Author Archives: Ron Dobley

Leo Steen 2010 Dry Creek Valley Chenin Blanc Saini Farms

By Ron Dobley | Published: October 6, 2011
This has been one of my favorite wines for a while now, and the 2010 is another excellent effort. Chenin blanc is perhaps most famously associated with Loire Valley, France. Some of my favorite wines from the Loire Valley come from Vouvray. I am attracted to the natural high acidity of chenin blanc. When that [...]
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Sorelle Bronca Prosecco D.O.C. di Valdobbiadene Spumante Extra Dry

By Ron Dobley | Published: September 25, 2011
This sparkling wine is a steal, about $17 retail. I think most people forget about prosecco, and there are plenty of forgettable efforts, however, Sorelle Bronca hit the mark. This wine is not too sweet, as the Extra Dry on the label tells us. It possesses just the right amount of acidity to balance off [...]
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How to validate a URL with a Scheme and Hostname in Zend Framework

By Ron Dobley | Published: September 24, 2011
I recently ran across a situation where URLs where being stored in the database with the scheme and the hostname (e.g., http://www.rondobley.com/2011). The validator that was being used was allowing URLs like http://rondobley to pass validation. The validation code was: Zend_Uri::check() will parse the URI and return a scheme handler class based on the scheme [...]
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Hello world!

By Ron Dobley | Published: September 27, 2009
Welcome to my new blog. I kept the default title for this first post because “Hello, World!” is ubiquitous in programming. I will primarily post things here that relate to coding and PHP development as well as occasional posts about my other two passions cycling and wine. My primary goal is to post solutions to [...]
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