Nero D’avola Wines – Episode #385

January 14, 2008

This is not Corvo people, Nero has taken a big jump in quality and today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes through 4 wines to see whats up.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Terre Borboniche Nero D’avolaSicilia IGT
Regaleali RossoSicilia IGT
Morgante Nero D’avolaSicilia IGT
2002 Tasca D’almerita Rosso Del ConteSicilia IGT

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January 15, 2008

Ricky B.
OOTD- Tuscany,Venice, and a cruise that stops in Sicily, and assorted Italian stops ending up in Greece.
January 15, 2008

Scott Paparella
GV, great to have you back! I loved the extensive look at the Tasca Dâ€™almerita’s color profile. Well done!
January 15, 2008

Siggi from Iceland
Great to have you back Gary, just one thing tho… if you are gonna stop using the sniffy sniff, you also need to stop taking about the Jets OK… didn’t think so:P

QOTD: Well as you all ready know I’m going to either Sicily or Burgundy this summer for 1 month to work.
January 15, 2008

SheriffBlalock
Glad you’re back, Gary. I missed the show more than I could imagine! Enough so that you got a lurker to come out for the first time.

I like Nero D’avola a lot, it’s a great bargain wine.

No wine vacation for me this year, unless going to the local wineries 45 minutes away counts. I will be visiting Chicago in a month and I’m certainly going to hit up some of the big stores there.
January 15, 2008

Tooch
very interesting show. i’m newish to wine, so hearing about the Nero Dâ€™avola wines was a real eye opener. can’t wait to try some!
January 15, 2008

Saubrey
QOTD: Going to be spending some time around Paso Robles in the summer and thought about hitting up some wineries there. I don’t think I can talk my wife into a Jersey vacation just to visit the WL. Maybe we’ll swing down next time we’re in NY.
January 15, 2008

Jayhitek
QOTD: No wine plan vacations set up. Maybe I will just pour 20 bottles of wine into a bathtub and lather myself in it..?
January 15, 2008

VinoVixen
Welcome back GV. I have never had a nero…will seek one out.
QOTD: Hoping to make it out to Willamette Valley, Oregan. I have never been and I am anxious to see Portland and the wine country. Also planning to go back to Montalcino to work in a winery sometime this summer or fall:-)

PS. Never say you are playing with yourself, it is too much information
January 15, 2008

Chris
QOTD: I’m going to Traverse City, MI in the spring. They’ve got Rieslings for days up there.
January 15, 2008

Scott EJ
Morgante gone.

GV you are genius.
January 15, 2008

GregStefos
Glad to see you back, Gary. You appear rested and ready to teach us more about wines.

Suggestion for QOTD: What state, or country if overseas, are the Vane-i-acs watching you from?

Greg
January 15, 2008

Sassodoro
Welcome back, Gary! We missed you!

Hey, Gary. When you held up that first wine the label said “IGT Calabria,” so it isn’t from Sicily.

I understand that Sicilian producers have been doing some recent exploring/experimenting with their local terroirs, and they are finding some spots that are especially good for Nero d’Avola. I know that at tastings I have tried some lesser known Nero d’Avola’s (among other Sicilian wines) that were just fantastic. I’ll have to see if I can dig out my tasting notes.

QOTD. I don’t know. Hanging out with you at the Wine Library sounds pretty good.

Welcome back!
January 15, 2008

BelgianBeerMistress
QOTD: Might have a beer destination: either Belgium or Germany for Octoberfest. Otherwise, no wine destinations yet. And since I live in Philadelphia, a Wine Library pilgrimage might be the way to go…

By the way, check this out: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_bi_ge/costs_more_tastes_better
January 15, 2008

Paul
We MISSED you, GV!

Welcome back.
January 15, 2008

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
Great to have you back Gary! Hope you had a great vacation and rested up a bit.

Gary that’s so cool that you mentioned Skeleton today! One of my best friends is a skeleton runner, and is in the running to go to the 2010 olympics as well! I’ll ask him, but I’m pretty sure he knows Caleb. he hasnt updated this site in a while, but this video shows Lake Placid pretty well. http://www.rit.edu/~cen4920/Skeleton/media/movies/WHEC/WHECNews.html

QOTD: my planned wine vacation will be checking out a vineyard or two in Minnesota. My boyfriend’s family lives out there and I’m going out to meet them this summer and have been promised some MN wine… should be interesting. Other than that I’m sure I’ll take a trip to a few fingerlake vineyards to work on some photography and research. I’m also supposedly going to a wedding on Long Island in July, so it’ll be tough to resist checking out a vineyard or two out there.
January 15, 2008

NADINE
Hey Gary,

Welcome back, you and your energetic ways, good to have you back. Hope all is well – to answer your ? of the day, it’s simple really, me and bf are probably thinking of going to Cuba and cut through the winter season, we’ll see, have a good day
January 15, 2008

Tom G. of the CKC
QOTD: I am trying to plan a visit to the Niagara region to check out some of hte Ice Wine producers. I can’t quite afford a trip out to Napa or anything international right now. And, of course, a trip over to Wine Library – a quick jump up the NJ Turnpike from Philly.
January 15, 2008

Grasshopper
Say it ain’t so………..

Retiring Sniffy Sniff!!!!! Please say you are just kidding!!!!

QOTD – nothing planned yet…:(
January 15, 2008

Chippewamike
Welcome Back!

QOTD: Will be exploring the Northern Michigan Wineries this summer.
January 15, 2008

YoungDave
HE’S BACK!!

QOTD: I have a friend visiting me on the west coast (LA) in a few weeks and I think I’ll plan a Santa Barbara day trip for us, then in September I have a friend coming out here for a week and I’ll plan a bigger, extended Sonoma and Napa trip for that.
January 15, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
Changing the wine world, whether they like it, or … Mott?
January 15, 2008

Ryan D
QotD: Going to upstate New York and Niagara Falls, so I plan on hitting a winery or two on the way up and/or back. Definitely want to hit Konstantin and will do research on others. Might go to Nova Scotia and will hit something up there if we go. Icewine. Mmm.
January 15, 2008

ceewats
Planning on going to Lodi Michael David winery or I guess I’ll be up north stoppin in the lib. Hows that NC trip comming????
January 15, 2008

Scotty
…and number 12, also worn by the 4 TIME Super Bowl winning Mr. Terry Bradshaw of the 5 TIME Super Bowl winning Pittsburgh Steelers!!!!
January 15, 2008

Tom L
Good to have my WLTV fix for the day again. Welcome back GV! My wife got me a copy of “The Nine” for Christmas, but I haven’t had to opportunity to read it yet, but I’m into the Supreme Court as well. If you are really interested in the Supreme Court, you need to take a trip to Washington, D.C and sit in on oral argument of a case you are interested in. Just check out this site http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ and click on the Oral Arguments link for more information. Just be sure to tape a couple shows before you go.

QOTD: At least 25 trips to the Wine Library. Maybe a trip to Crushpad.