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Monday, September 28, 2015

America's Next Top Somm!

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“Good evening, and welcome to America’s Next Top Somm Live! Here’s your host, Larry Anosmia MS!” (Applause) “Thank you, ladies and ge...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

EPHEMERA: Hugh Johnson and the HoseMaster of Wine™ at the 2016 Wine Writers' Symposium--Every King Needs a Fool

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My brother in satire, Chris Kassel, recently wrote a piece on his blog (and if you don’t read his blog, you’re missing the funniest and ...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Lo Hai Qu Rides the Napa Valley Wine Train

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It's been quite a while since my crazy intern, yup, still an intern, Lo Hai Qu asked to take over HoseMaster of Wine ™. I never quite...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Larry Anosmia MS at TexSom--Orange is the New Blech

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I don’t know about you, but I think that “Texas” and “Sommelier” are about as natural together as “Utah” and “Jazz.” Or “Craft” and “Beer...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

EPHEMERA: Captain Points!

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Jancis Robinson wrote a thoughtful and incisive piece about wine criticism recently. It’s perhaps a bit defensive, but that’s my interpr...
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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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