Hyatt Regency uncorks wine label

Tom Carlos is served a Canvas wine by Kristen Palazzo, a wine consultant for the distributor who will be providing Canvas to the Hyatt's Florida hotels.

The Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa has launched Canvas, a new signature wine label, that is sure to take customers’ taste buds to a new level.

At least that’s what Tom Carlos, the director of food and beverage at the hotel, has been hearing from customers who have tasted the three new wines of the label.

“Our list now is just so much better than before,” Carlos said about adding the new wines and increasing their offerings to 26.

The new wine, which comes in a cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and merlot, is being served at all the Hyatts companywide.

“It was a corporate partnership and it’s an exclusive brand for the Hyatt,” said Kelly Olsen, the hotel spokesperson.

The label was created for Hyatt by Folio Fine Wine Partners, a Napa Valley, Calif. -based company owned by the Michael Mondavi family.

“I think that the credibility of the craftsmanship of the wine maker and his family ... make it special,” said Carlos about the acclaimed wine making family that will produce the wines. “These wines are easy drinking and even if you don’t know technical terms of wine ...”

The wine label was named Canvas after the “art of living” and refers to the artisan approach taken when making the wine including using only quality fruit from the top growing regions in California to the blending process.

“We are now representing ... in our wine list ... every region in the world, in the old world and the new frontier,” Carlos said.

The hotel hosted a staff wine tasting night so employees could better sell the wines to customers and chefs could create new menus.

“Everybody can become an expert in the list that now has Canvas,” said Carlos about the wine tasting that offered a variety of cheeses as well.

The wines are also available for sale at the Hyatt but are only being sold in 750 milliliter bottles but are available by the glass throughout the property.

“The wines are still young because they were just bottled but they will open and it’s affordable for just about anyone to try,” said Carlos about the label that has been in planning for more than a year. “This wine goes down easy and appeals to the masses.”