Thoughts About Wine And Evaluating It – Episode #392

January 23, 2008

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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 play review at cork'd
2004 Torbreck Run Rig RedAustralian Shiraz/Syrah play review at cork'd

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  1. January 24, 2008

    Colin

    GV – Fun show, thanks! QOTD – read, listen to music, drink wine, hang with me lady, see friends, Packers.

  2. January 24, 2008

    GrapeStuff

    Great show, GV. Nice little dance around the Torbreck after anouncing JM’s 99 score. Hilarious.

    QOTD: Be Happy

  3. January 24, 2008

    Glen... (winecrazy.com)

    QOTD: I like…wait….I LOVE watching Wine Library TV. And of course shopping at Wine Library!!! Which I wil be doing at approx 3:30 today incase you’re around.

    Vegas….. funny you should say that. I’m going Wed for a week. Gonna miss the show but will catch up when I return….LOL….actually, it’s a pain to travel with and go through security but I’ll bring my laptop so I can watch and get my fix everyday.

    Now…as far as that 7 more show thing……you’ve got to be kidding right?

    Don’t let me find out…..

    ;)

  4. January 24, 2008

    JeffC

    Hey, what the fudge do you mean, 7 more shows. No, freaken way. You have us hooked on the daily WLTV fix. You cant bail on us in 7, no way. Tell us it aint so. And, by the way, where is the Mott T???

    Another great show, thanks GV. The reason I come back each day. So thank you.

  5. January 24, 2008

    PSPatrick

    QOTD: Sports, traveling and enjoying a good bottle of wine together with my girlfriend.

    Gary, I only started watching WLTV about 20 episodes ago and already integrated it in my day. You can’t stop doing this great thing after episode 399.

    By the way, I am unable to play #391 and #392 on my ipod. I read a similar comment by someone else in the comments to #391, so it seems to be a common problem. Did you change anything in the way you record or publish the episodes?

  6. January 24, 2008

    raffi

    Skittles…My Little Pony…Glow Worm. You just gave me flashbacks of commercials from the 80s while watching Transformers and GI Joe…

  7. January 24, 2008

    RonC

    Very good episode, but what’s this about only 7 more shows ???

  8. January 24, 2008

    moonbot

    qotd: firm cherries.
    QOTD: wine, spirits.
    love how wine changes over time, epsecially decanted.. but it’s so fun tasting it straight out of the bottle too.. the same wine often tastes like 2 different wines..

  9. January 24, 2008

    GregStefos

    The most helpful information that I have learned from your show is to drink what wines I like and enjoy, not what others like. What others tell me, and what I learn from you, give me suggestions about a particular wine to try. Additionally, I am more likely to try a wine that you feel is “worth” the price, that one that you feel is overpriced.

    Your shows are outstanding, and I continue to tell my friends to check it out.

  10. January 24, 2008

    W Miree

    Wow! You hit a bunch of nails right on the head! Everbody’s taste preferences fall “some place” along a very long preference continuum, and continually changes throughout their life. It is most unlikely that any one person would be at the same place in the continuum as another person who is recommending a particular wine….it could be close or miles away. If your place along the coninuum is substantially away from the person making the recommendation, you are probably in for a major disappointment, even if the recommender is Parker, Spectator, or GV. A high score on a wine does not guarantee that you will like a wine. It only means that if you do happen to like that kind of wine, the odds are improved that you will like the specific recommendation. Therefore, it is very good advice for people to taste the wine themselves before buying, especially if they are inclined to buy a bunch of it. And even if they have tasted it and like it, they need to be aware that their own taste preferences will most likely be changing over the future years.

    It is unfortunately, but true, that buying and collecting wine is a “trial and Error” process at best. The good news is that you do tend to get better at it after a number of years of experience and lots of tasting; for instance you begin to recognize that certain advisors tend to match up with your own palate better than others. Use them more often, but still taste.

    Great show! Can’t wait to see the next one to see how the wines developed over 24 hours.

  11. January 24, 2008

    BruceP

    QOTD: Living my life in the Bay Area. Ride my bicycle, drink good wine, hang out with friends, check out the art galleries, head up to Tahoe and ski, and most of all, keep my girlfriend happy.

