Category — General Wine

So, if you’ve been living under a rock the last 18 months, you would not know who Gary Vaynerchuk is. He’s the guy with a crazy popular wine video show that you need to check out.  But for all who have heard of Gary, I have an offer for you…AmericanWinery.com is begining a promotion as of today. We bought a truck load of Gary’s new book, “101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World” maybe not a truck load but our accountant was puzzled.  Scheming to sell the books for record profits was quickly shot down in board meetings, and then Erica Sharp our Customer Service Evangelist said she’d quit unless we give the books away.  Erica’s value far outweighed the profits to be had and the “101 Wines in 101 Days AmericanWinery.com Promo” was born. 

Thats right, getting your hands on one is as easy as creating a free account at AmericanWinery.com, no purchase neccesary to keep the ABC folks at bay, but every day for 101 days we are giving these books out in droves, or maybe a steady book a day, we dont know yet but we got a bunch of them to get out there, see for your self!  Check out how you can get a free copy of the book head over here

To check out my official review as well as two other awesome reviews of Gary’s book go here

Cheers,
Lloyd Benedict

Last night I revisted my favorite wine film “The Secret of Santa Vittoria.”  The second viewing was better than the first and the wine I enjoyed during the viewing tasted sweeter than ever.  Killer Juice Cabernet Paso Robles in the 3 litre box.  ”Its not a great wine, but eh…..its not bad!”  The movie totally fit this wine perfectly.  

The movie is set in Souther Italy and is a lighthearted tale about rural italian life and Nazi occupation of Italy post-Mussolini “the tyrant.”  It was common for the Nazi’s to steal all the Italians wine and the Italians had no way to defend themselves.

I highly suggest this movie to all wine lovers.  The acting and theatrics of this movie are stunning and I guarantee you will want to hop the next plan to Santa Vittoria after seeing this 1969 film.  

Here is a sample of the movie