Some Bubbles And A Guest

Some Bubbles And A Guest – Episode #463

May 12, 2008

Today Gary Vaynerchuk tries a little bubbly with a guest host from the left coast.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Marenco Brachetto D’acquiBraquetto d\’Acqui
Louis De Grenelle Saumar RoseFrench Brut Nonvintage
Gruet Brut Demi SecDomestic Demi-Sec
1988 De Venoge BrutFrench Brut Vintage

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November 2, 2009

richardvinifera
QOTD: Probably a staff tasting after hours when i was working at a wine store. It was good to not just read wine books but enjoy all sorts of wine with other people that really appreciate it. Many wine experiences to come as I learn where to get the best QPRs!
January 12, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
*but I find it hard. Damn you, fingers!!!!!
January 12, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
Great show. Really nice guy and glad a good person like him got to share the spotlight with THE Gary Vaynerchuk. Nice bubbles, too. Trying to get into champange buy I find it hard trying to drink it in non-special occasions. QOTD: Nearly two years ago when I went up in the mountians here to a winery called Icicle Ridge. Tasting their wines I finally started to get wines and knew I could like them. So it began………
June 22, 2008

Michael H.
QOTD: Celebrating w/ a ‘97 Billecart-Salmon after my son came home from the NICU…
June 6, 2008

RedLoverJim
Great show! I love the DV and it was really cool to see your impressions.
May 28, 2008

Oliver
I totally on board, I can’t get enough sparkling wine! My Thanksgiving resolution was to, “drink more Champagne”. As for the QOTD, my favorite wine moment was in Madrid, Christmas 1999 with my dad and sisters. My first time out late with the adults. We were drinking whatever red wine the tapas bars had, and eating jamon & manchego, out carousing all night. But it was the first time I ever enjoyed wine as an “adult”.
May 27, 2008

arno
Hi all from France,

Two points :

1/ It’s Saumur not Saumar
2/ If you guys like sparkling wines, you should give a try to Lambrusco wines from Italy, the dry one are great !
May 26, 2008

Paul
tried Casa Larga’s Vidal Ice Wine for the first time, with a bunch of friends before Christmas break from school
May 24, 2008

Dan-o
Good show – I would love to drink more bubbles, but my better half is not a fan.
QOTD – Banner Elk, NC in 2003. Restaurant – Louisiana Purchase. Wine – 1988 Chateau Cheval Blanc. Toured the cellar with the owner and he let me purchase at retail from the cellar a 1988 Penfolds Grange Hermitage and 2 bottles of 2000 Lamborghini Campoleone from Umbria. He also threw in a couple of t-shirts!
May 22, 2008

crista
qotd: cooking italian w/ shiraz
awesome that you did a sparkling wine or champagne; rose was so beautiful, can’t believe it tasted veggie
May 17, 2008

Bobby
Bubbles, not just for kids anymore! I like the Marenco Brachetto Dâ€™acqui, I picked some up and it dissapeared.
May 16, 2008

Christine
QOTD: My husband and I stopped for a night in San Gimignano and had the best wine of our lives: a 15-year-old Brunello di Montalcino. We had not ever tasted this type of wine before and were instantly hooked. We had a wonderful time tasting various wines from around Tuscany, but the Brunello stood out for us.
May 16, 2008

cesar
I thought you were not supposed to swirl bubbly wines. Doing so destroys the bubbles which is part of the fun of these wines. Or am I getting this wrong?
May 16, 2008

Blake W
QOTD: Introducing wine to my fiance. She still is not 100% sold on it (she enjoys fruitiness). But teaching her how to taste and how to analyze it, and how its made has really opened her eyes up to a whole new world.
May 16, 2008

Susan
Gary- I have to agree with several comments already made. YOU should be HOSTING a prime time talk show not any of those others clowns……….
May 15, 2008

damon aka unknownwine
Sweet potato fries with curry mayo and Jean Lallemant NV brut.

First meal with my wife and 2 beautiful kids that I remember us all having a great time together. (the kids had milk)
May 15, 2008

*/^_^\*
the time i ate a dinner of beans and cornbread and drank a bottle of shiraz by myself and it tasted like the greatest dinner ever
May 15, 2008

Luis Felipe
I like it when you interact with Mott, it really changes things up, and usually makes for some funny moments.
May 15, 2008

Luis Felipe
Awesome show, by the way!
May 15, 2008

Luis Felipe
Congratulations Matt!!! My girlfriend and I will be joining you in that same accomplishment soon if all goes well.

QOTD – Last year when my girlfriend and I decided to cook for the first time together, we made a quick stop at the wine/liquor store after doing the grocery shopping.

We hadn’t yet discovered WLTV, and I didn’t know much about wines besides that California wines have a fruitier characteristic than French wines which have a more soily/earthy tones. Neither seemed appropriate to accompany our simple and healthy chicken and vegetable lunch, so we picked a funny-looking Chilean red wine. I can still remember the label, but not the name – that’s a great example of good marketing.

That afternoon we enjoyed each other’s company in the kitchen (though not without some bickering about our different cooking styles), we then reaped the benefits of our hard work by digging into a tasty and wholesome meal, which serendipitously paired perfectly with our wine. Our afternoon lunch soon trickled into the early hours of the evening as our conversation flowed like the wine that accompanied it. Before we knew it, our food and wine had all but gone and we were still at our dinner table talking without a care in the world. That’s my most memorable wine experience.
May 15, 2008

alfredhayes
QOTD: This past holiday season we hosted a wine and sweets party. You had to bring a bottle of wine OR a home baked treat. Totally rocked.
May 15, 2008

pawncop
Good show and congratulations on an impressive accomplishment.

QOTD – Still very new to thos and do not have a best wine moment just yet.
May 15, 2008

Andy
Awesome ep G … A big Congrats to the new Doc.
QOTD— Tasting Iron Horse sparklers at the winery on a beautiful morning with a little fog in the valley with my wife celebrating our wedding aniversary. It was our own little private tasting and it was spectacular. The wine was pretty good too.
May 15, 2008

Mason
Enjoyed the show, GV. Your shows with guests are always entertaining and informative. Could the Korean beverage you mention be Bubble Tea???

QOTD: My wife and I had an anniversary in 2006 where I decided to get a Sauternes for us, and hearing all the descriptions of how sweet and honey-like and all that, we both sipped it and thought that it was the most rotten tasting stuff we had ever had! I get the noble rot thing, but HELLO! Needless to say, there was some mildew on the cork, so it was probably tainted. That was a very memorable wine moment.
May 14, 2008

BobbyTiger
Interesting show Gary. Sparkling wine is my beverage of choice, and have been drinking bathtubs full of Cooks Brute for many years. It just seems to have the taste that I really enjoy. While the DeVenoge Brut sounds fun, I simply can’t phantom spending upwards of $4.00 per sip for any beverage. While your guest liked the first two samples, I unfortunately am too visual when I drink, and don’t care to look at a reddish sparkler. Probably my loss.
QOTD………I need to think on that one. Too many choices.