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EP 148 How To Get Your Wine Palate Trained.

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Today Gary tastes a wide variety of “THINGS” to show you how important many of the flavors are to training your palate to find them in wine. Have a good weekend.

Hello newcomers ( and there are a lot of you) This is a long video and it builds up but to see what EVERYONE is talking about you can see the last 2 minutes here CLICK HERE

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  • Capt M

    Lars, the balls! Gary, Concepcion wants to know if you’re sitted on the toilet right now? All jokes aside, our sincere THANK YOU! To us, as well as to many others, this is the BEST episode ever. Most fun, laughter, and informative and creative by far. It’s clear how much you know and understand wine, and how serious you take your job. What else can I say.. THANK YOU. We’re humbled.

  • Capt M

    Lars, the balls! Gary, Concepcion wants to know if you’re sitted on the toilet right now? All jokes aside, our sincere THANK YOU! To us, as well as to many others, this is the BEST episode ever. Most fun, laughter, and informative and creative by far. It’s clear how much you know and understand wine, and how serious you take your job. What else can I say.. THANK YOU. We’re humbled.

  • KAHUNA

    Gary,
    That was a great episode- my wife sat down and watched too- we were laughing so hard- she said that Sage smells like cat piss to her – so there ya go-

    By the way they are recalling the Nintendo Wii it apparently causes people to to bizare things like laying out spices like lines of drugs-That was the best part for me-

    Anyway my friend good luck- hope the tongue rebounds- and exzactly how powerful were those power lines you lived under as a boy?

  • Dave-from-Katonah

    Oh my God! Gary Vaynerchuk, you are crazy! Did you know you have potential in standup comedy? I never laughed so hard as when you choked down that white pepper. I thought I was going to burst an aneurysm. QOTD – no, I would never do that with dirt or pepper, but maybe with currants, black or red. You are a nut. Anything for your loyal fans, or are you just the most over-the-top-wine-geek ever? WLTV is the best! Great concept. Great delivery. As always. You’re the best! Can’t top this episode. An instant classic.

  • KAHUNA

    Gary,
    That was a great episode- my wife sat down and watched too- we were laughing so hard- she said that Sage smells like cat piss to her – so there ya go-

    By the way they are recalling the Nintendo Wii it apparently causes people to to bizare things like laying out spices like lines of drugs-That was the best part for me-

    Anyway my friend good luck- hope the tongue rebounds- and exzactly how powerful were those power lines you lived under as a boy?

  • Oh my God! Gary Vaynerchuk, you are crazy! Did you know you have potential in standup comedy? I never laughed so hard as when you choked down that white pepper. I thought I was going to burst an aneurysm. QOTD – no, I would never do that with dirt or pepper, but maybe with currants, black or red. You are a nut. Anything for your loyal fans, or are you just the most over-the-top-wine-geek ever? WLTV is the best! Great concept. Great delivery. As always. You’re the best! Can’t top this episode. An instant classic.

  • Capt M

    I meant to write: how much you LOVE and understand wine. Tired right about now. But hey, another comment on the score!

  • Capt M

    I meant to write: how much you LOVE and understand wine. Tired right about now. But hey, another comment on the score!

  • R/Eason

    Gary,

    I’ve been watching for few weeks. This was a fantastic episode. Hope you’re feeling alright after all that. Thanks so much.

  • R/Eason

    Gary,

    I’ve been watching for few weeks. This was a fantastic episode. Hope you’re feeling alright after all that. Thanks so much.

  • Lou G

    First Lars let me tell you the VIKES SUX..They hav won 2 of the last 7 games an they were against hapless detroit the second worse team in the NFL an Arz always one of the worst..Jets Roll 28-10
    Call CSI or one of those lame soaps operas you were on an see if they will bring you back to life..

    GV ,you have offically LOST IT!!! Great f….ing eposode..I luv it!!!

  • Lou G

    First Lars let me tell you the VIKES SUX..They hav won 2 of the last 7 games an they were against hapless detroit the second worse team in the NFL an Arz always one of the worst..Jets Roll 28-10
    Call CSI or one of those lame soaps operas you were on an see if they will bring you back to life..

    GV ,you have offically LOST IT!!! Great f….ing eposode..I luv it!!!

  • Rob M.

    Arrowroot, you knucklehead, is supposed to taste like NOTHING. It is a thickening agent used for soups, stews, and gravies, but does so without imparting any taste. If you tell me you get some arrowroot on the nose, let it open up a bit more- it is too tight!

    I think my favorite taste- when the white pepper went all over your face, I laughed, but when you ate the lemon peel and half the jar went in your mouth, I cried!

