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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Gary Vaynerchuk brings the thunder to Austin
Gary Vaynerchuk’s book signing and talk at Grape Vine Market yesterday was a great example of how inspiring and infectious his enthusiasm for both wine and people are. He talked for about an hour and 45 minutes about everything from his new book to how he’s capitalized on social networking tools to become one of the most influential people — not just wine bloggers — on the Web, period.
I’ll be writing a piece about our road trip to Houston for next week’s paper, but if you’ve got some video or a blog post to share about the event, put the link the comments below.
Tim Walker already has a blog post up over at Hoover’s that focuses on Gary’s take on marketing at yesterday’s event.
Digg Nation already has this video shot by Vayniac Dane Hurtubise of his impromptu Thunder Show at the North Austin market up online.
Gary’s going to be back in Houston in the next few days for the Food and Wine Week, where he’ll be mingling with Vayniacs and wine lovers from around the globe. (You should have seem him and winemaker extraordinaire Daniel Schuster last night at an event at America in the Woodlands. Talk about New World meets Old World.)
Fans are planning a Saturday night meetup with Gary at Cork Screw.
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The Wii is really cooking, isn’t it?
CHOW.com is now offering Wii Night recipes — “one-handed, energy-charged bites for a marathon session.” Chile-lime peanuts, chicken skewers, chorizo and olive flatbread, Mongolian beef kebabs, quesadillas, Panache, drunken watermelon pops and spiked frozen coffee shots.
Seems like an awesome idea, but I haven’t caught the Wii bug yet, so I’m out of the loop on Wii and food.
I did find all these crazy cooking games — “Diner Dash,” “Cooking Mama,” “Cake Mania: In The Mix!,” “Major League Eating: The Game” and, yes, even “Iron Chef America” — that I’d love to try out.
So, anybody play Wii cooking games? Better yet, are there any Wii fanatics who are having gaming nights fueled by fun, one-handed grub?
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