EP 434 Secret Pack Tasting On April Fools Day

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes through a White Bordeaux and 2 wines from the Roussillon on this gloomy day in NJ and of course April Fools Day

Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Chateau Cantelys BlancGraves/Pessac-Leognan
2005 Le Muscle Cotes De RoussillonLanguedoc-Roussillon
2004 Domaine Bertrand-berge AncestralLanguedoc-Roussillon

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qotd: been some nice wine bars cropping up in Baltimore lately

Tags: France, Graves/Pessac-Leognan, Languedoc-Roussillon, red, review, Video, white, wine, wines

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  • Andrew

    QOTD: The pub, Limerick Junction, in the Virginia-Highlands area of Atlanta, Georgia and, of course, Turner Field (where the Atlanta Braves are going to win the NL East!). Go Braves and bring The Thunder!

  • Andrew

    QOTD: The pub, Limerick Junction, in the Virginia-Highlands area of Atlanta, Georgia and, of course, Turner Field (where the Atlanta Braves are going to win the NL East!). Go Braves and bring The Thunder!

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I hang out with my wife and my family! Sweet. Damn I missed this one. Please do more tasting packs. It is a fantastic service and lots of fun.

  • cdalden

    Q&A: My wife and I (after work) stay at home with the to dogs. They like there walks.

  • Tom (vtjones)

    QOTD: I hang out with my wife and my family! Sweet. Damn I missed this one. Please do more tasting packs. It is a fantastic service and lots of fun.

  • cdalden

    Q&A: My wife and I (after work) stay at home with the to dogs. They like there walks.

  • Michael Cacek

    QOTD – I live in NW Iowa…not much to do. I hang out at the local bars and some friends and I host get together’s at our homes.

  • Michael Cacek

    QOTD – I live in NW Iowa…not much to do. I hang out at the local bars and some friends and I host get together’s at our homes.

  • Little Jonny H

    Andrew, you need to re-watch that portion of the video. Vaynerchuk is discounting the opinions of those who think that screw tops are inferior. HE’S IN FAVOR OF SCREW TOPS!!!

  • Little Jonny H

    Andrew, you need to re-watch that portion of the video. Vaynerchuk is discounting the opinions of those who think that screw tops are inferior. HE’S IN FAVOR OF SCREW TOPS!!!

  • amgryger

    QOTD: Usually I hang out at my friend’s place. Saturday nights I hang out at Michael Alan’s Draw-a-thon in NYC.

  • amgryger

    QOTD: Usually I hang out at my friend’s place. Saturday nights I hang out at Michael Alan’s Draw-a-thon in NYC.

  • DAVe A

    wow. You have 4 new followers from our wine tasting with the secret packs. Wifey and I had 4 neighbors over, and wow. We were blown away. We had the old lemon zest, the wood oak, the.. OMG. it was great.
    One neighbor said he’d buy the next secret pack and continue the tradition. Wow. We are, with a little bit of you, are changing the wine world. wow.

    Good good show.
    (the third wine sucked, yes. But if I had a huge pile of pasta with loads of olives and cheese over it – it would work)

    DAve

  • DAVe A

    wow. You have 4 new followers from our wine tasting with the secret packs. Wifey and I had 4 neighbors over, and wow. We were blown away. We had the old lemon zest, the wood oak, the.. OMG. it was great.
    One neighbor said he’d buy the next secret pack and continue the tradition. Wow. We are, with a little bit of you, are changing the wine world. wow.

    Good good show.
    (the third wine sucked, yes. But if I had a huge pile of pasta with loads of olives and cheese over it – it would work)

    DAve

  • Have to say that I was charmed by the fact that you were attracted to girls with chicken pox scars when you were young. I think I know what you mean: the imperfections made them more ‘real’ for some reason, there was more detail to savor, kinda in the same way that freckles and moles can be cute. I think it makes sense that you would be attentive to that kind of detail, being the full-blown aesthete you are.

    QOTD: I like to hang out in plant nurseries and conservatories, especially the Morris Arboretum’s fernery, outside Philly. It’s the last remaining freestanding Victorian fernery in North America. Go there on a very cold day–it’s like stepping down into a prehistoric world: caves, streams, waterfalls, ponds…heaven.

