Box Wine Tasting – Episode #367

December 10, 2007

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
2006 Bota Box Chadonnay
2004 Cuvee de Pena
2005 Thirsty Lizard Shiraz

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December 11, 2007

Denis Malin
Gary, I agree on the Bandit Grigio… nice. Cuvee de Pena taste like a sneaker? Was that hightop or like a running shoe flavor?
December 11, 2007

Justin Thorp
Question of the Day Answer… I don’t really eat steak that often. I don’t know why. I’m more of a fish and chicken kind of guy.
December 11, 2007

JasonH
Best steak: Large cut Omaha Filet at Gorats in Omaha Neb., so tender you can cut it with a fork!

Worst steak: New York Strip that came with a steak and eggs breakfast, ordered medium rare, served well crispy.

Another good show!!! Keep up the great work!
December 11, 2007

wtvLurker
qotd: best – a ribeye in a simple place called orourkes in driggs idaho.
worst – airplane dinner.
December 11, 2007

careyd
QOTD: Best steak ever: Tied between the strip at Schula’s (Orlando) or the Filet Mignon at Drai’s (Las Vegas).

Worst steak ever: In Jordan, MT at the only restaurant in town (other than the Hell Creek Bar). Truly, cardboard tasted better. I proved it to myself after dinner there.

No lie!
December 11, 2007

Fevernova
QOTD: Best – The flank steak au poivre at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in Napa. A very underrated cut of meat IMHO.
Worst – Ponderosa.
December 11, 2007

Bryan Engblom
Best Steak – By far – Bone-in Rib eye from Delmonico’s in Las Vegas.

Runner Up – The bacon-wrapped tenderloin at The White House Supper Club in St. Lucas Iowa. It’s this modest little old-style supper club in a tiny little town in northeast Iowa we ate at during a motorcycle trip with friends. The combination of the atmosphere, the friends, the end of a perfect day and a great steak put this steak on-par with one of the finest restaurants in the country.

Worst Steak – - a hole in the wall called “Best Steak House” in a Minneapolis suburb. Pass the Ketchup.
December 11, 2007

Rick Fischer
Best steak: Don Shula’s Steak House, Orlando FL.
Worst steak: Howard Johnson’s, travelling through Penn.
December 11, 2007

Carol
QOTD: Best steak is at the Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT…a melt-in-your-mouth T-bone as big as the plate, perfectly seasoned and grilled. Second runner up was at Chico Hot Springs, out of Pray, MT. (Great wine list there, by the way.)
Worst steak was at a now-defunct restaurant in Modesto, CA called Happy Bees. Needed lots of steak sauce and lots of dental floss!
December 11, 2007

zach migliozzi
QOTD: Worst steak is anything from Outback Steakhouse, they over season everything. Best steak, Filet Mignon from The Precinct a Jeff Ruby Steakhouse here in Cincinnati.
December 11, 2007

David Dadekian
QOTD: Best was more than likely (more than 99% likely) at the original Palm on 2nd Ave. in NYC. The worst was probably at a Vegas “special” price. Oh boy.
December 11, 2007

Dionysus01
Best steak ever: Big Texan. Amarillo, TX. Worst steak ever: My own failed attempts……
December 11, 2007

Nathan Valchar
QOTD: Best steak: Strip Steak,Tavern Restaurant,State College,PA(Penn State Football!) . Worst Steak with eggs at Denny’s

Box Wine Story:
Since this was about boxed wine, I will share a great college wine drinking story, shortened. A friend and I were poor, bored and sober. We took an adventure to the liquor store and decided to go with a 5 liter box of Franzia to be â€œsophisticatedâ€ students. To spice up the drinking procedure we added a beer drinking twist and power-houred the wine. To those who donâ€™t know thatâ€™s an ounce/ounce.5 a minute for a given period of time, usually and hour. Well itâ€™s a big box, so we went longer. We actually ended up finishing 5 liters of wine between the two of us in just about 2.5 hours. Use your imagination as to how this ended. Breakdown: 84 ounces of wine in one short sitting. To this day I have not again drank boxed wineâ€¦
December 11, 2007

BPlague
Best steak I have had was a 3 inch thick Porterhouse from Prime Quarter here in Wisconsin and the worst is any place that thinks a 1/2 in. to 1 in. thick steak is a true steak.
December 11, 2007

Matt
QOTD: Best: NY Strip steak at Manresa in Los Gatos. Worst: Grilled over a fire while camping (got sand on it)
December 11, 2007

eltejano
best-
La Cabrera in Buenos Aires Argentina

worst-
at an un-named company/work event catered at a nice hotel in SF
December 11, 2007

Cassie
I don’t eat a lot of steak, I really don’t cause I’m very picky and steak is filling so if I’m gonna eat it its gotta be good. The worst steak ever was probably something my mom cooked cause she overcooks stuff like that. However, the best steak I ever had was the steak I myself, along with a friend from the culinary institute cooked on Friday. Lightly salted and peppered, seared perfectlyon the outside, still a little pink on the inside, with a blueberry sauce made with bordeaux wine, fresh blueberries and blueberry port. Delish.
December 11, 2007

chris afzal
worst: parish diner in brooklyn. stringy and soggy and way under cooked.
best: pdc in cali.
December 11, 2007

sky
reading all these discriptions is making me drool……yummy. i think my best bet is to go buy a good cut of organic steak and bring it home to cook it-that seems to be a consistant plus from todays comments., ill let all the vayniacsknow when it happens (probably not till this weekend)
December 11, 2007

Joe Po
Gary,

“….not appalling” what a great way to describe a nasty wine!
QODT: Best: Bife de lomo en Buenos Aires. So succulent!!
Worst: My brother-in-law on his grill!
December 11, 2007

Lee Watkins
Thanks for the secret Christmas wine, I am looking forward to it. Best steak was a rib eye from Costco grilled at my home. Worst was from Sizzler.
December 11, 2007

Barbara
QOTD –
Best – anything other than what I can cook
Worst – anything I cook
December 11, 2007

sky
according to dictionary.com and wikipedia it aint no goosenberry,gary. no such thang.???
December 11, 2007

J_Kersley
best stake … well, all the steaks in Italy seemed to be great – but that could have been simply because it was in Italy. Lately I’ve found bonefish grill to have great steaks, so that is my answer – the bonefish grill.

worst stake … sirlion i got at a bar a few years ago. i knew it wouldn’t be great, but this thing was down right inedible.
December 11, 2007

Dusty
had a god-awful steak from Longhorn the other night…would have rather eaten my shoe. best would have to be a 24 ounce porterhouse (if i remember right, i was in a meat coma) from this little hole in the wall restaurant in KC. Orgasmic just thinking about it. Although to it’s credit, the new Weber Grill Restaurant that just opened up a few months ago here in Indy is giving that place a good run for it’s money.