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EP 363 Gary’s Wines Of Choice If He Had Gone Shopping

This could be a lot of fun, Gary Vaynerchuk breaks down into consumer mode and picks out a few things he would have picked if he went into a wine shop in another city like Madison, Wisconsin or San Fran.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Nora AlbarinoSpanish Albarino
2006 Vina Chocalan CarmenereChile Carmenere

2002 Marques De Grinon Petit VerdotOther Spanish Red Wine

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Nick

Already drink a lot of Carmenère. Finding out Albarino right now!

Tags: Albarino, Carmenere, other, red, review, Spanish, Video, white, wine

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  • David

    Sorry about the 0 for 3, but it makes me feel better that even you can strike out at a (your) wine shop, which of course is why I like buying wine from WL after seeing your reviews!

    QOTD: Whole Foods at Columbus Circle in NYC.

  • David

    Sorry about the 0 for 3, but it makes me feel better that even you can strike out at a (your) wine shop, which of course is why I like buying wine from WL after seeing your reviews!

    QOTD: Whole Foods at Columbus Circle in NYC.

  • Truck across town to Whole Foods for the “high-end” ingredients for the week. All the faceless name-brand stuff is from Wal-e-world. Currently do my wine shopping at a little place called Old Town Liquors.

  • Truck across town to Whole Foods for the “high-end” ingredients for the week. All the faceless name-brand stuff is from Wal-e-world. Currently do my wine shopping at a little place called Old Town Liquors.

  • I shop at Winn Dixie for pantry type items and at the farmers’ market for produce. I pass through a few small towns on my way to work and there are often farmers on the side of the road selling onions, sweet potatoes, strawberries, etc., so I find myself shopping along LA Hwy 51 as well! I do have to make the trek to Whole Foods for my Tofurkey slices, though…..I am SO addicted to those!

  • I shop at Winn Dixie for pantry type items and at the farmers’ market for produce. I pass through a few small towns on my way to work and there are often farmers on the side of the road selling onions, sweet potatoes, strawberries, etc., so I find myself shopping along LA Hwy 51 as well! I do have to make the trek to Whole Foods for my Tofurkey slices, though…..I am SO addicted to those!

  • Harley Stan
  • Harley Stan

  • QOTD: I shop at Ukrop’s – it’s specific to the Richmond, VA area, and it’s fantastic. I even worked there when I was still in college 🙂

  • QOTD: I shop at Ukrop’s – it’s specific to the Richmond, VA area, and it’s fantastic. I even worked there when I was still in college 🙂

  • Tommy Vernieri

    Gary, that was a fantastic show. You showed people that there’s no good way to pick great wines all the time and you tried to get across that it’s fun for people to drink many different kinds of wine, even if they don’t especially like them.

    Plus you were wacky excited at the beginning and serious but still engaging at the end. That makes WLTV so great, I’m so glad you aren’t putting an unneeded warning at the beginning of these episodes.

    QOTD: For groceries I shop about 50% at Whole Foods and 50% at Harris Teeter (both in Mount Pleasant, SC), but not the Harris Teeter that’s next to the Whole Foods, that one sucks for some reason. I guess they gave up when Whole Foods showed up. I do pretty much always get meats and cheeses from Whole Foods though. Their cheese counter is awesome.

  • Tommy Vernieri

    Gary, that was a fantastic show. You showed people that there’s no good way to pick great wines all the time and you tried to get across that it’s fun for people to drink many different kinds of wine, even if they don’t especially like them.

    Plus you were wacky excited at the beginning and serious but still engaging at the end. That makes WLTV so great, I’m so glad you aren’t putting an unneeded warning at the beginning of these episodes.

    QOTD: For groceries I shop about 50% at Whole Foods and 50% at Harris Teeter (both in Mount Pleasant, SC), but not the Harris Teeter that’s next to the Whole Foods, that one sucks for some reason. I guess they gave up when Whole Foods showed up. I do pretty much always get meats and cheeses from Whole Foods though. Their cheese counter is awesome.

  • mrzitro

    QOTD: Fresh Market
    If Tallahassee had a Whole Foods, I’d shop there alot also.

  • mrzitro

    QOTD: Fresh Market
    If Tallahassee had a Whole Foods, I’d shop there alot also.

  • PASO WINO

    Gary, bummer on the wines today, but I can’t wait for a show all about Albarino. Even GV can go 0 for 3. That makes me feel good.
    I will say this is a perfect example why I don’t buy wine in a shop, unless I’ve tasted it or someone has recomended a bottle. I don’t make enough money to burn on OK wine. Maybe when I become Daddy Warbucks I can burn money on whatever bottles, but for now I usually take the safe route. Thanks Gary!!!

    QOTD: Trader Joe’s, the BEST for quality and fun, but also amazing value for all those people who don’t know. Oh yeah and I work their, but seriously Trader’s is awesome and I rarely shop at the main supermarkets.

