EP 316 Highly Rated Zinfandel

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some wines scored really high today and they all are Zinfandel’s and should be yummy. Let’s see what happens.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Chateau Montelena Estate ZinfandelNapa Red Zinfandel
2004 Jc Cellars Arrowhead ZinfandelOther California Red Zinfandel
2004 Ravenswood Old Hill ZinfandelSonoma Red Zinfandel

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corkscrew

Love Zin, have had Chat M Cab, JC Syrah, Ravenswood a few different Zins. QOTD-Mortgage Banker. http://www.winelx.com

Tags: red, review, Video, wine, wines, zinfandel

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  • It´s hard to find Cali zinfandel here in Brazil.
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  • Dominus

    QOTD: I work for a large publisher and we print magazines on the subjects of business aviation and aftermarket maintenance. Other things I do are play tennis, enjoy wine, Mozart and the Colts, of course.

    Great show. Love the Zins, especially Haywood and Ridge.

    Go Colts!

  • Dominus

    QOTD: I work for a large publisher and we print magazines on the subjects of business aviation and aftermarket maintenance. Other things I do are play tennis, enjoy wine, Mozart and the Colts, of course.

    Great show. Love the Zins, especially Haywood and Ridge.

    Go Colts!

  • Full time student (yay for the G.I BILL) sales rep for Pascal wines (imports mostly fine French and Italian wines) I’m a tour guide and hist for Sacramento Wine and Nightlife Tours (I have my own wine tour! The Dave Grega wine tour) I work in a tasting room in Clarksburg CA…oh and I run my own Sacramento wine web site (www.Wine16.com) thats about it!

  • Full time student (yay for the G.I BILL) sales rep for Pascal wines (imports mostly fine French and Italian wines) I’m a tour guide and hist for Sacramento Wine and Nightlife Tours (I have my own wine tour! The Dave Grega wine tour) I work in a tasting room in Clarksburg CA…oh and I run my own Sacramento wine web site (www.Wine16.com) thats about it!

  • chenrys

    We love zinfandels here. We drive American cars, too.

    QOTD: Carl is a computer programmer and I’m an artist/gardener.

  • chenrys

    We love zinfandels here. We drive American cars, too.

    QOTD: Carl is a computer programmer and I’m an artist/gardener.

  • Brian

    I work with yeast and moulds all day long. Guess you could throw in bacteria,viruses, and parasites. I also like to cook and drink wine 😛

  • I’m a psychiatrist and the Medical Director of a children’s charity, professionally speaking—that’s what I do to make a living. Sailing my boat, roasting my coffee, and drinking my wine—that’s what I live for!

  • Brian

    I work with yeast and moulds all day long. Guess you could throw in bacteria,viruses, and parasites. I also like to cook and drink wine 😛

  • I’m a psychiatrist and the Medical Director of a children’s charity, professionally speaking—that’s what I do to make a living. Sailing my boat, roasting my coffee, and drinking my wine—that’s what I live for!

  • radosox

    QOTD: I lurk. Until now!!!
    Really–university fund raiser by day. Nights are divided between wife, wine, grad school, Simpsons reruns, Cowboys, Red Sox and the stack of novels on the bedside table.

    …and I love a good zin. Great show!

  • radosox

    QOTD: I lurk. Until now!!!
    Really–university fund raiser by day. Nights are divided between wife, wine, grad school, Simpsons reruns, Cowboys, Red Sox and the stack of novels on the bedside table.

    …and I love a good zin. Great show!

  • Schwag question –
    “tannic but complete, firm and tight”
    “nice hints of cinnamon, and I’m a cinnamon fan”

    Cheers!

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I am the head of IT for a College at the University of Houston. (Information Services Manager). I am married to a beautiful woman and I have a very good life. I try to eat good food and drink good wine. 🙂

  • Schwag question –
    “tannic but complete, firm and tight”
    “nice hints of cinnamon, and I’m a cinnamon fan”

    Cheers!

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I am the head of IT for a College at the University of Houston. (Information Services Manager). I am married to a beautiful woman and I have a very good life. I try to eat good food and drink good wine. 🙂

  • Bill & Wendy

    Bill = Telecommunications Tech
    Wendy = Neurology Research Tech
    Sitting on our patio, after work, having Kimchi and olive bread with Torres Vino Esmeralda Moscatel – Gevourztarminer 2006.

  • Bill & Wendy

    Bill = Telecommunications Tech
    Wendy = Neurology Research Tech
    Sitting on our patio, after work, having Kimchi and olive bread with Torres Vino Esmeralda Moscatel – Gevourztarminer 2006.

  • Greg B.

    Big G,

    I was able to try the Lodi Ravenswood that you liked and you were on the $, so I’ll have to try a couple of these beauties…

    QOTD: Family, Friends, Film, Chicago Bears, Wine and Holidays. Bring it!

  • Greg B.

    Big G,

    I was able to try the Lodi Ravenswood that you liked and you were on the $, so I’ll have to try a couple of these beauties…

    QOTD: Family, Friends, Film, Chicago Bears, Wine and Holidays. Bring it!

