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Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Year in the Wine Family 2013

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Merry Christmas to Our Family and Friends, 2013 was a busy year for the Wine family. There’s so much news I’m not sure I can fit it all...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Grenache? Come On, Do the Mathis

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Mathis Wines I’m Using to Talk About Myself Mathis 2007 Grenache Sonoma Valley Sold Out Mathis 2008 Grenache Sonoma Valley $30 Math...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

The New Wine Fairy Tales: The Talking Fish

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                                                                   The Talking Fish Once there was a young boy who lived in an enchant...
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Monday, December 9, 2013

Lo Hai Qu is A Wine Judge!

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Lo Hai Qu seems to have my overflowing wine cellar under control, wineries are killing themselves to get the HoseMaster of Wine ™ to revi...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

The HoseMaster's Best Wine Books of 2013

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Every December I anxiously await the publication of the New York Times Ten Best Books list. The five that are non-fiction I ignore. Like m...
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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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