Dave Hooper

Nightmare journey home. Missed the tram (by seconds), walked to the station, missed the train (by seconds), got later train, it terminated early due to ill passenger. Trying to get home for my son’s birthday. He’s 21 today! We’re headed to a Japanese restaurant for dinner.

Update: I got home, changed in record time, about to walk out the door.

“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #229 Northern Estates Shiraz 2016 NMIT (TAFE) students studying viticulture, winemaking and wine marketing produced this drop, which I picked up by chance at a local NQR store for $7 yesterday. Amazing value! Deep, rich, balanced. If you can find this, get it!

“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #228 Kaiora Bay Pinot Noir 2022 From Otago, NZ and made for Aldi by Minchinbury (owned by Pinnacle, which is owned by Endevour, which owns BWS, Dan Murphy’s, ALH hotels etc). Light bodied, easy drinking, 89/100 About $18 at Aldi

The result is a sea of interchangeable $15 bottles and growers pulling out vines. Endeavour didn't kill wine. It just made most of it taste like a quarterly earnings target.

“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #228 Kaiora Bay Pinot Noir 2022 From Otago, NZ and made for Aldi by Minchinbury (owned by Pinnacle, which is owned by Endevour, which owns BWS, Dan Murphy’s, ALH hotels etc). Light bodied, easy drinking, 89/100 About $18 at Aldi

Endeavour didn't ruin Australian wine by accident. With Dan Murphy's and BWS dominating retail, it became a gatekeeper. Winemakers now sell on Endeavour's terms or not at all. It squeezes margins until small producers make wine to a price point instead of a place.

“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #228 Kaiora Bay Pinot Noir 2022 From Otago, NZ and made for Aldi by Minchinbury (owned by Pinnacle, which is owned by Endevour, which owns BWS, Dan Murphy’s, ALH hotels etc). Light bodied, easy drinking, 89/100 About $18 at Aldi

Sorry for the sneaker post because I know most of my followers are not sneakerheads. But come on! 👏New Balance.

They positively scream 90s

Sorry for the sneaker post because I know most of my followers are not sneakerheads. But come on! 👏New Balance.

In case there is any doubt, I’ll be copping these FO SHO!

Posting because I haven’t seen much about this on here and everyone should know. Basically, some fucking awful security certificate provider made a massive fuck up It means EVERY software library, your home routers, your phones and all of your browsers are vulnerable to a man in the middle attack

At the risk of getting technical: In the last 24 hours: 1. iPhone 11 through 16 are apparently vulnerable to remote attacks. 2. SSL certificates are broken until browsers remove eMudhra CA. 3. PHP >9 vulnerability CVE published (tomorrow).

Posting because I haven’t seen much about this on here and everyone should know. Basically, some fucking awful security certificate provider made a massive fuck up It means EVERY software library, your home routers, your phones and all of your browsers are vulnerable to a man in the middle attack

When did life get so much fucking admin? Right now I need to: Build a work roster for two stores Pay our water bill Pay the mortgage Sign up for some thing a mate suggested Contact that mate to sort out catchup plans for tomorrow Respond to four emails. It's too much shit. Sorry.

“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #222 Two cleanskin Chardonnays tonight. One from South East Victoria and the other from Mornington Peninsula. I won’t do tasting notes as they’re not available to you (unless I decide to range them). I detest Chardonnay. I know others love it, but I do not.