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EP 984 Aglianico Tasting

After last week’s Taurasi show, Gary Vaynerchuk decides to dive in again about the interesting varietal Aglianico from Campania.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Terra Di Vento Petrale AglianicoCampania IGT
2006 Cantine Del Taburno Fidelis AglianicoAglianico del Taburno
2006 Molettieri Irpinia Aglianico Cinque QuerceTerre degli Osci IGT


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luca bercelli

91/100

Line of the day – ‘Wine & Spirit is smoking some seriously good ganga if they think it’s a 92’

Great to see the quick-fire tasting method GV would use if he were tasting with a view to buying for the store. Interesting.

Tags: Aglianico, Italian, red, review, Video, wine, wines

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  • Understood Aaron

  • Understood Aaron

  • Thats kind!

  • Thats kind!

  • Thats kind!

  • MattB

    Gary – thanks for the note but no need to apologize. There are #983 shows in the bank most of which BRING IT BIG TIME. I am 100% for experimentation in the goal of making progress and improving. The key is figuring out what works and what doesn’t and moving on.

    Without brave people willing to put themselves out there and try new things we wouldn’t have oysters, cheese, sushi, champagne, caviar, space travel, the Internet, social networks, surgery, mobile phones and mobile networks….

    Need to keep it all in perspective :-)#985 will be a KILLER 🙂 🙂

    Cheers!

  • MattB

    Gary – thanks for the note but no need to apologize. There are #983 shows in the bank most of which BRING IT BIG TIME. I am 100% for experimentation in the goal of making progress and improving. The key is figuring out what works and what doesn’t and moving on.

    Without brave people willing to put themselves out there and try new things we wouldn’t have oysters, cheese, sushi, champagne, caviar, space travel, the Internet, social networks, surgery, mobile phones and mobile networks….

    Need to keep it all in perspective :-)#985 will be a KILLER 🙂 🙂

    Cheers!

  • MattB

    Gary – thanks for the note but no need to apologize. There are #983 shows in the bank most of which BRING IT BIG TIME. I am 100% for experimentation in the goal of making progress and improving. The key is figuring out what works and what doesn’t and moving on.

    Without brave people willing to put themselves out there and try new things we wouldn’t have oysters, cheese, sushi, champagne, caviar, space travel, the Internet, social networks, surgery, mobile phones and mobile networks….

    Need to keep it all in perspective :-)#985 will be a KILLER 🙂 🙂

    Cheers!

  • John__J

    I thought maybe Gary just really loved that sweater.

    jk 🙂

  • John__J

    I thought maybe Gary just really loved that sweater.

    jk 🙂

  • John__J

    I thought maybe Gary just really loved that sweater.

    jk 🙂

  • QOTD: maybe take a little more time and not rush the tasting, other than that, it would be interesting to see an evolution of the show format; try new things, why not, it’s all about looking for the new.

    Good Show. ( …and I still haven’t found an Aglianico to try.)

  • QOTD: maybe take a little more time and not rush the tasting, other than that, it would be interesting to see an evolution of the show format; try new things, why not, it’s all about looking for the new.

    Good Show. ( …and I still haven’t found an Aglianico to try.)

  • QOTD: maybe take a little more time and not rush the tasting, other than that, it would be interesting to see an evolution of the show format; try new things, why not, it’s all about looking for the new.

    Good Show. ( …and I still haven’t found an Aglianico to try.)

  • John__J

    And Gary, don’t be sorry or crushed you did it. Your 984 shows in and EVEN still you found another way to switch the format up a bit and try it out. It wasn’t a big hit and so what. It was still something different, which is always better than constantly being the same which your obviously not. It’s not like you gotta do that format again if you don’t want to anyway

  • John__J

    And Gary, don’t be sorry or crushed you did it. Your 984 shows in and EVEN STILL you found another way to switch the format up a bit and try it out. It wasn’t a massive hit and so what? It was still something different, which is always better than constantly being the same which your obviously not. It’s not like you gotta do that format again if you don’t want to anyway

  • John__J

    And Gary, don’t be sorry or crushed you did it. Your 984 shows in and EVEN STILL you found another way to switch the format up a bit and try it out. It wasn’t a massive hit and so what? It was still something different, which is always better than constantly being the same which your obviously not. It’s not like you gotta do that format again if you don’t want to anyway

  • Anonymous

    Ah, come one, it wasn’t anywhere that bad! You swung for a home run and blooped a single!

  • Anonymous

    Ah, come one, it wasn’t anywhere that bad! You swung for a home run and blooped a single!

  • Anonymous

    Ah, come one, it wasn’t anywhere that bad! You swung for a home run and blooped a single!

  • Anonymous

    I liked the episode a great deal. I like the insight on how wine retailers pick the wines they buy. Keep that sort of info coming!

  • Anonymous

    I liked the episode a great deal. I like the insight on how wine retailers pick the wines they buy. Keep that sort of info coming!

  • John__J

    I’d love to see a Maltese wine on here. I’ve never had one, how are they? What are the main varietals/grapes you use for wine in Malta?

  • John__J

    I’d love to see a Maltese wine on here. I’ve never had one, how are they? What are the main varietals/grapes you use for wine in Malta?

  • Anonymous

    The 2006 Cantine Del Taburno Fidelis Aglianico was delivered to my house tonight (via winelibrary) so this was cool to see it reviewed here.

