tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post492541198730409851..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: What Not to Publish on Your Stupid Wine Blog in 2014Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24671682683209916832015-01-10T08:31:21.572-08:002015-01-10T08:31:21.572-08:00I don't know whether to say, "God bless y...I don't know whether to say, "God bless you" or" Stop being such an ass." People post what they post, and they enjoy it. If you don't, go somewhere else. And since whether one truly loves a wine is quite personal, stop trying to tell other what there is or isn't in respect of wine. Say YOU liked it, and why, but don't reject others for feeling differently. No one thinks Boone's Farm is good wine (or even wine!) but if someone tastes a sub-$15 wine and thinks is is great, STFU! As you all probably have, I've tasted $300 bottles of wine from "famous" wineries that were average at best, and embarassments as worst. Comment as you like, but can the negatives about others' choices, as there is no more certain way to look like a foppish ass than doing this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333544013601987589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77684191106879735112014-01-21T08:31:00.545-08:002014-01-21T08:31:00.545-08:00Hello Sally,
Nice that you've finally stumbled...Hello Sally,<br />Nice that you've finally stumbled into my little dark place on the Intergnats. This piece did generate something of a kerfuffle on Twitter, and elsewhere, which was a surprise to me. Folks want satire, but not about themselves. A lot of "wine writers" felt the piece was too angry, or not funny, or invalid. I don't write for those dullards. I write about those dullards. I'm, frankly, honored they didn't like the piece.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure you might be the first person from Dubai to comment here. Cool.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-3629385659775273692014-01-20T20:37:54.894-08:002014-01-20T20:37:54.894-08:00Glad to have found your blog due to all the fuss a...Glad to have found your blog due to all the fuss about this post (via The Wine Kat post). Wine writing needs more satire. <br />Chuckled all the way through but finally laughed out loud at the comment about Sommeliers and Somalians - thanks Hamish.<br />Probably fall into the category that you're having a go at :) Sally - My Custard Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426408003723480160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30950399070930753732014-01-15T16:49:05.390-08:002014-01-15T16:49:05.390-08:00WineOh,
Ain't I just?...WineOh,<br />Ain't I just?...Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30938903049760669752014-01-15T16:28:36.441-08:002014-01-15T16:28:36.441-08:00You are hilarious!You are hilarious!WineOhTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905900769132370620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43547959602155492642014-01-13T13:45:58.340-08:002014-01-13T13:45:58.340-08:00Robert,
Hello, my friend, and thanks for your thou...Robert,<br />Hello, my friend, and thanks for your thoughts.<br /><br />There are a lot of self-serving folks in the wine blog world who imagine what they say and write carries actual weight. It doesn't. And not only that, their work is subpar, thoughtless, derivative and about as interesting as reading the diary of an orangutan.<br /><br />I don't often have the urge to have the HoseMaster be as angry as he is in this piece. But if it makes even a few bloggers rethink the stupidity of their ways, it's worth it. And, of course, it's supposed to be funny.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33030303070113503772014-01-13T13:19:56.763-08:002014-01-13T13:19:56.763-08:00I don't know what I like more: the piece itsel...I don't know what I like more: the piece itself or the ire it has aroused in people who hate to see anyone poke fun at the Holy Church Of Wine Bloggery. Please don't stop, Ron. But do go and get yourself cloned as soon as possible. The wine world needs a lot more pomposity-puncturers like you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-68896679410510130772014-01-13T10:16:11.605-08:002014-01-13T10:16:11.605-08:00Love the comments about pronouncing 'sommelier...Love the comments about pronouncing 'sommelier'. Some clients recently got 'sommelier' and 'Somalia' confused. I could not resist, so I carried on explaining that most intelligent wine people were African pirates. Sometimes this business can be fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819187712600068235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-70992696405834530282014-01-13T08:19:36.534-08:002014-01-13T08:19:36.534-08:00Renzo,
Our current culture loves shorthand. It'...Renzo,<br />Our current culture loves shorthand. It's the era of Twitter and FaceBook. So anything funny that is satirical is a "rant," and anyone older than Jimmy Fallon is a curmudgeon. Just as I don't participate on Twitter, and don't have a FaceBook page, or Instagram, or Snapchat, I tune out those worthless analyses. <br /><br />I often wonder what sort of loneliness drives people to read the most dreadful wine blogs. Do we read them to feel superior? Or, as you say, do we read them with the unjustifiable optimism that they might have something original or interesting to say? <br /><br />I hate that a post of mine about blogging is so popular. Today's, a fairy tale, will not be. All the folks who comment here, will dismiss it. Maybe smile, maybe not, but dismiss it they will. If I write a satirical piece again about wine bloggers they'll all leap back in. FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Wine Blogs--we all love a good circle jerk.