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EP 367 Box Wine Tasting

Can box wine be good? That is a question that maybe taking a very interesting spin in a new direction, as more and more under 25 year old wine drinkers enter the wine market wineries are thinking of new ways to brand to that demo and today Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some of the newer efforts in the market.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Bandit Pinot Grigio
2006 Bota Box Chadonnay

2004 Cuvee de Pena
2005 Thirsty Lizard Shiraz

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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John__J

I'm open to wines in a box, although I feel dubious about them and have never bought one and don't have any plans to. I'm definitely not into wines in a can however, I know Coppola's even doing one of those. I tasted a cuvee de pena rose in a bottle, it wasn't awful for the $2 or 3.99 it cost wholesale.

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  • HipandKneeDoc

    QOTD:

    Best steak is from a barbecue at my house; Porterhouse that actually came out right.

    Worst is any of the various poultry substitutes that my wife tries to fool me with.

  • Senator

    Best steak: Without a doubt was a tenderloin my wife made a few years back that was served with a gorgonzola cheese sauce. We’ve had it a few times since then, but as with so many other things, your first is your best, right?

    Worst steak: Anytime my father-in-law cooks steaks on the grill. He has a very weird idea as to what constitutes good food. For instance, he sees no reason why you would pick green beans when they are small and tender, instead he waits until they are so large that a single seed would easily feed a family of four. Everytime he cooks steaks he cooks the living daylights out of them. I mean, I am talking “burnt offering” well done. They are extremely tough and dry. The kicker is he gets offended if you try to add BBQ sauce. I’m just trying to add moisture!

  • HipandKneeDoc

    QOTD:

    Best steak is from a barbecue at my house; Porterhouse that actually came out right.

    Worst is any of the various poultry substitutes that my wife tries to fool me with.

  • Senator

    Best steak: Without a doubt was a tenderloin my wife made a few years back that was served with a gorgonzola cheese sauce. We’ve had it a few times since then, but as with so many other things, your first is your best, right?

    Worst steak: Anytime my father-in-law cooks steaks on the grill. He has a very weird idea as to what constitutes good food. For instance, he sees no reason why you would pick green beans when they are small and tender, instead he waits until they are so large that a single seed would easily feed a family of four. Everytime he cooks steaks he cooks the living daylights out of them. I mean, I am talking “burnt offering” well done. They are extremely tough and dry. The kicker is he gets offended if you try to add BBQ sauce. I’m just trying to add moisture!

  • Don Y

    Best: Actually last nights was pretty good….about a 2 1/2 inch think ribeye seared well on the outside and med. rare on the inside. Great stuff!
    Worst: Any steak that is over cooked!!!

    Great job Gary, love the show!

  • Dorothy

    QOTD: best steak was at a steak restaurant El Gaucho in Seattle. Some friends of mine just decided to go out to a fancy dinner and picked this upscale place with a cigar bar and mink fur backed seats. I don’t even remember what type of steak I got but the whole experience was amazing and the steak unbelievably tender. It was my first experience at a restaurant with a sommelier which was fun too.

    Worst: Probably one I’ve made. I’ve made some really bad ones. I tend to over cook them, and with inexpensive cuts it can make for a rather chewy meal.

  • Don Y

    Best: Actually last nights was pretty good….about a 2 1/2 inch think ribeye seared well on the outside and med. rare on the inside. Great stuff!
    Worst: Any steak that is over cooked!!!

    Great job Gary, love the show!

  • Dorothy

    QOTD: best steak was at a steak restaurant El Gaucho in Seattle. Some friends of mine just decided to go out to a fancy dinner and picked this upscale place with a cigar bar and mink fur backed seats. I don’t even remember what type of steak I got but the whole experience was amazing and the steak unbelievably tender. It was my first experience at a restaurant with a sommelier which was fun too.

    Worst: Probably one I’ve made. I’ve made some really bad ones. I tend to over cook them, and with inexpensive cuts it can make for a rather chewy meal.

  • Keith Brown

    Breathed a sigh of relief because I’ve had the Bandit a long time ago and liked it, nice to know I’m not crazy. QOTD Best steak: A few months ago, a USDA Prime Porterhouse I Mesquite grilled myself. Worst steak: Somebody’s house, long time ago, way overcooked ROUND steak…like eating the sole of my shoe, and they were so proud, I just smiled and chewed, and chewed, and chewed…

  • Kev and Ams

    Best steak: Cooked by my grandpa.
    Worst steak: Cooked by me. =(

  • Keith Brown

    Breathed a sigh of relief because I’ve had the Bandit a long time ago and liked it, nice to know I’m not crazy. QOTD Best steak: A few months ago, a USDA Prime Porterhouse I Mesquite grilled myself. Worst steak: Somebody’s house, long time ago, way overcooked ROUND steak…like eating the sole of my shoe, and they were so proud, I just smiled and chewed, and chewed, and chewed…

  • Kev and Ams

    Best steak: Cooked by my grandpa.
    Worst steak: Cooked by me. =(

  • Yiannys

    Fun Episode…

    QOTD: Best Steak would probably be a steak from lonestar either that or one off my dad’s grill….worst probably from a small in town restaurant we have here that burnt every steak ordered even if it was supposed to be rare.

