tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post86746966763887586..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: My Napa Valley Wine Writers Symposium SpeechRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1530935764913910032010-02-23T12:15:27.258-08:002010-02-23T12:15:27.258-08:00I was there, and it happened **EXACTLY** like that...I was there, and it happened **EXACTLY** like that!!!1WineDudehttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46504710550520297472010-02-21T18:14:57.432-08:002010-02-21T18:14:57.432-08:00Alfonso,
I thought I saw a plate of Patinizi on y...Alfonso,<br /><br />I thought I saw a plate of Patinizi on your blog. Looked delicious.<br /><br />Puff Daddy,<br /><br />If I'd know there was so much money changing hands at the Wine Writers Symposium I would have attended. Of course, I'd have to go disguised as a Wine Writer since I'm not actually a Wine Writer. I'm sure a tip jar around my neck would do the trick.<br /><br />I am going to attend the Wine Typers Symposium next month, which will be crawling with bloggers.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-44559304764458522602010-02-21T09:48:31.429-08:002010-02-21T09:48:31.429-08:00There is a tag line to the Heimoff/Alfonso story. ...There is a tag line to the Heimoff/Alfonso story. <br /><br />The day after the payoff happened, I thanked Alfonso for the money he advanced me to make the payoff, and he told me that he got the money back from Heimoff. Not sure how he did that, and I hoping that Steve does not forget that the bribe was offered in good faith, sort of like the bribes that wineries give us wine writers under the table. $5 for a mention so long as you spell the name right.<br /><br />$20 for every 90 point rating--which is why some writers never give scores under 90 points anymore. $100 for rating of 100, which is why those scores have become a lot more popular.<br /><br />And $500 for scores above 100 points. So far, only the Hosemaster has taken the wineries up on that offer, and he is now doing it by the half dozen--as if they were oysters.<br /><br />The word for this post is DIANESH. I know people who worship her.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-53438575276105156262010-02-21T04:13:23.798-08:002010-02-21T04:13:23.798-08:00I have nothing to say except that this site has th...I have nothing to say except that this site has the best word verification words of any site<br /><br />this time: Patanizi<br /><br />(sounds like a napa valley winery)Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-58950611378687504012010-02-20T22:29:00.818-08:002010-02-20T22:29:00.818-08:00-->> Where did Charlie get $20?
From Alfons...-->> Where did Charlie get $20?<br /><br />From Alfonso. Who knows where he got it or why he gave it to me, but I had Steve Heimoff cornered and it seemed like a good time to pay him off so he would not ban me from commenting there the way he banned Tish, the Long Island socialite.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33741222931980646012010-02-20T09:11:37.333-08:002010-02-20T09:11:37.333-08:00Thanks, Alfonso!
Hey, who's the beautiful wom...Thanks, Alfonso!<br /><br />Hey, who's the beautiful woman behind Heimoff?<br /><br />And where did Charlie get twenty bucks?Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65718240351128974252010-02-20T05:59:30.706-08:002010-02-20T05:59:30.706-08:00you asked for them, here they are. Charlie asked m...you asked for them, here they are. Charlie asked me to help him find the missing links. I told him we were the missing links, all of us silverbacks<br /><br />http://twitpic.com/141c0p - 1)Charlie Olken (aka Puff Daddy) paying for his comments on Steve Heimoff's blog #wws2010<br /><br />http://twitpic.com/141cfw - 2)Steve Heimoff "monetizing" his blog by receiving pay for comments from Charlie Olken (aka Puff Daddy)#wws2010<br /><br />word verification: marioAlfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-34013772827144892182010-02-19T16:34:25.476-08:002010-02-19T16:34:25.476-08:00Charlie,
So the World's Most Famous Wine Writ...Charlie,<br /><br />So the World's Most Famous Wine Writer (WMFWW) said nice things about the wine and Alfonso but left me out? Seems about right.<br /><br />1500 wine bloggers?! There aren't even 1500 readers of wine blogs. Hell, I quit.<br /><br />So was Alder's daugter named after Agnew?Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-62283821947734286542010-02-19T11:19:07.082-08:002010-02-19T11:19:07.082-08:00Ouch.
