Thoughts About Wine And Evaluating It

Thoughts About Wine And Evaluating It – Episode #392

January 23, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk talks from the heart on todays thunder show! He specifically addresses the way he evaluates wine.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Achaval Ferrer MiradorArgentine Malbec
2004 Torbreck Run Rig RedAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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January 24, 2008

*/^_^\*
ha ha….7 more….you’re funny

qotd: wine, women, and song
January 24, 2008

BW
Hardly wait until tomorrow’s episode to see how they evolve.
Should do this more often – maybe with some lower end wines as well.

So looks like some sort of change after episode 400 ??? (7 more to go ??)
January 24, 2008

CindyW
Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed the Run Rig. I’m super pumped because on March 6th my husband and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary, and we’ll be popping open a bottle of 1998 Run Rig. Yes, it is a total indulgence, but that’s what we want for our celebration.
January 24, 2008

B-squared
What is this nonsense, seven more shows then you quit. Fear of success? or somebody’s lawyer threatening you? If the latter, screw them. We’ll all back you up–at the trial that is — for the rest of it, you’re on your own baby.
January 24, 2008

MacNPhish
So are you going to have your own mainstream TV show now, that’s my guess? Food Network? I’d certainly hope you would not abandon the Vaniacs completely.

QOTD: Golf, drink wine, video games, hang out with my wife and 2 girls!
January 24, 2008

Scott
7 more shows? are you nuts? That’s like Kellen Clemens announcing he’s going to retire from football before next season. The only difference is the jets could replace him.
I’m boycotting the QOTD until your shenanigans are over!
January 24, 2008

CaliforniaWino
GARY, YOU CAN’T RETIRE!!! It would set off mass depression all around the world. We need you!!!!
January 24, 2008

JoeyB
Good show!
Thanks for all the advice and entertaining me during my work day.
January 24, 2008

wineguy
Did I hear you correctly? Did you say your are stopping at 400 shows?
If this is true what am I going to do when the afternoon duldrums set in at work?
January 24, 2008

zak
You can’t retire after 7 more shows!!! Think about the shorties — QOTD triathlons
January 24, 2008

mbannon
Well that was a fun little episode. I got to taste a small sample of the ‘03 Run Rig a couple years back and I agree – I just can’t pay that kind of price for a bottle, but I’m sure glad I’ve tasted it at least once.
January 24, 2008

Kidder
mint chocolate chip strawberry candy?? Wow!!!!
January 24, 2008

Kristen
GV-
Thanks for bringing the thunder today! Can’t wait to hear the news.

QOTD: Live life in the now, cultivating relationships with friends and family.

Cheers,
KP
January 24, 2008

Brad O
Have to throw out a big WTF!!!!
7 episodes left here? Going to iTunes?
I guess we will have to wait for the big news.

QOTD. Mine has changed over the last 5 years from cycling, fishing and telemarking to travel to traveling with my wife, traveling with my wife and dog to know staying at home enjoying my wife, dog and 3 month old daughter Aubrey. Sometimes not in that order.
Wine has always played a part and will continue. Maybe just not as much as some of my funds have to go towards the kid.

Thanks for another great informative and opinionated show.
Keep up the good work no matter what medium you choose.

Brad
January 24, 2008

MtnCharlie
Firm cherries
Seven more shows??
Really like that you are bringing up drinking a bottle over a few days. This is often what I do, because if I finished a bottle a night I’d be hammered. Also, it is a good way to get a glimpse of what a wine might do if aged over a period of years.
QOTD: I like; sharing a fantastic meal with family and friends, getting out doors and doing something active like riding a bike, boating, skiing. Also, travelling and seeing the world and meeting people.
January 24, 2008

misswinegirl
GV-you gotta do more than 7 more…what will we do without you??? I taste wine everyday…and hearing you always revives me!!!

Don’t stop changing the wine world!
January 24, 2008

Christopher J
Everyone, remember the Apple TV he showed us yesterday, “TV”. Get the hint?
January 24, 2008

Mott T Hoople
First time I heard you mention “rootbeer” on the nose. I often smell that myself with certain wines and thought I was crazy.
January 24, 2008

Panosh
QOTD: ….and CHARGERS
January 24, 2008

Panosh
QOTD: Food, food, food, Wine, Beer
ONLY 7 more shows????? Did I miss something?
Everyone needs to indulge…… occasionally, even Lizzy.
January 24, 2008

Freddy
good day at work, coming home to friends and family to cap off the day.
interested to see whether or not the achaval and torbreck goes up, down, or stays the same.
7 more episodes? is there a mott video camera extortion scheme behind the scenes we don’t know about? tell me you’re just teasing please!
January 24, 2008

joel delon
thank you gaary for your honesty wine is your real territory !
qotd : riding my scooter and running on the top of the mountains…
January 24, 2008

Paulo P.
GV…

I often get a drastic evolution in long aeration on the Malbec. They gain so much. I hope it is the case with Altamira.

Regarding TCA contamination (corked wines), sometimes you do not get the corked smell. Instead, you can get a partial or extreme suppression of the aromas. Couldn’t be the case Gary?

… 7 episodes left? Yeah, right!
January 24, 2008

Sniffy Snifferton
To the viewers: did you know that 30% of your sense of smell is in your mouth? When you sniff wine, do so with your mouth slightly open near the rim of the glass (which is hard to do when your entire nose is in it!) and inhale slowly as you sniff. You’ll open up a whole new door to smelling wine and definitely improve your experience.
January 24, 2008

Jimmy Bryght
If the Torbeck is so wonderful and “indulging”, then why dump it at the end and not drink it? I would carry Mott’s children just to get a sip of that stuff.