tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post1099134636350927953..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Molesworth Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Wine ReviewsRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-10828045855934488362013-08-08T06:16:13.237-07:002013-08-08T06:16:13.237-07:00Uh Oh! Gabe masterdebates!Uh Oh! Gabe masterdebates!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-58088413496201889192013-08-08T04:40:28.573-07:002013-08-08T04:40:28.573-07:00Tim - last time I checked, I'm an American. An...Tim - last time I checked, I'm an American. And the passport hasn't been revoked (yet! :-) Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302860568125840279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59692312932321814932013-08-07T21:06:58.411-07:002013-08-07T21:06:58.411-07:00woohoo! master common tater! that sounds much be...woohoo! master common tater! that sounds much better than the title i got after mastering debate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-3467031225806072372013-08-06T10:28:38.322-07:002013-08-06T10:28:38.322-07:00Ron:
I know how to comment, I just don't want...Ron:<br /><br />I know how to comment, I just don't want to go through the rigmarole that Discus, whatever that is, requests so that others can read the comment. Besides, I was dropped from the Olympic team because of my bad discus performance. <br /><br />As for being a Comment Tater: I have far less to say than anyone, which is why I say more than anyone. It's my old blogger's gene at work.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63823541306409072132013-08-06T08:52:05.028-07:002013-08-06T08:52:05.028-07:00Bungsniffer,
I certainly don't envy anyone who...Bungsniffer,<br />I certainly don't envy anyone who has to churn out 30 reviews a day--though that's the price for traveling the wine world and having your butt kissed. But it's become such an epidemic among wine writers and marketing people to come up with these ridiculous, nonsensical descriptions--it's like steroid use in baseball. Maybe we can get Molesworth banned until the end of 2014.<br /><br />Tim, <br />Your place is the only place the piece appears, my friend. I just provide my lonely little link. I do urge my HoseMaster Peanut Gallery to post on your site, but I think most of them don't have valid passports.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />It's not hard to comment on Tim's blog. Even I can do it. I'm sure with your mastery of the Internet, you can figure it out. You're the Master Common Tater of the blogosphere, though Gabe is trying to usurp your crown. Upstart!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76238192311240203612013-08-06T05:57:38.878-07:002013-08-06T05:57:38.878-07:00Tim:
Is there a way to open up entry to the comme...Tim:<br /><br />Is there a way to open up entry to the comments department on your blog?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-10235883212044748742013-08-06T03:43:05.861-07:002013-08-06T03:43:05.861-07:00Great piece, Ron. Lots of comments over on my site...Great piece, Ron. Lots of comments over on my site too, where the piece first appeared. Would love to see some American readers posting there, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764029370276172383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17691899820455201922013-08-05T22:05:20.598-07:002013-08-05T22:05:20.598-07:00I get the impression he bores himself with his tas...I get the impression he bores himself with his tasting notes. How often can a guy just say "it smells like pear, apple, rust, and tea"? He must be throwing in random varieties just to keep himself entertained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-28340131711040504372013-08-05T20:38:14.830-07:002013-08-05T20:38:14.830-07:00David,
I don't think he's a free agent unt...David,<br />I don't think he's a free agent until 2014, but then we can make him an offer. <br /><br />Ludicrous doesn't begin to describe it. If, let's say, I spoke about one of these wines in this manner at a wine competition, competitions that everyone demeans, I'd get my ass kicked. It's self-parody, but the Wine Spectator specializes in that. And then wants respectability. Molesworth is the guy on their team, an A-Rod (polite for what I'm thinking), who makes the whole team look stupid. On that team, no mean feat.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-34659205902895973372013-08-05T20:22:59.532-07:002013-08-05T20:22:59.532-07:00Ron, you sure it's not a cold shower we should...Ron, you sure it's not a cold shower we should be taking after reading this?? Remember when I asked if my McScores franchise came with stupid, ludicrous wine descriptions like this? Do you think we can get James in an exclusive deal???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992278224164669829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-32892404217491698102013-08-05T19:03:33.442-07:002013-08-05T19:03:33.442-07:00That would be Tephen Brook then, no?That would be Tephen Brook then, no?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-56804207060790156602013-08-05T18:35:01.862-07:002013-08-05T18:35:01.862-07:00Sorry, it's Stephen Brook. The 's' is ...Sorry, it's Stephen Brook. The 's' is silent.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65077577017119017722013-08-05T18:26:22.299-07:002013-08-05T18:26:22.299-07:00Marlene Darling,
