tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post5709450322088460190..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Wine Critics in Hell Act 2Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22060698591839743482016-08-15T15:31:47.308-07:002016-08-15T15:31:47.308-07:00In my country there is a saying, "if you keep...In my country there is a saying, "if you keep calling yourself names, they will stick"...Quit calling your work stupid, you know its not gonna stick...You should create a go fund me account for it a make a televized version...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612184420725269810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-31788646924099085392016-08-02T07:10:16.590-07:002016-08-02T07:10:16.590-07:00Intersting-ish anecdote about Frank Cornelissen. B...Intersting-ish anecdote about Frank Cornelissen. Back in the early days I worked for a London wine broker. Frank Cornelissen was selling the all new 97 point 1997 Campoleone from Lamborghiçni at roughly £70 per bottle (call that 120 euros/ dollars at the time). I bought and sold tons of it...I then worked for an importer of Campoleone and found that Lamborghini sells it for 15 euros.<br />So can you imagine my guilt? It"s probably all my fault...I financed the whole shebang.<br />My place in this circle of hell must then be assured.Legless in Burgundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148616087579349122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-80645086901326049102016-07-19T10:31:15.881-07:002016-07-19T10:31:15.881-07:00Ron, This is good. Might almost love it. Ron, This is good. Might almost love it. Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115057068815130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15074366971635410042016-07-19T05:29:22.550-07:002016-07-19T05:29:22.550-07:00A brilliant piece of wineturgy Ron. Very O'Nie...A brilliant piece of wineturgy Ron. Very O'Niellian. He would have approved. The claustrophobia, the self-deception, the futility of human existence. Parker comes off best of the bunch which is just and fair. Try to work in Galloni next time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074337005404150140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87922080972271480182016-07-19T01:03:17.997-07:002016-07-19T01:03:17.997-07:00Nice inside joke about Barrister Bob and his coif....Nice inside joke about Barrister Bob and his coif.Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45987900782841877402016-07-19T01:00:56.538-07:002016-07-19T01:00:56.538-07:00"Suckling is searching the place for a mirror..."Suckling is searching the place for a mirror, and trying to see his reflection in everything."<br /><br />It is said that when you are looking into a mirror, you are looking into your soul.<br /><br />Bram Stoker popularized the notion that vampires have no soul . . . hence no reflection in a mirror.<br /><br />Wine vampire Suckling is on a Sisyphean search.<br /><br />(Or maybe checking out his image is akin to Dorian Gray checking out his portrait?)Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18145412529945490582016-07-18T23:39:26.187-07:002016-07-18T23:39:26.187-07:00I love this, Ron! Happy to be part of your weirdne...I love this, Ron! Happy to be part of your weirdness. Wine needs more weird. Not the anti-scientific, anti-sulfur, anti-vaccine idiot sort of weird, just the good old Werner Herzog, kind-of-need-a-shower-after-that weird. Bravo. Cris Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772239399604864961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8353129769060425152016-07-18T23:07:57.055-07:002016-07-18T23:07:57.055-07:00brilliantbrilliantAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-61121697885775782142016-07-18T15:37:45.305-07:002016-07-18T15:37:45.305-07:00Hey Gang,
I have no idea what this play is. Aside ...Hey Gang,<br />I have no idea what this play is. Aside from stupid, that is. But it seems to be calling me to work on it now and then. As I wrote after the first installment, I originally had in mind something like Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." Not thematically, particularly, but when I was writing it, I kept seeing that barren bar where Hickey and the other drunks talk about "pipe dreams," those dreams we carry that are foolish and unreachable, but sustain us nonetheless. Somehow these dead wine critics came to mean something like that to me. Though that's high-falutin' for such an amateurish piece of playwriting. It's really about the jokes, such as they are.<br /><br />It dawns on me now and then that I have the weirdest wine blog on the planet.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-82670174408235054442016-07-18T15:36:28.289-07:002016-07-18T15:36:28.289-07:00Not wow as above but fucking wow! In Ireland we...Not wow as above but fucking wow! In Ireland we'd say that was brutal, as the highest compliment. <br />Jesus, it's takes no prisoners brutal and close to the bone as an episode of Bones. Remind me not to piss you off!<br />How many times do I have to say 'your best yet'? <br />Sarcasm and parody are harsh but reveal many truths as fans of 'Spitting Images' know.<br />I'm in awe. A total fan boy.<br />Martin Moran Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362846501337314814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-12100142376269325272016-07-18T11:07:24.168-07:002016-07-18T11:07:24.168-07:00when will this be made into a movie? what fun we ...when will this be made into a movie? what fun we could have with casting...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947624477553194151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8567938494635433132016-07-18T09:09:55.546-07:002016-07-18T09:09:55.546-07:00Could be your best ever Ron! Too many good lines ...Could be your best ever Ron! Too many good lines to count. Maybe you should call wine writing the "Myth of Sissy-pants?"<br />George RUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829199334514536430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-65346550280081285082016-07-18T09:05:15.232-07:002016-07-18T09:05:15.232-07:00Eileen...wowEileen...wowBaldwineguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508963124294920606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-937721084259670632016-07-18T08:25:15.030-07:002016-07-18T08:25:15.030-07:00
Wow.<br />Wow.benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493640235140978152noreply@blogger.com