Under $10 Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Challenge

Under $10 Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Challenge – Episode #477

June 3, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 6 wines all under 10 bones and has them blind to have a little extra fun.

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245 Responses

June 3, 2008

Withnail
This looks like a great idea – looking forward to it!
June 3, 2008

EricB
cabernet under 10? This oughtta be interesting
June 3, 2008

Eli2Tyree
loving the idea of this one – my guess chilean cab wins
June 3, 2008

Mike V
Under $10 CAB Blind? How can you beat it?
June 3, 2008

John Farrin
5, MORE LATER.
June 3, 2008

Glazer
Hey Gary,

Had an awesome time in Austin today. Thanks for making the trip!
June 3, 2008

Matti
Nice one Gary, just bought the pinot version of the O-tumblers
June 3, 2008

Susan
Gary- LOVE the blind!!! LOVE cabs more!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008

Susan
Gary- Great to see you in the original t !!! I have one of those & the original wrist bands!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008

Ryan W
Thanks for the Sapranos type ending. Thanks!

Haha, just kidding, but this better be good Gary.

Ryan
June 3, 2008

Eli2Tyree
ARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! That really sucked!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008

Kristen
I was worried there wouldn’t be an episode today!
June 3, 2008

Mike V
HEYYY!!! What the heck was that? I can’t wait to see what wine #4 was?
June 3, 2008

Eli2Tyree
Hey Gary in spite of the fact that you left this episode like Fonzie on the water skis about to hit the ramp (hope this doesnt mean your about to jump the shark with WLTV)I love the blind stuff, but do it where Ian can mix up the pricepoints. I would love to see a $15 wine smoke a $50 wine blind and prove that you cannot use pricepoint to judge a wine.
June 3, 2008

thecobalt9
woah – wltv cliffhanger! hope that 71 pointer wasn’t an early bottle of Vayniac cab!
June 3, 2008

Dr T from N. Carolina
???????? What the heck? Cliffhangers on wltv?
June 3, 2008

C-Fiddy
I was first withg a wristband guess, (but I did say Thunder wristband… DANG!), Gary come-on that’s worth a book!!!
June 3, 2008

Omallley
I feel like I just watched an episode of Lost…
June 3, 2008

Zinny
Thanks a lot – I’m supposed to sleep now? jk – I can wait until tomorrow.
June 3, 2008

Yvette W
Kudos to Omallley who referenced this episode to watching Lost. I feel the same way. Oh Gary, this better be good.
June 3, 2008

Rani Haykal
I don’t know how to rate this episode…Omallley hit it write on the money with the comparison to a Lost episode.

Look forward to seein’ ya at your signing in Houston on Thursday.

–RH
June 3, 2008

Askold Shegedyn
WTF!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008

Scott EJ
Easy there David Chase.
June 3, 2008

Andy
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH know ………… G left us hanging.. See ya tomorrow
June 3, 2008

sr. don julio
wut the?????
June 3, 2008

hingrman
Gary

Let’s see if this ending will get any more comments
June 3, 2008

sj
what??? Why???? Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!! anyways can’t wait to see the reveal or at least hear a darn good explanation.
June 3, 2008

sharon
Huh? (p.s. It’s baseball season….Get over it)
June 3, 2008

Susan
Gary- WOW!! Cliffhanger!!!!! Drama!!!!!! Need some good cliffhanger music here……….
June 3, 2008

steven
brutal. I hope there weren’t many first time viewers today; why would they come back. Web 2.0 101 it’s not about you!!
June 3, 2008

Orion S.
WHAT THE??? This was a great ep, but where’s the end? I saw the slider getting closer and closer to the end and I knew something was wrong. Hopefully we’ll still get to see the results…
June 3, 2008

Anthony L.
It’s like “Who shot JR” on Dallas
June 3, 2008

Benjamin Arnold
Gary,

Couldn’t ask for a more unique show on my 35th bday (yeah I’m the blond dude in SF who made you sign my book!

Thanks…although way to keep us hanging with mott at the end, dude.

Benjamin
June 3, 2008

Kyle Mark
Gary, thanks for using the stemless glasses! My dad never liked using them because of what the snobs say, now hopefully he will use his Christmas presents!
June 3, 2008

Susan
Gary- I own stemmed & stemless glasses but do LOVE the O series!!! I use different glasses for different moods…………….
June 3, 2008

Finn
What the HELL?????????????????? Gary, don’t tell us that you are going soft on us!!!
June 3, 2008

McAdamSandwich
If you guys will DL the quicktime version, you’ll get to see the ending. I think the upload was buggered somehow.

Loves these blind tastings Gary. I agree that you should mix-up the price points and see if a $15 wine can beat a $50 wine.
June 3, 2008

McAdamSandwich
Whoops, nevermind. Scratch that last comment…it IS a cliffhanger!
June 3, 2008

John
*Duuum da dum dum…duuum da dum dum. Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. You’re a Detective Sergeant, you’re assigned to footage theft detail. A well organized ring of footage thieves begins operations in your internet. It’s one of the most puzzling cases you’ve ever encountered. Your job: break it.*

Tuesday, June 3. It was warm in New Jersey. We were working the day watch out of robbery division. My partner’s Ben Romero. The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My name’s Friday.
June 3, 2008

JeremyL
great episode. I think that stemless glasses, sorry Gary, are as horrific as Charles Shaw.
June 3, 2008

Pastafari Pirate
LOL!! Dirty, dirty, dirty, DIRTY trick!