  • Hey Gary!

    Can’t wait to see you on Ellen’s show on Thursday. Sorry about the Jets this weekend. I thought they were going to tie it.

    QOTD: I quit my tech nerd job 3 months ago and I’ve starting Senor Sangria. We are looking to bottle great tasting sangria. Ultimately we want to see our bottles at all bars, restaurants and liquor stores. Maybe one day our sangria will be in your store. hint hintâ?¦.

    You’re changing the wine world and I’m changing the sangria world. 🙂

    Check us out at http://www.sangria.net our site will bet a face lift at the end of the year when we finish our labelâ?¦.

    Cheers!
    ~ Rick

  • Hey Gary!

    Can’t wait to see you on Ellen’s show on Thursday. Sorry about the Jets this weekend. I thought they were going to tie it.

    QOTD: I quit my tech nerd job 3 months ago and I’ve starting Senor Sangria. We are looking to bottle great tasting sangria. Ultimately we want to see our bottles at all bars, restaurants and liquor stores. Maybe one day our sangria will be in your store. hint hintâ?¦.

    You’re changing the wine world and I’m changing the sangria world. 🙂

    Check us out at http://www.sangria.net our site will bet a face lift at the end of the year when we finish our labelâ?¦.

    Cheers!
    ~ Rick

  • ramona

    QOTD a pharmacist
    LOVE ZINS

  • ramona

    QOTD a pharmacist
    LOVE ZINS

  • I’m a young twentysomething who likes to listen to Roy Orbison records, play jazz in coffee shops, bike three times a week, and run around with little kids on my shoulders.

  • I’m a young twentysomething who likes to listen to Roy Orbison records, play jazz in coffee shops, bike three times a week, and run around with little kids on my shoulders.

  • Josh

    QOTD: I’m a CKC who just started watching you last night and have already added you onto my Facebook (thanks for the message)… I also teach – this is all needed after a day with 8th graders. Thanks.

  • Josh

    QOTD: I’m a CKC who just started watching you last night and have already added you onto my Facebook (thanks for the message)… I also teach – this is all needed after a day with 8th graders. Thanks.

  • Grant

    QOTD: I’m a math teacher….Go Millers

  • Grant

    QOTD: I’m a math teacher….Go Millers

  • Jarred

    QOD- I WORK as a marketing director for a hospital so I can do triathlons and drink wine to LIVE.

    Love the Zins

  • Jarred

    QOD- I WORK as a marketing director for a hospital so I can do triathlons and drink wine to LIVE.

    Love the Zins

  • Danny C

    QOD – I work for AIG’s Private Client Group…and Gary I got something we need to talk about…I got ideas!!! Good luck on Ellen, keep it real (cause I know you will).

  • Danny C

    QOD – I work for AIG’s Private Client Group…and Gary I got something we need to talk about…I got ideas!!! Good luck on Ellen, keep it real (cause I know you will).

  • Danny C

    QOD – I work for AIG’s Private Client Group…and Gary I got something we need to talk about…I got ideas! Good luck on Ellen. Keep it real (cause I know you will).

  • TimF

    Great, I ordered that JC Cellars for our offline in a couple of weeks…

    QOTD: I enter contests.

  • Danny C

    QOD – I work for AIG’s Private Client Group…and Gary I got something we need to talk about…I got ideas! Good luck on Ellen. Keep it real (cause I know you will).

  • TimF

    Great, I ordered that JC Cellars for our offline in a couple of weeks…

    QOTD: I enter contests.

  • Norcal

    Awesome show. Love the Zinfandel!

    Glad you didn’t start singing that Laffy Taffy song. I feel you on that smell, but man, that song needs to go.

    QOTD: I’m a geneticist.

  • Tgatesman

    Loved your article in the new Men’s Health! Can’t wait to see new ones down the road.

    QOTD: I’m a pharmacist at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA.

  • Norcal

    Awesome show. Love the Zinfandel!

    Glad you didn’t start singing that Laffy Taffy song. I feel you on that smell, but man, that song needs to go.

    QOTD: I’m a geneticist.

  • Tgatesman

    Loved your article in the new Men’s Health! Can’t wait to see new ones down the road.

    QOTD: I’m a pharmacist at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA.

  • Saftig

    QOTD: Ex-banker, ex-translator, military veteran/Wife/Mom, anti-war activist, transcriptionist, proofreader, and my first love, football (okay, soccer) referee.

  • Saftig

    QOTD: Ex-banker, ex-translator, military veteran/Wife/Mom, anti-war activist, transcriptionist, proofreader, and my first love, football (okay, soccer) referee.

  • GARY!

    I’m watching this episode while WEARING YOUR DAMN DODGEBALL SHIRT! Please let this end the whiney-boy “nobody loves my dodgeball t-shirt” rant!

    QOD: I write software, do a radio show about the wine industry, I raise two gorgeous kids, I take classes toward becoming a winemaker, and I drink wine from time to time.

    Remember, it’s not the resveratrol, it’s the procyanidins!

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