Box Wine Tasting – Episode #367

December 10, 2007

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Can box wine be good? That is a question that maybe taking a very interesting spin in a new direction, as more and more under 25 year old wine drinkers enter the wine market wineries are thinking of new ways to brand to that demo and today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some of the newer efforts in the market.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Bandit Pinot Grigio play review at cork'd
2006 Bota Box Chadonnay

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2004 Cuvee de Pena play review at cork'd
2005 Thirsty Lizard Shiraz

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  1. December 11, 2007

    Darrell T.

    The best steak I’ve had was a Porterhouse steak prepared medium at the Chophouse in DC;
    The worst steak I’ve had was a NY strip that was thin and overcooked prepared at American Diner in Bensalem (it was 2am and I should have gotten the club sandwich).

  2. December 11, 2007

    Daithin

    It’s been a while, I’m veggie now. But the best I ever had was at some fancy family dinner when I was younger. Worst, though, was a gross little dive restaurant that tasted like liver, and not on purpose.

  3. December 11, 2007

    Jack

    Best steak was at Hal’s in Atlanta. Aged perfect and the fact that it was on what was the best date of my life… couldn’t have hurt. Greatest restaurant in the country… Hal’s is also the only place to go in Atlanta to cheat on your spouse! Dark out of the way dead end road in Buckhead where they take your car two blocks away to park. I have friends that refer to this place as the McDonalds for the very rich! Great food, no occasion needed.

    Worst steak ever was the on a business trip to Oklahoma City and my boss made us eat at a Sizzler. I question if anything bovine was even in the steak. New job and a boss with much better taste, life is good.

    Love your show!

  4. December 11, 2007

    ryan

    Qotd:
    Best steak: From the Wynn hotel in vegas filet, crusted with black pepper.

    Worst steak: from a restaurant in palm springs. It was rubbery and bland.

  5. December 11, 2007

    Vinnie Baum

    My best ever steak is one that I have grilled myself, usually a NY or prime rib cut with salt, pepper and a dash of cumin and/or garlic. Sometimes I’ll add a home made garlic or bleu cheese butter dollop on top and serve it with mushrooms in a marsala wine reduction. One of the worst, if not the worst was a recent dinner out with the wife for our 37th anniversary at a “quality” restaurant here in town. The steak, supposedly medium rare, came out curled up at the edges and filled with grissle. It was also a NY cut and was dry and no flavor and they had the nerve to charge 34.95 for the meal. Ugh! Since I have started cooking most of our meals 4 years ago it just is not worth it going out. We also spent 40 bones on a 12 dollar bottle of syrah. What a rip off!

  6. December 11, 2007

    H.E. (Butch) Darnell, Jr.

    Best steak – a 2 inch filet off my grill last weekend, served with a zin reduction sauce!!!
    Worst steak – Ponderosa Steakhouse (anytime)!!!!

  7. December 11, 2007

    SImike

    lurker…

    i would have to say my best steak was in a rest in Florence. about 3 inches thick, almost raw, covered in lemon and parsley and garlic. It was during a trip after college touring around europe. Young and stupid we were back then, i was traveling with 3 girls and we orderd white wine, the server gave us red and refused to let us drink white with it …ha

    next best bet would def be peter luger, best overall steak houe exp

  8. December 11, 2007

    sky

    what the fk is a goosenberry???

  9. December 11, 2007

    sky

    I have yet to have the best steak ever so someone should tell me a recipe or a restaurant to go to …..no steak has ever blown me away in recent memory but ya know my brain cells are dyin’ fast so……how about local organic kinda stuff or bal H said his dad raised the animal lhimself… right on that souds good. Ive had sausage from pigs raised by close friends of mine but never steak, gotta work on that one. thanks gary for going out on a limb for us with the cheap stuff. go bandit!!!! can you redo the french stuff with a more current vintage, im courious. i think im ight go out seek ouyt and byu buy that one and try it. love ya!

  10. December 11, 2007

    Luke Holtje

    Best steak I ever had was the 5$ steak at this bar. Never had such a good juicy steak for so little money.

  11. December 11, 2007

    Noontime

    I gotta say I’m a bit disappointed about the box wines…although finding one good one could be considered a suprise by some. Too bad I’m not into the white wines…I was hopeful about the sharaz. Oh well.
    QOTD- Best steak I ever had was a filet mignon in the Bahamas. It literally…and I mean literally melted in my mouth. The worst steak was one I made myself. Just out of the house and on my own, made a marinade out of whatever I could find in the fridge behind the beer, and fried it up in a pan on the electric stove. It tasted like hot dogs.

