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

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April 1, 2008

Robin C
I wish I had purchased the secret wine pack. They all sounded fabulous.
QOTD: I mostly hang out at home. I’m in a nesting phase.
I ordered the book and am looking forward to reading it.
April 1, 2008

Joseph Taylor
I think you need to trade the Jets bucket for a Mets Bucket for opening week.
April 1, 2008

tmas29
We bought the Le Muscle on Sat. at WL. I picked that bottle out of the group ’cause it was my favorite face, haha. Glad you liked it sooo much and can’t wait to drink it up. btw… you did the sniffy-sniff but didn’t describe the scent, hmmm.

QOTD: Every Fri. we have dinner at a new restaurant pick in NJ, preferably a BYOB. We’re due for a NYC dinner. Sat. we hang with friends where the fun is at or with family @ Grandma’s. Sun. we run errands and prefer to relax.
April 1, 2008

DirtWineKen
Gary, we ALL think the chicken pox thing is wierd.

QOTD: Main Street Bistro in Princeton.
April 1, 2008

David W
Almost forgot the QOTD: Berkeley Ironworks – California’s finest rock climbing gym.
April 1, 2008

David W
Can’t wait for my package to arrive. I’ll have to re-watch.
April 1, 2008

Marc - Irvine
Look forward to trying the two reds over the weekend!!! I like this secret pack thing… I wouldn’t have bought the screw cap wine (I know it’s just a prejudice, but I like wines with sober labels and cork caps… or it’s maybe fetish…)
April 1, 2008

Rico T
Great show. Crazy you mentioned that book! Selling a Good Time is bound to be an underground classic. Anyone who has ever worked a sales job (they might not particularly like) in their mid to late twenties will “get it.”

Oh, and of course, QOTD…we hang out wherever the wine flows…doesn’t everyone?
April 1, 2008

MattyO
this is sooo cool. i can’t even afford to buy wine and i still love this show! this show kicks that much ass!

gary you rock! great show! wished i could have tasted along. sounded good. good stuff!

redunkulous show today mott and gary! well done! well done!
April 1, 2008

L. Whimsy
Have to say that I was charmed by the fact that you were attracted to girls with chicken pox scars when you were young. I think I know what you mean: the imperfections made them more ‘real’ for some reason, there was more detail to savor, kinda in the same way that freckles and moles can be cute. I think it makes sense that you would be attentive to that kind of detail, being the full-blown aesthete you are.

QOTD: I like to hang out in plant nurseries and conservatories, especially the Morris Arboretum’s fernery, outside Philly. It’s the last remaining freestanding Victorian fernery in North America. Go there on a very cold day–it’s like stepping down into a prehistoric world: caves, streams, waterfalls, ponds…heaven.
April 1, 2008

DAVe A
wow. You have 4 new followers from our wine tasting with the secret packs. Wifey and I had 4 neighbors over, and wow. We were blown away. We had the old lemon zest, the wood oak, the.. OMG. it was great.
One neighbor said he’d buy the next secret pack and continue the tradition. Wow. We are, with a little bit of you, are changing the wine world. wow.

Good good show.
(the third wine sucked, yes. But if I had a huge pile of pasta with loads of olives and cheese over it – it would work)

DAve
April 1, 2008

amgryger
QOTD: Usually I hang out at my friend’s place. Saturday nights I hang out at Michael Alan’s Draw-a-thon in NYC.
April 1, 2008

Little Jonny H
Andrew, you need to re-watch that portion of the video. Vaynerchuk is discounting the opinions of those who think that screw tops are inferior. HE’S IN FAVOR OF SCREW TOPS!!!
April 1, 2008

Michael Cacek
QOTD – I live in NW Iowa…not much to do. I hang out at the local bars and some friends and I host get together’s at our homes.
April 1, 2008

cdalden
Q&A: My wife and I (after work) stay at home with the to dogs. They like there walks.
April 1, 2008

Tom (vtjones)
QOTD: I hang out with my wife and my family! Sweet. Damn I missed this one. Please do more tasting packs. It is a fantastic service and lots of fun.
April 1, 2008

Andrew
QOTD: The pub, Limerick Junction, in the Virginia-Highlands area of Atlanta, Georgia and, of course, Turner Field (where the Atlanta Braves are going to win the NL East!). Go Braves and bring The Thunder!
April 1, 2008

Jenntorious
Friggin AWESOME show!

QOTD:Hmmm… I can usually be found at school, IHOP, Starbucks parking lot, in front of my comp, or with my boyfriend!
April 1, 2008

Rico T
Great show. Crazy you mentioned that book! Selling a Good Time is bound to be an underground classic. Anyone whoever did anything in sales (and hated it) in their mid to late twenties will “get it.” Oh, and we hang out wherever the wine flows…yeeeehaaa!
April 1, 2008

thefanjestic
Good show! Although a tad off – but maybe it’s just me!

Qotd: Local wine shop or with my wife and daughter (doesn’t matter where as long as they’re there)
April 1, 2008

kaybee
QoTd
I hang out in school as a elem. teacher during working hours. Off hours I hang out in my yard trying to grow things in a high desert climate.
April 1, 2008

agentorange
QOTD: We hang out on the deck. In the winter we hang out in the dining room, wishing we were on the deck.
April 1, 2008

Andrew
Hey Gary

I CAN”T BELIEVE YOU SAID THE WINE IS NOT SERIES BECAUSE IT IS SEALED WITH A SCREW TOP – TOO ME THIS SUGGESTS A WINE MAKER WHO CARES ENOUGH ABOUT HIS WINE TO PISS OFF THE CONSERVATIVE BOUNDS OF TRADITION AND SEAL THEIR WINE WITH AN EFFECTIVE AND PRACTICAL SEAL RATHER THAN OUTDATED BIT STUMP OF TREE BARK.

Apart from my above whinge, great show. I’m a big fan of Fitou.

QOTD: New York Cafe, Yuen Long, Hong Kong

Andrew
April 1, 2008

cgatesman
Great show! I really wish I would have had the reds, but I only bought the single pack (just my wife and I).

I agreed with a lot of what you thought. It was funny, because I was telling my wife things and you immediately backed me up online!

Here are my notes:

Lemon and dandelions on the nose. There’s also a bit of smoky wood there. I was surprised how much body this wine has! Rather complex. I taste some lemon which transitions to interesting cheese flavors…perhaps some blue cheese mixed with a smoked cheese. There are some apple components as well. Rather long finish that leaves a bit of a chalky feel and taste on the palate.

2003 Chateau Brown is still my favorite white Bordeaux.

QOTD: I hang out at home with my beautiful wife and our puppies!
April 1, 2008

BobMac
QotD: I hang out in of the computer then TV