tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post8073637236208608296..comments2024-02-28T21:09:17.490-08:00Comments on Samantha Sans Dosage: I'm Quitting YouSamantha Duganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-36100285809508813892010-11-01T21:45:55.670-07:002010-11-01T21:45:55.670-07:00Ron,
I don't mind that people come here lookin...Ron,<br />I don't mind that people come here looking for you love, in fact I am honored...as I always was to be linked to you in this crazy wine blog world. Makes me a little sad to think of you being lonely, breaks my heart that but at least you know one place you can go where everyone adores you. I'll keep taking your messages sweetheart...and keep loving you always.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-91146297177544294312010-11-01T21:25:22.432-07:002010-11-01T21:25:22.432-07:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
I know this blog isn't ...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />I know this blog isn't about me, so I'm sorry folks come here looking for me. I'd hide out on other blogs, but, well, the smell is annoying.<br /><br />Dave, why in the world would I go to Austria to insult Gruner Veltliner? The Austrians do that just fine all by themselves. Nope, I just tired of being right all the time and no one else acknowledging it. I'm like the Ann Coulter of wine blogs, only I need a brassiere.<br /><br />Eric, old buddy, thanks for all that you did to promote my useless blog. If you're ever up in Sonoma and able to be seen in public, let me know. Of course I hang out here with my Internet wife. I'm lonely. Now that I'm no longer the HoseMaster, my hate mail has dwindled to only the stuff from my family, some heiress from Nigeria and Puff Daddy.<br /><br />Now, can we go back to Samantha?Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-25456453206512241402010-11-01T15:45:21.018-07:002010-11-01T15:45:21.018-07:00Funny, I too finally figured out how to stop that ...Funny, I too finally figured out how to stop that auto renewal. Even a new Amex card number didn't do it. Oops, I forgot, Amex owns 'em. Who else gets auto renew to work on new cards without being verified?<br /><br />Just walking by and thought I would throw in my two cents. Actually was looking for Ron. Figured he would be here.<br />Hi Ron.<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-5915431559847276282010-11-01T13:02:43.161-07:002010-11-01T13:02:43.161-07:00Dave,
Is that where he has been hiding?! Cheeky b...Dave,<br /><br />Is that where he has been hiding?! Cheeky bastard. Yeah F&W went and pissed me off....again so quit them I must. Very rarely read it anyway so not that big a loss for me. trying to recover from a very full weekend so I can get back to posting soon! Thanks as always for adding your 2 cents darlin.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-10006800591265526732010-11-01T09:58:40.510-07:002010-11-01T09:58:40.510-07:00Damn Sam,
I finally get a chance to catch up on a...Damn Sam,<br /><br />I finally get a chance to catch up on all my backblog reading (lets see, that would just be yours since the demise of your iSpouse)and you've hammered out a blockbuster post. I quit F&W a couple of years ago but my dear wife got a ridiculously cheap offer recently and re-upped. Now just scan the recipes.<br /><br />I did read one article by Lettie quite some time back and had to go wash my eyes out with soap. Hard to believe that ship could sink any lower, must have recruited from the local junior college bonehead English class.<br /><br />Thanks so much for your efforts in helping us Return to Sanity.<br /><br />Hogs and Quiches<br /><br />PS Hear rumor that reports of the demise of our beloved HMW are greatly exaggerated and that he is in fact hitch hiking around Osterreich hurling insults at the vineyards and growers of Gruner Veltliner.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-38182330452526838092010-10-29T23:02:48.502-07:002010-10-29T23:02:48.502-07:00TWG,
I adore Art of Eating, that publication is al...TWG,<br />I adore Art of Eating, that publication is all about passion and appreciation...oh and they can write and junk. You DON'T want mouth to mouth from those fine writers? Tough crowd....I send you kisses for the sweet comment darlin.<br /><br />Sandra,<br />Well welcome girlie and thank you so much for finding this piece compelling enough to keep reading, hearing that means a lot. I think your steroid rant is exactly the same as my F&W one, we all have our "things" right?Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-51318888171479984432010-10-29T20:23:44.157-07:002010-10-29T20:23:44.157-07:00Tell us how you really feel.
