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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Ephemera: Great Palates Don't Exist

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I am of the opinion that there are no great palates, only very experienced palates. I’ve had the great pleasure, and the occasional great...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

Have You Ever Meta-Winemaker to Watch?

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The inspiration for this post was published on Inside Scoop SF Winemakers to Watch. It’s a wine writing gimmick, but a damned fine gimmic...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

The HoseMaster Regrets the Errors

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I am now willing to admit that I may have been exaggerating when I said that I was the person who made the Cabernet Sauvignon that won the ...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Ephemera: Special ZAP Edition

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About every eight or nine years Zinfandel is predicted to be the next big thing. There was a time when Syrah was regularly predicted to b...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Farewell, My Laundry

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A HOSEMASTER OF WINE ™ PULP FICTION CLASSIC CHAPTER ONE   Red Beaune I’m a dick. I think it’s safe to say I’m considered the most famou...
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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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