Power Friday Tasting, Buckle Up!

Power Friday Tasting, Buckle Up! – Episode #376

December 21, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down with some of the most anticipated wines of the year. These cult and sought after wines make for an awesome Friday Show!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Mahi Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2005 Fisher Whitneys ChardonnayNapa Chardonnay
2005 Quinta Do Crasto Douro Reserva Old VinesOther Portuguese Red Wine
2005 El Nido ClioOther Spanish Red Wine
2004 Quintessa RedNapa Red Meritage

317 Responses

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December 22, 2007

Wine Lush
QOTD: I hope for more road shows. But Gary you need to do whats right for you! Hip and Heart, right????

I have forwarded this episode to two dozen of my friends. You validated my opinion of the Clio. I thought it was fakey and no heart. Not even a tin mans heart. Good wine, but hollow, it simply had no soul. I of course got verbally drawn, quartered and TRASHED at the tasting by my colleagues as a result. Thanks for the honesty. Keep it Real!!!

Lush
December 22, 2007

Matt
QOTD: I’m getting a vision…there will be two vacation/tours available where Vaniacs from across the globe can gather with their savant guide GV for a few days to enjoy 1) an unspecified region of CA, and, 2) the crush in NZ…or France…or Italy…or Spain…wherever. Hell, Amsterdam has some interesting bars!
December 22, 2007

Kim Schroeder
QOTD: Gary hosts his own show on the Food Network and decides to have a mystery 4 pack of wine every month so viewers can tune in and taste with him AND we get a ‘Mott Link It Up’ T-Shirt! Happy Holidays!
December 22, 2007

Sassodoro
Good show, Gary! Very let’s-focus-on-the-wine. Too bad about the Quinta do Crasto Reserva. I bought a bottle of the 2004, but I haven’t tried it yet. I hope it’s better than the 2005. I have to say that I tried a bottle of the non-reserva 2005, and I didn’t think much of it. In the past I have thought that their non-reservas have offered good value, but not so much lately.

QOTD. I don’t know what to predict. I think HeadWino had some good suggestions.
December 22, 2007

OrionSlayer
Too bad that Douro was disappointing, Portugal wines are usually great.

QOTD: Gary stays true to his fans and, dispite his better business judgement, gives free shipping on all items!
December 22, 2007

sky
gv leader of the vanernation. you guys know that the lakota nation declared their independence on wenesday from the USA,right? look it up!(link it up?)
December 22, 2007

sky
why not wine network? someone tell me why not? or lots tell us why!
December 22, 2007

sky
old school baby old school .thats all i got to say
December 22, 2007

sky
food network take note . GV will be starting the wine network next year!
December 22, 2007

Capt M
Love Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc! We kind of miss the goosenberry; you may coin that word. Great review on the Whitney’s; looks so seducing and inviting. You had too high spectations on the Quinta do Crasto. The color and tint on the El Nido Clio!! What is the score on the Quintessa? Did I miss it? Great show, five solid wines, very successful episode. QOTD: Double the amount of viewers, half the amount of lurkers, Capt M as guest on an episode, more and exciting contests, Lizzy will be expecting. Merry Christmas Gary and Family!
December 22, 2007

Philly Irish
Yo, Gar’

This is from one of your lurkers… Don’t give this thing up in ‘08 (’09, ‘10…). I drop in every now and then and the show (and your work) just keeps getting better. I’d hate to see you sell out like Rachel Ray, Emeril…

I REALLY don’t want to have you staring over my shoulder from a display at the local wine shop.

WLTV is real, honest, true… The heavy hitters can learn from you without you having to sell out in ‘08 or any other year. Keep this very good thing going. Like some whites and many reds, it can only improve with age.
December 22, 2007

HeadWino
QOTD: What’s up in 08′? (or should consider)
1) Build a new food pairing channel on WLTV. Different host (must have GV flair but have credentials with food. GV guest stars once in a while.
2) When GV travels do more road shows with local people/wineries. Aids in the marketing of WL.
3) Is a Food Network special on tasting somewhere in the near future?
4) More focus on “value” driven wines. Would bet the majority of viewers would like to be able to buy 10$-20$ wines. We can experience more variety with the modest priced wines.
5) Continue your efforts in demystifying French wines. More education.
6) More segments with 4-pak mystery wines. (Christmas pak like.)

Great shows, has really helped me identity different wines to try that I wouldn’t have ever known before.
B
December 22, 2007

Derek
Rockin show Gary, some really great wine !!!!

