Tasting 3 Highly Rated Wines in Honor of a Big Announcement

Tasting 3 Highly Rated Wines in Honor of a Big Announcement – Episode #675

May 13, 2009

On what is a very proud day for him, Gary Vaynerchuk reviews 3 wines that have recently arrived at the shop with major press behind them.

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“I liked the show a lot, but I really don’t see why you are pushing you…” by JayZee
“congrats gary, congrats….” by rowland
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Wind Gap Chardonnay Sonoma CountySonoma Chardonnay
2005 Chat Pibarnon Bandol RougeBandol
2004 Noguerals Abellars PrioratPriorat

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May 14, 2009

Sarah Moffat
BUENO BUENO!!
May 14, 2009

Vino Vanwilt
Great show! good to see you back. The Bandol looks like it’s right up my alley. The Chard sounds interesting too. Will definetly have to give them a try.
May 14, 2009

Vinophile
Ya got me, Gary! Still awaiting your REALLY BIG announcement!

QOTD: A couple of weeks ago, I would have said the Thunder Cruise CRUSHED IT, which it absolutely did. But I just returned last night from an awesome few days in San Diego, where my siblings and I, on Mothers’ Day, let my Mom’s ashes fly from the back of a nature cruise boat into the deep, blue waters of the Pacific off the coast of North Island, where Mom was stationed as a Navy Wave during WWII. San Diego was Mom’s favorite place on earth, and her days of service in the Navy her favorite time of life.

The emotional experience of carrying out Mom’s final wishes simply CRUSHED IT!!
May 14, 2009

Javier 10 (formerly Abbe Faria)
Lots of contagious smiling and energy GV, you left me feeling good in the middle of a crappy day.
QOTD: When I left my job to startup my own company.
May 14, 2009

wayno da wino
Yo G, Congrats on the Book!! Grrreaaat to see Ya back in the Thunder
Saddle!!

qotd: Every Day I roll out of da sack….. Life is GOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
May 14, 2009

Brad
Being at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend made me realize how lucky I am to have grown up around the track and still have the opportunity to spend my weekends there in May. The Indy 500 crushes it!
May 14, 2009

Beeper
QOTD: End of Lakers/Rockets game 5 – 40 points! Crushed it!

What happened to the occasional scotch episode??
May 14, 2009

Sonia
Pretty excited for you GV! Thinking I might be in the mood to try a Chardonnay from my home state after a pretty substantial abscence from that scene.
QOTD: I can totally think of something that chushed it completely… but it wasn’t so much a good thing… I had an awesome time when I went into the tasting room at Flora Springs in the Napa Valley, the guy who was pouring our wines was so fun an entertaining, I think he totally crushed it! Great job, and I don’t think we ever even got his name.
May 14, 2009

mikek
Welcome home Gary! a true Thunder Show…and despite your need to “crush it” you still remained true and “called it the way ya saw it”! I love that; no matter what, you keep it real! I will definitely try the Bandol!

QOTD: I “crush it”, as a parent, teacher, coach, mentor & guide for my boy’s…(their words, not mine)…I’m so proud that they are such fine young men, can’t think of anything that I’d want to succeed at more than this!

I’m sure you’ll be an excellent parent to your child as well GV!
May 14, 2009

MattieJ
That was funny “don’t zoom in on my head”… what does GV do… Zooms in on Mott’s mug… haha…

QOTD: The Pens crushing the Capitals… That situation CRUSHED IT!!! Go Pens..
May 14, 2009

Vanessa Miller
QOTD: When I mowed the lawn the other day. My mantra was, “I’m crushing it…I’m crushing it.”

Fun episode and great again to see Mott. Many congrats.
May 14, 2009

Sasha M.
good one.. excited for your new book, can’t wait to get my hands on it..Big fan of Bandol too.
QOTD: Crushed it when they flew in my family (dad all the way from france) for an award I won at the company i was working for…Loved to share it and inspire my peers to do the same. Otherwise trying to crush it every day with inspiration from you and the people around me!
May 14, 2009

Kittysafe
What do the blue names mean in the comments, I noticed mine is blue too. Is it registered or member of the WOTM club, what’s the blue all about?
May 14, 2009

Andy
Welcome back G ….. Awesome ep too …
Good luck on your new book . Hope you Crush IT.

