On Location: Robert Parker’s Master Tasting at Wine Future in Rioja – Episode #780

December 4, 2009

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Gary Vaynerchuk attends the master tasting, lead by Robert Parker, Kevin Zraly, and Pancho Campo at Wine Future 09 in Rioja last month.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

1945 Marques de Riscal Rioja play review at cork'd

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  1. December 19, 2009

    k-9 Cop

    I love Rioja & you tasted some amazing wines but the audio was so bad I couldn’t force myself to sit thru it. Unbearable epsisode G-man!

  2. December 21, 2009

    linny falmstein

    i served mine eith bacon bits,what is the best way to keep them crisper.goes great with corn!

  3. December 22, 2009

    Chris @ Rizzo Tees

    It was SUPERCOOL to be in the room with you, even if the audio wasn’t great. In a case like this, I’m not sure what people expect. Thanks for taping that, Gary

  4. December 24, 2009

    bigsemi

    That was pretty sweet. Hope I can do something like that one day.

  5. December 25, 2009

    Bart van Dommelen

    Hey Gary,

    I was there with you in te same room. And I also tasted the Riscal 1945.

    Once in a life time!

    Keepin up the good work (especially your motivating presentationsi)

    Bart van Dommelen Holland

  6. December 26, 2009

    Aaron C.

    You should get Parker on the show.

  7. December 30, 2009

    Sara L.

    LOVE the guerilla take on this! You know that we laypeople never get to see master tastings like that, so it was awesome. Thanks, GV!

  8. January 5, 2010

    CollegeFootballisNumberOne

    John Starks for three…YYYeesss!

  9. January 8, 2010

    ChinonRouge

    Excellent, excellent episode. While everyone is busy bowing down to Parker, I will say that the most important wine god at the event, is not RP. Rather, it is GV. Thanks man. Bring on the thunder.

  10. January 8, 2010

    Kasper

    At the point where they talk about the importance of tasting the more delicate wine first, Gary turns the camera to himself and leaves a short comment. Is he saying ‘too late’? If so, that’s freakin hilarious….

  11. January 10, 2010

    marknicols

    The guy in front of Gary-his hairpiece almost wagged it's tail. Parker doesn't wear a hairpiece…hjis hair just is nasty and a comb-over.
    I still don't know why so many wine newbies feel they have to dump on Parker. Nice cat, invented the modern wine trade (you can disagree but go back to 1978 when he started The Wine Advocate and see how much he helped wine quality as a consumer advocate -try Bordeaux and Burgundy in any “lesser” vintages to see how weak efforts were-and he's been doing this since before most of the newbies here were born). Not talking about 1945 Marques de Riscal, obviously one of the greatest vintages ever, but the lackluster off-viontage efforts…
    People like Jorge Ordonez worship Parker because he is so often right and has been for so very long. Don't like his palate? Don't read his periodical. Of course his opinion should be taken with a grain of salt as any opinion journal should.

  12. January 14, 2010

    christopherRcampbell

    Thank you for letting us in on the tasting. I'm glad they didn't kick you out for running a camera during the presentation. My most memorable wine event was a Kristi's Auction tasting (in which I crashed, don't tell them). Got to taste some Screaming Eagle, Peter Micheal and older Dominus, but the funniest thing that my favorite find was a New Zealand Kim Crawford Merlot. How odd that a double magnum of Eagle in front of me and I liked the $12 merlot more? Love your show. Keep it up.

  13. January 19, 2010

    Dombeya Wines

    We like Aaron's idea…have you ever had Robert Parker on? Now that would be a interesting interview/tasting! Cheers

  14. January 19, 2010

    No

    Don't forget to drink it with Sushi!

  15. January 22, 2010

    Chris

    How did Marv Albert get a table in front of you? Nice style and dialogue to your video.

  16. January 26, 2010

    Alos Diallo

    That was cool to see. Thanks Gerry

  17. February 8, 2010

    Dhrumil

    i'm so glad disqus is on here now.

  18. February 12, 2010

    towle

    I am pissed that the thunder nation is second row.

  19. February 15, 2010

    matthewkenney

    Gosh, Gary, that was horribly boring.

  20. February 17, 2010

    Boozing It

    QOTD: My curernt favorite wine event is 20 Something “thenewvintage.org”. It's a new event in Washington State to draw younger people into the wine world. 75 different wineries, several restaurants and a dj.

  21. February 28, 2010

    John Martelly

    That was awesome. The comment that Mr. Parker made about winemakers offering value, did anyone else interpret that as a gentle dope slap? I don't mean that as an insult. To me he was saying, hey boys our world is changing and now it's your turn to put out.

    Gary, big ones to you. That was my greatest wine event. Thanks for bringing us along.
    I'll even let the Jets thing slide.

  22. March 24, 2010

    doreglas

    The rough edges made the video, including the stage whispers. Edgy and unpolished — just the way it should be.

  23. April 9, 2010

    lordsauvignon

    haha, I just like watching this vid. Cracks me up how you took the camera into the tasting, but hey it worked out. We really are changing the wine world :)

  24. April 27, 2010

    JaegerFruitBomb

    Great show, cool insight into the “heavy hitters” of wine. No QOTD??

  25. May 8, 2010

    chinese boy

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  26. May 8, 2010

    gaia gold

    Thanks for such a great post and the review, I am totally impressed! Keep stuff like this coming.

  27. May 15, 2010

    Ben

    That was cool to see… Thanks… Best wine Event was at the WL for sure… Meeting you drinking some really old wine…. Awesome!

  28. May 20, 2010

    Grapedigger

    that was great Gary!! Did you get a chance to hang out with RP afterwards?!
    Cheers

  29. May 26, 2010

    Addison

    “a little poo, oil, gas” “let's hear it for the jets!” … priceless gary, priceless.

  30. May 27, 2010

    Roger

    hi my friend, this is my first comment on your videos. a massive thanks for going to the trouble to bring us this content! big love from the uk! :)

  31. July 7, 2010

    ed hardy bags

    Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I’m sure to all of the commenters right here! I bet you had enjoyable scripting this article, didn’t you?

  32. July 7, 2010

    pandora beads

    Les bords rugueux fait de la vidéo, y compris au stade chuchotements. Edgy et mat – juste comme il se doit.

  33. July 17, 2010

    Beeper

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