EP 247 Pinot Gris A Grape We Should All Be Drinking

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 4 wonderful, or not so wonderful Pinot Gris today and asks if you have had any and if so what you think.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Nyakas Pinot GrisHungarian Other White Wine
2006 Benton Lane Pinot GrisOregon Pinot Gris
2005 Mac Murray Ranch Pinot GrisSonoma Pinot Gris/Grigio/Blanc
2006 Huia Pinot GrisNew Zealand Pinot Gris

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Phredd

QOTD: Battle scenes. Yep, all-out war, with stick figures and little swoosh marks for the bombs and the bullets. None of my stick figures actually were dead, though. Only the machines got “killed”. At heart, I was always really a pacifist.

Tags: Gris, Hungarian, oregon, Pinot, review, Sonoma, Video, white wines, wine, wines

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  • Rob B.

    FIRST????
    QOTD: not much of an artist.

  • Rob B.

    FIRST????
    QOTD: not much of an artist.

  • Awesome! We all need to drink more Pinot Gris! mmmmm…. cloves.

    QOTD: skulls, spiderwebs, and fat people. truly.

    I would love to see you try a wine from Temecula, California.

  • DrEdwardo

    3rd. Now to watch the episode.

    Edwardo

  • Awesome! We all need to drink more Pinot Gris! mmmmm…. cloves.

    QOTD: skulls, spiderwebs, and fat people. truly.

    I would love to see you try a wine from Temecula, California.

  • DrEdwardo

    3rd. Now to watch the episode.

    Edwardo

  • Grasshopper

    Sensei,

    Congrats on the ABC News article….

    everyone…check it out!!!

    http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3234793&page=1

    Grasshopper

  • vibemore

    QOTD: I grew up in Iowa so we all had to do our own version’s of Grant Wood’s (an artist from Iowa) American Gothic.

  • Grasshopper

    Sensei,

    Congrats on the ABC News article….

    everyone…check it out!!!

    http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3234793&page=1

    Grasshopper

  • vibemore

    QOTD: I grew up in Iowa so we all had to do our own version’s of Grant Wood’s (an artist from Iowa) American Gothic.

  • vibemore

    version’s?
    I mean version

  • vibemore

    version’s?
    I mean version

  • jorge

    No Pinot Gris from Alsace? I protest! Those are the only ones for me.

  • jorge

    No Pinot Gris from Alsace? I protest! Those are the only ones for me.

  • waibeans

    nice.. i have an austrian pinot gris waiting to be drunk. this will be a good intro to the flavors.

  • waibeans

    nice.. i have an austrian pinot gris waiting to be drunk. this will be a good intro to the flavors.

  • Karl Laczko

    Yay, Hungarian wine! Boo, it sucked (sort of)!

  • Karl Laczko

    Yay, Hungarian wine! Boo, it sucked (sort of)!

  • Ben N.

    Early again today. I like pinot gris there good daring the summer.

  • Ben N.

    Early again today. I like pinot gris there good daring the summer.

  • SP

    QOTD: Wine bottles, haha, j/k…

  • Shad

    Lurker….first posting….had a Pinot Gris from Buena Vista in Sonoma that didn’t seem to be posing as Chardonnay, but I’m a relative novice so what do I know.

    QOTD-4X4 Trucks..good times

  • SP

    QOTD: Wine bottles, haha, j/k…

  • Shad

    Lurker….first posting….had a Pinot Gris from Buena Vista in Sonoma that didn’t seem to be posing as Chardonnay, but I’m a relative novice so what do I know.

    QOTD-4X4 Trucks..good times

  • MrTC

    Fairly uninteresting grape still made interesting – though in the end it turns out the wines *are* uninteresting after all. Off to Sicily for a week, watching forward to watching ‘episode 12’ when I’m back! Very much wondering how you’ll hold out…

  • MrTC

    Fairly uninteresting grape still made interesting – though in the end it turns out the wines *are* uninteresting after all. Off to Sicily for a week, watching forward to watching ‘episode 12’ when I’m back! Very much wondering how you’ll hold out…

  • MrTC

    Oh forgot the QOTD: penguins! No further comment :)…

  • MrTC

    Oh forgot the QOTD: penguins! No further comment :)…

  • Karl Laczko

    QOTD – didn’t, my drawing sucks more than that Magyar Pinot Gris, much better with words.

    Oh, and England have just scored againt Brazil, John Terry, 68th minute free kick. (Real) Football rules!

  • Karl Laczko

    QOTD – didn’t, my drawing sucks more than that Magyar Pinot Gris, much better with words.

    Oh, and England have just scored againt Brazil, John Terry, 68th minute free kick. (Real) Football rules!

  • Autoproxy

    I prefer the Benton Lane Pinot Noir, personally.

    QOTD: I wasn’t much of a drawer…just a dreamer. Still true.

  • Autoproxy

    I prefer the Benton Lane Pinot Noir, personally.

