Thank you for this episode. I have been watching for about 2 months now and THIS IS my first comment. I have just started to drink wine because of WLTV and have been baffled at how you can taste the different flavors in wines and can tell which part of the palate they can be tasted on (that part still puzzles me). I still have NO CLUE when looking for wine what I’m looking for, but you are helping me with each video.

This episode has also made me roffle the most! 😉 THANKS, Gary!

I have been following you now for the past few weeks, enjoying all your episodes however this one is one of my favorites. Being a foodie, I really appreciate the seriousness of developing the flavor profiles that are found in wine. I am not a wine expert at all and know very little about various wines but as I get older (just turned 39) I become more intrigued. I enjoyed watching this episode for its comedic and educational aspects.

Keep up the great work and I will continue to follow, learn, and explore all things WINE!

have you tried Lychee for your flavor profile? it is a tropical fruit with a hard casing and is a VERY common asian flavor, like for ice cream, tea, candie, you name it. I feel like a lot of white wines that have a fresh tropical fruit component remind me of lychee!

Oh ya arrow root is a starch that is a thickener in cooking like cornstarch and actually melts at a lower temperature than cornstarch so it is good for certain cooking needs.

I love this episode so much and it is very encouraging!, I live near Philly and i feel like I get a lot of flavor profiles I have from Ritas water ice! lol and I am from the Phillippines where we have lots of different kinds of flavors and fruits so it interests me what people from different countries think wine tastes like? My question for you, is their anything flavor profiles uniquely Russian or New Jersian you find in wines?

Sincerely and Earnestly!
Christine A. aka your newest WLTV fan!

oh ya.. about the arrowroot.. i commented about it beause you tasted it in this episode and said you didnt know what it was and it was flavorless, just incase you didnt remember since i figured you tried A TON of things and it was like two years ago you taped this lol

What a great episode. I can’t wait to put something like this together. I have been watching your newer episodes for the past 2 months of so from your podcast on itunes. More recently I began downloading and watching old episodes of WLTV starting from episode 1 and watching the revolution. It’s been great and I look forward to the future. Thanks Gary.

Gary,
My parents recently bought their first computer and have been watching your show online (they found it on their own). They loved it and urged me to start watching. Now I can’t stop. I listen to past episodes online at work just about everyday. I love it. Don’t stop. The palate episode was great and I really appreciate the budget conscious episodes but I love them all.

Gary,

Just started watching your show and I can’t get enough. Seeing this back episode has just taken me to a new level. Thanks for being so FREAKIN’ PASSIONATE about wine!!!! I have been drinking wine for years but have just started learning about it. You and your show is just what I was looking for.

Salud!

The Piege

Just finished watching this episode as well as the weather episode. I was hoping that you would explain how the weather affects the grapes, and in turn, the vintage…

Maybe you could hit that up in an upcoming episode?

Loved this episode, gotta love the FINE NJ soil. Great for tomatoes…? Think I’d like to try all these things too. Maybe not in one sitting though. That’d end me!

L.M.A.O!!! I love you man!!! You put the point across in spades…

I have to say Gary this is the first time in the two years that I’ve been watching you that I was disappointed… of course this episode was epic… I do stuff like this when I’m back at the crib during x-mas, because I can steal all my mom’s food and spice cabintries… so lemme say that I LOVED THIS EPISODE!…

but MAN YOU’RE A SPICEY FOOD WUSS!!!… sorry but I had to dog you because even more than my wine obsession i think the thing i’m most arrogantly proud of in the world is my tolerance for spice, which is a shame because it is destroying my palate… y use spoonfuls of the Yucateco 100% habanero hot sauce (from the yucatan in mexico and my world favorite) on potatoe chips and cheese its… amazing!… and when i lived in Mexico (for 5 years) i’d go through a bowl of fresh chile piquin (tiny bb size chile peppers MUCH hotter than jalapenos)… it’s unfortunate because at this point jalapenos are like bell peppers to me so I’m quite seriously worried about just how big my wine palate handicap is…

so here’s my QOTD for you… can I rejuvenate my palate and taste buds? i’m feel that I’m quite developed and diversified but still every once in a while I wonder if it’s my spice obsession or just the fact that I need to keep on digging deeper and deeper in the wine world…

cheers!

