EP 584 2 Vintages of a Wine From Fronsac

Gary Vaynerchuk welcomes a guest who is a long time Vayniac and very passionate about French wine.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2002 Chateau Couraze
2000 Chateau Couraze

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

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K murph is hot. Would totally marry her!

Tags: Bordeaux, France, guests, red, review, Video, wine, wines

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  • jason carey

    Gary remember, by european standards, 8 euros is not a cheap wine. all my friends in
    France only drink wines under 5 and they can be very very good.

  • jason carey

    Gary remember, by european standards, 8 euros is not a cheap wine. all my friends in
    France only drink wines under 5 and they can be very very good.

  • Chris in Tulsa

    QOTD: My dream job would be something to do with the wine industry of course but my real dream would be rich enough to not need a job!

  • Chris in Tulsa

    QOTD: My dream job would be something to do with the wine industry of course but my real dream would be rich enough to not need a job!

  • laposte

    Truly enjoyed Kristen you both seem so passionate, not just wine but with life.
    I cannot think of a dream job, I must be content working in an elementary school, it is rather humbling getting a big hug from a 6-7 year old.

  • laposte

    Truly enjoyed Kristen you both seem so passionate, not just wine but with life.
    I cannot think of a dream job, I must be content working in an elementary school, it is rather humbling getting a big hug from a 6-7 year old.

  • Roberto

    hi Guys, nice guest, love her accent, wish I had heard more of her in french…

    QOTD: President of the United States…. and Kristen, by the way, you are very, very good looking.

  • Roberto

    hi Guys, nice guest, love her accent, wish I had heard more of her in french…

    QOTD: President of the United States…. and Kristen, by the way, you are very, very good looking.

  • Great show! Thanks for bringing great content every day! What’s with the end of the show credits: “WINELIBRARYV.com? QOTD: I am so blessed to have my dream job, lots of sacrifices along the way, but it’s all worth it!

  • Great show! Thanks for bringing great content every day! What’s with the end of the show credits: “WINELIBRARYV.com? QOTD: I am so blessed to have my dream job, lots of sacrifices along the way, but it’s all worth it!

  • DanM

    Great guest, nice to see a fellow Badger on the show!

    QOTD: Hmm. I’ll get back to you. Wait. I’m it already…. A dad to two great kids.

  • DanM

    Great guest, nice to see a fellow Badger on the show!

    QOTD: Hmm. I’ll get back to you. Wait. I’m it already…. A dad to two great kids.

  • Gary & Kristen,
    Great show. This is grass roots wine tasting at it’s finest. This is like what I experience every weekend when I go out and taste wines at the local wineries. They’re not the best but they have character and “terroir”. I’m a little surprised that the 2000 didn’t stand up better but then again every winery is in a different place to take advantage of what they get. I totally understand.
    Keep up the good work!

  • Gary & Kristen,
    Great show. This is grass roots wine tasting at it’s finest. This is like what I experience every weekend when I go out and taste wines at the local wineries. They’re not the best but they have character and “terroir”. I’m a little surprised that the 2000 didn’t stand up better but then again every winery is in a different place to take advantage of what they get. I totally understand.
    Keep up the good work!

  • I liked that show….great camera work MOTT!!!!!

    QOTD: I would love to work with GARY VAY-NER-CHUK for one day. And since we all know that’s not going to happen…. I would say a undercover Room Report Hotel crtic who get’s to stay at different hotels to report to owners on the over all experience and every detail of the stay a customer would normally encounter and evaluate them on everything from hospitality, customer service, food and beverage, maintenance, cleanliness, room service, restaurants and how the hotel employees treat the guests and so on, etc……

    Dream job for sure!!!!

  • I liked that show….great camera work MOTT!!!!!

    QOTD: I would love to work with GARY VAY-NER-CHUK for one day. And since we all know that’s not going to happen…. I would say a undercover Room Report Hotel crtic who get’s to stay at different hotels to report to owners on the over all experience and every detail of the stay a customer would normally encounter and evaluate them on everything from hospitality, customer service, food and beverage, maintenance, cleanliness, room service, restaurants and how the hotel employees treat the guests and so on, etc……

    Dream job for sure!!!!

  • I have a soft spot for Fronsac, and dug the banter and enthusiasm – I was glued to this ep. Great guest.

    QOTD: if somebody would pay me well to spend time with my family all day, that’d be pretty darn great.

