Six, yes SIX wines from Virginia – Episode #528

August 27, 2008

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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 6 Virginia wines along with a crowd at the Winery at La Grange in Haymarket, VA.

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  • “Virginia is for Vignior….” by John Gavin
  • “I went to the Virginia Wine Festival in Richmond last year and King Fa…” by Matlock the Burgundian
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 La Grange Pinot Grigio play review at cork'd
2007 Pearmund Viognier play review at cork'd
2006 Rappahannock Cellars Cabernet Franc play review at cork'd
2007 King Family Cabernet Franc play review at cork'd
2004 Pearmund Cabernet Sauvignon play review at cork'd
2006 La Grange Snort – Fortified Red Wine play review at cork'd

Links mentioned in todays episode.

152 Responses

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  1. September 24, 2009

    John Gavin

    Virginia is for Vignior.

  2. March 19, 2009

    Matlock the Burgundian

    I went to the Virginia Wine Festival in Richmond last year and King Family was by far my favorite vineyard. Every wine I tasted was excellent. I’m really glad you pumped them up on your show.

  3. January 20, 2009

    Dessert Wine Nerd

    Nice showing from an up and coming state. Im down with the viognier Gary! QOTD: The DC area. I have fond memories of a vacation there when I was a lil’ nipper!

  4. October 15, 2008

    CaseyLee

    gary this episode is good thanks. its wednesday payday on 10-15-08 and im looking around to try to find a possible thunder filled wine for about 12 bucks. so im watching diff. vids to see how you liked them . one for today and one for saturday.

  5. October 3, 2008

    yowens

    Viginia rose to the occasion- nice! QOTD: that house where that one president lived, its pretty cool

  6. September 30, 2008

    3robins

    Wow…that was interesting….I have a craving for Snort and chocolate cake now. I hope to get to Virginia next summer….it’s just a little far from Texas.

  7. September 27, 2008

    Ryan D

    QotD: Virginia Tech Hokies!!

  8. September 24, 2008

    CBone

    QOTD: My favorite thing about Virginia? It has to be that it is getting more and more progressive, and may go for Obama in this year’s general election!! Shenandoah National Park is my 2nd favorite thing about Virginia.

  9. September 12, 2008

    Darcey and Cliff

    Good show, good show GeeVee

    As a resident of Virginia I am indeed happy to see some decent wines coming out of this area!

    My favorite thing about Virginia? DARCEY is here with me!

  10. September 11, 2008

    eyeglasses

    very good.i like that

  11. September 10, 2008

    Tony D

    Gary, i’m thrilled you got to VA for a tasting, I wish I’d been keeping up and made it out to watch the show!

    I love the Virginia Cab Franc’s and alot of the blends that are heavy on the the Cab Franc.

    QOTD: I grew up here, I love the diversity of VA; Northern VA, Shennendoah, SW VA (GO HOKIES!), Tidewater, Norfolk area…. lots going on!

  12. September 6, 2008

    Sassodoro

    Interesting show. I was glad to see that you really liked the Viognier. I was sort of hoping that some Barboursville wines would be in the lineup because they are available here in Chicago. I’ll have to see if I can find some of the Pearmund.

  13. September 6, 2008

    John K

    I had a great time at the tasting (even though I spilled the first wine in my lap). I ended up taking my wife out to La Grange and Pearmund a week later for a tasting and surprisingly she found a few wines she liked.

  14. September 5, 2008

    Sangio

    Live in VA and its wine history goes back to colonial days. There are many wineries and almost all are in scenic parts of the state. The wine, as Gary has shown, just keeps getting better.

  15. September 4, 2008

    M

    QOTD: We visited Mount Vernon during a family trip to the DC area. That was a nice day.

  16. September 3, 2008

    Daniel Schlossberg

    QOTD: the best thing about virginia is not having to live there!!!

  17. September 3, 2008

    J Crazy

    QOTD: I remember when I used to live in DC taking trains to Virginia and back with my dad. That’s what I did, and still do for fun: ride trains.

  18. September 2, 2008

    Matt W

    QOTD: Driven through on the way to Florida. My favorite part was that I would quickly be leaving it.

  19. September 2, 2008

    Rob Hagman

    This is great. Being a Virginia resident, it’s awsome to see Virgina Wines getting good press now. The major wine publications and websites won’t even touch it. This is probably because no one in Virginia is buying full page ads from them.

    I linked up the video here with some commentary:

    http://robswinereview.com/blog/archives/45

    Gary says he’s changing the wine industry, and I believe him.

    –Rob
    robswinereview.com

  20. September 2, 2008

    Oakmon's BF

    Chincoteague/Assateague

  21. September 1, 2008

    Eileen

    I’m originally from Northern California. I vacationed every year in Sonoma and love Napa Valley wine. Now I live in Virginia and I’m surprised at the great quality of some of the wines here. There are quite a few vineyards located in Loudoun County, where you can go wine tasting. In the summer, there are wine festivals as well, which allow you to sample some of these great Virginia wines all in one place.

  22. September 1, 2008

    LittleJonnyH

    QOTD: The Jefferson Nat’l Forest, and the wild brookies that live there!

  23. September 1, 2008

    JudeMurphy

    I know absolutely nothing about Virginia!
    That dessert wine sounds really good though!

  24. August 31, 2008

    Gary Boyd

    QOTD – Oddfellows Cantina in Floyd…with a Villa Appalachia Primativo and lamb chops.

  25. August 31, 2008

    Sharon

    Great show! I’m glad the local wines showed so well. I’ve never been to VA. I used to smoke Virginia Slims as a wayward youth.

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