A Piedmont White Wine Tasting. Gavi

A Piedmont White Wine Tasting. Gavi – Episode #478

June 4, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk gets to explore the wonderful world of Gavi wines, lets see if these wines can bring some thunder.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Villa Sparina Gavi Di GaviGavi
2006 Martinetti Gavi Di GaviGavi
2006 La Scolca Gavi Di Gavi Black LabelGavi

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June 4, 2008

kaybee
QoTd
KICKBALL is the greatest fun with 4th graders. Funny things happen all the time. Like yesterday the ball was kicked, popped off a girl’s shoe and the kid next to her caught it! Was that a fly ball, or what? Or when a kid, not watching the game is bending over in the outfield when the ball is kicked and it hits them in the butt. It illustrates what I say over and over “keep your eye on the ball!”
June 4, 2008

Jay
One favorite sports moment? Impossible. Nominees: ‘95 Orange Bowl – Cory Schlesinger scores the go-ahead TD on a fullback trap that completely suckered Warren Sapp and his Miami buddies and Nebraska wins the national championship; Henry Aaron hits his 715th HR; Tommie Frazier breaks c. 241 tackles by the Florida Gators as the Huskers win their second consecutive national championship; (you may sense a theme here….).
June 4, 2008

RDHudak
What the F…….. Still no info on the cab? Not cool
June 4, 2008

jason carey
Bill Buckner, dude,, Poor old Bill Buckner,
June 4, 2008

Kev and Ams
Also, the film of the little crying Oklahoma sooner.
June 4, 2008

Kev and Ams
QOTD: (Prognostication) When the Pens win game 6 tonight and then game 7 on Saturday.
June 4, 2008

FriscoGrapes
I want to start off by saying that I really respect what you do, love your show and have been watching everyday for the last 102 episodes; however, It seems like you’re hesitant to rate a lower priced wine above your comfort zone (around 90 points). For instance on today’s show, you really seemed to love the 2006 Martinetti Gavi Di Gavi but only scored it 1 point higher (90 points) than the 2006 Villa Sparina Gavi Di Gavi, which you liked. Your passion exploded when tasting the second wine, but you hesitated to give it a higher score. I am a red wine drinker, but your enthusiasm and description of the second wine makes me want to go and buy it (expanding my palate . I would have expected you to rate the second wine 92+ by the way you seemed to enjoy it. Please do not take this criticism the wrong way and please don’t stop rating the wines. I think it’s important in understanding how one compares to another in your opinion. I use that to judge what to try and not try based on how our palates are the same and differ. I am still getting used to how your palate compares to mine but in the end the score is still beneficial (along with the explanation). I just get a little confused when we run into a difference between how you express a wine and how you rate the wine. In those situations I am at a loss as to how to pursue whether to buy it or not.
June 4, 2008

ArtandWine
1) Favorite sports moment: Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” Farewell Speech
2) 2nd least favorite Wine TV moment: Ep.#477 Cliffhanger
3) LEAST favorite Wine TV moment: Ep.#478 REPEAT Cliffhanger

Wine TV is driving me to drink in more ways than one.
June 4, 2008

Johnny C. a.k.a SmokinActuary
Plaxico catching the winning touchdown in the last Super Bowl.

Outside of that it would have to be Secretariat’s win at the Belmont Stakes.
June 4, 2008

The Ben
As a St. Louis boy, the finest moment for me was September 8, 1998 when “Big Mac” Mark McGwire hit the 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris’s old record that had stood for 37 years. Say what you will about how the Cards did that season overall or about Mcgwire’s ‘juicing’ it, but my God that was a magical night to be watching baseball.
On an odd side note, Gary used hitting in runs in third grade kick ball as an example. I’m not sure if it was third grade, but I did hit a grand slam once in grade school while playing kick ball. I was the man that day.
June 4, 2008

-j.
The 2005 MLB season was a great one for Houston fans. An incredible come back season culminating in the first Texas team appearance in the World Series; What a ride.

The highlight for me was watching Clements coming in as a relief pitcher for the Astros in the longest playoff game in history. Of all the junk the man may or may not have done, walking into the dugout to tell the skipper he was ready to go and then seeing him, one of the greatest starters of all time, in the bullpen to do whatever it took to help his team… that was cool.
June 4, 2008

dAve
A suggestion: if you rate it – (88 or 90 or whatever) can’t you sumarize it on the wine list? then I don’t have to take notes while I’m watching. I can just sit back and enjoy.
Very good show, again! Loved your shirt! Social Engineer! What did the back say?

Gotta get a Gavi! Sounds great.

yes. very good. leaning back and talking was good show of your personality!
QOTD: My sports moment, when I got to the top on my mountain bike, only to fall over the side and the only thing that stopped me was a tree! Bonk! What a moment, I crawled back up and said “Man, I’m alive!”
June 4, 2008

Palmer
QOTD: personal – little league championships game 3 (best of 3 series) when I was 12, hit a go-ahead triple the other way line drive down the first base line in the top of the 6th, then came in to pitch the bottom of the 6th to get the save. oh, and I did this after getting a root canal that morning.

pro sports – BUCKNER!
June 4, 2008

paoix
QOTD: watching MJ play in the 1992 NBA playoffs

gonna go out seek the GAVI
June 4, 2008

Sonnenuhr
Sign me up for the Gavi too.
June 4, 2008

Aaron S.
Either that, or “THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!!”
June 4, 2008

Aaron S.
QOTD: Barry Bonds’ 756th home run. …KIDDING! REALLY I AM! I SWEAR! I’M KIDDING!

Seriously though… good question. I’d have to say The Play from the 1982 Cal/Stanford Big Game.
June 4, 2008

Clifford
QOTD: Angels 2002 World Series!!! Secondary sports moment is the soon to be 2008 Lakers championship.
June 4, 2008

Pete G
You’ve sold me on the Gavi bro. Will trade in the pinot grigio and insolia for a bottle this weekend!

I know it’s old school and cliche but still the 1980 USA olympic hockey team triumph over the USSR team. It was happening right up the road from me and friends, family and I were around the tube watching and going Crazy! Nothing will top that.
June 4, 2008

Kahlil
qotd: definitely France winning the world cup and the european soccer cup in a row… its my team!

good show today. gotta find a good wine shop over here in the DE.
big up!
June 4, 2008

M
Gotta get a Gavi.

QOTD: Live at the Fiesta Bowl January 1987. Penn State 14 Miami 10.
June 4, 2008

JimChem
QOTD: My first eagle ever at golf two weeks ago.
June 4, 2008

Oklahoma Michael
QOTD- Living in Breckenridge, CO. 1998, not a big Bronco’s fan, however, caught up in the excitement that was overwhelming, SUPER BOWL VICTORY!!! Looking back I liken it to tasting wine at the winery. Always better when your there right?
June 4, 2008

BargePlus
QOTD: As a sports spectator, I get a little teary-eyed just thinking about the US-Soviet ice hockey game at the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid. My wife & I were living in a small apartment in Muelheim an der Ruhr in what was then West Germany, and had turned on the TV at about 2 or 3:00 am in order to catch the game live. When the Americans scored, we heard a lot of yelling & screaming from OUTSIDE our apartment. It seems that a large portion of the rest of the world (or at least in Muelheim) was up & watching that same game, and cheering on the Americans in this incredible upset. It was somtheing of an enlightenment to discover that we weren’t alone.
June 4, 2008

Deano
Great episode gary…this does sound like a good summer wine.

QOTD:
-Pitching a no hitter when i was a kid in little league FTW!!!!