  • I have a soft spot for Fronsac, and dug the banter and enthusiasm – I was glued to this ep. Great guest.

    QOTD: if somebody would pay me well to spend time with my family all day, that’d be pretty darn great.

  • Anonymous

    Great camerawork!

    QOTD: I’ve known I’ve wanted to be a pharmacist since the start of high school. I’m about to graduate from college with a pharmacy degree & can’t wait to get out into the field!

  • David T

    Great camerawork!

    QOTD: I’ve known I’ve wanted to be a pharmacist since the start of high school. I’m about to graduate from college with a pharmacy degree & can’t wait to get out into the field!

  • johnnyutah

    Great episode…

    QOTD: For one day…be a team rider in the Tour de France.

  • johnnyutah

    Great episode…

    QOTD: For one day…be a team rider in the Tour de France.

  • Ray Barnes

    Pretty good show. Too bad the wines were not as interesting as the guest. For once it was nice to hear French words correctly pronounced. If the winemaker was trying to make a statement by producing a cabernet sauvignon dominant wine in Fronsac, it was unfortunately not very convincing.

    QOTD – A symphony and opera conductor, especially the Wagner Ring cycle.

  • Ray Barnes

    Pretty good show. Too bad the wines were not as interesting as the guest. For once it was nice to hear French words correctly pronounced. If the winemaker was trying to make a statement by producing a cabernet sauvignon dominant wine in Fronsac, it was unfortunately not very convincing.

    QOTD – A symphony and opera conductor, especially the Wagner Ring cycle.

  • lawschooldrunk

    great camera work, Mott! nice laid back tuesday.

    gary, stop playing with your beard 🙂

    nice guest, she seemed to parrot gary’s every move but that is only because they are both in sync and thinking the same things. they could probably finish each other’s sentences in this episode.

    to JohnnyUtah, wouldn’t you rather ride the giro? it’s not in the summer and it’s not as hot. I’d just like to be retired, spend time with the family, and ride my bike 6 hours a day. not really a job so I didn’t answer the question.

  • lawschooldrunk

    great camera work, Mott! nice laid back tuesday.

    gary, stop playing with your beard 🙂

    nice guest, she seemed to parrot gary’s every move but that is only because they are both in sync and thinking the same things. they could probably finish each other’s sentences in this episode.

    to JohnnyUtah, wouldn’t you rather ride the giro? it’s not in the summer and it’s not as hot. I’d just like to be retired, spend time with the family, and ride my bike 6 hours a day. not really a job so I didn’t answer the question.

  • Awesome job, Kristen!! I’m so excited that this finally happened!

    You all, this girl is a true, die-hard Vayniac — when we were working at the same wine shop last year, the very first time we met she grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down this Web site. You’ll love it, she said (and she was right!).

    Kristen has organized Wine Library TV tastings with our tasting group (WASTED), brought home Thanksgiving and Christmas special four-packs from Rhode Island (since WL can’t ship to Wisconsin) and is easily one of the most passionate, intelligent drinkers I know.

    With Kristen, I drank my first Barolo. We all miss her in Wisconsin!

    QOTD: I am working in my dream job (fine arts reporter/sometime wine writer) but for one day it would be awesome to work at a fine chocolate shop.

  • Awesome job, Kristen!! I’m so excited that this finally happened!

    You all, this girl is a true, die-hard Vayniac — when we were working at the same wine shop last year, the very first time we met she grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down this Web site. You’ll love it, she said (and she was right!).

    Kristen has organized Wine Library TV tastings with our tasting group (WASTED), brought home Thanksgiving and Christmas special four-packs from Rhode Island (since WL can’t ship to Wisconsin) and is easily one of the most passionate, intelligent drinkers I know.

    With Kristen, I drank my first Barolo. We all miss her in Wisconsin!

    QOTD: I am working in my dream job (fine arts reporter/sometime wine writer) but for one day it would be awesome to work at a fine chocolate shop.

  • QOTD: I would spend a day visiting the homes of moms and dads, teaching them about their computers, removing their fear of technology.

  • QOTD: I would spend a day visiting the homes of moms and dads, teaching them about their computers, removing their fear of technology.

  • Yimosan

    “G”
    Really enjoyed the episode, listening to your guest speak of the vineyards and the every day life there transported me back to Europe.

    I lived in Kaiserslautern (Rhineland Phalz region) for 6 years, it’s about a 45 minute drive to Metz France; Man, I miss the wine fests and the harvest celebrations, what a blast.

