Bubbles in the Snow – Episode #598

December 19, 2008

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Gary Vaynerchuk jumps into a snowstorm and tastes 4 Champagnes in time to give you a feel for New Years!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Nicolas Feuillatte BrutFrench Brut Nonvintage
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NvFrench Brut Nonvintage
Varnier-fanniere Champagne Brut ‘grand Cru’French Brut Nonvintage
Legras Brut Champagne Blanc De BlancsFrench Brut Nonvintage

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

• Champagne, Champagne, Sparkling Wine and Champagne – Episode #151
• Christmas Secret Pack
• The Thunder Cruise

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1. December 20, 2008

   J Crazy

   QOTD: A root beer float when I was like 10 on our way home from a ski trip to Tahoe. It was at an A and W shop, damn good. For the alcoholic type I’ll go with the Pannier I had at my wedding; more for sentiment than for taste although I do like the Pannier.

2. December 20, 2008

   Normanzo

   Great show Gary. I will absolutely try some new bubbles with the family over the holidays. Best so far is a cava from Juvé y Camps, which is just a nice dry bubble bath at a good QPR.

3. December 20, 2008

   epistemiac

   Awesome show Gary. Glad to hear your feeling better. As to the question of the day, I adore Getariako Txakolina from Basque Country. Does semi-sparkling count? Speaking of which… why haven’t you done a Txakolina show?

4. December 20, 2008

   apj_bobswineguy

   CRAZY!! You are just plain crazy.
   Chunks & chunks of ice. I thought the glass was going to shatter.
   Your wife is probably pissed. Coming back from being sick and doing that show.
   Loved it.

5. December 20, 2008

   brorjace

   Good to see you back! Buy some friggin gloves man! We just had that ice mess here in Illinois the day before, hopefully it wasn’t so bad for you guys. I can’t really afford super bubbles, so the best i’ve had is Duval-Leroy Brut Non Vintage. This year I’m going to drink the Paul Goerg 2002 which is a little nicer. Good show, have a nice holiday!

6. December 20, 2008

   Jonny

   1990 Jacquesson to celebrate finding out that our first child was going to be a girl. The wine was fantastic, but the news was better.

7. December 20, 2008

   Robin C

   QOTD: Great descriptions. I’m pretty weak on champagne. I think Charles Krug would be my favorite, but I haven’t tasted it. I like Perrier Jouet Fleur quite a bit – the bottle is pretty too.
   I can’t believe you’re sitting out in the snow. Even my sick kitty is under my computer desk in a fluffy circle bed by a warm heating vent fast asleep. t
   The point being you shouldn’t be out in the cold if your’re under the weather.

8. December 20, 2008

   Kimberly

   Great show Gary!! Hope you’re feeling better soon!

   QOTD: 1996 Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs. I drank it (the whole bottle….) when I finished my Sommelier exam! Not sure if it was the wine or the feeling of being finished that made it so memorable, but I always think of it!

9. December 20, 2008

   RANDI

   GARY!!!
   I had Cristal today!! I know, I know..but hey..it was a gift (its my birthday!) And you know what, there are lots awesome bubbles out there…but the Cristal was FABULOUS!
   I sent wine out as a gift and tried to include a champagne, but it was backordered … guess Ill be notified when it arrives???
   Always funny to see out in the weather!
   QOTD: Cristal
   Love, love, loven u.
   xo
   RANDI

10. December 20, 2008

    David T

    Nice show, I got a kick out of the cars driving by! What do NJ’s open container laws look like??

    QOTD: I haven’t had much bubbly to judge, although one recent surprise was the J. Rogét Spumante from the Finger Lakes, NY, at $4.49/bottle, it had an amazing nose that I’d pay at least 3 times that to smell- the nose was the best apple pie a la mode you’ve ever had.

11. December 20, 2008

    Charlie Wasabi

    My favorite inexpensive true champagne method sparkler, though not from Champagne, would be from Onario, Canada – Henry of Pelham’s kick-ass Cuvee Catharine Brut, Chard & P, Noir, big, complex, acidic, huge finish – $30 Canadian Bones!!!

    In the curio department, you gotta try Skillogalee’s Sparkling Riesling from Australia – it’s done in the trad champagne style, bottle fermented etc – it’s an extremely cool cross between Riesling and Champagne, and it’s cheap – $24 bones. Not exactly awesome champagne complexity, but plenty tasty for $24 and certainly more complex than you’d expect.