    QOTD: I wasn’t much of a drawer…just a dreamer. Still true.

  • Matt the Lurker

    This is as close as I will ever be to first.

  • Matt the Lurker

    This is as close as I will ever be to first.

  • QOTD: I used to draw policemen, soldiers, cowboys, athletes, planes, cars, and ships, I could never draw worth a damn. I probably figured that out around age 7. When they made me draw after that, I stuck to Jackson Pollock-esque abstract stuff.

  • QOTD: I used to draw policemen, soldiers, cowboys, athletes, planes, cars, and ships, I could never draw worth a damn. I probably figured that out around age 7. When they made me draw after that, I stuck to Jackson Pollock-esque abstract stuff.

  • Ken B.

    Gary,

    Enjoyed the show as always. QOTD: I drew a very poor apple in kindergarten and was traumatized that my classmates made fun of it.

    I will definitely give Pinot Gris a try. My wife is a white wine fan, but I need to expand my mind a little in terms of white wine. I am definitely tired of mediocre Chardonnay.

    Thanks for the info.

    Ken B.

  • Pinot G: Can’t remember my last one, to be completely honest, but will indulge this w.e. Also, re: the ABC News thang, we need to let folks know what’s up here at WLTV that it’s not just cat pee and big league chew (although there is that!). Anyway, I’m heading over to set ’em straight! They didn’t say anything about WL and how it was trailblazing in Internet wine sales. I have to say, I thought the piece was a little like a $20 bottle of sterling cab: okay for what it is, but disjointed, uneven, and a bit heated. It’s like: “YEAH. He’s the BAD BOY of the wine world!!” And yeah, he is, but he’s also a market-savvy oenophile business dude who knows his stuff. But the dirt and Cristal chaser is more salacious and sells, guess. Okay, dirt and Cristal as a chaser does pretty much *rock*… 😀

  • Ken B.

    Gary,

    Enjoyed the show as always. QOTD: I drew a very poor apple in kindergarten and was traumatized that my classmates made fun of it.

    I will definitely give Pinot Gris a try. My wife is a white wine fan, but I need to expand my mind a little in terms of white wine. I am definitely tired of mediocre Chardonnay.

    Thanks for the info.

    Ken B.

  • Pinot G: Can’t remember my last one, to be completely honest, but will indulge this w.e. Also, re: the ABC News thang, we need to let folks know what’s up here at WLTV that it’s not just cat pee and big league chew (although there is that!). Anyway, I’m heading over to set ’em straight! They didn’t say anything about WL and how it was trailblazing in Internet wine sales. I have to say, I thought the piece was a little like a $20 bottle of sterling cab: okay for what it is, but disjointed, uneven, and a bit heated. It’s like: “YEAH. He’s the BAD BOY of the wine world!!” And yeah, he is, but he’s also a market-savvy oenophile business dude who knows his stuff. But the dirt and Cristal chaser is more salacious and sells, guess. Okay, dirt and Cristal as a chaser does pretty much *rock*… 😀

  • QOTD: interestingly enough I didn’t draw much in childhood I picked it up much later.

  • QOTD: interestingly enough I didn’t draw much in childhood I picked it up much later.

  • geespot

    Love the gris. QOD: I drew a lot of geometric shapes, 3-d stuff, little skill, lots of ink.

  • geespot

    Love the gris. QOD: I drew a lot of geometric shapes, 3-d stuff, little skill, lots of ink.

  • John Blue Label

    GV,
    Lot of passes today. Oh well, will wait for the Pinot Grigio episode.
    QOTD: “Rockets, I want plenty of Rockets”.
    BTW, what TV show is this line from, and who said it.

  • John Blue Label

    GV,
    Lot of passes today. Oh well, will wait for the Pinot Grigio episode.
    QOTD: “Rockets, I want plenty of Rockets”.
    BTW, what TV show is this line from, and who said it.

  • In class, as a kid, I drew jets. Now don’t get too excited; I mean the kind that fly and shoot at other jets.

    An excellent insight on the Pinot Gris trying to be Chardonnay. Keep unmasking those impostors.

  • In class, as a kid, I drew jets. Now don’t get too excited; I mean the kind that fly and shoot at other jets.

    An excellent insight on the Pinot Gris trying to be Chardonnay. Keep unmasking those impostors.

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I drew ever expanding geometric patterns on my notes in class. In later years if I was REAL bored I would write out lyrics to songs like “Hotel California”.

    I would not mind some shows to be about wines you recommend. Maybe you could keep it to 1 a month or 1 a quarter as you could do more wines in one of those episodes.

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I drew ever expanding geometric patterns on my notes in class. In later years if I was REAL bored I would write out lyrics to songs like “Hotel California”.

    I would not mind some shows to be about wines you recommend. Maybe you could keep it to 1 a month or 1 a quarter as you could do more wines in one of those episodes.

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