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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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  • JoeD.

    QOTD:

    Worst Steak: TGI Fridays
    Best Steak: Peter Lugar

  • Dan F.

    QOTD: Best: bone-in filet mignon. Worst: does steakems count as steak?

  • Adam J

    QOTD: Best straight up steak I’ve had was at an old style restaurant called Smoky’s. Thick, juicy and delicious.

    Digging the boxed wine episode Gary, but those huge packages take up a lot of screen real estate.

  • chitown_wino

    Best Steak- I have a butcher that cuts a porterhouse to order, so I get them cut 1 1/2″ thick. Salt, pepper and little olive oil and throw ’em on a grill that is as hot as it will get. Mmmmm.

    Worst steak- the meat that is called steak that is served along with eggs at just about any greasy spoon.

  • Golfer Gary

    The best steak ever was (as I mentioned a few episodes ago), at Ruth’s Chris steak house in Lahaina on Maui. The worst ever was when a friend of mine was cooking up some cheaper steaks, it was sunny out and he had rose colored sun glasses on. That caused him to keep thinking that the steaks were not done. Waaaaay over cooked. Great show by the way.

  • JoeD.

    QOTD:

    Worst Steak: TGI Fridays
    Best Steak: Peter Lugar

  • gabe

    THE BEST STEAK I HAVE EVER HAD HANDS DOWN IS A DAVID CROCKETTS STEAK HOUSE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

    THE BEST

  • Bryan Bell

    Best steak – fillet at Ruth’s Chris
    Worst steak – Ribeye in my backyard

  • gabe

    THE BEST STEAK I HAVE EVER HAD HANDS DOWN IS A DAVID CROCKETTS STEAK HOUSE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

    THE BEST

  • Bryan Bell

    Best steak – fillet at Ruth’s Chris
    Worst steak – Ribeye in my backyard

  • Greg Ztolg

    The best was a tenderloin (From Dave’s meat market)cooked by me. Charred medium rare,mmm. Worst were 8 filets cooked by me, We forgot about them for over an hour watching football, We used them for charcoal the next day.

  • maggiej

    4-pack gone before 50 comments are up? How is that possible? GV, did you let some inside info out?
    Grrrr….:)

    QOTD: Best steak was my mom’s t-bone with mushroom and onion gravy and mashed potatoes. I don’t like steak enough to order it in restaurants. The worst steak was the first time I tried to make it myself after moving out of the house. I bought a really cheap cut then cooked the daylights out of it. Cardboard would have been better.

  • beaefoe

    Wow, it’s just 6:30 EST and the WLTV Secret Christmas 4 pack is already sold out! Disapointed to say the least, however to all of you who got your pack, good job.

  • Greg Ztolg

    The best was a tenderloin (From Dave’s meat market)cooked by me. Charred medium rare,mmm. Worst were 8 filets cooked by me, We forgot about them for over an hour watching football, We used them for charcoal the next day.

  • maggiej

    4-pack gone before 50 comments are up? How is that possible? GV, did you let some inside info out?
    Grrrr….:)

    QOTD: Best steak was my mom’s t-bone with mushroom and onion gravy and mashed potatoes. I don’t like steak enough to order it in restaurants. The worst steak was the first time I tried to make it myself after moving out of the house. I bought a really cheap cut then cooked the daylights out of it. Cardboard would have been better.

  • beaefoe

    Wow, it’s just 6:30 EST and the WLTV Secret Christmas 4 pack is already sold out! Disapointed to say the least, however to all of you who got your pack, good job.

  • jesseeley

    QOTD:
    Best: Tenderloin from our grass-fed steers
    Worst: Wet-aged NY strip at a FInger Lakes brewpub. Tasted like manure, what an unpleasant surprise!

  • Brian Specht

    Best Steak: I had a friend grill me up a nice steak
    Worst steak: Applebee’s

  • Trent.. L

    GV, if you are reading this I am sorry to admit I am a “LURKER” and it’s time for me to come out of the closet. I really enjoyed the show today, it’s a topic I’ve been curious about for a while.
    As far as the Question Of The Day goes, The best stake I’ve ever had was one of those summer time friend and family BBQ’s in the back yard, LOVE THOSE! The worst was at a fire camp in eastern Washington at a wildfire.

