equipment could withstand a bomb blast and those bloody stupid cheerleaders. Other than that I rank it right up there with bowling for surefire entertainment.
  • wayno da wino
    Gary !!
    Thanx for da Commitment you have for us fans!!
    We Looooooooooooooooovve Yoooooooou !!!!!! :)

    QOTD: God, Life and Wine !
  • mcj
    QOTD: The Eye of Thundera - how exactly does it provide sight beyond sight?
  • Sassodoro
    Congratulations on ep #300 later today!
  • WINO
    QOTD- Women, golf, wine

    Recently watched some old episodes and interesting how the show changes over time (thundercats/sniffy sniff/better lighting). Loyal viewer will keep watching because the show is great. Thanks GV
  • Jerry the 2THDR
    QOTD #1 Women-#2 Wine-#3Women covered with wine. Maybe not in that order. Jerry the 2THDR
  • italianwinelover
    What were the Thundercats doing on that bucket!?!!!

    Nice ep...can't wait for the champagne episode or sparkling wines!! They are totally underated in this society...Life is a celebration and it should be celebrated daily with as much champagne as possible!!!!

    "In victory we deserve champagne, in defeat we need it"! - Napoleon

    QOTD: Giving birth to a baby! or just the miracle of birth itself!
    Oh and of course WINE!!!! :-)
  • NathanN
    Cool show can't wait to see todays!

    QOTD: Kids & how easy it is to make them smile
  • Kara
    Gary,
    Glad to hear you like sparkling wines so much. What do you (or anyone else) think about Martini and Rossi Asti Spumante? I know it's considered "common" and is at a lower price point, but i've tried a lot of sparklings and every time it hits my tounge I remember why i love it... curious to see what you think.

    And, I know I sound like a broken record, BUT some of my other favorite sparkling wines come from Glenora down on Seneca Lake in the Fingerlakes Region.

    QOTD: People facinate me... I love watching people and trying to to figure out what makes people "tick"... can't get enough! And, that's why I love NYC so much - I dont get there often, but when i do I love it! Sit me down on any corner in NYC and I could sit there all day and be facinated by all the people.


    Congrats on 300 Gary!
  • elizabeth
    Hi Bro-
    Great episode!! Love you 2!
    -EVN
  • MetalDave
    QOTD: I'm fascinated by how lazy I am.
  • Tremendous and profound episode. Today will be #300!!!! Antonio, Chef Melissa, Concepcion and I will get together in early evening to do the tasting along of the two wines. I sent in a question, so please tackle that for us. QOTD: my wife Concepcion. My daughter Lucia.
  • vibemore
    I'm fascinated by... wine, the world, the people in it, the beauty they make, the ugliness they manifest, the sound of a cello, the colors Van Gogh used in his paintings, smoke, twins, how much time kids can spend deconstructing simplicity, this question.
  • Avi
    Oh, sorry, in answer to the question above, I believe they make about 100,000 bottles annually of their three great wines:

    The Grand Vin - the top red
    Petit Castel - second label but also a winner
    "C" Chardonnay - a classic
  • Avi
    Thanks for bringing out the wonderful wonderful Domaine du Castel Grand Vin - it's the best wine I ever tasted. Had the 2004 w/ Eli Ben-Zaken, the master behind Castel.

    Check out my article about Domaine du Castel from a visit I made to Ramat Raziel and the winery (actually when they were bottling) back in February.

    http://israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Artic...
  • QOTD: I'm fascinated by the way people move, and with the effects thereof.

    Wow, 300 tomorrow! Maybe you should open with some obnoxious clip from the movie. If only we could get a legion of Vayniacs to prance around in their underwear whilst shouting praise for Sparta.
  • Msquared
    QOTD: What fascinates me? YOU fascinate me! Really, really look forward to every episode and the passion, fun, enthusiasm and yes, craziness you've brought to our previously-intimidating wine world!

    Keep bringing on the thunder!
  • TommyTom
    I'm completely fascinated by mankind's seemigly infinite stupidity. I'm also fascinated by how Nature, in its infinite complexity, has come to produce such stupid creatures, as well as a plane of existence so filled with suffering, tragedy and misery.
  • Mudd
    QOTD: I'm fascinated by history, which in turn fuels my love of old stuff! I love antiques like old books, letters, marbles, art pottery, stamps, sports cards, furniture(Arts and Crafts period!), pipes, tobacco tins, cigar bands, rugs, photos, tobacco cards, movie posters, paintings, sculptures.
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