Sake Tasting on WLTV

Posted on November 26th, 2007 in Culinary, Customary Drivel by Deas

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I’ve been watching Wine Library TV recently (it’s even on the Non-Japan Blogroll), and I was stoked to see that just before reviewing Thanksgiving wines, Gary Vaynerchuk decided to taste test sake. Normally he does your classic reds and whites. He’s hilarious, pretty hyper, very casual, and descriptive. He combines 80’s cartoon characters, action figures, buddy buddy language, in-jokes, NFL football, second generation Russian family-oriented tomfoolery, archaic pop culture references, and more when reviewing his wines. It’s pretty accessible. Similar to Alton Brown of Good Eats, but not quite the same polished style. I like his method, though. I even forgive his abominable pronunciation. Part of that might have been the alcohol taking effect…hahaha. Thought I’d share it. Dunno if anyone else is into wine, but I recommend podcasting his show via RSS or iTunes. I’d like to see him break down and do more levels - nihonshu, shochu, etc. And heck - get some other country-specific liquors on the show. (Shochu vs. Soju!) So, who wants to find out which sake, in Gary’s opinion, tastes like a peach/orange creamsicle dipped in Ben Gay? Alright then. Watch. (And for a fun intro - check out Gary’s run on Conan O’Brien’s show after the fold. Click the continue reading button right next to the comments link. Just didn’t want to clutter the front page.)