Bringing the Thunder to India

Bringing the Thunder to India – Episode #533

September 4, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk has predicted India will make a big splash on the world wine scene in the next decade, will these 3 wines show that kind of potential?

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Tiger Hill Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Sula Dindori Reserve Shiraz
Chateau d’Ori Cabernet Syrah 2007

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September 5, 2008

Paul V
QOTD:
I’m thrilled you’re (were) in India. I would love to visit someday.
Football on the other hand – I really enjoy watching the games, but I just can’t get into following the sport all that much. I dunno. I’m happy YOU’RE happy.

Great show today. I can’t wait to see the rest of the India videos.
September 5, 2008

B. Moore
Gary,

Haven’t seen any Indian wines here in Chicago, but will make sure that I keep my eyes open.

QOTD – As a life long Packer fan and shareholder, living in Bear country, I couldn’t be happier for your Jets. With a back like Jones & the receiving group you have, I expect a great year out of Favre as does my Fantasy team.
September 5, 2008

Ben
QOTD: India seems cool but when are we going to Dubai?

And who are the jets? sorry i dont watch basketball
September 5, 2008

Dustin
Great episode Gary!
September 5, 2008

Lawrence Leichtman
I’m quite certain that I’ve never seen Indian wines except at the casinos.
I guess I’m happy for your getting to go to India. Hey, why not?
Now look for wines grown by Native Americans. Less expensive trip and shorter travel tim.
September 4, 2008

neutron212
QOTD: thats awsome im happy for like a man can be happy for a cold beer on a hot night
September 4, 2008

nickelanddimer
Where in India are these wines grown?
September 4, 2008

brorjace
Cool show, I’ve never even seen Indian wine in this country.

QOTD: Pretty old, i’ll answer nonetheless. Favre is better than Pennington but its not going to matter much, 8 wins, tops.
September 4, 2008

Roberto
Hi Gary,

Frankly, I am expanding my palate every day but India is not yet on my list, simply not interesting enough. Too much Portuguese wine (not to mention the other 46 and China) to try before I do India…
September 4, 2008

KW
I was recently in Delhi and visited the Taj Mahal. Looks like Mumbai may be nicer than Delhi. The hotel was great – Taj Mahal group.
QOTD: Jets with a winning season! Will they make the playoffs – to be seen…
September 4, 2008

WineWoman
QOTD: I’m HAPPY for you and your beloved NY Jets. They certainly have to have a much better performance this year than last. Glad you have the opportunity to travel to so many places, meet every person in the world, and spread the thunder.
September 4, 2008

LittleJonnyH
Happy to see some of the footage from your trip. Did you videotape anything from the vineyards? If so, would love to see some of it posted!

QOTD: I’m pissed that Brett came to the AFC, and is likely going to lead the Jets to steal the Wildcard spot from the Browns
September 4, 2008

Andrew D
Excellent

QOTD: excited! India is a fantastic oppurtunity. Have you done much otehr traveling overseas GV? What about checking out some of Australia’s other wine regions…

Andrew
September 4, 2008

Moselman
I think I’m too old to be interested about when Indian wine might be a market influence.

QOTD: We’ll see how Mr. Favre reacts to the new terroir. Many of his vintage have proved to be corked…
September 4, 2008

amgryger
I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a bottle of wine from India.
September 4, 2008

aaronb
QOTD: It’s cool that you’re going to places like India and Egypt and helping us broaden our wine horizons. As for Favre, I don’t follow football, so…meh.
September 4, 2008

Russ Conklin
As a Packer fan, it was sad to see Brett go, but am happy that he landed on the Jets roster. With their new additions they should have a great season.

Oh yeah, and great episode Gary
September 4, 2008

Rowland
oh yea and whats the deal? your comming to woodstock on the 20th? gimme the word im right next door, we will throw you a party (me and friends work at the farmers market so lots of awesome local wines, fruit and veggies!).
September 4, 2008

Rowland
and yea its about time you rolled out some video from india. you told us about it for mad long, but this is the first weve seen of it.
September 4, 2008

Rowland
Gary i have to disagree with you on the tariff issue. the ‘free market’ doesn’t care about India or anywhere else. if the market had its way, there would only be yellowtail, cause that the cheapest production. you must always remember that wine is basically an agricultural product, if you want any agricultural industry to establish, grow, and flourish, you must protect. If India removed those protections, people like you (no offense) would flood Indian consumers with wine produced more cheaply somewhere else, effectively killing any domestic wine industry. Even France subsides most agriculture. Im facing a similar problem here in the Hudson Valley, New York. Even though one could, in theory, produce top quality wine grapes here, the economic reality is that land is roughly $8-10,000 an acre, and the best wine grapes sell for less than $2,000 a ton, and your not likely to get more than 2 tons per acre; you do that math. that is why most of our wineries use grapes sourced from cheaper growing areas. Even though establishing quality wine production in the valley is a priority for lots of people, unless some form of official protection or subsidization occurs, the invisible hand of the Market will not allow it.

aaah i knew there were people there. you panned Egypt so hard, then said similar things but scored India higher.
September 4, 2008

tiffanygladson
QOTD: I’m SO happy that you were in India, although I am a bit jealous. I can’t wait to go there myself. And scoring Brett Favre is also pretty cool. I had a crush on him when I was younger.
September 4, 2008

pete c
Happy!Happy!
September 4, 2008

Kelly Goff
Glad you had fun in India and I can feel the joy about Favre oozing from your being!!
September 4, 2008

flamaq
I’m confused, I thought the Favre thing happened already? Is there a delay between taping and release? or Is this episode an anomaly being from India?
September 4, 2008

Tyler Walker
Didnt even know they made wine in India….thanks for bringing some thunderous info to the memory bank….