Gary Is Tired From A Day Of Tasting 140 Wines

Gary Is Tired From A Day Of Tasting 140 Wines – Episode #358

November 27, 2007

Gary fights through and puts out an episode for you on WLTV after a long, long day of tasting and buying wines.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Chateau Jonc Blanc MontravailOther Red Bordeaux
2004 Sojourn Cellars Cabernet SauvignonSonoma Cabernet Sauvignon

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November 27, 2007

David M Roberts
QOTD: At tastings, by the 7th or 8th sample, I’m shot. However, I’m not spitting into my dainty little Jets bucket….
November 27, 2007

stockholm
gary,

im almost sort of sad that you even thought about changing the intro. i don’t think that anybody worth having as a viewer doesn’t delight in screaming right along with you. i know that joining in and weirding out my swedish roomate by yeling “Hello everybody and welcome to wine library tv! I am your host, Gary VAY-NER-CHUK and (here comes the absolute best part) this…is…the THUNDER SHOW!” makes me extremely happy every day. it just gets me so excited about wine. heres to you gary vaynerchuk, you’re one of kind…
November 27, 2007

Alos
Hey brother I know, I would be tired too thankyou for todays show though. I felt like crap all day and have been swamped myself but to be able to sit down and watch the show was the highlight of my day! So please keep on truckin. I have no idea what my limit is actually, I have not had enough in a row haha. P.S. The port was amazing! Have a great night bro!
November 27, 2007

Svante Adermark
Because I usually drink the wines and do so in small groups, I always stop feeling the wine after the third bottle, almost regardless of how much of the bottle I had myself. Maybe I should start opening all the bottles right away, although people rarely want to admit up front that they are going to finish three or more bottles of wine, or go for half bottles (thanks for an excellent show on that subject BTW).
November 27, 2007

Craig MacDonald
Thanks for the show! You’re a good guy.
QOTD: never been there. My local shop’s tastings only feature three wines at a time. But that’s OK. It’s about all my memory can handle, so what’s the point in pushing my palate?
My Yahoo 360 blog doesn’t allow me to post widgets. Bummer!!
November 27, 2007

Hugh
50-60 is usually my limit after which it’s all grape juice
November 27, 2007

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: I’ve never really kept track but at the Charleston Food + Wine Festival last year it was somewhere between the first and the hundredth.
November 27, 2007

DC7
Super tastings in Richmond, VA usually have 20 ~ 25 wineries each bringing 6 ~ 10 wines and that’s enough! Water between wineries. Give your liver a rest.
November 27, 2007

joaquin
nice show…

qotd: about 15…
November 27, 2007

E
Bergerac, eh? I’d hit that.

Q: so far, so good. I’ve never gone so far I started to get tired, but then the biggest wine tasting I’m usually at is for the charity I work for, so I’m usually busy and satisfied if I just find something nice to sip.

Have some tea, get some sleep, and treat yourself to this tomorrow …

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=35453

C’mon, you know you want to!
November 27, 2007

KyleLikesTies
Hey, I sympathise about the long day … I worked 11 1/2 hours on research today (in an area that’s totally outside what I normally do) … and a nice, relaxed episode of WLTV was perfect.

QoTD: It really depends. I’ve had wine that was so bad that my palate just got discouraged and I had to take a breather before tasting anything else for a while, but I’d say normally it takes a few dozen, although I’m certainly not nearly as precise as you, GV (e.g., I might taste dark fruit / berries and you taste cassis and slightly-underripe blackberries with a touch of plum) … So mad props if you made it through 130+
November 27, 2007

Grapedigger
Hey Gary, you must have a palate of steel to survive tasting 130 wines!! Hell, what about the teeth staining?!! BTW, is that baby Vaynerchuck on the Mac’s screen saver behind you. As for the QOTD, I’ve been to few wine tasting and mostly I do not spit, so I guess I start walking the clouds as I hit number 20!! Cheers
November 27, 2007

Sumit
Thanks for sucking it up for us, Gary and banging out a show. As for the QOTD, I would say somewhere around 25 or so in the handful of multi-wine tastings I have been to. After that, I really can’t distinguish anything.
November 27, 2007

NathanN
Thanks for the show. I like it when you pull out a couple of recommendations like that.
QOTD: I would say around 30. 140 that is one strong palate you have
November 27, 2007

dulamae
Thanks for caring enough to put together a show, you do look TIRED!

Rhonda
November 27, 2007

Taylor
Gary is human, I was starting to wonder how he could be so good.
QOTD I would have to say for me it really depends on whether or not I spit, with spitting I would say I could taste around 25, but without spitting efficiently 10-15.
November 27, 2007

late-start
I always feel as though my palate is always fatigued; needs more training. Anyway hope to get that started with my first real purchase from the WL!!!!
November 27, 2007

mrzitro
QOTD: I have no clue what the limit is for me.

It would be cool to see the list of the 130+ wines you tasted. Just the list…not the ratings you gave. Why did you taste so many at one time?
November 27, 2007

Obama_Man
Gary, from what I’ve seen in the 50+ episodes of WLTV that I’ve watched, it seems like you want us to stay clear of Cali Cabs due to price vs. quality. So what reasons SHOULD we concentrate on for $10-$20 wines? Is there ever a safe bet?
November 27, 2007

carnyc
QOTD: Went to a tasting with 30 wines and I remember (as much as one could remember since there was no spitting) that I couldn’t really taste the last 3 or 4 wines at all. So, I guess the answer is: 26
November 27, 2007

DannInNH
Wine tasting/QOTD…doesn’t matter. Being a proud grandfather, who’s the cute baby on the monitor ??? Second time we got a glimpse.
November 27, 2007

Matty H
GV – Thank you for bucking up and powering through to do a show for us today. As always, very much appreciated.

QOTD – I’ve never been north of 8-10 or so and was not fatigued.
November 27, 2007

Dr T from N. Carolina
Oops, forgot the QOTD — I’ve never done more than 6 at one sitting, but I can’t imagine doing more than 10 or 12 in a session, or more than 3 sessions in a day. Guess that’s one reason I’ll never be a professional! Also, thanks for featuring the Bergerac. In my limited experience, they tend to be equal to Bordeaux costing 25%-50% more. I just rarely come across them.

“T”
November 27, 2007

D
Gary, way to man up and do a show today. Who says wine drinkers can’t be tough guys. Really though, good job I figured you might be a little too tanked after 130 wines.
November 27, 2007

dank
lurker here.. stepping out of the shadows.. on the youngish/inexperienced side (23) so to answer the QOTD:

around 9?

for thanksgiving eve last week, friends of mine and I had a ‘wine gathering’ next at his apt next to the huge t-day balloons on Columbus Ave. and we had 9 different bottles. the most alarming and obvious nose i got was Fruit Loops cereal on a white wine.

btw, still a good show gary, and if you’re beat maybe you need a:

https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=36215