  12. January 24, 2008

    Chris Bartell

    QOTD: I love to lay down on the couch and read with a cup of hot coffee/tea

  13. January 24, 2008

    JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac

    Hey Gary – I ordered a glass of an Albarino when I went out to eat on Sunday, and not only did I love it, but I passed the glass around for my friends to try and they all loved it! Way to spread the knowledge on a great grape!

    whoah whoah whoah wait wait WAIT! Did you just say you’re only doing SEVEN more shows? Are you punking out on us Vayniacs Gary? Why would you stop the show? PLEASE don’t cancel WLTV! *sniffle sniff*

    QOTD: I LOVE to spend time with my good friend and my family.

  14. January 24, 2008

    bruce gardner

    I really hope he didn’t mean episode 400 is the last show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. January 24, 2008

    Dan

    firm Cherries

    Gotta keep the show going Gary!!
    I like having dinner with the family… yeah i said it!

  16. January 24, 2008

    Len C

    Dude, you are not quiting after 399, are you????

  17. January 24, 2008

    laurie in VT

    SQOTD: firm
    QOTD: Share good food (& wine, of course) and good times w/my hubby & sons, family & friends. Riding my horses, teaching riding, puttering in the gardens, any time spent outdoors, helping anyone I can…

    Gary! “Seven more shows, all time”?!
    At last I’m actually learning something about wine because it’s fun and I can pay attention because I’m not busy feeling ignorant, and you’re leaving us?!? I have no problem with fewer shows and us being fit in around your life instead of the other way around, but no more WLTV?
    Don’t you make me have to come down there and set you straight, young man! ; )

  18. January 24, 2008

    Saftig

    QOTD: sounds cornball, but I love helping people, especially vets, making sure they know all their benefits and rights etc. If I can make them laugh in the process that’s a bonus. I also love anything to do with football (soccer) and hope to be reffing kids matches when I am arthritic and bent over. And if you leave in 7 shows, prepare for some protests, pretty boy.

  19. January 24, 2008

    Miguel Cruz Liljegren

    what! 7 more?

    gary! i will kill myself if you leave me.

  20. January 24, 2008

    Steve B

    QOTD: Laugh with friends and family, the people I love the most.

  21. January 24, 2008

    Andy Drinkard

    QOTD: What do I love to do!? I dunno, “origami” was the first thing that popped into my head.

    Great episode!

  22. January 24, 2008

    Caren

    Mouth watering episode. So awesome to hear you get as much pleasure from doing the show as we get from watching it.
    QOTD: traveling, hiking, food and bev :)

  23. January 24, 2008

    mrzitro

    I prefer the firm cherry

  24. January 24, 2008

    italianwinelover

    What is this about the only 7 times more??? I sure hope you are not serious! It would be a very sad day when I can’t here you say “sniffy snif” anymore. Please don’t leave us GV!!!!

    QOTD: Riding my horses with my son, coming back to camp and enjoying a wonderful bottle of Barolo!!!

    Can’t wait to see what the difference is in the wines!!

  25. January 24, 2008

    Rajiv A.

    Hi Gary!

    I just tried a Ribera del Duero at the local store tasting… and had an epiphany! I’ve tasted on-point lychees in gewurz, grapefruit in sauv blanc, and burning rubber in a chilean cab. However these are all single aromas/flavors. Last night at the tasting, I had a wine that had a complex flavor profile that was exactly… I mean EXACTLY like BBQ ribs! To me it had all the individual elements. I couldn’t figure out what was going on with the nose, and then all at once it came together:

    2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Valderiz Ribera del Duero (Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero)

    NOSE: Exactly, I mean EXACTLY like barbecue ribs – smokiness, some caramelized sweetness, a little savory, slight cherry, a little meat, slight vinegar, maybe a little mesquite. Crazy!

    PALATE: Some sugar, but with good tannic grip to balance it. Really falls apart on the midpalate. Quite hollow – I get nothing except generic “wine” smells. Very surprising considering the deep, interesting nose. 100% Tempranillo, $30

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