Too funny, dudes.
June 3, 2008

DC Devil
Decided not to even watch after reading the comments. Maybe I’ll remember to come back tomorrow…
June 3, 2008

Andrew Kellner
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
June 3, 2008

EricB
Holy crap what an ending! It was a Casper finish!
June 3, 2008

Kirk (aka: slave2thevine)
WHAT!?!?!?! No question of the day? What trickery is this?
June 3, 2008

JimKay
Classic epsiode. Gary going through the wines and giving us some good tasting notes for wines we can all enjoy. But he couldn’t finish it off! I’ll have to check back when the results are on the SS.

QOTD: I like the old format.
June 3, 2008

laurie in VT
Oh, man! You guys were either being stinkers or you ran out of space on the memory card (or charge on the camera battery…)

Fun episode. I’m looking forward to the unveiling (hopefully) tomorrow!

I’m happy to see you using the stemless glass. I use stemless for everyday- harder to accidentally tip, and you can toss ‘em in the dishwasher. If my hands were hot enough to change the temperature of the wine in the glass (as the wine-glass snobs claim), I would be suffering from a life threatening fever & would belong in the hospital, not in my living room relaxing with a glass of wine!
June 3, 2008

Craig Rost
What yhe !@#$%*%? As a Napa Cab fan I was really lookin forward to the results!
June 3, 2008

finnegan
That’s a pretty lame ending.
June 3, 2008

Bobby Wino
dude…those stemless glasses drive me crazy. They get all covered in fingerprints and that makes me feel all grubby. If you’re eating appetizers with your fingers those glasses get nasty looking.

And since we couldn’t see the unveiling today I’m thrilled to have Mott’s gorgeous face the last image of the day!
June 3, 2008

UTshock
I was really looking forward to the unveiling, but I guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see Yellow Tail unveiled as the top wine. I’m kidding, but it would be high comedy if it happened.
June 3, 2008

Snarf
Bastages!!!
June 3, 2008

Adam J
My wife loves beet salads and raised her hand.
June 3, 2008

Russ
Hey GV, not a Cab fan so the final verdict isn’t too important. However, I’m afraid that the stinker of the show is a BC effort. Not too many decent reds worth mentioning from the north west that you have available to you.

Buying the book tomorrow, a groovy wristband beats a cab any day of the week!
June 3, 2008

Tom
DOH!!!! I am interested to hear the reasons. I am looking forward to seeing you Gary at the American Express wine thing at 4pm on Thursday.
June 3, 2008

ddoran
Gary
Great show, also I don’t know if you have tried it yet but there is this California wine people call it “2buck Chuck” it is a Charles Shaw wine that you can get at trader joes for 2 dollars.
June 3, 2008

Raybo
Who Shot JR?????? The season ending cliff hanger????? Love the stemless glasses – I have the same Reidel’s.
June 3, 2008

J Crazy
I hope there wasn’t a fire drill or anything of that nature. I do look forward to hearing about it tomorrow though. Mad ups to big Mott-ster for the sing-off.

How about having Gary and Mr. Mott BOTH sit and do wine tasting every once in a while. We’ll get Gary’s opinion AND a less experienced wine drinker.
June 3, 2008

AngioRanger
#%!&#!%@!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008

REX
I like the blind tastings. It just makes the show more ‘real’ d.o. double g.
June 3, 2008

Nick G.
Something is definately up. I’ll guess that Gary was on the right track with #4, and that none of these are actually Cabernet Sauvignon.
June 3, 2008

DirtWineKen
ARE YOU SERIOUS???!! All tease and no strip!
June 3, 2008

Brad
You know that feeling when you are trying to remember the name of a song or a movie and its just out of your mental reach?

This episode was like that.

You’re killing me Gary.
June 3, 2008

Ben F
Gary come on…. Your leaving me hang on my favorite 2 formats wines under 10 and blind in one show…
June 3, 2008

Robin C
See you tomorrow.
June 3, 2008

Bacchus
WHAT?!?! A cliffhanger? Now I’ll have to watch tomorrow’s episode for sure…

I agree with others, the idea of doing a blind between $50 and $15 wines would be very interesting. Thanks Gary!
June 3, 2008

CraigC
Big Fan
Hated the end of Supprano’s for a month. Now I think its smart and cool
Tell you tomorrow if this was cool or just lame.
Either way love u man!!!!

C
June 3, 2008

dafo
Haha. great ending. I love cab so I’m excited for tomorrow!
June 3, 2008

tastes like lasers
I have to agree with Eli2Tyree: forget the price range on the blind test. Its fun to see a cheap wine do some damage since thats pretty much all I can afford )
June 3, 2008

Daniel O
Ack! What a tease!

