HoseMaster of Wine™

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

Monday, December 21, 2015

Last Post of 2015--You're Welcome

There’s so much I want to say after another year slogging through HoseMaster of Wine ™. The holidays are not only a time to celebrate, they...

Monday, December 14, 2015

The HoseMaster's Letter to Santa 2015

Dear Santa, I had a wonderful year in 2015. I was threatened with a lawsuit! Thank you for that, Santa. It was my most unexpected gift. L...

Thursday, December 10, 2015

EPHEMERA: "UnCorked"--the Heitz of Stupidity

I always hated winemaker dinners. They were more often catastrophes than not. And so were the dinners. Early in my sommelier career, Joe ...

Monday, December 7, 2015

How to Create Your Own Great Wine Cellar!

You don’t need a lot of money to create a great wine cellar. Any more than you need teeth to recite Shakespeare. Or fingers to go bowling. ...

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Wine, Memory and Massacres

Around noon today, Wednesday, a coworker told me that there was another mass shooting unfolding at that moment in San Bernadino, CA. It jus...

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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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