Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, Any Opportunities?

Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, Any Opportunities? – Episode #466

May 15, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk explores the Cabernet Sauvignon from CHILE and chats some with the Vayniacs at the end of the taping!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Walnut Crest Cabernet SauvignoChilean Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Rita 120 Cab SauvChilean Cabernet Sauvignon
Casa Lapostolle Cabernet SauvignonChilean Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Montes Alpha Cabernet SauvignonChilean Cabernet Sauvignon

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May 15, 2008

Chris in Tulsa
Have a great vacation!
QOTD: Surprised at how many great priced quality wines that come from Europe DESPITE the poor dollar value and the high cost of gas and just everything in general in Europe! So many great little gems in the lesser known regions there. WTF Californa!
May 15, 2008

Robert Howells
QOTD- I can’t believe how intimidated people are at the liquor store when they are looking to purchase wine. Since watching the Thunder show I have become confident in my choices and I love helping others pick a great bottle.
May 15, 2008

Lenny
Good show. Hope I can find the 2 good ones down here in Houston.

Looking forward to meeting the 2008 Wine Wizard here next month.

QOTD: I discovered Riedel glasses this week. What is your take on them. I notice you do not use them. I am trying them out now.
May 15, 2008

Diablito
This dude thinks EVERYTHING is overoaked! Try grape juice, almost no oak there.
May 15, 2008

elron
Surprise: Your quick reflexes! The Jets should sign you up with that catch of the glass! We all know, they need all the help they can get!
May 15, 2008

kaybee
QoTd
The high price of CA wines vs. other places. The price sometimes is deceptive, I think it equals high quality. I know I shouldn’t fall for the “snob factor” but it gets me sometimes.
May 15, 2008

Brad -73-
QOTD- I may catch doodoo for saying it, but summerfield wines aka oak leaf vineyards
makes a respectable cab sauv for 4 bucks. At Wal-Mart it’s oak leaf and at a local graocery store
it was called Summerfield.
It’s coming out of Ripon, CA, and even though it may be mass produced-put in a tanker and shipped-ala sideways movie-it’s still a good wine.
For 3 bucks I was expecting a Charles Shaw POS but it’s a contender.
May 15, 2008

vivianovino
QOTD: How “new world” the “old world” wines are starting to taste like.
May 15, 2008

Wine Bloke
Always liked Chilean Wines, especially when rustic but with class.

The thing that has suprised me in the last month, and frustrated me, is that the Australian governemt is increasing tax (again) on alcoholic beverages, mainly to tackle binge drinking in Australia, targeting alcopops (or pre-mixed drinks). As a consumer and producer, it going to hurt.

I think they should be tackling the fundamental problem, which is not to allow alcopops on the market to start with. The need to watch an episode of the Thunder Show and maybe they’d promote wine more, benefits for health, culture, and society in general.

Sorry, on my Soap Box.
May 15, 2008

TGSnyder
I like the new format, put all the petting and shout outs at the end.

As for cities to visit, as much as I would like for you to come through Salt Lake, I think I would be the only person to show up for the book signing;)
May 15, 2008

DirtWineKen
Wines for the masses! I’ve been a Casa Lapostolle fan for a number of years now — very dependable.
QOTD: Shocking how unaffordable all my favorite Napa Cabs have become.
May 15, 2008

Ozzy
LOVE the new format, Gary. Get right to the thunder, then take care of other stuff later…

QOTD: I gotta echo a couple of the answers already here, all related to price points. A lot of Napa Valley stuff you can’t even sniffy-sniff for under 20 bones, but then you have some “lesser known” regions producing wines that drink 2-3 times higher than their prices…

Really makes me appreciate all that you do, man. ANYONE that can help me not blow $20 on a dumper is greatly appreciated…
May 15, 2008

Phil G
QOTD – my biggest wine shock in the past month has to do with something you’ve been saying for months: the exchange rate with Europe is going to be KILLER! I got a few bottles of the 2004 Domaine Du Pegau for about $60 each last year, and just saw the 2005 with a $100 price tag – I know that is also due to big scores and hype, but still, that was shocking!
May 15, 2008

