2 Vintages of a Wine From Fronsac

2 Vintages of a Wine From Fronsac – Episode #584

November 25, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk welcomes a guest who is a long time Vayniac and very passionate about French wine.

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but she didn’t bring the thunder in t…” by Kittysafe
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2002 Chateau Couraze
2000 Chateau Couraze

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

156 Responses

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November 26, 2008

Hido53
Gary -

Though I’m typically not a big fan of the guest episodes, I thought this one brought the Thunder! Great job by Kristen and yourself (and let’s not forget the Mott-ster!).
I felt that Kristen brought very good knowledge, and a great level of enthusiasm to the show. I had the feeling that this time you actually gave us your honest feelings about the wines tasted even though Kristen had a direct attachment to the wines.
Fun, informative show.

QOTD: Restaurant cook/chef – I’m sure it’s very hard work, but I’d still like to try it for a day just to experience how difficult and rewarding it actually is.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all of you at the WineLib and all the Vayniacs out there!
November 26, 2008

Herb
QOTD: My passion is music, so, I’d like to be a song writer / rock star for a day.
November 26, 2008

Ras1102
Another great episode….Follow your Dreams!
November 26, 2008

italianwinelover
Such an enjoyable episode…I’m glad to see that Kristen is so passionate about her wine and what she is doing and how she is following her dream!!!!
I’m thankful for \/\/!

QOTD: I would love to work at Winelibrary. Its nice to dream…I will totally settle for just educating people about wine..in any format in any context at any time…I’m working on accomplishing it one day at a time!!!
November 26, 2008

Phil G
QOTD – well, from a wine lovers perspective, I would love to own a small/med vineyard and be the business manager.
November 26, 2008

CaseyLee
qotd- play a huge music festival with Jack Johnson & 311
November 26, 2008

Susan B
I don’t know exactly what the dream job title would be but I always wanted to do something involving wine and food, maybe something also involving their depiction in various art works. Too late now.
November 26, 2008

Tom who?
QOTD: For a day, my dream job would probably be a professional musician

Gary you should totally get a random person off the street and on to the show, or just somebody who doesn’t know wine that well and doesn’t know the show. That way they will be totally unbiased and give their truthful opinions! It would be an amazing episode!
November 26, 2008

Dan Manu
QOTD: Maybe a wine writer… getting paid to travel the world sampling wines. That is only if my girlfriend was with me. Maybe just running owning my own wine business… importer/exporter, something like that.
November 26, 2008

Satria
It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative article. I will tell this information again to my friend, oh yes I suggest you to check my blog on Wine , I hope the article on my blog will be usefull for you… and we can share each other. thank you…
November 26, 2008

ev
qod…..being Jeremiah Johnson.

Suggestions:
To compare wine color, put measured (shot) equal amounts into flat white bowls.

Start using competitor NFL “victim” spitbuckets.
November 26, 2008

willrun4wine
Awesome show Gary with the most awesome guest! Kristen, you were great!! As people have already said, you were a complete natural in front of the camera talking about wine. Can’t wait til you’re back in town in the spring and we can have a WASTED reunion.

My dream job: to be a mom (but that of course will be for more than one day).
November 26, 2008

YoungDave
Great show- she’s repin’ RI! Love the personal story feel.

QOTD: For one day? Fighter jet pilot… or a Hollywood socialite with no responsibility and nothing to do but go out and be seen, spending money that I didn’t have to earn.
November 26, 2008

Weston
QOTD: I would love to work for one day at at Alinea Restaurant in Chicago, as a 1st cook or something of that level. not the a stage peeling carrots all day.
November 26, 2008

damon aka unknownwine
have had some ok fronsac wines. hope they improve though.

dream gig…..doin it. Violin maker. thanks to my wife!
November 26, 2008

Yimosan
“G”
Really enjoyed the episode, listening to your guest speak of the vineyards and the every day life there transported me back to Europe.

I lived in Kaiserslautern (Rhineland Phalz region) for 6 years, it’s about a 45 minute drive to Metz France; Man, I miss the wine fests and the harvest celebrations, what a blast.

QOTD – I just landed a contractor job with the U.S. Air Force here in Florida, a position I had sought for the past 3 years…however, my dream job would be to become a renowned chef…a la Anthony Bourdain!
November 26, 2008

David A. S.
QOTD: I would spend a day visiting the homes of moms and dads, teaching them about their computers, removing their fear of technology.
November 26, 2008

Lindsay
Awesome job, Kristen!! I’m so excited that this finally happened!

You all, this girl is a true, die-hard Vayniac — when we were working at the same wine shop last year, the very first time we met she grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down this Web site. You’ll love it, she said (and she was right!).

Kristen has organized Wine Library TV tastings with our tasting group (WASTED), brought home Thanksgiving and Christmas special four-packs from Rhode Island (since WL can’t ship to Wisconsin) and is easily one of the most passionate, intelligent drinkers I know.

With Kristen, I drank my first Barolo. We all miss her in Wisconsin!

QOTD: I am working in my dream job (fine arts reporter/sometime wine writer) but for one day it would be awesome to work at a fine chocolate shop.
November 26, 2008

lawschooldrunk
great camera work, Mott! nice laid back tuesday.

gary, stop playing with your beard

nice guest, she seemed to parrot gary’s every move but that is only because they are both in sync and thinking the same things. they could probably finish each other’s sentences in this episode.

to JohnnyUtah, wouldn’t you rather ride the giro? it’s not in the summer and it’s not as hot. I’d just like to be retired, spend time with the family, and ride my bike 6 hours a day. not really a job so I didn’t answer the question.
November 26, 2008

Ray Barnes
Pretty good show. Too bad the wines were not as interesting as the guest. For once it was nice to hear French words correctly pronounced. If the winemaker was trying to make a statement by producing a cabernet sauvignon dominant wine in Fronsac, it was unfortunately not very convincing.

QOTD – A symphony and opera conductor, especially the Wagner Ring cycle.
November 26, 2008

johnnyutah
Great episode…

QOTD: For one day…be a team rider in the Tour de France.
November 26, 2008

David T
Great camerawork!

QOTD: I’ve known I’ve wanted to be a pharmacist since the start of high school. I’m about to graduate from college with a pharmacy degree & can’t wait to get out into the field!
November 26, 2008

Kevin
I have a soft spot for Fronsac, and dug the banter and enthusiasm – I was glued to this ep. Great guest.

QOTD: if somebody would pay me well to spend time with my family all day, that’d be pretty darn great.
November 25, 2008

Glen,....winecrazy.com
I liked that show….great camera work MOTT!!!!!

QOTD: I would love to work with GARY VAY-NER-CHUK for one day. And since we all know that’s not going to happen…. I would say a undercover Room Report Hotel crtic who get’s to stay at different hotels to report to owners on the over all experience and every detail of the stay a customer would normally encounter and evaluate them on everything from hospitality, customer service, food and beverage, maintenance, cleanliness, room service, restaurants and how the hotel employees treat the guests and so on, etc……

Dream job for sure!!!!
November 25, 2008

GR8wine
Gary & Kristen,
Great show. This is grass roots wine tasting at it’s finest. This is like what I experience every weekend when I go out and taste wines at the local wineries. They’re not the best but they have character and “terroir”. I’m a little surprised that the 2000 didn’t stand up better but then again every winery is in a different place to take advantage of what they get. I totally understand.
Keep up the good work!