The Comunicano Daily I've been remiss in publishing so over the past few days I've started to write again. Onmy blog, in the new LinkedIn Pulse (have you noticed how much LinkedIn has gotten into content?) and now again, here in the Comunicano Daily. This month will go down as one of the most … Read more
Before I discovered Domaine d'Aupilhac and forged a life changing friendship with Sylvain Fadat I was first aware of the winery village of Montpeyroux due to the wines of Domaine L'Aigueliere and the winery sits just at the entry to the town. It was the epic 1991s and 1992 Syrah based wines under the names of La … Read more
My longtime winepal, Ray McKewon and I have very diverging tastes when it comes to wine. Ray, who produced the RockNapa concerts at Charles Krug Winery in the summer of 2013, and who will stage the music and assemble the musical acts for the upcoming wedding of Pamplemousse Grille's chef and impresario Jeffrey Strauss here … Read more
This week my Gramofon arrived. In case you don't know what a Gramofon is, it's the streaming connector and router from the team behind FON that lets you connect a speaker system and send your online audio to them much like AirPlay or Chromecast. But what FON is really doing is creating the connective tissue of … Read more
Today users of Invoxia were notified that SkypeKit is no more. While a few months ago rumors were that SkypeKit enabled devices would keep working, I was telling others that I wouldn't count on anything that was hardware related that worked with Skype to expect it to keep working. Invoxia's revelation pretty much shows the … Read more
There’s another reason for Uber in France and the French government needs to pay attention. It’s customer service with taxi drivers. Just like in San Francisco where Uber was born there’s a pattern of behavior that exists with taxi drivers that causes great frustration with the regular traveler. It’s called being declined a ride because … Read more
I have to admit that hotel dining can be either hit or miss. Happily the experience at both Les Fenetres and Alcyone in the beautiful Hotel Intercontinental Marseille exceeded on every count. For starters a Monday lunch on the patio at Les Fenetres with the sun overhead, the Vieux Port before us and amazing cooking coming from … Read more
Last week I used Uber X and Uber all over the Bay Area. Using Uber X my costs for a nice car, usually a Toyota Prius or something a bit larger was under $15.00 and often closer to $12.00 for rides to lunch, dinner or to get from a meeting on Treasure Island to my … Read more
For many, Grenache conjures up thoughts of Chateauneuf du Pape as the mind floats to such names as Reyas, Vieux Telegraphe and Marcoux. One dreams of Tempier from Bandol and rich, deep reds from the Roussillon like the ethereal wines from Herve Bezul’s Clos de Fees. But for me the most interesting Grenache wines are … Read more
I have to admit. I have been suffering writers block for months. While I have been composing my thoughts, musing on Facebook and Tweeting away on Twitter, my inability to post, write long form was a bother…It hurt. It was painful and what’s more there’s no way around it. Like a baseball player in a … Read more
