Wine Values Week Starts Today. p.s. I am sad - Episode #311

September 10, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk stumbles into the office after a brutal opening week in the NFL for his beloved Jets and tries to put on his game face. Plus a major surprise.

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  • “This should be an interesting week. I hope the wines in the future br…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
  • “ah good to see where the lurker T came from… the episode that is.
    h…” by kitty and meow meow
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Shooting Star Blue FrancOther Washington Red Wine play review at cork'd
2005 Grimaldi Dolcetto D’albaDolcetto d’Alba play review at cork'd
2005 Corte Agnella Corvina VeroneseVeronese IGT play review at cork'd
2005 Heartland ShirazAustralian Shiraz/Syrah play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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  1. about 2 weeks ago

    Dessert Wine Nerd

    This should be an interesting week. I hope the wines in the future bring the thunder unlike this show. The Jets losing to the VILE Patriots might have something to do with it, though. God do I hate the Patriots as well. Almost as much as I hate the Red Sox. To me, the Red Sox are the evil empire. QOTD: Laziness. I see so much of it at work it drives me insane. My co-worker and I make constant sarcastic remarks about it. Its basically one of the few things at that job that keeps us sane.

  2. about 6 months ago

    kitty and meow meow

    ah good to see where the lurker T came from… the episode that is.
    happy b-day Sasha (crazy belated)!

    (also happens to be my name, spelled same way too. big ups)

  3. about 6 months ago

    bigmay

    QOTD: I have to agree with HuskerJamie. Packer fans make me sick too. And living in Minneapolis, there are a lot of them.

  4. about 8 months ago

    HuskerJamie

    QOTD: Packers fans in general and the media constantly fawning over Brett Favre.

  5. about 10 months ago

    Stacy

    Gary, I just found your TV tasting note on Grimaldi Dolcetto – I received a few phone calls looking for this wine, they said they saw it on your show. If you think that his Dolcetto is interesting, you should try his 2003 Conca Barolo. Beautiful!

  6. about 11 months ago

    LT

    well, u got kellen clemens and the jets STILL lost. oh well, there’s always next week.

    QOTD - working past 10pm for repeated days in a row.

  7. about 11 months ago

    Kathleen Lisson

    Gary,
    Being on a boat without Dramamine! Oh, you mean emotionally sick? Seeing people yell at their kids.
    Kathleen Lisson
    Albany NY

  8. about 11 months ago

    BK

    QOTD: Being out of town without an internet connection and missing free shipping….

  9. about 11 months ago

    MetalDave

    QOTD: George Bush, Global Warming, Mass-Produced Factory Wine

  10. about 11 months ago

    MaryS

    I’m way behind but still in time for free shipping :).
    Happy Belated Birthday Sasha!
    QOTD: When parents smoke with their kids in the car.

  11. about 11 months ago

    sam

    gary i was alurker. you rock

  12. about 11 months ago

    Scarred1

    Ok so Im a couple of days late. but not too late for free shipping ;)

    Happy Birthday Sasha!!!!

    (oh and welcome back Gary)

    QOTD: Romeo Crenel and the Cleveland Browns generally.

  13. about 11 months ago

    Keith L

    Happy Birthday Sasha!!!

    I love the new shirt

  14. about 11 months ago

    Taco John

    QOTD: The University of Notre Dame

  15. about 11 months ago

    Dr Aaron

    QOTD: Pre-Med Keeners, otherwise known as PMKs. The kids who’ve watched too much ER and will literally KILL to get into Med School.

    I tried a Dolcetto. It brung some thunder.

  16. about 11 months ago

    cruster

    You mentioned Slovakia for the very first time on the show, which made me happy. Hopefully, the time, when you have a slovak wine on show is coming. Fingers crossed :)
    QOTD: These days, I’m getting really sick of re-inventing the wheel.

  17. about 11 months ago

    Warren

    Gary:

    Great show. Sorry for the Jets :-( There’s always next week!

    Happy Birthday from Chapel Hill…a few days late to Pappa Vayniac!

