tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post2438634009869382306..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Introducing Carbon Footprint WinesRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85920157703868654512010-08-06T07:45:24.846-07:002010-08-06T07:45:24.846-07:00Alfonso,
Steal away. You won't be the first. ...Alfonso,<br /><br />Steal away. You won't be the first. Maybe you should write a self-parody with that title. Oh, never mind, you're already writing self-parody.<br /><br />I was wondering when you'd chime in. No worries, I'm certainly going straight to Hell, will not pass GO, will not collect $200.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76024808208297384912010-08-06T06:32:36.823-07:002010-08-06T06:32:36.823-07:00I blame all this on blogal warming.
But I do love...I blame all this on blogal warming.<br /><br />But I do love the "On the wine trail in Flip Flops" thingie. I might have to steal that one, amigo<br /><br />Damn you all to hell<br /><br />cheers,<br />AlfAlfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31211997563717805292010-08-04T18:56:15.000-07:002010-08-04T18:56:15.000-07:00Girlanon,
Love the handle. There's a 12 Step ...Girlanon,<br /><br />Love the handle. There's a 12 Step Program I can believe in.<br /><br />In a wine shop, perhaps all the packaging, as you illustrate with Portuguese reds, makes some marketing sense. As a sommelier, I hated it. I'd never reorder those wines just because it was such a pain in the ass to disassemble. And I'd always make a point of telling the importer or owner just exactly why I was discontinuing his wine.<br /><br />CF Wines,<br /><br />I actually believe your 2007 "Nostradamus Was Right" Cabernet will live several years past Armageddon. <br /><br />And I especially enjoy how you label it Sulfites with a warning that it Contains Wine.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17734071326522338892010-08-04T01:38:37.322-07:002010-08-04T01:38:37.322-07:00Mr. Hosemaster,
Our client at CF Wines is thrilled...Mr. Hosemaster,<br />Our client at CF Wines is thrilled with your review of our wine concept. Thank you. You surely can see the wines are not destined for long cellaring. Drink now!<br />You seem to have really caught the flavor of our marketing so once we find a new winemaker (it has been convenient in the last several vintages to hold the memorial at the blessing of the grapes), we'd like to send a case of Adios Coho and SacRed Mountain brands for review. I don't know if fashion is in your portfolio but you may find our "de ravageurs" ISO 22608 gear handsome (free with every case).<br />As we value your input, we'd like your take on our plan to package CF fresh-to-the-end wines with CF no-wilt produce. One meal does it all. We believe this will sell well to our older automatic renewal wine club members and their inheritors.<br />But time is running out. I thank you for a quick reply.<br />CF Wines<br />"We cover the globe"CF Winesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-25791747482128516092010-08-03T23:46:20.719-07:002010-08-03T23:46:20.719-07:00Wasn't Dodger Don Demeter, old #27, no wait, o...Wasn't Dodger Don Demeter, old #27, no wait, old #2, or old #7, wait, #24 for the Phillies, #4 for Boston and Detroit and #20 for the Indians...wasn't he the first proponent of the wine (they named after him), DeMeritage? I know he was a fan of wine, since he played on a winning team during the 1959 vintage whose World Series MVP was named Sherry.<br /><br />While he may not have Hall of Fame statistics, his .265 batting average is significantly higher than most winemakers in Lodi, Temecula and San Luis Obispo, not matter what Alice Feiring says.<br /><br />ANONYMOUS IANONYMOUS Inoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-55258347965305592462010-08-03T16:24:37.743-07:002010-08-03T16:24:37.743-07:00Talking about bottle wrapping (as opposed to rappi...Talking about bottle wrapping (as opposed to rapping which used to be reserved for Cristal).<br />I vote for Portuguese. Only eco-corks (as in eco-nomy). Bottles wrapped in bubble wrap (which I've found to be a great little kiddie pool solar heater) in boxes wrapped in tape and then plastic then a little more tape. it takes longer to open the box than to write a tasting note.Girlanonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-27353907281850839662010-08-03T16:15:35.410-07:002010-08-03T16:15:35.410-07:00Oh, y'all did it again. Here I am off to bed a...Oh, y'all did it again. Here I am off to bed and have to get jazzed up after being depressed as Steve! was getting beaten over the head with a CF wine bottle. <br />Too many great lines in one gulp, Ron.<br />And, here you are boys, I got my first Louisville Slugger bat while sitting on a Vin-approved bar (at age 5). I love wood (except in my wine).Girlanonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79188206613801169282010-08-03T15:41:38.413-07:002010-08-03T15:41:38.413-07:00Puff Daddy,
Awe c'mon love, you read my posts,...Puff Daddy,<br />Awe c'mon love, you read my posts, "A wine that wraps its hands around my throat gently stroking the words out of me" me thinks that is a pretty pubic voice.....Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-12619564055318248852010-08-03T15:37:34.760-07:002010-08-03T15:37:34.760-07:00Pubic voice.
