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 18, 2008

ActionFigureE
QOTD: I love love love Chocolate Cream pie!

Or Peaches with Cottage Cheese .
December 18, 2008

Andrew
Pecan Pie (either a la mode or w/ whipped cream); haven’t found apairng with awine, usually its coffee or a dark beer
December 18, 2008

Kevin
QOTD: LEMON MERINGUE PIE (no question)
December 18, 2008

Kevin
QOTD: NO QUESTION….LEMON MERINGUE PIE!!!!

sorry Gary, it seemed like you were in a bad mood from the start or something. I commented that I thought you were ‘off.’ We all have our rough times. But I’m buying that Chateau Rabaud Promis 2005. Oh yeah, “nectar of the Gods?”

I love you G.

Merry Christmas
December 18, 2008

Bill Skoufis
Gary, you are completely and absolutely insane……but thats why I’m hooked on you and wine library tv. I’m a very passionate Home winemaker, even more passionate than you. I live in Australia and I love BIG tannic reds, Shiraz, Petit Verdot. Lagrein etc. I would love to send you some samples to do on your show. Also LOVE sauternes, with my favourite dessert STICKY DATE PUDDING with a brandy butter sauce. Keep the wine library episodes coming . Regards your devoted vaniac maniac winelover Bill.
December 18, 2008

Kevin
you seem a little off today Gary
December 18, 2008

Andrew
Definitely a cup of coffee and a slice of plain cheesecake.
December 18, 2008

KKinCA
Dessert?
Dessert is a threat to my Dessert Wine budget.
It will have to go.
December 18, 2008

Kyle Willis
Chocolate Tuxedo cheesecake from the cheesecake factory!
December 18, 2008

sarah shah
pear tarte baby!
December 18, 2008

vinoBlue
QOTD: picking only one dessert as my favorite…BAH Impossible, but I’ll give it a go anyway! Keeping in mind the careful balance of flavor and texture…oh who am I kidding. I hate to be cliche, but what-the-heck I will anyway – my mom’s apple pie. Simply delicious, and impossible to duplicate; believe me I’ve tried. The tender, flaky crust with the still-warm from the oven apples – sweet yet still tangy. With a nice simple scoop of vanilla ice cream, it’s better than Norman Rockwell could paint it.

Also I thought I’d give a shout out to Mott – the unsung hero of WLTV. Keep up the great work (and great zooming)!
December 17, 2008

Russ G. in cold CO.
This is my first time leaving a comment. Been watching the show fairly regularly (2-3 times per week) and enjoy every episode! Love the enthusiasm and depth of content
QOTD: Picture this….fresh out of the oven home made chocolate ship brownies with lucious walnuts and party-for-the-tastebuds vanilla ice cream on top….smothered in hershey syrup and washed down with a scrumptious 2005 Burgandy (wife and I visited Burgandy in Sept. 2008 and loved it).
December 17, 2008

4wdave
Home made elderberry/cherry/strawberry cobbler!
December 17, 2008

Mike In WV
Apple pie FTW!
December 17, 2008

Miguel Cavalcanti
Very entertaining episode, Gary, but you got the pairings all wrong. With gingerbread, you want Hansel and Gretel Riesling Auslese. By itself, no Moscato d’Asti is better than 80, and ordinary mothball-scented biscotti rate the same. But as Italians (many of whom actually live in New Jersey) can tell you, the two together are 90+! If you use Lorna Sass’s recipe for whole wheat almond biscotti in her Whole Grains cookbook, 95 and up.

I had to laugh at Mari’s “but don’t do anything gimmicky like editing.” While I am sure that you do retakes for the times when you accidentally knock the wineglass on the floor in your free-range gestures, the “spilly-spill” and especially your struggles with the plastic gingerbread house packaging convinced me that you’ve got the only genuine reality show out there.
December 17, 2008

Greg
Key Lime Pie. ……and pretty much any cheesecake factory cheesecake……
December 17, 2008

Angela Banning
Chocolate Mousse, yummy!
December 17, 2008

CHICAGO MARK
BOSTON CREME PIE…BREAD PUDDING…BLUEBERRY PIE.

THE JETS…..DEFENSE IS TERRIBLE…FAVRE STILL LIKES TO GAMBLE TOO MUCH…IF THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FAVRE WILL CHOKE AS USUAL. PROBABLY THROW 4 INTERCEPTIONS.
December 17, 2008

jayjay
qotd: tough one but gotta say chocolate souffle
December 17, 2008

EricB
QOTD: favorite dessert is berry pie. Riesling goes great with it.
December 17, 2008

fatherthechair
The Philly Fluff cake from Natale’s Summit Bakery in Summit NJ. Understated elegance, from what’s probably the best bakery in Jersey
December 17, 2008

Dominus
I’m waiting for my G-Man fix.
December 17, 2008

Patt
QOTD: Pumpkin Pie

The Tomasello is dis’d because it’s fruit-driven? DERRRRR IT’S BLUEBERRY GARY!!!! I have seen it in the stores, but never had it. Might try it now!
December 17, 2008

Stephen Leighton
Making Gingers homeless is not entertainment, stop this travesty, where will the gingers live?
December 17, 2008

Lois and Greg
Nice episode. Have faith in the Jets.
Chocolate cake in all its forms.