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 23, 2008

JD
7 more….bushleague

QOTD: Golf
January 23, 2008

Cliff S
You going to quit now? I want my Vayniac Cab money back.
January 23, 2008

Sharon
Nooooo… say it ain’t so, Gary!! I get the feeling perhaps you always thought 400 would be your max… urgh. How about 500? 500 is a nice number too.
There are so many more grapes and producers for you to talk about! Don’t let people criticizing your methods get you down. We like your methods just fine!
If there was a QOTD, I missed it.
January 23, 2008

Canadian Chris
QOTD: I love to drink wine with good food, great friends, family. I love to put effort and emotion into selecting a wine that I think my peeps will love. I dig seeing the look on their face, just as the wine goes down their throat – their eyes light up lips purse slightly, ears torque back and they look at you with wonder. Like they are seeing that sunset over the Loire valley, or the sun peeking over the horizon of the niagara escarpment, the love, the energy, the earth and adoration that went into the wine. Awesome. That and makin’ whoopie.
January 23, 2008

Ed
Great episode today…

7 more shows all time?!?!? I hope you meant 7 more to episode 400… well 8 more actually… Did you make a mistake?
January 23, 2008

Nick G
Only 7 More?

AHHHHHH!!!!!

Your show is great, I learn a lot while I am watching it, and it’s really fun. I look forward to what you will bring next, every day. It would greatly sadden me if you went off the air.
January 23, 2008

pforty
Dude, do not stop at 400! No, no, no , no, no, no, no. You may not!

QOTD: Drink wine, watch WLTV, make wine and smootch my wife…
January 23, 2008

sharon
Only 7 shows left? I guess all good things must come to an end.
Thanks for all the info!
January 23, 2008

DannInNH
QOTD: Babysitting my 3 year old grandaughter on Fridays. Nothing is better than the weekly fix I get from her.
January 23, 2008

Grapestompper (Dave)
Alright quit the 7 more episodes crap. You get me to stop lurking after a year and now you’re pulling that? KNOCK IT OFF!

Now very cool episode I’m looking forward to seeing how those wines taste tomorrow. I find a day with air is generally not a help. 5-6 hours seems peak for better wines, to me anyway.

QOTD: Grow grapes, make wine, drink wine. (and watch wltv… IF YOU KEEP DOING IT!!)
January 23, 2008

Kmarie
WHAT? I just discovered you after you were on Ellen. You can’t stop after seven more shows. That would be criminal.
January 23, 2008

VinoPhilosopher
Great concept for today’s and tomorrow’s show, Gary. On the forums I’ve said that people may have different evaluations of a wine b/c they taste it at different places in the evolution of the wine. Looking forward to tomorrow’s show.
January 23, 2008

purplejuicebruce
WTF 7 more shows??
QOTD … I like to watch you taste wine and tell me what it tastes like
I like to drink wine I like to make wine
January 23, 2008

WineMad
QOTD I love being with family, WLTV (only seven more, *sniff* *sniff*), the Eagles & Phillies.
January 23, 2008

espressokev
Hey, don’t go pulling an Everybody Loves Raymond on us. Stick around and see where this all goes. Maybe you’ll be the Internets number one show, period, after awhile. I sure have liked you more than those diggnation guys for months now.
January 23, 2008

Dan WI
Gary – From the heart , you are the BOMB, QOTD – what I love to do is watch WLTV and mountain bike. Please talk about the upcoming Vayniac get together in NJ in March . Even though we can’t order from you here in WI (depressed Packer fan)we’d love to vacation (big $ deal!) spending time in NJ/NY to meet you. I love your personality/enthusiasm. What else? Not sure , the Malbecs I’m drinking tonight are affecting my judgement. Go PACK, GO J-E-T-S, Superbowl matchup 2009 or beyond? Peace to you truly, DB
January 23, 2008

Chippewamike
Redunkulous! Have not heard that since Mike and Mike.

QOTD: Love to play golf! (Learning about wine a close second).

7 more shows? Is that before the end of the month?

Great show!
January 23, 2008

Nathan
I’d be rather disappointed if now that I am home from Iraq and can actually try some of these wines, you decided to up and quit your show. I love the more modern approach brought to your show. I am even getting the wife into it and she, as of yet, doesn’t care for wine.
January 23, 2008

Rajiv A
QOTD: Be with people I love. Play music. Play music with people I love.

You’ve GOT to be kidding about 7 more shows. If there are only seven, can each one be 5 hours long?
January 23, 2008

John Blue Label
Great Show GV. Would love to try the Torbreck one day. Their Woodcutters Shiraz, which flies in less rarified air, is pretty darn good for the price (20 bones).

Hey, really? Only 7 more shows? What gives?

JWB
January 23, 2008

The Fanjestic
“First, enough with the 7 more episodes. Just cut it out. The Vayniacs wonâ€™t hear it, and neither would we accept it. More, I donâ€™t think you could go a week without taping a show.” -David M Roberts

I was going towrite something else but that hits it on the head!
I have a 5 month old daughter and now she’s crying! Thanks Gary, threatening to leave the Thunder Show and let it die has made my 5 month old beautiful baby girl cry! Now are you happY?

Good show, laid back and honest – over 20 minutes – this would be the perfect episode if just one more wine was tasted. 3 is the magic #.

One last dig:
Gary you’re giving it up? What are you – the Jets?
;0 Oh Snap!
January 23, 2008

Kev and Ams
QOTD: I love to watch WLTV. I’m going to enjoy the hell out of the next (last) 7 episodes.
January 23, 2008

Little Johnny H
What a fantastic show. I’ve been waiting for you (GV) to do a set of shows where the wines air out over the course of a day. Like you said, when I drink wine, it’s usually over the course of 24 hours and I’m excited to see how these pricey wines hold up (especially the bomb). However, with just seven more episodes left (really?) you’ve got a lot more ground to cover…

QOTD: Anything outside -no matter the weather or season. Of course, drinking wine is the exception…
January 23, 2008

JordanW
I really liked this show.

QOTD: I love to whitewater canoe. I love to play guitar. I love to LEARN about everything I can get my hands on.
January 23, 2008

Chris
QOTD-

love to drink wine, root for the Dodgers, and make and eat BBQ.