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Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Secret Official Sommelier Manual--Leaked!

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I’m not supposed to do this. I signed a document when I became a full-time sommelier that prohibits me from revealing the contents of the O...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

The Golden Age of Wine Writing?

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I like to write about wine. I don’t think I have any particularly interesting insights about wine, but that doesn’t seem to be one of the q...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thankful

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For Black Friday Didn't we use to give them a Month? For the 100 Point Scale I love the 100 Point Scale. It reduces something won...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Decorating My Thanksgiving Tree

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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There’s just nothing about it I don’t like. Decorating the festive Thanksgiving tree with human scalps...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Blind Book Review--"Wine Grapes"

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I don’t know where my review copy of Jancis Robinson’s new tome, “Wine Grapes,” was sent. I never got it. I wrote a brief email to the pu...
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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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