    Even Eric was laughing. Awesome episode. However, the sweaty part of the socks is down by the toes, not by the calf. Don’t you have any dedication? Well, okay, that was a man sized bite of jalapeno.

    Thanks so much for the ideas, just not all at once.

    Great intro, Lars!

  • Rob M.

    Arrowroot, you knucklehead, is supposed to taste like NOTHING. It is a thickening agent used for soups, stews, and gravies, but does so without imparting any taste. If you tell me you get some arrowroot on the nose, let it open up a bit more- it is too tight!

    I think my favorite taste- when the white pepper went all over your face, I laughed, but when you ate the lemon peel and half the jar went in your mouth, I cried!

    Even Eric was laughing. Awesome episode. However, the sweaty part of the socks is down by the toes, not by the calf. Don’t you have any dedication? Well, okay, that was a man sized bite of jalapeno.

    Thanks so much for the ideas, just not all at once.

    Great intro, Lars!

  • Denise

    You are one rare individual, Gary!! As always, WLTV makes my day…

    Thank you.

  • Kwan

    Lurker coming out of the woodwork…

    That episode was so hilarious my chest is hurting. Do let us know in the next episode how the party in your mouth turned out.

  • Denise

    You are one rare individual, Gary!! As always, WLTV makes my day…

    Thank you.

  • Kwan

    Lurker coming out of the woodwork…

    That episode was so hilarious my chest is hurting. Do let us know in the next episode how the party in your mouth turned out.

  • Jack:)

    Lars and Gary, you made my day.

    Gary question: Do you think that you could fairly assess the Cristal to score it?
    lol

  • Jack:)

    Lars and Gary, you made my day.

    Gary question: Do you think that you could fairly assess the Cristal to score it?
    lol

  • Jack:)

    PS oil of clove is great for a tooth ache. Clove is a natural anaesthetic.

  • Jack:)

    PS oil of clove is great for a tooth ache. Clove is a natural anaesthetic.

  • Rebecca

    First – Lars! You are a hoot! That wast great!

    Next – Gary – You have been sooooo PUMPED up these past couple of episodes. You’ve always been funny BUT, that was just a riot….THE – ABSOLUTE – FUNNIEST – EVER episode of WLTV.

    Watch out Dave Chappel!!!!! (he’s one of my many favorites). And the best part about it was it wasn’t all about the comedy. You really were there to educate us all the while – from the trip to Kings straight through to the end. How did you not crack yourself up? Erik couldn’t even hold back the laughter.

    I’m w/Brandon, Friday is becoming my favorite WLTV day!

  • Rebecca

    First – Lars! You are a hoot! That wast great!

    Next – Gary – You have been sooooo PUMPED up these past couple of episodes. You’ve always been funny BUT, that was just a riot….THE – ABSOLUTE – FUNNIEST – EVER episode of WLTV.

    Watch out Dave Chappel!!!!! (he’s one of my many favorites). And the best part about it was it wasn’t all about the comedy. You really were there to educate us all the while – from the trip to Kings straight through to the end. How did you not crack yourself up? Erik couldn’t even hold back the laughter.

    I’m w/Brandon, Friday is becoming my favorite WLTV day!

  • MaryS

    Hey Gary, that episode was great. Even my kids watched it with me. We all thought you were going to toss your cookies at some point. I know I almost did a couple times. Did you have any bugs in that dirt?

  • MaryS

    Hey Gary, that episode was great. Even my kids watched it with me. We all thought you were going to toss your cookies at some point. I know I almost did a couple times. Did you have any bugs in that dirt?

  • OKH

    Coming out of lurk mode to say this is EXACTLY what I was posting about yesterday. More instructional stuff!

    ::Lurk Mode: Activated::

  • OKH

    Coming out of lurk mode to say this is EXACTLY what I was posting about yesterday. More instructional stuff!

    ::Lurk Mode: Activated::

  • KMANN

    Tim F, what are you talking about? That was an obvious plant…the NJ nasal was so obvious…Lars was burning a common Conneicut pine in the background…haven’t you ever seen a nursery b/f?…GV is testing the Vaniation to keep us legit…apparently, your video palate needs some development…

    Hey GV! Kobiashi’s got nothing on your nosh consuption…GV – you’re crazy on not consuming more Rosemary…Finally – the 99 Cristal I consumed with my wife in our limo pulling away from the chapel – sure it was over-the-top, but she loved it, and that’s all I need to know that it was worth the purchase.

