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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Join the NRA Wine Club Today!

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Fellow Gun Lover, I’m writing to invite you to join the National Rifle Association Wine Club . Because, really, what goes better with loa...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Quiddick the Critic--The Best of HoseMaster

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I had a terrible flu last week. So today is a rerun. I call it Best of HoseMaster . A low bar to get over. Anyway, from February 2012, here...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Wine Writer Classification of 2013

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It’s bound to stir up some controversy, and the results will be fiercely contested, but I’m rather pleased with the new Wine Writer Classif...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

The 2013 Lodi Professional Wine Writers' Symposium

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Welcome to the 2013 Lodi Professional Wine Writers’ Symposium . We hope you’ll enjoy your stay at the Lodi Bed or Breakfast Suites—you choo...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Blind Book Review--"Inventing Wine"

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I thought I’d break from my usual practice and actually read Paul Lukacs’ new book Inventing Wine before I reviewed it. Well, not read it...
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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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