  • Have to say that I was charmed by the fact that you were attracted to girls with chicken pox scars when you were young. I think I know what you mean: the imperfections made them more ‘real’ for some reason, there was more detail to savor, kinda in the same way that freckles and moles can be cute. I think it makes sense that you would be attentive to that kind of detail, being the full-blown aesthete you are.

    QOTD: I like to hang out in plant nurseries and conservatories, especially the Morris Arboretum’s fernery, outside Philly. It’s the last remaining freestanding Victorian fernery in North America. Go there on a very cold day–it’s like stepping down into a prehistoric world: caves, streams, waterfalls, ponds…heaven.

  • MattyO

    this is sooo cool. i can’t even afford to buy wine and i still love this show! this show kicks that much ass!

    gary you rock! great show! wished i could have tasted along. sounded good. good stuff!

    redunkulous show today mott and gary! well done! well done!

  • MattyO

    this is sooo cool. i can’t even afford to buy wine and i still love this show! this show kicks that much ass!

    gary you rock! great show! wished i could have tasted along. sounded good. good stuff!

    redunkulous show today mott and gary! well done! well done!

  • Rico T

    Great show. Crazy you mentioned that book! Selling a Good Time is bound to be an underground classic. Anyone who has ever worked a sales job (they might not particularly like) in their mid to late twenties will “get it.”

    Oh, and of course, QOTD…we hang out wherever the wine flows…doesn’t everyone?

  • Rico T

    Great show. Crazy you mentioned that book! Selling a Good Time is bound to be an underground classic. Anyone who has ever worked a sales job (they might not particularly like) in their mid to late twenties will “get it.”

    Oh, and of course, QOTD…we hang out wherever the wine flows…doesn’t everyone?

  • Marc – Irvine

    Look forward to trying the two reds over the weekend!!! I like this secret pack thing… I wouldn’t have bought the screw cap wine (I know it’s just a prejudice, but I like wines with sober labels and cork caps… or it’s maybe fetish…)

  • Marc – Irvine

    Look forward to trying the two reds over the weekend!!! I like this secret pack thing… I wouldn’t have bought the screw cap wine (I know it’s just a prejudice, but I like wines with sober labels and cork caps… or it’s maybe fetish…)

  • David W

    Can’t wait for my package to arrive. I’ll have to re-watch.

  • David W

    Can’t wait for my package to arrive. I’ll have to re-watch.

  • David W

    Almost forgot the QOTD: Berkeley Ironworks – California’s finest rock climbing gym.

  • David W

    Almost forgot the QOTD: Berkeley Ironworks – California’s finest rock climbing gym.

  • DirtWineKen

    Gary, we ALL think the chicken pox thing is wierd.

    QOTD: Main Street Bistro in Princeton.

  • DirtWineKen

    Gary, we ALL think the chicken pox thing is wierd.

    QOTD: Main Street Bistro in Princeton.

  • tmas29

    We bought the Le Muscle on Sat. at WL. I picked that bottle out of the group ’cause it was my favorite face, haha. Glad you liked it sooo much and can’t wait to drink it up. btw… you did the sniffy-sniff but didn’t describe the scent, hmmm.

    QOTD: Every Fri. we have dinner at a new restaurant pick in NJ, preferably a BYOB. We’re due for a NYC dinner. Sat. we hang with friends where the fun is at or with family @ Grandma’s. Sun. we run errands and prefer to relax.

  • tmas29

    We bought the Le Muscle on Sat. at WL. I picked that bottle out of the group ’cause it was my favorite face, haha. Glad you liked it sooo much and can’t wait to drink it up. btw… you did the sniffy-sniff but didn’t describe the scent, hmmm.

    QOTD: Every Fri. we have dinner at a new restaurant pick in NJ, preferably a BYOB. We’re due for a NYC dinner. Sat. we hang with friends where the fun is at or with family @ Grandma’s. Sun. we run errands and prefer to relax.

  • I think you need to trade the Jets bucket for a Mets Bucket for opening week.

  • I think you need to trade the Jets bucket for a Mets Bucket for opening week.

  • Robin C

    I wish I had purchased the secret wine pack. They all sounded fabulous.
    QOTD: I mostly hang out at home. I’m in a nesting phase.
    I ordered the book and am looking forward to reading it.

