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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  • “Gotta try some Vernaccia.

    QOTD — What wine do you keep going back …” by Michael H.

  • “GV - never had a Vernaccia! I will have o give that a whirl.
    QOTD - W…” by Dan-o
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Fontaleoni Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano play review at cork'd
2006 Sovestro Vernaccia Di San GimignanoVernaccia di San Gimignano play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

343 Responses

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  1. about 2 months ago

    Michael H.

    Gotta try some Vernaccia.

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

  2. about 3 months ago

    Dan-o

    GV - never had a Vernaccia! I will have o give that a whirl.
    QOTD - What do you do to relax?

  3. about 3 months ago

    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

  4. about 3 months ago

    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?

  5. about 3 months ago

    wannaBconnoisseur

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

    Q-Want to go to a strip club??

  6. about 3 months ago

    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.

  7. about 3 months ago

    mjr

    how did u meet your wife?
    mjr
    it’s all about the family :-)

  8. about 4 months ago

    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.

  9. about 4 months ago

    Tim Vining

    QOTD: What bottle of wine will you buy next?

  10. about 4 months ago

    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?

  11. about 4 months ago

    davebw

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

    Dave.

  12. about 4 months ago

    chezjosh

    Can I have a job?

    That’s my question.

    And, are you coming to Chicago?

  13. about 4 months ago

    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?”

  14. about 4 months ago

    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…

  15. about 4 months ago

    MannyPants

    QOTD: When/how did you become a closet Braves fan?

  16. about 4 months ago

    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.

  17. about 4 months ago

    Christophe - Titus Vineyards

    QOTD : How about I get the next round?

  18. about 4 months ago

    Metal Dave

    QOTD: Can we go raid your cellar? Ha!

  19. about 4 months ago

    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?”

  20. about 4 months ago

    Paul

    QOTD: What is your most unusual wine pairing?

    Love the show, are you coming to Chicago?????

  21. about 4 months ago

    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?

  22. about 4 months ago

    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

  23. about 4 months ago

    thunderball

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

  24. about 4 months ago

    Andrew

    QOTD: How long do you see yourself doing Wine Library TV?

  25. about 4 months ago

    Manoj Lamba

    Would you ever sell Wine Library TV?

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