Unit 8

Read:
Drink This Now Lesson 8: The Three Big Whites
Watch:
*Episode #257 Entry Level Riesling Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 low priced Rieslings on this pretty Friday! Time 13:57
Drink:
Schneider Kabinett $6
Pine & Post $8
Loosen Bros $12
D’Orschwihr $14
Trimach $18
Richter Graacher Himmelreich ’91 $20
Kilikanoon $23
* Episode #245 The Sauvignon Blanc Taste-Off
Gary Vaynerchuk explores these 4 Sauvignon Blancs and gives his 2 cents. Time 16:47
San Elias $5
Thornbury $8
Coldstream Hills $10
Mt Vernon $12
Babich $16
Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc $16
* Episode #559 Chardonnays Under $10 You can Find Anywhere
Gary V breaks down and tastes some Chardonnays that are widely available… and oh yeah, this show was taped at Epcot Center! Time 13:59
San Elias $5
Maipe $9
Milton Park $9
Black Wing $10
Stump Jump $12
Dom Seguinut-Bordet Chablis $20
Chalone $23
L’Ecole No 41 $24

Additional vids dedicated to Riesling:
Episode #711 A Serious German Wine Show with the Wine Queen!
Gary Vaynerchuk visits Paul Grieco’s Terroir to taste with the German Wine Queen, Marlies Dumbsky

Episode #689 A German Riesling Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk is joined by a guest from Germany to talk about the pulse of the German wine industry and taste a Kabinett and 2 Spatlese wines.

Episode #526 German Spatlese Rieslings
Gary Vaynerchuk goes through 3 German Rieslings that have a little sugar in them, these sweeter Rieslings are not to be taken lightly!

Episode #169 2005 German Rieslings
Kabinett or Spatlese what is your choice? Gary Vaynerchuk goes through the white grape that has his attention these days

Additional vids dedicated to Sauvignon Blanc:
Episode #845 Brown Bag Challenge – Sauvignon Blanc Taste Off
Gary starts a blind tasting challenge with 2 Sauvignon Blancs and some surprising results.

Episode #818 2008 New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Tasting with Some Cheese
Gary chooses 3 different Sauvignon Blancs that interested him and gets some cool cheese to pair with the wines.

Episode #653 New Zealand Sauvingon Blancs including Cloudy Bay
Gary Vaynerchuk tastes three higher end New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs and talks about the history and trends of the region.

Episode #436 Sauvignon Blanc Taste Off
Gary tries a California Sauvignon Blanc vs a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc…head to head in a Death Match!

Episode #390 New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Marathon!
Gary gets serious and goes through a bunch of NZ sauv blancs!

Episode #17 Screw Caps, New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs
Gary talks about screw caps and explores five sauvignon blanc wines from New Zealand. Watch as Gary ventures through the Sauvignon Blancs of Marlborough and weighs in on the screw top debate in the wine industry.

Additional vids dedicated to Chardonnay:
Episode #841 California Chardonnay Tasting
Gary has a confession to make- he’s starting to like oaky and buttery Chardonnays again. Today he tastes through 3 different wines in search of these flavors….

Episode # 819 Head to Head California Chardonnay Tasting
Gary picked out 2 Chardonnays that had high scores and tasted them side by side to see if they lived up to the hype.

Episode #769 California Chardonnay Throwdown
Gary Vaynerchuk tastes three serious and highly rated Chardonnays and has some big announcements.

Episode #747 Tasting Washington State Chardonnay
Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 2 interesting Chardonnays from Blackwood Canyon in Washington State.

Episode #703 Chardonnay Blind Wine Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk goes in a few different directions to find a few good men or Chard’s.

Episode #614 Chardonnay tasting featuring Australia, California and France
Gary Vaynerchuk picks 3 Chardonnay wines to go head to head for a battle royal. Which of these 3 93 point scored Wine Spectator and Robert parker wines will win?

Episode #569 2006 Chablis tasting, Chardonnay the way it should be?
The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of the Burgundy region in France and today Gary Vaynerchuk puts these Chardonnay’s to the test, all of which come from the 2006 vintage.

Episode #541 The Wines Of St Veran, Interesting Wines From Burgundy!
Gary Vaynerchuk attacks the wines of St Veran and sees if there is anything worth while!

Episode #469 Chardonnay That You Can Find At The Store
Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Chardonnay wines that are available in most stores around the country. People have asked for more reviews of wines that are OUT THERE! Here you go.

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