I have heard of wearing one's he...Pubic voice.<br /><br />I have heard of wearing one's heart on one's sleeve, but this is a new one to me. <br /><br />Unless you are going all "Harry Met Sally" on us.Daddy Is All Earsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-56654834385490318152010-08-03T10:03:31.160-07:002010-08-03T10:03:31.160-07:00Shamefully I have been known to use my pubic voice...Shamefully I have been known to use my pubic voice in publicSamantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18669784309644330932010-08-03T10:03:01.984-07:002010-08-03T10:03:01.984-07:00Incidentally, isn't the definition of organic ...Incidentally, isn't the definition of organic material that they must be carbon-based?<br /><br />So, I submit that a carbon footprint is organic. Therefore, a bigger carbon footprint must be ORGANIC.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-9290093971623184062010-08-03T09:59:11.605-07:002010-08-03T09:59:11.605-07:00Do you, Sam? I hope not in pubic...Do you, Sam? I hope not in pubic...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-78842481685938056812010-08-03T09:48:43.944-07:002010-08-03T09:48:43.944-07:00And people say I talk dirty......And people say I talk dirty......Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-28776482497354939242010-08-03T09:44:00.952-07:002010-08-03T09:44:00.952-07:00Charlie,
I'd like to take credit for making a...Charlie,<br /><br />I'd like to take credit for making a pun, but what really happened is that I screwd up my otherwis stellar typin talent and missed a leter--either that, or I made a Freudian slip, which of course goes with underwear, which of course goes with pubic.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17934033509612329882010-08-03T09:19:44.571-07:002010-08-03T09:19:44.571-07:00There's opportunity for a "Reserve" ...There's opportunity for a "Reserve" line here as well; how about the "Drown The Pacific Islanders" Reserve Cab, in the extra-heavy, large punt bottle?1WineDoodyhttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31733388325168763082010-08-03T08:50:50.709-07:002010-08-03T08:50:50.709-07:00Charlie and Thomas,
I think Don Demeter at one ti...Charlie and Thomas,<br /><br />I think Don Demeter at one time had the record for most consecutive errorless games by an outfielder. So he may have hugged his bat too suggestively, but he never dropped his balls.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6030487619835726642010-08-03T08:42:04.335-07:002010-08-03T08:42:04.335-07:00<< Demeter got the idea after realizing tha...<< Demeter got the idea after realizing that his Louisville slugger was made of wood, from trees. In fact, he was traded for hugging his bat--in pubic. >><br /><br />You're sure about this, Tom? I mean, we have seen players adjust their cups and jock straps in front of cameras, but, to my knowledge, this would be the only documented case of hugging your bat in pubic.Demeter Daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33161773179408537062010-08-03T06:03:42.335-07:002010-08-03T06:03:42.335-07:00Demeter got the idea after realizing that his Loui...Demeter got the idea after realizing that his Louisville slugger was made of wood, from trees. In fact, he was traded for hugging his bat--in pubic.<br /><br />blacrie: whiskey that plays tricks on you.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-7543888165194872172010-08-02T21:00:09.955-07:002010-08-02T21:00:09.955-07:00Charlie,
You don't have to kill the cows to g...Charlie,<br /><br />You don't have to kill the cows to get their horns, but it's easier. Most folks just buy the horns from slaughterhouses and stuff them with the manure (people crap, but cows manure) from lactating cows, as seen on reality TV. And, as you know, it's not the farts that cause the greenhouse effect, it's the belching. So it turns out "Silent But Deadly" is a misnomer.<br /><br />I wonder how many Puffs, er, Stars, the Carbon Footprint wines will receive. <br /><br />Don Demeter played most of his above average career with the Phillies and somehow ended up certifying BioDynamic practices. Must be an old fart.Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24365984900867086602010-08-02T19:42:58.017-07:002010-08-02T19:42:58.017-07:00It is about time that you picked on all that is ri...It is about time that you picked on all that is right and holy about healthy living. Who the hell needs to live all that long anyhow. Old guys like you and me and Chaim Steveoff; we don't have much time left so why worry. It reminds me of the time I went to a BioDynamic Revival Meeting, er, I mean seminar. <br /><br />We got right down on our knees and thanked Rudy Steiner for inventing cow shit--or was it cow horns. Rudy did not know it at the time, of course, but killing off all those cows so we could bury their horns was good for the planet. Those bovines produce more bad gasses than Rush Limbaugh. <br /><br />OK, I exaggerate. Rush produces more bad gasses, but you get my meaning. <br /><br />You may not believe this, but the Revival, er, I mean seminar, ending with the worshipping of some guy named Don Demeter. Come on folks, the guy was a lifetime .265 hitter. I think he used to caddy for Duke Snider.<br /><br />Thanks for calling attention to Carbon Footprint Wines. I would stay longer but I have to go outside to smoke a cigarette.Puffing Daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72628152205949227002010-08-02T19:03:40.617-07:002010-08-02T19:03:40.617-07:00Hey Gang,
