Phoenix Wine and Food Experts Host Weekly Wine Radio Show

(PRWEB) August 9, 2005

Join local Phoenix food and wine experts Karl S. Von Senden and Debbie J. Elder each week to learn everything you ever wanted to know about wine by simply listening to a broadcast directly from your computer. Featuring interviews with leading winemakers, chefs, wine bar owners, wine writers to wine distributors, each week Von Senden and Elder interview their guests from down in their temperature-controlled wine cellar on their weekly show, “Good Libations, The Wine Show”. One of the most popular shows broadcast on the VoiceAmerica Channel (http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/) broadcasting live on Fridays, at 1PM PST (4PM EST) with re-broadcasts at 1AM PST (4AM EST).

Listeners are treated to discussions on trends in the wine industry, fun facts and education about wine and food, and they have the opportunity to submit questions to the hosts that are answered on the air.

Karl S. Von Senden and Debbie J. Elder, both of Greater Phoenix, Arizona, host the show. Von Senden is the former Chairman of the Central Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food, (AIWF), is certified through the second level by the International Sommeliers' Guild and is a current scholar in the prestigious Masters of Wine Program. As an experienced licensed contractor and president of Castle Mark Cellars, he constructs and consults on the design, and crafting of wine cellars, rooms, and wine storage. As a speaker and educator, he conducts wine seminars and hosts presentations.

Debbie J. Elder has an extensive background in marketing and event planning with an emphasis on food and wine. Elder is a culinary instructor, former owner of a cooking school, food stylist, and past marketing coordinator for Beaulieu Vineyard's consumer wine education program in Arizona. She is the Founder of The Grape Connection, a company that provides wine education to individuals and groups through tasting events across the country. Elder is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), Meeting Professionals International (IACP), and a member of the American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF).

Further information about the show, featured guests, recipes and wines that have been reviewed can be found at http://www.goodlibations.net/ Log on every Friday at 1PM Pacific (4PM Eastern) to hear the live broadcast at http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/ Past episodes are available at the Good Libations website and their Content Library on the VoiceAmerica Channel.

SurfNet Media Group (http://www.surfnetmedia.com/) (OTCBB:SFNM), founded in 1999, is an on-demand media company-- the leading producer and distributor of online, talk radio content, streaming over 100 programs weekly to targeted audiences on its VoiceAmerica™ Network (http://www.voiceamerica.com/). SurfNet is pioneering a next generation distribution model based on its patented Metaphor® iportal, creating innovative “community centers” that transform virtually any website into a broadcast portal for syndicating online content.

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