tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post2371438515480868353..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: What We're ReadingRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15844185077857931062012-07-19T16:50:23.613-07:002012-07-19T16:50:23.613-07:00I'm late to this one, but happy to see you are...I'm late to this one, but happy to see you are reading the Thuse! I shall wave my zweigelt with extra pride this morning!PaulGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409346656762573929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46614110110343998902012-07-14T07:23:16.838-07:002012-07-14T07:23:16.838-07:00HMW - Hmmm... good point...HMW - Hmmm... good point...1WineDoodyhttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-71411739917174325752012-07-13T12:20:27.833-07:002012-07-13T12:20:27.833-07:00Dude,
Getting it right? On a wine blog? Why start...Dude,<br /><br />Getting it right? On a wine blog? Why start now?Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17695497909466259572012-07-13T11:23:09.227-07:002012-07-13T11:23:09.227-07:00Dude, get it right, that bottle was totally a Jero...Dude, get it right, that bottle was totally a Jeroboam, not a Salmanazar (I'm small, I could probably fit behind a magnum, actually...).1winedudehttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15875760798504058832012-07-11T17:27:27.869-07:002012-07-11T17:27:27.869-07:00Grazie, Alfonso,
Coming from a guy who's worn...Grazie, Alfonso,<br /><br />Coming from a guy who's worn out more leather than an English dominatrix, that's high praise.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15178840953128603492012-07-11T12:08:33.367-07:002012-07-11T12:08:33.367-07:00another good one from La Hosa Nostra!another good one from La Hosa Nostra!Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-48556757582983942052012-07-10T18:53:21.975-07:002012-07-10T18:53:21.975-07:00In my own defense, I was young and stupid, and a l...In my own defense, I was young and stupid, and a little high, too.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-38466602896735717112012-07-10T17:45:52.984-07:002012-07-10T17:45:52.984-07:00Thomas,
I'd forgotten that Rod McKuen had ver...Thomas,<br /><br />I'd forgotten that Rod McKuen had very popular recordings of his poetry, not just bestselling books. Wow, YOU listened to Rod McKuen?! If I had done that my mother, the English teacher, would have had me sent to a mental institution. Where I clearly would have fit in.<br /><br />Makes me think though. When is the last time a poet sold that many books? Aside from Dr. Seuss.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-57968772013485325412012-07-10T12:39:36.787-07:002012-07-10T12:39:36.787-07:00"...one of the great poets of the 20th Centur..."...one of the great poets of the 20th Century."<br /><br />There was a time when even I listened to him (I'll deny that I ever said that).<br /><br />I particularly remember a poem/song about chasing clouds away. Broke my ankle trying.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-56497082638860445602012-07-10T08:15:21.914-07:002012-07-10T08:15:21.914-07:00Thomas,
Thanks. I didn't have the guts to act...Thomas,<br /><br />Thanks. I didn't have the guts to actually Google him, and I don't have the stomach to check out his site either. But he is one of the great poets of the 20th Century, the other being Suzanne Somers. I know she's still alive, if you call that living.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-621527311575671912012-07-10T07:12:48.391-07:002012-07-10T07:12:48.391-07:00Ron,
The first musical blogger has not gone away:...Ron,<br /><br />The first musical blogger has not gone away: www.mckuen.com <br /><br />Knock yourself out!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-4965379382148643242012-07-09T19:04:04.340-07:002012-07-09T19:04:04.340-07:00Who's Boring Now,
Well, you can certainly cou...Who's Boring Now,<br /><br />Well, you can certainly count me among those who find my own work lousy.<br /><br />"We all write for our own personal reasons..." Yup. But boring writers rarely recognize that they're boring writers. I applaud anyone who tries to be creative, it's part of the joy of being alive. But doing it and waiting for acclaim or recognition or a job offer or free samples, that's where it gets a little sad.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30058438653236703172012-07-09T18:31:40.702-07:002012-07-09T18:31:40.702-07:00As long as their are persons in the world who thin...As long as their are persons in the world who think their bloviated scribblings are worth reading or even just worth the time and effort, there will be wine blogs.<br /><br />We all write for our own personal reasons, and we get bored by ourselves at times. It is the folks who never find themselves boring who worry me.Whose Boring Now?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22854704504983737252012-07-09T18:18:17.694-07:002012-07-09T18:18:17.694-07:00Charlie,
Let's face it, wine is a dull subjec...Charlie,<br /><br />Let's face it, wine is a dull subject. The details of it, the day to day of it, fascinates a very tiny portion of the population, most of them with little literary talent. Wine reviews are equally dull, which is really why the 100 point scale succeeds. God forbid you'd have to choose a wine after having to wade through 100 wine reviews--I believe that's outlawed under the Geneva Convention. You do a far better job of descriptions at Connoisseurs' Guide than almost any other wine publication, and I'm sure you and Stephen spend far too much of your lives writing them, but, truly, reading Rod McKuen is more rewarding. (Is he dead yet?) So dull subject matched with dull wit, Bingo, Wine Bloggers Conference.<br /><br />I do wonder at the perseverance of wine bloggers. I'm at 199 posts in this incarnation of HoseMaster, and I'm amazed I've cranked out that much foolishness and venom. But somebody has to do it. Without all those persistent bloggers, I doubt I could have. Sad to say, I owe those damned Poodles. But if HoseMaster didn't exist, they'd find a need to create one.<br /><br />It isn't about Parker, really. Wine scandals are pathetic for how unimportant and stupid they are. Wow, Jay Miller can be bought, or, in my view, is just really stupid, that's scandalous! How can that be? People bought nothing but $200 Spanish wines on his word! So who's stupid? It's sad that the biggest scandals about Parker are that his dog farts, his buttboys worship him, and his Parkenstein! monsters lack common integrity. That's not scandal, that's celebrity.<br /><br />My wine blog isn't dead either. I'm like the winery cat--I've got six more lives left. Welcome to my litterbox.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-42066936335729460312012-07-09T17:02:22.558-07:002012-07-09T17:02:22.558-07:00Ron--