QOTD— Seeing my wife’s sucess on her new diet and lifestyle.
She is looking awesome and feeling great . She is crushing it.
May 14, 2009

ben from boston
Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble in April. Mike Merrit’s final night with the band. the whole line up CRUSHED IT!
May 14, 2009

Christopher Scoggin
Congratulations on the book. I remember what a huge thrill it was for my mother when her first was published.

Crush IT!
May 14, 2009

Phredd
Nice to have you back, Gary. I loved the hyper-pumped episode. Nice way to get back into it.

QOTD: My kid voluntarily practiced his piano competition pieces without complaining, he worked hard, and he got noticeably better in just a half hour of work. Music is big in our family, and he’s only eleven, but he CRUSHED IT last night! I don’t even care how he does in the competition. If he can keep bringing like he did last night, he’ll be a HUGE success.
May 14, 2009

italianwinelover
GV- Great Show so good to see you pumped + crushing it!! Best of luck with the book!and of course with the baby can’t wait to see the little one!!

QOTD: Teaching class last night and everyone getting what I was saying and totally intently listening to me, especially when I started talking about Champagne – my fav! Totally crushed it + had this adrenaline rush! Realizing that is my passion!!

You Rock!
May 14, 2009

alex harris - alexdesigns
QOTD. ThunderCruise crushed it!

Give GV some luv and pre-order his book.
http://tinyurl.com/garyvbook
May 14, 2009

dcrob
Ok.. im never going to forget the name of the book..

“… itsy-bitsy blueberries dancing in your mouth …
its like they took a shot of E, went to a rave and are
using a lasso and putting light sticks in their mouths….”

Damn im glad your back in the saddle..

QOTD: hoping an upcoming trip to will crush it.
May 14, 2009

Ian L
Great to see you back again, gotta love the hustle.

QOTD: Everytime I play Street Fighter 4
May 14, 2009

Mark Fitzpatrick
Excited for you with the baby and the book.

I feel like I CRUSH IT whenever I have quality time with cool people – which I gotta think there’s at least a few minutes of that every day. I definitely felt I crushed it when I kicked a 52 yd field goal in college with one step (bad snap). And I felt like I crushed it last week while working on a special song (you will definitely hear it).

And way to not bend on J Millers 96pts. Didn’t sway you a bit. That’s crushing your review

Mark
May 14, 2009

Richard Arblaster
Good to see you back in the saddle. With the last wine, I’m glad you stuck to your guns, you don’t want to start second guessing yourself, be true to your palette.

QOTD: I haven’t had one of those moments yet, the time will come.:)
May 14, 2009

MassLawsStink
….but the Pats don’t! QOTD – Not much has crushed it lately. I gotta get working on that and an inspirational show like this one certainly will help! 75 bones for an 86 point wine. OUCH!! No wonder I can’t ever get myself to spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine. I just bought your first book yesterday. (Just joined Vay-ner Nation a couple months back.) I would have bought your new book yesterday, but the free shipping doesn’t help me because Massachusetts doesn’t allow you to ship to me. Again…Mass Laws Stink. Nice to see your hard work is paying off Gary!
May 14, 2009

April
Congrats on your book man! I loved this episode, a perfect example of why i love your wine blogs. Here you are, a wine shop owner, who just got in a shipment of $70 bottles of wine, and you dis it anyway. I really love that about you.

QOTD: this was tough for me. I’ve been out of work since having to make a huge move cross country last year. So i don’t feel like i’ve crushed it for a long while. However, since now instead of working full time i am now happy homemaker girl, i’ve learned how to be SuperFrugalGirl. My latest and proudest accomplishment was finding us a new apartment, which is in a better neighborhood, bigger, newer, better in every way than our current place, and yet is $400 less for monthly rent. So i pretty much crushed that. We start moving in tomorrow. Maybe now i’ll be able to afford to buy your book. Right now i’m on a strictly no book buying budget. All my books come from the library right now, when i used to spend a big portion of my income on books. Luckily the library system here in Charlotte is awesome.