Arizona Wine Show – Episode #705

July 15, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Arizona wines in honor of our Phoenix native Nathan the Intern.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2008 2005 Kokoelli Private Reserve Shiraz
2006 Pillsbury Roan Red
2005 Callaghan Z5

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August 28, 2009

Justin
Beer butt or beer can chicken is one of my favorites. A little bit of wood smoke from the grill and this chicken is hard to beat.

How about a show on Texas wines? I’m from TX so I’m partial but I’m curious to know what you think. Been catching the podcasts for about a year now and I’ve learned a lot, thanks!
August 23, 2009

David White
My cousin’s Boy Friend makes the best BBQ chicken. But he doesn’t make it that often
August 15, 2009

Sonia
Nice. Never had an Arizona wine…
QOTD: My mom’s chicken tacos. YUM!
August 5, 2009

Zashkaser
@Laura many thanks. Afraid I don ‘t have time to sign up though it sounds interesting
August 1, 2009

Dan-o
Interesting show – I have not had an AZ wine.
QOTD – I have a thing for boneless Buffalo chicken tenders.
August 1, 2009

SiggiWine
QOTD: uff, so many ways… it’s like asking what is you favorite wine or favorite sex position… depends on the mood… I have to pick one, it would be not to spicy cause then you can have dog meat and think it’s a chicken, well lets have it Chicken Salad with a good Garganega(Soave)
July 31, 2009

G&W Instraments
The video is great ! Kinda reminds me of a young billy mays.
July 26, 2009

Jim M
I have been to them all and Callaghan’s is by far the best winery in the state of Arizona. Page Springs makes some very good wine, but the majority of their grapes are still sourced from California. I have never had a bad wine from Callaghan’s and their wines has been served at White House dinners on more than one occassion.

I purchased a few very nice wines at Page Springs winery last week, but I will not yet consider their wines Arizona wines until all the grapes are grown in their vineyards.

Gary is correct Arizona is on the move in the wine making world.
July 21, 2009

RT
How can you have tasted several times more AZ wine than Monterey and Santa Barbara wine COMBINED???

QOTD: roasted.
July 20, 2009

Sadel Ekmeiro
Who would it thought in a good Arizona wine , I can’t wait to try the Z5.
Gary when are we going to start marketing US wines in South America, I want to work with you on this..let’s do it Bro..
Keep up the good work !

Sadel Ekmeiro
Cooknwine
July 20, 2009

Dominus
C’mon slacker. Spend 20 mins with us!!!
July 20, 2009

Denise
I love chicken Bryan……Fire roasted with Goat cheese on top wih a tangy lemon sauce.

T think Oklahoma has one up one Arizona when you ar talking WINE!!!!
July 20, 2009

steveW colorado
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That’s so true.
July 20, 2009

Uncle Meate
ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz…….

Wake me when it’s 7:06.

;-> ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.
July 20, 2009

Brittany
QOTD: Roasted whole with herbs, spices and maybe some lemon…with some roaster fall veggies on the side…mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! doesnt get any better…

interesting episode, though I must say I am still a bit skeptical about the arizona wine industry…but speaking of unexpected wine producing regions, i lived in DC for some years, in which time a friend of a friend of mine who was really into wine brought back probably one of the best rose’s of my life from a vineyard in VA…too bad I don’t remember the name…
July 20, 2009

J dubs
Qotd- Fried with mashed potatoes collard greens plus mac and cheese all smothered in some homemade brown gravy. soooooooooo huuunnnngry
July 20, 2009

jayjay
OH MAN WHAT IS GOING ON IVE BEEN WAITING DAYS 4 706#,
AND THERE WAS AN EPISODE SHORT LAST WEEK,

PLEASE HURRY UP,IM DYING HERE
July 20, 2009

AZVinesAndWines
Thanks for your continued foray into Arizona wines. Although they haven’t come out on the top of your favorites, keep on sipping our wines . . . there are many good wines being produced here. I have to disagree with your intern, Arizona supports its local products, including wine. The tasting rooms are packed and more wineries are popping up all the time. Dick
Erath has a vineyard here and should start producing commercially very soon. Although its difficult for your viewers to purchase the wines in other states due to the crazy wine laws, they should be sure to include at least one day visiting wine country when traveling to Arizona. It’s a great experience and most of the time you have the opportunity to meet the winemakers in person.
July 20, 2009

Jason Coffee
qotd: fajitas with red peppers, onions, rice, plenty of cyan, sour cream, avocado and cheese.
July 20, 2009

looper
Nice show. I am a little late on this comment, but seems like AZ has a little bit of work to do regarding its wine.
QOTD: Fried chicken is the only way to go. Try it @ Adhoc in the Napa Valley. It is one of the Thomas Keller restaurants, not really known for food like fried chicken, but it is to DIE for!
July 20, 2009

Thomas_S
Nice show but I think it is not easy to find a good Arizona wine in Germany.
There are not so much wines from Arizona where I buy.

QOTD: Chicken grilled with fresh salad.
July 19, 2009

Mike Best
QOTD

My favourite way to ‘consume’ chicken is a chicken thigh (definitley the tastiest bit) and bacon casserole with chillis, some red wine thrown in and plenty of seasoning.

Gary how do I get a job as an intern? I am however not from Arizona but infact from North Yorkshire (England). We have vineyards here and everyone laughs that off too. I just got a distinction in WSET intermediate, I’m well chuffed about that.

Mike
July 19, 2009

Sam Pillsbury
Thanks for your review of my 2006 Roan Red…it did illustrate to me the dangers to those of us who chose to make some wines that are lighter food wines rather than huge alcohol blockbusters…between the Kokopelli and the Callaghan it’s hard to savor a lighter red…I say light, as that was a deliberate choice in the blending, rather than ‘thin’, the term you used, as I wanted to make a red wine that would pair with lighter fare.
I was a little surprised you didn’t get the pun on Rhone, Roan with the accompanying horse…of course the Fed won’t let anyone put Rhone on a wine label, and the vineyard is on an old horse ranch…and finally, your comment on the grape source…it’s the exact same grape source as the Maynard Keenan Stronghold grapes you liked so much recently, vines I planted in the high desert 9 years ago…but thanks for looking at Arizona wines, your 78 was raised by a Spectator 86 and a Mark Tarbell 93 on that wine, and I hope you get a chance to try my other 100% Arizona wines in the future.
July 19, 2009

TheFamilyJewells
Speaking of wine from not so popular places in the states..how about an episode with wines from the finger lakes region of upstate NY?

QOTD: Grilled chicken breast marinated with Luppos (a marinade from upstate NY)
July 19, 2009

Brian
QOTD – Barbecued chicken. I think the next second-tier region you need to explore is New Jersey. I was out a couple weeks ago from California ahead of my move and actually found some good stuff. My favorite was Silver Decoy. I thought of you when I tried their Traminette. Very nice transition from minerality to some “cutting the tongue” acid. Also generally found Cab Franc seems to do very well in South Jersey.