  • PASO WINO

    Gary, bummer on the wines today, but I can’t wait for a show all about Albarino. Even GV can go 0 for 3. That makes me feel good.
    I will say this is a perfect example why I don’t buy wine in a shop, unless I’ve tasted it or someone has recomended a bottle. I don’t make enough money to burn on OK wine. Maybe when I become Daddy Warbucks I can burn money on whatever bottles, but for now I usually take the safe route. Thanks Gary!!!

    QOTD: Trader Joe’s, the BEST for quality and fun, but also amazing value for all those people who don’t know. Oh yeah and I work their, but seriously Trader’s is awesome and I rarely shop at the main supermarkets.

  • Adam

    Whole Foods, Costco, and Farmer’s markets when possible.

  • Adam

    Whole Foods, Costco, and Farmer’s markets when possible.

  • Grapedigger

    Too bad for the PV, I was looking forward to try the 03, as it’s available here in SAQ montreal (40$)..Well, now I am backing off from it, especially at this price tag. Find us some good widely available 100% PV to try. Cheers

  • Grapedigger

    Too bad for the PV, I was looking forward to try the 03, as it’s available here in SAQ montreal (40$)..Well, now I am backing off from it, especially at this price tag. Find us some good widely available 100% PV to try. Cheers

  • Aaron

    Gary,

    What was nice about this show was that even though you didn’t like the wines, at least on the first two you didn’t throw money down the drain. I hate getting that expensive bottle knowing that I could have had something just as good for half the price. As someone who has been watching regular for only a month or so, I am just glad to a place that understands that wine is all about the experience.

    Missed yesterday (stupid hotel internet cut me off) but… The best was Bouchon in LV, liked it better than French Landry (which was great but I love bistro style food).

  • Oregon Jim

    QOTD – Any place that has a good wine selection!

    We all outsmart ourselves when buying wine. If you don’t step outside your comfort zone you are going to get a lot of losers. Finding a new favorite it so much fun, and often it is something that is totally against the grain. That is what makes it so fun and rewarding. There are 200 different Oregon Wilammette Valley Pinot Noir producers. One state one grape. multiply that by all the world’s wine growing regions and grapes.

  • Aaron

    Gary,

    What was nice about this show was that even though you didn’t like the wines, at least on the first two you didn’t throw money down the drain. I hate getting that expensive bottle knowing that I could have had something just as good for half the price. As someone who has been watching regular for only a month or so, I am just glad to a place that understands that wine is all about the experience.

    Missed yesterday (stupid hotel internet cut me off) but… The best was Bouchon in LV, liked it better than French Landry (which was great but I love bistro style food).

  • Oregon Jim

    QOTD – Any place that has a good wine selection!

    We all outsmart ourselves when buying wine. If you don’t step outside your comfort zone you are going to get a lot of losers. Finding a new favorite it so much fun, and often it is something that is totally against the grain. That is what makes it so fun and rewarding. There are 200 different Oregon Wilammette Valley Pinot Noir producers. One state one grape. multiply that by all the world’s wine growing regions and grapes.

  • Araldite

    Publix for general stuff, Whole Foods for fish, cheese, specialties, Costco for mostly dry goods, dog food, paper goods, detergents, and Total Wine because it’s the only wine store near me. WL for special wines.

  • Araldite

    Publix for general stuff, Whole Foods for fish, cheese, specialties, Costco for mostly dry goods, dog food, paper goods, detergents, and Total Wine because it’s the only wine store near me. WL for special wines.

  • The Boise co-op organic foods and where they have a big wine selection

  • The Boise co-op organic foods and where they have a big wine selection

  • John Watson

    We buy our groceries at two places here in Portland. 1) a local place called New Seasons, which is like Whole Foods, except cheaper and more accessible. Great meat, great produce, great selection. 2) Trader Joe’s, baby.

  • John Watson

    We buy our groceries at two places here in Portland. 1) a local place called New Seasons, which is like Whole Foods, except cheaper and more accessible. Great meat, great produce, great selection. 2) Trader Joe’s, baby.

  • HuskerJamie

    Three places here in Lincoln. Leon’s, Ideal Grocery and Open Harvest Organic.

  • HuskerJamie

    Three places here in Lincoln. Leon’s, Ideal Grocery and Open Harvest Organic.

  • wfdeac

    Thanks for the episode Gary.

    QOTD: Harris-Teeter and Whole Foods

  • wfdeac

    Thanks for the episode Gary.

    QOTD: Harris-Teeter and Whole Foods

  • cliff

    garyv is half robot…that’s radool! qotd – safeway

  • cliff

    garyv is half robot…that’s radool! qotd – safeway

  • Scott

    Too bad the Nora was a bust. I tasted the 2005 this summer and was really impressed with my first taste of an Albarino so I bought a bottle. As always, GV was right, it was great with a spicy halibut dish.