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18929850055936627182014-01-13T05:49:26.229-08:002014-01-13T05:49:26.229-08:00So the consensus has it that you've been pigeo...So the consensus has it that you've been pigeonholed as a "ranter" in this post. I guess that beats curmudgeonly truth-teller! It probably makes it easier for commenters than facing their own shortcomings. If we didn't read theses damn wine blogs we wouldn't be so revved-up by your righteous and spot on assessments. Much like we often hope to find more than "just wine" in every sip we take... we keep going back to these damn blog posts (not yours, of course) hoping that there will be something more and different... And yet...renzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719763151397519334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1497476986467949052014-01-12T20:06:48.042-08:002014-01-12T20:06:48.042-08:00I happened upon this and thought it appropriate to...I happened upon this and thought it appropriate to your most recent blog entry. https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7997291264/h3F883AEF/G-Man 1868https://www.blogger.com/profile/03829167082289263234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-66331796759967330372014-01-12T07:32:56.933-08:002014-01-12T07:32:56.933-08:00Great rant...thanks - loved it!!Great rant...thanks - loved it!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489503882826240404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77363811131009402502014-01-11T20:19:56.929-08:002014-01-11T20:19:56.929-08:00Jeff,
What, still reading wine blogs? Man, get hel...Jeff,<br />What, still reading wine blogs? Man, get help.<br /><br />Thanks, Jeff, for chiming in. Good stuff or not, I needed to say it. It's only gotten worse since you retired, Goofy Grape, and that's sayin' somethin'.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-86795746870042687182014-01-11T18:42:52.754-08:002014-01-11T18:42:52.754-08:00Can I hit the "like" button? Where is i...Can I hit the "like" button? Where is it? Comments are so 2008. Good stuff, Ron.Jeff (Good Grape)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08185603235259272996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46892267806797124552014-01-11T11:47:25.988-08:002014-01-11T11:47:25.988-08:00Interviewing your gerbil? Now that sounds hawt... ...Interviewing your gerbil? Now that sounds hawt... Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-6344533084631538692014-01-11T11:45:53.161-08:002014-01-11T11:45:53.161-08:00Jeff,
Wait till I interview my gerbil.Jeff, <br />Wait till I interview my gerbil.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-13238463521624543622014-01-11T10:55:43.496-08:002014-01-11T10:55:43.496-08:00I thought lists were over but this is a pretty goo...I thought lists were over but this is a pretty good list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170152934770555106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46169926136392533992014-01-10T12:37:58.796-08:002014-01-10T12:37:58.796-08:00Larry,
Good call. As I wrote earlier, this piece c...Larry,<br />Good call. As I wrote earlier, this piece could easily have been twice as long, but a rant that long would be very tiresome.<br /><br />"Unicorn wines" is probably an appropriate name given that most of those jackasses that brag about tasting them were probably drinking fakes and didn't know it. I know hundreds of people who've had '47 Cheval Blanc, but don't believe in unicorns. Like there's a difference.<br /><br />Fabio,<br />Oh, don't let me stop you from posting such a fascinating list! I'm guessing #1 is, "Sprinkle native yeast in the vineyards to make natural wine."Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-13775662347289295662014-01-10T08:39:25.990-08:002014-01-10T08:39:25.990-08:00Happy New Year you all!
dammit, i'm going to ...Happy New Year you all!<br /><br />dammit, i'm going to have to re-write my latest post that I was just about to upload to my blog, as it contains a really tiny, minute, short list (just 4 items) of the really fascinating and interesting tasks that I have to do at my bodega this year :)Fabiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029558448422815096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41379103263666336482014-01-10T08:19:27.271-08:002014-01-10T08:19:27.271-08:00you forgot to mention the damn Unicorn wine. Unico...you forgot to mention the damn Unicorn wine. Unicorns are not real except to 3 year old girls and there is no damn wine made for, by or from Unicorns!larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540831361071475680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79107815464061005632014-01-10T07:52:01.191-08:002014-01-10T07:52:01.191-08:00Hi Pam,
Thanks. I'm always confused about what...Hi Pam,<br />Thanks. I'm always confused about what qualifies as "social media." Sounds redundant to me. But those who sell their expertise in social media rely on the dinosaur, tech-stupid Baby Boomers to pay their salaries. And lying to dinosaurs is fine, as long as it's not Barney.<br /><br />Beau,<br />OK, you're welcome.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-74656580088023184232014-01-09T20:58:36.000-08:002014-01-09T20:58:36.000-08:00Thank you, Hosemaster.Thank you, Hosemaster.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05835422435318171027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17478873142875635532014-01-09T19:14:58.994-08:002014-01-09T19:14:58.994-08:00Bravo Hosey, BRAVO!
Now about that telephone co...Bravo Hosey, BRAVO! <br /><br />Now about that telephone comment....<br /><br />We'll have to teach the young'ns how to use that phone thingy! #itiscoolertotextandfacebookenobyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222891927961064316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-11370415929244339962014-01-09T17:51:00.889-08:002014-01-09T17:51:00.889-08:00Thomas,
More like Morte Bruce.
Paul,
I had to loo...Thomas,<br />More like Morte Bruce.<br /><br />Paul,<br />I had to look up who he is. How does he get a Hall of Fame ballot and I don't? <br /><br />So, yeah, he's trolling for fame and publicity. By my count, his 15 minutes are up.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-47625198515513611362014-01-09T17:43:08.055-08:002014-01-09T17:43:08.055-08:00Ron,
Was Dan LeBatard trolling for comments when h...Ron,<br />Was Dan LeBatard trolling for comments when he gave is Hall of Fame ballot to Deadspin?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com