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

Monday, June 26, 2017

Blind Book Review: Alice Feiring's "The Dirty Guide to Wine"

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I’m not sure what happened, but, apparently, my review copy of Reverend Alice Feiring’s latest sermon was misdelivered. I have no idea how ...
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Monday, June 19, 2017

The Linoleum Project™--Philosophy First, Winemaking Second

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The Linoleum Project™ originated as a spoof of Abe Schoener's The Scholium Project, and as a reaction to a particularly loathsome puff...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Sam Euthanasia, World's Oldest Wine Critic, on the Napa Valley Auction

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When I think of June, I think of weddings, Father’s Day, and the Napa Valley Wine Auction, none of which has any importance to me. I’m rare...
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Thursday, June 8, 2017

News From the Court of Natural Sommeliers

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The Court of Natural Sommeliers is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications from qualified people in the wine trade who wi...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Way I Love Wine

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I didn’t choose wine as a career. Wine chose me. How many of you feel the same? I woke up one day and I was beginning a job as sommelier in...
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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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