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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  • MossyMo

    What did I draw as a kid? Imperial Walkers from Empire Strikes Back!

  • Susan

    Gary-Still have not tried Pinot Grigio yet… will soon!!!!
    🙂

  • Susan

    Gary- Thanks for educating us in the differences between Pinots!!
    Will try Pinot Gris first!!!!
    🙂

  • Susan

    Gary- Thanks for educating us in the differences between Pinots!!
    Will try Pinot Gris first!!!!
    🙂

  • Justin S

    Wow all those wines looked like they sucked, which has been my experience with Pinot Gris. I’ve gotta find a good one.

    My .02; Americans waste too much. Think about it.

    QOTD: I drew mostly military stuff and some sharks.

  • Justin S

    Wow all those wines looked like they sucked, which has been my experience with Pinot Gris. I’ve gotta find a good one.

    My .02; Americans waste too much. Think about it.

    QOTD: I drew mostly military stuff and some sharks.

  • randy d

    hey gary been watching the show for a few weeks now and love it great job. this is my first post and i have a question i have been seeing this count down and need to know what is it all about.

  • randy d

    hey gary been watching the show for a few weeks now and love it great job. this is my first post and i have a question i have been seeing this count down and need to know what is it all about.

  • Frank R

    Ninja turtles. Mostly Donatello with a little Leonardo on the side.

  • Frank R

    Ninja turtles. Mostly Donatello with a little Leonardo on the side.

  • Robin

    QOTD: I used to draw pictures of ladies, but the pictures were very malformed- very tiny waists-I remember that I knew they were off, but I couldn’t make them right. I took some drawing classes but the instructor just said that I had a nice “feel” for art which I think that I correctly interpreted as don’t give up my day job.
    I once had a pinot gris that I liked, but I can’t remember what it was. Maybe I should be taking notes.

  • Robin

    QOTD: I used to draw pictures of ladies, but the pictures were very malformed- very tiny waists-I remember that I knew they were off, but I couldn’t make them right. I took some drawing classes but the instructor just said that I had a nice “feel” for art which I think that I correctly interpreted as don’t give up my day job.
    I once had a pinot gris that I liked, but I can’t remember what it was. Maybe I should be taking notes.

  • wm mole

    Just read SF party notes. You guys rocked and did it right! Wine 2.0 looked way cool. jets jets jets go jets, go buy jets

  • wm mole

    Just read SF party notes. You guys rocked and did it right! Wine 2.0 looked way cool. jets jets jets go jets, go buy jets

  • great show show Gary, I like that you are often tasting the wines for the first time rather than recommending under 10 dollar blah blah wines. QOTD Snoopy, and daggers

  • great show show Gary, I like that you are often tasting the wines for the first time rather than recommending under 10 dollar blah blah wines. QOTD Snoopy, and daggers

  • H-Why

    OR – E – (going, going…) GONE!

    QOTD: Music notes and birds. No idea why the birds.

    As far as the fence goes, I like the exploration most of the time, but perhaps 2 times per month, I want to know what is QPR city. Although, focus on the $12 since it is the new $10.

    Actually, I’d love to see an insanity episode with steals for $7…

  • H-Why

    OR – E – (going, going…) GONE!

    QOTD: Music notes and birds. No idea why the birds.

    As far as the fence goes, I like the exploration most of the time, but perhaps 2 times per month, I want to know what is QPR city. Although, focus on the $12 since it is the new $10.

    Actually, I’d love to see an insanity episode with steals for $7…

  • Mason

    Only tried one Pinot Grigio from Oregon, from Luna Vineyards. Liked it quite a lot, but I tend to overlook Gris as an option when buying whites.

    QOTD: Star Wars vehicles/ships, cartoon characters, knives, guns, and jet planes. Adventure, I craved… (Yoda speak)

  • Mason

    Only tried one Pinot Grigio from Oregon, from Luna Vineyards. Liked it quite a lot, but I tend to overlook Gris as an option when buying whites.

    QOTD: Star Wars vehicles/ships, cartoon characters, knives, guns, and jet planes. Adventure, I craved… (Yoda speak)

  • ktw

    are we allowed to answer the QOD the way we hoped you would answer it? i hope you would say “wine bottles” – not in a weird wino way but more of a max fisher (rushmore reference) child genius kind of way.

  • ktw

    are we allowed to answer the QOD the way we hoped you would answer it? i hope you would say “wine bottles” – not in a weird wino way but more of a max fisher (rushmore reference) child genius kind of way.

  • Matt Czinger

    Nice camera resolution, new one?

    My favorite nose-in-the-air-at-the-alternative-name thing (e.g., pinot grigio vs pinot gris) is the fact that no one would eat a patagonian toothfish, but Chilean Sea-bass garners a big price-tag.

  • Matt Czinger

    Nice camera resolution, new one?

    My favorite nose-in-the-air-at-the-alternative-name thing (e.g., pinot grigio vs pinot gris) is the fact that no one would eat a patagonian toothfish, but Chilean Sea-bass garners a big price-tag.

  • Anonymous

    QOTD: I was never much of a doodler, but was quite a note-passing guy. Always trying to make friends crack up by writing a joke about something the teacher said or the way they looked. OH- and a shout out to a recent episode when you mentioned the infamous “do you like___? Circle one- YES, NO”. I was ALWAYS drawing the “MAYBE” box like it was my JOB! Kudos, BIG G.

  • YoungDave

    QOTD: I was never much of a doodler, but was quite a note-passing guy. Always trying to make friends crack up by writing a joke about something the teacher said or the way they looked. OH- and a shout out to a recent episode when you mentioned the infamous “do you like___? Circle one- YES, NO”. I was ALWAYS drawing the “MAYBE” box like it was my JOB! Kudos, BIG G.

