HoseMaster of Wine™

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Monday, October 28, 2013

The A.C.A. is Socialism!

I don’t know about you, but I am outraged. The A.C.A is an ill-conceived disaster. The time to stop it is NOW, before it’s fully implemente...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Mis(s) Feiring

This particular satire of a controversial wine writer appeared on HoseMaster of Win e ™ in May of 2010. The reaction to it was bigger than ...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Jay McInerney Splooges "On Wine"

By Jay McInerney It was Robert Mondavi who first told me about Dick Splooge the last time we dined together at French Laundry in Yountv...

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Rocca in My Head

Rocca Family Vineyards Wines I’m Using to Talk About Myself Rocca 2009 Syrah Grigsby Vineyard Yountville $50 (262 Cases) Rocca 2009 ...

Monday, October 14, 2013

The HoseMaster's Wine Genius Grants

There’s a lot of hoopla surrounding the annual announcement of the MacArthur “Genius” Grants. This year, I was passed up once again. I know...

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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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