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August 23, 2011

Episode #89 The Final Grape

After an amazing run that spanned more than half a decade, Gary Vaynerchuk today announces his retirement from producing regular wine video content. Thank you to all the Wine Library TV and Daily Grape fans that have made this chapter of Gary's life so gratifying.

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  • Entente Cordiale

    Entente Cordiale

    Posted a new video on www.unwined.tv suggesting a simple 4-step guide to good food and wine pairing, for those who are interested.
    This seems to be the most recurring topic of conversation when sharing wines with other wine lovers, so we thought we'd devote an episode to tackling the basics and presenting one method to getting neat pairings!
    Following on from our crazy 15-grape italian wine last week, we have plenty more fun episodes lined up - and we hope to make some unusual videos on Austrian, English and Alsace wines soon, if we can get our hands on the good stuff!
    Cheers :)

    1 day ago

  • Danade

    Danade

    Any NYC or DC suggestions, Grapers? I'm off to dig through comments.

    3 days ago

    • Entente Cordiale

      Entente Cordiale

      Sorry Danade, not aware of any specific ones, although from memory Dominus may have mentioned some DC places a few months back (I might be wrong). Would love to know if you find any top DC places, as I may be there for 6 months next year!

      1 day ago

    • Danade

      Danade

      Thanks, Entente!

      1 day ago

  • Dominus

    Dominus

    Congrats to Mott and the G-Men!

    Though this morning my heart goes out to Ravens and Niners fans. I've lived the agony of dropped TD passes and stupid special teams play. The teams who played the best yesterday, lost.

    That's why we love the NFL. :)

    Go G-Men!

    P.S. I always ask the obvious. How many rings would Peyton have if he had any of those defenses yesterday?

    5 days ago

    • ZachNYC

      ZachNYC

      Better yet...how many SB appearances would he have with an offensive line like the Giants had on Sunday...LOL. Eli had no time to do anything!

      3 days ago

    • Entente Cordiale

      Entente Cordiale

      I doubt Mott's come back down to Earth yet!

      1 day ago

    • Danade

      Danade

      Dominus! It strikes me that you live in DC. I'm here for an internship until mid march. If you want to have a drink sometime, email me. danade77(at)hotmail.com

      1 day ago

  • Michael Speer

    Michael Speer

    Dominus what is GV's email addy? cant find the thing anywhere

    8 days ago

    • Dominus

      Dominus

      @Michael -- Send me an email to dominus13@verizon.net and I'll send it to you.

      I don't want to give out someone else's email on a public forum.

      8 days ago

    • Michael Speer

      Michael Speer

      Im still workin though the old wltv eps bte, im @ 375 right now. Kinda sad that everything is inactive now. All the forums, chats, stuff like that. Only the episodes are still saved on server. But anywho have a good one, thanks!!

      5 days ago

    • Michael Speer

      Michael Speer

      bte = btw

      5 days ago

  • Entente Cordiale

    Entente Cordiale

    On Saturday, I'm taking the Unwined.TV crew to a one-off Chateau Margaux tasting in London. Several of the top vintages will be available for tasting, as well as some "experimental" Margaux, ie. some wines which have had specific things done to them in order to test the effect on flavour, texture, etc. We're all super pumped and I wish I could take all the Daily Grapers along!
    However, we'd like to humbly ask what your favourite Bordeaux vintages are (and why!)? It seems everyone has a personal favourite and I've found that asking someone for their favourite Bordeaux vintage is a great way to understand their palate generally.
    So - let me know, here or via www.unwined.tv if you prefer.
    Thanks for your input!

    11 days ago

    • Dominus

      Dominus

      Margaux? I'm there and will definitely watch. I am trying to procur some '09s but for some reason they had been hard to find.

      My favorite Bordeaux? Reignac, hands down. I have some "history" with them. You know the usual: the ambience, person, mood, all of the above. Here is the venue hosted by a fellow Vayniac @John_J some years ago.
      http://www.antrim1844.com/

      Though Reignac never scored big ratings at WS, I always liked them. The '00 and '05 are quite good but, of course, everything out of Bordeaux was good those years.

      Looking forward to your show.

      10 days ago

    • Dominus

      Dominus

      ". . . have* been hard to find."

      10 days ago

    • ZachNYC

      ZachNYC

      Hard to pick just one. On the more cost effective side I like Clos Les Lunelles. I enjoyed the '05 and the prices have fluctuated lately. Some higher price.... Château Léoville Poyferré, then out of the "big boys" (first growths)...I choose all of them :-))).

