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| Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Vaynerchuk
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 2415
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1594868824
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9781594868825
ASIN: 1594868824
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Great Book from a smart, funny, entertaining man! May 14, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Get this book immediately if you are tired of reading the same old stuffy wine guides. Gary has written a fun yet informative book that offers insight to many of the hidden gems that Gary has stored in his memory banks. Only regret I have is not getting it signed when he was in the city. Hope I get to run into him at the store one day.
A wine phenom May 13, 2008
Wine Library is a retail store in Springfield, N.J., and Gary Vaynerchuk is the director of operations. A few years ago he started to record wine tastings - usually just himself, a glass, a spit bucket and a few bottles along with an infectiously unrestrained enthusiasm:
"This wine coats your palate with so much obnoxious pineapple - not a normal pineapple - a pineapple that is obnoxious. What I mean by that is very ripe and huge with flavor, like the best pineapple-flavored candy you've ever had, and I've never had a pineapple-flavored candy."
As Eric Asimov wrote: "With much audible chewing of the wine and spitting, it's easy to see that the wine geek's life is not a pretty or telegenic one. It's the sort of thing best done in private, but this is stream-of-consciousness stuff, so editing wouldn't do. Mispronunciations stream forth - who am I to criticize?"
Ordinary wine lovers have joined the chorus of praise over the past several years:
"Agree with his palate or not, he IS entertaining. His descriptors are hard to beat. Been a fan of Gary's since he began."
"GaryV is great fun and actually pans many wines. this raises his credibility in my eyes. So far the customer service from WL has been superb."
"WLTV is great. GaryV takes time to answer questions and comments from viewers and has really given wine lovers a place to congregate with the entire Wine Library network of sites."
"I've been watching WLTV for a long time now, and am active in the WLTV Forum. I have found this video blog refreshing and educational. Basically its about finding what it is you like in wine . . . and trying all different kinds . . . expanding your horizons if you will. WLTV is one of the best things to happen to wine in America in a very, very long time."
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The major criticsm has already been alluded to by Asimov; the spitting isn't pretty TV:
"While I certainly appreciate Mr. Vaynerchuk's enthusiasm and approachable style, I find the taste-spit-rattle off obscure flavors-give a numerical rating routine impractical. One critic tastes cassis and cigar box, another tastes wild berry and saddleback, another cherry skins and forest floor. Sure it's appropriate to name prominent flavors and aromas, but what does this really tell me about the wine? While Gary does usually give a little intro info about the wines he tastes, I think a more useful exercise (especially considering this is a non-blind setting) would be to spend less time on cold analytical analysis and more time framing the quality of the wine within the context of the producer, region, vintage, style, food pairing possibilities and so on."
For the fussy, this book is a wonderful introduction to Vaynerchuk's style without the yuckiness. Amazon has given a very generous sampling of his tasting notes, and the book may encourage you to take a look at the videos. Complete collections can be found by Googling Wine Library or Wine Lovers Page.
Every wine lover -- beginner or advanced geek -- owes it to themselves to take a look at both the book and at least some of the videos. There is a new, important force in the wine world.
Robert C. Ross 2008
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