tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post2525592909802772343..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: The Grapeful DeadRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65336220105663432442009-09-08T19:54:02.106-07:002009-09-08T19:54:02.106-07:00Well it doesnt look like the world is big enough t...Well it doesnt look like the world is big enough to be safe for Hosemaster-ization<br /><br />In fact the wine world isn't safe from the latest ill to befall it- hosemater-izaion.<br /><br />Ron, you are bigger than Alder - Or so Dr. Vino tells it that way.Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65163168643644631032009-09-07T14:19:29.985-07:002009-09-07T14:19:29.985-07:00I have been told that the script for Sideways the ...I have been told that the script for Sideways the sequel has been handed in. Just when I thought the world was safe from Giamatti-ization...Do Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-53834101401989150922009-09-07T08:06:23.023-07:002009-09-07T08:06:23.023-07:00HMW:
Thanks. Sometimes I want to be the guy who h...HMW:<br /><br />Thanks. Sometimes I want to be the guy who has the balls to say exactly what's on his mind...damn the torpedos. But being unable (except under the most unusual or drunken of circumstances), I look to you instead. <br /><br />Charlie :)Steven Mirassouhttp://www.stevenkent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1180154940361826022009-09-05T08:11:34.639-07:002009-09-05T08:11:34.639-07:00Hey Charlie,
Unlike David Letterman and his 20 wr...Hey Charlie,<br /><br />Unlike David Letterman and his 20 writers, what I write about on HoseMaster is limited, as you point out, to a very small world, the world of wine, the wine business and the menagerie of dimwits who blog about it. After more than a year of doing it, it began to seem obvious that the number of subjects on blogs is about ten. So I thought it was time someone stepped up and declared them dead. These subjects are too dead for even the Heimoff Maneuver to resuscitate them. And, as Jason so aptly points out, I missed a few. No one's perfect. Well, Alder is, but, then, he's the Second Coming of Robert Lawrence Balzer.<br /><br />Writing humor is what I can do. Sure, I know a lot about wine, but I try to simply have fun with the whole screwy business, insult those who have risen to the top of it and actually believe they deserve it, and generally play the Fool. What you do at CGCW is altogether different and way more useful. And it's not something I could do with a straight face. But I admire it, read it, and enjoy it. And I'm flattered you read my baloney.<br /><br />Hey Anon 1,<br /><br />The Social Media joke made me laugh out loud. I always want to go after the Wall Street Journal couple but that would mean I have to actually read them, and I just don't have the stomach for it. One day I will. And thanks for your many contributions to HoseMaster, my friend, it's always fun when you show up.<br /><br />Jason,<br /><br />Welcome, don't be a stranger and don't let the other folks hanging around here talk over you. There are as harmless a bunch of curmudgeons as I know. In fact, all you lurkers, chime in now and then! This ain't the library, you don't have to be quiet.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />You make this whole thing worth it.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45842035832552410162009-09-04T19:21:30.665-07:002009-09-04T19:21:30.665-07:00I've never tasted a good Philippe Melka wine, ...I've never tasted a good Philippe Melka wine, have you? <br /><br />Alice!? Alice?!! Who the hell is Alice???!!<br /><br />If Parker is dead, why are so many California red wines redolent of prune juice? Why does my palate burn (not to mention my credit card) when experiencing the latest and greatest "vintage of the century" Rhone wines?<br /><br />Please don't go describing wines in terms of classical music. I have enough studying to do with regard to wine...don't make me have to learn the difference between Beethoven and Bach. I've had sufficient trouble trying to distinguish between Sauvignon Blanc and Fume Blanc!<br /><br />As for the reference connecting oak and mother's milk, please Mr. O, no breast-feeding here on the Hosemaster's blog. <br />And how about those White Rocket wines of Mr. Jess Jackson? I'd talk about them and ennui if I wasn't already bored.<br /><br />What's Social Media, anyway? Isn't she the daughter of that Wall Street Journal couple?<br /><br />ANONYMOUS IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-10719356852949374312009-09-04T17:05:21.678-07:002009-09-04T17:05:21.678-07:00Out of topics? Not hardly! What about a stirring...Out of topics? Not hardly! What about a stirring 4 part series (read the first part and he'll pay you to read the last three) on the greatest wine blogging controversy of the century? The Great Rockaway Giveaway...<br /><br />http://goodgrape.com/index.php/site/2005_rockaway_cabernet_sauvignon_one_year_later_pt._i_of_4/Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-56674276445217650742009-09-04T15:18:40.625-07:002009-09-04T15:18:40.625-07:00Damn Mr. HoseMaster...you are kinda sexy when you&...Damn Mr. HoseMaster...you are kinda sexy when you're mad. Rawr!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63901352830354564942009-09-04T14:59:57.667-07:002009-09-04T14:59:57.667-07:00You and I once traded emails about the difficultie...You and I once traded emails about the difficulties and challenges of humor. I got to thinking about some of that while you were on your recent sabbatical and here is what I have come up with.<br /><br />Blogging, almost of any sort has become incredibly boring--in no small reason because the subject matter has been exhausted and there has been no new meat for the fire recently. Good writing has meaning either for now or for later. It matters not whether we are talking about the kind of gossip and silliness that made Herb Caen so readable or we are talking about wine blogs or 538, the brilliant political page that I used to read every day until November and now I read once a month. <br /><br />My kind of writing, which is rarely funny, has the changing vintages and new releases to keep it interesting--to a few folks at least. How many columns about how wineries are using the new media can we read in one week and still stay interested? How many "I love my latest overpriced Cabernet discovery of the day" column can we absorb before we say "basta"?<br /><br />Topical comedy is hard without new material, yet that is what The Hosemaster sets out to do. This is wine, not politics with its endless supply of amusements, and it is hard being David Lettermen everyday when you have already bashed the usual subjects several times over.<br /><br />So, in the interest of keeping you from keeling over with ennui, or even in ennui (please try not stepping in it), I have come up with some topics that have not yet been exhausted and might just be grist for your mill. You do have a mill, don't you?<br /><br />--If money is the mother's milk of politics, is oak the mother's milk of wine?<br /><br />--How come the Gallos have not arranged for Jess Jackson to wake up with a horse's head on his bed. You have to admit that Jess has the horses--even if Steve Heimoff is the only wine writer who gets to ride them.<br /><br />--Is King Freddy of Franzia the new Gallo?<br /><br />--Corks Are Dead. Really. They are dead. They are not the living, breathing embodiments of Bacchus. Neither is Stelvin unless Bacchus is really the Man of Steel--and I thought we had reserved that for Steven Kent and his brother.<br /><br />Finally, Ron, there is no fee if you decide to use any of these topics.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85197645911708531142009-09-04T13:13:07.996-07:002009-09-04T13:13:07.996-07:00Ron
Thanks for giving me a blog idea ;)
And you ...Ron<br /><br />Thanks for giving me a blog idea ;)<br /><br />And you are wrong, black iguana cowboy boots go perfectly with a .50 cal Dessert Eagle - nickel plated, of course.Arthurhttp://www.winesooth.comnoreply@blogger.com