EP 311 Wine Values Week Starts Today. p.s. I am sad

Gary Vaynerchuk stumbles into the office after a brutal opening week in the NFL for his beloved Jets and tries to put on his game face. Plus a major surprise.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Shooting Star Blue FrancOther Washington Red Wine
2005 Grimaldi Dolcetto D’albaDolcetto d’Alba
2005 Corte Agnella Corvina VeroneseVeronese IGT
2005 Heartland ShirazAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

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Cheryl Henry Baker

keith olberman. MEH. over-rated like a lot of wines.

Tags: Dolcetto d'Alba, red, review, shiraz, Veronese, Video, washington state, wine, wines

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  • What’s up with the Pats using a camera to steal signals? They’re baaaad!

  • Chris

    Hey gary sorry about the loss =( very impressed you still kept your composure even though I know you’re devastated, they’ll win next week

    P.S. – What’s your feeling about da Bears? (my favorite team)

    Chris Fox

    Happy birthday Sasha! I tried the email and it didn’t work, so I will write my wishes here, you must be proud of being the parent of the most energetic, enthusiastic, comical, and genuine person on earth, best wishes and many more!

  • Chris

    Hey gary sorry about the loss =( very impressed you still kept your composure even though I know you’re devastated, they’ll win next week

    P.S. – What’s your feeling about da Bears? (my favorite team)

    Chris Fox

    Happy birthday Sasha! I tried the email and it didn’t work, so I will write my wishes here, you must be proud of being the parent of the most energetic, enthusiastic, comical, and genuine person on earth, best wishes and many more!

  • alanl

    Good Show as usual.

    QOTD: I’m pretty sick over the idea that the Pats might have cheated. I hope its not true.

  • Bigsigar

    QOTD: Liars, cheaters, people out to make a buck at any (or anyone’s) expense; people who think that they are above law and common descency; people who will smile to your face while stabbing you in the back (or dipping into your wallet), people who impose one set of rules on you and follow a completely different set themselves……

    You know, Politicians.

  • alanl

    Good Show as usual.

    QOTD: I’m pretty sick over the idea that the Pats might have cheated. I hope its not true.

  • Bigsigar

    QOTD: Liars, cheaters, people out to make a buck at any (or anyone’s) expense; people who think that they are above law and common descency; people who will smile to your face while stabbing you in the back (or dipping into your wallet), people who impose one set of rules on you and follow a completely different set themselves……

    You know, Politicians.

  • Grape Expectations

    Wouldn’t you just know–free shipping AFTER you stop shipping to Washington state. Ah well. Guess I’ll have to patronize my local retailers, which is the whole point of the law, I guess.

    QOTD: Physically, hardly anything. Ethically, intolerance and bigotry.

  • Grape Expectations

    Wouldn’t you just know–free shipping AFTER you stop shipping to Washington state. Ah well. Guess I’ll have to patronize my local retailers, which is the whole point of the law, I guess.

    QOTD: Physically, hardly anything. Ethically, intolerance and bigotry.

  • nougat

    Gaz, I’ve had that Shooting Star, maybe the 2002, and it grew on me because it was a nice change up from what I normally drink.
    Happy B-day to Pops! Today is the 2nd anniversary of my dad’s passing and it was really nice to hear you speak about your dad that way. No way I have the guts to do what my dad did. I digress…
    QOTD: I am sickened by the attitude that so many of us have that we can live on this earth consuming and discarding the way we do with little or no long term reservations about what shape the planet will be in when our kids have kids…Thanks, I needed to say that! I’m also sick when I drink two bottles of wine in one night!

  • nougat

    Gaz, I’ve had that Shooting Star, maybe the 2002, and it grew on me because it was a nice change up from what I normally drink.
    Happy B-day to Pops! Today is the 2nd anniversary of my dad’s passing and it was really nice to hear you speak about your dad that way. No way I have the guts to do what my dad did. I digress…
    QOTD: I am sickened by the attitude that so many of us have that we can live on this earth consuming and discarding the way we do with little or no long term reservations about what shape the planet will be in when our kids have kids…Thanks, I needed to say that! I’m also sick when I drink two bottles of wine in one night!

  • Cypher

    Every time Gary says lurker they should play the theme from jaws. dun dun…..dun dun ……. dun dun dun dun. Signed a Lurker
    PS have you every done an episode on aging wine, like how long and why?

  • Cypher

    Every time Gary says lurker they should play the theme from jaws. dun dun…..dun dun ……. dun dun dun dun. Signed a Lurker
    PS have you every done an episode on aging wine, like how long and why?

  • Tom C

    QOTD: Paying too much for a bottle and saving it for a good occasion, then when you crack it open itâ??s terrible. THAT SUCKS!!!!

  • Tom C

    QOTD: Paying too much for a bottle and saving it for a good occasion, then when you crack it open itâ??s terrible. THAT SUCKS!!!!

