Teroldego Rotaliano Wine With Some Cheese

Teroldego Rotaliano Wine With Some Cheese – Episode #636

March 5, 2009

The Teroldego grape has some great history to it and today Gary Vaynerchuk tries 2 wines from this DOC with some cheese too!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Bolognani TeroldegoTeroldego Rotaliano
2006 Foradori Teroldego RotalianoTeroldego Rotaliano

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Cheese mentioned in todays episode.

Tuma Persa Lost Cheese

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March 6, 2009

Pangaea
First post!

Unimpressed with El Bulli, Gary?

Its interesting to see “Tenacious E” as I use the same exact nick on various other forums.
March 6, 2009

mikek
Talk about killin it! FB apps, WLTV tie-ins…(everywhere!), Twitter, Digg it, Stumble, poptub, youtube…Garyvee,is grabbin LOTS of internet space! You may actually be a grade “z” celeb by now! LOL!

Great to see the give & take with your fan base and LOVE the new cam angle! You actually take suggestions from us?! (cause changeing the cam angle was mine)! You truly are gifted at CONSTANTLY keeping it fresh…and after 635 eps…that’s no easy feat! Thanks for ALL the effort!

QOTD: My 2 favs are 2005 Cellar de Capcanes Mas Donis Montsant & Manchengo or 2006 Concho y Toro, Casillero del Diablo Carmenere & Emi Kaltbach cave aged Gruyere.
March 6, 2009

KenP
Delightful episode! Though I like the interviews you really do shine as an accomplished taster in your own right.
March 6, 2009

Kevin
Gary,

Great question. Many options from which to choose so if you don’t mind, i’d like to give you two…one general and one specific. My favorite general wine and cheese pairing is gorgonzola and port. I have been enjoying that combination for years. My specific, and more to your question, is Hansen six barrels caberent from Paso Robles, CA (I think it was a 2004 vintage) with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Actually, the first time I noticed the awesomeness of the pairing was at a restaurant that served parmesan crisps as appetizers and I happened to be drinking six barrels that evening with the wine maker, Bruce Hansen, when we realized how great the crisps and wine went together. The next day, I tried the wine with some reggiano and….THUNDER!

Thanks,

Kevin
Huntington Beach, CA
March 6, 2009

Sideout
QOTD: Camembert with honey and Niagara Vidal icewine.
March 6, 2009

oscar falcón lara
A pairing question.Nice.

What’s with all this scoring, I once had a wine RP gave a 90 to and although it’s somewhat suggestive and gives a relative bearing, I thought it was a bit over the top even for Parker, made me think he was on the take or just had an off day when he scored it- like you say all the time, scores have no impact whatsoever on the outcome of wines for the consumer.
SO, in that note, I will say that I prefer a Piemonte or Sicilian wine over teroldego of which I only tried once but it was not as good as a Nero D’Avola sorry to say. I know it’s my limited experience with teroldego that is to blame. Will keep shopping for them to see what all the fuss is about.

QOTD: Spanish Manchego and “Mas de Daumas Gassac” (languedoc). No kidding.
second favorite: Brie and a Corbiéres.
March 6, 2009

Vanguy
LOL @ Mott’s “It looks like the stock market.”
March 6, 2009

AaronB
QOTD: Not a big cheese fan (blasphemy, I know!). Sorry.
March 6, 2009

Melissa
QOTD: I love a nice, creamy brie with some bubbly (either a blanc de blanc or a brut). There’s this Horseradish and Chive Havarti cheese, though, from a place in Wisconsin called Cedar Valley Cheese that is so darned yummy. If I lived in WI I’d be huge, because I’d eat it all the time. I love it with most wines, but usually have it with a pinot noir. That may not be the perfect pairing, but I love it. Good stuff!

P.S. Great show as always!
March 6, 2009

Wes M
QOTD: I can’t remember the name of the cheese, but it was some sort of hard goat cheese with a ton of stinkiness. The wine: a nice, big Malbec from Argentina.

On a side point, last night I had a pairing of chocolate cake and Nero D’Avola and thought it wouldn’t work. Amazing!
March 5, 2009

Don
QOTD: I was in Wegmans and bought a SMOKED GOUDA and BACON cheese. I repeat. SMOKED GOUDA and BACON. I haven’t even tried it yet, but how delicious does that sound?!?!? What wine should I pair with that? Please advise.
March 5, 2009

Don
Great work today Gary!!! But where was your wristband?!?!

