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
Truphone, pioneers in the mobile VoIP space have officially closed their VoIP app business as of today. An email from the company explained that there's no more service, support or refunds related to the service that created such a stir within the VoIP and mobile industry. For those who never used a Truphone mobile app, … Read more
The 2008 Patricia Green Croft Vineyard Pinot Noir was another one of these ageless Pacific Northwest reds that I love to find in my cellar. The wine had a Grenache like spicy nose, likely due to the bigness of the wine. This was a big Pinot Noir, rich, ripe and meaty. The flavor was in … Read more
Popped open the 2001 K Vintners Cougar Hills Syrah the other night with friends. Talk about an older wine that thinks it's young. This is clearly one of those that just wants to stay a baby for a long time. At age 15 you would think this wine would be well past middle age and in the … Read more
