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.

Tags: Box, chardonnay, pinot grigio, red, review, shiraz, Video, white, wine, wines

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  • zach migliozzi

    QOTD: Worst steak is anything from Outback Steakhouse, they over season everything. Best steak, Filet Mignon from The Precinct a Jeff Ruby Steakhouse here in Cincinnati.

  • zach migliozzi

    QOTD: Worst steak is anything from Outback Steakhouse, they over season everything. Best steak, Filet Mignon from The Precinct a Jeff Ruby Steakhouse here in Cincinnati.

  • Carol

    QOTD: Best steak is at the Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT…a melt-in-your-mouth T-bone as big as the plate, perfectly seasoned and grilled. Second runner up was at Chico Hot Springs, out of Pray, MT. (Great wine list there, by the way.)
    Worst steak was at a now-defunct restaurant in Modesto, CA called Happy Bees. Needed lots of steak sauce and lots of dental floss!

  • Best steak: Don Shula’s Steak House, Orlando FL.
    Worst steak: Howard Johnson’s, travelling through Penn.

  • Carol

    QOTD: Best steak is at the Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT…a melt-in-your-mouth T-bone as big as the plate, perfectly seasoned and grilled. Second runner up was at Chico Hot Springs, out of Pray, MT. (Great wine list there, by the way.)
    Worst steak was at a now-defunct restaurant in Modesto, CA called Happy Bees. Needed lots of steak sauce and lots of dental floss!

  • Best steak: Don Shula’s Steak House, Orlando FL.
    Worst steak: Howard Johnson’s, travelling through Penn.

  • Bryan Engblom

    Best Steak – By far – Bone-in Rib eye from Delmonico’s in Las Vegas.

    Runner Up – The bacon-wrapped tenderloin at The White House Supper Club in St. Lucas Iowa. It’s this modest little old-style supper club in a tiny little town in northeast Iowa we ate at during a motorcycle trip with friends. The combination of the atmosphere, the friends, the end of a perfect day and a great steak put this steak on-par with one of the finest restaurants in the country.

    Worst Steak – – a hole in the wall called “Best Steak House” in a Minneapolis suburb. Pass the Ketchup.

  • Bryan Engblom

    Best Steak – By far – Bone-in Rib eye from Delmonico’s in Las Vegas.

    Runner Up – The bacon-wrapped tenderloin at The White House Supper Club in St. Lucas Iowa. It’s this modest little old-style supper club in a tiny little town in northeast Iowa we ate at during a motorcycle trip with friends. The combination of the atmosphere, the friends, the end of a perfect day and a great steak put this steak on-par with one of the finest restaurants in the country.

    Worst Steak – – a hole in the wall called “Best Steak House” in a Minneapolis suburb. Pass the Ketchup.

  • Fevernova

    QOTD: Best – The flank steak au poivre at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in Napa. A very underrated cut of meat IMHO.
    Worst – Ponderosa.

  • Fevernova

    QOTD: Best – The flank steak au poivre at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in Napa. A very underrated cut of meat IMHO.
    Worst – Ponderosa.

  • careyd

    QOTD: Best steak ever: Tied between the strip at Schula’s (Orlando) or the Filet Mignon at Drai’s (Las Vegas).

    Worst steak ever: In Jordan, MT at the only restaurant in town (other than the Hell Creek Bar). Truly, cardboard tasted better. I proved it to myself after dinner there.

    No lie!

  • careyd

    QOTD: Best steak ever: Tied between the strip at Schula’s (Orlando) or the Filet Mignon at Drai’s (Las Vegas).

    Worst steak ever: In Jordan, MT at the only restaurant in town (other than the Hell Creek Bar). Truly, cardboard tasted better. I proved it to myself after dinner there.

    No lie!

  • wtvLurker

    qotd: best – a ribeye in a simple place called orourkes in driggs idaho.
    worst – airplane dinner.

  • wtvLurker

    qotd: best – a ribeye in a simple place called orourkes in driggs idaho.
    worst – airplane dinner.

  • JasonH

    Best steak: Large cut Omaha Filet at Gorats in Omaha Neb., so tender you can cut it with a fork!

