Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some Thanksgiving picks with writer and blogger Tyler Colman.
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Tom Cannavan of wine-pages.com reviews the Georges Duboeuf (http://www.duboeuf.com) Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 and makes it his Wine of the Week for November 22nd 2009.
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Since Gary Vaynerchuk gets so many emails asking about how to pick wines for weddings and other events, he invited celebrity event planner Marcy Bloom to tackle it with him on the Thunder Show.
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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes three serious and highly rated Chardonnays and has some big announcements.
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Gary Vaynerchuk is back to the Laid Back Friday couch, tasting some value 2007 Chateauneuf du Papes.
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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 Zinfandels in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.
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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes one Pinot Noir and two Malbecs from Argentina.
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Gary Vaynerchuk tackles another unheralded region in Italy.
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The founder of Karma says this sparkling wine is about “enjoying life, living in the moment and just having fun.” Does Karma live up to expectations?
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Peugeot Pw230081 Capitaine Wine Decanter for Young Red Wine
Product Description
Made of hand-blown glass, this decanter is used to decant young red wines with developing aromas. It is designed to allow for greater exposure of air, thus helping an immature wine to ‘breathe’ and release more flavour and aroma than simply letting the wine rest in the bottle. Capacity is suitable for a standard 750ml bottle of wine.
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Mark reviews the 2006 Poggio Brigante (http://www.poggiobrigante.it/) Morellino di Scansano.
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Libbey Vina Round Wine Goblet, Set of 6
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The design and 18 1/4 ounce capacity of this wine goblet make it ideal for all types of red wine. Manufactured in the United States by Libbey which has been in the glass business for 187 years.
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Mark reviews the 2005 Joe Blow Red (http://www.joeblowwine.com/).
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Deluxe 28 Bottle Wine Cooler Refrigerator
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Store up to 28 bottles of your best wine under optimum conditions in this EdgeStar Thermoelectric Wine Cooler. While your wine enjoys the optimal temperature and humidity conditions within this wine cooler, you get a wine cooler in one of the most stylish finishes available. This thermoelectric wine cooler features a premium metallic silver finish door trim with double paned tempered glass. The tinted glass door protects your wine from harmful light, plus the door features a pro-style towel bar handle. The interior of the wine cooler features 6 scalloped chrome shelves to best cradle and display your wine. Internal dimensions: Height: 23 3/4″ Width:14″ Depth: 13 1/2″ Height between shelves: 3 1/2″ External dimensions: Height: 28 1/2″ Width: 18″ Depth: 20 1/2″
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This week we look a three wines that won’t be the easiest to find. The first is a Cabernet blend from Sorrenberg (http://www.sorrenberg.com/), a Beechworth winery who sell most of their wines via a mailing list. We follow this up with a Gamay from Roundstone (http://www.roundstonewine.com.au/), a winery that earlier this year was destroyed in the Victorian bushfires. To round things out we look at a Fiano, an Italian white grape variety, which is being made in very small batches by one of our favourite smaller wineries, Oliver’s Taranga (http://www.oliverstaranga.com/).
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I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher’s Guide to Wine (Hardcover) by Roger Scruton
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The ancients had a solution to the alcohol problem, which was to wrap the drink in religious rituals, to treat it as the incarnation of a god, and to marginalize disruptive behaviour as the god’s doing, not the worshipper’s. Gradually, under the discipline of ritual, prayer and theology, wine was tamed from its orgiastic origins to become a solemn libation to the Olympians and then the Christian Eucharist - that brief encounter with salvation which has reconciliation as its goal. We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scrtuton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn not only to drink in thoughts but to think in draughts. This good-humoured book offers an antidote to the pretentious clap-trap that is written about wine today and a profound apology for the drink on which civilisation has been founded. In vino veritas.
About the Author
Professor Roger Scruton is currently visiting Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and Research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Washington, D.C. His other books include The West and the Rest, England: An Elegy, News from Somewhere and Gentle Regrets (all published by Continuum).
Tags: Oliver's Taranga Vineyards, Roundstone Winery, Sorrenberg Vinyard
It’s to be expected of course. When you have the reputation as one of the best wineries in all of Australia you’re going to have people wanting your wine. So Rick Kinzbrunner at Giaconda (http://www.giaconda.com.au/) sells his wines a little differently. If you want a Giaconda, like the Warner Vineyard Shiraz from 2008, then you need to put your (considerable) money where your mouth is, and pay for it in advance. You’ll get your hands on it next year if you order now! If you’re more interested in something for right now, we check out a great low priced Shiraz from Seppelt, and a regular quaffer for both Danny and Brad: the Pewsey Vale Eden Valley (http://www.pewseyvale.com/) Riesling.
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Andrea Robinson’s 2010 Wine Buying Guide for Everyone (Andrea Immer Robinson’s Wine Buying Guide for Everyone) (Paperback) by Andrea Robinson (Author)
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Wine guides are designed to ease our anxiety at the wine shop, but with their complicated scoring methods and elaborate tasting notes, some can make buying a great bottle an even more daunting task. Enter acknowledged wine expert Andrea Robinson, whose excellent taste has made her a go-to resource for every lover of wine. In the latest edition of her best-selling guide, Andrea introduces wine buyers to over 800 bottles, offering user-friendly tasting reviews and scores as well as tips on food pairings. With an eye for value, this guide includes only those wines that offer excellent quality for the price, and Andrea’s down to earth approach to wine ensures that this book will be a boon to connoisseurs and novice wine-lovers alike.
Val de Vie (http://www.valdevie.co.za/) produces the most comprehensive range of Rhone varietals in South Africa, and in this film Michael tastes their GVC, a blend of Grenache Blanc, Viognier, and Clairette Blanche, an outstanding wine to enjoy chilled on a hot summers day.
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Parker’s Wine Bargains: The World’s Best Wine Values Under $25 (Paperback) by Robert M. Parker
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Yes, you can buy world-class wine on a budget. With Parker’s Wine Bargains, America’s most infl uential wine critic offers a guide to the world’s best wines priced at $25 or less.
Robert M. Parker, Jr., earned his international reputation and unprecedented influence as a dedicated consumer advocate — if a wine isn’t worth the money, he says so, regardless of the wine’s pedigree. In Parker’s Wine Bargains, for the first time he and his Wine Advocate team offer budget-minded wine buyers a handy guide to low-priced wines for both everyday drinking and special occasions.
Organized by country, the book lists more than 1,500 quality wine producers, as well as abbreviated tasting notes for more than 3,000 of the best value wines. Chapters include an overview of each country’s wine-producing regions, highlight up-and-coming or underappreciated regions, and detail when wines can be consumed. Also featuring a vintage guide and lists such as “the best of the best,” Parker’s Wine Bargains is an accessible guide from the expert the New York Times deems “the critic who matters most.”
About the Author
Robert M. Parker, Jr., has been the author and publisher of The Wine Advocate for over twenty-five years. He has won countless awards, including two of France’s highest presidential honors: in 1993, President Francois Mitterrand pronounced him a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Merite. In 1999, President Jacques Chirac signed a decree appointing Parker a Chevalier dans L’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur, and in 2005, elevated his title to Officier. He is the author of many books about wine, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, The Wines of the Rhône Valley, and Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide. He lives in Maryland with his wife, Patricia, his daughter, Maia, and numerous basset hounds and English bulldogs.
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