    QOTD: Slow down, I barely got settled in and you were gone?

  • Absolutely nothing to worry about, Gary. There’s no need to apologize for having a life outside of this. Tell you what, if you don’t end up counting this upwards the total, I’ll gladly come out an re-tape it with you… 🙂 Let me know if you’re up for it.

    Here’s looking to a couple thousand.

    Jay

    p.s. Go M’s.

  • MattB

    Well said John_J 🙂

  • Anonymous

    This episode was a little different but that is ok. Some change ever once never hurt anyone.

  • Anonymous

    Waaaaaay to frenetic. The search for an ideal format is fruitless – there are many that work and none that are a panacea. Relax man – big deep breath – we enjoy it more if it seems like you are not in a rush to leave us. Not that it cannot be short – but you do not have to emphasize its brevity.

  • Anonymous

    Gary, stop being so hard on yourself! It was cool to see the way you would taste for the store. It’s probably not something most of us have ever given thought to.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Gary I miss the 15min+ episodes. I get back from work and I pour my self a glass of wine and I relax and I enjoy your show. These 5, 6, 61/2 minutes episodes blow. By the way when are you going to do a all SARDEGNA wine episode? Stagman out.

  • Anonymous

    QOTD:

    Hi Gary, PLEASE do not cut the length of the shows. Too rushed–you didn’t score wine #2 until you had finished with #3.

    The show is at its best when it is about conversation, fun, and education, not when it is trying to reflect tasting conditions for wholesale purchasing.

  • Anonymous

    You know, if you’re running late on your family and just want to get in a quick episode, you can tell us exactly that at the beginning- context is everything in that case; family first!

  • understood, I agree, I messed this one up! BAD!

  • Stagman, I am on it!

  • Anonymous

    QOTD: Nothing to refine. Once a week power-tasting would be fine. Just not every day of the week.

  • Got it Grape_DNA 🙁 sorry bro!

  • Anonymous

    Not opposed to a change in format, but this was rushed. Apparently you had something else going on, but 3 wines in 6 minutes was too quick. No time to get a sense of where the wine are from or much about this varietal.

  • Anonymous

    No hard feelings, Gary. I appreciate every minute of your time and know that you are working super hard in all of your endeavors! Thanks!!

  • Anonymous

    It’s your show, Bud. If it starts to appear rushed, it’ll show in the content and that, to me, is the show. I’ve already forgotten about the wines today. Nothing stuck.

  • Anonymous

    Just one of your lurkers – called out of the shadows – I really enjoy the shows and hope my comments are constructive

  • steve

    No apology necessary GV, I love brown bag episodes. I think we, and you may be holding yourself to too high a standard. The quality of the shows (especially with a sample size nearing a thousand) is going to have a distribution like a bell curve. The curve for this show is tight, and the average is very high but inevitably there will be a show that is a couple standard deviations (and occasionally more) below average. Thats unavoidable and perfectly within reason.

  • Once a week MAX! really I am not a fan though, much more effective when you go in depth and we get to sit back and relax for 10-20mins and learn (and be entertained).

    CKC shout out!! Virginia Tech

  • Anonymous

    Gary,
    I enjoyed your mini power tasting show. I do the same thing when at large tastings like the Boston Wine Expo or other events around the country because I’m trying to find wines that I want to buy. I think an interesting show would be to set up a trade tasting where you work through 30 wines and share with the viewers what’s going through your mind. Why you would or wouldn’t buy the wine for the store due to price, value, or customer interest.

  • Hey Gary,
    I’m kinda feeling what most people have been saying. I’m a fan of the shows where you take your time and your insights are given their proper space. That being said, though, it’s interesting to get that gut reaction. Sometimes I feel like it’s easy to overthink wine. This was pretty raw and bare bones, which has it’s merits actually. I think maybe an occasional power tasting wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. Love the show, Gary! Hope to see you in Chicago some time!

  • Anonymous

    Was cool to see how you do tastings for the store. I can see how doing that would be beneficial to tasting the wine, because it shows how the wines compare in relation to each other before breaking them down. I wouldnt mind doing a quick tasting before going more in depth. I don’t think doing once a week power tasting has much of a point, though laid back couch does.
    As long as its not cutting the show down to half the normal length, and go into depth after then its a good idea

  • Anonymous

    G, you never need to apologize. Your batting average is through the roof, and not everything works. A Friday on the couch would be a nice return to thunder though:)

  • Anonymous

    At about 3:40 you thought wine and spirits was smokin seriously good ganja. Ganja might mean something different to you, if it does I apologize. I like the show and wanted to start commenting. I guess I got things off on a bad foot. When I heard the wine and spirits thing the statement I made popped into my head. Here is a link to my definition of ganja:
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ganja

  • Nothing needs to be refined. That was different, and nice. I’m nodding my head and shrugging my shoulders. Enough said. : )

    #CKC Central Washington University

  • One bad show out of 984 isn’t bad. I have never had Aglianico before and after that show I am not sure I want to go out and try one. There was no talk on the type of wine this is, what type of foods it goes with. Just didn’t feel like I learned anything when 99.9% of the time I do. Six minutes on three wines I think is a little rushed. Just my opinion. I look forward to your next show.

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