Sherry Wine Tasting, Time to Save Money – Episode #303

August 29, 2007

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Taste along Gary Vaynerchuk as he shares some Sherry love with the Vayner Nation. These wines from Spain need some serious attention and GV will try to do just that!

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  • “Great show! I’d love for you to taste a Commandaria and compare it to …” by Abouna
  • “Good intro on the episode and beautiful rant…it makes lots of sense….” by Adrian aka AnGkEr
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Alvear Fino SherrySpanish Sherry play review at cork'd
Pedro Romero Amontillado Dry Rich SherrySpanish Sherry play review at cork'd
Pedro Romero Dry Oloroso SherrySpanish Sherry play review at cork'd
Alvear Cream SherrySpanish Sherry play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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  1. August 29, 2007

    SS Chris

    BTW, I’ve started adding the “GV Fun Facts:” to the SS. It appears in the T/N’s of the 1st wine of the episode…

    TODAY’s Ep #303 GV FUN FACT: Two primary types of Sherries – Fino is lighter while Oloroso is darker, & then, different classifications as well!!

    Ep #294 GV FUN FACT: Fume Blanc (FB) is actually Sauvignon Blanc!

    Ep #293 GV FUN FACT: Cote Rotie (CR) is made up of Syrah & Viognier ONLY (maximum of 20% Viognier)!!

    good stuff for NOOBS like me….thanks you sir!

  2. August 29, 2007

    Micha

    As we can see, Sherry is always good for some serious confusion ;) At least i like a good DRY Sherry, esp. as an opener before Dinner.

  3. August 29, 2007

    TommyBoBo of WI

    Back to your rant…..

    You are so right,,, honestly, how many people like Scotch the first time they try it??? be honest… now I’m up to the the peat-e-est stuff they make just so I don’t have to share it with my friggn’ brother-in-law!

    BTW, I love sherry, all kinds.
    Can’t wait for tomorrow. :-)

  4. August 29, 2007

    KenP

    Rant away, GV. Enjoyed the ep. Sherry is not my thing but now, darn it, I feel called to try again. Curse education!

  5. August 29, 2007

    Sonnenuhr

    Guess you had to get the sherry thing out of the way. I do enjoy ports, but only every now and then. Great show on the Dolcetto yesterday – mille grazie!

  6. August 29, 2007

    SS Chris

    I meant…Sherri Dolcetto

  7. August 29, 2007

    SS Chris

    KAHUNA….same girl….Sherri Docetto!

  8. August 29, 2007

    Flavio

    Keep the good shows coming.

    I’ve had Fino many times with olives and almonds… and Cream Sherry with dessert, but haven’t really explored the ones in between. Looking forward to the sherry / cheese pairing episode (never tried, but will experiment in the meantime… maybe some nice Manchego or Cabrales).

    PS: Eli’s and Zabar’s (NYC) sell the best roasted Spanish almonds (lightly seasoned in-house with e bit of olive oil, sea salt and thyme). Absolutely delicious pairing for a nice Sherry.

  9. August 29, 2007

    Sassodoro

    Hi, Gary. Great episode.

    And I loved your rant. People’s tendency to draw strong conclusions from small samples is only one of many discrepancies between intuitive judgment and statistical principles. Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel Prize for his research on these matters (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2002/kahnemann-lecture.pdf). A great deal of this and related research would also be relevant to the psychology of numerical wine ratings. I would love to sit down with Sir Gary and chat about it, perhaps over a glass of Sherry (or Montilla-Moriles, as some Vayniacs appear to insist).

    QOTD. I don’t know any lurkers, or at least, I don’t know that I know any lurkers.

  10. August 29, 2007

    PerterLee

    Gary, can you please explain me the meaning of “lurker”. I’m from Germany and I cant’t find a understandable translation. At least it doesn’t seem right to me.

    I know it’s not your job to be an English teacher for German dudes. However, maybe you can to it once. Thanx in advance.

