tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post5684055449749683252..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Dr. Conti's New Lawyer Rests His CaseRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-32798931231930578852013-07-24T13:49:56.820-07:002013-07-24T13:49:56.820-07:00Dearest Ron, I do not want to see ANYTHING "e...Dearest Ron, I do not want to see ANYTHING "exposed" on Pallet Press...ugh!The Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373623446507975769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63271433059304219152013-07-23T18:21:13.561-07:002013-07-23T18:21:13.561-07:00Marlene Darling,
I think Dr. Conti has started a p...Marlene Darling,<br />I think Dr. Conti has started a prison gang that makes fake labels in the prison library and then sells them to London Auction houses, so we just might see a lot of '47's on the auction block soon. I think they pay him in cigarettes. Look for an expose in Pallet Press soon.<br /><br />Puff Daddy,<br />Does that mean Parker will get voted out of the Wine Hall of Fame at the CIA? And Laube will get suspended for the rest of the growing season a la Ryan Braun? Oh, man, this could get ugly. You were lucky to get a placebo. I had the same problem in the Viagra trials. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22982151279944072082013-07-23T11:24:36.936-07:002013-07-23T11:24:36.936-07:00I knew a Dr. Conti once. He promised to make me an...I knew a Dr. Conti once. He promised to make me and Barry Bonds into very successful performers. Bonds hit home runs; I was supposed to be able to increase the power rankings in my tastings so I could compete side by side for exaggerated scores with the late Rbt Parker, the silent Jim Laube and the ever effervescent STEVE!<br /><br />Dr. Conti succeeded with Bonds but failed with me. Now Parker and Bonds are in the Hall of Fame, or maybe not, and I am certainly not.<br /><br />That Dr. Conti. He might have been supplying steroids to hyper-mucluated Cabs and Syrahs but he must have given me a placebo. Bastard.Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79764474213294161572013-07-23T08:49:12.940-07:002013-07-23T08:49:12.940-07:00Ron, this just in..."Three bottles of Romanee...Ron, this just in..."Three bottles of Romanee-Conti 2008 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Burgundy sold for 21,150 pounds ($32,170) at a Sotheby’s auction in London last week, equivalent to 84,600 pounds per 12-bottle case and regaining the higher end of its price band over the past two years.<br /><br />Since June 2011 the vintage has traded at auction between the equivalent of 63,130 pounds and 87,420 pounds a case, with many transactions taking place for less than 80,000 pounds, according to auction results collated by Liv-ex. The purchase by an Asian buyer at Sotheby’s on July 17 showed demand for recent as well as older vintages from the top Burgundy grower."<br /><br />What would Dr. Conti make of this?<br />A 1947 double mag?The Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373623446507975769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-108349376382484532013-07-23T05:27:17.287-07:002013-07-23T05:27:17.287-07:00I refer to my own, rather less amusing recent entr...I refer to my own, rather less amusing recent entry on my own blog...<br /><br />NY auctioneers, Sucker, Feral and Fuck It, should be hung; drawn and quartered in the case of Mr Male Hen. Guilty as freakin' charged.<br /><br />Ryan and the Twelve Angry Men? Anyone prepared to write in a tasting note, you are hereby warned, "Tighter than a twelve year old's pussy" and "smellier than an eighty year nun's crack" knows nothing about wine, or anything else, and deserves to be bathed in a sulphuric acid bath.<br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, Rudy may be a bastard, but Dr Conti is indeed, our bastard!<br /><br />Screaming Asshole, brilliant!<br /><br />Matthew Hayes<br />www.leglessinburgundy.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-12116751182188370672013-07-22T21:05:31.692-07:002013-07-22T21:05:31.692-07:00Is this somehow related to the famous Domaine de l...Is this somehow related to the famous Domaine de la Romanee-Conti case?Dean Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027150351344396656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-17916077455825753842013-07-22T18:09:55.421-07:002013-07-22T18:09:55.421-07:00Hmm, pretty quiet around here. I like a good stunn...Hmm, pretty quiet around here. I like a good stunned silence.<br /><br />This piece was a simple exercise, for me, in writing mildly edgy satire. I wanted to write about Rudy K. talking about getting a new attorney, but that's only half of a good comedy premise. Satire needs something more outrageous. With the recent verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, and George Zimmerman going free, my twisted mind leaped to the possibility that maybe he could also get Rudy off too (that may be a poor choice of words...but you get the idea).<br /><br />From there it starts to come together. Outrage at Zimmerman walking, as well as expressing the anger at the sort of hedge fund managers and other assorted crooks who buy stupidly expensive wines at auctions, and are suckered by the likes of Rudy K. It's an uncomfortable kind of piece--my favorite kind to write.<br /><br />How many people feel sorry for the clowns who paid a lot of money for fake wine? Not many. Not that anyone feels sorry for Rudy, he's a common con man. With a good attorney, one experienced with getting the guilty off, maybe he'll be in home in Indonesia soon.<br /><br />And, as always, dark humor is aimed at perspective. Or lack thereof. Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-23642639368331597432013-07-22T11:17:12.017-07:002013-07-22T11:17:12.017-07:00I want a bottle of that Screaming Asshole and I re...I want a bottle of that Screaming Asshole and I refuse to pay any less than a thousand for it... Lettie Teague faked a Rothschild on some wine geeks who insisted their palates knew a Rothschild when they tasted it... told that story to a MS at the San Diego wine fest and he sneered, "Lettie Teague.. I can't stand that woman.. doing stupid stuff like that is just like her."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992278224164669829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-80425446230465573042013-07-22T10:38:58.759-07:002013-07-22T10:38:58.759-07:00You are closer to the truth than you might suppose...You are closer to the truth than you might suppose. See the anti-1% comments in the NYT story on the flooded wine storage facility. And why didn't that owner move the damn wines BEFORE the flood? There was ample warning. Well, lets hope that most of what was lost was just plain old Oregon Pinot, huh? Just kidding....PaulGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409346656762573929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15053371949182992632013-07-22T10:20:00.287-07:002013-07-22T10:20:00.287-07:00It's a good thing you write this stuff only fo...It's a good thing you write this stuff only for exercise and that you don't believe any of it. Otherwise, you'd have arguments from the nuts out there with money and guns.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-44898184605612416202013-07-22T09:54:05.624-07:002013-07-22T09:54:05.624-07:00Meat thief? Oh dear!Meat thief? Oh dear!Quizicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511230410196866834noreply@blogger.com