Vernaccia Wines From Italy, Another White Wine To Pay Attention To.

Vernaccia Wines From Italy, Another White Wine To Pay Attention To. – Episode #457

May 2, 2008

Vernaccia is another classic white wine that is overlooked by so many as they focus on the 1 or 2 white wines they drink from Italy. I hate to pick on Pinot Grigio but I want people to expand their palates.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Fontaleoni Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano
2006 Sovestro Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano

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February 8, 2009

TommyB
My question: what bottle of wine would you advise me to buy for the night I propose to my future wife?
January 12, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
QOTD: Id want to know what kind of music and authors you like. Maybe spend a few hours with you shooting the —- about people like Bob Dylan, Doestoevsky, Miles Davis, Kafka, etc. Hopefully youre down.
June 10, 2008

Michael H.
Gotta try some Vernaccia.

QOTD — What wine do you keep going back to even though you preach trying new wines…?
May 16, 2008

Dan-o
GV – never had a Vernaccia! I will have o give that a whirl.
QOTD – What do you do to relax?
May 16, 2008

G4VIN
Hi Gary,

I’m done lurking – here is my first post.

Could you explain to me the difference between the words “variety” and “varietal”? I THOUGHT (and the dictionary seems to agree with me) that a grape “variety” was the type of grape, e.g. Cabernet Sauvignon or Vernaccia, and that “varietal” was the adjective referring to a variety. In other words, a varietal wine would be a wine made from a single variety. You guys seem to use varietal where I would use variety.

G4V
May 13, 2008

ryptide
We’d love to have you in Washington, DC.

QOTD: What do you recommend right now, off the tippy top under $20 that I can run and buy and try tonight?
May 13, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
Love all the lesser known varietals on the show lately. Show has been great!

Q-Want to go to a strip club??
May 11, 2008

John B
QOTD: I’ve been having bad luck with a local liquor store. What should I look for in a liquor store? What kind of questions should I ask? Obviously if I lived in NJ I’d just head over to WineLibrary, but I don’t have that luxury.
May 9, 2008

mjr
how did u meet your wife?
mjr
it’s all about the family
May 8, 2008

jacob sanchez
qotd: Who’s the coolest tech person you’ve met at a conference or on twitter? Or someone who you thought would be cool and was disappointing.
May 7, 2008

Tim Vining
QOTD: What bottle of wine will you buy next?
May 7, 2008

Lacey
Gary, I would ask you “how does your wife deal with your busy schedule?” I’m active duty Air Force and I see on a daily basis how wives have a hard time dealing with their husbands busy schedule. You’re a very busy business man, how does your wife deal with it?
May 7, 2008

davebw
Hmmm, probably “What are you drinking?” followed by “any good?” followed by “You want to get a bottle?”

Dave.
May 7, 2008

chezjosh
Can I have a job?

That’s my question.

And, are you coming to Chicago?
May 7, 2008

pawncop
Good show.

QOTD – What would I ask you? I would ask you “How do you maintain your level of excitment on a day to day basis?”
May 7, 2008

Colin
GV – Fun stuff. QOTD – I’d ask you a wine question (re: mouthfeel, my favorite thing about wine) and I’d ask about growing up a first gen. Russian-American in this country…
May 7, 2008

MannyPants
QOTD: When/how did you become a closet Braves fan?
May 7, 2008

J Crazy
QOTD: “So, ready for round 2?”

and then I’d echo Thunderball’s sentiments about Japan and the lack of a visit from Mr. Vaynerchuk.
May 6, 2008

Christophe - Titus Vineyards
QOTD : How about I get the next round?
May 6, 2008

Metal Dave
QOTD: Can we go raid your cellar? Ha!
May 6, 2008

JayZee
San Gimignano is a very cool little town in Tuscany. It is a walled city much like Siena, but smaller. No cars or tourists are allowed in the town after about 6 PM (except for those staying in one of the small hotels). Awesome! I highly recommend to anyone visiting Italy to spend at least one night in San Gimignano. And, yes, the Vernaccia is good, too!

QOTD: “So Gary, what is the meaning of life?”
May 6, 2008

Paul
QOTD: What is your most unusual wine pairing?

Love the show, are you coming to Chicago?????
May 6, 2008

T. Holland
GV, So happy to see you do a show on Vernaccia. I really enjoy their crisp, clean flavor on In a perfect example of wine tasting having everything to do with your current situation: My wife & I went to Italy on our honeymoon. One of the places we visited was San Gimignano. It was like 95 degrees and we have a bottle in the downtown square. It was amazing. Had several bottles since & while they were mostly very good, none could ever compare to that bottle on our honeymoon.

QOTD: What are 10 great everyday wines (White & Red) for under $12 bones based on your palate?
May 6, 2008

Mike Linquist
GV, great ‘out-of-left-field’ coverage on Vernacchia. There’s a good selection of them at our local Total Wine and More store in Tampa. Price points make it worthwhile to fill in the spaces at the bottom of your shopping cart.
Swedish lefse comes to mind if packed with some sort of mild seafood, like crab meat, fish, etc. I would draw the line at lutefisk. What wine would go wtih that singularly pungent food anomaly? ewwww!
Tampa would welcome your presence, Gary. We have the stock bookstore chains here (Borders, B & N). However, the largest book emporium in the country might be found in St. Petersburg at Haslams. Anyway, the warm (read hot) weather of Jose Gaspar-land beckons you fly down here and visit us. Besides, Bern’s Steak House is smack-dab in Old Hyde Park. I work there as a waiter. Served a nice little 1970 Haut Liberal last night. The guest loved it.
Remember, too, SuperBowl is in Tampa next go round.
QOTD: If we were parked at the bar, I might ask you if you have ever seriously entertained the notion of making wine on a big scale? Would you get schooled at say, UC at Davis and jump through all those hoops, or would you be satisfied just evaluating wines, like a more contemporary Robert Parker, but connecting more ably via Wine Library TV?
Out. Mike Linquist
May 6, 2008

thunderball
QUOTD: Dude…why haven’t you come and checked out Japan yet??