Well, I can't say...Tell us how you really feel.<br />Well, I can't say I'm a wine connaisseur, not by any stretch of the imagination, however, you point was made so loudly and so clearly, I couldn't take my eyes off your post...oh, and I have to say, I'm always a little giddy when I see the word 'craptastic.'<br />I do get your point though. I was a big fan of Oxygen magazine (don't judge) until my trainer got selected to be one of the models, and I know my trainer does steroids. So I was all like, "Oxygen is trying to make their readers believe that weight training and proper form will give THOSE results?" Well, I have few more months left of my subscription, but when I get the issue in the mail every month, I don't even take it out of the plastic wrap anymore. It goes straight into the recycling bin.<br />I know, this would sound so much better if I was speaking of something a little smarter, like say...Syrah...Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894333322881236627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-85234790490344529932010-10-29T19:05:51.691-07:002010-10-29T19:05:51.691-07:00F&W antidote: "Art of Eating".
Agr...F&W antidote: "Art of Eating".<br /><br />Agreee with the Hose Master F&W survives and Gourmet closed, WTF?<br /><br />The thing that really pisses me off is when F&W mentions a wine a like.TWGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592548268341500443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-785220936364163512010-10-29T19:02:30.004-07:002010-10-29T19:02:30.004-07:00Steve Heimoff, Eric Asimov, Charlie Olken and many...Steve Heimoff, Eric Asimov, Charlie Olken and many others have already had the conversation and they are far better, not to mention way more important voices than mine.<br /><br />Yeah right, but who wants mouth to mouth from those guys?<br /><br />You'll always be our "go to girl".TWGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592548268341500443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-71617311220787090862010-10-29T13:07:54.419-07:002010-10-29T13:07:54.419-07:00Charlie,
Well that is just sweet as hell.
k2,
You...Charlie,<br />Well that is just sweet as hell.<br /><br />k2,<br />You might be on to something there kid....<br /><br />Jason,<br />As The Widow HoseMaster I welcome you to both our blogs. It is true that my beloved has hung up his keyboard but all of us here keep hoping and praying, (well I don't pray...kind of a heathen) that he will come back. Not holding my breath but always holding out hope. There is a lot to read over there so don't give up, just go back and read some of the older stuff...I do it all the damn time. He is not only funny he is a remarkable writer and he is greatly missed. <br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read my silly crap.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-91927039763193361642010-10-29T12:38:37.446-07:002010-10-29T12:38:37.446-07:00Sam,
So I link to a specfic article by HoseMaster...Sam,<br /><br />So I link to a specfic article by HoseMaster, link over here and don't realize until now he hung it up. Joke's on my I guess. I saw recent comments here from him so I can only say I hope all is well and the articles I read were damn funny.<br /><br />I'll obviously be back here to see what's fermenting...<br /><br />JasonJason Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877600888412262376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-8773071759137131612010-10-29T12:24:23.245-07:002010-10-29T12:24:23.245-07:00Samantha,
This is my first read of your blog, hav...Samantha,<br /><br />This is my first read of your blog, having jumped over from the HoseMaster, and I can't believe I found two of the funniest blogs I have ever read in the same day. And they are both about wine!<br /><br />We still get F&W and I just realized that I haven't read any of the last few month's issues. My wife has, but that is for some recipe inspiration. Those do tend to be useful, but I guess we could get those somewhere else. I think I am going to make that call as well. We ain't reading it!!<br /><br />JasonJason Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877600888412262376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-57730144790789738852010-10-28T10:06:40.189-07:002010-10-28T10:06:40.189-07:00Here here Sam. I gave up on F&W a long time a...Here here Sam. I gave up on F&W a long time ago. Have too many mags and blogs to take its place in my mind. And the whole business with Syrah - while I love the stuff, it is the number 1 dust collector in my stores. How I actually started getting people to pay attention to the grape was to mix it in with the red blends! And while that has helped, it is nominal at best. I can't help but think that this massive "awareness" push with Syrah isn't some half-assed penance-laden guilt trip for all those responsible for the ludicrous success of Yellow Tail.k2http://underthegrapetree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-56597172879642677622010-10-28T08:32:15.809-07:002010-10-28T08:32:15.809-07:00Sam, the list of blogs I read is set up in chronol...Sam, the list of blogs I read is set up in chronological based on when I first bookmarked them. <br /><br />The problem is that I keep finding them, and there are so many smart blogs like wine-life.co.uk that simply fly below the radar.<br /><br />You have definitely become center of the screen these days.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-60234066793742760712010-10-28T05:37:00.881-07:002010-10-28T05:37:00.881-07:00Oh, I forgot to mention to John.
