Chardonnay from a Hotel in Los Angeles

Chardonnay from a Hotel in Los Angeles – Episode #625

February 17, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 2006 Clos Du Bois Chard from his hotel room at the Sofitel. This is a classic.

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“QOTD: A bottled water (con gas) at a hotel in Italy. It was so hot out…” by Kevin K
“Best mini bar beverage… a bottle of water. I was really thirsty.
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Clos Du Bois ChardonnaySonoma Chardonnay

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April 1, 2009

Kevin K
QOTD: A bottled water (con gas) at a hotel in Italy. It was so hot outside and the water was so refreshing.
March 14, 2009

JudeMurphy
Best mini bar beverage… a bottle of water. I was really thirsty.
That’s about it! ; )
March 3, 2009

Jason S
Great episode Gary – glad to see you carry on without Mott. Good work.
March 2, 2009

Nate Hill
Gary!
This is an AWESOME Thunder Show! I have always wondered what you would say about mini bar wines, and you WENT there! I bow down to your dedication to Wine Library TV, and your respect for all of us who are forced to drink these wines on occaision. The show from your room…CLASSIC! Nobody works as hard as you…! Your 50 percent (working with a cold!) is every other wine reviewer’s 100 percent!

Now, next show…Flip Cam From The Air! Taste airplane wine…coach or First Class – your choice! I would LOVE to hear about these! …and your guest could be the person sitting next to you!

“Thunder Rack” – AWESOME idea! I’m gonna look for it! Hopefully you get some calls from hotels. You GO, G-Man!!

Best drink story: I love hotel loyalty programs – and the Wyndham supplies your beverage and snack choice. Everytime I check in, my room is already set up with a complimentary bottle of wine and cheese and crackers. This is a great welcome after a long commute. However, since most other hotel chains don’t offer this, I call the local wine store and have them deliver good wines to my room, so I’m not forced into the overpriced mini bar Clos Du Blah’s.

“Me, with a little bit of YOU, we are changing the wine world!”
March 2, 2009

JayZee
Sorry, I’ve got nothing. I’ve never used the mini-bar. It’s always a rip-off.
March 1, 2009

Sharon
I have no mini-bar stories. Good job with the flip camera, though. I have one of those too. I have a little tripod for it.
February 26, 2009

Kate the Great
My parents never let me have ANYTHING from the mini bar. Too expensive!
February 26, 2009

craftweenie
GARY!

Finally got to catch up on WLTV last night, and this episode my friend, took the proverbial cake. I was definitly detecting a hint of MacGyver action on the nose.

QOTD: A former girl scout always packs her own mini-bar.
February 25, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
I love this on the fly type of episodes. It shows your love for us and not ever wanting to let us down. Thank you once again for all the heart and soul you give us. QOTD: Even a mini-bar at a cheap motel is way overpriced for my tastes. Can I afford it? Easily. Is it worth the price? Never.
February 25, 2009

Lawrence Leichtman
Weird little episode GV. I never touch anything in the minibar after being charged $12 for a bottle of 20 cashews. That wine had to have been $20.
February 25, 2009

yowens
Awesome show, would love to see short shows from minibars when your traveling….QOTD: Abita in New Orleans. Just feels so right before dinner.
February 24, 2009

BlakeW
QOTD: Nothing GV…can’t say I’ve ever ventured into one…the prices just make me turn my head
February 24, 2009

Cuse Wino
Another classic episode….could have taken your word for it that you were going to spit, did not need to travel into the bathroom with you

QOTD- Ginger Ale at a resort in the Bahamas. My wife and I were sicker than a dog for tow days and the Schweppes got us through!
February 23, 2009

April
I travel a lot for work, so I won’t knock the mini bar. On a few late-arrivals, it’s contained my only dinner option. I’ll say my BEST experience is champagne out of the mini bar in Vegas, because well, that means I’m in Vegas!! Who likes the short ribs at Kraftsteak?? THIS girl!
February 23, 2009

darin latimer
Cuenca, Spain (really all the paradors in Spain but especially this one)…Tanqueray and Tonic from the mini bar with Marcona Almonds to accompany. Everything tastes better when you’re looking over a gorge from the window of a converted medieval hospital.
February 23, 2009

chukhead-ted
gary–this is an AWESOME, hardcore episode! You are so dedicated to the thunder show you even made it with the blair-witch style camera work! The camera has surprisingly good quality picture though!
February 22, 2009

Paul
Another amazing show. I loved the format but then again I work in the F&B department for a “W”onderful boutique hotel chain.

The Thunder Rack is a great idea. At my location, we went for a mixed-drinks format with a tiny 4oz shaker in the mini-bar and different bottled mixes. Pick your alcohol and your mix. Shake it yourself and enjoy.

QotD: The afternoon spent with my department heads mixing said cocktails and trying them out.
February 22, 2009

Meezy
Loved this episode. Very cool, hope to see more like it.

qotd: Craziest beverage was a red bull ripoff called Mad Croc. Scary stuff.
February 22, 2009

Beau Mitall
Never touch mini-bars, I’d rather drink from the tap than pay for the premium.
February 21, 2009

wade-BIGfork
A show to make a lurker come out. ROCKED! TFF! Lovd T. I never touch the mini bar. Too Cheap! rather go down to the lounge / mingle. They never have good s**t in that bar. CdP,CdR,Vac,Gig… Orange, that’s where my peep’s are. Unless the food calls for something else of course… Love u Gary, come to Montana and visit.
February 21, 2009

Dan-o
Interesting show – we all have been there.

QOTD – in a small hotel in Germany, there was a bottle of a “grower’s” Champagne that was really good. Can’t remember the name, just the fact that I was surprised.
February 21, 2009

Storyteller
a hoot of a show. I travel a lot, so the mini-bar is sometimes all I have when I arrive late at night.
February 21, 2009

Dr. Lance
QOTD: In my experience, the only good drink you can get out of a mini-bar is that last drink of the night after returning from drinking at a REAL bar…although that last drink may cost you close to your entire night’s tab at the REAL bar.
February 21, 2009

markie
yes gary i agree-that wine is shxxxxty-some people love it -always bring my own wine to the hotel-hotel wine lists are real lame!
February 21, 2009

Andrew D
Hey Gary

Good fun

QOTD: Never, ever drink from it, prices are too rediculas. Normaly just get some drinks on the street and drink them in the room if I feel like it … THough I think once I had a can of lemonade when I was very hungover…

Cheers
Andrew