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On my first day of deep diving educational training, after a delightful lunch in Beaumes de Venise I ventured up to the hillside town of Suzette to try wines from three producers. Of the three, Charles Redortier, Domaine Saint Amant and La Ferme Saint-Martin, the latter two were standouts, while Redortier showed me some wines that are … Read more

It's not often I taste wines and feel stopped dead in my tracks. I remember when I met Sylvain Fadat and had that feeling. The same with David Corey and the first taste of pal Cris Cherry's wines back in 2003. It's the feeling that that there's more here than you can see or taste. … Read more

Last night dinner I went through three Rasteau different wines, two from Domaine la Soumade and one from Les Halos de Jupiter, Philippe Cambie's own label.   The 2009 Les Halos de Jupiter was a fantastic red wine which likely could be enjoyed for many years to come. But why wait when friends who enjoy wine … Read more

Wrestlemania is less than a week away in Orlando, and you would think that in the battle for enterprise communications market share that at Enterprise Connect there would be more rumbling. But the news isn't from the challengers as much as it is from the established heavyweights…..HMMM. YAWN…That's why what was done at TadHack Mini … Read more

You have to love the conference industry. When one media company puts on a conference, the coverage from competitive companies is almost non-existent, despite the size of the advance press list.  So be it. There is news coming out of Enterprise Connect and here's a summary of what I think is cool…so far. TadHack Mini-this … Read more

I'm a large buyer of wines from France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, and if you haven't noticed, the dollar has been gaining strength over the past year against the Euro, with anywhere from a four to eight percent variance meaning one dollar will get you anywhere from 92 to 96 percent of a Euro. What's … Read more

Behind the big facade of their website, apps and very attractive stores what Apple does, and does better than all the other tech companies is two things. And only two things. They build hardware that everyone, including their competition, drools over. And they retail what they make. Sure you can talk about their developer programs. … Read more

The Rhone Rangers invaded L.A. today. 40 producers, mostly the Paso crew, with some from Santa Barbara and even as far away as Washington State and New York made the trek to showcase their wines. Two wines really stood out in my mind to be the wines of the day, and they're not from the … Read more