HoseMaster of Wine™

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

Monday, March 28, 2016

Remembering the Great Sommelier Eradication

Gone, but quickly forgotten Sure, there were some protests, a few heartfelt complaints. None of that was unexpected. The kamikazes at P...

Monday, March 21, 2016

Donald Trump, Your New Emperor of Wine, States His Case

I don’t get why people think wine reviewing is hard. It’s not hard. I have small hands, so what? I can put my whole hand in my mouth and st...

Thursday, March 17, 2016

The HoseMaster of Wine™ at a Spottswoode Vertical Tasting

The first time I tasted a Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon I was at Robert Pepi Winery. For all the Millennials who read HoseMaster of Wine...

Monday, March 14, 2016

"No Country for Old Men Wine Critics" by Cormac McCarthy

The first one I shot never even begged for his life. Not that it would have mattered none. 89 just aint a good score and he knew it. Ever...

Thursday, March 10, 2016

The HoseMaster of Wine™ at the Napa Valley Professional Wine Writers Symposium: Part Two

Badgering Hugh Johnson Photo by John Lenart, Thanks Again, John! Inviting the HoseMaster of Wine ™ to speak at the opening night’s g...

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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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