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" Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne. "
Gary Vaynerchuk
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You
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" There's always a wine bully. The one person who did read the 'Wine Spectator,' who tells you what to drink and why the '97 is better than the '98. I want to punch the wine bully in the face. I want to make sure this generation of wine drinkers isn't elitist and snotty. I want it to be about family and bringing people together. "
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Face
" I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines? "
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" The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine! "
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" The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real. "
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Valley
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" I have Internet fame. Real fame is more intense. "
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" I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude. "
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" Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio. "
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Building
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You
" I want to own the New York Jets, that's what I want. And I absolutely believe I am going to own the Jets. "
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Own
Want
Believe
" One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice. "
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Advice
Take
Biggest
" I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing. "
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Think
Watch
Fun
" My store, Wine Library, outsells big national chains. How do you think we do it? It started with hustle. I always say that our success wasn't due to my hundreds of online videos about wine that went viral, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships. "
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Success
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" My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me. "
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Mom
Hero
Business
" A broad trend I'm completely obsessed with is mobile commerce. Like completely. I'm completely convinced that everybody's going to be buying from their mobile devices. Whoever can claim that space or be in that space, I'm very interested in. "
Gary Vaynerchuk
Claim
Trend
Space
" Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it. "
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Man
Business
Day
" I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression. "
Gary Vaynerchuk
Who
First Impression
Influence
" I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage. "
Gary Vaynerchuk
I Am
Always
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" As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving. "
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Love
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" I want to sit with 80- and 90-year-old people more than anyone. They have played this game before. Not one of them has told me, 'I wish I had more money.' "
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Money
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" Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth. "
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Marriage
Time
You
" Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built. "
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Energy
Day
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" When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention. "
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Geeks
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Tech
" Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels. "
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You
" Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen. "
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Love
Fall
Time
" If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne. "
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If I Could
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Champagne
" I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care. "
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Attract
Top
Because
" People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes. "
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Want
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" Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show. "
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Progress
Heart
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" Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine. "
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Car
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" Nobody walks this earth thinking he's better than I think I am - I think I'm great. At the same time, it's so obvious to me that I'm nobody. "
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Thinking
Time
Great
" I think the acquisition of consumers might be on the verge of being mapped. The battlefield is going to be retention and lifetime value. "
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Think
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