  • H-Why

    Nice T-Shirt! Sorry it’s been a while since a comment. I’ll keep trying…

    QOTD: The Eagles Kickoff/Punt Returns on Sunday…

  • H-Why

    Nice T-Shirt! Sorry it’s been a while since a comment. I’ll keep trying…

    QOTD: The Eagles Kickoff/Punt Returns on Sunday…

  • NathanN

    Happy Birthday Sasha!! Iâ??m looking forward to the rest of the $13 week.

    Free Shipping always ROCKS!

    QOTD: People that get offended by any little thing. It actually doesnâ??t make me sick it just wears me out.

  • NathanN

    Happy Birthday Sasha!! Iâ??m looking forward to the rest of the $13 week.

    Free Shipping always ROCKS!

    QOTD: People that get offended by any little thing. It actually doesnâ??t make me sick it just wears me out.

  • Harley Stan

    Gary,sorry for your loss, great episode. As for shipping You Rock.
    QOTD anything from the inside of a baby, I don’t have children and I don’t know how parents do it.

  • Harley Stan

    Gary,sorry for your loss, great episode. As for shipping You Rock.
    QOTD anything from the inside of a baby, I don’t have children and I don’t know how parents do it.

  • rwfinger2

    Well GV get over the Jets issue. Life moves on. Isn’t the gift of red wine enough to enlighten your – well uh – LIFE! Football is an addiction that moves into territory beyond (possibly) alcohol addiction. And it comes with unreasonable expectations. Pull a friggin cork and make a homemade pizza with fresh basil, asiago and olives. THAT’S a better perspective with guaranteed results! Wisdom comes with age.

    QOTD- bad fishing days, when you are out of vino and the wine store JUST closed, moldy cheese, football season. Beach vollyball is ALWAYS a winner! Gotta be positive!

  • Kirk

    QOTD: People who allow their ego to get ahead of them when talking about wine. Wine is meant to be shared…just like knowedge. Don’t sit there on your throne and look down your nose at others who know less than you…at some point you were there too. Encourage them, talk to them, and put the Smack-down on others that think they know it all…..

  • rwfinger2

    Well GV get over the Jets issue. Life moves on. Isn’t the gift of red wine enough to enlighten your – well uh – LIFE! Football is an addiction that moves into territory beyond (possibly) alcohol addiction. And it comes with unreasonable expectations. Pull a friggin cork and make a homemade pizza with fresh basil, asiago and olives. THAT’S a better perspective with guaranteed results! Wisdom comes with age.

    QOTD- bad fishing days, when you are out of vino and the wine store JUST closed, moldy cheese, football season. Beach vollyball is ALWAYS a winner! Gotta be positive!

  • Kirk

    QOTD: People who allow their ego to get ahead of them when talking about wine. Wine is meant to be shared…just like knowedge. Don’t sit there on your throne and look down your nose at others who know less than you…at some point you were there too. Encourage them, talk to them, and put the Smack-down on others that think they know it all…..

  • rwfinger2

    QOTD-#2 – Striped shirts. Visit Salvation Army. They have LOTS of other shirt designs. (it’s been a GD week since you’ve worn anything else…)

  • rwfinger2

    QOTD-#2 – Striped shirts. Visit Salvation Army. They have LOTS of other shirt designs. (it’s been a GD week since you’ve worn anything else…)

  • E

    Way to soldier through it, and with an embarrassment of riches, breaking the Blaufrankisch barrier even! If it’s any consolation, my fantasy team would have been better off had I started my Jets …

    Happy birthday Sasha. Fortunately someone’s beaten me to the Russian.

    And thanks for the shipping, and at such a climactically opportune time too. (In other words, it’s actually cool enough for me to take advantage of it in the stix). So there’ll be something nice waiting for me at the end of my roadtrip.

    Sometimes it seems as though Keith Olbermann is the last great journalist left in US America (if you’ve seen Countdown, you know what I mean). That said, I wonder why he’s bothering with sports anymore. Let it go. That’s right up there with Dennis Miller bothering with sports (which, I think, was the last time he was actually funny).

    What makes me sick?
    Getting my fantasy football ass resoundingly kicked.
    Right-wing nutters.
    Other states that won’t let their good citizens get wine on the internets for bogus reasons (and I thought I lived in the stix).
    White zinfandel.
    Restaurants with crappy wine lists.
    Restaurants with NO wine lists.
    Cottage cheese.
    Yellow cheese, unless it’s on a burger.
    That freaky Taco Bell commercial with the stringy fake cheese burritos.
    Taco Bell, in general.
    People who use their cell phones while they’re driving.
    Not knowing the answer.
    Hot, humid climates.
    Having the home team lose every single, solitary time I go to a baseball game.
    What’s happened to the Kansas City Royals.
    Reality television.

