What Wines go with Gingerbread Houses

What Wines go with Gingerbread Houses – Episode #597

December 15, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 dessert wines in search of the perfect wine with gingerbread houses! Happy Holidays!

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“nice idea for a programme…the sauternes are great most of the time, …” by Ilse-Belgian living in Spain
“Isn’t Michele Chiarlo pronounced like “zucchini” with the “ch” having …” by Greer
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Michele Chiarlo Nivole MoscatoItalian Sweet
Tomasello Blueberry WineNew Jersey Dessert Wine
2005 Chateau Rabaud PromisSauternes and Other Dessert

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December 17, 2008

Omallley
QOTD: Actually…I might have to change my response. This time of the year, Pumpkin pie might actually be winning…
December 17, 2008

A dumb Rhine king
QOTD: Mango flavored Mochi ice cream!
December 17, 2008

vivianovino
QOTD: Gotta be gooey butter cake!!
December 17, 2008

Paryb
Just now caught the show, that was a good one.

QOTD: Favorite dessert eh? that’s a toughy, depends on if it is summer or winter, or fall, and what I ate. Personally, a big ol slap of cheesecake with irish cream crust and chocolate makes my teeth smile…

Summer time, a gooey yummy lemon tart is effing awesome…sometimes in the fall one of those pear upside down tarts….with all the cinnimon and nutmeg and such…oh baby.
December 17, 2008

Lawn
QOTD: tira-me-sue
yeah, can’t spell it, but love to eat it!
–AL
December 17, 2008

Jolie Elman
Bread pudding with a brandy sauce. YUMMY!
December 17, 2008

Stephen
Cheesecake, cheesecake, cheesecake.
December 17, 2008

Mango
Apples. Baked, pied, yumm apples!
December 17, 2008

CaptainOats
Favorite deserts are Creme Brulee and tiramisu. Thanks Gary. Look forward to trying some dessert wines this winter season.
December 17, 2008

Laurie in VT
QOTD: I’m afraid I’ve never met a dessert I didn’t like, so picking just one favorite…
Probably absolute tops would be fresh fruit – not fresh from the grocery store, but the real deal.
This time of year, though, it would be whatever is currently being created in my kitchen.

As a matter of fact, I interrupted my baking for this comment. Now to catch up on the rest of the episodes I’ve missed while I finish a couple batches of seed cake cookies (then on to chocolate chews and winter bark- see what I mean about favorites?)
December 17, 2008

Clayton
QOTD – Cheesecake… nice creamy dense cheesecake….
December 17, 2008

Kimberly
Great episode Gary! Happy to hear of a good Sauternes value that I can actually find!
QOTD: My favourite dessert is Red Velvet Cake. But only if it has about an inch of cream cheese icing on it!
December 17, 2008

Herm
Great show Gary…..Thanks for bringing the THUNDER! Coconut cream pie is right up there with many desserts that I love
December 17, 2008

Christopher
You just can’t beat Grandma’s apple pie made with apples from Grandpa’s orchard.
December 17, 2008

ChequeredManiac
My home made Lemon Cheesecake. Learned a killer recipe for it in 4th year in school, best thing that I learned in Home Ec, possibly the only thing I learned in home ec.
December 17, 2008

Eric S.
Our family use to make gingerbread houses all the time growing up, use to take down a case of winter beer, Harpoon Winter Warmer, as we made it instead of wine. Wine would have been an interesting twist. Liked how you threw in a blueberry wine, I’ve had a blueberry port that might have done better with the gingerbread. As for the question of the day, apple pie all the way.
December 17, 2008

Rob R
QOTD: Any cheesecake factory cheesecake. I love the varieties
December 17, 2008

pierazzo
Tiramisù, definitely. better whit a sauternes bottle enclosed……..
December 17, 2008

Dave in Leverkusen
QOTD: I’ll second Bananas Foster!
Also love the desert wines from Alois Kracher.
December 17, 2008

YoungDave
QOTD: My mamma’s homemade apple pie. Nothing better (…except maybe chocolate mousse, or a good panna cotta, or a delicious semi-fredo with some type of nut sprinkled on top… but I grew up with Joan Alfano’s apple pie).
December 17, 2008

master1228
Great show Gary, I love dessert wines.

QOTD: Best dessert has to be Knickerbocker Grill’s chocolate souffle here in NYC… or maybe just some Varsano’s chocolate on West 4th st… I used to LOVE Mississippi Mud Pie from a restaurant long closed down, The Right Bank, but I’ve never had Mud Pie as good since they closed their doors about 12 years ago.

Dany
http://raad.wordpress.com
December 17, 2008

christopher foley
Banana’s foster
December 17, 2008

ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
I think I can replay your reaction with the blueberry wine. Awesome!!! I told someone about it….response…”what was he thinking…blueberries and gingerbread?” I was introduced to you through twitter.
December 17, 2008

TWofPasadena
I think I’m going to have to go out and find that Sauternes to have at Christmas.

Favorite dessert? As a kid I would have said a Gold Rush Sundae from Swenson’s. Now, I’d have to say either a chocolate lava cake or creme brulee.
December 17, 2008

Jordan
Great episode GV. QOTD: I don’t have dessert that often but when I do: I love cheesecake, especially the really rich homemade ones. Put some sort of fresh fruit on top and I can’t stop eating it. Fav. topping- strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and sometimes just caramel on top does the trick.