Glenn Beck is o...Oh, I forgot to mention to John. <br /><br />Glenn Beck is only a replacement for John Birch, or an extension. <br /><br />These people have always been around--they just have more forum and more money these days because there are more idiots who vote and donate against their own interests.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-30132750566533035732010-10-28T05:34:10.619-07:002010-10-28T05:34:10.619-07:00Nah, I went to saveabreakup,com and all they told ...Nah, I went to saveabreakup,com and all they told me to do was to apologize. That's stupid. That's like getting lost on the road and turning back--always go forward...<br /><br />John, I'll still go with a Zinfandel at Thanksgiving every so often, but generally, it's been Riesling these days.<br /><br />Charlie, I've noticed the paucity of comments on blogs and I think it might have something to do with saturation. In fact, I've cut down considerably on which blogs I read and my comments are only when it is a subject of interest to me.<br /><br />Good to see Ron commenting here. Just that last O sentence had me laughing out loud, or, as they say on the spaceternet, LOL.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-47949756943626883252010-10-27T23:24:24.170-07:002010-10-27T23:24:24.170-07:00I was able to get my ex back after I followed the ...I was able to get my ex back after I followed the instructions at www.saveabreakup.com I totally recommend this site, saveabreakup.com helped me a lot, all I can say is big THANKS!!! I'm so happy now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-726804246009926922010-10-27T23:08:41.236-07:002010-10-27T23:08:41.236-07:00Charlie Love,
So I get nekkid in front of you over...Charlie Love,<br />So I get nekkid in front of you over and over again I still don't rank in the top 3...crushing. That right there is crushing, but I am glad you stopped in to see me. The praise you bestow upon me is far too great and I am, as always humbled by your sweet admiration of this wacky voice of mine. I'd like to think that I had some magical way of coaxing Ron/Jose from his little hideaway...I often picture myself in a dance of the 7 veils kinda deal, pealing away each layer and pulling him in with each tiny word that might feel like a finger on his chin, drawing him in, petting...purring but truth be told he shows when he wants to or is moved to and I am just thrilled as hell when he turns up, honored actually.<br /><br />I've noticed too that my comment count seems to be higher than the average and holy crap is this girl floored and enormously grateful. I've said it before and I shall say it again, not sure what I did to deserve all of this but....feels fucking incredible. <br /><br />Sara,<br />Dude it was a horrid issue amongst years of other boring issues. Fail. They fail and I for one am tired of paying for their condescension. Wont be doing that again.....Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-85457460914107953852010-10-27T22:05:20.025-07:002010-10-27T22:05:20.025-07:00I LOVE this rant! It was perfectly ranty without g...I LOVE this rant! It was perfectly ranty without going over the top.<br /><br />Those guys are idiots. I'm not a wine expert by any means (far far from it) but even I would know never to serve Syrah with traditional Thanksgiving food! And what's that about interesting and smart people drink Syrah? I can't even believe an Editor let that one go.<br /><br />(and 'special advertisement' sections in magazines make me want to pull my hair out... you're not fooling anyone!)Sara Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058056977783867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-2893402882653944082010-10-27T21:41:53.720-07:002010-10-27T21:41:53.720-07:00So I was just wandering around the Internet having...So I was just wandering around the Internet having come up for a breath of fresh air after 96 hours submerged in my November issue, and I start checking in with the blogs I read regularly.<br /><br />Truth be told, Sam, you are not at the head of the list--not because I don't admire the hell out of your blog but because I found Heimoff, Yarrow, Wark, Dude1 and Jose first.<br /><br />So here is what happened. I go to Heimoff and no one has posted on his blog today except a couple of loudmouths of which I am one. So then I go to Alder's blog and he has been averaging one comment per day for over two weeks. Wark is doing a little better than that, but I found myself wondering if the blogosphere had finally had enough of itself.<br /><br />And then I stopped in here. Not only do I get treated to some really smart writing, and aren't you glad to know since you are smart, you can now buy Syrah.<br /><br />This was a rant of the first order. Original, tough, and spot on. And, it was so good that it dragged Jose off his stool and back into public for a moment or two of the most slashing humor in the winosphere. <br /><br />Good on ya, Sam. You continue to be the writer I want to be when I grow up.Charlie Olkenhttp://www.cgcw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-71460019044785598352010-10-27T18:07:15.541-07:002010-10-27T18:07:15.541-07:00Ron My Love,
