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 6, 2008

Eric Gardner
Loved the show. Great to encourage people to taste roses and toks. There can never be enough encouragement to decant… 2nd day reds always taste better than fresh, like chili the next day.
March 6, 2008

Graziella
A rose that I really like, and sounds very similar to tonight’s rose:
“Red Bicyclette 2005 French Rose.” It went really well with my homemade smoked pork ribs…mmmm!

Of course I liked the show!
March 6, 2008

RyRy
Gary, I love watching your shows. I am from Miami Fl. and was intrested in a wine I had bought and google it. Your website came up and I tasted the wine with you at the same time. Since then I have wathched your show everyday . THANK YOU FOR THE PASSION AND LOVE!!!!!! Shout out to RyRy, GARY!!
March 6, 2008

JoshL
Liked the show a lot. The diatribe about the method and how it can be wholly unfair is classic. Classic episode.
March 6, 2008

DirtWineKen
Interesting show! Didn’t like the Rose. Liked the Tokaji a bit. Absolutely fell in love with the two reds. I think I liked the Languedoc a bit better but they are both assertive wines which have their own personality (terroir?) and I like that kind of thing rather than trying to make all wines taste the same (if that’s what happens I’m switching to beer).

QOTD: Yes.
March 5, 2008

Steve Webster
I introduced you to a customer today. So I hope she watched this episode. I think it was great! It would have been great to a newbie. Loved the energy and the trust your palate speech. I tried to order the 4 pack but what’s up with no shipping to Washington state? We’re progressive!
March 5, 2008

familydoc
I liked the show. In fact the show probably conviced my wife to let me get the next secret pack!
March 5, 2008

Grape Expectations
Why am I not seeing the Weir episode (March 3rd?)? Options seem to go from the 29th to the 4th. Oh, well.

QOTD: Very good episode. I would have loved to be able to taste along but no shipping to WA. I’ve never even seen a furmint, much less tried one. But I’ll keep my eyes open. I particularly liked the next day, decanted vs. bottle part of the show. Very interesting.
March 5, 2008

David L
I haven’t watched the show yet because I bought the pack and am having friends over later. I just wanted to see how the Canadian wine did so I watched the end. I assume after the Christmas pack I will find this one as hilarious. Itâ€™s a great deal of fun to come up with the descriptions then listen to Gary to see how they compare.
March 5, 2008

Andy
*Yes
March 5, 2008

Andy
QOTD: YESAn
March 5, 2008

Fred
QOTD(2ND):Yeah, quite a lot.

Yeah, you are right. It is not fair to just judge wines by scores, while the tasting notes and scores altogether presents a much more holistic picture of our ideas and feelings.

I will try my Spanish Monastrell again today. That is my first try of this tricky spicy grape, hehe. Okay, let’s see what will happen tonight.:)
March 5, 2008

Withnail
Where’s Wednesday’s ep? My cheese and wine is ready.
March 5, 2008

Erik Klumpp
Great show Gary. You introduced us to new grapes, took us to new places, and displayed your awesome enthusiasm. I must say my favorite part of the show was your tasting of the Mike Weir wine. It was great to see the evolution of your tasting notes, and I would really like to see more of this, even if they are really poor wines. It is great to see the wine evolves. I, myself, conducted an experiment with a bottle of Cab Franc where I tasted it over a week, and the way it changed was amazing. I really enjoyed this episode, and I look forward to future ones.
March 5, 2008

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD: I always like the show. Thanks
March 5, 2008

Dana
Had a dry furmint a year or two ago. can’t recall the producer. It was ok. haven’t seen one in the PA state store system since.
March 5, 2008

EllenKF
I invited 2 other couples over last night, and along with my husband, tasted along with Gary. We all kind of thought the wines blew. We also couldn’t believe that Gary couldn’t smell the distinct watermelon Jolly Rancher aroma for the Rose, and the dried apricots taste from the Tokay. The wines never rose past the level of interesting for all of us. Too bad. I was bummed.
March 5, 2008

nodoubt
Today’s show was indeed, quite diggable.
March 5, 2008

Scott
I’ve got to try Rose!

QOTD: Great show–and a fantastic rant. Probably the best soapbox rant I’ve seen you do.
March 5, 2008

GaryP
You’re show is contagious, I don’t know what I enjoy more about it, the wine or the humor. Am I supposed to be laughing at a wine tasting show on the internet? I really enjoy your approach to the wine world, I think I’m a vayniac!
March 5, 2008

malliemcg
QOTD 1: Nope never had it before, have heard of it as Mosler, but not seen or tried it.

QOTD 2: Loved the show, wishing could play with the USAian’s with these packs oh well, I’ll have to find a store w/ a good selection, grab some good people and make up my own random pack

M
March 5, 2008

canadapete
QOTD – great show. Lots of variety. Good spiels. And thanks for the extra work on the Weir bottle.
March 5, 2008

Simon D
Great show! The secret packs are way too fun. Absolutely loved the Tokaji and the Garncha (which was my first ever tasting of both those varietals) The other wines were very interesting too. I’ll definitely be drinking the rose this summer.
March 5, 2008

Brandon B
Great show. Loved following along with the wines at home. Also I thought the decanting of the Mike Weir was a great addition. Keep up the great work.
March 5, 2008

Katherine
QOTD: Loved the show. Didn’t get to taste along (I’m a university insructor on a CKC budget), but I’m always inspired to try new things when I watch you, GV.

I think you should do away with scores. Wine is an art, and as such is subjective. How can you score art? Which is better? “Star Wars” versus “It’s A Wonderful Life?” “American Buffalo” versus “Hamlet?” Van Gogh versus Jackson Pollock? Chopin versus Ray Charles? Twyla Tharp versus Fred Astaire? Giving one a higher score than the other is ludicrous… it’s a matter of personal preference in the moment. I get much more out of your descriptions of the wine than out of some numerical marking anyway. This ain’t algebra, it’s art.