    -Trent. L

  • jesseeley

    QOTD:
    Best: Tenderloin from our grass-fed steers
    Worst: Wet-aged NY strip at a FInger Lakes brewpub. Tasted like manure, what an unpleasant surprise!

  • Brian Specht

    Best Steak: I had a friend grill me up a nice steak
    Worst steak: Applebee’s

  • Trent.. L

    GV, if you are reading this I am sorry to admit I am a “LURKER” and it’s time for me to come out of the closet. I really enjoyed the show today, it’s a topic I’ve been curious about for a while.
    As far as the Question Of The Day goes, The best stake I’ve ever had was one of those summer time friend and family BBQ’s in the back yard, LOVE THOSE! The worst was at a fire camp in eastern Washington at a wildfire.

    -Trent. L

  • Phil Mck

    QOTD:

    Best Steak = Home grilled porterhouse. We cut up and share amongst the family (and the dog gets the bone). Everybody is in heaven.

    Worst Steak = The one I have had too many times at restaurants that over charge for shoe leather, then to add insult to injury, don’t understand what rare is. Leave thinking, man I just paid $25 bones for that piece of bleep.

  • Phil Mck

    QOTD:

    Best Steak = Home grilled porterhouse. We cut up and share amongst the family (and the dog gets the bone). Everybody is in heaven.

    Worst Steak = The one I have had too many times at restaurants that over charge for shoe leather, then to add insult to injury, don’t understand what rare is. Leave thinking, man I just paid $25 bones for that piece of bleep.

  • Large Format Fever

    Best steak = 26oz Ribeye I had with a freind in college… Perfect sear… Med Rare… It was a long day and we only wanted to fire up the coals once….. Freinds and family are what make the meal!
    Worst = A roast I made in college on the grill. I just wanted a gigantic steak. Didnt really know that cooking tough meat at high temps is not the greatest in the world

  • Best steak I’ve ever had was the Silver Butterknife at Murray’s in Minneapolis. The worst was probably at our fraternity formal back in college. Salsbury steak and a low budget don’t get along so well:(

  • Large Format Fever

    Best steak = 26oz Ribeye I had with a freind in college… Perfect sear… Med Rare… It was a long day and we only wanted to fire up the coals once….. Freinds and family are what make the meal!
    Worst = A roast I made in college on the grill. I just wanted a gigantic steak. Didnt really know that cooking tough meat at high temps is not the greatest in the world

  • Best steak I’ve ever had was the Silver Butterknife at Murray’s in Minneapolis. The worst was probably at our fraternity formal back in college. Salsbury steak and a low budget don’t get along so well:(

  • mbannon

    Great show Gary, I’ve been looking forward to a box wine episode!

    QOD – Best steak was a peppered fillet mignon at the Hayden Island Steakhouse in Portland. Worst steak was a wet-aged steak (I forget the cut) that I brought home from the local meat market. Turns out I don’t like wet-aged beef. Nor does my wife, who was feeling a bit sick that evening and the steak sent her to the porcelain alter for some praying time.

  • mbannon

    Great show Gary, I’ve been looking forward to a box wine episode!

    QOD – Best steak was a peppered fillet mignon at the Hayden Island Steakhouse in Portland. Worst steak was a wet-aged steak (I forget the cut) that I brought home from the local meat market. Turns out I don’t like wet-aged beef. Nor does my wife, who was feeling a bit sick that evening and the steak sent her to the porcelain alter for some praying time.

  • caleb

    QOTD- Best steak was one I cooked on the grill with one of my first good barbarescos….The hitching post was a close second….worst steak was probably the cube steaks i used to mow down after soccer practice…apparently i liked them enough at the time though…now not so much.

    Funny episode GV. Way to go!

  • Jeff

    QOTD: Best steak was at Del Frisco’s in Las Vegas. One of the best meals I’ve ever had. The worst steak I can think of was one I cooked my self. Tried to save some cash and bought some really poor quality meat one time. What a waste of money that turned out to be.

  • caleb

    QOTD- Best steak was one I cooked on the grill with one of my first good barbarescos….The hitching post was a close second….worst steak was probably the cube steaks i used to mow down after soccer practice…apparently i liked them enough at the time though…now not so much.

