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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:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 5582
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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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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Product Description
Millions have logged onto Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV—watching him boldly and unconventionally rate hundreds of wines. Viewers are attracted to his youthful energy, unique voice, and often outrageous descriptions. Now, in Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines, Vaynerchuk reveals his first ranked list of the most exciting and tantalizing spirits he has sampled while traveling the globe. Deeming himself "the wine guy for the average Joe," Vaynerchuk avoids the pomposity of traditional educators. Unlike wine guides that lack animation and lecture rather than inspire, 101 Wines shows you how to develop the necessary go-drink-wine attitude. Vaynerchuk encourages you to trust your own palate—stressing that your love of a certain wine makes it good regardless of what the experts or the price on the bottle say. Vaynerchuk's recommendations span a wide range of prices, nations, grapes, and styles—allowing everyone from novices to connoisseurs to expand their wine horizons. Unlock the secret to why Vaynerchuk labels wines "From Ruins to Riches," "Red with Fish," and "Not Your Father’s Spumante." Discover wines that taste like ones 10 times their price. Read as Vaynerchuk illuminates his top choices with vivid terminology such as "Bring the Thunder" and "Riding the Rainbow." Demystify conventions that once limited your wine-tasting desires. Journey through wine styles and break down barriers with his technical notes and stories behind the vintage. Smile as you realize you too can become a wine aficionado. With your newfound knowledge, you will out-entertain and enlighten your friends, host extraordinary parties and treat your taste buds to an exhilarating ride. So if you are ready to become a "Vayniac"—one devoted to selecting wines based on Vaynerchuk's innovative principles—grab that corkscrew because a wine sampling adventure like no other awaits.
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A Wine Phenom! May 13, 2008
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
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."
etc. etc. etc.
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
Gary Explains Wine for the Rest of Us May 14, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R18VKRI7DFLN3B Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World Gary has democratized wine and lured me over from the beer side. Thanks for the ongoing education, Gary.
You must get this book! May 14, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'll have to admit something. Until recently, I've never heard of Gary Vaynerchuk before. I had no idea what Wine Library TV was. Then a couple months ago, I decided to finally join this little website called Twitter. It all went downhill from there! (haha) To make a short story long, when I first saw mention of this internet wine show, I was thinking - oh, sure - THAT sounds like a blast; probably some snobby, obnoxious old fart who waxes philosophical about wine and thinks his opinion is more sacred than Mother Teresa. (Have you met a "serious" wine critic before? I have. I'd rather be poked in the eye.) Well, you should never judge a book by it cover (no pun intended) and I bit the bullet and saw a few episodes of Gary's little wine show called Wine Library TV.
I was hooked. I don't think I've ever run across anyone more sincere and passionate about wine before, who is more anxious to teach the world not about wine technique and history lessons, but to teach people to have fun with wine. To remove all the stereotypical stigmas associated with drinking wine. That it's ok to pop open a bottle for a football game. If you want a glass of Napa Cab with your cheeseburger - why not?
It's this passion that really shines in Gary's book. He makes it perfectly clear that the book is not a "wine guide". It's not. Yes, at the end of the day, its just another man's opinion on wine - 101, to be exact. But trust me, you will learn a thing or two. And, like me, you'll want to run out and buy wine you've never tasted or heard of before. The way Gary writes here - "bringing the thunder", the "oak monster", "obnoxious silkiness" - or a wine can taste like Cinnamon Toast Crunch or smells like poop (poop? Yes, poop) - it's just downright fun. The book is just filled with great stuff and little "fun facts" run rampant throughout.
So Gary - I sincerely thank you. To the world - buy this book and hopefully you'll get as much as I did.
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.
This book brings Thunder to my World May 14, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book truly does "Inspire, Delight and Bring Thunder to your World." When I did a quick flip of the pages (similar to the swirling of the wine) and then took my first look (sticking your nose in the wine) I was delighted. I got a taste of an amazing book that inspired the mind (similar to a wine inspiring you taste buds). From start to finish this book is amazing and a must read. Start from number 101 and read it through, number one will surprise you, it shocked me :) I was so inspired I went and tried to find a handful of these wines. Additionally talked to customers and employees at the wine story and told them about the book and have a few of them going to check it out as well. Gary Vaynerchuk is an amazing author, wine expert and overall amazing person. Two thumbs up. So good I now have three copies ! One to keep, one to give away and a backup.
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