Who is Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is a video blogger, co-owner and director of
operations of a wine retail store, and an author and public
speaker on the subjects of social media, brand building and
e-commerce. Vaynerchuk immigrated to the U.S. in 1978, and after
graduating from Mount Ida College in Newton, MA, transformed his
father's Springfield, NJ liquor store into the large scale
retail wine store named Wine Library, and in 2006 started the
video blog Wine Library TV, a daily internet webcast on the
subject of wine, which launched his career of internet
celebrity.
Wine Library TV
Wine Library TV or The Thunder Show is a video podcast hosted by
Vaynerchuk, featuring wine reviews and advice on wine
appreciation. Episodes consists of wine tastings along with
other wine related topics. The show debuted on February 21,
2006, and is produced on a daily basis, on weekdays, and is
taped in the Wine Library store in Springfield, NJ. Episodes
taped Monday through Thursday take place on a desk in
Vaynerchuk's office, normally tasting three or four wines, and
the Friday episode takes place on Vaynerchuk's office couch,
tasting usually only one wine and answering questions submitted
via his Facebook application Ask Gary. The show may be watched
by 90,000 viewers. Vaynerchuk appeared on the cover of the
December 2008 issue of Mutineer Magazine, launching the
"Mutineer Interview" series.
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Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1987 by former Associated Press
correspondent Steve Hindy and former Chemical Bank lending
officer Tom Potter. Hindy learned to brew beer during a six year
stay in various Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and
Syria, where possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages
were forbidden. Upon his return to his home to Brooklyn in 1984,
he and Potter, his downstairs neighbor, quit their jobs and
founded the brewery.
The pair hired graphic designer Milton Glaser, best known as the
creator of the logo for the I Love New York campaign, to create
the company logo and identity. Originally all their beer was
brewed by contract by Matt Brewing Company, and the pair started
their own distribution company and personally transported and
marketed their beer to bars and retailers around New York City.
Later, they acquired a former matzo ball factory in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and converted it into a functional
brewery. Although the brewery is looking to expand its brewing
capacity in the City, at present most of the production,
included all Brooklyn Lager and all bottled products, are brewed
by contract in upstate New York, in Utica, due to the limited
ability to meet demand at the Williamsburg brewery, its lack of
a bottling line, and the cost benefits of contract brewing.
Brooklyn's Beers
Blanche De Brooklyn
Breukelen Abbey Ale
Brooklyn Ale
Brooklyn Antwerper
Brooklyn Bitter
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Brooklyn Brooklynator
Brooklyn Brown Ale
Brooklyn Dry Stout
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
Brooklyn Heavy Scotch Ale
Brooklyn Lager All-malt
Brooklyn Manchester Star
Brooklyn Monster Ale
Brooklyn Oktoberfest Beer
Brooklyn Pilsner
Brooklyn Saison De Brooklyn
Brooklyn Scorcher
Brooklyn Sustainable Porter
Brooklyn Triple
Brooklyner Dunkel-Weisse
Brooklyner Weisse
Brooklyner Weissebock
Organic Porter
Post Road India Pale Ale
Post Road Light Dinner Ale
Post Road Pale Ale
Post Road Pumpkin Ale
Post Road Snow Shoe