    Hooray for FREE SHIPPING!

    Great t-Shirt….but what do you call a part-time lurker??? When ya gotta work…sometimes that’s what ya have to be.

    QOTD: The list is endless. Most folks right on target (politicians, screaming kids, wine snobs at wine tastings) but one not mentioned…wine sludge at the bottom of a bottle. Ever take an accidental gulp of that! UGHHHH

    Tip of the day (TOD)….here’s a trick I learned from my friend Randy S. at Ledson Winery in Sonoma. To do a real “sniffy-sniff”, take one of your BIG bordeaux glasses, add about 1 ounce of wine, tilt the glass on it’s side so it’s flat on the table (making sure not to spill any juice) and roll it back & forth a several times to throughly coat the glass. Then do a “sniffy-sniff”. You will be amazed!!!! Totally unconventional(isn’t that what this is all about anyway!), wine snobs will shriek :o, The nose of the wine takes on a whole new life! Talk about the A.E.s!!!!! Give it a try!

    Love the show during lunch breaks!

  18. about 11 months ago

    mikemc

    Gary…converted lurker. New to the site and love the idea and innovation!!! Also, fellow Jets fan and happy to hear you set the record straight with the the whole “Chad booing” situation.

    Keep up the good work…hope to be more active here in the future.

  19. about 11 months ago

    Jeff Cleveland

    QOTD: Cleaning up vomit…my daughter threw up in my car yesterday.

  20. about 11 months ago

    JayZee

    Sorry about your Jets. But, hey, sadly, I am a Browns fan and we sucked pretty badly as well. In fact so badly, that we not only changed QBs in the first quarter, but we traded our starting QB yesterday. Sigh!

    QOTD: The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees make me SICK. :-(

    BTW, I actually had a Lemberger from Washington State and it was interesting - a little weak, perhaps, but still kind of interesting to try.

  21. about 11 months ago

    Andrew

    Hey Gary, thanks

    QOTD: Ignorance and aggression, but I’ll also whack in a few ‘wine’ focused responses:
    - 40% wine tax in Hong Kong.
    - Shit poor wine storage in Hong Kong which means that bottles of wine in the super-market are often covered in mold.
    - The embarrassing bad Australian wines sold in Hong Kong; though many good ones are out there.
    - The belief in the Asian wine market that cork seals are better then screw tops (especially in a tropical environment).
    - 400% mark-up from retail on restaurant wine lists in Hong Kong.
    - Restaurants that refuse to serve you tap water.
    - And the lack of respect/acknowledgement/knowledge about Australian Riesling, Semillon, fortifieds and Botrytis affected dessert wines.

    Cheers
    Andrew

  22. about 11 months ago

    corkdork

    Thanks for the episode. The first wine you tasted is in the store that I work and I hadn’t tried it yet.

    Not an NFL fan so I’m not getting all time and energy you spend on it, but oh well.

    Sent the email to your dad. Kind of weird but fun.

  23. about 11 months ago

    Mike Brennan

    Go Pats (again) and Happy Birthday Sasha.

  24. about 11 months ago

    J Crazy?

    Sasha, you da’ man. You my rukka rukka real homie. Much love.

    I would say sorry about the Jets but they really, and I mean like that crap ass wine you tasted today, sucked big Kahuna. No offense to Kahuna, of course.

    Other than that? Hmmm, what makes me sick. Business people. “Business people” who are so god darn high on their fleeting success horse that they just don’t give a rat’s ass about anyone “lower” than them. That pisses me the “F” off. At the end of the day, your value is counted as how you enhance the lives of the people around you right? That’s why we all love wine; because, at it’s best wine can enhance our lives and our relationships with our friends. God crappin’ arrogant, snobby, fake ass dorks. Smile sometimes. Get your head out of the Wall Street Journal and talk to your friends and family, will ya’?!

  25. about 11 months ago

    Mikey C

    Sorry about the Jets. I feel your pain (Saints Fan). I know you aren’t packing it in already keep the faith. 15 more games to go.

    QOTD: Cheaters!! N.E.

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