    QOTD:
    I do my shopping at a midwest chain, Hy-Vee, even though Whole Foods is closer and they have a better wine section.

  • Scott

    Too bad the Nora was a bust. I tasted the 2005 this summer and was really impressed with my first taste of an Albarino so I bought a bottle. As always, GV was right, it was great with a spicy halibut dish.

    QOTD:
    I do my shopping at a midwest chain, Hy-Vee, even though Whole Foods is closer and they have a better wine section.

  • JamesN.

    Gary,
    QOTD; Giant Eagle, and Trader Joes.

  • JamesN.

    Gary,
    QOTD; Giant Eagle, and Trader Joes.

  • In the summer I try to purchase as much as possible from farmers markets. Other than that, it’s mostly Trader Joes.

  • In the summer I try to purchase as much as possible from farmers markets. Other than that, it’s mostly Trader Joes.

  • E

    So do you always go for the Spanish stuff first when you’re randomly shopping or was that just near the door? Seriously, I would sit through a whole case’s worth of randomly grabbed stuff, duds or no.

    And yes, I have had the Longoria albarino and yes, it does kick ass. I didn’t even know they grew the stuff in California. Sharp, steely, rocky, beautiful stuff.

    QOD: Hy-Vee @ Marketplace (it’s an IA thing).

  • E

    So do you always go for the Spanish stuff first when you’re randomly shopping or was that just near the door? Seriously, I would sit through a whole case’s worth of randomly grabbed stuff, duds or no.

    And yes, I have had the Longoria albarino and yes, it does kick ass. I didn’t even know they grew the stuff in California. Sharp, steely, rocky, beautiful stuff.

    QOD: Hy-Vee @ Marketplace (it’s an IA thing).

  • KyleLikesTies

    Hey, GV … after the sake episode the other day … and after finishing up my gender-studies paper (Shout out to all the others from the Grad Student Crew who are stressing at the end of the term: Trying to get crap done for your classes, grading your students, putting in the hard-core hours.), I went out and bought a bottle of Mukune “Root of Innocence” to keep me company while packing for a trip to Central America … I know *nothing* about sake (no, really: *nothing*) … but thanks to WLTV, I said to hell with it, I’ll trust my own palate … The only really identifiable smell on the nose (and it followed through when I gave it a whirl) was coconut milk, which I love … As I’m reaching the end of the bottle 🙂 I have to say I *love* it … there’s a little heat, but it’s pretty controlled considering it’s 15% … Have you tried this one? -and- If, so, do you have more specific tasting notes? Look forward to catching up on WLTV when I’m back in the States next month!

    QoTD: I do my food shopping at a small, local “hippy” (organic / natural food, people that work there say “far out” and some have dreads, etc.) store … I go there mainly because nobody looks at me strangely when I spend 15 minutes spacing out and staring at vegetables, which is about the most relaxing thing I do all day (well, besides my glass of wine with dinner!).

  • KyleLikesTies

    Hey, GV … after the sake episode the other day … and after finishing up my gender-studies paper (Shout out to all the others from the Grad Student Crew who are stressing at the end of the term: Trying to get crap done for your classes, grading your students, putting in the hard-core hours.), I went out and bought a bottle of Mukune “Root of Innocence” to keep me company while packing for a trip to Central America … I know *nothing* about sake (no, really: *nothing*) … but thanks to WLTV, I said to hell with it, I’ll trust my own palate … The only really identifiable smell on the nose (and it followed through when I gave it a whirl) was coconut milk, which I love … As I’m reaching the end of the bottle 🙂 I have to say I *love* it … there’s a little heat, but it’s pretty controlled considering it’s 15% … Have you tried this one? -and- If, so, do you have more specific tasting notes? Look forward to catching up on WLTV when I’m back in the States next month!

    QoTD: I do my food shopping at a small, local “hippy” (organic / natural food, people that work there say “far out” and some have dreads, etc.) store … I go there mainly because nobody looks at me strangely when I spend 15 minutes spacing out and staring at vegetables, which is about the most relaxing thing I do all day (well, besides my glass of wine with dinner!).

  • lenny

    You will crash and burn at Table football!!!!!

    QOTD:

    Krogers. They are next door. Also sometimes at Central Market.

  • lenny

    You will crash and burn at Table football!!!!!

    QOTD:

    Krogers. They are next door. Also sometimes at Central Market.

  • FJDR

    QOTD: Ukrops, which is a Richmond, VA area chain. They don’t sell any alcoholic beverages, so it’s just for “food”. Oh, and Target sometimes.

  • FJDR

    QOTD: Ukrops, which is a Richmond, VA area chain. They don’t sell any alcoholic beverages, so it’s just for “food”. Oh, and Target sometimes.

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