tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post3424527954329489607..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Blind Book Review: "Sherry"Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82883940049950910962014-10-28T21:43:49.250-07:002014-10-28T21:43:49.250-07:00Dean,
Of course, I haven't read the book, or e...Dean,<br />Of course, I haven't read the book, or else, why review it? Though I was in a book store yesterday and happened to see the book. I turned it over, and there on the back was a rave review from Jon Bonné! Surprise, surprise, surprise! Laying it on thicker than Tammy Faye's mascara. Ah, integrity, thy name is wine critic. Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50106012402273427732014-10-28T20:00:36.365-07:002014-10-28T20:00:36.365-07:00I would have commented earlier but I decided to re...I would have commented earlier but I decided to read the book first. It took me 8 days, up to now (I'm a slow book reader but a fast book reviewer).<br /><br />Spot on. <br /><br />This one is going into my holiday gift article. Easy in, easy out. Lotsa most unique people will read the book and then pass it on. Amazon marketplace may have it Used for 2 cents (plus $6.49 postage).Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22391583034008425642014-10-20T22:12:09.682-07:002014-10-20T22:12:09.682-07:00And all this time I'd thought that cream sherr...And all this time I'd thought that cream sherry was udderly unique...Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302860568125840279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-27894553240403089172014-10-20T13:20:39.427-07:002014-10-20T13:20:39.427-07:00Charlie should have known about Sherry Magee; he w...Charlie should have known about Sherry Magee; he was probably at some of Magee's games.<br /><br />Baseball is so much like wine. Maybe someone can finish that idiotic thought--a milenial perhaps (why bother with a double l?).Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87602157862248103572014-10-20T11:41:34.828-07:002014-10-20T11:41:34.828-07:00John,
Not reading this piece was time well-spent. ...John,<br />Not reading this piece was time well-spent. That is, you should have spent it in a well. It's not easy to command ennui, it's much like a cut fastball. But Baiocchi turns out to be the Mariano Rivera of wine writers. How did this become about baseball? Fucking Larry Sherry.<br /><br />Karl,<br />Wow, a baseball historian! I'd long forgotten Sherry Magee, one of the great players of his generation, and probably not Jewish. He should be in the Hall of Fame. One of those five tool players. I have six tools, by the way, but they're all screwdrivers, which I drank with my grandma.<br /><br />Thanks for chiming in with some baseball trivia! Love it.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-39388846430209252012014-10-20T11:34:41.689-07:002014-10-20T11:34:41.689-07:00Then there is Sherry (Sherwood) Magee, late of the...Then there is Sherry (Sherwood) Magee, late of the Phillies, Braves and Reds. May be that drinking with his grandma had something to do with his death at 44....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482425756666353293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-84983908013551998992014-10-20T11:02:52.936-07:002014-10-20T11:02:52.936-07:00I did not have time to read this HoseMaster gem, b...I did not have time to read this HoseMaster gem, but, as a new common tater, I wanted to get my two cents worth in with a blind comment. Excellent and insightful. Biting, yet fair in his critique, the HoseMaster has done it once again. Okay, I'm lying. I read it. Best line: It's the rare young wine writer who commands this much ennui. I love the notion of commanding ennui. As if my ennui will listen to anyone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373661034614642040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6541918516055067992014-10-20T10:45:00.566-07:002014-10-20T10:45:00.566-07:00Francly,
Don't tell Steiman.
Thomas,
And in t...Francly,<br />Don't tell Steiman.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />And in the text of the book in one of the excerpts I skimmed, Baiocchi called Sherry one of the "most unique" wines. However, notice that Blinky over on Pallet Press today has a headline that reads "Are Millenials Illiterate?" Well, who knows, but I'm guessing they can spell Millennials properly. <br /><br />Larry and Norm Sherry were the first, and only, I think, Jewish battery in MLB history. As Mel Allen would say, "How about that?" What's so special about a Jewish battery? Only has negative poles.<br /><br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-344332677951930242014-10-20T10:40:04.554-07:002014-10-20T10:40:04.554-07:00Charlie,
I'd think if you'd be struck out ...Charlie,<br />I'd think if you'd be struck out by Larry Sherry pitching to his brother Norm, you'd have been creamed Sherry. <br /><br />As for Larry Anosmia, MS, well, he'd only smell them blind, like an umpire.<br /><br />Don,<br />Thanks. Nothing like getting off a really stupid pun. Have to say it makes me so proud when people groan and spit coffee. I feel like a barista.<br /><br />Rob,<br />I'm sorry, were you talking?<br /><br />Thanks for not paying attention.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17587932007947339902014-10-20T10:34:55.735-07:002014-10-20T10:34:55.735-07:00Ron,
This was truly a very unique review and an ...Ron, <br /><br />This was truly a very unique review and an absolute exceptional achievement tour de force.<br /><br />I would have remembered Larry Sherry had he played for the real Dodgers in Brooklyn, rather than the faux team in LA.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-23409471431454618212014-10-20T10:34:34.954-07:002014-10-20T10:34:34.954-07:00OMG, this gives a whole new meaning to 'Harvey...OMG, this gives a whole new meaning to 'Harvey's Bristol Cream....Francly Speakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613155539245736052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72376312119888988142014-10-20T10:30:03.717-07:002014-10-20T10:30:03.717-07:00I agree - Flor to Sealing is outstanding. The Hos...I agree - Flor to Sealing is outstanding. The Hosemaster is always worthy of our complete inattention...Rob Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07288356786552867804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-27584069549781353802014-10-20T10:20:04.824-07:002014-10-20T10:20:04.824-07:00Ron: You had me solidly trapped with the "flo...Ron: You had me solidly trapped with the "flor to sealing" comment. I wish I had spit sherry, instead of coffee, but...Don Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018421143636593792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19954729543366488942014-10-20T10:15:58.649-07:002014-10-20T10:15:58.649-07:00Would somebody who was struck out by the Sherry br...Would somebody who was struck out by the Sherry brothers be "sherrified"?<br /><br />And if so, what would they smell like. Would Larry Anosmia recognize them?Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-73567213126286455422014-10-20T10:01:04.265-07:002014-10-20T10:01:04.265-07:00Hey Charlie,
I knew you would get the Larry Sherry...Hey Charlie,<br />I knew you would get the Larry Sherry reference. And Larry has a funnier name than his brother, Norm. Remember him? <br /><br />I actually did read a few excerpts from "Sherry" on the Amazon website and was struck by its mix of adolescent tone and very dry technical writing. At one point she calls Hugh Johnson something like "our great wine mystic." Really? He's the Kreskin of wine? What is Jancis Robinson? Our wine gypsy fortune teller? <br /><br />Stuff like that made me write this review.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31910336319910753562014-10-20T08:39:33.444-07:002014-10-20T08:39:33.444-07:00Nicely done. You have probed the Baiocchi shtick f...Nicely done. You have probed the Baiocchi shtick from flor to sealing and made me want to not read the book either.<br /><br />As for Larry Sherry and relief, loved it. Only someone old enough to be Jenna Talia's grandmother would remember Larry. What does that make me?Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.com