HoseMaster of Wine™

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."--Fran Lebowitz

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The HoseMaster's Honest Guide to Grapes Volume 4

In the New World we label our wines with the name of the grape, and if we don't know the name of the grape we put stupid names on the la...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Spring Pledge Drive

We'll get right back to HoseMaster of Wine , but, as you may know, it is time for our annual Spring Pledge Drive for Wine Blogs. Wine bl...

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The HoseMaster Calendar of Events

In skipping around the wine blogosphere reading other wine blogs, something I was forced to do recently when I inadvertently swallowed some ...

Monday, April 19, 2010

BLANDNESS

Translated from the Portugese by Ronaldo Jose Maestro The following day, every wine tasted the same. That is, every red wine tasted the same...

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Welcome Wine Blog Award Judges!

Honorable Wine Blog Award Judges, Welcome to HoseMaster of Wine ! Make yourselves comfortable. Would you like a drink? Sure, I've got wi...

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About Me

Ron Washam, HMW: After 19 years as a Sommelier in Los Angeles, twice named Sommelier of the Year by the Southern California Restaurant Writers' Association, I moved to Sonoma County to explore the other aspects of the wine business. I've spent, OK wasted, 35 years learning about and teaching about and swallowing wine. I am also a judge at the Sonoma Harvest Fair, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and the San Francisco International Wine Competition--so I can spit like a rabid llama. I know more about wine than David Sedaris and I'm funnier than James Laube. Stay tuned for an informed but jaded view of everything wine and everything else.

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