EP 665 The 4 Hour Wine Tasting

Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week, tastes 3 Malbecs with Gary Vaynerchuk.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Bodegas Goulart Malbec ClassicArgentine Malbec
2005 Chateau Du Cedre Cahors HeritageCahors
2006 Lagarde Malbec Single VineyardArgentine Malbec

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Luca Bercelli

90/100

line of the day -‘This is the first bee on Winelibrary TV’

Good solid guest and good solid show but the highlight for me (as a Jets fan) is the opening 5 minutes which is all about the Sanchez trade in the draft (probably boring as hell for non-Jets/nfl fans…but that’s tough)

Tags: Argentina, cahors, France, red, review, wine, wines

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  • Tim eat more bacon the Nitrates counter act the effects of Cabernet Sauv. I eat like a pound a dayand havent had a hang over in years! of course no blood gets to my brain due to the pin hole opening in my arties but no hang over

  • Tim eat more bacon the Nitrates counter act the effects of Cabernet Sauv. I eat like a pound a dayand havent had a hang over in years! of course no blood gets to my brain due to the pin hole opening in my arties but no hang over

  • Gary has a chubby! Maybe that is the little thing he was going to announce in the forum! But little red riding Gary might be to scared to come back to the forest.

  • Gary has a chubby! Maybe that is the little thing he was going to announce in the forum! But little red riding Gary might be to scared to come back to the forest.

  • People retire because they don’t do what they love and they don’t love what they do.

    Thank you for the 4HWW Tim, it changed my life. While I haven’t automated my business yet, I applied your principals to hack it and make it easier to manage based on the 80/20 rule.

  • People retire because they don’t do what they love and they don’t love what they do.

    Thank you for the 4HWW Tim, it changed my life. While I haven’t automated my business yet, I applied your principals to hack it and make it easier to manage based on the 80/20 rule.

  • If you want Longevity then dont date Gary they call him 2minutevaynerchuck

  • If you want Longevity then dont date Gary they call him 2minutevaynerchuck

  • Garys nexts 10 books are 1 wine additions to the original book

  • Garys nexts 10 books are 1 wine additions to the original book

  • Gary Gump the ping pong player

  • Gary Gump the ping pong player

  • QOTD: I would write a book called the 3 hour work week and do a video called 7 minute abs

  • QOTD: I would write a book called the 3 hour work week and do a video called 7 minute abs

  • Anonymous

    Good guest, he reminds me of one of my good friends. Mott’s still got to tape even if he retires!

    Was there some kind of a cut at 8:11? Something skipped or was edited, I didn’t think that happened on WLTV!

    QOTD: I’m about to graduate college going into a field that I love- ask me again in 30-35 years, but why would someone want to stop doing something they love and are passionate about?

  • David T (@ONUMello)

    Good guest, he reminds me of one of my good friends. Mott’s still got to tape even if he retires!

    Was there some kind of a cut at 8:11? Something skipped or was edited, I didn’t think that happened on WLTV!

    QOTD: I’m about to graduate college going into a field that I love- ask me again in 30-35 years, but why would someone want to stop doing something they love and are passionate about?

  • Hey Tim! Love your book!!!! I am working on a number of “muses.” My client lead me on to this site and interesting to find you on here. There is a great forum on aSmallworld.net and love to invite you on to it. I have a nice forum post going on in there about outsourcing my life.

    Yeon

  • All this talk about retirement- Some people actually retire so they can spend some time with their family. Imagine that, it is not all about hating what you do for a living.

    Hopefully Gary will slow down a little when his baby is born because missing the first time your kid rolls over, shats the carpet, laughs for no reason, pisses like a fountain when being changed(of course if GV can put the stem on the apple), eats your canolli, runs off with your parmesian cheese, and points to your hot neighbor and says boobies in front of the wife! those memories are worth more than any cash derived from cursing at a bunch of web 2.0ers.

    I thought Tim did a good job on the show. I have to say at first I thought Gary had Woody Harrelson on when I saw the preview image.

  • Hey Tim! Love your book!!!! I am working on a number of “muses.” My client lead me on to this site and interesting to find you on here. There is a great forum on aSmallworld.net and love to invite you on to it. I have a nice forum post going on in there about outsourcing my life.

    Yeon

  • All this talk about retirement- Some people actually retire so they can spend some time with their family. Imagine that, it is not all about hating what you do for a living.

    Hopefully Gary will slow down a little when his baby is born because missing the first time your kid rolls over, shats the carpet, laughs for no reason, pisses like a fountain when being changed(of course if GV can put the stem on the apple), eats your canolli, runs off with your parmesian cheese, and points to your hot neighbor and says boobies in front of the wife! those memories are worth more than any cash derived from cursing at a bunch of web 2.0ers.

    I thought Tim did a good job on the show. I have to say at first I thought Gary had Woody Harrelson on when I saw the preview image.

