The world of wine seems shrouded in mystery and connoisseurship to some, but for many in Southwest Florida, it is a business.
This is the time of year for wine buyers to make their business decisions, well ahead of the holidays and even further ahead of high tourist season.In Florida, distributors use this time to assemble as many wines as they can and invite those decision makers to what’s called a trade tasting. They’re events that fly under the radar; not many know that they even happen.
Gulf Coast Live went to one earlier this week, the Naples Wine Show hosted by Breakthru Beverage Group at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort.
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Bruce Nichols joins Gulf Coast Live to talk about that marking of the beginning of the season. He manages a number of private collections in Naples, advises the Naples Winter Wine Festival in its selections and is about to launch a new educational forum for wine studies in Naples.