  • Robin C

    I wish I had purchased the secret wine pack. They all sounded fabulous.
    QOTD: I mostly hang out at home. I’m in a nesting phase.
    I ordered the book and am looking forward to reading it.

  • Rachel

    Now I’m really wishing I had ordered those packs. Oh well… Live and learn.
    I’ll enjoy the wine that I have.

    I would say I hang out in a liquor store/wine and spirits; but I work there. Maybe I need to get a life.

  • Rachel

    Now I’m really wishing I had ordered those packs. Oh well… Live and learn.
    I’ll enjoy the wine that I have.

    I would say I hang out in a liquor store/wine and spirits; but I work there. Maybe I need to get a life.

  • Doc Johnson

    really, chicken pox marks? that /is/ weird. But I’m not hear to judge, we all have our things.

    I love hanging out at Coffee Depot. Supposedly the largest coffee house in the US. It’s been my best place to hang through med school for studying and fun

  • Doc Johnson

    really, chicken pox marks? that /is/ weird. But I’m not hear to judge, we all have our things.

    I love hanging out at Coffee Depot. Supposedly the largest coffee house in the US. It’s been my best place to hang through med school for studying and fun

  • Got the 2 pack. Really liked Le Muscle. Didn’t pick up all of the flavors Gary did but still training my pal. Can’t wait to try the Fitou to see if I pick up the tomato juice/V8.

    Really helps to taste along. I hope you do many more of these.

    Thanks Gary!!

  • Got the 2 pack. Really liked Le Muscle. Didn’t pick up all of the flavors Gary did but still training my pal. Can’t wait to try the Fitou to see if I pick up the tomato juice/V8.

    Really helps to taste along. I hope you do many more of these.

    Thanks Gary!!

  • RonC

    SUPER Show. Bought both packs and will try them out in the next few weeks.

    QOTD: I hang out in my family room on my tilted leather recliner, right next to my computer and TV.

  • Great show Gary!

    QOTD: I hang out in the WLTV forums 🙂
    Actually, I hang out usually in the Chemical Engineering undergrad lounge, in the engineering building. It’s a nice, homey sort of place, usually with some snacks available, and the latest edition of the long-running cartoon series, the ChemE Bunny Suicides. Today it was filled with balloons to represent a packed bed reactor.

  • RonC

    SUPER Show. Bought both packs and will try them out in the next few weeks.

    QOTD: I hang out in my family room on my tilted leather recliner, right next to my computer and TV.

  • Great show Gary!

    QOTD: I hang out in the WLTV forums 🙂
    Actually, I hang out usually in the Chemical Engineering undergrad lounge, in the engineering building. It’s a nice, homey sort of place, usually with some snacks available, and the latest edition of the long-running cartoon series, the ChemE Bunny Suicides. Today it was filled with balloons to represent a packed bed reactor.

  • Rob P

    Did not order the secret pack, but I have read the book you mentioned. It is a little edgy, but I loved it. I’ve recommended it to a few friends. I’ve only had one white bordeaux and I really enjoyed it and look forward to trying more in the future.

  • Rob P

    Did not order the secret pack, but I have read the book you mentioned. It is a little edgy, but I loved it. I’ve recommended it to a few friends. I’ve only had one white bordeaux and I really enjoyed it and look forward to trying more in the future.

  • TWofPasadena

    Boy, can’t wait to try these (and the last surprise pack too). How about doing a 4th of July pack with a good Zin in there. Can’t hurt to ask, right?

  • TWofPasadena

    Boy, can’t wait to try these (and the last surprise pack too). How about doing a 4th of July pack with a good Zin in there. Can’t hurt to ask, right?

  • I hang out with my wife usually at a place in Miami called David Place. We know virtually everybody who goes there every day, and on Saturdays I perform there. We also go to Casa Juancho, Studio Cafe, La Bodeguita del Medio, and many other night clubs in Miami.

  • I hang out with my wife usually at a place in Miami called David Place. We know virtually everybody who goes there every day, and on Saturdays I perform there. We also go to Casa Juancho, Studio Cafe, La Bodeguita del Medio, and many other night clubs in Miami.

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