Double Blind, Other 46 Tasting.

Double Blind, Other 46 Tasting. – Episode #607

January 14, 2009

Watch Gary Vaynerchuk try 6 wines double blind from states around the country not known for their wine making ability, watch this one, it gets WILD!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2002 Pontchartrain Rouge Militaire
Dove Valley Cabernet Franc
Pinnacle Ridge Traminette
2006 Heritage Station Estate Syrah
Fieldstone St. Croix
2007 St J Riesling

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January 15, 2009

MikeF
I really enjoyed this episode – very entertaining. Nice to see you get surprised by some varietals off the beaten track. I’m from Illinois – the Blogo state.

Congrats on the impending family addition!
January 15, 2009

Jason S.
QOTD: DC, baby. It’s not even a state! Taxation without representation all the way.
January 15, 2009

Ines
Loved you at Inman NY last week – FLORIDA! (but born in Caracas)
January 15, 2009

Alan and Gayle
QOTD: The great state of Georgia. Our local favorite is Three Sister Vineyards 2003 Cynthianna,Dahlonega, Ga …. solid 92, even for you!!
January 15, 2009

Rick D
Odd wines, fun show. Unbelievable you get LA for Ponchartrain Rouge Militaire. Pullin’ a rabbit out of the hat?

QOTD: Arizona GO CARDS
January 15, 2009

Bryan Thompson
Good show. I’m a wine newbie but learning more all the time. Question for you: What do you think of any of the Nebraska wines? Have you sampled anything from Mac’s Creek?

QOTD: Lincoln, Nebraska.
January 15, 2009

Murso
More, Re- ‘bad wines’. like #3- poss. oxidized AND/or maderized. Add to that the possibility of over toasted (charred barrels), and you’ve got…. toast. er, toasted wine, at least.

It would be demonstrative to see the closures for these bottles. With small winery operation costs what they are, you’d think that the guy who wants to take pride in his product would invest in an appropriate amount of closure insurance, but too often at this level, I see inappropriately cheap, shoddy pressboard, and cork made of tiny pieces. It is instructive to know this as a wine buyer, cause I don’t want customers paying for wine that will keep coming back to me as corked, leaked, or otherwise faulty. Responsible winery operations see this, and prevent it by upgrading their closure quality, painfully costly though it may be. The alternative is to forever be known as a mediocre, or even shitty producer, when that might not even be true….
January 15, 2009

Joan
New York.
Fun show to watch. Congrats to you and your wife! Hopefully you’ll get some better samples from the other 46 next time.
Have a great day.
January 15, 2009

Omallley
QOTD: State?
January 15, 2009

Wenger
QOTD: Queensland (the least known of Oz’s wine making states)
January 15, 2009

Paul
Representing Indiana here. I’ve actually heard of St. Julian and have had friends tell me to visit it the next time on heading to MI. Great show, I really enjoyed the blind tasting idea. Going to have to use that for my beer blog when I get things going. =D

Thanks for the entertainment!
January 15, 2009

Dayton Gray
Pennsylvania is my home. I think more PA wineries need to concentrate on ice wine. Leave those grapes to freeze! Down with the PLCB!!!
January 15, 2009

Goncasurus-Rex
QOTD- rockin it in PA which can (important “can”) make good wine your going to have to do a show on good wines from the “other 46″
January 15, 2009

Murso
QotD – The Lake Erie AVA of Northeast Ohio. – home to both Vinifera and Labrusca wines of note, and of mediocrity.

The brutal Arctic Blast prevented me from conecting yesterday, So I now wish both you and Liz the best in Health, Happiness, and Family!

The short version of advice, (from a first time Grandpa this past year) is to see to her health and comfort, at all costs and measures.

And sleep now, for after sept., it’s goodbye nappy time!!
January 15, 2009

John R
Why you hateing on Philly…They make an all birds Superbowl?
January 15, 2009

Nina
QOTD: wiscahhhhnsin. How brave and how fun to blind tastings like that…great!
January 15, 2009

Murso
GEE VEE – that was FUN! You really had me at VOGA- 47pts! EXACTLY! That shite in the clever cylidrical bottle was so bad, I wouldn’t proverbially wash my feet with it. God, and you couldn’t stop the ladies from buying it, even by telling them how bad it was. They LIKE the bottle. Period.

Although for normal purposes, wine is sturdy and stable enough for one to ‘handle’, and even travel, numerous samples, mailed indiviually, are so much less protected from heat/cold/ light abuses than when shipped en masse, a la palattes/ containers. Add to that, that some may be non-vintage, and may be ageing further ‘on deck’ waiting to be sampled, on some well lit shelf, or desk, in a room temp environment, etc. Truth is, Other 46 wines consist largely of hybrids, non-Vinifera (Labrusca, Rotundfolia, etc.), and that is most definately a ‘funk-dified’ world, indeed. I’ll bet we can go ahead, and give most of those wines 5 or six more points on their home turf, before they were ravaged by travel.
January 15, 2009

Red
QOTD: Colorado

How about hosting some wines from Mexico (not Baja), British Columbia, or the Sierra Foothills?
January 15, 2009

Brad
QOTD: Indiana
January 15, 2009

Spiderfarm
If the bag contained a Mason Jar – would you have guessed a back – roads Muscadine?
January 15, 2009

Jason Dukas
Lurker….I admit that I have been a big Lurker for about a year now.
And today, I find myself compelled to give you double compliment on not only WLtv and all the great episodes, but also the great news on becomming a father.
As a 31-year-old father of a 1-year old, may I offer you a quick toast….
May you have the same passion for your child as you do for wine. If you do, you are destined to be a great father.
All my best
Jason.
January 15, 2009

Spiderfarm
Gary.

Your show has a place. these wines have a Place too.
YOU are very bold. Trust your palate

Norton /Cynthiana – No Way should you have guessed this was from Louisiana! Even if it was Norton and Cynthiana -(American Grapes) – my studies would place it from Arkansas or Missouri. Norton is described as being astringent and the wine is described as having a coffee-like character or essence to them. – You didn’t pick that up? Maybe you lost your focus thinking about Portugal. Sub-consciously maybe the brown-orange color took you to “baked Port” – thus Portugal . Let it go -No way should you have gotten this one.

The St Croix from Minnesota – an Elmer Swenson Hybrid survives -40 degree winters. How fitting you pull it out this week, as we languish in single digit temps.

Traminette – another allegedly winter hardy hybrid, I believe developed at Cornell Univ Geneva New York – Was this the Pa. Wine? How many Traminette’s have you tasted?

The true to form varietals – you got. Syrah, and Riesling

I had gone back and seen your Ohio wines series from last summer. Without being blind, you said the “other 46″w ere often over-priced. The $12 blind price on the Michigan Riesling tells me it’s an honest value.

Very Bold double -blind tasting. It fits for trying to find value wines. I liked it.

QOTD : Ohio – amateur winemaker, amateur viticulturist
January 15, 2009

Colin Bmore
Maryland’s my home. and I have to say I have had alot of Maryland wines and the one you had on the show I have never heard of. You need to Try some Boordy Vineyard wines.
January 15, 2009

Ed Voice
QOTD…Michigan…
January 15, 2009

Steve-O
OK Gary, since you butchered the name “Cynthiana” as “Cynthia”, you’ve got to do an episode dedicated to this varietal. SMILE SMILE!!! It has a huge history and a decent following. Take ONE from 6 states and give us your feedback. I am little biased here because I have 2 acres growing in Tennessee! When it’s bad, it is BAAADD!