    QOTD – I just landed a contractor job with the U.S. Air Force here in Florida, a position I had sought for the past 3 years…however, my dream job would be to become a renowned chef…a la Anthony Bourdain!

  • Yimosan

    “G”
    Really enjoyed the episode, listening to your guest speak of the vineyards and the every day life there transported me back to Europe.

    I lived in Kaiserslautern (Rhineland Phalz region) for 6 years, it’s about a 45 minute drive to Metz France; Man, I miss the wine fests and the harvest celebrations, what a blast.

    QOTD – I just landed a contractor job with the U.S. Air Force here in Florida, a position I had sought for the past 3 years…however, my dream job would be to become a renowned chef…a la Anthony Bourdain!

  • have had some ok fronsac wines. hope they improve though.

    dream gig…..doin it. Violin maker. thanks to my wife!

  • have had some ok fronsac wines. hope they improve though.

    dream gig…..doin it. Violin maker. thanks to my wife!

  • Weston

    QOTD: I would love to work for one day at at Alinea Restaurant in Chicago, as a 1st cook or something of that level. not the a stage peeling carrots all day.

  • Weston

    QOTD: I would love to work for one day at at Alinea Restaurant in Chicago, as a 1st cook or something of that level. not the a stage peeling carrots all day.

  • Anonymous

    Great show- she’s repin’ RI! Love the personal story feel.

    QOTD: For one day? Fighter jet pilot… or a Hollywood socialite with no responsibility and nothing to do but go out and be seen, spending money that I didn’t have to earn.

  • YoungDave

    Great show- she’s repin’ RI! Love the personal story feel.

    QOTD: For one day? Fighter jet pilot… or a Hollywood socialite with no responsibility and nothing to do but go out and be seen, spending money that I didn’t have to earn.

  • Awesome show Gary with the most awesome guest! Kristen, you were great!! As people have already said, you were a complete natural in front of the camera talking about wine. Can’t wait til you’re back in town in the spring and we can have a WASTED reunion.

    My dream job: to be a mom (but that of course will be for more than one day).

  • Awesome show Gary with the most awesome guest! Kristen, you were great!! As people have already said, you were a complete natural in front of the camera talking about wine. Can’t wait til you’re back in town in the spring and we can have a WASTED reunion.

    My dream job: to be a mom (but that of course will be for more than one day).

  • ev

    qod…..being Jeremiah Johnson.

    Suggestions:
    To compare wine color, put measured (shot) equal amounts into flat white bowls.

    Start using competitor NFL “victim” spitbuckets.

  • ev

    qod…..being Jeremiah Johnson.

    Suggestions:
    To compare wine color, put measured (shot) equal amounts into flat white bowls.

    Start using competitor NFL “victim” spitbuckets.

  • It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative article. I will tell this information again to my friend, oh yes I suggest you to check my blog on Wine , I hope the article on my blog will be usefull for you? and we can share each other. thank you? 😉

  • It is happy to see your posting. Yes really informative article. I will tell this information again to my friend, oh yes I suggest you to check my blog on Wine , I hope the article on my blog will be usefull for you? and we can share each other. thank you? 😉

  • Dan Manu

    QOTD: Maybe a wine writer… getting paid to travel the world sampling wines. That is only if my girlfriend was with me. Maybe just running owning my own wine business… importer/exporter, something like that.

  • Dan Manu

    QOTD: Maybe a wine writer… getting paid to travel the world sampling wines. That is only if my girlfriend was with me. Maybe just running owning my own wine business… importer/exporter, something like that.

  • Tom who?

    QOTD: For a day, my dream job would probably be a professional musician

    Gary you should totally get a random person off the street and on to the show, or just somebody who doesn’t know wine that well and doesn’t know the show. That way they will be totally unbiased and give their truthful opinions! It would be an amazing episode!

  • Tom who?

    QOTD: For a day, my dream job would probably be a professional musician

    Gary you should totally get a random person off the street and on to the show, or just somebody who doesn’t know wine that well and doesn’t know the show. That way they will be totally unbiased and give their truthful opinions! It would be an amazing episode!

  • Susan B

    I don’t know exactly what the dream job title would be but I always wanted to do something involving wine and food, maybe something also involving their depiction in various art works. Too late now.

  • Susan B

    I don’t know exactly what the dream job title would be but I always wanted to do something involving wine and food, maybe something also involving their depiction in various art works. Too late now.

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