Italian Ripasso Wines From The Veneto

Italian Ripasso Wines From The Veneto – Episode #430

March 26, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Ripasso wines and gives his thoughts and MOTT had to “link up” a lot today. Gary seemed to get down to business today!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Campagnola Le Bine Valpolicella Classico SuperioreValpolicella
2005 Accordini Ripasso ValpolicellaValpolicella
2005 Zenato Ripassa ValpolicellaValpolicella

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March 26, 2008

mark
where were u yesterday..u need to tell us when you’re not going to broadcast a new show !!
March 26, 2008

spmyke
QOTD: ‘Jedi’ is an official religion in Australia. It has over 70,000 followers.
March 26, 2008

KyleLikesTies
QoTD: I was curious about the sniffysniff.com question … So, I had a look … It’s owned by Belgium Domains (http://www.belgiumdomains.com/) … So you can probably buy it from them!
March 26, 2008

SoCal
QOTD: Fun Fact 90% of all sodas have citrus in them
March 26, 2008

Ben F
Gary great idea the GVP score.. it make perfect sense!!!
QOTD my fun fact from me is i found out that i like Rose’ today… tased 2 from Provance and one from Vento.. all 3 were very good…
March 26, 2008

brorjace
The different varietal challange is good, but it also helps to get to know a varietal and know what variation exists within it. I don’t disagree though.

Baseball time fun fact: The cardinals are going to be worse than they were last year (sub .500).
March 26, 2008

Wana
Big Ups Gary,

I’ve been a lurker… now I’m exposing myself. Love your show. When I worked in the wine grape growing industry in California in the 1980’s we had a promotion based around “The best kind of wine is the kind you like”. This seems to fit your mantra of “trust your palate”. Cheers to you and viva la vin!

Wana
March 26, 2008

portland guy
Interesting episode of so-so Italian wines.

QOTD — Fun fact. GV’s recommendations on inexpensive Italian wines are actually all losers — sort of like the Jets.
March 26, 2008

ChiChefBrandon
FFOTD: The pressure inside a bottle of Champagne is approximately 90 lbs per square inch, which is almost 3 times the pressure in automobile tires.

BTW great show. You learn something new everyday! Never had a wine from Veneto, or a ripasso for that matter. But I will now. And im gonna share it with all my friends.
March 26, 2008

chenrys
We’ll have to try Ripasso soon.

QOTD: Chuck Norris’ name is really Carlos.
March 26, 2008

phermented1
Should have tried Cesari’s Bosan Ripasso- killer juice.
QOTD: The phylloxera epidemic in Europe was caused by then cured by native American vines.
March 26, 2008

drift
A wine suggestion for anyone who reads these comments. Firriato ribeca 2004 from sicily. 50 bones and worth every penny. Tre Bicchieri. I give it 95pts. Bought it from wines from italy website.
March 26, 2008

JordanW
QOTD: Remote Viewing (Wikipedia it) really works. In fact it works VERY well.
March 26, 2008

Thanks to our Vets!
Too many lurkers!!!! Cut me a break. Only 53 comments on tonights episode, but you’ve already given away 1000 wristbands??? Gary, show some special love to the commenters (especially those from PA who can’t buy your wine!!!)!
March 26, 2008

Johnnyutah
QOTD: Bertrand Russell, one of the most distinguished philosophers of the 20th century, was arrested at age 80(!) for civil disobedience (protesting the Vietnam War).

Love them I-talian wines!
March 26, 2008

ev
Oh, I bought a box (case) of 2000 Zenato ripassa and have about half left. Wow, it keeps getting better.
March 26, 2008

ev
I have heard in the past that Masi made a ripasso (invented the method) and Zenato soon after came out with one. Masi didn’t like Zenato using their term, ripasso, and a lawsuit ensued. So, Zenato changed the name to ripassa. So, what’s the diff between ripasso and ripassa??
March 26, 2008

DaveyDonut
Ahhh I love Ripasso. I have a case of the 2003 Zenato Ripassa, and it has definitely smoothed out a bit over the last couple years. Last time I had one was two months ago and it was very good (90 points).

Emmit’s video on youtube is great! Looks like a lot of fun… I may need to do something like that here in Portland.

David
March 26, 2008

manonthemoon
QOTD: If you consumed the entire liver of a polar bear you would succumb to iron poisoning
March 26, 2008

Orion Slayer
Corvina sounds like a great grape. Something else to look forward to in the never ending variety of the wine world.

FFOTD: There are more than 100 wineries in a 40 mile radius of my home in Sacramento, CA. Lucky me!
March 26, 2008

SS Chris
Fun Fact: That’s the first episode in WLTV history where all the wines received the same score (not including the few episodes where Gary tastes only one wine)!!

Also….when you do the gesture for “and a little bit of me”…you have gone to exclusively using the thumb and index finger to signify the “little bit”. In the past you used to sometime use your pinky & index finger….way more street cred w/ the latter. Waddup w/ dat????
March 26, 2008

Neil
FFOTD: It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
March 26, 2008

Tyler
fun fact

Dallas Cowboys are going to be super bowl champs next season
March 26, 2008

D
I have had several different ripassos before. Started on Zenato 2003, great wine. Hot year 2003, so pretty sweet. But apparently Zenato has became this national brand, the quality has been going down. I think there are much better ripassos out there right now, around the same price range.
March 26, 2008

mike m
Frankly,since you don’t ship to my state I seldom watch anymore unless you are tasting something I own or am curious about.Just being honest