In honor of Gary Vaynerchuk’s appearance in Wednesday’s New York Times, I’ve compiled my own Top 10 Reasons Why I love Gary V!
10. Gary V reminds me a little of myself.
Gary Vaynerchuk turned his father’s Shoppers Discount Liquor into the $60 million a year Wine Library. My father also used to own a liquor store (as did my uncle and grandfather) but it was definitely not a $60 million a year business.
9. Gary V has passion. ‘Nuf said
8. Gary V’s really a closet geek. I mean, who else would post pictures of himself in a powder blue suit on Facebook? More importantly, who EVER owned a powder blue suit?
Dude, what’s up with his hair?
7. Gary V is a tech geek.
6. Gary V does his research. Dude learned wine from reading Wine Spectator before he was 21 and eating all sorts of food that was mentioned in the tasting notes.
5. Gary V is a MOT (member-of-the-tribe). Sorry, he gets a bonus point for that.
4. Gary V is a great business man. Gotta admire that.
3. Gary V “gets” social media. Heck, Gary V practically invented Wine 2.0.
2. Daniel Rogov respects Gary V and Gary V respects Rogov! (OK, that’s 2 reasons)
1. Gary V loves wine from Israel!
