EP 681 Tasting with a Long Time Vayniac

Gary Vaynerchuk returns to the laid back Friday couch to taste with Tim F, who has been watching since episode 1.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Eddie Feraud Chateauneuf Du PapeChateauneuf du Pape Rouge
2005 Shafer RelentlessNapa Syrah/Shiraz

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luca bercelli

90/100

line of the day – ‘did you really think I missed those eyes you made at the camera just then, I OWN this space.’

Good laid back episode, glad the guest said ‘no’ a couple of times and stuck to his guns when asked if he detected a particular flavour. Most guests cave in immediately and say yes, even though you know they haven’t tasted it. As GV says, there is no right and wrong when it comes to one’s own palate.

Tags: Chateauneuf Du Pape, France, napa, red, review, Sirah, Syrah, Video, wine, wines

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  • ChrisR

    QOTD: It’s going to end when Gary jumps into a giant spit-bucket filled with juice and yells “delicious” while Winelibrary staffers hose him down with champagne out of all of the large format champagne bottles that are at Winelibrary.

  • ChrisR

    QOTD: It’s going to end when Gary jumps into a giant spit-bucket filled with juice and yells “delicious” while Winelibrary staffers hose him down with champagne out of all of the large format champagne bottles that are at Winelibrary.

  • Phil G

    fun times… have a great weekend!

    QOTD – don’t want to think about it (episode 1000).

  • Phil G

    fun times… have a great weekend!

    QOTD – don’t want to think about it (episode 1000).

  • Derek F.

    Have to give love to the long time Vayniacs!! I started watching around 130-140, right before Mott took over for Eric, I have never missed an episode since and will be here right up to the last…I hope that wont be for a very long time ๐Ÿ™‚

    All in all…I really love the episodes with great Vayniacs like Tim.

  • Derek F.

    Have to give love to the long time Vayniacs!! I started watching around 130-140, right before Mott took over for Eric, I have never missed an episode since and will be here right up to the last…I hope that wont be for a very long time ๐Ÿ™‚

    All in all…I really love the episodes with great Vayniacs like Tim.

  • Just like the classic song by the Carpernter’s goes – “we’ve only just begun…”

  • Just like the classic song by the Carpernter’s goes – “we’ve only just begun…”

  • Jared Levy

    Very good episode. I liked this format for the laid back friday couch.

    QOTD: Nice question too, very open ended. My guess is that once Gary and Lizzie have the Vayner-baby that time constraints with running a business and raising a child will force Gary to cut back his time spent on WLTV. It would be a natural progression of life, but it will be very sad to see him go. ๐Ÿ™

  • TommyB

    QOTD: End??

  • Jared Levy

    Very good episode. I liked this format for the laid back friday couch.

    QOTD: Nice question too, very open ended. My guess is that once Gary and Lizzie have the Vayner-baby that time constraints with running a business and raising a child will force Gary to cut back his time spent on WLTV. It would be a natural progression of life, but it will be very sad to see him go. ๐Ÿ™

  • TommyB

    QOTD: End??

  • Scruff

    Great show, very funny and laid back.. shown the love for the old vayniacs

    QOTD: Front page of the NY Post, shot with Gary trying to block the photographer’s camera. Scandal headline about Gary being caught in the act on questionable expanding his palate experiments ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Scruff

    Great show, very funny and laid back.. shown the love for the old vayniacs

    QOTD: Front page of the NY Post, shot with Gary trying to block the photographer’s camera. Scandal headline about Gary being caught in the act on questionable expanding his palate experiments ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Smalls

    qotd hope it keeps going strong

  • Smalls

    qotd hope it keeps going strong

  • fantastic show as alwasys.

    qotd: oh shit, makes me sick to my stomach to think about.

  • fantastic show as alwasys.

    qotd: oh shit, makes me sick to my stomach to think about.

  • Mr. Jiraffe

    Excellent and funny show indeed !

    QOTD : It will end the 22nd of December 2012, thatยดs when the Mayan calendar end, so I guess thatยดs the end for the human race. The 21st I plan to throw a party and drink good and expensive wine waiting for the earth to explode ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Mr. Jiraffe

    Excellent and funny show indeed !

    QOTD : It will end the 22nd of December 2012, thatยดs when the Mayan calendar end, so I guess thatยดs the end for the human race. The 21st I plan to throw a party and drink good and expensive wine waiting for the earth to explode ๐Ÿ™‚

  • italianwinelover

    nice way to get back on the couch!

    QOTD: the Jets will play apart – but hopefully it won’t end soon-I will miss you way to much!

  • italianwinelover

    nice way to get back on the couch!

    QOTD: the Jets will play apart – but hopefully it won’t end soon-I will miss you way to much!

  • Loving the chemistry and banter, made for an enjoyable show. I’m still laughing about Tim going right for the taste, no smell, no spit. LOL

    QOTD: What do I have a crystal ball or something? I’ll go with a Nuggets/Magic final to the aignst of the NBA brass who so much want that coveted LeBron/Kobe match up.

