tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7493547642374338072..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: What Not to Publish on Your Stupid Wine Blog in 2016Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63046376548218393412016-01-20T20:28:18.004-08:002016-01-20T20:28:18.004-08:00The 'Wine Advocate' endorsement of this &#...The 'Wine Advocate' endorsement of this 'Ho' was the Kiss Of Death! Ho's now been relegated to the sameness of all other offerings that've been 'Parkerized': i.e, too forward, too aggressive, intentionally flaunting accepted good taste to prove his (delusions of) greatness, screaming loudly -when indoor decibels would suffice, quite fruity, needlessly dense, inconsistent in delivery, and with a finish longer, and more high-pitched, than a Rand Paul/Bernie Sanders rant. And, anyway, impossible to find. But Ho prolly anticipated that and it wouldn't be a surprise if he was selling Amway on the side.<br /><br />(OOPS! Need to apologize for sounding so mean. About...Amway. They're OK, my bad.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263143288071164756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41143001476432875172016-01-20T13:07:33.194-08:002016-01-20T13:07:33.194-08:00Thomas - well played, sir!Thomas - well played, sir!Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302860568125840279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1329309504276280732016-01-20T11:44:03.716-08:002016-01-20T11:44:03.716-08:00Joe:
Technically, wine is fruition.Joe:<br /><br />Technically, wine is fruition.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87412328742468270052016-01-20T09:52:25.496-08:002016-01-20T09:52:25.496-08:00I'm trying to think of one wine prediction tha...I'm trying to think of one wine prediction that actually came to fruition...<br /><br />Ok....<br /><br />Still thinking.....<br />Joe Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302860568125840279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-35813136518946144542016-01-20T05:03:09.576-08:002016-01-20T05:03:09.576-08:00Ron I have to disagree with you on the label abv b...Ron I have to disagree with you on the label abv being meaningless. You say that number means nothing, but I find the greater the value, the more handsome and intelligent I become. Oh and hilarious. That is a direct correlation and therefore science. And you know you can't argue with science. Or with your wife. Or with Samantha, especially after 2 glasses of 15% CdP.<br /><br />Da'KnurdWineKnurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336694635456452493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72006846619962950852016-01-20T04:09:37.553-08:002016-01-20T04:09:37.553-08:00Thank you so much for what needed to be said...and...Thank you so much for what needed to be said...and i love all of the DAILY wine blogs that don't publish for weeks and when they finally do, you missed the by-gone days before the update..i always get a laugh when i click on here and often when i need it most.. thanks for being a sarcastic voice of reason......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429683978312878597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-26871413486972332612016-01-20T02:20:25.686-08:002016-01-20T02:20:25.686-08:00Worth reading (the book review and the book) . . ....Worth reading (the book review and the book) . . .<br /><br />Excerpt from Fortune Magazine<br />(February 6, 2006, Page 44)<br /><br />“Ditch the 'Experts';<br />Grading pundits and prognosticators: More famous = less accurate.”<br /><br />Link: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/06/8367977/index.htm<br /><br />By Geoffrey Colvin<br />“Value Driven” Columnist<br /><br />You have been a world-class sap for years. Why? For listening to the economic and political forecasts of experts. We in the media have been irresponsible fools for reporting those forecasts. And the experts themselves? Delusional egomaniacs -- and maybe even con artists.<br /><br />I didn't always think this way. But I've been reading a book that marshals powerful evidence to make this case. For all of us in the world of business, economics, and capital markets -- a world that often turns on the judgments of experts -- the question is whether we're brave enough to face these uncomfortable facts.<br /><br />The book is "Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?" by Philip E. Tetlock, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. ...Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17195391820489614682016-01-19T16:02:56.454-08:002016-01-19T16:02:56.454-08:00David,