Make that read " Do not know that THEY...Ouch.<br /><br />Make that read " Do not know that THEY will soon be retired "Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19451179633814028922010-02-19T11:17:21.837-08:002010-02-19T11:17:21.837-08:00And for the record, the world's most famous wi...And for the record, the world's most famous wine writer had very nice things to say about the '89 Rayas and about Alfonso.<br /><br />Somewhere on Steve Heimoff's FaceBook page, I believe, is a picture of me (yes, me--not you) bribing Steve Heimoff to have his picture taken with. You can't top that either because you were in the wrong retirement home. <br /><br />This conference was for blog writers who do not know that you will soon be retired when it turns out that they spend enormous sums of money going to conference to learn how to make a little money writing about wine. And, then, to their amazement, they learn that none of the 1500 bloggers except Alder Yarrow are making any money.<br /><br />By the way, Alder's little daughter (much cuter than her old man) is named Sparrow. I hope that is just her nickname.Charlie Olkienhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17431761407779429982010-02-19T09:07:23.785-08:002010-02-19T09:07:23.785-08:00Puff Daddy,
I kept wondering why no one in the cr...Puff Daddy,<br /><br />I kept wondering why no one in the crowd had said anything to me congratulatory after my electrifying speech at the Wine Writers Symposium, so I did some checking. Turns out I was at the Meadowood Retirement Home! My mistake. The crowd seemed appropriate. I could swear I spotted Balzer and Broadbent. Oh well, it was a helluva speech anyway.<br /><br />It's a little embarrassing that the world's most famous wine writer squealed on me. I asked him not to brag about having dinner with me, but, there you have it, the wine cat is out of the proverbial bag. Alfonso was just there to translate. The three of us had a blast, by the way, killed a bottle of '89 Rayas, and I'd write about the evening but first I have to file for permission under the Freedom of Information Act.<br /><br />Just to clarify, Charlie, isn't Alder the world's most famous wine critic? Or just the fastest? I read that somewhere--oh, that's right, I read it in Vinography. And, no, I can't believe you actually got to meet him! Wow, that's definitely a One Star meeting. And it ain't Yarrow.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31762161042720135432010-02-19T00:11:26.606-08:002010-02-19T00:11:26.606-08:00I have just come back from day 3 at the Wine Write...I have just come back from day 3 at the Wine Writer's Symposium.<br /><br />Some guy with a funny haircut said he had dinner with you and Alfonso the other night. My, my. Hobnobbing with the big timers and not even owning up to it.<br /><br />Four score and seven hours ago, Ron Washam was spotted having dinner with the world's most famous wine writer. And I am not talking about me or the late Mr. Parker. This is the guy that people are swooning to meet. This is the guy that every wit and dimwit in the place wants to have endorse their blogs the way he does yours.<br /><br />Mr. Very Famous could not wait to tell me (me, of all people) that he had dinner with you. You. Hobnobbing with the elite.<br /><br />Me, I was floored that he would even recognize me. Not that he remembered that he had met me before, but, still, he did come over.<br /><br />But, Mr. Smarty Pants, here is one you cannot top. While I was standing there learning that you, not me, had enjoyed dinner with Mr. Big, up walks Alder Yarrow and introduces himself to me. Yes to me. Top that.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50791159307731860562010-02-18T18:00:08.367-08:002010-02-18T18:00:08.367-08:00Ron,
Hell is where you are likely to go, speechle...Ron,<br /><br />Hell is where you are likely to go, speechless or not.<br /><br />Question: Is there a difference between a wine writer's symposium and a wine blogger's conference? <br /><br />Are writers also bloggers and bloggers also writers? <br /><br />If so, why not an annual writgers conferposium to pare down to one useless meeting instead of two?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24453548481570272132010-02-18T11:25:59.282-08:002010-02-18T11:25:59.282-08:00Leave him? You mean I have to give him back?! Damm...Leave him? You mean I have to give him back?! Dammit...Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82976602717097068392010-02-18T11:09:20.053-08:002010-02-18T11:09:20.053-08:00Hey Gang,
I'm just a few miles from where the...Hey Gang,<br /><br />I'm just a few miles from where the Wine Writers Symposium is going on and I just couldn't resist.<br /><br />Eric,<br />Thanks. I actually had a wine last night that I described as "sagacious."<br /><br />Amy,<br />If anyone needs an intervention, it's me. And "lovely" suits you.<br /><br />Alfonso,<br />I had a blast with you at dinner before the Wine Writers Symposium. I'm sure your blog will be MUCH better after listening to all the experts. Amazing, considering your blog is already better than all of theirs.<br /><br />Thomas,<br />Death makes you speechless? Hell, I'm not going.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />I just spout off. I don't say what other people aren't willing to say, I just throw rocks. And the targets I'm throwing them at don't even know I exist. So it's just my trademark attention-barking.<br /><br />Hey, where the hell did you leave Charlie?<br /><br />I adore you!Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-30987176642089906402010-02-18T08:09:55.779-08:002010-02-18T08:09:55.779-08:00How could I have missed your speech?! I swear you ...How could I have missed your speech?! I swear you are trying to avoid me....was it when Charlie offered to paint my toes? Did you put him up to that to get me out of the room?! Whatever...least I was able to read it here. You once again said what no one else is willing to, which is why I like love you and junk!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-44401665807497311672010-02-18T05:44:30.530-08:002010-02-18T05:44:30.530-08:00Oh Hosemaster, you did something that only death c...Oh Hosemaster, you did something that only death can claim--made me speechless.<br /><br />Hard to talk while laughing uncontrollableeeeeee.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22632997340617458872010-02-17T20:54:22.904-08:002010-02-17T20:54:22.904-08:00Great Post!
Great Speech!
Great Word Verification!...Great Post!<br />Great Speech!<br />Great Word Verification! (gotsor)Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87347432937782691632010-02-17T19:41:42.568-08:002010-02-17T19:41:42.568-08:00You have your words. I have lovely. I may need an ...You have your words. I have lovely. I may need an intervention.winebookgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108898075062843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15098172039276387112010-02-17T19:29:41.172-08:002010-02-17T19:29:41.172-08:00I'm tearing up. Wish I could have been present...I'm tearing up. Wish I could have been present at so sagacious a speech.<br />Bravo. Standing applause from the cheap seats.<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.com