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EP 654 Discussing Cork vs. Screwcaps during a Grab Bag Wine Tasting

Gary Vaynerchuk and Liza “The Wine Chick” Zimmerman taste 3 totally different wines and debate the relative merits of cork and screwcap enclosures.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Mythic River Sauv BlancGreek White Wine
2006 Bleasdale Langhorne Crossing Shiraz/ CabernetAustralian Red Meritage
2007 Descendientes De Jose Palacios Bierzo PetalosBierzo

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Luca Bercelli

90/100

line of the day – ‘you should spend a year doing blind tastings to get rid of your preconceptions, then write a book about it. That’s a big time idea. I want 10%’

My initial thought was – what a terrible guest, but on reflection she was a great foil for GV to confront a lot of things he doesn’t like in the wine industry (whilst pretending to like her). It’s the first time that he’s almost had a full-blown argument with a guest on the show and therefore very watchable. Don’t mess with Gary when talking about screwcaps, corked wines or wine areas that you do or don’t like. I haven’t read the rest of the comments but I’m about to, and I’ll be shocked if she gets off lightly. Great stuff.

Tags: Bierzo, cabernet, Greek, red, review, shiraz, Video, white, wine, wines

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  • Holladown

    Yo First. WOW!

  • Holladown

    Yo First. WOW!

  • Slushpuppy

    Yo MaMa.

  • Slushpuppy

    Yo MaMa.

  • Phil G

    Ready for the debate – here we go!

  • Phil G

    Ready for the debate – here we go!

  • Kevin K

    Interesting. I’m partial to screw caps while I’m traveling because I don’t always have a corkscrew. Can you take a corkscrew in carry-on luggage?

  • Kevin K

    Interesting. I’m partial to screw caps while I’m traveling because I don’t always have a corkscrew. Can you take a corkscrew in carry-on luggage?

  • Baroo

    Norm?

  • Baroo

    Norm?

  • Hinrgman

    Hi Gary!

    Another great episode

    Like the concept.

  • Hinrgman

    Hi Gary!

    Another great episode

    Like the concept.

  • jason

    top 10
    more later

  • Top 10! Haven’t done that in a while. Now to watch the show…

  • top 10
    more later

  • Top 10! Haven’t done that in a while. Now to watch the show…

  • Baroo

    This lady is a little rough, trying to out knowledge GV, which is fine, but sure does have a face for radio

  • Baroo

    This lady is a little rough, trying to out knowledge GV, which is fine, but sure does have a face for radio

  • Beverly

    Good show. Thanks.

    QOTD Marula fruit. (Yes, I did google it!)

  • Beverly

    Good show. Thanks.

    QOTD Marula fruit. (Yes, I did google it!)

  • Simon A (Derby UK)

    QOTD: The fruit of the marula tree.

    Your pronunciation of Worcestershire Sauce made me smile today. It should really be like wuster-sher (like buster with an added sher (like her). I’ve confused you even more now haven’t I? 😉

    Great show as always….

  • Simon A (Derby UK)

    QOTD: The fruit of the marula tree.

    Your pronunciation of Worcestershire Sauce made me smile today. It should really be like wuster-sher (like buster with an added sher (like her). I’ve confused you even more now haven’t I? 😉

    Great show as always….

  • Holladown

    I found this show fascinating.

    Great guest, and y’all got down to it on some good subjects.

    And then I went and read up on brett. Thanks for that.

    No clue on the fruit.

    Cheers

    Hollis

  • Holladown

    I found this show fascinating.

    Great guest, and y’all got down to it on some good subjects.

    And then I went and read up on brett. Thanks for that.

    No clue on the fruit.

    Cheers

    Hollis

  • guymandude

    Cool show ,great guest.
    QOTD; The Marula tree fruit.To make Amarula.

  • guymandude

    Cool show ,great guest.
    QOTD; The Marula tree fruit.To make Amarula.

  • Kevin K

    QOTD: I don’t know. The only thing I have seen elephants eat off a tree is a sausage fruit. I saw this great video of giraffes eating them too.

  • Kevin K

    QOTD: I don’t know. The only thing I have seen elephants eat off a tree is a sausage fruit. I saw this great video of giraffes eating them too.

  • Justin

    This was a fun show. It’s neat to see a few wine geeks chatting it up about what they are passionate about. It was also made fun by the fact that I downed a whole bottle of Pinot Grigio this evening. This is exciting to me because I was about to give up on the Pinot Grigio. I’ve tasted several different bottles of this wine and have not liked any of them. Tonight though, I had a 2008 vintage Vigneto Campo Dei Gelsi from Brolo that was really a great bottle of wine. And I know because like I said, I finished the whole bottle. Mmmm. This makes me excited to get out and try more of the Pinot Grigio types of wine to see what else out there is as good as this one was.

  • Great Episode, loved The Wine Chick. Please feature her again sometime and let her bring wines she likes.

    I also really enjoyed the nerd stuff. I don’t think screwcaps harm wine that’s going to be drunk young, because I just don’t know how that would happen. Give us a little more about aeration, yeasts and the process of winemaking, perhaps with another knowledgeable guest.