I think its great you’re branching out into the lesser known Italian varietals. Recently I’ve been drinking Dolcetto based on your advice and I’ve been enjoying it. Really liked the cheese portion, it was entertaining to see how you judged the cheese (and you gave it about 20 sniffy sniffs.
March 5, 2009

Chris in Tulsa
QOTD: Any great blue cheese with a Sauternes is wonderful! Love how the clash but melt together in the mouth!
March 5, 2009

Phil G
QOTD – I like creamy and nutty cheese, like a Comte, and these go well with almost any high acid wine – it just depends what I am already drinking (or is open). The best pairing I ever tasted was a light crisp cheese from Switzerland (wish I could remember the name, but it was grassy and delicious). It was paired with a white from Savoie… yum!
March 5, 2009

Megan
OMG, now I’m watching everyday and you reward me with incorporating cheese? It just keeps getting better! So, for the QOTD: Campo de Montalban (lovely, nutty mixed-milk Spanish cheese) with my go-to inexpensive (and organic) red, Luzon Verde (any vintage).

Great episode, I’m happy to hear that you’re going to be exploring Italian varietals more. Totally agree with you on trying new varietals for the experience — I’m all for giving anything a shot once.
March 5, 2009

JC
DIG IT, DIG IT, DIG IT!! Love the cheese pairing approach! Hope for more “food” pairing formats. Also, love the BIG Italian reds and hope to find and try the two you expose’d today.

QOTD – can’t name a brand on the cheese or wine specifically, but you can’t beat a good, robust, french/danish blue OR a choice gorgonzolla, drizzled with a little honey along side a good Malbec with attitude. Just me.
thx GV. KUTGW!

JC
March 5, 2009

Laurie in VT
QOTD: A nice tawny port (I don’t think it was Warre’s, for a change. May have been Sandeman) with Jasper HIll Farm Bayley Hazen Blue.

Cool story about the Tuma Persa cheese. Teroldego is a grape I definitely want to learn more about, too. It was good to come home from work and have yet another solid episode to watch while winding down (or maybe collapsing would be more accurate…). Thanks!
Also thanks for a chuckle to Mott for his comment about the stock market.
March 5, 2009

jwink
Gary, thanks for reading my coments on the show today! You made my day after a rough one (and I even posted a link to my 5 seconds of fame to my tumblr blog click on my name to link there).

Nice joke Mott, it does look like the stock market. Hmmmmm….wine the new investment.

QOTD: My favorite cheese (and was ranked as the best in the country in 2007): Leelanau Cheese Co. Aged Raclette: http://www.blackstarfarms.com/creamery/ and since they’re a winery as well I’d have to go with their Pino Gris: http://www.blackstarfarms.com/winery/wines/?id=22
March 5, 2009

Tenacious E
I think there was a Zeni Teroldego in the first box I ever got from WL … nice rustic red with a Band-Aid nose that I ended up having with salmon.

And good on you doing the regular Foradori vs. the luxo cuvee.

All that said, I am going to cheat, because the best cheese-related memory I can come up with doesn’t involve wine at all.

It involves a pizza somewhere in downtown Zurich with Mozzarella, Gorgonzola, and Bergkase (mountain cheese, which I imagine is some kind of Gruyere) all marrying most splendidly with the local lager, Feldschlosschen.

Been trying to replicate it out here in the stix ever since.
March 5, 2009

David Harris
Widmer’s 6yr aged cheddar and 2006 Schrader diamond bomber x.
March 5, 2009

dafo
Gary, like you said, it seems like u’re back in the saddle. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guest (especially Joly) but your regular shows make us viewers feel special. Also, I like that you gave Specs a shoutout. It’s my usual shopping ground outside of winelibrary.com

QOTD: I haven’t had a lot, but I’ve been trying more of those pairings lately (wine and food pairings are my latest obsession). I like sauternes with a lot of cheeses. I can’t really tell u one cheese from another though.
March 5, 2009

The Cook
Great show dude… ITALY!
Nice window play in the backround… and i like the cheese pairings, stoked for more food and wine action.
QOTD: never did the wine and cheese thing, but i will.
Still waiting for the butter bandit shirt…
March 5, 2009

Scalpa 7777
QOTD – Definitely a Pont l’Eveque with a bottle of Saint Emilion, not the top ones, a “standard” one not too old.

GV, in France you always say: pour me a little bit more wine so I can finish my cheese, or give me more cheese so I can finish my wine. You basically end up drinking a bottle a full cheese by yourself.

Cheers,
Scalpa
March 5, 2009

A dumb Rhine king
BTW what wrestler is that in the grey pants? That looks like our old MN governor.
March 5, 2009

Robthecomic
I love cheese! I wish i had watched this show earlier in the day, its too late to go buy cheese to shove in my chubby little face.