Secret Pack Tasting On April Fools Day

Secret Pack Tasting On April Fools Day - Episode #434

April 1, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes through a White Bordeaux and 2 wines from the Roussillon on this gloomy day in NJ and of course April Fools Day

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Chateau Cantelys BlancGraves/Pessac-Leognan
2005 Le Muscle Cotes De RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon
2004 Domaine Bertrand-berge AncestralLanguedoc-Roussillon

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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about a week ago

winecountrytripping
When we went back to the Le Muscle, it had much more “funk” on the nose AND palate. There was some stinky cheese man / tennis shoe rubber involved, for sure! Not in a bad way, really!

It’s funny, because the Le Muscle became a totally different wine after we tasted the Fitou. We loved both. Being from San Francisco and coming up on Napa/Sonoma wines, this was a great lesson in Southern France wines. We’ve tried French wines, but it’s always been guessing. So it was great to have a recommendation from GV.

And my girl, Miss Melody, has a chicken pox scar over her eyebrow!
about a week ago

Andy from Texas
Tasted the Le Muscle today, agreed mostly with your notes but also got a very interesting and obvious grapefruit rind character on the nose and palate that intrigued. Good stuff once the funky greeness blew off.
about 2 weeks ago

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: We hang at home mostly.

That Le Muscle sounded good.
about 3 weeks ago

Kristen
Hey Gar!!! It’s Beth birthday and we’re finally drinking the April Fools 2 Pack. So we really enjoyed the wine, Michelle especially! Beth totally called the veginess of the third wine and I called the licorice at the finish of the third (and this was before you called it!). Thanks for choosing these wines- they were great! And I hear what you’re saying about the third wine- it sure does have charisma. We all look forward to the next secret pack!
about 4 weeks ago

David W
Finally drinking my Cantelys. Unique nose, almost like coconut and vanilla. A little hot.
about 4 weeks ago

Kevin C
QOTD: A nice little wine bar/store (common here in Brussels) down the street called The Winery. Great peeps, alway a good selection by the glass. Bottles at cost. Tapas.

Just returned from a trip to the Roussillon with my family. Fell in love with the Collioure AOC and the VDP de Cotes de Catalan stuff. Roussillon area is incredibly scenic and under appreciated. Much like the wines.
about a month ago

Mr Surbade
I don’t think this is fair.
about a month ago

ChezJosh
Bill’s Blues Bar in Evanston, IL. Great blues acts almost nightly, no cover during the week, and a nice brew selection.
about a month ago

C-BusWineMofo
wow 1000 secrect packs sold and only 200 comments.
Good choice on the wine Gary, lets do 4 next time this is too much fun.

QOTD - Where ever there is a good time to be had.
about a month ago

wannaBconnoisseur
Great show GV!!

Q- Depends, I like to mix it up.
about a month ago

Pat Mc
Just got the chance to catchup on episodes since I was in NYC last week at a couple of business dinners - Fresco Restaurante was great(amazing Brunello - Podere Il Poggioli?)and then big customer dinner at Cru where I had a very interesting white Ca’del Merlot Bianco Quintarelli Veneto (not merlot but sauvignon blanc and tocai) - I don’t usually drink white but this was good. And as you say expanding the palate. And then an Italian red that was disguised as an over-oaked Californian to which I said “meh”

About the secret pack - if they are truly “secret” can they pass by the border patrol and ship to Pennsylania? Wishful thinking.
about a month ago

mikeyrad
I haven’t popped ‘em either. Waiting for after Passover to get our wine tasting gang together. I’m extremely pumped.

QOTD: Now that spring is springing SueRad and I will be hanging out in Riverside Park and looking west towards the dirty Jerz.
about a month ago

Cliff and Darcey
Hey GeeVee … THANK YOU for putting the “Le Muscle” on the free shipping list a few days after this show! I am always hoping that this will be a trend: Offering free-shipping on the wines of the day from your show! I would take advantage far more often than I should!
about a month ago

Sean
My first secret pack tasting and, more importantly, the first time my wife watched a full version of the show. The Le Muscle brought the Thunder! Just a lot of fun to drink.

My suggestion, make the next Secret Pack tasting a head to head battle. Allow us to really contrast how different two similar wines can be. Maybe an old world vs. new world head to head.
about a month ago

Tyler
hanging out at

The Dogwood Cafe

Boston, MA

good show gary v
about a month ago

Chad B.
Great Show! Wish I could have tasted along with you and all the other vayniacs.

QOTD: I like to hang out anywhere my friends want to go, but I prefer pubs where I can sit back, enjoy a good beer and talk with good people.
about a month ago

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD - I mostly hang out at Muss and Turner’s, which is a restuarant and wine/beer bar. There are also two other good wine bars in the area that have tastings and lighter food.
about a month ago

pawncop
Very nice episode, sorry did not get to try the secret pack.

QOTD - Where do I hang out? Mostly hang at the police station when not at work at the hospital.
about a month ago

Harley Stan
sweet episode. Would have been better if I had ordered the secret pack.
QOTD- Jack’s Corner Cafe almost every friday for dinner
about a month ago

Eric Gardner
Great show, nothing to add to all the comments.

QOTD: Bel-Air Bar & Grill, right by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Armando the bartender mixes the best drinks in the city. Martinis… Manhattans…he is the last of a dying breed of classy, classic bartenders.
about a month ago

Karl Laczko
A pleasant Francophilic episode for Avril, Monsieur Vaynerchuk. I seem to be buying French recently as well, but more so from the classic regions rather than the new South.

QOTD - I hang out in Cyberspace mostly, you may have seen me around. When I’m not on t’web then I’m either lazing around at home or jetting around the world.
about a month ago

Dan-o
Good show GV.
Sad thing is that I live in the Boston metro area (not a Pats fan) and I am having trouble finding Languedoc/Rouillson wines. I am a big fan!

Where do I hang? Boring as it may seem to some, there is no place like home!
about a month ago

Paul S. from NH
We popped the Le Muscle about 30 minutes prior to tasting and watching the show. It was pretty tight and a bit awkward on the mid-palate and finish. Just had another glass two days later and it is absolutely amazing how much more balanced and enjoyable it is. The most outstanding example of this that I have ever experienced.
Off to taste the second bottle….
about a month ago

thisIslandEarth
I really enjoyed the Domaine Bertrand-berge Ancestral. Very interesting, great black fruit, nice long finish. Thanks for turing up this gem GV!
about a month ago

Jayhitek
I hang out in the other side of Cell Block D. If the guards are watching.. Cell Black C. Damn Hacks!