BTW, I’m so NOT a fan of stemless wine glasses. But then again I do drink a lot of white wine, and generally drink them chilled, so you can imagine why I prefer traditional glasses with stems.
June 3, 2008

BobMac
It was like the last episode of The Sopranos.
June 3, 2008

cpd
Take your stinking paws off my ending you damned, dirty Mott!
June 3, 2008

PaVo
Man no QOTD is becoming a habit! Evil no reveals! Chicago is ready for you.
June 3, 2008

Dane Hurtubise
Hey Gary it was great to meet you in Austin today! Here is the digg post about your “Austin Lightning Hour”! http://digg.com/television/Gary_Vaynerchuk_s_Austin_Lightning_Hour
June 3, 2008

BigTarheel
Jess Jackson must have brought the thunder down on Gary’s show!
June 3, 2008

Andrew
Maybe I’m just stupid but I didn’t really understand what he was trying to say in regards to getting a wristband. I want one! Do I just order off amazon tomorrow and I get one? How does it work?
June 4, 2008

John D.
Nooooooooooooooooo! Cliffhanger!!!! Hell, this is better than most movies w/ a “To Be Continued…” at the end. Love the blind tastings. And no QOTD! I’m in withdrawal!!!
June 4, 2008

Brian
Wow, I find myself watching this episode a couple times, just to make sure i didnt miss something…Come on, reveal reveal reveal…his favorite wine outta that batch was probably 2 buck chuck and he didnt want to admit it…lol
June 4, 2008

kaybee
fiddle dee dee
June 4, 2008

Roberto
Gaarrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, … nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

that, my friend, was NOT funny !!!!

best !!!

Roberto
June 4, 2008

Bernie Gehret
You not revealing the wines was like the anger my freshman dorm mates felt when I took Bo Jackson from the kickoff and ran circles around the Tecmo Bowl defenders. Like candy from a baby! So, if there are any Miami University Stanton Hall 3-North Bad Boys around- I dominated!!
June 4, 2008

Exdamyankee
Jack Bauer says “Dammit Vaynerchuk, I need those names and I need them NOW!!!”
June 4, 2008

tom
blind challenges of low priced wines should have one expensive wine in there, and vice versa. most of the time, he’d probably be able to get it, but once in a while you’d get a surprise.
June 4, 2008

Chris D
I like the — To Be Continued — just like a sitcom …will Fonzie make it over the shark ?!?
June 4, 2008

John Cabot
Owwch!! That was a buzz kill. I’m feeling a little blue balls over here on dat one. WTF?
June 4, 2008

Zach
SO LAME! I bet the reason you didn’t reveal the wines is that Ian was messing with you and none of them were cabs.

If you just did this as a cliffhanger that’s BS. We were going to watch tomorrow anyway!
June 4, 2008

Scottymatt
17 minutes of my live I will never get back again….I love the drama but this may be too much…..
June 4, 2008

WoodBAussie
Hey Gary, your signing at Grape Vine Market in Austin was awesome. Darin & Lori will love the signed copy of your book. I’d love to see your take on an episode featuring Rosenblum Reserve wines. Gotta love those fruit bombs!
June 4, 2008

WoodBAussie
Hey GV, I guess these comments mean I no longer live in the realm of “lurkers”. Whoo hoo!
June 4, 2008

T. Reasoner
well after reading the comments I chose not to watch this episode but instead wait until he reveals them. The exact reason I watched the sopranos on DVD rather then on t.v. I could watch them all at once.

: ) Nice try but you did not get me sucked into your world of suspense.
June 4, 2008

sgevurtz
How come you never do a double blind tasting where you don’t know anything about the wines and try to guess the varietals and price-points? Come on don’t be afraid, do it Gary. What do other people think?
June 4, 2008

Aaron S.
No worries GV, thanks Mott!

See you guys tomorrow!
June 4, 2008

Greg B
Big G, I have been watching for a year and 4 months now and I don’t remember the last time you let me down. It would have been a lot better not to air anything. Wow G, you cut me deep on this one. First you don’t take the Book Tour to LA now this. Your slipping G.

QOTD: Oh yeah, there wasn’t one!
June 4, 2008

Mike1115
Man, that really better not be a ruse to get people talking. And Cabernet Sauvignon is what I’m all about right now so I was really looking forward to the unveiling.
June 4, 2008

Oregon Jim
Tomorrow is an eternity to someone who lives in the moment.
I knew something bad was going to happen when there were no “wines tasted in this episode.” Something bad indeed. Is it tomorrow yet? If I own any of the wines Gary is going to taste today I open them and taste along. No wines listed today! Not that I care. I don’t need my daily GV tasting fix. IS IT TOMORROW YET? No I am fine. I don’t wonder what the 6 wines were. I am just going to go on with things. Maybe watch a couple few archive episodes while I wait for TOMORROW TO COME. Another moment has passed and now only 840 moments to go. Do-do-do, dum-dum-dum……….
June 4, 2008

Chris S
Gary you tease!
June 4, 2008

Rodrigo
Ran out of battery Mott?
June 4, 2008

JacobS
I was noticing the time count down, how he only had 2 minutes left and was just going to blow through the scores and unveil the wines at the end. I was getting progressively more nervous and then… nothing. And I just bought the book to get a wristband. Dang.
June 4, 2008

YoungDave
WHAT?! I’m sure there’s an explanation… but what? Maybe the battery ran out? I’m confused…yet intrigued and antsy to learn the truth of the blind tasting!
June 4, 2008

