A Grab Bag Of Wines On The Thunder Show

A Grab Bag Of Wines On The Thunder Show – Episode #379

December 27, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and tastes through a few wines and gives you his thoughts.

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“QOTD: Yes, yes, Schloss Johannisberg 2005 Riesling Kabinett Red top, a…” by richardvinifera
“Yay for Joh Jos Prum. I have 2 bottles of the 2005 Wehnlur Somelhur A…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Spice Route PinotageSouth African Pinotage
2005 Black Wing ShirazAustralian Shiraz/Syrah
2003 Chat La Tour CarnetOther Red Bordeaux
2004 J.j. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese RieslingGerman Riesling

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December 27, 2007

Kristen
And PS- Mott where were the hand puppets in front of the camera while you were supposed to entertain?
December 27, 2007

Joe G /TX
Great show Gary. Ive never had a German Riesling. I have tried about 2 or three other rieslings and did not like them much. Not too much into rieslings, but I think Im going to try this one out. Im always happy to try new wines.
December 27, 2007

Kristen
GV, please don’t tell me you’ve tasted a tumbleweed! I’ll do a lot for wine, but that goes too far for me!

QOTD: Yes and yes. Germany really does a good job, whereas I think Alsace overshadows them (although they make excellent wine too).
December 27, 2007

Martini
QOTD. Yes. Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes. I salivate just thinking about German rieslings, from Trocken to QbA to Spatlese and beyond. And JJ is a rockstar. Muller-Catoir, Dr. Thanisch, Donhoff. This is why i live…aside from family and friends and all that other stuff.
December 27, 2007

E
Yes, thanks to my dad the JJ Prum fan. ‘03 Wehlener Sonnenuhr, even.
December 27, 2007

bh
yes and yes

friday night is riesling night…
December 27, 2007

Washington 101
What’s up with the pronunciation “Hote Maydoc”, somebody give me some help on this, I always thought it was “Oh Maydoc”. Definitely don’t want to be challeging gary (the dude is great), but we are trying to learn some things here.
December 27, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
QOTD: 1) YES
2) HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The M-LIU TShirt is a must!!!!!

Great ep,, I now know what I will be doing this weekend,,,, going thru my 2003 Bordeaux and checking out how they are doing…. thanks for giving my weekend life direction!
December 27, 2007

chitown_wino
QOTD, yes more like around 100
December 27, 2007

Social Project Brian
No Link It Up, Mott! t-shirt? I think it could be even bigger than dead deer with cherries.

petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/bri1970/petition.html
December 27, 2007

Lynne
Whott? Nott the Mott? I think I’m a bit upsott!!
December 27, 2007

Dave Canada
QOTD – Yes……Yes…but probably not more than 20 in my life so i still need more!
December 27, 2007

Antonio TouriÃ±o
Three out of 4… not bad!

QOTD: Yes, I’ve had blue nun and another one that I cannot remember right now. But I did seek out reislings specifically.
December 27, 2007

Sassodoro
Good ep, Gary!

QOTD. German Riesling? NatÃ¼rlich! How many? Vielleicht fÃ¼nfundzwanzig. I’ve had far more German Riesling than I have had Pinotage. I’ll have to check out the Spice Route.
December 27, 2007

randyshakes
Never had a German Riesling. I have had some Oregon and Washington state Rieslings and they’re not bad.
December 27, 2007

Flavio
QOTD: Nope.

Only rieslings that I’ve had were from Alsace. Will definitely look into German ones (last German wine that I had was the pinot you featured a few months ago and it was pretty darn good and I know those guys are better known for rieslings than for pinots)
December 27, 2007

Kirk
Great show today….I was totally stoked to see my favorite German producer on the show. I have most definately had many German rieslings having lived in Darmstadt as a soldier for three years. German Rieslings comprise about 1/3 of all the whites in my collection. Such an amazing wine with such long lived potential…I wish more new wine drinkers were open to trying them. I think with so many levels that there’s a wine for every moment with food…and that’s what I love about them. For those of you who think Alsace is superior I’d love to do a blind tasting of your Alsace wine with my German Trocken wine….see who wins. Hmmm….a possible eppisode down the road maybe?
December 27, 2007

Sonnenuhr
QotD: Yes, more than 2 – try more than 500
December 27, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: Yes I have had one. No not more than 2.
December 27, 2007

Senator
Yes, I’ve had several; kabinett, spatlese, & auslese. I even bought a case of an auslese I think many many years ago. I have to admit though, it has probably been pretty close to 20 years ago since I bought my last German reisling. QPR is just not there for me.
December 27, 2007

Fingerlaker
no and no.. several ny rieslings but no german
December 27, 2007

grace
QOTD: Yes and Yes. On Christmas Eve, we had a lunch of Riesling from Rancho Sisquoc and cheese (Brie and Point Reyes Blue) with currants, grilled pears, truffle honey, raspberry chipotle, and gingery jam. The other Riesling that I’ve had have was a Boeger.
December 27, 2007

Malphas
I have never had a German Riesling… yet.
December 27, 2007

amgryger
I had the Black Wing Shiraz a couple of days ago while visiting my parents. It wasn’t really my cup of tea, but I’m not one to reject wine offered to me when I’m not the one who bought it. Nonetheless, my non-wine-drinking brother basically condemned it as “the worst wine he’s ever had,” basically because he knew a)it was from Australia, b)it was cheap. The whole situation was really frustrating.

QOTD: A) The only German wine I’ve ever had was a Reislaner. B) No. I haven’t been into wine long enough to have tried as many different things as you have put on the show.
December 27, 2007

jonomck
QOTD: Yes and Yes