  • Darlene O.

    Hey, Gary, as always, great episode! QOD: What did I draw in class? Attention!! (Hahaha!)

  • Darlene O.

    Hey, Gary, as always, great episode! QOD: What did I draw in class? Attention!! (Hahaha!)

  • Steve-o

    QOTD: Damn, I have notebooks absolutely filled, cover to cover with all sorts of stuff. Obviously there are the requisite dragons, demons, sea-monsters and weapons of mass destruction, but I also used to draw massive, intricate mazes and some pretty sweet rube-goldberg devices.

    Oh and I would draw extremely gory comic strips about things I would do to get out of class…hehehe.

    Rock on, G-Man. Hope the trip is going well!

  • Steve-o

    QOTD: Damn, I have notebooks absolutely filled, cover to cover with all sorts of stuff. Obviously there are the requisite dragons, demons, sea-monsters and weapons of mass destruction, but I also used to draw massive, intricate mazes and some pretty sweet rube-goldberg devices.

    Oh and I would draw extremely gory comic strips about things I would do to get out of class…hehehe.

    Rock on, G-Man. Hope the trip is going well!

  • Don’t forget the Auxerrois from Luxemburg and certainly don’t forget Grauburgunder from Germany when you do a next Pinot Gris ep! I’ve had some fabulous Grauburgunders (even spätleses and TBA’s) from Germany.
    QOTD: What did I draw? I went completely nuts on dinosaurs, so I still have piles of dinosaur drawings all over my place!
    C ya,
    t.

  • Don’t forget the Auxerrois from Luxemburg and certainly don’t forget Grauburgunder from Germany when you do a next Pinot Gris ep! I’ve had some fabulous Grauburgunders (even spätleses and TBA’s) from Germany.
    QOTD: What did I draw? I went completely nuts on dinosaurs, so I still have piles of dinosaur drawings all over my place!
    C ya,
    t.

  • QOTD: New England Patriots logos, of course!

  • QOTD: New England Patriots logos, of course!

  • countnocount

    To be honest, New World pinot gris is about as far down on my try-list as it can possibly be, but I might have to give the Benton Lane the proverbial “whirl.”

    QOTD: Heavily armored guys wielding swords or battle axes. (I freely admit, at the age of 12, I was a DnD geek.) A few years later, pornography.

  • countnocount

    To be honest, New World pinot gris is about as far down on my try-list as it can possibly be, but I might have to give the Benton Lane the proverbial “whirl.”

    QOTD: Heavily armored guys wielding swords or battle axes. (I freely admit, at the age of 12, I was a DnD geek.) A few years later, pornography.

  • MikeyB

    QOTD: martians

  • MikeyB

    QOTD: martians

  • Robert F

    Loooooooove the redheads! Not sure about non-Alsacian pinot gris though. Once I opened my girlfriend’s parents’ fridge and found a half empty bottle of “pink pinot grigio”. It was terrifying.

    QOTD: Ren and Stimpy, and spaceships. Or Ren and Stimpy IN a space ship (best episode ever). MMMMM space cabbage (that should be a tasting note)

  • Robert F

    Loooooooove the redheads! Not sure about non-Alsacian pinot gris though. Once I opened my girlfriend’s parents’ fridge and found a half empty bottle of “pink pinot grigio”. It was terrifying.

    QOTD: Ren and Stimpy, and spaceships. Or Ren and Stimpy IN a space ship (best episode ever). MMMMM space cabbage (that should be a tasting note)

  • Herm

    My wife said she drew small circles like grapes in a bunch….I usually drew airplanes or ships….is this like a Rorschach test? Thanks for the Pinot Gris episode….I tried a New Zealand sauvignon blanc last night and it was good….

  • Herm

    My wife said she drew small circles like grapes in a bunch….I usually drew airplanes or ships….is this like a Rorschach test? Thanks for the Pinot Gris episode….I tried a New Zealand sauvignon blanc last night and it was good….

  • Steve Carter

    QOTD: Hordes of dancing stick men

  • Steve Carter

    QOTD: Hordes of dancing stick men

  • Jennifer

    QOTD: Butterflies. I wasn’t very good at drawing, but a couple of wavy things on the side, tenticles and a smiley face, and voila. The Happy Butterfly.

  • Jennifer

    QOTD: Butterflies. I wasn’t very good at drawing, but a couple of wavy things on the side, tenticles and a smiley face, and voila. The Happy Butterfly.

  • SoCal

    G,
    Yea all caught up!
    QOTD: What did I draw in class? Thanks to my behavior I always “drew” detention slips. 🙂

  • SoCal

    G,
    Yea all caught up!
    QOTD: What did I draw in class? Thanks to my behavior I always “drew” detention slips. 🙂

  • QOTD: Stick men with elaborate heads.

    I used to drink nothing but reds, but last summer and recently I’ve bit hitting the whites. I love them, and it’s nice to drink seasonally. Nice episode; I’ll definitely be seeking out the Pinot Gris. How about an episode on non Pinot Grigio whites from Italy? Inzolia, Soave, Arneis, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Verdicchio, Grillo…so many to choose from.

  • QOTD: Stick men with elaborate heads.

    I used to drink nothing but reds, but last summer and recently I’ve bit hitting the whites. I love them, and it’s nice to drink seasonally. Nice episode; I’ll definitely be seeking out the Pinot Gris. How about an episode on non Pinot Grigio whites from Italy? Inzolia, Soave, Arneis, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Verdicchio, Grillo…so many to choose from.

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