tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post964571482852293994..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: The Master of Natural Wine Certification (MNW)Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-85091704036759013792016-09-28T16:23:23.390-07:002016-09-28T16:23:23.390-07:00How can I be a Master in Natural Wine? When is ...How can I be a Master in Natural Wine? When is starting the Certification ? How much time does it takes ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385242253928217117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-14852885943739672472016-05-04T02:26:24.893-07:002016-05-04T02:26:24.893-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-41606378459916369222016-05-01T15:34:08.325-07:002016-05-01T15:34:08.325-07:00“The MNW program is the manure you bury in the cow...“The MNW program is the manure you bury in the cow horn.”—Viola Dynamics MNW<br />The quotes alone are worth the price of entry! (However late to the game I may be...) How about MCW? Master of Communion Wine - bet there's plenty of guffaws to be had there...Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-86795309597802877482016-04-26T19:29:00.305-07:002016-04-26T19:29:00.305-07:00Um, well shit. I blame that "A" on my je...Um, well shit. I blame that "A" on my jet lag....sleep deprivation retardation. Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45725830122072127662016-04-26T19:18:34.351-07:002016-04-26T19:18:34.351-07:00C'mon, all we need is a ACBD behind our names,...C'mon, all we need is a ACBD behind our names, certified bullshit detector. <br />I love you!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-60263724963709223012016-04-26T19:10:14.689-07:002016-04-26T19:10:14.689-07:00Redefines the NWA swagger:
Naturalists Wit Attitu...Redefines the NWA swagger:<br /><br />Naturalists Wit Attitudes<br /><br />(Hoser has already locked up the merchandising rights to T-shirts and baseball caps.)Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-32194320745016595342016-04-26T16:24:26.308-07:002016-04-26T16:24:26.308-07:00Just Subscribed. What An Entrance!!!Just Subscribed. What An Entrance!!!Jeffrey Shiffletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072849499231196245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75393796952469737592016-04-26T08:04:51.195-07:002016-04-26T08:04:51.195-07:00Alas, I just want to eat Common Tater (Tots).Alas, I just want to eat Common Tater (Tots).Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759221377537975478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-4079014650673780292016-04-26T07:19:06.311-07:002016-04-26T07:19:06.311-07:00I want to be Master of Orange Wine. Please,can I?
...I want to be Master of Orange Wine. Please,can I?<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-28665815839381528402016-04-26T00:15:35.480-07:002016-04-26T00:15:35.480-07:00First Beer Sommeliers (a.k.a. Master Cicerone®).
...First Beer Sommeliers (a.k.a. Master Cicerone®).<br /><br />Then Water Sommeliers.<br /><br />Next Soda Pop Sommeliers.<br /><br />Now this.<br /><br />These folks truly are fuckin' with my grift.Larry Anosmia, M.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02560603104043563685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87040347917856734472016-04-26T00:00:49.769-07:002016-04-26T00:00:49.769-07:00Is the M.N.W. granted through Donald Trump Univers...Is the M.N.W. granted through Donald Trump University?<br /><br /><br />(Aside to John Lahart: You should switch over to . . .<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_crude_oil<br /><br />. . . considered the Sauternes of hydrocarbons. 100% natureal, with no added sulfites!<br /><br />Riedel has already devised a tasting vessel: the repurposed "Black Black Glass":<br /><br />https://riedelglass.com.au/blind-blind-tasting-glass.html<br /><br />Four times the cost of a barrel of oil. Now that is "sweet"!)Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-39414918790316373062016-04-25T16:39:41.722-07:002016-04-25T16:39:41.722-07:00Call me the master of bating.Call me the master of bating.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334706467397335458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-59296031774379676152016-04-25T13:43:38.504-07:002016-04-25T13:43:38.504-07:00Oh great this will be the perfect adjunct to my ch...Oh great this will be the perfect adjunct to my church ministry with the Universal Life Church certificate!I.Wade D. Toulonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967872233878588343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-33355260765876178482016-04-25T12:34:51.153-07:002016-04-25T12:34:51.153-07:00@Ron
You need to set up an actual site with a basi...@Ron<br />You need to set up an actual site with a basic multiple-choice "test" that let's people earn their Facebook M.N.W. stickers. That's about how worthwhile it'd be anyway! I just checked, mnw.guru is available ;) You could easily do this and charge for it. You'd make a boatload off of idiots thinking that this is all it takes. And you could easily be totally up front and honest. And they'd still pay for it.<br /><br />Loved the names of the quotes. <br /><br />@Fenton<br />I'd definitely take the framed, signed certificate. It'd give me some cred with my friends in the wine business! :PAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911398647505242281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-2384875629807338622016-04-25T11:52:41.867-07:002016-04-25T11:52:41.867-07:00I see this being big, but only once the hipsters d...I see this being big, but only once the hipsters dope-assafy it as the "Mas Nat". Good hashtag that #masnat<br /><br /><a href="https://wineonsix.com" rel="nofollow">Wine on VI</a>Zzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194540731851325282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-36421580947576786542016-04-25T11:47:12.778-07:002016-04-25T11:47:12.778-07:00Hey Common Taters,