  • Loving the chemistry and banter, made for an enjoyable show. I’m still laughing about Tim going right for the taste, no smell, no spit. LOL

    QOTD: What do I have a crystal ball or something? I’ll go with a Nuggets/Magic final to the aignst of the NBA brass who so much want that coveted LeBron/Kobe match up.

  • Zino

    Very funny when Tim F just went straight into the vino. I have to say that I’ve never noticed radish in a wine and I eat them a lot. I’ll look out for that one. However, I do often notice beetroot in Southern Rhones. Someone once told me that some Rhone producers put beetroot in at the fermentation stage, but I don’t believe that.

    QOTD: As you gradually swallow more and more of the wines, you’ll become an alcoholic and it will end with you being dragged off the set. Just kidding.

    Sardinia ?

  • Zino

    Very funny when Tim F just went straight into the vino. I have to say that I’ve never noticed radish in a wine and I eat them a lot. I’ll look out for that one. However, I do often notice beetroot in Southern Rhones. Someone once told me that some Rhone producers put beetroot in at the fermentation stage, but I don’t believe that.

    QOTD: As you gradually swallow more and more of the wines, you’ll become an alcoholic and it will end with you being dragged off the set. Just kidding.

    Sardinia ?

  • */^_^*

    QOTD: when GV gets his own TV show….

  • */^_^\*

    QOTD: when GV gets his own TV show….

  • Sarah

    Great show! Nice to see TimF on the laid back couch. Tim, you forgot to name Suzanne as a Mean Old Forum Member. She really is the scariest ๐Ÿ™‚

    QOTD: Like Medo said….when Gary buys the Jets.

  • Sarah

    Great show! Nice to see TimF on the laid back couch. Tim, you forgot to name Suzanne as a Mean Old Forum Member. She really is the scariest ๐Ÿ™‚

    QOTD: Like Medo said….when Gary buys the Jets.

  • Kevin K

    Tim F puts the “F” in GFY. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Kevin K

    Tim F puts the “F” in GFY. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • sam

    Nice laid-back Friday feel.

    The guest is calm and composed and disagrees with Gary, which is great!

    QOTD: It’s going to end great with the crew having delivered substance and provoking content for a great number of shows. It won’t end just yet though, hopefully!

    Love the show!

  • sam

    Nice laid-back Friday feel.

    The guest is calm and composed and disagrees with Gary, which is great!

    QOTD: It’s going to end great with the crew having delivered substance and provoking content for a great number of shows. It won’t end just yet though, hopefully!

    Love the show!

  • BobbyTiger

    QOTD……………Give me 5 to 1 odds, and I say,
    Canes in 7.

  • BobbyTiger

    QOTD……………Give me 5 to 1 odds, and I say,
    Canes in 7.

  • Vince Bonafede

    Great episode. I like the new guy that showed up, he’s like that really good high school buddy that you always stay in touch with. Here’s my question for the day: Is it every sunny in Jersey?!? Seriously, every friday when you can see through the windows in the back, it’s always like a scene from Sleepy Hollow. You need to come to San Luis Obispo (Where its sunny every day!) and do some wine tasting in Paso Robles with me, a little Turley and Justin action!

  • Vince Bonafede

    Great episode. I like the new guy that showed up, he’s like that really good high school buddy that you always stay in touch with. Here’s my question for the day: Is it every sunny in Jersey?!? Seriously, every friday when you can see through the windows in the back, it’s always like a scene from Sleepy Hollow. You need to come to San Luis Obispo (Where its sunny every day!) and do some wine tasting in Paso Robles with me, a little Turley and Justin action!

  • waynestreet

    Great show Gary, Tim F in the house, it doesn’t get any better. I would love to share a glass of Relentless with you both. Thanks for having some old time faves on the show. We need to do a Offline with you and other Vayniacs from chicago. Keep it going and God bless your new arrival. QOTD It will never end since your have truly changed the wine world.

  • waynestreet

    Great show Gary, Tim F in the house, it doesn’t get any better. I would love to share a glass of Relentless with you both. Thanks for having some old time faves on the show. We need to do a Offline with you and other Vayniacs from chicago. Keep it going and God bless your new arrival. QOTD It will never end since your have truly changed the wine world.

  • Great show, it was nice for us new Vayniacs to meet the old schoolers.
    QOTD: It wont. When the time is right, Gary will pass the baton on to another passionate dude with an amazing palate, and so it will go on and on.

  • Great show, it was nice for us new Vayniacs to meet the old schoolers.
    QOTD: It wont. When the time is right, Gary will pass the baton on to another passionate dude with an amazing palate, and so it will go on and on.

  • Ben

    Great guest, great episode! Way to represent, Timmy! Always good to see a friend on the show…you deserve it.

    Good stuff GV…brought back the old days.

  • Ben

    Great guest, great episode! Way to represent, Timmy! Always good to see a friend on the show…you deserve it.

    Good stuff GV…brought back the old days.

  • Kevin K

    QOTD: With a whimper.

  • Kevin K

    QOTD: With a whimper.

  • elron

    The World?

  • elron

    The World?

  • Harry

    how does it end? quickly and painlessly if we are lucky.

    great show

  • Harry

    how does it end? quickly and painlessly if we are lucky.

    great show

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