Dick Shea of Shea Wine Cellars Visits Wine Library TV

Dick Shea of Shea Wine Cellars Visits Wine Library TV – Episode#739

September 17, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk interviews Dick Shea, a grower and winemaker from Shea Vineyard, a top source of fruit in Oregon.

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“You guest is such a Dick …” by Mike D
“Gary,
I love it when you have the people on who have had the balls …” by AnthonyfromSocal
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Shea Wine Cellars Chardonnay
2007 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Estate
2007 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Homer Cuvée

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November 17, 2009

Mike D
You guest is such a Dick
October 11, 2009

AnthonyfromSocal
Gary,

I love it when you have the people on who have had the balls to live thier dream and go out and make a difference. he is a farmer first and foremost but he is running around NY/NJ trying to mix it up with the big boys. I am sure he feels out of his element but you brought him along and I thought it was an interesting show. I have been up the the Dunde Hills/Will. area about 4-5 years ago looking for my dream vacation house overlooking a vineyard….bottom line is it was still the sticks then and i couldn’t pull the trigger. Maybe I will have to get out there again.

thanks for the episode.
October 4, 2009

Andrew D
Thanks Guys

Sounds like some great wine.

QOTD: You did awesome!

Cheers
Andrew
September 26, 2009

PantherCreekCellars
Wonderful episode!!

So good to see some neighbors (and wonderful people) get some great attention and press. Happy Harvest ‘09!
September 25, 2009

A dumb Rhine king
QOTD: You did an awesome job. What a way to finish!
September 23, 2009

AMM3RD
I think you are doing a great job, thinking about the Homer, but it does seem a little steep. Fun show, add this to the list a rock star guests at WLTV…AMM
September 23, 2009

Seattle Zin Guy
I’ve been fortunate enough to taste Shea pinots from a number of different wineries…Bergstrom, Penner-Ash, Tori Mor, St Innocent, Ken Wright, Panther Creek, Beaux Freres, and of course Shea Wine Cellars. I did a Willamette Valley pinot tour in 2008 and was blown away by the 2006 St Innocent Shea Pinot. I did another Willamette Valley pinot tour this year and I feel like I should note that 2007 was a pretty tough year for the Willamette Valley growing season so if you’re not overly impressed with the 2007 Willamette Valley Pinots, give the 2008s a shot next year, you won’t be disappointed. A number of the wine growers I talked to about the 2007 season said it was probably the most challenging vintage they’ve had in the last decade and that it rained through most of the harvest. It showed in the Pinots, I didn’t buy nearly as much this year as last year. However, the 2008 growing season was near perfect and the 2008 futures I tasted this year were phenomenal! The 2008 Penner-Ash Shea Pinot future I tasted was amazing and the Shea Wine Cellars 2008 Homer was one of the most stunning pinots I’ve ever tasted, massive! K, just wanted to pass that along. Yeah, Dick Shea isn’t the most exciting guy, but with the most sought after grapes in Willamette Valley, I guess he doesn’t really have to be…
September 22, 2009

Ptex
I’ll keep my eyes open for these wines, they sound intriguing. Yes, Dick did a good job. OR Pinot is the best!
September 22, 2009

Cool Dave
Hey Gary! I’m a wine newbie who loves the show.
Wish it was cost effective for you to ship wine to Alabama.
Your guest didn’t seem to be forthcoming about what he tasted in the wine. It made me wonder what was up with him.
I have been trying a different wine every weekend and my goal in life is to try a chateauneuf-du-Pape to see what all the fuss is about.
September 21, 2009

Nick Stengel
We tasted 20 wines sourced from Dick Shea’s vineyard in the 2006 vintage and every single one showed really well. Fantastic grower and great site
September 21, 2009

Holladown
ole Dick is an interesting character.

Sounds like some good juice there.

QOTD: sure you did fine.
September 21, 2009

John J.
Gary, congrats on the JETS TROUNCING the patriots after something like 8 or 9 years. I can’t figure out why the pats didn’t just come out wearing little sun dresses on the field. Sure you felt like I’d feel if I had a ‘61 Petrus. Curious to see you talking about it on the next episode.
And Gary, how about tackling an episode on vin jaune’s? Or for something more laid back, how about doing a blitz on tasting different charbono’s?
Don’t think I’ve seen you do either of those before.
September 21, 2009

BigBoy
Gary – if you don’t rate in front of the wine marker that’s understandable. However a rating later would be appropriate or at least having Chris capture the notes.
September 21, 2009

ulu ulu ulu ulu
Gary – When I’m on an episodes page, often I want to go to the following or preceding episode. I really think there should be a ‘next episode’ and ‘previous episode’ button on every episode’s page. I h8 going into the archives each time I want to find a neighboring show.
September 21, 2009

Ben Janssen
Oh and QOTD: Dick for me you didn’t quite fit the profile of the show. Good for a change up though.
September 21, 2009

Ben Janssen
I’m sure there is an excitable Dick Shea in there somewhere.
I think Dick Shea I think monotone. Thats not a bad thing.
September 21, 2009

WLA Wine Drinker
GV,
Not related to your show (which is always great Gary V) but you owe Mark Sanchez a small apology. I saw you and your Jets buddies at the draft practically having a stroke when they traded for the pick and selected him. Turns out the kid can play and NYJ just beat the Pats at home. He doesn’t deserve all the credit of course, but he looks a TON better then any QB the Jets have had since Broadway Joe. Composure, class and one hell of an arm.

Somehow, you have got to get him on WLTV for a first growth tasting to make it up to him after the season. Would be a classic episode.
September 21, 2009

wineslob
Guess they can’t all be great. I have met rocks with more personality. But hope the pinot was good.
September 21, 2009

Matt
I’m not even going to wait for tomorrow’s episode to say FUCK YEAH! Jets over the Pats!!!
September 20, 2009

Beeper
If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say it, right? In that case, I will focus on the positive: Gary, you showed some great restraint in this episode – where you haven’t in others. Normally this would be a good thing…
September 20, 2009

Weston
qotd: yeah did good har har Good Pace, enjoyed my Dinner and Champage.
September 20, 2009

canadapete
Boring show. Don’t really like these shows with producers of wine that is not particularly noteworthy or extremely interesting in some way.
September 20, 2009

Will TV
My co-workers and I were tasted on the ‘07 estate last May to rave reviews. I would say that I liked the wine the least out of our group — I found it hard to approach and I did not think that many of our clients would “get it.” That said, it received exclusively positive reviews from those who ventured to pay its $120 menu tag and it sold out quickly because of how enthusiastic the staff was.

QOTD: Thanks for coming on the show, I like your honesty and I’ll refer others to this interview.
September 20, 2009

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Jets!, Jets!, Jets!
September 20, 2009

wayno da wino
Me Undefeated JETS 16
da dirty Pats 9

Yo G, How do Ya like Me JETS, Noooooow !!????!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!
JETS!!! JETS!!! JETS!!!