Gary V Expands His Own Palate with Some Old World Wines

Gary V Expands His Own Palate with Some Old World Wines – Episode # 521

August 18, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 2 Nebbiolo wines from Valtellina, a lesser known neighbor of Piedmont.

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“QOTD: Saffirio Barbera 2007 (with a little gnome on the front, made me…” by richardvinifera
“Favorite Barolo:
2001 Riserva Cannubi (Fratelli Serio & Battista …” by George Masiello
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Sandro Fay SassellaValtellina
2005 Sandro Fay Sforzato ValtellinaSfursat di Valtellina

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November 18, 2009

richardvinifera
QOTD: Saffirio Barbera 2007 (with a little gnome on the front, made me intersted, but wary!) £17 in the UK.
February 12, 2009

George Masiello
Favorite Barolo:
2001 Riserva Cannubi (Fratelli Serio & Battista Borgogno)
Not only a great wine, but I brought back a case of it from our trip to Italy last Fall. This place is actually in the town of Barolo, where we toured the facility and had a tasting. It was perfect!
January 19, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
Piper’s Pit hands down the best segments in WWF history. Possibly a close second any Ultimate Warrior promo because the rambling insanity tumbling out of his mouth was priceless. Annnnnywho….. More wines for me to try. Gary youre going to bury me! Might as well go to my local wine store and buy everything in house, eh? Damn me and my young wine palate. QOTD: I believe the last one I had was a Barberesco. Quite pleased with it, too.
January 11, 2009

kathyintex ( kathyd )
oooh – I’d love to try the Sforzato Valtellina! Sounds Yummy!

QOTD ~ I gave my friend an Antinori Tignenello in November for her birthday since it’s her favorite wine. In December at our WoW – Wine on Wednesday – Christmas party she had opened it and smuggled a glass into Cru for me to taste, VERY NICE! Loved the Old World meets New World while grown in the Old World terroir.
September 16, 2008

yowens
Dude I love all your shows (tear…) but the ones about wines that are totally new to me are my favorites. QOTD: none. But now I have one to search out.
September 16, 2008

Penney
QOTD: Laurentina Verdicchio Lore
September 10, 2008

Darcey and Cliff
Hey GeeVee … it’s been SOOOO long since I tuned into a show (due only to my new job which is keeping me too busy). I can say without hesitation that I have missed you terribly! Checked out the FREE SHIPPER of the day, the
Sandro fay sforzato valtellina 2005, watched this excellent episode, and ordered myself a bottle! Thanks, as always, for helping to broaden our palates! Waiting for another “free shipping” offer to get a case or two, so please keep me posted! Hope you and yours are well. Darcey says hello!
September 1, 2008

Karl Laczko
Like Kirk I’m catching up on episodes at the moment and love it when you do the unusual ones.

QOTD – I’m trying a lot of Southern Italian wines recently, love Nero d’Avola, delighted in Aglianico – but always keep coming back to Amarone.
August 31, 2008

JudeMurphy
Italian wine? Hate the stuff. Don’t know why. It just bores me. I’m a French wine guy!
I tasted one Italian wine I sort of enjoyed and I don’t even know what it was because it was just the house wine and I only got a glass. Ah well. Chateauneuf de pape, anyone?
August 28, 2008

M
QOTD: I can’t say “best” because there are so many good ones but I enjoyed 2005 Paitin di Pasquero Elia Barbera d’Alba Serra Boella
August 26, 2008

419
QOTD: Farnese Casale Vecchio Pecorino

Try it great long and big fruit
August 26, 2008

Dan-o
GV – interesting show – always love the Italians.
Probably one of the more interesting wines I have had from Italy that was new to me was a white from Sicily with indigenous grapes (can’t remember the name, but it was good) and a wine from the Piedmont called Spinetta – it was a blend of Nebbiolo and Syrah (I believe) and it was tasty!
August 26, 2008

Andrew D
Interesting show Gary, cheers

QOTD: Ca’del Bosco Franciacorta Brut

Andrew
August 24, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: I already emailed you about mine. The Laurentina Verdicchio Lore, hands down the most exciting wine I’ve had in a while.
August 22, 2008

Jimmy T
luvin it!
August 21, 2008

Kirk (aka: slave2thevine)
Great to be back watching the show again. It has been a busy past few weeks…and I’m finally getting caught up.

QOTD: I’d have to say the most interesting summer white I’ve had was a Cococciola from the Abruzzi region. It offered a nice body and excellent acidity to go with food. For the lovers of Sauvignon Blanc it is a great transition into a white with good body that still delivers the acidity, green apple, and lemon flavors.
August 21, 2008

pawncop
Thank you for the information.

QOTD – Not many Italian wines yet, some basic Chantia’s. The list gets longer each time I watch.
August 21, 2008

M
I often try new Italian wines, random Rosso from here and there, or wine varietals I hear about from WLTV. This was a summer of wine discovery.
August 21, 2008

Sharon
Hi Gary – Hmmm well there are so many great Italian wines, what comes to mind is the Isole e Olena Ceparello which is pretty sublime.
August 21, 2008

Sassodoro
Good show, Gary! Keep those obscure Italian wines coming!

QOTD: Lacrima di Morro d’Alba. (That’s the grape variety.) Despite the word “Alba” in the name, the wine comes from Le Marche, not Piemonte. I have had only a few examples of it, and from my admittedly limited experience, the wine tends to be very floral. In some vintages it tends toward roses and in other vintages wine from the same producer will tend toward violets. In some ways it has qualities that remind me of Pinot Noir. That’s my best new Italian wine. Try some!
August 20, 2008

Daniel Schlossberg
favre watches….very kewl!
August 20, 2008

Jayhitek
QOTD: I didn’t know there was gonna be a quiz!
August 20, 2008

Shawn_944
REFOSCO!! Best Italian wine So far, Great Show Gary, thanks for linking up the cheese!
August 20, 2008

James McLaren
Last night I had my first Vino Nobile de Montepulciano – mmmm. Real nice cherry and plum on the nose, with some white pepper and a hint of undergrowth. Dark fruit explosion on the front end, mid-palate savouriness, slightly herbal and vegetal, nicely full bodied and a lovely long, sweet-savoury finish. Expanding my palate in Italy at the moment.
August 20, 2008

Taylor
loved the episode wish i could try the win and the cheese!

QOTD I had a few good amarone’s only remember the producer of one at the time that was Zenato, but the other was better