  12. December 11, 2007

    Luke Holtje

    Gary awsome show. I never really think of drinking boxed wine…. I guess I’ll try the Bandit. Yo me and my friends had a college wine tasting party the other week. Lots of fun. Later

  13. December 11, 2007

    ilikepopcorn

    I believe the best steak I’ve ever had was a filet, rare, wrapped in bacon, with sides of asparagus and mashed potatoes at the California Cafe. mmm.

    worst steak… filet from texas roadhouse, was supposed to be rare, was butterflied and medium well. blach. It went back and i waited on another.

  14. December 11, 2007

    trevor corso

    can’t remember having a bad steak or a good one sticking in my mund

  15. December 11, 2007

    Fred Schechter

    QOTD: best steak,, easy,, Land of Magic dinner club,, logan montana,, BEST.

    worst,, a few,, don’t want to think about wasting good meat.

  16. December 11, 2007

    Richard Werbin

    The best steak was at Cite restaurant in New York, years ago when they were good, at one of their “wine dinners”. 5 Terrific wines with a 3 course steak dinner. It was $40 / person. You can’t go there anymore. The price kept going up, the quality declined, and then they closed this year.

    The very worst. Outback Steak house special steak in Lansing, MI. I couldn’t eat it.

  17. December 11, 2007

    Lawrence Leichtman

    Best steak, Kobe Steak in Yokahama at $350 for the steak alone, worst, at a Scottish Steak Restaurant in London. Scots apparently don’t know what to do with a steak, thin overcooked with watery mashed potatoes and soupy peas.

    This episode did not change my opinion of boxed wines. I have tried over 50 different ones so far and not one beats a $6 bottle of wine. If this is a movement, it is a poor one.

  18. December 11, 2007

    Mike S.

    Best Steak – At a restaurant, I’d have to say the tri-tip from Woodranch in Agoura Hills or Morton’s NY Strip in mid-town DC. At home, easily the London Broil from Whole Foods with an Old Bay, garlic powder and black pepper spice rub.

    Worst Steak – small bistro in Bordeaux, right by the train station. McDonald’s would’ve been better than that.

  19. December 11, 2007

    habeen

    Best restaurant steak, filet mignon at the Octagon in Groton Ct.

  20. December 11, 2007

    Andrew Garber

    Oh ya… I guess I should enter the contest ;)

    Best: a New York strip at this place in Victoria, BC, called Rick’s Grill

    Worst: one time when I was little, I decided to reheat a steak in the microwave. Bad idea!

  21. December 11, 2007

    Michael Miles

    Worst steak ever: outback, terrible beef and slammed with seasonings

    Best steak ever: Alexander’s steakhouse in Champaign Il. Tiny town off a highway, great place. Alexander’s has refrigerator’s around the room full of meat. You chose your steak. I like the tenderloin, it is supple and melts in your mouth, but I love a good ribeye, the cut is just so much more “beefy”.

  22. December 11, 2007

    Cliff A

    QOTD: Best steak that I’ve every had was an aged Fillet from Whole Foods that I prepared “Fillet au Poirve” from recipes inspired by Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa in Paris) and Evan Goldstein (Perfect Pairings) at a lady friends house. Paired with the Leeuwin 2002 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon.

    Ordered the XMAS Pack.

  23. December 11, 2007

    hasbeen

    Best steak, beef medallions over arugula done to perfection on my grill with a good bottle of bordeaux and best friends.

    Worst, filet mignon at Kincaid’s, grisly and tasteless. Paid 70+ dollars for 12 dollar bottle of BV cab.

  24. December 11, 2007

    Robertico the singer

    Best: Filet Mignon, Top of the World, Stratophere Tower, Las Vegas
    Worst: Overcooked Cuban style steak at home

  25. December 11, 2007

    Andrew Garber

    Hey Gary! I’ve been a lurker since August (I heard about your show on Diggnation), and figured it’s high time I leave a comment ;)
    Keep up the great work!

    BTW, here’s a fantastic Petit Verdot to try: Pirramimma McLaren Vale Petit Verdot 2004 from Australia. It’s around $30 up here in Canada, but our prices are ridiculously high so I’m sure you can find it for less.

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