  11. August 29, 2007

    Billr

    I admit, I AM A LERKER until yesterday. A lerker as far as not commenting on episodes of WLTV. BUT, I do more than lerk, I buy and I taste three or four days a week (I work the other three) and Gary, that should account for something……. I agree 105% when it comes to not giving up on a wine just because it did not fit your personnel tastes ONCE. 3 or 4 out of every 5 wines I’ve tasted lately to me taste like *R#POLA but I still keep trying. I am new at this wine thingy and I never throw anything away (unless maybe it tastes like something a monkey might of voided) and I will try it along with others again later. Thanks again for another great learning experiance.

  12. August 29, 2007

    WineShopChic

    Loweeel : Call it like it is! Wow, whipping out w. the teabagging, Nice!

  13. August 29, 2007

    waibeans

    heheh.. nice one Loweeel

    QOD i no know lurkers 8

  14. August 29, 2007

    WineShopChic

    Haha…. my first experience with Sherry was shots in a cardgame… you lost a hand you did a shooter of sherry – nasty! I up for giving Sherry another shot – that was like 10 years ago after all. Ha! Sherry as a punishment!!!

    QOTD: I’ve begun to spead the word to some of my wineshop pastrons, don’t know if I’ve created any lurkers or not – I hope so :)

    Lookin’ forward to tomorrow – thx for the edumication on Sherry.

  15. August 29, 2007

    Deano

    Gary i have learned a ton about new wines i havent heard of this week. Thanks for spreading the knowledge :)

    QOTD:
    -The only lurkers i know are a couple of my co-workers however i think they only watch when they are in my cube LOL

  16. August 29, 2007

    Loweeel

    “Right now, all I taste are nuts in my mouth.”

    “Do you like nuts in your mouth?”

    Gary, it’s called “teabagging”. All the things we find out about the secret life of Gary Vay-NER-CHUCK…

  17. August 29, 2007

    Chris G

    Been waiting for that
    Thanks Gary
    Your opening rant probably applies to Sherry more than anything else!Bone dry to sugar rush sweet! It is great with cheese but the best thing for me is roasted almonds, it’s what they stick on the bars in Spain and fo good reason I reckon. Highly addictive.

    PS What the hell is this anouncement! I waited all day and as I’m in London it’s like having to wait 5 hours longer!! AAAGGHH

  18. August 29, 2007

    TommyBoBo of WI

    HEY! I DON’T NEED A GD LECTURE FROM YOU ON WHAT TO LIKE OR DON’T LIKE,,, I CAN GET THAT AT HOME FROM MY WIFE!! I’M DONE WITH WLTV, I’M GOING BACK TO THE RP BLOGS WHERE SERIOUS! WINE TALK IS HAPPINING!!!!!!

    Ok, how was my rant???? :-)

  19. August 29, 2007

    KAHUNA

    I met a girl named Sherry she sucked- but trust me I went back for more!

  20. August 29, 2007

    Shadowbird

    You’re completely right on trying a varietal over and over again until you find one you like. It took me a long time before I found a Shiraz I could drink.

  21. August 29, 2007

    SS Chris

    I tried a Dolcetto once….it sucked!!!

    :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

  22. August 29, 2007

    Sarah L

    I was hoping that the big announcement was going to be that you were going to appear as a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars” – maybe next season?

    I know the corks are different on sherry bottles, does that mean an opened bottle will last longer than a regular bottle of wine? If so, how long?

  23. August 29, 2007

    SS Chris

    38th

  24. August 29, 2007

    Mark T.

  25. August 29, 2007

    Bill V.

    My aunt used to drink cream sherry, so I grew up thinking sherry was for little old ladies. And cooking. And winos.
    Once again, you’ve opened my eyes.
    I’ll be trying sherry & cheese soon.
    QOTD: Wouldn’t know a lurker if I saw one –
    but I’ll keep checking wrists.
    BV

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