Arizona wine tasting – Episode #536

September 10, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 4 wines from Arizona and gives us an update on what is going on over in the “The Grand Canyon State”

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Viognier
2005 La Montana
2006 Keeling Schaefer Grenache
2005 Callaghan Padres

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September 10, 2008

RickM
Never had an Arizona wine. Arizona + grapes = raisins!
September 10, 2008

Chief Tootles
Stinkin great show Gary! I was so happy to see AZ on the map.
QOTD: I have had a few. Kopopelli comes off first. I did some tasting in southern AZ but I’m not sure of all the names.
GO WILDCATS!!!
September 10, 2008

Jeremy Sanchez
Happy 55th Birthday to Sasha!

QOTD: I’ve never had an Arizona Wine. Predictably, when I think of Arizona I think of sunshine and the Grand Canyon.
September 10, 2008

Jimmy T
QOTD: Never had one and I think of heat when I think of Arizona.
September 10, 2008

suika1
QOTD: I always think of my bro… born in Phoenix!

Happy Birthday Sasha!!! Kampai!
September 10, 2008

tiffanygladson
QOTD: I’ve never had wine from Arizona, but I hope to one day. I don’t know how correct this is (I’ve never been), but Arizona conjures up images of the desert and heat. I know that’s sort of stereotypical. Sorry to anyone who lives there.
September 10, 2008

aaaredfrog
GV – Happy B-day to your pops. Thanks for the show. Looking forward to wine 2.0.

QOTD – Not yet, but will certainly give one a try.
September 10, 2008

Eugene
no arizona wine. Hot women and no grass, except on golf courses and it is perfect.
September 10, 2008

master1228
QOTD: I’ve never had an Arizona wine, but when I think of AZ, it reminds me of John McCain, retirement and heat.

Gary, I sent your dad a happy birthday email. He’s in good company, we just celebrated my grandfather’s 88th birthday last week and in two weeks we get to celebrate my mother’s birthday as well!

Love the show Gary, I like when you go big with a 4 wine show. I hope to see you at Wine Library on Oct11!

Dany
http://raad.wordpress.com
September 10, 2008

WineWoman
QOTD: The closest I’ve gotten to an Arizona wine was Gruet from New Mexico, so the answer is no–never had one. I think of Arizona as a vacation type of state–I also think of Dry HEAT!!!!! Aside from landing at the airport in Phoenix, I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the state and would love to see the Grand Canyon.
September 10, 2008

Ben N.
QOTD: I tried one Arizona wine. could not tell you what it was, It was a long time a go. but I thought it was ok.
September 10, 2008

aaronb
QOTD: No. I wasn’t even aware that they made wine in Arizona. Only been there a few times. Lots of desert and heat; no grapes that I remember.
September 10, 2008

Mike F
Arizona makes me think of my mom… She decided to move there a few years ago. Gary, looking forward to the Thunder Cruise!!!!
September 10, 2008

Caleb
Never had an AZ wine. My thoughts about AZ are getting stuck in Gila Bend in July – Dairy Queen FTW.
September 10, 2008

rvensel
wasn’t it tito santana with rick martel as the tag team

qotd: my old college buddy is getting married in phoenix this weekend
September 10, 2008

Kevin K
QOTD: I’ve never had an Arizona wine, but I do have an affinity for the southwest. I was born in El Paso and lived there for 20+ years. There is nothing like a desert sunset and one of the best ones I have ever witnessed was in Arizona.
September 10, 2008

Saftig
I’m an Arizona girl, and I can’t believe it, I was in Sonoita (Sa-Noy-ta) last night and had some lovely wine with a big mesquite grilled steak. It really is beautiful here in wine country. I keep telling you to do the Thunder Show direct from the stunning THUNDER Mountains (Huachucas). Your Dad would love it too, Hummingbird Capital. It will change your world, I promise. Be my guest.
Thanks for always staying fresh and exposing us to new stuff. Spaciba.
September 10, 2008

Dan Sengstock
Thanks for finally doing the show Gary. Sorry if I e-mailed you and Matt 20 times to get it done. Being from AZ I’ve had a lot of the wines including the two you like the most today. I need to get Maynard’s wines next. Great show!!!
September 10, 2008

mark b
QOTD: nope. I think of ASU and UA cause I was considering them.
September 10, 2008

Marshall
QOTD:I have not had one, but would like to. Especially if I was there on vacation golfing or something.
September 10, 2008

Alexander
I have never had an Arizona wine, but I would certainly like to. When I think of Arizona I think of the wildcats basketball. Always a good basketball team.
September 10, 2008

Kelly Goff
Happy Birthday to Sasha! Fun to see what will be coming out of AZ.

QOTD: thats a negative….and it’s really hot down there
September 10, 2008

Drew Hillard
QOTD: I’ve never had any Arizona wine before even though my Uncle lived there for about 5 years. The first thing I think of relating to Arizona is all the Great Native American influences.
September 10, 2008

cbleary
Good show Gary. I’ve never had an Arizona wine, but it’s definitely on my list of things to try now.
September 10, 2008

everydayben
Happy birthday to Sasha and also to my own Dad who is turned 59 today!

QUOD: 1)Never had an AZ wine before
2)Cactus League Baseball!