Oh, there were endless Molesworth...Marlene Darling,<br />Oh, there were endless Molesworth facile haikus to mock. I began to wonder if he was playing some sort of game with the editors at Wine Spectator to see if they'd stop him at some point. <br /><br />Everybody else,<br />Thanks. I actually received an email from Stephen Brooks, a wonderful British wine writer, a week or so ago that pushed me a bit into writing a piece like this, a piece about flagrantly bizarre wine reviews. A day later I happened to see a Molesworth review, and the idea was quickly born.<br /><br />The piece seems to have taken off in the blogosphere. From my perspective, it's an easy target. I hope I handled it well, hope that it's funny as well as trenchant, but the concept isn't particularly inspired. Just a way of expressing disgust with the kind of silly and insulting wine reviews that pass for journalism these days.<br /><br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-66961436837448534662013-08-05T15:43:51.212-07:002013-08-05T15:43:51.212-07:00Without embellishment, James Molesworth's own ...Without embellishment, James Molesworth's own reviews prove he is the MFiest MFer around. <br /><br />I too loved "an aroma as familiar to the average reader as the ball sac of a male snow leopard" <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033572431928998581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-42810071429927633822013-08-05T12:12:39.060-07:002013-08-05T12:12:39.060-07:00Ron,
Molesworth's musings may be ripe for the...Ron,<br /><br />Molesworth's musings may be ripe for the pickin' but it takes a master of satire (MS*) to repurpose it into a fine whine. You are hereby also dubbed an (MW*).<br /><br />*Master of Satire of and<br />*Master of Whine are bestowed qualifications (not academic degrees)grazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737895704003659950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75004923968332100792013-08-05T11:20:22.893-07:002013-08-05T11:20:22.893-07:00Ron,
you continue to amaze...
Please, continue to...Ron,<br />you continue to amaze...<br /><br />Please, continue to amaze...voice of reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245512801828772260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41805924821347770592013-08-05T10:57:06.399-07:002013-08-05T10:57:06.399-07:00It's so much fun to sit laughing at my desk, c...It's so much fun to sit laughing at my desk, causing my associates to glance nervously in my direction. "Is he going postal?"<br />Great post, Ron!Don Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018421143636593792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52021113444419486622013-08-05T10:49:29.389-07:002013-08-05T10:49:29.389-07:00But have you seen these by JM?
HENRI BONNEAU &...But have you seen these by JM?<br /><br />HENRI BONNEAU & FILS<br />Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Spéciale 1998 Score: 98<br />Release Price: $345 Current Auction Price: $295 Country: FranceRegion: Southern RhôneIssue: Jun 15, 2006Designation: Collectibles<br /> <br />This offers an aroma of chocolate-covered prunes stewing on the stove, along with notes of brick dust, black currant preserve, fresh espresso and powdered rust. Powerfully tannic and very heady, with layers of overripe fruit on the finish. Drinks like a Bual Madeira infused with black truffles, yet it somehow manages to maintain a sense of freshness. Amazing, but not for everyone. Drink now through 2025. –JM<br /><br />HENRI BONNEAU & FILS<br />Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins 1998<br /> <br />Score: 98<br />Release Price: $270Current Auction Price: $301Country: FranceRegion: Southern Rhône Issue: Sep 30, 2007<br /> <br />Still a monster of a wine, with beefy-textured chestnut, roasted fig, bittersweet cocoa, incense and blood sausage flavors that run through the massive finish, which is racy yet densely structured and lets notes of hoisin sauce and charcoal linger. This could stay just like this for quite some time.--1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape retrospective. Drink now through 2032. 100 cases imported-JM<br /><br /><br />Prunes, powdered rust, brick dust, hoisin, charcoal? Sounds like one of the stomach meds my elderly mother uses!The Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373623446507975769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30884866974395087712013-08-05T10:46:50.689-07:002013-08-05T10:46:50.689-07:00Ron My Love,
"Ball sac of a male snow leopard...Ron My Love,<br />"Ball sac of a male snow leopard" may just be the most beautiful thing I've ever read. Course I am reading through tears but still. Marvelous Love, that piece is simply marvelous. I love you. Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-21581988967707449292013-08-05T10:34:24.361-07:002013-08-05T10:34:24.361-07:00What I would give for the smell of horseshit insid...What I would give for the smell of horseshit inside--or outside--a barnyard. <br /><br />Alas, must settle for bullshit.<br /><br />Lovely, Ron.<br /><br />Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46135929386526178112013-08-05T10:31:37.027-07:002013-08-05T10:31:37.027-07:00The reviews of the blogs seem twisted and irreleve...The reviews of the blogs seem twisted and irrelevent. The relevance of Pulitzer in wine blogs escape me.<br />Maybe wine drinkers should look at wine blogs that fulfill a nich in their continuum in gaining wine experiences and move on the utlimate goal - making up their own minds as opposd to being lead by the Judas Goats.Steve Layhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485378664675668077noreply@blogger.com