  • KMANN

    Tim F, what are you talking about? That was an obvious plant…the NJ nasal was so obvious…Lars was burning a common Conneicut pine in the background…haven’t you ever seen a nursery b/f?…GV is testing the Vaniation to keep us legit…apparently, your video palate needs some development…

    Hey GV! Kobiashi’s got nothing on your nosh consuption…GV – you’re crazy on not consuming more Rosemary…Finally – the 99 Cristal I consumed with my wife in our limo pulling away from the chapel – sure it was over-the-top, but she loved it, and that’s all I need to know that it was worth the purchase.

  • Great episode again, Gary. This definitely inspires me to hold a “palate-building party” of my own. I may pass on the dirt and wet socks though.

    When I first started drinking wine, I read wine reviews and thought “hint of chocolate” meant the wine maker had somehow infused essence of chocolate into the wine. Then I found out that wine is (usually) just grapes and yeast. My first thought was, “Wow, all these wine reviews are bull shit. They’re making stuff up.” My second thought was, “Wow, this wine does taste like chocolate even though it’s just grapes and yeast and wood.”

    Realizing that tasting notes are made up was very liberating. I knew I couldn’t be wrong. (And this is something I know you condone.) If you think wine X tastes like cherries or pear or tomato juice, you’re absolutely right… for your palate. Everyone’s palates are different.

    That said, there are a lot of common flavors that wine tasters notice. More importantly, the wine makers are aware of these flavors and do different things during the creation of a wine to achieve certain flavors. So there is a lot of benefit in honing your palate and learning the vocabulary of wine flavors. It will help you understand your own tastes. More importantly it will help you convey your taste in wine to others (like the go-to guy at your local wine store).

    So it is very useful to be able to identify flavors in wine and keep track of which flavors you like and don’t like. One of my favorite features of WineLog (http://www.winelog.net) is that it will tell you which tags are common to wines you like and dislike. For instance, my wine log (http://www.winelog.net/winelog/jason) tells me that I like wines with vanilla and blackberry flavors. The best part is that I didn’t even have to know that the wines I liked had those flavors. Other, more experienced, tasters can tag the wines for me. Now I know I can go to a wine store and ask for something with vanilla and blackberry flavors and I’m more likely to get something I like.

    I guess what I’m getting at is that you don’t need a trained palate to enjoy wine. We all know what we like when we taste it. However, understanding your tastes better, and being able to convey those tastes, can make your wine drinking experiences even better. The exercise you go through in this episode will help us enjoy wine better. And that is what all this is about.

  • Great episode again, Gary. This definitely inspires me to hold a “palate-building party” of my own. I may pass on the dirt and wet socks though.

    When I first started drinking wine, I read wine reviews and thought “hint of chocolate” meant the wine maker had somehow infused essence of chocolate into the wine. Then I found out that wine is (usually) just grapes and yeast. My first thought was, “Wow, all these wine reviews are bull shit. They’re making stuff up.” My second thought was, “Wow, this wine does taste like chocolate even though it’s just grapes and yeast and wood.”

    Realizing that tasting notes are made up was very liberating. I knew I couldn’t be wrong. (And this is something I know you condone.) If you think wine X tastes like cherries or pear or tomato juice, you’re absolutely right… for your palate. Everyone’s palates are different.

    That said, there are a lot of common flavors that wine tasters notice. More importantly, the wine makers are aware of these flavors and do different things during the creation of a wine to achieve certain flavors. So there is a lot of benefit in honing your palate and learning the vocabulary of wine flavors. It will help you understand your own tastes. More importantly it will help you convey your taste in wine to others (like the go-to guy at your local wine store).

    So it is very useful to be able to identify flavors in wine and keep track of which flavors you like and don’t like. One of my favorite features of WineLog (http://www.winelog.net) is that it will tell you which tags are common to wines you like and dislike. For instance, my wine log (http://www.winelog.net/winelog/jason) tells me that I like wines with vanilla and blackberry flavors. The best part is that I didn’t even have to know that the wines I liked had those flavors. Other, more experienced, tasters can tag the wines for me. Now I know I can go to a wine store and ask for something with vanilla and blackberry flavors and I’m more likely to get something I like.

    I guess what I’m getting at is that you don’t need a trained palate to enjoy wine. We all know what we like when we taste it. However, understanding your tastes better, and being able to convey those tastes, can make your wine drinking experiences even better. The exercise you go through in this episode will help us enjoy wine better. And that is what all this is about.

  • OKH

    OK, I’m out of lurk mode….

    I think you’re right, you taste what your palate tells you your tasting and no one has the right to tell you your wrong (woof, there’s a mouthful). That said, there *IS* a currency in tasting in that there is a commonality to what people experience. If one trained nose smells chocolate covered cherries and others smell it as well then surely there’s something to that. I, and I assume others like me, are just looking to gain the coin of the realm.