    Worst steak: New York Strip that came with a steak and eggs breakfast, ordered medium rare, served well crispy.

    Another good show!!! Keep up the great work!

  • JasonH

    Best steak: Large cut Omaha Filet at Gorats in Omaha Neb., so tender you can cut it with a fork!

    Worst steak: New York Strip that came with a steak and eggs breakfast, ordered medium rare, served well crispy.

    Another good show!!! Keep up the great work!

  • Question of the Day Answer… I don’t really eat steak that often. I don’t know why. I’m more of a fish and chicken kind of guy.

  • Question of the Day Answer… I don’t really eat steak that often. I don’t know why. I’m more of a fish and chicken kind of guy.

  • Denis Malin

    Gary, I agree on the Bandit Grigio… nice. Cuvee de Pena taste like a sneaker? Was that hightop or like a running shoe flavor?

  • Denis Malin

    Gary, I agree on the Bandit Grigio… nice. Cuvee de Pena taste like a sneaker? Was that hightop or like a running shoe flavor?

  • Dr. Dan

    QOTD: I don’t eat many steaks, but I did have a venison steak on New Year’s Eve a couple of years ago that was like butter. I could have chewed it without any teeth–thankfully that wasn’t necessary. Just about any supermarket, plastic-wrapped steak would probably be the worst, if I bought one.

  • Dr. Dan

    QOTD: I don’t eat many steaks, but I did have a venison steak on New Year’s Eve a couple of years ago that was like butter. I could have chewed it without any teeth–thankfully that wasn’t necessary. Just about any supermarket, plastic-wrapped steak would probably be the worst, if I bought one.

  • Duane Adamson

    Best: Lydia Bastianich’s Becco in Manhattan. An aged steak that I could cut with a fork and it melted in my mouth.

    Worst: Golden Corral in Indianola, IA. It is now closed, Thank God!

  • Duane Adamson

    Best: Lydia Bastianich’s Becco in Manhattan. An aged steak that I could cut with a fork and it melted in my mouth.

    Worst: Golden Corral in Indianola, IA. It is now closed, Thank God!

  • rick k

    Best steak, Filet at Flemings. Might have had something to do with the good Caymus wine. Worst, Filet on Delta.

  • rick k

    Best steak, Filet at Flemings. Might have had something to do with the good Caymus wine. Worst, Filet on Delta.

  • Ferrigno

    QOTD: best steak is very juicy and marbled and the worst steak is thin and dry! sorry:(

  • Ferrigno

    QOTD: best steak is very juicy and marbled and the worst steak is thin and dry! sorry:(

  • Sassodoro

    QOTD. Best was probably the one that Christie served at her house when my wife and I came over for dinner one night about 15 years ago. She had some special supplier and it was great. Worst — just about every other steak I’ve ever had. Maybe Montana Legend can change my mind, but most of the time my feeling is that the steak would have been better if it had been ground into hamburger. If the steak isn’t perfect, the texture bothers me.

  • Sassodoro

    QOTD. Best was probably the one that Christie served at her house when my wife and I came over for dinner one night about 15 years ago. She had some special supplier and it was great. Worst — just about every other steak I’ve ever had. Maybe Montana Legend can change my mind, but most of the time my feeling is that the steak would have been better if it had been ground into hamburger. If the steak isn’t perfect, the texture bothers me.

  • Mr SHY

    Best steak – Ruth’s Chris, worst an all you can eat buffet in a casino in colorado

  • Mr SHY

    Best steak – Ruth’s Chris, worst an all you can eat buffet in a casino in colorado

  • Greg

    I prefer to do my steaks at home, dry aged and grilled over natural wood charcoal.

    Some of these box wines, like the Bandit, may be ideal for having handy for use in cooking.

  • Greg

    I prefer to do my steaks at home, dry aged and grilled over natural wood charcoal.

    Some of these box wines, like the Bandit, may be ideal for having handy for use in cooking.

  • mjhch1

    thanks for enlightening episode on the box packs. I am skeptical, but I am also hoping that it will be a positive thing.
    Best steak… um I really loved a little place in Portugal, El Brazoa. Their house specialty was a bistec,really delicious with hand cut fries.
    Worst… steak off the grill at a party; many of you know what I mean..too much lighter fluid and beer. nuff said.
    cheers!

