California Zinfandel Death Match

California Zinfandel Death Match – Episode #448

April 21, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk explores 3 very serious Zinfandels on the thunder show and talks a little more about his new book!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Tres Sabores Rutherford ZinfandelNapa Red Zinfandel
2005 Neyers Zinfandel High ValleyOther California Red Zinfandel
2005 Ridge Lytton Springs ZinfandelSonoma Red Zinfandel

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April 22, 2008

Greg B
Big G, Great show. I’ve had the Nyers and it is very good. I can’t wait to have a look at that Book of yours.

QOTD: You could try and do some tie ins at places like Santa Barbara and Napa. Something like what they did with Sideways. Mass Brochures.

This week I’d love to see more Spanish Wines. I’m in a Big 04-05 Kick.
April 22, 2008

vibemore
QOTD#1 – Go Willy Wonka style. Put 101 winning labels in 101 random books and whoever finds the label gets to send it in for that bottle of vino! Brilliant!
QOTD#2 – The runner-ups. How about giving us some of the wine that got close, but couldn’t quite make it into your 101 wines from the book. However, this probably makes more sense after the book comes out.
April 22, 2008

Patrick O'Day
Great Zin review. I would like to hear your thoughts on a wines potential to laydown and improve with time or if it’s a drink now wine. Also if the wine might be food friendly or not. You cover those issues now and then and I find it valuable.
April 22, 2008

Zume
Autographed copies seems to be a pretty good one. Or why don’t you approach some of the wineries that are represented in the book and have them put up a link where the wine club members or general public could buy the book from their website. Then whichever winery sells the most books gets an appearance by the Chuck live in the flesh…
April 22, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
QOTD#1: Offer 10% off a single wine mentioned in the book per person per copy of the book that person has. You effectively turn one of the pages of the book into a coupon.

QOTD#2: Are there any Japanese wines out there?
April 22, 2008

Zume
How about doing some wines from the Santa Cruz Mountains. I work for a small winery up there and could use your tasting ideas on our stuff.
April 22, 2008

EvanR
Good show, sorry I don’t have any good advertising ideas though…
April 22, 2008

Big D
I usually like Ridge Wines too so I was disappointed to see the performance of the Zin.

QOTD1: Every idea I thought of is already in the replies.

QOTD2: California Pinots!
April 22, 2008

jmcaruso
I would love to see you do a cheap @$$ wine section for college students! Rock on gary
April 22, 2008

Roy Biran
Would love to see you taste some of the wines being produced by Core, a little winery in the Santa Barbara area. They do mostly Rhone-like blends. Absolutely amazing. Parker is a big fan, and I have to agree with him.
April 22, 2008

TWofPasadena
Thanks for the Zin episode. I’ll definitely be picking up some Neyers.

Fly in local entertainment reporters from LA & SF ($400 rt on Jet Blue) to interview you about the book. They’ll come. Give ‘em some free wine and joke around with them a bit and you’ll get a 90 second segment on a couple of major markets for not much $$.

Can’t wait to get the book.
April 22, 2008

Andrew H.
QOTD2: I would love to see some wines from vineyards in Livermore Valley in California. I particularly enjoyed the Wente Vineyard. The Nth degree series is amazing and very true to the fruit.
April 22, 2008

Origin
Awesome as always!

Would like to see some ports reviewed, and maybe some wine/cheese or even wine/food pairings. Maybe some more episodes on cheap wines (under $10 at least). The 2 buck chuck episode was a lot of fun, even if it’s a little TOO cheap.
April 22, 2008

Omallley
QOTD2: After re-watching the sherry episode, it sounded like you were really hankering to do a sherry/cheese episode. Come on Gary! Submit to temptation!
April 22, 2008

glenn
marketing ploy: semi-nekkid hottie on the book jacket works >90% of the time.

dude – yet another Zin episode with no Amador or ElDorado Co wines in the hizzy? where is the love for The Shenandoah Valley?

QotD: Tocai Friulano or the wines from Friuli-Venezia Giulia. it is white time my man.
April 22, 2008

Oklahoma Michael
Qotd- VIOGNIER CONDRIEU come on!!! 2006 is getting great ratings, you can talk about it shutting down into the “dumb” years, it will be great, and what a great spring wine!!!!!!!
April 22, 2008

Top 300!
Yeh!
April 22, 2008

Ryan
QOTD #1: Wait until the first of the month as people may be waiting to get paid (points to himself).
Also a national TV appearance would do wonders.

QOTD #2: I would like to see a port tasting.

Thanks,

Ryan
April 22, 2008

ChrisH
QOTD2: It would be fun to see you cover some small wineries from lesser known wine states. I would be happy to send you some wine from Oliver Winery just south of Indianapolis near Bloomington, IN. They actually make some good wine. I just went there this weekend and I was very pleasantly surprised (especially by the Zinfandel I tasted there ironically).
April 22, 2008

Achilles Mike
QOTD 1 Put a page up on your website so people can see what it’s like.

How about some more cheese and wine shows?
April 22, 2008

ChrisH
QOTD: I agree with what many of the others are saying about the television publicity. It would be awesome if you could attract the attention of some of the network daytime / late night shows for a guest appearance. And, of course, if you can get Oprah behind you the book will turn to pure gold in your hands overnight. Maybe reach out to the Vayniacs to write into the networks requesting to have you on the show. It is obvious that you could get hundreds of e-mail out in a day making that kind of request. I have been telling everyone about the book and have posted about it and put a widget on my blog. The more people who do that the better as well.
April 22, 2008

bundydb
QOTD: Think Ellen or Conan would have you on again to try some more wines and pimp the book? Would be good to see you on tv again anyway.

QOTD2: I say doing another tasting with AJ would be bad ass. We’d have you as the pro and AJ there to see the reaction of someone who’s new to wines as some of us are.
April 22, 2008

Phil G
QOTD – three words: oprah book club.

QOTD2 – draft day predictions? also, how about some dessert wines?
April 22, 2008

Chris D
QOTD1 – get on the talk show circuit plugging your book. get it known out there beyong WLTV. I Look forward to a book signing in South Florida.

QOTD 2 – Sangiovese vs. Chianti … show us the differences
April 22, 2008

Cookiedds
The Neyers is a killer value and wonderful Zin. I brought it to a Zin tasting, it was corked and it still rocked the rest of the wines there.

QOTD: This week….get into the Napa Cabs: Ladera; Howell Mountain, Lone Canyon and Napa Valley. Jessup Cellars; “Table for Four” and Napa Cabernet. Reynolds Family Winery 2004 Persistence.