It just seemed to me that in a ...Hey Common Taters,<br />It just seemed to me that in a more and more specialized world of wine, a Master of Natural Wine would fly. We could also have Master of Orange Wine, Master of Vegan Wine, and Master of Non-Alcoholic Wine. They're all made up anyway. Modern day Barber Colleges. Or Bartender Academies.<br /><br />This piece began with just the simple phrase, "Master of Natural Wine" leaping to my mind. As usual, I just began to type. It's not a particularly inspired idea, and not a particularly inspired post. It morphed into making fun of wine initials while at the same time making fun of natural wine--two abstract and indefinable concepts that people love to cling to. Most of the fun of writing lies in the unexpected directions your mind takes you as you allow it to create. I had no idea where this post was going--and though that shows rather painfully, it was sort of a fun ride.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-52283331651314739422016-04-25T10:48:11.896-07:002016-04-25T10:48:11.896-07:00This is brilliant. Some of these commenting commo...This is brilliant. Some of these commenting common taters may be kidding about signing them up for the MNW certification. I am not. I want that certification. I want an actual certificate suitable for framing signed by Ron Washam. I want business cards with an embossed MNW logo. I want my name put up on an MNW website which will provide confirmation of my "credentials" as a certified expert on Natural Wine. (I prefer to to capitalize the phrase Natural Wine because it proves that it is a real thing.) And I will pay real money for this package of MNW benefits. One or two hundred bucks does not seem unreasonable. For the price of two bottles of "really great" chardonnay, I could impress my friends and colleagues and make fun of them at the same time. This idea is brilliant. Come on Hose, make it happen. I am sure I am not the only one willing to pay for this.Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689456937090128398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19403253916552273562016-04-25T10:02:59.919-07:002016-04-25T10:02:59.919-07:00Damn - your posts are always better than mine.
htt...Damn - your posts are always better than mine.<br />http://archestratusconsulting.blogspot.com/2016/04/natural-wine-manifesto.htmlpbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695700591772854883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75277699821018165752016-04-25T08:48:44.535-07:002016-04-25T08:48:44.535-07:00I am pissed off!
You have diminished my just atta...I am pissed off! <br />You have diminished my just attained degree in natural winemaking, rendering it a waste of several minutes of conniving and designing N.W. woolen blinders. <br />Damn, so close for me to be the first, numero uno--I coulda been a contender in the wine biz!<br />I even had Robin Thicke in mind for "Blurred Wines".<br /> VinoNovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981365197179004532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15253567419099990992016-04-25T08:45:28.115-07:002016-04-25T08:45:28.115-07:00Crude oil is "natural" (I only drink the...Crude oil is "natural" (I only drink the good stuff not the motor oil with al those man made additives). 100% biodynamic--from naturally decomposed dinosaurs. Talk about terroir--I prefer new world stuff (Texas crude). The whole natural wine thing is insidious--the implication is anything not declared natural by a pedigreed entity is…well…un-natural. It is dishonest marketing mostly by well intentioned people who believe how a wine is made is more important than how it tastes. First it was "over extraction" (you know, too much of a good thing…), then it was alcohol (another too much issue….) by the way how come never too much ACIDITY? (acid reflux is a health hazard). Now it is everything is too manipulated. I think we have explained the boom in craft beer and cocktails!<br />John Laharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554199986604637850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-78761836838164429222016-04-25T08:42:47.432-07:002016-04-25T08:42:47.432-07:00Brilliant as usual. Only the truth provides someo...Brilliant as usual. Only the truth provides someone like you fodder for a weekly rant.jockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320659314411201343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-29919610590944679432016-04-25T08:31:57.221-07:002016-04-25T08:31:57.221-07:00I want my MNW! Then I can finally call "barn...I want my MNW! Then I can finally call "barnyard" the manure it really is.<br />Can you come up with a title that we can use before our name, i.e. people with a PhD that want to be called "Dr." but aren't actual doctors?<br />"Manureist"? "Wine Naturalist"?<br />"Gallo sales rep?"Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947624477553194151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-62855017773172444902016-04-25T08:25:01.371-07:002016-04-25T08:25:01.371-07:00Hey Ron. How about a Master of Unnatural wine , yo...Hey Ron. How about a Master of Unnatural wine , you know the drivel the 95% of us drink, is produced and we quaff down with delight much to the chagrin of the MW, MSW and the leggy Sommelier short skirt lot. Not to mention the over enthusiastic, vocabulary challenged writers/critics and those of Satire, can't forget them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870306929532142309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-74232978038995235352016-04-25T08:03:54.705-07:002016-04-25T08:03:54.705-07:00Oh, Ron, this is so exciting, I could just...spit!...Oh, Ron, this is so exciting, I could just...spit!Mark Raderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399476365507647647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-20550717905106283062016-04-25T07:41:35.780-07:002016-04-25T07:41:35.780-07:00Where do I sign up?Where do I sign up?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117009377437570316noreply@blogger.com