  • sobojosh

    QOTD: Best steak a perfectly cooked prime rib with 3 glasses of ’82 Chateau Margaux (thanks again Hapa! RIP) Worst steak… one time someone feed me rancid meat.

    Nice show GV. I’ve seen the bandit a lot, guess I’ll buy it now

  • Yiannys

    Fun Episode…

    QOTD: Best Steak would probably be a steak from lonestar either that or one off my dad’s grill….worst probably from a small in town restaurant we have here that burnt every steak ordered even if it was supposed to be rare.

  • sobojosh

    QOTD: Best steak a perfectly cooked prime rib with 3 glasses of ’82 Chateau Margaux (thanks again Hapa! RIP) Worst steak… one time someone feed me rancid meat.

    Nice show GV. I’ve seen the bandit a lot, guess I’ll buy it now

  • Martin

    Very nice to see something different. I might like to try a boxed white for cooking if it keeps that long after opening.

    QOTD: Best steak was in a carne asada burrito at a favorite mexican restaurant. Worst was a hamburger made by our hosts in Saudi Arabia. They tried so hard to give us a taste of home, but had no idea what they were doing!

  • JK from WV

    QOTD: Best: A ribeye grilled on back deck with my bistro potatoes that came out just right, roasted garlic with olive olive and grilled homegrown red peppers.
    Worst: A $40 peppered strip steak from an uppity steakhouse in my hometown.

  • Martin

    Very nice to see something different. I might like to try a boxed white for cooking if it keeps that long after opening.

    QOTD: Best steak was in a carne asada burrito at a favorite mexican restaurant. Worst was a hamburger made by our hosts in Saudi Arabia. They tried so hard to give us a taste of home, but had no idea what they were doing!

  • JK from WV

    QOTD: Best: A ribeye grilled on back deck with my bistro potatoes that came out just right, roasted garlic with olive olive and grilled homegrown red peppers.
    Worst: A $40 peppered strip steak from an uppity steakhouse in my hometown.

  • Jeff Faust

    QOTD: Best steak: Prime rib from St. Anne’s in Wisconsin.
    Worst steak: IHOP prime rib. I was young. I needed the money.

  • Jeff Faust

    QOTD: Best steak: Prime rib from St. Anne’s in Wisconsin.
    Worst steak: IHOP prime rib. I was young. I needed the money.

  • Michael D

    Great show, Gary. Thanks.

    QOTD: Best steak: a pan-fried N.Y. strip from a local butcher with connections for the “good stuff”… Worst: the same steak cooked to my wife’s taste (“well” done…)

  • Michael D

    Great show, Gary. Thanks.

    QOTD: Best steak: a pan-fried N.Y. strip from a local butcher with connections for the “good stuff”… Worst: the same steak cooked to my wife’s taste (“well” done…)

  • Howie K

    This is my wifes picks. Best steak was at Ruths Chris and the worst was at Perkins in NJ.

  • Howie K

    This is my wifes picks. Best steak was at Ruths Chris and the worst was at Perkins in NJ.

  • paul

    Worst Steak / TGI FRIDAYS / BEST STEAK JEAN GEORGE

  • Kale Knowles

    QoTD: I decided I was going to start grilling steaks about a year and a half ago. I bought a grill and got all of the accessories. The only meat I was interested in grilling was steaks, burgers, and sausages. The worst steak I have had was one of my experiments with different types of wood and length of time on the grill. It tasted like a brick. The best steak I have had was once I figured out how to grill filet mignon correctly. The trick is high quality meat and keeping it rare. A good bottle of wine doesn’t hurt either. 🙂

  • Boog

    Jeff Faust,
    Are you talkin about Schwarz’s supper Club?
    That place is awesome!

  • Seo

    QOTD: Best steak was at the Hitching Post in Santa Barbara. Worst steak was ordering a filet from Ruth Chris for delivery through one of those delivery services. Horrible.

