HoseMaster of Wine™

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

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Thoughts on an Earthquake

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My first thought after awakening to the news that the 6.0 earthquake in wine country was centered in Napa? Sounds like all those falling br...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

The HoseMaster's Guide to Wine Marketing

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The longer I’m in the wine business, the more fascinated I become with the marketing of wine. Not that it’s any different than, say, the ma...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

The Confession of Dr. Conti

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OK, I made a deal with Mr. Koch to tell everything I know about wine fraud. You know, I think it’s going to feel good to get all this of...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

"Natural Wine"--A Blind Book Review

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The endless and tiresome debates about natural wine that are raging around the wine world finally convinced me that I should make it a po...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Is That MegaPurple, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

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There is one important way that wine is like food—the cheaper it is, the more manipulated it is. But that’s the way we like it. Americans d...
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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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