Pimpnerd88
500 bones for that Seed show. Sounds great but… it’s 500 bones.
June 4, 2008

Oakmon's BF
The same thought occurred to me that thecobalt9 expressed, the 71 pointer was Vayniac Cab. Obviously Gary is trying to suppress the results. But you donâ€™t have to be Columbo to realize that thereâ€™s something wrong with that. If he was really trying to cover up something, he wouldnâ€™t have shown the episode at all. Gary likes to pull our strings so he can have some fun comments to read while heâ€™s away.
Gary, I got to see your store last Friday, very nice. It took Â¾ of a tank of gas but I got some wines I wasnâ€™t able to get anywhere else. Obviously Iâ€™m from one of those states you canâ€™t ship to. Iâ€™m looking forward to seeing you next week in Philly. Great show!
June 4, 2008

Ryan D
Hehe… maybe the wine Gary panned was the Vayniac Cab.
June 4, 2008

subb
dorky cherry! ha-ha!
June 4, 2008

italianwinelover
hmmmmmm…no explaination….makes ya wonder????

Glad that I won! Thanks for the book. I got it yesterday in the mail and I read the whole thing last night! AWESOME!!! You write just like you talk, I could hear your voice through the entire book. Thanks for putting more info out there in an enjoyable format!! I think everyone should read this book and keep it on their shelves for reference use or just for enjoyment! As always you capture what is important in life….family & friends and sharing wine with them!! Thanks again!

Enjoy Chicago…its a great city!
June 4, 2008

Erick Grau
Gary,

Only way I could accurately describe how you left us – BLUE BALLS! I will make no assumptions or speculations as to “why” you cut it. I’ve read that you might have possibly picked your own wine as a 71 or even that NONE were cabs… 1) I don’t think any wine created or over seen by someone with your palette will allow a production of wine that is a 71. 2) I think you would know the difference of a cab and another varietal – although there are always exceptions (pinots with full bodies and such..)

Don’t keep us waiting too long please…

Erick
June 4, 2008

Jorge
Only god knows what’s going on, but I really hope It’s not the vayniac’s cab; It would be very sad…

Now I just hope the new show is released soon. Please Mott!!!!!!
June 4, 2008

Ben
That hurt, like a suplex in a no holds match….cant wait for tomorrow
June 4, 2008

Harry
Yo Gary?!? Perhaps one of your best shows ever, working strong through the wines most people start their “serious” drinking on, and then…. what!! Why did you cut it off? Really not so nice, especially since what I love about your show is its honesty and candor. Please don’t bow to some pressure about your ratings – you’re way above that. You rock and I I’m looking forward to the thunder crashing through
June 4, 2008

Luke P.
Classic ending. Simply classic.
June 4, 2008

Anthony
I just let out a Darth Vader NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
June 4, 2008

glenn
doing my best Teddy KGB…

how un-sat-tees-fy-ink
June 4, 2008

Mike E in Minnesota
Here I am playing catch up watching past episodes and I finally get all the way to the current episode and you pull this? I would love to see that the 71 pointer was a $100 ringer slipped in.

Hurry up and release the next episode!!!

Great show, by the way.
June 4, 2008

Flavio
When there were 20 seconds of video left and Gary hadn’t even started going through the wines, I started getting very worried.

He better show the freaking results today.

As for the Jack Bauer comment – that’s exactly why I only watch 24 on DVD or when I have the entire season on Tivo. I hate this “to be continued” crap.
June 4, 2008

Mike Nally
Well, I’ll be sure to check out Episode #478! Who doesn’t love a wine mystery?
June 4, 2008

The Aesthetic Elevator
Oh, snap!
June 4, 2008

ChezJim
You have got to be kidding me! Funny, very funny, but annoying at the same time. I’ll be back and there better be some answers.
June 4, 2008

Garry M
LOVE Cabernet

Cliffhangers…. not so much
June 4, 2008

Scott Anderson
MAN! Talk about leaving us in the lurch! Gary must have said something really non-PC, or legally actionable for him to do this.

We must have satisfaction!

Love ya, Gar.
June 4, 2008

MannyPants
That was a low blow, but I really liked the idea for the show. Keep the blind tastings coming.
June 4, 2008

Arjen Blom
Hi Guys,
As you should by now the popularity of Gary Vay-ner-chuk goes the borders of the US. I would like to get some of those funcky merchandise as the T-Shirt or the book, can you guys arrange something for us to purchase that stuff!!

By the way, are you working with a Hollywood producer now, starting sequels!!

Cheers

Arjen Blom
Singapore
June 4, 2008

HeadWino
Wrap up of todays show….. Gary, looks like you’re playing from the old Dallas theme of cliffhangers….”Who shot JR?”

B
June 4, 2008

bfrankphoto
How do you keep a Vayniak on edge?

I’ll tell you tomorrow.
June 4, 2008

JonBLodi
Mannnnnn, that’s so unfair!

