Andy Abramson JANUARY 19 – ISSUE #4 Good morning from wet Los Angeles. We’ve had a good dousing of rain in the area, which in some cases is good, as we need the water. On the other hand, wet weather and Southern California are never really friends. Today we have news ranging from a … Read more
JANUARY 18 – ISSUE #3 It’s Humpday. So let’s help you get over it. Google is really working to be a major player in mobile phone service. The signs are all there. First cheaper phones. And more viral marketing of Fi. Qualcomm is in trouble. Again. FaceBook and France are Friends. Amazon … Read more
The Comunicano for January 16th 2017 JANUARY 16 – ISSUE #1 Presenting the debut 2017 Edition of The Comunicano. We’re on a new platform, Revue, and the approach will be a bit different too. There will still be at least eight stories a day to keep you informed, and there may … Read more
You have to love it when the mobile operators entice you with "unlimited data" and then as demand creeps up on them, they start to roll back on what you get, and raise the price too. Over the past two days, both Verizon and AT&T have made announcements impacting the grandfathered "Unlimited Data Plan" holders. … Read more
Back in the early part of the 2000's I was penning a wine column for the Del Mar Times on a weekly basis. The fun of writing the column was how I would get exposed to more wine reps, brokers, importers as well as winemakers. One night I was at a dinner put on by … Read more
One of the most interesting things about the three Tavel Rose wines that Domaine de la Mordoree produces is how different each one is, and how from year to year, any one of them can be the winner. In my view back in 2013 the Les Vestides was the hands down winner, while in 2014 it … Read more
As the New Year is now here there's an upbeat feeling in the business community bolstered by a feeling that 2017 will be a banner year for non-technology companies expanding their buying of technology startups. With 43 of those types of companies now under my belt, ranging from taking a company wire to wire, to … Read more
As 2016 wound down, and as 2017 emerged it was a chance to visit with friends, enjoy a spirited night of friendship and then on New Year's Day travel to a friend's house to celebrate their marriage. On NYE I had the good fortune to pull six wines from my "Deep Cellar" and enjoy them … Read more
Of all the Rose wine I tasted in 2016 both while here in the USA and on my trip this past July and August through the Rhone, Marseille and the Languedoc I kept coming back to three Rose wines that stood out, and while the Tavels go from strength to strength it was wines from Corsica, … Read more
As the year "wines" down I keep checking in on the 2015 Rose's each night with dinner. Last night I popped the 2015 Domaine de la Mordoree Tavel Rose Reine des Bois which like the other Rose wines I've opened this week continues to be another standout. Mordoree has vineyard holdings in Tavel, Lirac, Chateauneuf du … Read more