I think I've always had the best common...David,<br />I think I've always had the best common taters in the wine blog world. Which is a low bar to get over, but true nevertheless. Maybe your Mondays are better, mine are sort of weird.<br /><br />Anonymous 1,<br />Yeah, I am almost always just preachin' to the choir. The folks I wish would read this sort of rant are too busy checking their Instagram accounts and reading Wine Folly for wine education. Sad. But, then again, somebody's got to do this.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-12530184808865852282016-01-19T15:44:59.033-08:002016-01-19T15:44:59.033-08:00Thank you, Hosemaster, Sir! Much appreciated your...Thank you, Hosemaster, Sir! Much appreciated your voicing what most of the Common Taters here have been thinking. Thank you.<br /><br />ANONYMOUS IUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584622822476730756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-68948764999796978082016-01-19T13:56:25.618-08:002016-01-19T13:56:25.618-08:00The measure of this blog is all the funny comments...The measure of this blog is all the funny comments generated by your common taters. Mondays are better because of your blog Hose. Thanks for today's chuckles.David Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861155811938452695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52421605585394132412016-01-19T08:23:02.952-08:002016-01-19T08:23:02.952-08:00Tina and Pam,
Ah, shucks, thank you! I'm just ...Tina and Pam,<br />Ah, shucks, thank you! I'm just a lonely ol' recovering sommelier with nothing better to do than hurl turds at the public. Funny thing is, they like it.<br /><br />Smooch to you both!<br /><br />Tom,<br />Yup, I'll see you at Meadowood. Prepare to be wildly disappointed. Though I am trying to get my eyebrows as bushy as Hugh Johnson's.<br /><br />Bob,<br />Mistakes are what wine blogs are all about! You need your own. I'm thinking the name could be "Bob-o-Links." OK, that was stupid.<br /><br />It's hard to be wrong about predictions like "Large distributors are going to keep gobbling up smaller ones and control more of the business." You could have written that every year for the past 20 and been right. It's like predicting, "Once again, pigs won't fly in 2016." Brilliant.<br /><br />Christine,<br />A newbie! Yes, please, scrap your predictions for 2016. Or be bold and say something interesting. Nah, that never works.<br /><br />Thanks for being a common tater. Become a regular!<br /><br />Loren,<br />I'm pretty fond of that myself, and I made it up! And, man, there are a lot of wine bloggers who don't know shit from Sassicaia.<br /><br />Tom,<br />So the corpse gets an invite to the funeral? I'll expect mine soon. And, besides, that's what you get for looking at your stats. Who does that? No one. You just lie about your stats. All the kids are doing it. It's the new dick size! Look at me, I finally have more readers than inches. <br /><br />Five readers.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-61943232282097171612016-01-19T07:37:11.955-08:002016-01-19T07:37:11.955-08:00"Tom Wark went from declaring this the Golden..."Tom Wark went from declaring this the Golden Age of Wine Writing a couple of years ago, an age where consumers will turn their backs on established wine critics and get their advice from wine blogs, to recently writing that wine blogs may have died and he wasn't invited to the funeral."<br /><br />God damn it, Hosey!!! You've misquoted me again. I NEVER capitalized "Wine Writing". Furthermore, I WAS invited to the funeral. Just look at my readership stats!!!! <br /><br />I have a mind to sue you for....for....well, fuck!!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666030273896376610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33149140371849376572016-01-19T05:31:31.322-08:002016-01-19T05:31:31.322-08:00Where can I get a bumper sticker that says "Y...Where can I get a bumper sticker that says "You don't know shit from Sassicaia"? That one I would buy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762271813012643093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19484487990989927632016-01-18T23:52:31.532-08:002016-01-18T23:52:31.532-08:00Damn it is right, Tom. I may as well chuck my late...Damn it is right, Tom. I may as well chuck my latest Vivino "Predictions for 2016" article. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-73662490899316534452016-01-18T23:41:07.789-08:002016-01-18T23:41:07.789-08:00As four me, I have whey two many comment misteaks ...As four me, I have whey two many comment misteaks too chronicle.<br /><br />Hence my middle "pen name": ERRATUM.Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1691938229520154892016-01-18T23:31:05.025-08:002016-01-18T23:31:05.025-08:00Charlie:
Were you thinking:
"If there is an...Charlie:<br /><br />Were you thinking:<br /><br />"If there is anything in life that I love, it is a WEAKly wine blog."<br /><br />Ron:<br /><br />"... consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." You left off the all-important "foolish" part.<br /><br />Samantha:<br /><br />William Safire in his New York Times "On Language" column was famous for tallying up at year's end how many of his predictions he got right and wrong. More recently, Dan Neil (automotive reviewer for The Wall Street Journal) continues that tradition:<br /><br />http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323976104578199783704074180Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87675146904518737982016-01-18T21:08:52.444-08:002016-01-18T21:08:52.444-08:00Now what the hell am I going to write about? Damn ...Now what the hell am I going to write about? Damn it!<br /><br />For the record, I had at least two Powerball numbers on three tickets. <br /><br />Sincerely, <br /><br />#87<br /><br />ps Looking forward to saying hello in person at Meadowood. Thanks for the painfully accurate laughs!Tom Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323447709422396381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29117493938033341282016-01-18T19:26:54.577-08:002016-01-18T19:26:54.577-08:00You are da bomb, love you man. You are da bomb, love you man. enobyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222891927961064316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45123074708967209962016-01-18T18:46:13.605-08:002016-01-18T18:46:13.605-08:00Thanks for the hearty cackle, Ron. Good fun all ar...Thanks for the hearty cackle, Ron. Good fun all around!Winebroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982115676430989486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72909677381462295732016-01-18T16:12:54.051-08:002016-01-18T16:12:54.051-08:00"Were you laughing, or just spitting contempt..."Were you laughing, or just spitting contemptuously?"<br /><br /><br />Busted!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87615622666106958252016-01-18T15:42:24.080-08:002016-01-18T15:42:24.080-08:00Thomas,
Were you laughing, or just spitting contem...Thomas,<br />Were you laughing, or just spitting contemptuously?<br /><br />And peanut brittle is better with Long Island Riesling. Rayas goes with donut holes. Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-48335016628515922672016-01-18T15:28:03.253-08:002016-01-18T15:28:03.253-08:00This entry made me spit my peanut brittle and Chat...This entry made me spit my peanut brittle and Chateau Rayas all over the keyboard.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72842631624582572502016-01-18T15:00:02.150-08:002016-01-18T15:00:02.150-08:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
I have my favorite annoying ...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />I have my favorite annoying wine blogger topics, you and Gabe have yours. <br /><br />Pairing wine with junk food, or movies, or music, or poems, is classic wine blog masturbatory practice. Oh, they always say, it's just meant to be fun! For whom? For the one jerking off, yeah, for everyone else, it's embarrassing. The opposite of taking wine too seriously is NOT treating wine like a party game. It's not journalism, it's not helpful, it's not even funny or entertaining. Stupid is just that. Stupid. I'd no more try to match wine with Reese's pieces than I'd try to ask for ketchup at Slanted Door. Idiots.<br /><br />We all hope you finally decide to take up writing again, Samantha. It's discouraging that you don't. Tempus fugit. So, fug it, just start writing. Start with your Twitter war. Start with your busted leg trials. Start with Champagne and Necco wafers. Just start.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-60883654752760434722016-01-18T13:50:40.892-08:002016-01-18T13:50:40.892-08:00Ron My Love,
You forgot my favorite too, those asi...Ron My Love,<br />You forgot my favorite too, those asinine and utterly wrong/cartoonish wine and snack food,, cookie, cereal or junk food pairings. Got in my first Twitter fight about that stupidity just the other day...I'm so proud. I don't care if people drink wine with their KitKat bars, let's just not muck up our credibility by inferring that there is a perfect wine match for it. Funny part is I keep getting accused of being snooty for mocking the "pairings" when I believe that the fact that you insist on pairing wine with ALL your foods if the epitome of snobbery. I did ask the "influential" wine blogger if they had actually tried any of the pairings she was suggesting, strangely enough, she has yet to get back to me. Shocker. <br /><br />I don't mind the prediction lists, just wish they would do one at the end of the year letting us know how many they got right....but I guess that requires integrity and we are talking about people that write up pretty much anything in order to get free shit so, well I guess we get what we pay for. <br /><br />You've given me lots to chew on here Love, my blog needs a little mouth to mouth so I'll take all the advice I can get! <br />I love you! Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-84220953542223746362016-01-18T12:22:36.764-08:002016-01-18T12:22:36.764-08:00Oooooh! I would be very surprised if you drink and...Oooooh! I would be very surprised if you drink and like 14.9 ABV + wines. Therefore I am assuming this is your usual satire. However if you do I'm guessing you fill your Riedel stemware to the rim. And if you do drink that syrup and fill your glass to the room that's OK...<br /><br />Lord High StewardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883142978092659422noreply@blogger.com