Just trying to get the lurkers out, eh?
June 4, 2008

hugh
just when wltv is getting ho-hum…..here comes a nasty curveball….
nice!!!! i’m glad i didnt watch this until today, now i dont have to wait too long…
June 4, 2008

Colin
GV – Fun show – since I’m looking to get into cheapy cabs. See you tomorrow (or today rather!)
June 4, 2008

Tim
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just plain wrong.
June 4, 2008

Dr J
Love the show, but not this show, usually forward to my buddies….not so much today……
June 4, 2008

dcseven
OH NO, Mr. Bill!
June 4, 2008

Pete G
WTF!!!
June 4, 2008

danb
You got me.. I usually just watch the podcast on my apple tv… but this episode made me come to the site to read some of the comments and see if the new show was up yet… good job. keep up the great work.

check out this graph of the book rank on amazon… been tracking it for a while now: http://trendrr.com/timeseries/380917
June 4, 2008

M
I’m on the edge of my seat.

At least we learned what was in the pumpkin.
June 4, 2008

JayZee
Boo!!!!!!
June 4, 2008

bronsont
Noooooooo, you can’t leave us hanging…..give us the scores and unveil the wines…..
June 4, 2008

LauraG
That blew.
June 4, 2008

RDHudak
What the ….!!!!!!!!!! I felt like I just watched the finale of The Sopranos.
June 4, 2008

Martin
Yes! I just made beet salad last night!
June 4, 2008

Lawrence Leichtman
I had a hell of time even watching this as it cut in and out constantly and then no finish. Wha?
June 4, 2008

shawn dougherty
just like the jets that stunk !!!
June 4, 2008

FirstLite
Dude – Not Nice, Not Nice at all…..
June 4, 2008

Kimi
And here I am guessing what could be in the top bag… V?!?! Gah…
June 4, 2008

stumpjuice
GladI skipped to the end.
June 4, 2008

Ducati AGB
GaryV…………….

I love the Tecmo Bowl spot. Best. Nintendo. Game. Ever.
June 4, 2008

ArtandWine
Hook firmly emplanted in cheek
June 4, 2008

Karl Laczko
OK, that was…..interesting. Curious for the reason for the blackout – did you find out it was actually a blind tasting of over $50 Cabs

No labels, no scores, no questions. Feel kinda deflated.
June 4, 2008

Jay
Bush League.
June 4, 2008

Kristen
This is a classic episode…I agree with some of the others- It’s like the “Who shot J.R.” Dallas episode. I’m quite glad I waited until today to watch. Can’t wait to see the unveiling.

And “dorky cherry” is a radool description.
June 4, 2008

marc
stoked for the unveiling.
June 4, 2008

Alfredhayes
Seriously!?!?!?!?!?!
June 4, 2008

Nick C
That is rather shady….for that…i’m not leaving a comment on the next 10 episodes.
June 4, 2008

Mark
Fun show! I have my hunches about #5, I’ll have to see if I am right
(And of course, by not sharing my hunch here, I can claim I *was* right! hahaha)

Time to do another blind tasting myself, they are great fun!
June 4, 2008

Sandor777
I usually watch three or four podcasts in a row. Time constraints and all. I was just unlucky to have this one be the last of the four that I watched today. Some might say that it is lucky, because here I am leaving a comment.
June 4, 2008

Rowland
hey, if you have 2 glasses, just give one to MOTT!
June 4, 2008

David Williams
I’m thinking that he realized he was about to rip a person who he has a good relationship with. It’s hard when your a critic and a seller. It would kind of being like a movie theatre that did movie reviews–would you believe them? Yeah, this movie sucked so don’t buy tickets. Gary may be in a box.
June 4, 2008

I-lurk
I agree with Rowland, always give Mott a glass of what you’re tast’n. You’re facial expressions of Mott’s facial expressions are worth a thousand words! Plus it’s fun!
June 4, 2008

Sonoma M@
SWEET! Great show; don’t listen to the knucklehead cry babies who didn’t “get what they wanted”.
June 4, 2008

David Williams
PS, stemless wine glasses suck.
June 4, 2008

Panosh
Probably should have not put up #477 as it is not live.

Beet salad is the ONLY thing in the workd I cannot and will not eat so anything that even remotely reminds us of that is off the list.
June 4, 2008

Adrian Tambln
You got us hanging man…
June 4, 2008

niklopez98
ha ha…the responses because of your sudden halt are great!! i was watching the time and noticing there was no way you had enough time to review all of them….kinda figured something was going to happen! o well, suck it up and watch the next one!
June 4, 2008

Zinny
Yeah – I second the comment that stemless glasses suck. Nice show, though.
June 4, 2008

Brian V
Nice cliff hanger, can’t wait for the results.

P.S. I’m thinking about football as well.
June 4, 2008

Bob W.
Watch today….Same Bat time….Same Bat channel. POW!! CRUNCH!!

I don’t like the Riedel O’s. Stems for me.
June 4, 2008

redmon
#5 must be the first sample of the vayniac cab ; )
June 4, 2008

skwash
I was a lurker until now. I’m hooked. Football can wait for us Lions fans.
What is it about beets? The only food I will never try again. Blech…
June 4, 2008

manonthemoon
Intresting…..
June 4, 2008

James
This better be good…

and about the stemless wine glasses… I’m convinced the nose suffers with them… and I own a bunch on impulse buy from a post-holiday sale!
June 4, 2008

KennyMac
For all those upset at the ending to the show, come on, lighten up. It’s not like you have to wait until next season for the cliffhanger to be resolved. Is your whole life wrapped up in finding out what’s under the wrappers that you can’t wait? It’s one day, people! Besides, there may have indeed been (as Mott said) various reasons for the show ending as it did (tape problems, maybe?) but even if it’s just a straight-on cliffhanger, good on Gary for throwing a curveball. Keeps it interesting. So patience, people. I’m sure all will be revealed.