    I’m sitting here for the last half hour with my nose stuck in a glass of Miradero and I finally got the chocolate covered cherries note to it and that’s pretty neat to me. What I’d like to see explored more in depth is tannins and what is meant by silky, well integrated, structure, etc and what is meant by mid-palate. Is there a fore and hind palate?

    After all is said and done, I drink what I like and I know what I like. I just want to be more proficient in expressing that to others.

  • OKH

    OK, I’m out of lurk mode….

    I think you’re right, you taste what your palate tells you your tasting and no one has the right to tell you your wrong (woof, there’s a mouthful). That said, there *IS* a currency in tasting in that there is a commonality to what people experience. If one trained nose smells chocolate covered cherries and others smell it as well then surely there’s something to that. I, and I assume others like me, are just looking to gain the coin of the realm.

    I’m sitting here for the last half hour with my nose stuck in a glass of Miradero and I finally got the chocolate covered cherries note to it and that’s pretty neat to me. What I’d like to see explored more in depth is tannins and what is meant by silky, well integrated, structure, etc and what is meant by mid-palate. Is there a fore and hind palate?

    After all is said and done, I drink what I like and I know what I like. I just want to be more proficient in expressing that to others.

  • damon

    thanks for that, Gary. You are nuts. Even Eric couldn’t hold it in at the end.

  • damon

    thanks for that, Gary. You are nuts. Even Eric couldn’t hold it in at the end.

  • nikonjedi

    OMG!!! laughed and laughed and laughed!! my kids(5&7 yrs old) think your crazy!! great great job again gary. i’ve only been into wine about a year and have trouble identifying different flavor profiles at times. i will absolutely be trying this excercise! well, maybe not one of my sweaty socks. think Robert Parker would ever do that?

  • nikonjedi

    OMG!!! laughed and laughed and laughed!! my kids(5&7 yrs old) think your crazy!! great great job again gary. i’ve only been into wine about a year and have trouble identifying different flavor profiles at times. i will absolutely be trying this excercise! well, maybe not one of my sweaty socks. think Robert Parker would ever do that?

  • WWWWWOOOOOWWWWEEEEE! GGGG over the top!
    Ditto : comment 33: by kent
    comment 39: by Randy
    comment 48: by M-squared
    comment 53: by barclay
    comment 78: by Dave from katanah
    comment 76: Capt M
    comment 61: by Suzanne
    and shout out to evryone else who lurked out!

    THank you for making Friday night fun! You Rule and I want to be your publicist! you are a wine lover and we thank you for helping us express our love! Rock on G! Hope the cloves didn’t destroy you as well as the white pepper…..a great de-tox episode!

    Salute! Shea [email protected]

  • WWWWWOOOOOWWWWEEEEE! GGGG over the top!
    Ditto : comment 33: by kent
    comment 39: by Randy
    comment 48: by M-squared
    comment 53: by barclay
    comment 78: by Dave from katanah
    comment 76: Capt M
    comment 61: by Suzanne
    and shout out to evryone else who lurked out!

    THank you for making Friday night fun! You Rule and I want to be your publicist! you are a wine lover and we thank you for helping us express our love! Rock on G! Hope the cloves didn’t destroy you as well as the white pepper…..a great de-tox episode!

    Salute! Shea [email protected]

  • steve

    TOP 96!!!YES!!
    Hey GV……you are a trooper(and thats coming from one)….unbelievable, but no cat piss?

  • steve

    TOP 96!!!YES!!
    Hey GV……you are a trooper(and thats coming from one)….unbelievable, but no cat piss?

  • Chad D.

    You forgot my favs: Blueberry scratch-n-sniff, oven brick pizza without the pizza so just the oven brick, weeds that you hate so much-cut them up and smell them, gold and silver ax, Mr. Clean, urinal at a carnival…
    Brilliant!! I loved hearing Eric in the background cracking up.
    Dirt 91!!!

  • Chad D.

    You forgot my favs: Blueberry scratch-n-sniff, oven brick pizza without the pizza so just the oven brick, weeds that you hate so much-cut them up and smell them, gold and silver ax, Mr. Clean, urinal at a carnival…
    Brilliant!! I loved hearing Eric in the background cracking up.
    Dirt 91!!!

  • Nothing says love like eating a sweaty sock! I want to see this episode on cnbc!

  • Nothing says love like eating a sweaty sock! I want to see this episode on cnbc!

  • Ryan M.

    Ahaha! Great Episode!

  • Ryan M.

    Ahaha! Great Episode!

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  • Darlene O.

    Gary, Gary, Gary!!!! HO LEE COW!!!!! I’m impressed with your valiant try on all fronts. But hey…what about ‘leather’, ‘tobacco’, and ‘barnyard’, eh? :}

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