Andy Abramson As the year winds down to a needed ending, I've continued the tradition of #RoseAllDay or in my case, #RoseEveryDay as the 2015 vintage continues to be the approach as I just don't remember in recent years the level of consistency, character and friendliness that the Rose's have shown so far. What's more now after … Read more
The 2015 Alain Jaume Tavel Le Cretace Rose has now been in my cellar for about eight months since I purchased a mixed case of 2015 Tavel Rose's from an east coast merchant that has an early arrival pipeline with the importer, Kysela Pere et Fils. For me, the 2015 vintage of Rose wines the world over … Read more
When one thinks of Spanish wines, normally only a handful of regions come to mind. Rioja, Ribera del Duero and likely the Priorat. But true wine hunters and seekers have been also known to look out for wines from Montsant, Calatayud, Bierzo and Campo de Borja. The latter of the "hunting ground" regions is best … Read more
I am going to start to write more and more wine reviews, preferably of both current wines and "Deep Cellar" bottles from my own collection. If you have wines to review or are holding tastings here in Los Angeles, please get in touch with me.
Christmas Dinner was a pot of chili, roasted lamb, wilted garlicky greens and arugula and tomato salad. Wines were two from the 2012 vintage, one from California's Central Coast, and another from the Ribera de Duero 2012 Workman Ayer de Facto Central Coast Red A gentle, soft, easy to drink red made from … Read more
Neil Shact has an interesting post about a Mitel purchase of struggling and near bankrupt Avaya. My view is there's a nice missing piece to that puzzle. It's called Counterpath. The reason is the rich patent portfolio they have that fills in gaps between both companies, especially in the area of Fixed Mobile Convergence, applications … Read more
I continue to feel that 2015 and Rose wines will go down as one of the best vintage years around the world. Every 2015 Rose I've had from France and the USA which I've had the good fortune to open this year or taste on my travels continues to show me how good of a … Read more
My friendship with the staff and owners at Akasha and at AR Cucina has blossomed over the year since Thanksgiving night 2015. It truly is now "Moose of L.A." for me. I guess being nice, sharing and caring pays off. What this has allowed me to do is something that only those with a "Deep … Read more
In the early days of VoIP we all were affected by things like packet loss, buffering and jitter. Most of that has gone away with the arrival of faster last mile access, faster and more powerful processors on our PCs, in our desktop and mobile devices and most of all better compression with codecs that … Read more
On the heels of Truphone closing its VoIP app, and going whole hog into the global corporate roaming business, Rogers Canada has expanded Roam Like Home to work on more plans. This service is very similar to Travel Pass from Verizon here in the USA and other services that have long been available in Europe. For example, … Read more