Now, if you really want an exercise in patience, try being a fan (as I am) of Lost…
June 4, 2008

wayno da wino
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT HAAAAAAAAAAPPEEEEEEEEENED ?????????????
Took da “carpet” right-out from under Us !!!! NOT nice ta TEASE da
Vayniaks………..
June 4, 2008

Roland
Very disapointing … feel like my time was wasted.
June 4, 2008

Greg Z
Cool ending. I hope Ian still has a job. I want to know what $50 dollar bottle of Cabernet Ian snuck into the bunch and embarrassed Gary? A sense of humor is a good thing.
June 4, 2008

chenin
Ditto, the Riedel-O glasses suck. They’re even more lacking in style when you see someone using them. As for the cutoff – people, the show is for free after all and shit happens. I think only Mott’s mysterious comment and no further explanation at all gave way to the various speculations. So WTF we’re in for a lot of fun and that’s all we need and all we get.
June 4, 2008

GrapeStuff
OMG WTF
June 4, 2008

Jeremy
Like the cliffhanger ending, but Mott could have at least given us the question of the day.
June 4, 2008

Chad Spacey
I had a crazy idea what do you think?

For the blind tasting shows, before you revile the wine from inside the bag, give what you would pay for it. So give them a rating and then give a price you would pay for it.

Chad
June 4, 2008

Holmes
I’m all about the Riedel-O glasses, more of a Masculine feel. Give me a break about the loss of nose, how is that possible?? Way to switch it up at the end, drives some people crazy.
June 4, 2008

DFC
Hey, I love the stemless wine glasses. When I sit one on the tray table next to the couch while I am sitting on the couch, they are not as likely to tip over when my yellow lab hits the tray table…. Ok, what up with the ending of this episode!!
June 4, 2008

macgyver4ever
How did I not win the book? http://tv.winelibrary.com/?p=584&cp=3#comments

I guessed Vayniac Wristband…
June 4, 2008

RaiderNation
5:30 – no ending yet? Here’s my prediction: This is how WLTV ends. Kind of Soprano’s-style.
June 4, 2008

Barry
C’mon, don’t go Hollywood on us Gary. What a contrived, phony ending. Wasted 18 minutes of my time. Might have to put Wine Library in the corner for a week or 2 as punishment.
June 4, 2008

Ken
Another episode like this and I might return to being a lurker. Makes me crave football season even more.
June 4, 2008

Neil
I rated the wine’s scores as Gary went through the tasting notes: based on his reaction I imagine the scores to be
#1 79 pts
#2 87 pts
#3 86 pts
#4 89 pts
#5 73 pts
#6 85 pts

I have no idea what his scores are…. we’ll see on the next show…
June 4, 2008

MattyO
LOL

this is awesome watching everyone get pissed about the ending…i’m actually quite interested to find out what happened…i hope it’s something hilarious to put all the doubters to shame.

by the way, gary, the only thing i’m not feelin on this episode are the glasses without stems…lol…it looks rediculous…but whatever gets the vayniaks goin is fine by me. great show!
June 4, 2008

Jay
One other thing… So rad that you have Tecmo Bowl sitting on the table. That’s pretty awesome.
June 4, 2008

Gonzo
I think that the cliffhanger was pretty solid, but GV needs to take things to the next level. I’m talking old school batman-style cliffhangers, a little dramatic narrating at the end from Mott as he shows some exciting highlights. Really build up the suspense. And for that matter I think GV and Mott need to start throwing in some graphic “Pow”s and “Zam”s, or even just a Thunder symbol if the wine is bringing it. Keep it up.

TO
June 4, 2008

siouxperfly
I could see a lawsuit from Sutter Home, or Berringer looming here keeping us from seeing the results of this lol.
June 4, 2008

Withnail
Interesting Neil.

I find I can usually accurately predict Gary’s score before he says it
within 1 point 95% of the time.
June 4, 2008

dAve
Stems are for me. If I don’t have a stem, it’s pop! smile. But then I don’t spit my wine out in parking lots or into buckets. smile.

AHH! What was this show? The unknown bag wine? What’s UP with that? I now have to watch this twice? Once when I see and know the wines? I went into my wine store today and asked for “Gary bag #4 cab” and now I can’t go back for 2 weeks (so embarrassing, they thought I was saying something dirty)
Dirty shoe #3 Dorky cherries? Do you have a lexicon of all these terms?
#4 – raspberry tort. I can’t keep up with smelling and tasting the world so I can match to you, Gary! smile. hahahaha.
#5 – can’t wait to know what to avoid!
#6 – cedarbox and text book. wow. love your terms. they expand my vocab!

