tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post3462033955318877442..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Dr. Conti Pleads InsanityRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-55043284635725431932013-11-13T08:24:17.871-08:002013-11-13T08:24:17.871-08:00Gabe,
I have this idea that Dr. Conti and Lo Hai Q...Gabe,<br />I have this idea that Dr. Conti and Lo Hai Qu could fall in love. Have fake sex. <br /><br />Stories like Rudy's are simply a gift from the comedy gods, though everyone who writes comedy knows God is the funniest of all comedy writers. His upcoming trial ought to be a hoot.<br /><br />Alexis,<br />OMFG! Thank you.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-26343215181649372012013-11-12T10:23:38.489-08:002013-11-12T10:23:38.489-08:00OMG!!! THE BEST EVER and I mean ever!!!!!!!!!OMG!!! THE BEST EVER and I mean ever!!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194706031436913173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87243947092641761782013-11-11T21:59:09.190-08:002013-11-11T21:59:09.190-08:00i love the Dr. Conti posts. The more I read your ...i love the Dr. Conti posts. The more I read your blogs about him, the more I like him. Maybe he should hire you as his lawyer. It would definitely help his insanity case.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79723418328407625372013-11-11T18:00:05.474-08:002013-11-11T18:00:05.474-08:00Marcia Love,
I don't know, counterfeit Splooge...Marcia Love,<br />I don't know, counterfeit Splooge is almost too horrible to think about. <br /><br />Hey Gang,<br />I think that the essence of the con is the hubris, greed and vanity of those being conned. Now, this isn't the case when you fleece old people, but when it comes to artistic forgery, those are the driving forces. It's a little hard to drum up sympathy for one of the Koch brothers, there's a special level of Hell with a big gold plate with their name on it, and there's a huge element of this that is laughable. And the rumor, and it's only rumor, that Rudy is contemplating a plea of insanity, is wonderful theater. It's probably a stall tactic, but it's hilarious. <br /><br />The entire case, from Rudy to the auction houses to the wine "experts," to the buyers, has fraud written all over every one of the players. Irresistible to a satirist, even one of low quality like myself. Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-2622905965112362072013-11-11T15:43:56.101-08:002013-11-11T15:43:56.101-08:00I don't understand. There's no Splooge Est...I don't understand. There's no Splooge Estate fakes on the market by Dr. Conti???Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45905813254475168942013-11-11T11:35:41.151-08:002013-11-11T11:35:41.151-08:00Where does this come from?
I'm glad he doesn&#...Where does this come from?<br />I'm glad he doesn't skewer me like that.<br />I'm so sensitive!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554320028401783190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19332849889387831322013-11-11T09:55:57.814-08:002013-11-11T09:55:57.814-08:00Insanity? If mentally ill young men that shoot up...Insanity? If mentally ill young men that shoot up people in theatres and schools for fun can't/don't plead insanity, why does this guy think he can do so? He must think we are as stupid as his customers to "buy" that.<br /><br />Great post - I especially like the first paragraph. Classic Hosemaster.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144729430387958496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76441187446434947542013-11-11T09:49:12.755-08:002013-11-11T09:49:12.755-08:00I'd assume Rudy has the Chateau Pruno concessi...I'd assume Rudy has the Chateau Pruno concession locked so he may not want out for a while. wine.newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374727871497201868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85572984243510222352013-11-11T09:14:55.781-08:002013-11-11T09:14:55.781-08:00Charlie,
I wonder if there is an online market for...Charlie,<br />I wonder if there is an online market for old, empty wine bottles from prestigious wineries and great vintages. Probably. In the last days of my job as sommelier, I began to destroy empty bottles of old Bordeaux or Harlan or other "cult" wines rather than let customers I didn't know take the empties home. I knew some were going to make fake wines--or, at least, I suspected as much.<br /><br />Yeah, minerality. It's one of those things that people say, I know it when I taste it. So, I guess, just like urine.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-92135848752018747282013-11-11T08:36:19.414-08:002013-11-11T08:36:19.414-08:00I imagine that many of the people reading this col...I imagine that many of the people reading this column are asking themselves "Why did't I think of that?"<br /><br />I am already eyeing some of my older wines thinking that they need recorking and maybe a litte RC Cola or Dr. Pepper would give them another twenty years of life.<br /><br />Oliver Humbrecht was once asked about minerality in wines and responded, "Minerality" is what you get when your wine does not have any character. Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.com