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EP 579 Napa Cabernet and Chocolate

Gary Vaynerchuk welcomes Suzanne Phifer Pavitt to the Thunder Show for some Cabernet and chocolate.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Phifer Pavitt Date Night
2006 Phifer Pavitt Date Night

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Luca Bercelli

90/100

line of the day – ‘in real life I like a bit of love handle action’

Unlike a lot of the Vayniacs who posted comments, I liked the show…and the guest. Yes, she brought in a wine consultant and most of the actual winemaking is done by someone else, but she’s honest about it and could be pursuing a lot of other careers that are much less commendable (such as robbing banks, financial trading, selling real estate…the list goes on). She was also honest about the finances and the last time I looked not many wineries are designed to be charities. Give the girl a break.

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  • AWESOME TOPIC!

  • AWESOME TOPIC!

  • Gary & Chris, Chocolate??????? WHAT????? I LOVE chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  • Gary & Chris, Chocolate??????? WHAT????? I LOVE chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  • Chris, WOW!!! We haven’t heard you laugh in a while!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

  • Chris, WOW!!! We haven’t heard you laugh in a while!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

  • QOTD: yeah baby! And better than Cabernet and chocolate?… it was.

  • QOTD: yeah baby! And better than Cabernet and chocolate?… it was.

  • wayno da wino

    Top 5 WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!!!!!!!

  • wayno da wino

    Top 5 WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!!!!!!!

  • Omallley

    Chocolate?

    Nice.

  • Omallley

    Chocolate?

    Nice.

  • crank

    I’m in.

  • crank

    I’m in.

  • manonthemoon

    this should be intresting

  • manonthemoon

    this should be intresting

  • wayno da wino

    da TITANS are goin’ DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWNNNNNN!!!!! 🙂

  • wayno da wino

    da TITANS are goin’ DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWNNNNNN!!!!! 🙂

  • You are good G-Man. It’s not 100% new French oak. Their website shows 65%.

    Pleasant guest though seems a tad pretentious which one can understand coming from ‘Bama (I’m guessing due to her accent and her high-tech background, maybe Huntsville?) and moving to the high rent district of Napa.

    If you offered this wine, I would buy some but don’t want to go out of my way to join their wine list etc to spend 75 bones on a Napa cab.

    Go Colts!

    Cheers!

  • You are good G-Man. It’s not 100% new French oak. Their website shows 65%.

    Pleasant guest though seems a tad pretentious which one can understand coming from ‘Bama (I’m guessing due to her accent and her high-tech background, maybe Huntsville?) and moving to the high rent district of Napa.

    If you offered this wine, I would buy some but don’t want to go out of my way to join their wine list etc to spend 75 bones on a Napa cab.

    Go Colts!

    Cheers!

  • Harry Gabrielson

    My fiancee and i had a bottle of ’99 baberesco on saturday night with spaghetti and meatballs that i cooked for us, and then went to see the symphony

  • Harry Gabrielson

    My fiancee and i had a bottle of ’99 baberesco on saturday night with spaghetti and meatballs that i cooked for us, and then went to see the symphony

  • JJ

    PRE-TEN-TIOUS. You got that right Dominus. Way to keep it real Gary, you have some heuvoes to keep your integrity and be so honest with the wine “proprietor” sitting next to you. Great show!

  • JJ

    PRE-TEN-TIOUS. You got that right Dominus. Way to keep it real Gary, you have some heuvoes to keep your integrity and be so honest with the wine “proprietor” sitting next to you. Great show!

  • Little jonny H

    Nice show. TBH, I’m not a big fan of the cult wine scene, but I know there are many that love it. I enjoyed the interesting results, and loved Suzanne’s drawl. Gorgeous!

    QOTD: Last Friday was our 8 yr anni, and we rocked the house, big time 😉

  • Little jonny H

    Nice show. TBH, I’m not a big fan of the cult wine scene, but I know there are many that love it. I enjoyed the interesting results, and loved Suzanne’s drawl. Gorgeous!

    QOTD: Last Friday was our 8 yr anni, and we rocked the house, big time 😉

  • Pete G

    Good show. I like the way Suzanne thinks. Cab and omlets – the new break-
    fast of champions!

    QOTD: Negative. “She” is history.

  • this episode was great!

  • Pete G

    Good show. I like the way Suzanne thinks. Cab and omlets – the new break-
    fast of champions!

    QOTD: Negative. “She” is history.

  • this episode was great!