  • Justin

    This was a fun show. It’s neat to see a few wine geeks chatting it up about what they are passionate about. It was also made fun by the fact that I downed a whole bottle of Pinot Grigio this evening. This is exciting to me because I was about to give up on the Pinot Grigio. I’ve tasted several different bottles of this wine and have not liked any of them. Tonight though, I had a 2008 vintage Vigneto Campo Dei Gelsi from Brolo that was really a great bottle of wine. And I know because like I said, I finished the whole bottle. Mmmm. This makes me excited to get out and try more of the Pinot Grigio types of wine to see what else out there is as good as this one was.

  • Great Episode, loved The Wine Chick. Please feature her again sometime and let her bring wines she likes.

    I also really enjoyed the nerd stuff. I don’t think screwcaps harm wine that’s going to be drunk young, because I just don’t know how that would happen. Give us a little more about aeration, yeasts and the process of winemaking, perhaps with another knowledgeable guest.

  • Pappy Ralph

    WOw another great show. Love the guest.Liza The wine Chick, really knows her stuff.

    Keep up the good work.

    QOTD. I had heard of the drunken Elephants before ( I googled it)but didn’t know the name of the fruit.

  • Pappy Ralph

    WOw another great show. Love the guest.Liza The wine Chick, really knows her stuff.

    Keep up the good work.

    QOTD. I had heard of the drunken Elephants before ( I googled it)but didn’t know the name of the fruit.

  • Paryb

    I thought at first this show was clown shoes…but it turned into something pretty cool. Though I didn’t agree with some of the stuff Liza had to say, she’s the first guest in a while that actually argued with Gary…lots of guest just sit there like a deer in headlights and agree with him.

    QOTD: Clown shoes.

  • Paryb

    I thought at first this show was clown shoes…but it turned into something pretty cool. Though I didn’t agree with some of the stuff Liza had to say, she’s the first guest in a while that actually argued with Gary…lots of guest just sit there like a deer in headlights and agree with him.

    QOTD: Clown shoes.

  • NY Pete

    top 20 … hey Liza

  • NY Pete

    top 20 … hey Liza

  • mrfroopy

    I think that you might not be as sensitive as some to cork, like I am not so sensitive to brett or VA…I thing its 3-5% for a very sensitive person. As to your guest, Screwcap does evolve.. and the reductive argument is not valid when the wine is made correctly for screwcap.
    sorry Liza

  • mrfroopy

    I think that you might not be as sensitive as some to cork, like I am not so sensitive to brett or VA…I thing its 3-5% for a very sensitive person. As to your guest, Screwcap does evolve.. and the reductive argument is not valid when the wine is made correctly for screwcap.
    sorry Liza

  • NY Pete

    we know you don’t drink wine … 😛 😛 😛

  • NY Pete

    we know you don’t drink wine … 😛 😛 😛

  • EP

    Overall liked the episode. I was kind of freaked out by Liza’s mannerisms, but I could not turn away. It was strangely fascinating and I couldn’t help but stare at her. Trust me on this, watch it again and you will see what I mean.

    Love the blind tastings. Keep them coming.

  • EP

    Overall liked the episode. I was kind of freaked out by Liza’s mannerisms, but I could not turn away. It was strangely fascinating and I couldn’t help but stare at her. Trust me on this, watch it again and you will see what I mean.

    Love the blind tastings. Keep them coming.

  • Mike Pos

    Marula. Great Show! I loved how you told her what was up with corked bottles. I have had A LOT of bottles of wine and maybe 3 that I could legitimately say were tainted by cork fungus. The only fungi I want around my wine is Gary Vay-ner-Chuk. Peace.

  • Mike Pos

    Marula. Great Show! I loved how you told her what was up with corked bottles. I have had A LOT of bottles of wine and maybe 3 that I could legitimately say were tainted by cork fungus. The only fungi I want around my wine is Gary Vay-ner-Chuk. Peace.

  • Great show. Your guest was a good match for the discussion on corks and corked wines. In our wine group we find more corked wines than you might expect and it is not just being “nerdy”. They are definitely corked. Now this “reduction” claim by screw cap opponents. I am not so sure about that.

    Jim

  • Great show. Your guest was a good match for the discussion on corks and corked wines. In our wine group we find more corked wines than you might expect and it is not just being “nerdy”. They are definitely corked. Now this “reduction” claim by screw cap opponents. I am not so sure about that.

    Jim

  • ZinRiki

    I agree with GV. 1/2500. 90% should have screw caps. Only a fraction are capable of age.

    Got a great show. DUST!!! My first terroir love was Rutherford Dust. Kind of a cedar dusty thing. Some Russian named Tchelistcheff!!!

  • ZinRiki

    I agree with GV. 1/2500. 90% should have screw caps. Only a fraction are capable of age.

    Got a great show. DUST!!! My first terroir love was Rutherford Dust. Kind of a cedar dusty thing. Some Russian named Tchelistcheff!!!

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