  • Worst Steak / TGI FRIDAYS / BEST STEAK JEAN GEORGE

  • Kale Knowles

    QoTD: I decided I was going to start grilling steaks about a year and a half ago. I bought a grill and got all of the accessories. The only meat I was interested in grilling was steaks, burgers, and sausages. The worst steak I have had was one of my experiments with different types of wood and length of time on the grill. It tasted like a brick. The best steak I have had was once I figured out how to grill filet mignon correctly. The trick is high quality meat and keeping it rare. A good bottle of wine doesn’t hurt either. 🙂

  • Boog

    Jeff Faust,
    Are you talkin about Schwarz’s supper Club?
    That place is awesome!

  • Seo

    QOTD: Best steak was at the Hitching Post in Santa Barbara. Worst steak was ordering a filet from Ruth Chris for delivery through one of those delivery services. Horrible.

  • Candace Folch

    La Bistecca alla Fiorentina, period.

  • Candace Folch

    La Bistecca alla Fiorentina, period.

  • Pinuck

    Best steak: Half of a grass-fed hanger steak bought from Prather Ranch at the SF Ferry Building, taken home and seared only up to being blue/sub-rare. Port and demi-glace reduction in the pan with shallots, steamed broccoli, mashed potatoes. I guess all the ingredients put together cost no more than $7 for the whole meal.

    Worst: An Applebees industrial rib-eye steak somewhere around San Jose cooked well-done (against my instructions) and costing more than twice as much as my homemade hanger!

  • Jenny C

    QOTD: Worst – Butterflied well-done filet mignon. I was twelve.
    Best – medium rare skirt steak in Napa. I was thirty

  • Pinuck

    Best steak: Half of a grass-fed hanger steak bought from Prather Ranch at the SF Ferry Building, taken home and seared only up to being blue/sub-rare. Port and demi-glace reduction in the pan with shallots, steamed broccoli, mashed potatoes. I guess all the ingredients put together cost no more than $7 for the whole meal.

    Worst: An Applebees industrial rib-eye steak somewhere around San Jose cooked well-done (against my instructions) and costing more than twice as much as my homemade hanger!

  • Jenny C

    QOTD: Worst – Butterflied well-done filet mignon. I was twelve.
    Best – medium rare skirt steak in Napa. I was thirty

  • piercarlo

    QOTD

    best steak: i was 15, my parents were out for the night, my best friend and I bought two 3 pound steaks from the corner store, threw them on the grill with some cheap bbq sauce and ate them along with shots of bacardi limon from the parents liquor cabinet

    worst steak: i was 15, my parents were out for the night, my best friend and I bought two 3 pound steaks from the corner store, threw them on the grill with some cheap bbq sauce and ate them along with shots of bacardi limon from the parents liquor cabinet

  • piercarlo

    QOTD

    best steak: i was 15, my parents were out for the night, my best friend and I bought two 3 pound steaks from the corner store, threw them on the grill with some cheap bbq sauce and ate them along with shots of bacardi limon from the parents liquor cabinet

    worst steak: i was 15, my parents were out for the night, my best friend and I bought two 3 pound steaks from the corner store, threw them on the grill with some cheap bbq sauce and ate them along with shots of bacardi limon from the parents liquor cabinet

  • Cosmo108

    QOTD: Best steaks are my own grilled on my Vermont Castings grill. Meat from Bob’s in Medford, MA.
    Worst steak – Steak and eggs at Denny’s

  • Cosmo108

    QOTD: Best steaks are my own grilled on my Vermont Castings grill. Meat from Bob’s in Medford, MA.
    Worst steak – Steak and eggs at Denny’s

  • Glenn F

    OK, so I’m a lurker just now coming clean. Saw your Thanksgiving show…so, I just HAD to have your Christmas pack. But, to my surprise, you can’t ship to Washington State! BUMMER! Guess I won’t answer the QOTD either, since I can’t win that prize either. DOUBLE BUMMER!

  • Glenn F

    OK, so I’m a lurker just now coming clean. Saw your Thanksgiving show…so, I just HAD to have your Christmas pack. But, to my surprise, you can’t ship to Washington State! BUMMER! Guess I won’t answer the QOTD either, since I can’t win that prize either. DOUBLE BUMMER!

  • tarheel17

    OK, my comments (4!!!) didn’t post.
    I’ll chalk it up to the site revamp.

    QOTD: best: pepper steak I made ala WLTV forum recipe.
    worst: overcooked steak. Yuck.

  • tarheel17

    OK, my comments (4!!!) didn’t post.
    I’ll chalk it up to the site revamp.

    QOTD: best: pepper steak I made ala WLTV forum recipe.
    worst: overcooked steak. Yuck.

  • Carmen

    best -conica 16 in guadalajara
    worst – applebees

  • drew

    Forgot to post my worst steak, definatley from Applebees. Absolutley horrible it was actually green!

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