“My Book, Fine Wine Confidential, chronicles my 46 years in the wine industry. It is an insider Memoir, packed with untold stories and, mostly, a Tell-All. I link my career to the growth of the modern-day American Wine Industry, kick-started by the famous Judgment of Paris tasting staged by Steven Spurrier in Paris on May 24, 1976, which changed the course of California and American wine for the future. My book exposes the frauds, spotlights the sometimes-brilliant personalities, and explains the convoluted laws that govern the alcoholic beverage business. From Organized Crime to today's Organized Monopoly of Liquor Distributors and their stranglehold on the wine producers.
My book is replete with revelations that will make your next bottle of wine, and the ones that follow, experiences that go beyond price, taste, and aroma. Cheers!”
It is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and various other internet book sites. Check it out. I have posted select snippets from the book to which you can listen below or read the transcript.
Fred Reno