REALLY good show, again. I come almost each day to watch and learn.
June 4, 2008

KyBoy
G-man, was this some sort of marketing ploy? What’s up w/ that?? It’s all good though, you’re still the man. Look forward to the unveiling.
June 4, 2008

Neil Willsey
I was SO enjoying the blind tasting of six Cabs and then…… THEN….. Oh my gosh…. you end up not pulling them out of the bag for the big reveal with your ratings. There must be more of an explanation than what Mott gives there at the very end…. isn’t there??

I am all for the stemless wine glasses, whether or not they be Riedel O’s. My wine glasses are all of the stemless variety and I think they are so much more sensible than the stemmed variety. Much less chance of them getting knocked over at the table by a wayward elbow or flying hand. To each his own, and if you must have stemware, by all means do. I think the stemless ones are the way to go as a practical matter.

Gary, please promise us that we will find out what happened on this episode with the “to be continued” ending. We’re all going nuts out here wondering what was in those bags.

Neil in KY
June 4, 2008

E-Rock
Dude the suspense is killing me.

Love to join you on the 11th @ Costco in my backyard practically, but I’ll probably be fresh out of the delivery room. She’s not gonnna make it much longer. LOL
June 4, 2008

robbie
Can’t wait for the finish…it WAS NOT a waste of time!! Good idea for a wine tasting group to do…we do it all the time and try to figure out what kind of wint it is….makes us really think about what we are smelling and tasting.
Love stemless
June 4, 2008

Tony D
Gary I watch your shows on my way to work on a Zune… everyone around me stared when I groaned loudly at the ending. Today’s episode is up but I have to wait till tomorrow morning to watch in order to keep my routine… Can’t wait to see it!

Tony
June 5, 2008

wannaBconnoisseur
HMMMMM. What’s up with that GV??
June 5, 2008

vibemore
what???????????
June 5, 2008

bangkokbabay
OK – So now we have to wait until Monday – The cliff hanging suspense has really got a hold of me There must be a reason………….
June 5, 2008

Seb
They will never reveal what’s in the paper bags. Even if they do, it will be a separate episode and they have time to change the bottles. I’m dying for an explanation. GV, are you gonna have time to read all these comments? I think it will reach 300 before you explain what happened
June 5, 2008

JediJesus
Probably the worst episode of WLTV…
June 5, 2008

Ken
What a phoney show. Gary’s palate was tricked and he was afraid that the unveiling of the wines would show that he panned one that he previously praised of vice versa. I’m glad I FF’d to the end of the episode & did not waste 18 minutes of my time watching.

BS such as this is one of the reasons I quit watching WLTV. My revisit to WLTV today did nothing to convince me to return.
June 5, 2008

Jeremy Frank
Bo Jackson? Don’t sleep on Lawrence Taylor… He’s a Tecmo Bowl LEGEND!
June 5, 2008

Gonzo
The entire idea that GV is too embarrassed to show what’s in the bottles is moronic. If he was that embarrassed he wouldn’t have shown the first part of the tasting. I can’t wait for what I’m sure is going to be one hell of a surprise, but Jesus guys, a little cold and a little stupid on the criticisms there. troglodytes.

TO
June 5, 2008

wayno da wino
Yo Gee, next time Ya have somebody bag ‘em, tell ‘em ta keep da
Vayniak Cab (bag #5) outta da mix…………………
I KEEEEEEEEEED….I KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED……..
June 5, 2008

yowens
dude…thats messed up.
June 5, 2008

Uelrindru
Great show, I really like my cabs so I can’t wait till they’re unveiled. I have four of the o series glasses and I thought I wouldn’t like them at first but they turned out to be really nice, they feel thin but they aren’t bad at all.
I really wanna know what #4 is but I guess I’ll have to build my patience in addition to the palate
June 5, 2008

Robert Dhu
WTF????
June 5, 2008

Susan
Gary-This suspense is killing me………………… :0
June 5, 2008

Susan
Gary-……………………t.h.i.s……i.s….m.e……d.y.i.n…………………..
June 5, 2008

GR8wine
GV, You’re asking a lot of us. Hope you DO have a good explanation. Was the whole cutoff with Mott pleading for tolerance done with malice of forethought?
June 5, 2008

Giania
That’s dirty pool, ol’ boy! But you bet your sweet bippy I’ll be on the edge of my seat Monday for some serious answers! Happy travels.
June 5, 2008

KVolk
Dang that’s just wrong….
June 6, 2008

T. Bone
I hope it turns out to be a flight of $50+ wines, that would be killer. Can’t wait to hear the scoop. Great show, by the by – you need to do more blind tasting.
June 6, 2008

Sean
Wow…after weeks of talking up Gary V and Wine Library, I finally got two co-workers to watch their first episode. Any guesses on if they will be back? Weak effort. Why even post the video?
June 6, 2008

RichE
Well now, wasn’t that interesting.

Is there really a good tasting $10 Cab out there?
If so where is it from?
France? Don’t think so
USA ? NOT gonna happen
Africa, South America, Portugal, Canada…hmmmmm perhaps.

