Secret 4 Pack Tasting – Episode #421

March 4, 2008

Today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes through the secret 4 pack. Taste along with Gary and compare your tasting and sniffy sniff notes.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Le-tendance RoseRose of Bordeaux
2006 Chateau Dereszla Dry TokajiHungarian Furmint
2003 Mas De La Barben La DanseuseLanguedoc-Roussillon
2004 Menguante Garnacha SeleccionOther Spanish Red Wine

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332 Responses

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March 5, 2008

ChrisR
QOTD: Great episode. Wish the wife had let me buy the 4-pack, so I could taste-along.
March 5, 2008

Kirk (AKA: Slave2thevine)
QOTD: I did like todays show…and I am even more excited for tomorrow morning. This has been a great trip here in the city…and I’m looking forward to coming into the store tomorrow and sharing some “special” wines with you….
March 5, 2008

Dominus
Waiting . . . though I am having a glass of this fabulous Phillips Hill Pinot so I’m pacified for the moment. Great stuff!
March 5, 2008

Steven Roy
loved the show today
March 5, 2008

thisIslandEarth
Gary,

After listening to your rant my wife said to me: “now I know why you luv this guy.”
March 5, 2008

eyezonwine
I liked the show and look forward to tasting along with the sample pack the next time it is offered. Expanding my palate every day, and enjoying every minute of it. Old vine Granache kicks serious butt, whether it be from the Rhone, Spain, or Kangarooland.
March 5, 2008

Andre
QOTD2: Loved it, and I didn’t even have the 4-pack to taste along with you!
March 5, 2008

C.W. Miller IV
AotD: Yeah! I enjoyed the show. I didn’t get a chance to “taste along”, but I can’t wait to compare my future experiences with these wines against yours.

I really like the idea of “surprise packs” too, as long as they’re hand-selected and not just a way to clean out the warehouse. It forces me to concede and try things that I might not otherwise pick up.

I suppose it shows how much trust I have in you and this effort as a whole.
March 5, 2008

Keith L
cool show gary, never tried furmint
March 5, 2008

Dan A
Very cool show! Thanks!
March 5, 2008

Dr. G
Hey Gary – haven’t been able to watch for about a week, but QOTD: yes, I really enjoyed this episode – great one to come back to.
I particularly loved your rant at the end and I had a thought: Why not make what you did today a regular part of the Thunder Show – after you’ve tasted a group in an episode, decant your least favorite and then taste it again the next day at the beginning of that episode – doing that would allow you to continue highlighting (and explore in more depth and detail) how it is that wines open up (or don’t) over time and with decanting.
Thanks!!
Dr. G
March 5, 2008

Matthew L
QOTD (Part 1) – Shrug. I dunno.

QOTD (Part 2) – You betchya!
March 5, 2008

Mandy
Awesome show. So far, because I’m not an alcoholic I’ve only had two of the wines.
The rose reminded me a lot of Sancerre, with its good minerality and acidity. Cranberries + seashells, yum! The b/f actaully thought it was too tart, but it was perfect for me.
The Menguante grenache was a little bit too juciy and sweet to me, and the nose wasn’t so interesting. It’s a nice quaffer that’s enjoyable, but kind of forgetable. Well balanced, fresh, all good things, just boring. In my humble opinion!
Looking foward to the next two.
March 5, 2008

Dave from VA
QOTD: totally, I missed out on ordering for this gift pack, but I cannot wait to do it next time!
March 5, 2008

WineFellow
QOTD: Dope.

Pink wine is the shiznit.
March 5, 2008

Cliff and Darcey
Yes, we liked the show today! Wish we bought the pack to taste along with you, but then we’d have four open bottles, so …

Just keep doing what you do … change it up every so often to keep things spicy, have guests on, and offer more free shipping!!! Offer free-shipping on the bottles you taste on the show; I guarantee I would try many if that were the case. Just a thought.
March 5, 2008

Boog
Gary,
The show was great.
I bought 6 bottles of the Mike Wier. Can’t wait to decant and try it out.
March 5, 2008

Scottie P
QOTD: Great show today, wish I could had bought the wine pack to taste along… Damn you PA!!!!!!!!!
March 5, 2008

Folsom Mike
Gary, I gotta be honest, I loved that show. Good info and learned a lot about some new wines. I can see a Food Network show in your future. Right after Emeril with some amature wine tasters going through different bottles…..
March 5, 2008

Jaybird
Hey great show, alot of fun…my mom joined in the tasting and absolutely loved you. I had 6 first time viewers and all of them enjoyed the show except for my brother who was too damb immature to sit still for 25 minutes. Can’t please everyone as for the ones you can’t maybe a dose of Ritalin can fix ‘em.
March 5, 2008

Joe W
QOTD1: Never heard of it.
QOTD2: Good show, Gary. More secret pack tasting shows, please?!
March 5, 2008

PTex
Great show. I’ve got to get my hands on some Tokaji.
March 5, 2008

Cookiedds
QOTD: Yep, nice show. Tonight the Well Squozen Grape wine club tasting theme is BYOFB, that’s “bring your own favorite bottle”. If you look at my blog you’ll see this is different from our normal format, should be enjoyable and without too many stinkers. It will be interesting to see if there is a varietal or region that dominates the favorites list of our members, I’ll post the results on the blog.
http://thewellsquozengrape.blogspot.com/
March 5, 2008

Rob P
Never had a dry furmint. Never even heard of it. I’ll have to seek it out.
March 5, 2008

DerekH
One of the best. I’ve always wondered why the wine tasted better on holiday!