Kirk (aka: slave2thevine)
I think perhaps the largest surprise for me recently was discovering a price increase in a wine during a year when they had a record tonage. The price increase was over 30% and the longer I look at it the more this bothers me. I understand that business’ need to survive and maintain a profit…but in a year when more wine is produced it struck me as a move that was a bit more aggressive that I was comfortable with. I’m seriously debating if I will continue to purchase wines from this producer even as much as I enjoy their wines.
May 15, 2008

Brian
Love the episode gary, thanks for making wine now for everyone. You have a great show and keep up the good work. I found your show on accident and i was impressed. Thanks for making wine less scary and thanks for signing 1000 books for wine.woot…I jumped in on one of those. I am new to the wine world, had alot of cheap parents wine that i didnt like, but like you said you have to try different things to know what you like and dont like. Thanks for helping bring wine to my attention, its good to get away from beer every now and then
May 15, 2008

Porter
QOTD: I am still surprised that I can get a still Macabeo shipped across the Atlantic, driven to Michigan, pay the winery, pay the importer, pay a distributor, pay the retailer, still have the bottle cost less than 8 bucks AND that the wine is super tasty.
May 15, 2008

Kristen
Excellent Thunder Episode today! It’s a nice little break from writing my last paper ever for grad school!!!!

QOTD: This Austrian red that I’m drinking tonight! It’s the 2006 Zantho Zweigelt and it definitely brought the Thunder! And it has a glass cap!
May 15, 2008

eastportorican
GV, If you throw a bunch of grapes in a bucket, crush them and wait, you get wine. What surprises me is how most people don’t realise that wine is proof that God loves us. It doesn’t really matter whose wine it is, but rather that we love it and acknowledge it’s source and pay our respects as we drink it. Kind of like Communion, Joy from the Godhead.
May 15, 2008

mrzitro
Give it up to Chile. Two shows in a row for Chile. Are there any other Chilean reds you can do for tomorrow’s show….malbec or petit verdot?
May 15, 2008

CA Jake
QOTD: Gary the big surprise is the rising cost of some of the high end wines. I would very much compare this to the Internet bubble of 2000, only with wine. We’re talking wine maker stardom, $200 cabs, $80 pinots, burgundy going from $150 a bottle at release to $600 and then $800 a bottle! 1st growths at $500-700 on release! Will it end?

But we are talking wine! Instead of a collector, I feel more like an investor because now I can sell some of this stuff and buy a Porsche, which I think I might like more…In the last few months, I am starting to feel like I can’t afford to drink the wine that I’ve already bought. Doesn’t make sense. Family, retirements, college ed seems much more relevant.

And what is really completely absurd, upside down, and completely amazing is that there is still so many very good wines out there at very respectable prices. If you really like good wine my friend, I think the big surprise is that its still cheap if you know where to look…Thats a big surprise because it doesn’t really apply to anything else.
May 15, 2008

Saftig
Had fun reading the book and appreciated the spectrum of wines you offered up. QOTD: I’m pleasantly surprised at all the great bargains in foreign markets regardless of crap dollar and saddened that prices haven’t come down in the states.
May 15, 2008

NB_SPAZZ
QOTD: Given the dollar’s decline, in the last month I wasn’t surprised that Europen wine prices have gone up noticably, but I’ve been surprised at the number of US west coast wines that are doing the same. What’s up with that?

Hey Mott… does my monitor need adjusting or was this ep taped to appear brighter than most?
May 15, 2008

B
I am surprised how one dimensional some wine drinkers are. Many, many are afraid to try something new. And how drinking Cali Cab is the only manly wine. What a shame!
May 15, 2008

Val
Great show…I had a Cali cab over the weekend from a well known Merlot estate that totally smelled like riesling, melons and all. It was exotic and weird. Had to resniffie shiff it several times.
May 15, 2008

Blake W
QOTD: The way different wines are made. Upon taking several winery tours, the way certain things are done vary greatly. I thought everything was made almost identically (NOT TRUE AT ALL).