Only you...only you can have me in te...Ron My Love,<br />Only you...only you can have me in tears with giggles, gasping about vestigial organs and blushing all at the same time. You should see this Baby, the look on my face is something between my Zin face and my Big O face. I love you too and...damn do I miss you!Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-17412477499349055192010-10-27T17:23:06.123-07:002010-10-27T17:23:06.123-07:00Thomas it's hardly confined to print culture. ...Thomas it's hardly confined to print culture. We've gone from smart guys like William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal to f**k-nuts like Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann. The value of an idea these days is measured solely in eyeballs and ad revenues. Shame on US. <br /><br />The last red wine I served with Thanksgiving was 5-6 years ago and it was a Lapierre Morgon. These days I will sip on Beaujolais nouveau while I'm cooking, but with dinner I tend to serve pinkish sparkling things and whites from Alsace (occasionally Germany, Finger Lakes or Washington state).John M. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343670865804216103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-56791088216840342752010-10-27T09:09:44.272-07:002010-10-27T09:09:44.272-07:00My Gorgeous Samantha,
Hey, I used to be a "h...My Gorgeous Samantha,<br /><br />Hey, I used to be a "high end sommelier," and I love Syrah, though I prefer to use its Gangsta name Sheeraz (Fershizzle!). AND I was a high end sommelier at a steakhouse! Which is pretty much like being a vestigial organ, like Rand Paul.<br /><br />It says a lot about our world that Gourmet is dead and buried (though, like Jesus, it may be miraculously resurrected and deliver us all from evil) but Food and Wine lives on. And, frankly, it ain't easy to get worse wine coverage after losing Lettie Teague, but Isle be damned if they didn't manage. It's the magazine for wine lovers to turn to when BevMo gets just too confusing!<br /><br />Hey, I thought cool climate syrah meant it came from Berkeley. I'll let Puff Daddy-O comment on that. (What the hell am I talking about?)<br /><br />And, frankly, when you get going on one of your rants, My Love, I get hot. My juices run like saliva from those drooling idiots at F & W. Yeah, I know, kinda sick. And you got me so wound up that I decided to cancel my subscription to Food and Wine too--only I remembered I never subscribed to Food and Wine. So I'm canceling my subscription to O Magazine instead (which I thought was about the Big O, not the big fat O).<br /><br />I love you!Ron Washamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386836101202976147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-62430903068299612252010-10-27T08:32:56.276-07:002010-10-27T08:32:56.276-07:00John,
If you look closely and carefully at who ge...John,<br /><br />If you look closely and carefully at who gets columns in national newspapers and who gets articles in national magazines, you'll often find that it is the buzz generated not the knowledge that counts. <br /><br />You'll also find that those who edit and hire writers, don't often have and don't often need (by magazine and newspaper standards) the knowledge required to decide who knows what he or she is talking about and who doesn't for any particular subject. <br /><br />We have built a print culture that's a hybrid of People and Enquirer!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819829113979242722.post-54104520240081637072010-10-27T08:12:22.535-07:002010-10-27T08:12:22.535-07:00Michael,
What crank-yankers right? Obviously this ...Michael,<br />What crank-yankers right? Obviously this issue just sent me over the top and I just know so poor customer is going to come in with this article looking for wine to have for Thanksgiving...and they will believe the glossy "press" over a store of people that are truly interested in giving them the best possible wine experience...pisses me off.<br /><br />Jon,<br />Welcome kid and thanks for posting. We can do this together you and I....quit this horrible habit of stupidity. You in?!<br /><br />Richard,<br />Well consider yourself lucky...and far smarter than I, for not enduring years of boring and now what appears to more with a dash of dumb. (grumble)<br /><br />Thomas,<br />Yeah I know, should have dumped it years ago but I am on the road to wellness now!<br /><br />John,<br />I know right? So freaking insulting and not doing the least bit of good as far as creating more passionate wine drinkers...what fuckers.<br /><br />Webb,<br />I usually have Cru Beaujolais and this year I will be drinking Lapierre Morgon in honor of Marcel Lapierre who sadly passed away this month. I've loved his Beaujolais above all others before and have always found that the sexy meatiness and smoke pairs perfectly with my meal. For white I am drinking Roland Schmitt Riesling, a lovely drier style wine from Alsace. Amazingly complex aromatics and super snappy acidity.Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.com