  • mjhch1

    thanks for enlightening episode on the box packs. I am skeptical, but I am also hoping that it will be a positive thing.
    Best steak… um I really loved a little place in Portugal, El Brazoa. Their house specialty was a bistec,really delicious with hand cut fries.
    Worst… steak off the grill at a party; many of you know what I mean..too much lighter fluid and beer. nuff said.
    cheers!

  • Kyle L

    Best Steak – Has to be the Bone-in Ribeye from Bonnell’s Restaurant in Fort Worth, TX. They use cattle from this one Burgundy Pasture where all the cows are grass-fed and dry-aged. I believe there was a Tequila Blueberry Demiglace on it. It was just fantastic.
    Worst Steak – Probably one that my dad cooked, he can’t do anything without making it well-done. haha

  • Kyle L

    Best Steak – Has to be the Bone-in Ribeye from Bonnell’s Restaurant in Fort Worth, TX. They use cattle from this one Burgundy Pasture where all the cows are grass-fed and dry-aged. I believe there was a Tequila Blueberry Demiglace on it. It was just fantastic.
    Worst Steak – Probably one that my dad cooked, he can’t do anything without making it well-done. haha

  • Gary Atkinson

    Gary,
    1st time caller…long time listener…not really, just heard about you…you’re a hoot…I really want that La Fleur…Best steak I ever had…Ruth Chris, Indy…it’s just hard to beat…worst steak, MCL Cafeteria, West Lafayette…what was I thinking…
    Have a great story about my wife’s best friend and a 1986 Chateau Latour…wanna hear more…?
    All the best,
    Gary

  • Gary Atkinson

    Gary,
    1st time caller…long time listener…not really, just heard about you…you’re a hoot…I really want that La Fleur…Best steak I ever had…Ruth Chris, Indy…it’s just hard to beat…worst steak, MCL Cafeteria, West Lafayette…what was I thinking…
    Have a great story about my wife’s best friend and a 1986 Chateau Latour…wanna hear more…?
    All the best,
    Gary

  • Dick

    Really liked the Thanksgiving pack and ordered the X-Mas one. The worst steak was in Los Almos, New Mexico…best at The Palm in NYC…$$$$. Dick

  • Really liked the Thanksgiving pack and ordered the X-Mas one. The worst steak was in Los Almos, New Mexico…best at The Palm in NYC…$$$$. Dick

  • Andrea Kirk

    Freshly shot porcupine in North Ontario . . . I’m a vegetarian . . . but will be polite under duress.

    Love you show.

    Andrea

  • Andrea Kirk

    Freshly shot porcupine in North Ontario . . . I’m a vegetarian . . . but will be polite under duress.

    Love you show.

    Andrea

  • Lois and Greg

    Best steak (recently), the Yachtsman Steakhouse at WDW last month. It was our last day of vacation before returning to NJ. A nice cabernet with it and all was good.
    The worst, probably the one that wound up over-well-done on my grill last summer.

  • Lois and Greg

    Best steak (recently), the Yachtsman Steakhouse at WDW last month. It was our last day of vacation before returning to NJ. A nice cabernet with it and all was good.
    The worst, probably the one that wound up over-well-done on my grill last summer.

  • Pete Lorenzo’s in Trenton, NJ. The dry aged sirloin, hearty and so damn good! Most overrated, Longhorn Steakhouse. They should have called it Salt Mignon! Awful!

  • Pete Lorenzo’s in Trenton, NJ. The dry aged sirloin, hearty and so damn good! Most overrated, Longhorn Steakhouse. They should have called it Salt Mignon! Awful!

  • Michael Dunn

    The best steak i ever had was a peppercorn new york steak cooked to medium rare chicago style at canyon creek. The worst was definitley with steak and eggs at a greasy spoon.
    Love the show.

  • Michael Dunn

    The best steak i ever had was a peppercorn new york steak cooked to medium rare chicago style at canyon creek. The worst was definitley with steak and eggs at a greasy spoon.
    Love the show.

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