  • Well Gary, I think you need to loosen her up… Maybe she’s just nervous knowing this will be seen by so many people… Really, the first guess I felt fits the typical “wine person” mold. Even Jancis Robinson seemed like everyday folk, and she has been in the industry forever and a day. I’m with Dominus, I’d buy it if you stocked it, but I’m not going to go out of my way to find it. Also, if their website clearly states 65% french oak and she was “pretty sure” it was 100% it makes you wonder how involved she really was in the process. Oh well, like I said, I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt due to nerves… I’d like her to come back when they launch their 06…

  • Well Gary, I think you need to loosen her up… Maybe she’s just nervous knowing this will be seen by so many people… Really, the first guess I felt fits the typical “wine person” mold. Even Jancis Robinson seemed like everyday folk, and she has been in the industry forever and a day. I’m with Dominus, I’d buy it if you stocked it, but I’m not going to go out of my way to find it. Also, if their website clearly states 65% french oak and she was “pretty sure” it was 100% it makes you wonder how involved she really was in the process. Oh well, like I said, I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt due to nerves… I’d like her to come back when they launch their 06…

  • Chippewamike

    Great show. GV keepin it real. . .nice.

    QOTD: Have not done a date night in a while. One of the best we have done is gone to a bookstore, got some reading material and went to a quiet coffee shop. . . the time together away from our three kids was great.

  • ex-lurkdawg

    good episode. I don’t like the way chocolate makes any dry wine taste.
    qotd: my birthday on the 10th
    I love that the guests have their own spit bucket now.

  • Chippewamike

    Great show. GV keepin it real. . .nice.

    QOTD: Have not done a date night in a while. One of the best we have done is gone to a bookstore, got some reading material and went to a quiet coffee shop. . . the time together away from our three kids was great.

  • ex-lurkdawg

    good episode. I don’t like the way chocolate makes any dry wine taste.
    qotd: my birthday on the 10th
    I love that the guests have their own spit bucket now.

  • Good ep.

    Thanks for the shout out for the Fort Mason Event Dec. 6th. Go Niners!

  • Good ep.

    Thanks for the shout out for the Fort Mason Event Dec. 6th. Go Niners!

  • ev

    She says 18 months 100% new french oak. Their website says “17 months, 65% new french oak” for this vintage. So she’s the spokesman and she’s the owner? Hhmmm. And for $75? I’ll pass

  • ev

    She says 18 months 100% new french oak. Their website says “17 months, 65% new french oak” for this vintage. So she’s the spokesman and she’s the owner? Hhmmm. And for $75? I’ll pass

  • sam

    Great show! Fun guest, nice concept. Good bottles don’t make good dates. However, they are a nice addition to great company.

    QOTD: Romance is never outta style. Love and wine can only make you feel good, so combine the two and you get a cocktail of sensorial bliss!

    TO LOVE!

  • sam

    Great show! Fun guest, nice concept. Good bottles don’t make good dates. However, they are a nice addition to great company.

    QOTD: Romance is never outta style. Love and wine can only make you feel good, so combine the two and you get a cocktail of sensorial bliss!

    TO LOVE!

  • ellenkf

    can you say DILETTANTE?

  • Ray Barnes

    I agree with others’ comments that the guest was not a very persuasive advocate for her own wines. The chocolate was a nice and appropriate touch.

    As an aside, Gary, I got my copy of your book in the mail this afternoon. Must say after a very cursory preliminary review, that your remarks about Chenin Blanc, with respect to a Savennieres (I think it was #19 off the top of my head), are absolutely spot-on. I intend to study this in its entirety.

    QOTD – Not applicable, we take our 11 year-old daughter everywhere – including the opera. (yes she likes it)

  • ellenkf

    can you say DILETTANTE?

  • Ray Barnes

    I agree with others’ comments that the guest was not a very persuasive advocate for her own wines. The chocolate was a nice and appropriate touch.

    As an aside, Gary, I got my copy of your book in the mail this afternoon. Must say after a very cursory preliminary review, that your remarks about Chenin Blanc, with respect to a Savennieres (I think it was #19 off the top of my head), are absolutely spot-on. I intend to study this in its entirety.

    QOTD – Not applicable, we take our 11 year-old daughter everywhere – including the opera. (yes she likes it)

  • John C

    Thanks for the shout out! I belated November 14th Birthday to you too Gary!

  • John C

    Thanks for the shout out! I belated November 14th Birthday to you too Gary!

  • Slushpuppy

    Way too much banal banter, and not enough tasting.
    Smell it first.

  • Slushpuppy

    Way too much banal banter, and not enough tasting.
    Smell it first.

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