    Funny episode GV. Way to go!

  • Jeff

    QOTD: Best steak was at Del Frisco’s in Las Vegas. One of the best meals I’ve ever had. The worst steak I can think of was one I cooked my self. Tried to save some cash and bought some really poor quality meat one time. What a waste of money that turned out to be.

  • PaulT

    best steak: a massive juicy steak from the grill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, forgot the name of the restaurant. worst: don’t remember really, but had quite a few “rubber soles” that didn’t have much to do with steak.

  • crank

    I just watched the entire show right when it came up and then tried to buy the Christmas 4-pack. Apparently that was a mistake.

    QOTD: Best steak, the dry aged piece of goodness I bought from Whole Foods and made at home. The worst, an oven baked piece of leather a friend’s wife made for me. I almost could not physically chew the thing.

  • PaulT

    best steak: a massive juicy steak from the grill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, forgot the name of the restaurant. worst: don’t remember really, but had quite a few “rubber soles” that didn’t have much to do with steak.

  • crank

    I just watched the entire show right when it came up and then tried to buy the Christmas 4-pack. Apparently that was a mistake.

    QOTD: Best steak, the dry aged piece of goodness I bought from Whole Foods and made at home. The worst, an oven baked piece of leather a friend’s wife made for me. I almost could not physically chew the thing.

  • keelegl

    QOTD:

    Worst steak: That is easy, girlfriends parents house, way over done filet with bulls eye BBQ sauce on top. I smiled and ate it.

    Best: Perfect medium rare bone-in filet at Mastroâ??s steakhouse.

  • keelegl

    QOTD:

    Worst steak: That is easy, girlfriends parents house, way over done filet with bulls eye BBQ sauce on top. I smiled and ate it.

    Best: Perfect medium rare bone-in filet at Mastroâ??s steakhouse.

  • Palmer

    QOTD: I’ve had a lot of great steaks, usually a filet mignon guy, but the best one ever I think was a rib-eye at the SW Steakhouse in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel. The flavor just exploded everywhere. The worst ever was a sirloin at the Outback Steakhouse on Route 22 in NJ (not too far from WL). Usually, I’m a fan of the Outback Sirloin (a good QPR steak…), but one day there they totally burned a steak that I had ordered medium rare – it was appalling – looked and tasted like a piece of shoe-leather.

  • Phil G

    QOTD – The best steak I can remember was this last summer, BBQ-ing with some grad school friends on a lake in New Hampshire – boy, it was good. Can’t think of any really bas ones, guess I’ve blocked them out of my memory.

  • Palmer

    QOTD: I’ve had a lot of great steaks, usually a filet mignon guy, but the best one ever I think was a rib-eye at the SW Steakhouse in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel. The flavor just exploded everywhere. The worst ever was a sirloin at the Outback Steakhouse on Route 22 in NJ (not too far from WL). Usually, I’m a fan of the Outback Sirloin (a good QPR steak…), but one day there they totally burned a steak that I had ordered medium rare – it was appalling – looked and tasted like a piece of shoe-leather.

  • Phil G

    QOTD – The best steak I can remember was this last summer, BBQ-ing with some grad school friends on a lake in New Hampshire – boy, it was good. Can’t think of any really bas ones, guess I’ve blocked them out of my memory.

  • DHerbie

    Sorry.. but.. go DAWGS!

    QOTD: Best steak at Blue Duck Tavern in DC, they have a roast for two to share that is incredible but the steak itself is fantastic. Worst steak, me cooking in college…

    4 – pack was down for a while but it appears up now.

  • DHerbie

    Sorry.. but.. go DAWGS!

    QOTD: Best steak at Blue Duck Tavern in DC, they have a roast for two to share that is incredible but the steak itself is fantastic. Worst steak, me cooking in college…

    4 – pack was down for a while but it appears up now.

  • Chargers Rule

    QOTD: Best – LG’s Steakhouse in Palm Desert, CA. Bone in Ribeye, off the shizzle!
    Worst – Steak and Eggs at Denny’s.

  • Chargers Rule

    QOTD: Best – LG’s Steakhouse in Palm Desert, CA. Bone in Ribeye, off the shizzle!
    Worst – Steak and Eggs at Denny’s.

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