  • E

    Way to soldier through it, and with an embarrassment of riches, breaking the Blaufrankisch barrier even! If it’s any consolation, my fantasy team would have been better off had I started my Jets …

    Happy birthday Sasha. Fortunately someone’s beaten me to the Russian.

    And thanks for the shipping, and at such a climactically opportune time too. (In other words, it’s actually cool enough for me to take advantage of it in the stix). So there’ll be something nice waiting for me at the end of my roadtrip.

    Sometimes it seems as though Keith Olbermann is the last great journalist left in US America (if you’ve seen Countdown, you know what I mean). That said, I wonder why he’s bothering with sports anymore. Let it go. That’s right up there with Dennis Miller bothering with sports (which, I think, was the last time he was actually funny).

    What makes me sick?
    Getting my fantasy football ass resoundingly kicked.
    Right-wing nutters.
    Other states that won’t let their good citizens get wine on the internets for bogus reasons (and I thought I lived in the stix).
    White zinfandel.
    Restaurants with crappy wine lists.
    Restaurants with NO wine lists.
    Cottage cheese.
    Yellow cheese, unless it’s on a burger.
    That freaky Taco Bell commercial with the stringy fake cheese burritos.
    Taco Bell, in general.
    People who use their cell phones while they’re driving.
    Not knowing the answer.
    Hot, humid climates.
    Having the home team lose every single, solitary time I go to a baseball game.
    What’s happened to the Kansas City Royals.
    Reality television.

  • Toke-Dawg

    QOTD: Snobiness, especially about wines.

  • Vinsant

    G-funk, sorry about your Jets, just think about next year’s high draft pick. Go Cowboys!
    QOTD- people with no sense of humor make me sick

  • Toke-Dawg

    QOTD: Snobiness, especially about wines.

  • Vinsant

    G-funk, sorry about your Jets, just think about next year’s high draft pick. Go Cowboys!
    QOTD- people with no sense of humor make me sick

  • Jerry the 2THDR

    QOTD: Restaurants that won’t let me bring my wine and tell me its against the law when 2-3 places on the same block are glad to see me with my wine. If a place won’t let me bring my wine for the above reason, I drink diet coke with my meal. The ones that admit that it is purely a profit driven decision get my wine business. Everyone has the right to run their places as they wish and I respect that,BUT when they dump bulls–t on me, I’m not coming back. Jerry the 2thdr

  • Jerry the 2THDR

    QOTD: Restaurants that won’t let me bring my wine and tell me its against the law when 2-3 places on the same block are glad to see me with my wine. If a place won’t let me bring my wine for the above reason, I drink diet coke with my meal. The ones that admit that it is purely a profit driven decision get my wine business. Everyone has the right to run their places as they wish and I respect that,BUT when they dump bulls–t on me, I’m not coming back. Jerry the 2thdr

  • Jason T

    Gary,

    Great show today. Thanks for the free shipping! Hope to make good use of it.

    QOTD: Michigan losing at the Big House to… well you know who! Come on Blue, you’re killing me!

  • Jason T

    Gary,

    Great show today. Thanks for the free shipping! Hope to make good use of it.

    QOTD: Michigan losing at the Big House to… well you know who! Come on Blue, you’re killing me!

  • Bobby B

    I am a lurker coming out of the cold. I had to give you props for this one. When I saw Oberman dump on the Jets the first thing I thought was, “What is Gary V going to say?” Thanks for squaring that one away.
    As for the QOTD: Politicians, News Media, and vegans all get lumped into the same nausea inducing bottle. This bottle is labeled as a white zinfandel.

  • Bobby B

    I am a lurker coming out of the cold. I had to give you props for this one. When I saw Oberman dump on the Jets the first thing I thought was, “What is Gary V going to say?” Thanks for squaring that one away.
    As for the QOTD: Politicians, News Media, and vegans all get lumped into the same nausea inducing bottle. This bottle is labeled as a white zinfandel.

  • QOTD: What makes me sick is the dumbing down of America and our fixation on catering to the lowest common denominator! It makes me sick!! Oh, and milk two weeks past its expiration date makes me sick, too.

  • QOTD: What makes me sick is the dumbing down of America and our fixation on catering to the lowest common denominator! It makes me sick!! Oh, and milk two weeks past its expiration date makes me sick, too.

  • Matt

    Lurker here:

    Love the show – you introduced me to sav blancs that have hints of jalepeno (loved it!)

    QOTD: Pretentious people at wine tastings and restaurants.

  • Matt

    Lurker here:

    Love the show – you introduced me to sav blancs that have hints of jalepeno (loved it!)

    QOTD: Pretentious people at wine tastings and restaurants.

  • matty H

    QOTD: Eating too much Mexican food (I live in Tucson) makes me very sick.

