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ALL AROUND THE UNDERGROUND NEWS: Hospitality Industry’s Summertime Shuffle is ON!

The People, the Products and Promotions that shape the Buyer’s Decisions and Consumer’s purchases….

It’s slow in spots…and downright dead in others… but there is always plenty of change, hope and this year even more

Beverage Underground Radio Show to Grow from The Keys to Tampa Bay

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The Beverage Underground network is planning expansion as the weekly one hour show targeting the spirits, wine, beer and the entire beverage industry looks to move up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast as early as June. Currently the show airs in the Naples and Fort Myers radio markets on the tandem AM stations 1410/1660 that is known as ‘The Avenue’ every Saturday Morning at 10 am.

FAUX FRENCH WINE CAPER: BOGUS MERCHANTS GET WEAK SLAP FROM FRENCH JUDGE

Gallo and Americans Get Scammed for 18 Million Bottles of Fake Pinot Noir and Impostures get Fines and Suspended Sentences
This past week the case that involved the sale of over 18 Million bottles of wine that was sold as pinot noir that wasn’t…ended when a French judge handed down suspended jail time sentences and fines that were called ‘hefty’. The International News service AFP reported that even though the amount of fines wasn’t publicized the defendants profited to the tune of $7 million on wine sold to E&J Gallo for their ‘Red Bicyclette’ Brand from 2006 to 2008.

Beverage Underground Radio Announces Expansion to One Hour

POURING IT ‘ON THE AIR’ AND ‘OVER THE INTERNET’…BEVERAGE UNDERGROUND RADIO CONNECTS HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

Beverage Underground Radio announced expansion to a one hour broadcast program beginning in early March. The show airs every Saturday Morning on the hot new ‘timeless cool’ music mix found on AM 1410/1640 that can be heard throughout Southwest Florida.The show is hosted by Larry ‘Smokey’ Genta who delivers entertaining, informative and topical news from his 35 years as a bartender, buyer, seller, marketer and mixologists of beverages.

Don’t Spill This Wine: La Crema Pinot Noir 2007

LaCrema Pinot Noir is Leader in Quality and Sales
Long before the movie, Sideways turned the nation off on Merlot and on to Pinot Noir there was La Crema. Since 1979 this family-owned estate nestled in the Russian River Valley has establish an unmatched reputation for quality with a benchmark of consistently fine wines. Lush Pinot Noir grown in a classic Burgundy style where La Crema’s cool climate vineyards in Sonoma and Mendocino offer an unusually long, cool and even growing season. The 2007 vintage is exceptional and Winemaker Melissa Stackhouse has produced another award-winning wine with mouth-watering juiciness.

Don’t Spill This Wine: Summation

Kendall-Jackson has recently released the premiere vintage of Summation, and this blend of ten varietals and the interpretation of Winemaster Randy Ullom have resulted in a white wine that delivers at every level. Expect the same high quality that has been synonymous with KJ, but the rich layers of flavor and the delicate balance of this blend is only part of the reason we’ll add this to our holiday shopping list. It’s perfect with meals and just for sipping and drinking…but in the end, and in Summation it may be a question of price and versatility that makes this wine so approachable.

Don’t Spill This Wine: Acre Merlot

Acre Merlot

Central Coast California

2009 International Eastern Wine Competition

Double Gold- Acre 2007 Merlot

Winemaker Melissa Bates’ passion and experience of sourcing and blending grapes from California’s Central Coast has resulted accolades and awards following the release of Acre Wines.

Don’t Spill This Wine

Benvolio Pinot Grigio

DOC Fruili Grave, Italy

This dry, crisp full bodied Pinot Grigio drinks way bigger and better than its price…and we like that. Benvolio Pinot Grigio is a product of Fruili which is the choicest white…

FRENCH WINE LOSES MORE GROUND

Once the undisputed leader in both quality and quantity of the wine produced worldwide, France is no longer either. Wines from Australia, Spain, Italy and the US continue to rack up more awards in more competitions, and both the supply and the demand for French Wines are down drastically. Italy now produces more wine and sales are dropping due to demand and consumer familiarity. To make matters even worse there are new players like Argentina and Chile that are gaining interest internationally and even China and India are nipping away at France’s leading export.

Jess Jackson Gave up Law for Farming

JACKSON WINE ESTATES NAMED WINERY OF THE YEAR NINE TIMES
In a 2007 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jackson stated that he “wanted to get away from law and become a farmer” because he was attracted by that lifestyle. Now he operates more than 20 different wineries and vineyards worldwide, with a total annual wine production of more than 5 million cases.