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Gary Vaynerchuk Vs Brian Freedman - Food and Wine Pairing Competition

Written By: Classic Wines team on Tue, Jul 8th 2008

Part 1: Two of wine's biggest personalities go head to head in this Sommelier Smackdown, hosted by The Wine School of Philadelphia. Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and Brian Freedman of Classic Wines TV engage in a four-part food and wine pairing competition. These two experts do their best to win over a panel of educated wine judges and come out on top.

See the rest of the videos from this Sommelier Smackdown series: Parts 1 thru 4.

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