Osteria in Arezzo (Photo credit: Monica Arellano-Ongpin) Over the past few nights in Italy I've come across both the 2007 and 2008 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Rosso both in Rome at the imaginative Glass Hostoria and last night at Ristorante Osteria del Teatro in Foligno (where I'm going back again tonight). While the 07 at Glass Hostoria … Read more
Image of Qupé via Snooth Sadly, due to my flight schedule I'll be missing the San Diego chapter wine event of Family Winemakers tasting. My passes arrived but I'll be flying back from London this coming Sunday. But….that means I'm even more focused on the upcoming Rhone Rangers tasting in San Francisco, the weekend of … Read more
Spotted this advertisement today at Barcelona International Airport as I left town following a very successful series of days at Mobile World Congress.
Client CounterPath is making sure no stone is unturned when it comes to keeping it's lead in the softphone category with carriers. Their latest news is all around the RCS-e standard that the GSMA has embraced. Basically, this give the mobile operators a softphone application that is focused on the use of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) … Read more
If you have a Windows Mobile phone you may want to add Skype to your apps library. The beta is out and come April the full and final version will be made available reports the Verge. The news came out to coincide with Microsoft's news about new smartphones being unleashed here at Mobile World Congress in … Read more
I didn't know David as well as Rich Tehrani or Fred Knight, both of whom have written wonderful eulogies to him over the weekend, but what I can say is he was a gentleman and as industry analysts went, David was one of those who knew his stuff and didn't shout about it. He just … Read more
Yesterday I referenced the region in the Roussillion that has once again captured my attention. Over dinner on Sunday night my conversation with the winemaker of these wines, led to an exploration of D66, the wine road that bisects the Maury. And yes, like our own Route 66 the adventure is around every bend. The … Read more
Forget Wall Street and the London Stock Exchange. Occupy: Grenache has taken over Vinisud with nearly every wine being poured being related to Grenache. Call it Blanc, gris or rouge and Grenache is being found everywhere at the every other year Grenache fete. And the Occupy Gang of Pour was out in force with dozens … Read more
Back in the 90s when I was authoring a series of email messages called "Road Reports" I was directed by an Alsatian region wine sales rep to try the wine of Vaquer when I was in Banyuls over my birthday that year. Over the years whenever I found a bottle of any of the exceptional … Read more
