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Monday, May 30, 2016

Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of In Pursuit of Balance: A Look Back

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Jasmine Hirsch and Raj Parr Forty years ago, back in 2016, the most important movement in California wine came to an abrupt end. In an ...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Jackson Family Wineries Buys HoseMaster of Wine™

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Following on the success of its purchase of Steve Heimoff, Jackson Family Wines announced today that it has agreed to buy HoseMaster of Win...
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Monday, May 16, 2016

The Walrus and the Winemaker

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The sun was shining on the vines,   Shining with all his might. He did his very best to raise   The sugars to great height— And this ...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

EPHEMERA: The HoseMaster Answers Three Questions on Vinolent

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I received an email a week or so ago from a Brit named Joss Fowler who writes a wine blog called Vinolent. Great word. For many years, Jo...
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Monday, May 9, 2016

Donald Trump, Your New Emperor of Wine, Rates the 2015 Bordeaux

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You know what’s wrong with Bordeaux? I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Bordeaux. It’s made by French people. Did you know that? Yeah, total...
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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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