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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May 14, 2008

Bernard
whats up with no “whether they like it or not” industry Chill?
May 14, 2008

Paul
love the bubbly, especially the “bowl of mushrooms”
Favorite moment – wedding reception on the Indian Ocean in Mozambique, South African Sparkling, great friends on the beach
May 14, 2008

JayZee
Nice job, Matt! Congratulations on your graduation from med school!!

QOTD: My favorite wine moment was when I was on a trip to Washington State a few years ago hitting various wineries tasting rooms and I came upon a small winery on Icicle Creek Rd just outside of Leavenworth, WA called Boudreaux Cellars. They only accepted visitors by appointment, so I called and reached the proprietor, Rob Newsom, and went to see him that afternoon with my wife after we finished a hike on 7 Lakes Trail a couple of miles up the road. He was outstanding. This was before he had finished his winery building, so the winery was pretty much in a large garage. He took us on tour of the winery-in-progress down into the cellar and we tasted several of his wines (which happen to be quite good) and played fetch with his dog, Roux. It was just a great time and I highly recommend a visit to anyone who does a Washington State wine tour.
May 14, 2008

SGoodwin
GV,

I’m getting WAY behind in my episodes but saw Conan last night and you were awesome. You should be hosting the show and Conan should be smelling YOUR armpit!

Scott
May 14, 2008

VinoVixen
Great show…Congrats Matt!
QOTD: I would say my best wine moment occured this past fall sitting in a farmhouse in Italy sipping wine the owner of the farmhouse had made himself! The meal, wine and company was fantastic. Simple but great!
May 14, 2008

Rossodio
QOTD: Man, that’s tough. Really, for me, nothing makes me happier than seeing people I care about being happy or excited. Last week, I introduced 6 people, most of whom haven’t had anything but oak monster chards and other stuff along the same lines, to a beautiful Brunello di Montalcino. 4 or 5 of them “didn’t drink red wine” because they didn’t like it. Seeing all of them in genuine amazement and delight as they sipped on the wine, which admittedly was beautiful, afterwards telling me I had changed their views on red wine, was a great wine moment.

The wine itself was a ‘96, an off year for Montalcino, but this particular wine really delivered.
May 14, 2008

YoungDave
QOTD: The last night I spent with an “old flame” before I left the east coast, and her, about a year ago. It was the Summer of 2007 in Boston in my apartment after a great dinner, I popped a local Rhode Island wine (2005 Sakonnet Vineyards Vidal Blanc) that was just sweet enough for her, but with plenty of acidity, and we talked until the wee hours…
May 14, 2008

Mondavi4Life
Sparklers & Champagnes are great but what can be better than driving in a open convertible on a warm sunny day sipping on some Robert Mondavi Chardonnay. The beautiful oak, balance, and tropical fruit flavours are meld together to bring some incredible synergy to this wine. This for me is a 2 case annual wine purchase for sure.
May 13, 2008

J Crazy
In my wife’s aunt’s cottage in the mountains drinking Yellow Tail Bubbles outta the bottle with my homies, smoking cheap cigars, drunk off our rockers and united, smiling, forgetful of the world around us and unaware of the headaches we would all suffer from the next day!
May 13, 2008

Capt M
Very, very nice show. QOTD: I’ve had so many!
May 13, 2008

seangallagher
QOTD – favorite wine moment was the first secret pack party we had at my house. To me, drinking some wine with friends beats all.
May 13, 2008

Nick R
At a pizza/italian restaurant in Miami with my girlfriend – ordered a four cheese pizza (that our server called ’stinky’), and couldn’t decide on the wine. The server recommended an incredible bubbly. The matching was unreal – I couldn’t believe how well the pizza and bubbles went together, and it definitely changed the way I thought about sparkling wine.
May 13, 2008

eastportorican
Mott, drink it up!!! Mott Cam, Mott Cam !!! ( We won’t use the words ” Co-Host”). How about those color coordinated wrist bands?
May 13, 2008

Tim
QOTD â€“ This is an easy one. It was a long weekend in Camden, Maine in August 2006. My wife and I were visiting with friends from Delaware, Connecticut, and (our hosts) Maine. Good food â€“ including mussels that we harvested ourselves and lobster caught by our host, great conversation â€“ including the kind of â€œraggingâ€ that only long time friends can get away with, and a seemingly endless flow of wine. Whether the vino was pricey or from the bargain bin I couldnâ€™t tell you, but with those people and in that atmosphere it was fantastic.
May 13, 2008

wayno da wino
Great Show Guys !!! Yo G , just watched Ya on da Jim Cramer Show. Ya
gotta tell Jim ta chill-a-tad…..or i’m afraid da guys gonna blow a
gasket (or worst)………….