  • What’s up with the Honey Oat Cheerios bee flying around? LOL trying to get it with the bio-dynamic book.

    Good oak monster discussion.

    QOTD: I would probably take more vacations in regular intervals and longer (the light bulb just went off). Just worrying about the hustle now so I can “retire” sooner….and in reality I would never retire it would drive me nuts doing nothing.

  • What’s up with the Honey Oat Cheerios bee flying around? LOL trying to get it with the bio-dynamic book.

    Good oak monster discussion.

    QOTD: I would probably take more vacations in regular intervals and longer (the light bulb just went off). Just worrying about the hustle now so I can “retire” sooner….and in reality I would never retire it would drive me nuts doing nothing.

  • Steak Monster

    Gary, your face was so funny when that bee came strolling in. Time turned back to child GV in a second.

    QoTD: I would probably choose the 4hr work week for my eternal career. Although drinking wine every day wouldn’t be too bad either.

  • Steak Monster

    Gary, your face was so funny when that bee came strolling in. Time turned back to child GV in a second.

    QoTD: I would probably choose the 4hr work week for my eternal career. Although drinking wine every day wouldn’t be too bad either.

  • What a great review of 3 Malbecs. I too am a Malbec fan and I added a great deal to my wine vocabulary tonight from Gary’s descriptions. It can daunting to translate flavors into words but Gary does a phenomenal job at describing what the rest of us can only taste. Love Tim’s question and if you remove “Retirement” entirely from the “Life Equation” then we will all be forced to choose professions that we absolutely love instead of a mundane job that we suffer through until retirement.

  • What a great review of 3 Malbecs. I too am a Malbec fan and I added a great deal to my wine vocabulary tonight from Gary’s descriptions. It can daunting to translate flavors into words but Gary does a phenomenal job at describing what the rest of us can only taste. Love Tim’s question and if you remove “Retirement” entirely from the “Life Equation” then we will all be forced to choose professions that we absolutely love instead of a mundane job that we suffer through until retirement.

  • When I first read The 4-Hour Workweek, I was working at Wal-Mart as a cashier. I hated that job so much! A couple of days later, I decided to buy the book on my break and I walked out. Ever since that happened, I haven’t seen a single copy of the book in that Wal-Mart since.

    I tried blogging for a living, and while I manage to make money from it (about $25 a month), it’s not enough to stop working a regular job. I was incredibly foolish to quit Wal-Mart so suddenly.

    I did get a job in Februaryas a tech support guy, but I was released a month into it because I wasn’t “catching on”. I thought I was beginning to get into the groove of things, but not according to my supervisors.

    Right now, I’m unemployed and I need to find a job soon before I run out of money. I’m looking to move into the slightly bigger city of Bowling Green Ohio in July-August, but I have no money and no job. Things are looking grim, but I’m sure I’ll be able to find some kind of work.

    QOTD – This could just be my age talking (I’m 23 but lots of people think I’m 16-18), but I never had retirement in mind. “If you do what you love, then you’ll never work a day in your life” is my motto. My version of retirement is being able to make a living doing what I love and no longer requiring a job for income.

    Until that day, I’ll have to work a regular job in order to earn enough money to live. I’m fine with that, so long as I continue to work on my passion during that time and remember that I won’t be working in a regular job forever.

    Sorry this comment is super-long, I just had some things to get off my chest.

  • When I first read The 4-Hour Workweek, I was working at Wal-Mart as a cashier. I hated that job so much! A couple of days later, I decided to buy the book on my break and I walked out. Ever since that happened, I haven’t seen a single copy of the book in that Wal-Mart since.

    I tried blogging for a living, and while I manage to make money from it (about $25 a month), it’s not enough to stop working a regular job. I was incredibly foolish to quit Wal-Mart so suddenly.

    I did get a job in Februaryas a tech support guy, but I was released a month into it because I wasn’t “catching on”. I thought I was beginning to get into the groove of things, but not according to my supervisors.

    Right now, I’m unemployed and I need to find a job soon before I run out of money. I’m looking to move into the slightly bigger city of Bowling Green Ohio in July-August, but I have no money and no job. Things are looking grim, but I’m sure I’ll be able to find some kind of work.

    QOTD – This could just be my age talking (I’m 23 but lots of people think I’m 16-18), but I never had retirement in mind. “If you do what you love, then you’ll never work a day in your life” is my motto. My version of retirement is being able to make a living doing what I love and no longer requiring a job for income.

    Until that day, I’ll have to work a regular job in order to earn enough money to live. I’m fine with that, so long as I continue to work on my passion during that time and remember that I won’t be working in a regular job forever.

    Sorry this comment is super-long, I just had some things to get off my chest.

  • Robert Howells

    If retirement was taken out of the equation I would have to think really hard about things.Working at the same job for 22 years you sort of become a zombie and cruise on auto pilot. I would love to work with Gary and AJ @ VaynerMedia because I would pour my soul into every project.

