tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post6434066654354824379..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Notes on the 2017 Vintage--Worst Year Ever?Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85667636555967530812017-01-07T05:08:37.655-08:002017-01-07T05:08:37.655-08:00Bob Henry, actually there are grapes on the vine i...Bob Henry, actually there are grapes on the vine in the Southern Hemisphere. Harvest in that part of the world is in a couple of months.Paul in St. Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908347609061677681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43457211154650193752017-01-06T08:32:06.771-08:002017-01-06T08:32:06.771-08:00Awesome start to the year, Hose. Too many clever a...Awesome start to the year, Hose. Too many clever and funny cuts to mention, enjoyed them all<br /><br />Steve PinzonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183747996960572041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52981214041929304232017-01-04T22:13:46.199-08:002017-01-04T22:13:46.199-08:00(Drat! I bungled my own set-up.)
I understand Rud...(Drat! I bungled my own set-up.)<br /><br />I understand Rudy coughed up a particularly large hairball when sampling the 2017 Burgs:<br /><br />https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/16/cb/25/16cb25218a75e59d55d9c48713d71dc2.jpgBob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52086568084016436892017-01-04T22:10:08.519-08:002017-01-04T22:10:08.519-08:00Hey Alvin, how long like a chipmunk have you been ...Hey Alvin, how long like a chipmunk have you been saving up these chestnuts?<br /><br />"But they were Côt stealing."<br /><br />"Pinotage may have needed the worst vintage ever to compete with the best wines, and it got it."<br /><br />"2017 was a disaster all over France, or, as they call it in the Jura, Vintage of the Century!"<br /><br />You assert:<br /><br />"2017 is so terrible in Bordeaux that Wine Advocate only awarded 12 perfect scores."<br /><br />Would those be 12 perfectly dreadful scores?<br /><br />I understand Rudy coughed up a partly large hairball when sampling the 2017 Burgs:<br /><br />https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/16/cb/25/16cb25218a75e59d55d9c48713d71dc2.jpg<br />Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-64202199384737943432017-01-04T21:42:42.334-08:002017-01-04T21:42:42.334-08:00You are nothing if not true to form.
Just as the ...You are nothing if not true to form.<br /><br />Just as the HoseMaster doesn't actually READ wine books prior to reviewing (sic) them, it makes equally perfect sense not to bother actually TASTING wines [from grapes not even on the vines in these first few days of calendar/vintage year 2017] prior to reviewing (sic) them.Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-86622911941340762542017-01-04T17:22:36.035-08:002017-01-04T17:22:36.035-08:00HA! Fantastic, loved this. The year of the Rooster...HA! Fantastic, loved this. The year of the Rooster thing was AMAZING. What a wonderful start to your 2017 posts :)<br /><br /><br />You missed out on an opportunity though, instead of "Trump’s Cabinet" you should have said "Trump’s Wine Kabinett" or something :) Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911398647505242281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-57527412430876505222017-01-04T16:33:22.601-08:002017-01-04T16:33:22.601-08:00Happy New Year! CRACKING form!! My one and only re...Happy New Year! CRACKING form!! My one and only resolution this year is to laugh more - thank you for the great start. ClareClare Tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302155626148101984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63306707683862456732017-01-04T09:36:22.143-08:002017-01-04T09:36:22.143-08:00Hey Ron,
I missed herring more from you about the ...Hey Ron,<br />I missed herring more from you about the 2017 heil storms in the red states?<br />Did the crop reductions make their wines great again, or was there something rotten in those states?VinoNovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981365197179004532noreply@blogger.com