    True Champagnes? Probably Lanson … around $60 a bottle, tried a Lasalle – but it was $150+ I couldn’t justify it.

    FWIW … came across an 1869 menu for a high end restaurant in Toronto: Moet et Chandon “Green Seal” went for $2.50 a bottle at the time. (BTW Chateau Margaux 1847 went for $3: and, oddly enough, so did an ancient Mediera by “Howard March & Co”.)

    There ya be

12. December 20, 2008

    Eddie

    Gosset Grand Millésime

13. December 20, 2008

    Edward Salonia

    Thanks for doing a show today GV. And in the snow no less.

14. December 19, 2008

    Colleen

    I like Cavas, I have tried 4 new bubbles this holiday season. The newest was the Dibon Brut Reserve Cava Penedes, Spain- only $9 in Chicago. Great nose, which I know the vayniaks love,- toast and apples and grapefruit, it was really good with our gnocchi gorgonzola at our favorite Italian BYOB. I love cheese and wine so I tend to go for the sparklers that have more reziz sweetness. I have a bottle of Freixenet on stand-by in the fridge, its my cheap and cheerful wine can be found at the around the corner convenience store.(which matters when theres a foot of snow outside your door!) Segura Viudas Reserva Heredad is the other one I tried recently that made an impression, I had it at a work Christmas party, I think its in the 10-15 bones range- very nice -very fruity.

15. December 19, 2008

    Kate the Great

    I just put “pop rocks” in my Chardonnay. Good shot with the wristband!

16. December 19, 2008

    Montana Calling

    I love this guy-Great show! Could handle a week of Champagne Shows-Merry Christmas

17. December 19, 2008

    */^_^\*

    qotd: hopefully it will be the cremant de bourgogne i have waiting in the fridge….

18. December 19, 2008

    Countrygirl60

    Great show gary,but you looked cold,get inside before you get sick again.Thanks for showing us the snow and i love bubbly,but the christmas secret pack has been sold out all week hasn’t it?At least every time i tried to order it,it said sold out.Anyway,happy holidays to you and your family.

19. December 19, 2008

    Noellems

    QOTD: Cava. Barcelona. 2 week honeymoon. I’ve no idea the brand, we just drank with abandon and stumbled back to hotel, giddy and in awe of the gorgeous city. I thought I might burst with love for my new husband. Still feel that way about him, and any ol’ Cava takes me back to that honeymoon every time.

20. December 19, 2008

    Aaron_J

    Welcome back GV! Ripping good time on the show today. There’s not as much snow there at WL as there is in Spokane, WA, but it looks cold indeed. I was almost offended by the “sucky Seahawks” jab, but this year it’s true.

    QOTD: Best bubs? Whatever they were serving at a wedding I crashed, I mean attended, in Riverside, CA a few months ago. Maybe I had too much to drink though.

21. December 19, 2008

    cma82

    Good to see you back. I hope you’re feeling better.

    QOTD: I had the 96′ Krug a few weeks ago and the acid/woody interplay blew me away. For a less expensive libation, I a huge fan of the Pierre Peters Bdb

22. December 19, 2008

    Rowland

    Gary, NO, dont try to stretch it out till the big 600. just get there.

    ok and I have a serious proposition for you. ill trade you the knowledge that it is my birthday on the first of January, AND a really cool idea for a wristband, for the New Year’s Secret Pack. Im telling you, as soon as you see this idea, IT WILL BE THE NEXT WRISTBAND, maybe even a reserve wristband for only high level Veyniacs.

    hahaha i like the spitting champagne in the street part, really ballin!

    NICE a new vaynerism; “I want to be dominated Mott”

    hehe you can hardly get your nose into that glass to sniff at the wine. do you think one nostril is more sensitive than the other? you didnt break out the left nostril sniff till that last wine.

    woooow you drank! you lush. Gary i think you have a problem. get help.

    nice shot. happy holy days.

23. December 19, 2008

    CindyW

    DanM, I LOOOOOOVE Sprecher Root Beer from Milwaukee! Had it when visiting the city about 10 years ago, and I’ve been talking about it ever since. For a while, I was able to find it in bottles at Costplus World Market, but I haven’t had one in 2 years.

24. December 19, 2008

    Gee

    Best and most memorable: Krug 1966 Blanc de Blanc

25. December 19, 2008

    KIRBY

    Missed you! Glad to see you’re feeling better!

    QOTD: Without a doubt, Moet & Chandon Dom Perignon!!!

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