Red Wines in San Diego – Episode #663

April 22, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk concludes his trip to San Diego with a red wine show.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Au Bon Climat Santa Barbara Pinot Noir
2006 Domaine de la Janasse VDP Terre de Bussiere
2006 Novy Syrah Sonoma County
2006 Ampelos Santa Rita Hills Syrah Gamma

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April 24, 2009

Jeff S.
The BEST Otter Pop was Alexander the Grape!
April 24, 2009

Chris V
QOTD:

PONCHO PUNCH was the man!
April 24, 2009

Christine
QOTD: Red otter pops rule!!!
April 24, 2009

AMM3RD
LIME!!!
April 24, 2009

wayno da wino
Yo G, That was FUUUUN!!! Seemed to be alot of belly-achin’ in the
comments though! Loosin’ up people, Life tooo short to be miserble….

qotd: cherry….strawberry….blueberry….grape….
April 24, 2009

Murso
Damn, G!….

That f’n suuuuuccckked. If I thought that during the white wine ep. you were hammin’ it up, and playin’(down) to the crowd, by this time, they dragged you down, and OWNED you. And as they say on the street, That ain’t right, man.

A roster of wines that merit more respect than was evident. Jim Clendenen (Au Bon Climat) never takes a shortcut, or compromised the integrity of his naturally made, highly crafted wines for the sake of artificial sweetness, fake boobs, or any of that sh*te. His Ici/La-Bas wines are sublime. Thank God you didn’t murder the nuances of his better efforts, but only his entry level wine on this pack of alcoholic pigs.

Ampelos too, is maybe owed an apology here. When Peter and Rebecca appeared on the show, months back, they made it clear that they were totally hands on, and using the best talent available in sources, vineyard management, etc.
Thought the style is more to the popular American, or New-World fruit bomb, this rowdy public forum egged you on straight past any introspection of the wine in exchange for quippy comments designed to make them laugh. Bad Gary.
Go stand in the corner.

I hope you learn from the nation’s displeasure on these two eps., and I hope that the Thunder cruise is a blast and a huge success!
April 24, 2009

Sonia
Have to agree with pretty much everybody that the crowd was totally annoying and rude… I know I’ve watched some other episodes that were taped before a live audience and I’m pretty sure this problem hasn’t come up before. What’s up with those San Diego people???? But you always come through Gary! You made a reference that was great because of where you were.
QOTD: Grape
April 24, 2009

Dutch
I have to agree with the majority–terrible two shows. The crowd was obnoxious (but that’s what you get for pandering to the classless masses–those asses)and the audio/video setup was all wrong. 70 points, and I’m being nice.

I know you have other responsibilities; but given the fact that thousands of people worldwide watch your show, and that you weren’t even close to getting an American Wine Blog Award, perhaps you should up your game a bit? I predict you won’t make it to 1000. Let’s move on….
April 24, 2009

J Dubb
Gary, after these past two Live episodes I hope you never do another. These two episodes were quite possibly the worst episodes you have ever done. The yelling and having to ask the crowd to ssshhhhh every few seconds took so much away from the show I have no idea what you drank or scored. I hated them so much I can’t put it into words. Who cares if they are “otter” pops or “icy” pops we all know what you are talking about, does it mater?

Gary please don’t do anymore live shows.

John
April 24, 2009

Dr. Lance
San Diego…disappointing. Hopefully, you can find a more appreciative and mature audience for your next live venture.
April 24, 2009

John
Stay classy San Diego
April 24, 2009

Jordan
QOTD: lime
April 23, 2009

UrbanFigaro
I didn’t think it possible, but this is even worse than the previous episode. I’m sort of baffled as to why you thought that shushing the crowd would have had any effect. It only made you look like a rank amateur. Sorry, Gary, but you should be ashamed of this.
April 23, 2009

Zach
Too difficult to watch. Move on…nothing to see here.

Dude, you’re better than this.
April 23, 2009

Laurie in VT
QOTD: orange ice pops

Another tiring episode d/t the noise, but I still managed to learn something, and that’s what matters.
April 23, 2009

Larry G
QOTD: Purple – I call them Ice Pops.
April 23, 2009

Ditch
Jesus….where the hell was his being filmed – a frat party.

Loved the buzz and though the crowd were a little disresprectful during your critiquing I dont think it hampered the content…V Good!

When is the WLTV bus coming to a city near me – July I believe (New Zealand)…just a shame I wont be here when it arrives

QOTD – not sure…..
April 23, 2009

Buddhachu
Due to the comments about excessive crowd noise I’m not even going to download & watch this one.
April 23, 2009

port1
Gary:
I was WRONG! I can’t believe you’re wearing a lapel mike in this episode, but I saw it!! Where’s Mott when you need him??
The camera mike should have been disabled and only your lapel mike should have recorded the sound!
Too brutal to watch the whole episode, guy.
Sorry…had to shut down.
We are loyal nevertheless…my ears hurt now!
April 23, 2009

yankee22
painful episode to listen to, had to turn it off.
April 23, 2009

Bruce
GV, when doing public tastings try miking yourself not the crowd. Hard to watch this way.
April 23, 2009

Leif
best episode without any other words
April 23, 2009

MozOM
Noise level too much for me. You did great as always GV but too much noise. You had to shout over the crowd. How many times did you have to tell them to shuuuuuuucccccchhhhhhhhhhh.

Still, worht a try and something new. Always a good thing.

QOTD : I’m from Ireland, no idea
April 23, 2009

Zinny
Ha – drunk people at wine tastings. They were pretty annoying to listen to. It would have been waay better to have the volume down on the crowd. I still want to hear them . .but not all thier individual (sometimes assinine) comments.

Perhaps some experimentation with different mikes or something?
April 23, 2009

Ronny K
Good show, very informative, but why on earth did you have the mic on at the camera. Next time, just your mic!

I grew up in NJ too, be it South Jersey which is a whole different state, but I called them Ice Pops too. I had a cardboard box in the freezer with 100 of them, I always went for the ORANGE!

Did ya ever make your own in the ice tray with toothpicks?

Ronny K in Philly…