  • Robert Howells

    If retirement was taken out of the equation I would have to think really hard about things.Working at the same job for 22 years you sort of become a zombie and cruise on auto pilot. I would love to work with Gary and AJ @ VaynerMedia because I would pour my soul into every project.

  • QOTD : If retirement were out of the picture I would focus on helping others and developing schools in India for children in rural villages.

  • QOTD : If retirement were out of the picture I would focus on helping others and developing schools in India for children in rural villages.

  • Don

    Fantastic episode!!! Tim was a great guest and your interaction with the bee was hilarious. Solid start to the week.

    QOTD: Thought provoking question…

  • Don

    Fantastic episode!!! Tim was a great guest and your interaction with the bee was hilarious. Solid start to the week.

    QOTD: Thought provoking question…

  • Don

    I wanted to tell Tim that I went to the Gran Bar Danzon in Buenos Aires when I was there in December 2007, before spending 2 weeks fly fishing in Patagonia. I agree with him its a great bar!

    We also discovered “Shoeless Joe’s El Alamo Bar” because we needed to find an American sports bar so we could watch the Redskins beat the Cowboys in their final preseason game to get into the playoffs. Too bad they lost to the Seahawks in the 1st round… They serve HUGE pitchers of beer at that bar too.

  • Don

    I wanted to tell Tim that I went to the Gran Bar Danzon in Buenos Aires when I was there in December 2007, before spending 2 weeks fly fishing in Patagonia. I agree with him its a great bar!

    We also discovered “Shoeless Joe’s El Alamo Bar” because we needed to find an American sports bar so we could watch the Redskins beat the Cowboys in their final preseason game to get into the playoffs. Too bad they lost to the Seahawks in the 1st round… They serve HUGE pitchers of beer at that bar too.

  • Beeper

    QOTD: If retirement were out of the question…

    I would move more aggressively towards an equity-based income. For now, I’ll continue to procrastinate.

    BTW love the show – keep it up.

  • Beeper

    QOTD: If retirement were out of the question…

    I would move more aggressively towards an equity-based income. For now, I’ll continue to procrastinate.

    BTW love the show – keep it up.

  • Corked2Buck

    Thank God Kahuna stopped posting!

  • Corked2Buck

    Thank God Kahuna stopped posting!

  • Awww, Gary, your “bromance” with Tim is quite cute. 🙂 It’s obvious you guys are good friends and enjoy being around each other — that’s nice to see. Really enjoyed Tim as a guest on the show; can’t wait to go to Argentina and eat some grass-fed beef and drink Malbec during leisurely long dinners while on my 6-month South America excursion.

    QOTD: I think I would finally devote myself to doing something I love (wine, travel writing, music, etc.) without being scared of not having financial security.

  • Awww, Gary, your “bromance” with Tim is quite cute. 🙂 It’s obvious you guys are good friends and enjoy being around each other — that’s nice to see. Really enjoyed Tim as a guest on the show; can’t wait to go to Argentina and eat some grass-fed beef and drink Malbec during leisurely long dinners while on my 6-month South America excursion.

    QOTD: I think I would finally devote myself to doing something I love (wine, travel writing, music, etc.) without being scared of not having financial security.

  • ZJK

    QOTD: When I retire I know I’ll do something, prob. work at the golf course until I die because that makes me happy.

    Great show with a unique guest, good interview format and I enjoyed the ways you used the two wines to open his pallete to what he liked. I have only had one Malbec, but I might think about picking out another the next time I’m at the wine shop.

  • ZJK

    QOTD: When I retire I know I’ll do something, prob. work at the golf course until I die because that makes me happy.

    Great show with a unique guest, good interview format and I enjoyed the ways you used the two wines to open his pallete to what he liked. I have only had one Malbec, but I might think about picking out another the next time I’m at the wine shop.

  • wayno da wino

    Yo Mott, U Bee-Killer, I’m reportin’ U to PETA & the Humane Society!!!!!!!
    🙂

  • wayno da wino

    Yo Mott, U Bee-Killer, I’m reportin’ U to PETA & the Humane Society!!!!!!!
    🙂

  • shawnandlu

    Help me Gary, they pick on me in the forums. I don’t know if I can take their big bad comments. On a separate note this episode had a newly published case from The Supreme Court of Iowa feel to it.

  • shawnandlu

    Help me Gary, they pick on me in the forums. I don’t know if I can take their big bad comments. On a separate note this episode had a newly published case from The Supreme Court of Iowa feel to it.

  • wayno da wino

    Bottle o’ Wiiiiiine, Fruit o’ daaa Viiiiiine, when Ya gonna let me get
    soooooooobeeeeeeeer…..???……… 🙂

  • wayno da wino

    Bottle o’ Wiiiiiine, Fruit o’ daaa Viiiiiine, when Ya gonna let me get
    soooooooobeeeeeeeer…..???……… 🙂

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