What a riot. You had me in tears. I can’t believe you ate dirt and drank Cristal in the same sitting. You truly are the man.

This is the first episode I have watched, and I am very interested in building my wine palette. This New Years Eve I started a wine journal and didn’t even think to jot down flavors that I associated with the wine. I’m 18 and I really don’t know much about wine, but this has made me dig deep into the foods I normally consume regularly for notable tastes. I was eating trail mix the other day, and I combined cashews and dried pineapple. This could just be me, but can you see these generating from an Australian Pinot Noir? Also I eat hummus on a regular basis, and now that I think about it I know I have tasted a hint of it in past wines. It is primarily chickpeas and garlic, what kinds of wine give off a zesty garlic kick?

Woah I can’t believe you took a bite out of the Jalapeño, you should have been warned beforehand, raw Jalapeños are tough mothers.

QOTD: I would do it, for sure. Other things I would use though are nutella, milk candy or milk caramel, gum eraser, Spanish cured ham, dried plums, tortillas, peanut brittle and/or peanut butter, tomatoes, pumpernickel bread.

Great episode Gary Vee!

What about poop? you frequently bring up this flavor profile.

This show is one of the best without a doubt! I hate to laugh at another man’s agony, but this show was hilarious.

QOTD: I’m looking forward to trying this in the near future. Actually, I’m thinking of trying this with a group of co-workers who are into wine as well. Any chance of getting you up here to moderate?

I loved the show! I will share it with my friends who are also trying to learn about wine.

i’m down here in albuquerque, nm…and I gotta say it, but that little jalapeno is nothing compared to what we got here. we eat chili like that all the time…and we talk alot about the terroir of our chili. everyone in new mexico knows that the best green chili comes from chimayo (more iron in the soil), then it is a toss up between embudo and velarde for 2nd…and then hatch has the “normal stuff”.

i will definitely try the tasting in a party with a couple of wine friends. i would like to add more fruits (grapefruit) and various forms of appricot (my memories of chablis).

i think i will also get some meet in there (slim jims, higher quality beef jerkey, raw and cooked beef and game meat).

and then i think i want to try some of your more creative micro-wave concoctions (fruitrollup in a microwave and others).

that is all i can think of.

-gabriel

Arrowroot is just a thickener like conr starch, it’s no wonder you didn’t taste anything. If you want something different try fenugreek.

Love this. Halarious. Way to put it down for the Vander-Nation! White Pepper in the eye…
Hope Lizzy is doing well. Have you ever had your dad or Lizzy or anyone in your family on? [I saw the episode with AJ.]
By the way-I am super excited about the wine of the month club. It will be great to sit down and taste with you(Good training for my palate).

Brian Smith
http://twitter.com/BrianSmith_

I have heard about you for a long time, just now watched first video. Gary I will have to watch some more. Very entertaining and educational. from twitter @davidduree

Best. WLTV. Ever.
Thanks for continuing to be an inspiration Gary!

#400!

GREAT episode, Gary. I’m throwing a party this weekend with about 20 of my closest friends, and we’re going to change the wine world. I’m fairly new to all of this, but I want to make wine accessible to myself and to my friends. And, I’m going to take SOME of your leads. We’ll be tasting a number of different elements, foods, etc. (I took notes, I’ll have some of these available for my guests). Yeah, I’m gonna suck on a wet rock, because Gary “Vee” said so. BTW – do you have an episode about pairing wine and cheese? I’d be interested to see it.

Thanks, Gary. Incredibly entertaining, but still informative (I guess they can co-exist).

What a great way to start my day. Thanks, Gary! God, I’m still laughing…

Gary,

Great, great, great episode. One question: Why aren’t grapes anywhere in there? I’ve noticed this in nearly every tasting note i’ve ever seen for every wine i’ve ever had. Grapes are never mentioned. Is it because this is obvious (like a “duh” type of thing) or what? Doesn’t necessarily have to be wine grapes, but even green or red table grapes, wines tasting like other wine grapes that were not necessarily used in the production of the wine. Just wondering.

Thanks,

Brian