Gary Vaynerchuk

Lineup for May 7, 2008

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Gary Vaynerchuk, the Oeno-trepreneur

Maybe a little tannin-y? Evaluating a vintage on his terrace.
Geraldine Sargeant
Maybe a little tannin-y? Evaluating a vintage on his terrace.

“I think wine really needed me,” said Internet sensation Gary Vaynerchuk on a recent Monday at T Bar steakhouse on the Upper East Side, near the apartment he shares with his wife. “I think it’s way too snobby and elitist in this country, and I don’t think wine wanted to be positioned that way.”

He was sipping a glass of 2005 Flowers Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Valley.  read more »