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Naples Wine News is another step in a three decade long journey in the world of wine for its founder, Bruce Nichols. First introduced to the hospitality industry as a teenager in a summer job, Bruce worked in restaurants and hotels through high school and college. Relocating to Sausalito, California in the mid-1970’s to take culinary and management positions in popular chain and upscale San Francisco bay-area restaurants, led to increasing ties to the burgeoning Napa and Sonoma wine scene. In the 1980’s, in his position as Director of Restaurants for Sheraton Hotels, Bruce served as wine buyer, conducted wine education programs and hosted California winery owners and winemakers, and worked with syndicated wine writers, Leon Adams and Jerry Mead.
Expanding his role to opening new food and beverage operations for Sheraton and Hilton Hotels across the country, it was during this period he first launched his "A Nichols Worth of Wine", the eponymous wine publication dedicated to making wine educational and entertaining for the novice and connoisseur alike. Over the next two decades, Bruce managed the corporate food service program for a global financial company while consulting on wine programs for independent restaurants and developing and conducting wine education classes.

Fast forward to late 2004, Bruce retired to beautiful Naples, Florida. In 2006, Naples Wine News was born and "A Nichols Worth of Wine", was introduced to Naples and surrounding community wine enthusiasts. An internet-based, on-line publication accessed at www.napleswinenews.com, each issue offers its readers a Wine Reviews section that explores high-quality, locally available, great-value wines, most priced at $20 and under. The popular "Around Town" section reviews restaurants and merchants locally, and in the wine corners of the world, that focus on offering their customers great wine and food value.

Under the Tent at the Naples Winter Wine Festival

It's all for the kids! The world's largest and most prestigious charity wine auction, the Naples Winter Wine Festival raises millions of dollars for the under-served children of Florida's paradise coast in Naples, Florida every year. Here's an inside look at some of the star winemakers who make this event so successful. Read

By: bruce nichols | 19/05/2009 | Wines & Spirits

Endangered Whites

In wine's vast "sea of sameness" there are plenty of options when it comes to delicious white wines. Tired of insipid chardonnays and lemonade-like sauvignon blancs? Take a look at a few of the endangered white wines that aren't getting the respect they deserve. Read

By: bruce nichols | 19/05/2009 | Wines & Spirits

Wine Gone Mad

Wine drinkers need to proceed with caution when considering wines containing substances (or additives) not found in the soil in which they originate. Until we fully understand any real potential benefit of introducing chemicals or compounds to wine, let’s keep science in the laboratory and out of the winery. Read

By: bruce nichols | 17/11/2008 | Wines & Spirits