    One another note, I’ve taken your encouragement to try sparkling wines to heart, they are just about perfect for the hot afternoons we see here in Tucson.

  • matty H

    QOTD: Eating too much Mexican food (I live in Tucson) makes me very sick.

    One another note, I’ve taken your encouragement to try sparkling wines to heart, they are just about perfect for the hot afternoons we see here in Tucson.

  • Birthday message: Sent!

    Jets: See, this is why it’s good to, um, not be into football at all. No heartache!

    Lurker t-shirt: Fun!

    Free shipping: Fabulous! Time to click the Checkout button in my shopping cart.

    QOTD: Well…

    – Children who run wild and unsupervised inside restaurants. Not so much because they’re annoying, but mostly because I worry myself sick that they’ll get hurt. I mean, there are sharp table corners to bump heads on, pointy silverware on tables to grab, diners and servers to run (literally) into, and maybe there are kidnappers lurking about–all kinds of potential danger.

    – Parents of those children I just mentioned. You know, the ignorant types who have no control over their offspring, let ’em run loose to annoy their fellow diners or possibly hurt themselves, and don’t seem to care how far away their kids roam. I’ve had too many run-ins with those parents (after marching their kids back to them). Some people shouldn’t breed.

    – Okra. Whenever I order gumbo, I pick out all the nasty slimy okra chunks. And yeah, I know gumbo is based on okra, and plenty of people have teased me about it, but none of that changes the grossness.

    – Also, water chestnuts. And Lima beans. And liver prepared any way you can imagine.

    – Early morning meetings. I swear, if one more project manager schedules a meeting between 7:30 & 8:30 a.m., I’ll hurt someone.

    – Early morning meetings without coffee. I canNOT function in the morning without at least 2 cups of the stuff: I get cranky and headachy and all-around unpleasant.

    – Cigar smoke. Sorry cigar lovers but, um, can you please stand downwind while you puff on that nasty-smelling thing? Thanks.

    And… a few other things. But I’m trying to leave shorter comments rather than ramble so much (gee, doing a smashing job of that so far, eh?) Luckily, for each thing that sickens me there are probably 5 things that make me happy.

  • Birthday message: Sent!

    Jets: See, this is why it’s good to, um, not be into football at all. No heartache!

    Lurker t-shirt: Fun!

    Free shipping: Fabulous! Time to click the Checkout button in my shopping cart.

    QOTD: Well…

    – Children who run wild and unsupervised inside restaurants. Not so much because they’re annoying, but mostly because I worry myself sick that they’ll get hurt. I mean, there are sharp table corners to bump heads on, pointy silverware on tables to grab, diners and servers to run (literally) into, and maybe there are kidnappers lurking about–all kinds of potential danger.

    – Parents of those children I just mentioned. You know, the ignorant types who have no control over their offspring, let ’em run loose to annoy their fellow diners or possibly hurt themselves, and don’t seem to care how far away their kids roam. I’ve had too many run-ins with those parents (after marching their kids back to them). Some people shouldn’t breed.

    – Okra. Whenever I order gumbo, I pick out all the nasty slimy okra chunks. And yeah, I know gumbo is based on okra, and plenty of people have teased me about it, but none of that changes the grossness.

    – Also, water chestnuts. And Lima beans. And liver prepared any way you can imagine.

    – Early morning meetings. I swear, if one more project manager schedules a meeting between 7:30 & 8:30 a.m., I’ll hurt someone.

    – Early morning meetings without coffee. I canNOT function in the morning without at least 2 cups of the stuff: I get cranky and headachy and all-around unpleasant.

    – Cigar smoke. Sorry cigar lovers but, um, can you please stand downwind while you puff on that nasty-smelling thing? Thanks.

    And… a few other things. But I’m trying to leave shorter comments rather than ramble so much (gee, doing a smashing job of that so far, eh?) Luckily, for each thing that sickens me there are probably 5 things that make me happy.

  • SteveW

    Great Episode, love the Lurker shirt. Gary you can’t get too depressed over the Jet’s when they lose a game because they are probably going to lose about 9 or 10 more games this season, they are not a very good football team (they should try for the #1 pick in next years draft).
    QOTD: Free shipping when there’s No more shipping to Washington State, esp since you have been shipping me wine for the last two years.

  • SteveW

    Great Episode, love the Lurker shirt. Gary you can’t get too depressed over the Jet’s when they lose a game because they are probably going to lose about 9 or 10 more games this season, they are not a very good football team (they should try for the #1 pick in next years draft).
    QOTD: Free shipping when there’s No more shipping to Washington State, esp since you have been shipping me wine for the last two years.

  • Moselman

    QOTD: The “new” B.C. Vancouvers hockey sweaters (jerseys to y’all). So now we have 2 B.C. professional teams, the Lions and the Vancouvers. How lame…

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