QOTD: Got a TON of ‘em !!!
May 13, 2008

boegemann
And one more thing…
with the expansion of the Champagne region, how about you taste some wines that today are Sparklers that’ll be Champagne in the 2008 or 2009 vintage?
May 13, 2008

boegemann
I have to second Mike James’ comment. The flutes are great for parties, but if you REALLY want to taste the bubbly, do what they do in France… use an actual wine glass.
May 13, 2008

boegemann
QOTD: October, 2005, in the town of Monterosso, Italy, in a little cafe on the beach with my wife, with a plate of anchovies and lemon, we had a glass of vermentino or pigato. It doesn’t matter which, because it was all about living that moment.
May 13, 2008

WPROC
PROPS FOR GETTING NEW MEXICO WINE ON THE SHOW!!!!! But it is true, the people at Gruet are elitist jerks. Seriously,they (except for the youngest guy in the family wholesaling the wine)are jerks and are not nice….at all.
May 13, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
Great show GV, good guest!

Q- Tuff one, I have had a lot of good wine moments.
May 13, 2008

Katesnowbird
Favorite wine moment: July 2007, Hotel Afroessa in Imerovigli, Santorini at sunset, 2006 Sigalas Santorini AOC, a plate full of feta, tomatoes and greek olives… on our last evening in Greece.
May 13, 2008

MrJCG1
Great job on Conan last night. As the third guest, you’re a bit rushed but you made the most of it. I’d be upset with Conan except for the fact that he lets you come on in the first place.

To JudeMurphy (post below),

This is why severely left leaning liberals are a mess. Just because you have an opinion/belief about something, doesn’t mean you get to ram it down others throats. In this case, I happen to agree with you but why do you feel you need to strong arm others? You don’t like how foi gras is made, then don’t eat it. But, to each his own. What’s next Kobe beef? Lamb? I respect your opinion but would respect it more if you didn’t try to use it as a weapon.
May 13, 2008

niklopez98
I with my girlfriend of 4 years here in washington state took her up to Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands. We shopped around that day and picked up groceries for a dinner at sunset at the same time picking up a bottle of White Wine, now Gary i’m with you on the room temp for white wine, however my girlfriend likes it chilled. The only problem was it had sat in the back of my car for almost 4 hours in 90degree heat. How was i supposed to cool it down for her? well we got to the beach and I immediately grabbed the bottle tied a string around the neck of the bottle and completely submerged it in the icy cold water for the next hour! it came out perfect! she was happy and we got to enjoy our very romantic dinner at sunset in beautiful Lopez Island!
May 13, 2008

Toby (DK)
Hey Mr. GV

Thanks for yet a super show – great to see some bubbles
(please MORE bubbles/champagne-shows!!!)

QOTD: I sort of agree with Greg B. about wine being a single, constantly developing and continuing experience, filled with small intermediates of very special experiences which intertwine over time.

Yet some experiences do stand out, now that I think about it:

Not so long ago I was attending a port-tasting with a good friend of mine, at our local wine-shop. We tasted our way through nearly thirty ports (both tawnys, colheitas, rubys, whites and older vintage). At the end of the evening, my friend and I were almost the last ones left – we still sat trying to analyse some of the particularly outstanding elder vintage ports. The owner of the wine-shop, who is a good friend of mine and a very capable wine professional, and one of his employees came over to us and sat down. They had brought a little half bottle of quality brut NV champagne, to finish of the evening. However this bottle didn’t last very long, and soon my friend and I were sent into the shop itself to retrieve a variety of champagnes: Grand Reserve, Premier cru, Premier Cuvee and vintage 98′ and 99′. So the four of us ended up drinking many bottles of serious champagne, talking and laughing into the wee hours of the night
May 13, 2008

Chris
Nice show… My favorite wine moment was on a rainy day when traveling in France. We were camping and it was raining and we were under a sheltered picnic table area with a bunch of other travelers. We were grilling portobello mushrooms and drinking red wine from a non-desrcript bottle. Don’t know what the wine was but the moment was great.