      Ultimately, I have never met a Bordeaux that I didn't like....LOL. Wish I could be there at the Margaux tasting.

      10 days ago

  • grapefriend

    grapefriend

    YEAH ELI! You deserve a magnum of your fave - Sassicaia - now: http://grapefriend.com/2011/12/05/eli-manning-w...

    12 days ago

  • Dominus

    Dominus

    Yes! Go G-Men!

    12 days ago

  • ZachNYC

    ZachNYC

    Mott!!!! Giants again!

    12 days ago

  • Don Simpson

    Don Simpson

    Wow, I haven't checked Daily Grape in MONTHS and it's amazing to see over 3,800 comments on the Final Grape. How I everyone doing? I definitely miss WLTV and Daily Grape. Drinking a 2007 Madiran right now. Opened it last night and decanted for about 2 hrs. It was ridiculously chewy and meaty. Re-corked and drinking again tonight and it's smoothed out a little bit. Very interesting wine with the tannins from Tannat. Time to get caught up on comments

    13 days ago

  • Dominus

    Dominus

    Episode 1001 Vayniac Pays Homage to Guess Who
    http://youtu.be/M42yWzWb4Kg

    Mott "Link It Up!" References in Show

    '07 Vayniac Cab
    http://tv.winelibrary.com/2009/12/21/the-vaynia...

    95 Pt Wine Challenge ('03 Dominus)
    http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/06/11/the-95-poi...

    I hope everyone enjoys. Critiques are welcomed.

    Cheers!

    14 days ago

    • Terroir Terrier

      Terroir Terrier

      Well done very entertaining!!! that like button would have been very helpful!

      14 days ago

    • Aeneas

      Aeneas

      Good job, Dominus! I really enjoyed it very much and it indeed brought back a lot of fond memories of WLTV and DG. Are you planning to make more videos? Please do!!

      14 days ago

    • Dominus

      Dominus

      Thank you for the kind words. :)

      No, I'm sure that will be my 15 minutes of fame. One and done.

      Cheers!

      14 days ago

    • AndersN

      AndersN

      NIce work and truly a homage to GV. Hope he enjoy it, I did.

      13 days ago

    • Robert

      Robert

      Nicely done! I enjoyed it. And for once I was actually stumped by your excellent QTOD. I'll have to think about it some more.

      13 days ago

    • ZachNYC

      ZachNYC

      Your video is filled with awesomeness! Well done.

      13 days ago

    • Dominus

      Dominus

      Thank you ZachNYC, I appreciate it and I can't believe I did not send you a shoutout. You are one of my favs here. My bad. Too nervous. Sorry

      13 days ago

  • Patrick

    Patrick

    damn, that's quite sad, i just discovered all your work... i hope you're gonna keep the archives online for quite some time so there will be enough time to watch all past epidodes... really amazing stuff, you're one hell of a moderator!

    15 days ago

  • Dominus

    Dominus

    Congrats to the G-Men!

    18 days ago

  • Scott Shelden

    Scott Shelden

    Please check out the latest episode of Winegazer TV featuring wines from an exciting wine region in California known as Santa Barbara County. This wine region has dramatically varying micro-climates forming AVAs such as Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Ynez Valley, and Happy Canyon. Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc wines from Carr Winery and a Super Tuscan blend from Silver Winery are reviewed on the show. Hope you enjoy. Cheers, Scott

    www.winegazer.com/winereviews/winegazer-tv-epis...

    18 days ago

  • ZachNYC

    ZachNYC

    Withe the NY Giants win, Mott should be doing the Happy Dance today!

    19 days ago

  • Entente Cordiale

    Entente Cordiale

    Vayniaks, I have exciting news... this weekend, I'll be opening my bottle of Zyme Kairos 2005 (from northern Italy)... a mix of FIFTEEN different grapes! I've never had such a multi-grape mix before, and several of the grapes used are near extinct varieties!! I'll be reviewing it on www.unwined.tv too, if you want my take on it! I think I've also devised the ultimate guide to food and wine pairing, so I'll be sharing my thoughts on that too.
    What are you all cracking open this weekend? Does anyone have a particular favourite January wine? I went for sauvignon blanc last week, and it was pretty ideal as a light way to start the year. Happy weekend :)

    22 days ago

    • Entente Cordiale

      Entente Cordiale

      Update: the 15-grape wine was... incredible!

      19 days ago

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