Dammit, we're Americans, we're ...Hey Gang,<br /><br />Dammit, we're Americans, we're entitled to the Earth's resources. We've cornered the market on lithium and hypocrisy, and we won't rest until we use it all up. That's what "Carbon Footprints" wines stand for, the great American traditions handed down from our Forefathers of Hucksterism and Consumerism. Those are the First and Second Amendments, right?<br /><br />Anonymous 1,<br /><br />You've anticipated one of my next, if not my next, post with your Alice Feiring remark...<br /><br />I don't know, should proctologist and big punt be allowed in the same sentence? I think I just clenched.<br /><br />Strappo,<br /><br />Weren't you one of the Marx Brothers?<br /><br />I don't think I've heard more disingenuous marketing drivel in the wine business since the screwtop was invented. Believing that a wine is "sustainably farmed" because it says so on the label is like believing the magician when he says he's never met the person in the audience. They love to use the willing suspension of disbelief in magic and marketing, and now it's all about "natural" wines.<br /><br />Marcia Love,<br /><br />Thanks for chuckling at my nonsense. And, of course, I aim for "precious."<br /><br />Ravenswood, eh? About as sustainable as a Mel Gibson marriage.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />Don't you just love the fancy packaging of some wines? I always wondered why your late friend Didier Dageneau, a very gifted winemaker and all-around iconoclast, farmed BioDynamically then put the wines in twelve-pound bottles. He's not the only one, of course, but, still, it's odd.<br /><br />I love You!Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-3215029165784505402010-08-02T16:09:17.802-07:002010-08-02T16:09:17.802-07:00Oh, my! Let me unbuckle my stiletto-heeled footpri...Oh, my! Let me unbuckle my stiletto-heeled footprint for a moment to let out a long-needed chuckle after a week of family visiting. (Yes, I laugh from my feet. It's a talent.)<br /><br />Many favorites here, but the best must be: <b>"We're destroying the earth so you don't have to."</b> Just precious.<br /><br />My sainted stepmother pointed to the biplane circling overhead yesterday while we were unwinding on the Ravenswood patio and stated it must be readying to 'dust the crops.' (Somebody's watched <i>North By Northwest</i> too many times!)<br /><br />Obviously, she too, is a wine club member at CF Wines! She must love all the yummy sprays!Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29502292799947161662010-08-02T14:47:05.020-07:002010-08-02T14:47:05.020-07:00Thank God we are nearing the end of this absurd fa...Thank God we are nearing the end of this absurd fascination for, and veneration of, so-called Natural and Biodynamic wines. As one who is keenly following the last gasp of American hegemony and Capitalist Road-ism in its "democratic" forms, I applaud Carbon Footprints' efforts to provide a bravura ending on the Golden Age of California Wine with an all-ultra-everything approach that speaks to the highest ideals of US excess and hubris, along with its salutary devaluing of "sustainability" (what means this really?), "modesty," "restraint," "good taste" and the ever-contemptible "concern for others." <br /><br />Our mantle of mindless consumption and mean-spirited arrogance may be passing to China, but we'll give the Chinese something to remember us by -- and emulate -- as their Century swiftly unrolls its scroll of infamy.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Strappo,<br />A True PatriotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-57959231670103076092010-08-02T11:33:32.829-07:002010-08-02T11:33:32.829-07:00I'm sure they wrap each bottle in paper, slip ...I'm sure they wrap each bottle in paper, slip each one in a little plastic sleeve and ship in wooden cases tooSamantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82153983856679219682010-08-02T10:22:16.473-07:002010-08-02T10:22:16.473-07:00"Tribute to Roundup"
God love ya!"Tribute to Roundup"<br /><br />God love ya!Arthur Esteban Franciso Maria Conchita Alonzo Conception de Corazon de Jesus de la Vina Przebinda, MD, PhD, PDQ, ret.noreply@blogger.com