Hey Vaniac’s:
We all should go buy some Under $10 Cabs this weekend and try this for ourselves…..We don’t need GV to do this for us.
Try it and then post some new comments.
June 6, 2008

nietzsche philosopher
I agree with sgevurtz. This episode makes me want to see some double blinds. I not so much interested in Gary getting the varietals correct as seeing what he scores wines without the price affecting his thought process.
June 6, 2008

Gord McG
Maybe the mystery wine was the 69-point 2005 Convenant?
June 7, 2008

vivaitalia
Wow, I’d like to give you the benefit of the doubt as you’ve had no problem panning wines in the past reguardless of the consequences, but this seems shady to me. What I first thought was that they dropped the bags and realized they had the show theme wrong and were a little embarrased. I don’t see why though, preconceived notions are a fact of life and to act as though any of us are immune from them is just crazy. That being said I think many of us would kill to see a double blind episode to see some pure analysis and reaction. Maybe Ian thought it would be funny to put the vayniac cab in there because wine #5 seemed to smell like a wine that was still being formed.
June 7, 2008

Dan Schmid
WHAA??? Ok, so originally I was going to leave a comment about my love for the stemless Ridels. (I’m most likely to break the stem anyways.)

But seriously….the producers of Lost could learn a thing or two from this suspence. Was this real? The timing of the cut off seems a little too perfect.
June 7, 2008

*/^_^\*
qotd: the meaning of life is…..
June 7, 2008

jpwardaia
Love, love, love the blind challenges!!!!!!
June 7, 2008

Amy C
Let me guess…..oops….they were all Shiraz’s. ? .

~A~
June 8, 2008

keith
?????????????
June 8, 2008

Luis Felipe
WHAT!? My head just exploded
June 8, 2008

elron
Whaaaaaaaatt! Mott doesn’t like reds! Fire him!

Bottle #3 had Rajiv’s(BarrelMonkey’s) boot shoe smell from a days work at Stefania vineyards!?
June 8, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
I think it’s odd that I didn’t see you talk on Twitter about what happened, just to clue people in.
June 8, 2008

Ryan
What happened!??
June 8, 2008

Dave
Well!!!!!!!!! Ya gonna fess up?????
June 9, 2008

Glen... winecrazy.com
I like the cut at the end……. Nice job Mott.

So how was your vacation Gary?

Have fun in Houston….see you when you get back.

QOTD: Well……I’ll get back to you on that….lol
June 9, 2008

Seb
I bet this episode will be the most commented episode in WLTV. This is why GV decided to make it and share it with us. It’s a test…
June 9, 2008

Jake
I was at the SEED conference in Chicago. Nice.

I looked up your blog because of that conference and ended up watching the blind taste test of the 6 cabs under 10 bones.

Really did not like the endingâ€“sniffy-sniff, sucky-sucked.
June 10, 2008

RonC
Who’s the winner. I don’t care if it is a house brand. Please acknowledge.
June 10, 2008

Paul V
The last thing that made me smile is you saying “This is Gary Vay – ner- chuck.
Great show, keep up the great work.
June 10, 2008

AMM3RD
I’m guessing it’s the Green Groves Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2005????????
June 10, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
Thanks for giving out the link for the full video in today’s episode. I was really disappointed with the Red Diamond Merlot too.

QOTD: I got the Aquinas 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Don Sebastiani & Sons) as a gift and was really happy with it. It had some good minty flavors going on in addition to more traditional Cab. flavors.
June 10, 2008

PaVo
Since I watched I might as well give the QOTD:

Best Cab under $10 (well Favorite) is the Montes Cabernet Sauvignon and I’ll one up and say the best under $5 is Santa Rita Cabernet (not the 120) for 4.99 it’s disgusting value for money!
June 11, 2008

Ralph
Where is the link to the full show? I would like to know what to avoid as well as what was good. Your explanation leaves us all in the dark which isn’t fair when we watched almost the full episode.
June 16, 2008

JIKvig
Wut?

Are you trying to get the lurkers out of theire dark hole’s?
June 18, 2008

Dan-o
WTF?
I watched 14 minutes of this show over the weekend and got cut off.
I tuned back in to see the results.

Not cool!
June 21, 2008

Kelly Goff
Ok, I am leaving a comment on this one. That is just wrong on so many levels. I just moved and was without internet for way too long and am just catching up. Now what??
June 22, 2008

Patrick
You did the right thing. GV you have done so many things right for all of us we should be more focused on that than this goof up. I screwed 12 things up last week… looks like you are ahead of me

BTW the “O”’s are way easier to deal with than other stemware. Now that we have a full set of “o”’s for most varietals for 6-8 person parties our other glasses haven’t seen the light of day.
July 10, 2008

kjdion
love these blind taste testings. best shows in my opinion
July 14, 2008

Bryan Peters
I still want to know what happened with this episode.
July 15, 2008

OhioHink
I love tecmo bowl and cabs… good show!
July 21, 2008

MattUD
We should get together and play some tecmo bowl, I have two copies at my house and a system to play them on!
August 27, 2008

Erik
Gary,

What happened with this one? What were the wines???
October 2, 2008

Chris
I think you need to do a blind taste-off on WLTV against that fancy lad Brian Freedman from Classic Wines!!! Take him down to China-town Gary and show him what’s what!
January 13, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
OH NO WAY! Thank God Im behind and can watch the next episode when I want to cause that is just cold! Still love the blind tastings and I think you need to do some with viewers.