Gary’s Wines Of Choice If He Had Gone Shopping – Episode #363

December 4, 2007

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This could be a lot of fun, Gary Vaynerchuk breaks down into consumer mode and picks out a few things he would have picked if he went into a wine shop in another city like Madison, Wisconsin or San Fran.

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  • “QOTD: Jewel Food Stores, a staple in the Chicagoland area.

    I dunno …” by Karen

  • “ooo 0 for 3 is tough. I like the way you look at it though.

    QOTD: …” by A dumb Rhine king

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Nora AlbarinoSpanish Albarino play review at cork'd
2006 Vina Chocalan CarmenereChile Carmenere

play review at cork'd
2002 Marques De Grinon Petit VerdotOther Spanish Red Wine play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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  1. December 5, 2007

    L

    whole foods

  2. December 5, 2007

    Joseph M. Kennedy

    QOTD: Ralph’s Freshfare and Wholefoods.

  3. December 5, 2007

    Lukas B

    QOTD- mostly Tesco. Sainsbury if i’m feeling adventurous and rich.

    Great show,
    congrats to Dave

  4. December 5, 2007

    hockeywiner

    Loved the intro! Wow, wish we lived closer to visit!

  5. December 5, 2007

    Karl Laczko

    QOTD – EVERYWHERE. One week it’ll be Tesco’s, then Sainsbury’s, occasionally Asda, Waitrose when I need some really nice wine, back to Tesco’s, then maybe Morrisons, into Newcastle for the Central Market (and maybe Fenwick for more nice wine) then the next week it’ll be Costco, Aldi features regularly, last week I picked up the shopping at Makro (and a wine cooler!) and occasionally even the COOP gets a look in, then Waitrose again, maybe Tescos, blah de blah blah blah……………..

  6. December 5, 2007

    MB Dallas

    Nice intro of the store. Had no idea it was such a large shop.

    Ordered an Albarino (Laxas) at dinner the other night, and really enjoyed it. Learned about the grape from the show, so it was top of mind. Thanks!

    QOTD: Central Market. It’s a Whole Food-like retailer in Texas. Great produce, meat, seafood, and hard to find ingredients. A nice wine department, though it seems a bit overpriced.

  7. December 5, 2007

    Mr.Sato

    QOTD Mostly Trader Joe’s for the staples. We also shop at Nijiya Market for our Asian needs (the wife is Japanese). For fruit, when we can’t get to the farmer’s market, we go to Gelsons. We now make our own bread and icecream, which has cut down on our Gelsons runs.

    Hey Gary, it is encouraging to see you bomb out shopping [blindly] for wine, since we’ve all done it, but didn’t think such experienced wine drinkers such as yourself had the same problem. And you’re right… if the wine doesn’t totally such it is usually worth the experience, even if you don’t totally like it. Wine can vary in so many ways… it is always a new experience.

    cheers!

  8. December 5, 2007

    James H

    I shop at two grocery stores in my neighbourhood: Zehrs, and Remarks. The former is for the every day food stuffs, but the latter is for speciality goods, and extremely fresh goods — it’s more expensive, but sometimes it feels nice to splurge.

    Congrats to Dave Grega!

  9. December 5, 2007

    Wednesday

    Trader Joe’s for staples.
    The Super H asian market for seafood and for exotic flavors.

  10. December 5, 2007

    Shane

    QOTD: Central Market, Jimmy’s Italian Market, Rudolph’s Market, Kroger. Depending on what I need. All in Dallas.

  11. December 5, 2007

    Big Nick

    I think that I pissed the wife off today by letting her know that we are going to NJ for our vacation next year…..no questions to be asked. I have to see the WLTV store that place is huge. She asked me first if we were going back to atlantic city and when I told her no she just screamed and walked away.

    QOTD: There is no place around here to shop besides the larger chain stores, and they are no fun. On occasion I will slip down to this local market that has great produce and some nice wines. Nothing fancy, but nice for a change of pace. Horrock’s it is.

  12. December 5, 2007

    BillT

    I drive all the way from Chesapeake, VA to shop at Wegman’s in Woodbridge and to get a Ripper at Rutt’s Hutt in Clifton. Sometimes I visit friends while in the neighborhood…

  13. December 5, 2007

    Dominick Mack

    Wegman’s beats the piss out of any other grocery store.

  14. December 5, 2007

    Dan H

    I shop at Tops on the Waterfront, a great local grocery store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

  15. December 5, 2007

    ryan

    QOTD groceries at trader joes and the local farmers market

    As for being 0 for 3, you didn’t think the wines were bad just not amazing, so I can’t see how that is any worse than buying the same over-marketed, over-hyped boring bottle

  16. December 5, 2007

    Tinhorn1

    I love to shop at PCC in Seattle. Keep up the amazing work!
    Take good care,
    Brook

  17. December 5, 2007

    Dave lurk M

    I don’t mine some O’fers if they are drinkable… I hate it when they are so bad you dump them.

    OTD: 1st Jungle Jim’s, 2nd Trader Joes

  18. December 5, 2007

    Kristi

    hmm, I got to Safeway for the convenience and a local grocery store called the Nugget (it’s similiar to Whole Foods) for higher end items.

  19. December 5, 2007

    Jacob

    I didn’t comment yesterday because I would have felt guilty because I rarely comment. But I watch through a video podcast aggregator, not through the site, so the “comment this guy up” links aren’t handy.

  20. December 5, 2007

    Bill H

    QOTD – Trader Joe’s, and then Whole Foods for cheese

  21. December 5, 2007

    Kristen

    PS- You need to try and seek out 2006 Burgans Albarino if you do an Albarino episode…which I’m counting on! Everyone at Barriques loves it!

  22. December 5, 2007

    Valerie

    QOTD: Oleson’s Market (in Charlevoix), a small grocery store chain in Northern Michigan.

  23. December 5, 2007

    Craig

    In this area we think we have a great wine store when we have over 300 different bottles of wine to choose from!

    Of course, that should be obvious by my answer to the QOTD: The Piggly Wiggly

  24. December 5, 2007

    Deano

    Gary sorry it didnt turn out like you planned. But yeah it happens to us all.

    QOTD:
    -Safeway usually but sometimes lucky.

  25. December 5, 2007

    Carlitos

    Gary, you mentioned that the PV was lacking something else to blend with. Have you tried the Marques de Griñon Summa Varietalis that you guys also sell? It’s their Syrah, Cab and PV blend. I haven’t tried the 2002, but the 2003 I tried in a restaurant in Spain last summer blew me away!

    QOTD. Most of the shopping is done at a local farmer’s market here in Hollywood, FL called Big Irv’s. For our specialty buys we go to Whole Foods, expensive but they have the stuff.

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