QOTD: I hope nothing changes with the thundershow in 2008, I love it the way it is.
December 22, 2007

Wanger
QOTD:

You’re going to do an episode focusing on bottle-to-bottle variation. You’ve panned wines that others liked (you know, the Duoro).

I’ve bought cases where most bottles were really good, one was crap, and one was awesome. Where does that come from? I know you’ll say mind-set, but there’s more to it than that.

It would be interesting to do three bottles of the same wine. (Or maybe, just talk about your experience with this phenomenon)
December 22, 2007

Valentin
2008 forcast? I will co-host the wltv show and bring the THUNDER!!!!!
December 22, 2007

joel delon
From a french point of view…
QOTD: Hope with 2008 this kind of program will keep on… wltv viewers will always keep an open mind considering their wine purchases, hope gary and his team will not follow the wine trend and will keep on helping me to define better the customers’ attitude and feeling about wine.
2K8 is supposed to be balanced gary just look at this perfect figure 8
Thank you for educating and entertaining us gary !
a french viewer joyeuses fÃªtes…
December 22, 2007

Nick
In 2008 I think the THUNDER Show will be on channel 12, on Saturday, after Lidia’s Kitchen.
December 22, 2007

sky
sign me up for the mott t shirt. ill trade you a bottle of passetoutgrain for it.
December 22, 2007

salvatore
No “Link it up Mottttttttttttt !”

You suck Gary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mott Rules………… Link that up Mott!
December 22, 2007

JohnnyC
Great show loved how $100 smells like garbage.

For 2008 I see more guest appearances and more guest spots for yourself on broadcast TV. The forming or partnering of an IP TV conglomerate to bring down broadcast television would be nice to have.
December 22, 2007

sky
old school is the only cool radool school.
December 22, 2007

sky
beam me up mott!!! kissin baby butt? is baby butt a wine flavor? ahh..snow peas!busy-hell yeah-i drive for a wine company and they wore me out so much on friday that its saturday morning before i can watch this show. i hope you read my late comments …(yeah gary you remembered its goose -no en- berry)….should i have two bottles of the mahi with my mahi mahi?short term memory loss takin over on the cali chard?so cali can stand up to burgundy ?what?!i dont know,gary…but if you say so maybe i ll have to try it…and im gonna have to have it with fish…(er).DONT FOLLOW RULES!i had an old duro last week it was reserva 2001 yeah! and it brought tht thounder. douro is up and coming!natural alcohol was damn high from the home of port, but the backbone held it together.holly bleep tht clio!!!15 years ago i could get jumilla for six dollars.no-five!ive delivered the clio and knew it was a hit but i dont roll with the fruit roll up bombs….sorry(bam,bam-have you been watching emril lately?)yeah bring on the funk train sewer and garbage…is this cool like a play by play while i watch or does that suck?next year yer gonna be old school already.;)? (what does that mean?)
December 22, 2007

Big Nick
Gary….spent many months just lurking while I caught up on all (and I mean all) of the past episodes here on the site. I got to see your evolution in a much shorter time frame than the vayniaks that have been here from day one. I guess the best part of the show is that we get to hear and learn about wines, from a guy that is so grounded in his youth that he is comfortable making Ric Flair comparisons. I am not sure TV is your calling, politics plays too big of a role and th often determine who you should be. Don’t change just for TV, your real niche is here doing small focused video bloggin where you control the content and the direction. Keep it up, and best of luck in ‘08.
December 22, 2007

billr
Nice show…even at 6am.

QOTD: I am not sure what to expect for 2008. After watching Episode #374 and then going back and watching Episode #18 I did see something that I liked in both episodes that you use to do in most of those earlier episodes that you have almost stopped doing in the past 100 or so episodes. Want to know what it is??? More detail about the wine, the grape, the region, the people behind the vineyard that particular wine comes from. Tell us a story like Mr Davies did on almost every wine you two tasted. You use to do that a lot but don’t seem to do it much anymore. I would rather watch you taste two wines and then tell us a story behind them than to watch you go through three, four or five wines and no story. I am fairly new to wine and if you want to keep us new Vayniacs or “want to be’s” attention for any amount of time I think 2008 needs to be a lot of the same thing you already do along with an “old twist” of telling us more about the wine. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching what you do but I really think Episode #374 showed me what I would really like to see for 2008. Bottom line: JUST KEEP ON DOING IT but maybe a little more info.
December 22, 2007

Characterlost
oh yeah gary v your getting huge, your getting a show on cable tv for sure… you sign next year and begin full time in 2009. have fun btw your rad, as long as you do a daily show, on a chanel that comes in a normal package