Wine blogs aren't dead, or even D-E-D, ...Ron--<br /><br />Wine blogs aren't dead, or even D-E-D, dead. They are just napping waiting for the next Robert Parker scandal. To think otherwise is to suggest that they were ever alive. <br /><br />Well, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration. It is not that wine blogs were alive so much as they were inflated by visions of their own potential.<br /><br />Turns out that no one can read all those words all the time, especially when the topics are exhausted. Being 57th to declare wine blogging dead isn't all that bad anyway since I was about the 950th person to begin a wine blog.<br /><br />Oh, and you don't see my blog going away. Dead is not buried. Buried is what all those folks who thought they were going to fill their cellars and their wallets have become now that they know they will accomplish neither.Still Puffing Daddyhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-37778455889487147922012-07-09T15:43:39.295-07:002012-07-09T15:43:39.295-07:00Charlie,
You're the 57th person to declare wi...Charlie,<br /><br />You're the 57th person to declare wine blogs dead. Doesn't bother me, I enjoy a good day in the morgue--ask Avril Cadavril.<br /><br />Thomas,<br /><br />I understand the blogs, I just don't understand why anyone reads or writes them. Especially me. For fun now, I just read them outloud. There are endless unintentional laughs.<br /><br />Amy,<br /><br />So you survived reading all those nominated Wine Blog Award posts!!! Wow, don't you feel a little bit like one of those crash test dummies? Can't wait to see who was nominated. And, of course, I know who to blame.<br /><br />Kathy,<br /><br />I do a What We're Reading once a month or so. So many targets, so little feces to hurl.<br /><br />Gallo stonewalling? Pshaw. They've got nothing to hide. (This has been a paid political announcement.)<br /><br />Eric,<br /><br />Make sure and wear adequate protection when reading the HoseMaster. Most use a wet suit.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-21136204665373474572012-07-09T14:37:07.840-07:002012-07-09T14:37:07.840-07:00I need more of you in my life. From a safe online...I need more of you in my life. From a safe online distance, but more of you just the same.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-83677814866302713592012-07-09T14:27:13.724-07:002012-07-09T14:27:13.724-07:00Oh, dear hose. Another great day in the world of d...Oh, dear hose. Another great day in the world of drink. <br />You know the wine cycles are faster than fermentation these days. Will you update? <br />And, (this is inspired by jamiegoode and dr. vino) the folks at Gallo encore know that if you don't reply to a fact-checking call (if there is one) all they have to suffer is: "...didn’t immediately return a request for further comments." As few of us are paid, few make the call again. How... clever.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-47772783889724996072012-07-09T14:22:28.343-07:002012-07-09T14:22:28.343-07:00Ron
In fine form today. My pick: Jay McInerney tal...Ron<br />In fine form today. My pick: Jay McInerney talks about a new trend in wine he’s excited about--drinking it out of the skulls of poor people. Tasted blind against the same 1990 Burgundy out of Riedel crystal stemware, he prefers the beggar’s coconut, saying, “…it was deeply satisfying knowing this was a vessel that had never seen Burgundy, not to mention First Class on Singapore Airlines.” As an added bonus, he reminds us, wine skulls are dishwasher safe.<br /><br />-Amywinebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72998242187537020732012-07-09T11:45:54.923-07:002012-07-09T11:45:54.923-07:00Now we know which blogs the Master reads; but does...Now we know which blogs the Master reads; but does he understand any of them?<br /><br />Obviously.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85041112297093885662012-07-09T09:28:00.001-07:002012-07-09T09:28:00.001-07:00I believe you have proven my point--although you w...I believe you have proven my point--although you will have to leave home to see why.Puff Daddyhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-61803493965358803492012-07-09T09:11:16.692-07:002012-07-09T09:11:16.692-07:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
You know I prefer that you ...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />You know I prefer that you giggle, but I guess a chuckle will do. <br /><br />Happy to make your day brighter, Love. Though I can't compete with you son's homecoming, it's always a pleasure to be included in your joy.<br /><br />I love you!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-89114948343448792942012-07-09T08:54:02.027-07:002012-07-09T08:54:02.027-07:00Didn't think I could get much happier this mor...Didn't think I could get much happier this morning but then I saw you had a new post up! Laughed my ass off love, (and fuck do I need to get rid of some ass) that and I beat mockingbird. Thank you for a big morning chuckle. I love you!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.com