Archive for September, 2009

The Bay Walk Group of merchants that includes the Yucatan Beach Stand Bar & Grill, The Smokin’ Oyster Brewery, Snug Harbor Restaurant, Matanzas Inn and Restaurant, and Shipwreck Treasures is kicking off the Halloween week with its First Annual Art and Pumpkin Festival from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, Oct. 25.

You won’t need a tux, a gown or a loan for a high priced charity event to enjoy ten great wines for ten dollars when Culinary Concepts declares October 5-9 ‘Wine Week’. Trade a shift, and make plans to enjoy delectable cuisine and fine wines all week long at Pazzo! Cucina Italiana, Yabba Island Grill, Chops City Grill Naples and Bonita Springs, and Blue Water Bistro in Estero.

Guinness celebrates the signing of its lease 250 years ago at the St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin with a worldwide toast to founder Arthur Guinness today. “Leased for 9,000 years in 1759 by Arthur Guinness at £45 per year, St. James’s Gate has been the home of Guinness ever since. It became the largest brewery in Ireland in 1838, and was the largest in the world in 1914.”

The party has already begun and the celebration for the iconic brand will feature a Celebrity Toast to be based at the St. James’s Gate in Dublin.

Jack Daniel’s won’t be circling the track after the 2009 season, and have announced that they will no longer sponsor Richard Childress Racing’s No. 07  NASCAR Team. Owner Brown-Forman sited a change in its “spending priorities” due to the recession…

Even though China, Hong Kong and Japan recorded the largest growth for Australian wine sales, the United States has edged ahead of the United Kingdom as Australia’s biggest wine export market by value.

Pernod Ricard continues to lower debt after completing the sale of Tia Maria to Illva Saronno for $183 Million (US). Tia Maria, was the first coffee liqueur with broad based appeal in America and is made with a cane spirit base from rich Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee beans with hints of Vanilla. The brand was created after World War II by Dr. Evans a member of the Kingston Country Club as the perfect after dinner cordial.

Illva Saronno is one of the leading European wine and spirits groups

Harold Balink the chef/partner behind the H2 concept in Downtown Fort Myers is looking at a new horizon as the doors have been closed on the Bay Street restaurant and bar.  The former chef at South Seas Plantation and Harold’s…

It’s called ROOT , and it is the first true American Liqueur in nearly 100 years. Unlike anything on the market today, ROOT Liqueur is new, but has classic…roots, and is a certified 100% organic spirit, produced for the Art in the Age brand.

Art in the Age are also credited as the creators of Sailor Jerry Rum and Hendrick’s Gin, and now developed this rustic spirit inspired by an 18th century Pennsylvania folk recipe, which eventually evolved into a soft drink known Birch or Root Beer.

Ichabod’s, Wink-FM and Beverage Underground will co-host a local charity Happy Hour, benefiting the Pace Center for Girls that is linked to the International ‘Twestival’ Event to be held Friday September 11. The Twestival is a network of volunteer run, charity fund-raising events for held around the globe for people who know and connect with each other through the mirco-blogging service known as Twitter.

BAKON VODKA DEBUTS TODAY MONDAY AT MAC DADDY’S! The Beverage Underground’s larry ‘Smokey’ Genta joins the party with Sportsradio 770’s Miller & Moulton broadcasting LIVE at MacDaddy’s on Daniels from 2 til 6pm. Be the first to taste “Bakon in…