Asti Spumante is less sweet, fully fizzy and more alcoholic (yet still clocking in at only around 9% alcohol) while Moscato d’Asti is sweeter, gently sparkling (“frizzante”) and closer to 5 or 6% alcohol. Historically consumers commonly associated the Asti region with Asti Spumante and Moscato d’Asti, both playful, aromatic, sparkling wines made from the Muscat grape. Other red varieties grown here include Freisa, Grignolino and Dolcetto, which can be bottled varietally or blended into Barbera. Some of the very best sites for Barbera in Asti are concentrated in the subzone of Nizza Monferrato. Norton has described confusion between the two products as 'rampant.Recognized as the source of the best Barbera in all of Italy, Asti is a province (as well as major city) in Piedmont, consisting of a gentle, rolling landscape with vineyards, farmland and forests alternating throughout.īarbera d’Asti can be made in an array of styles from relatively straightforward, fruity and ready for consumption early, to the more concentrated, oak aged version with an ability to cellar impressively for 10-15 years and beyond.

His products are the nation's top-selling fruit-flavored juice drinks in convenience stores, the company says. was founded 19 years ago by Joseph Norton. He said Bug Juice officials are OK with his new packaging for Tropical Koolers, which will feature bright colors and animals in sunglasses.īug Juice Brand Inc. His products are sold throughout the Midwest. He said business is strong, with his company recently moving from a 40,000-square-foot facility in Kentwood to a 104,000-square-foot building in Walker. It has to provide a detailed inventory of recalled products to be held at an offsite warehouse until it can be removed by Bug Juice for destruction.ĭeWitt, who still thinks his product's packaging differed from Bug Juice's, said he was glad to put the lawsuit behind him.It has to issue a recall notice to sales representatives, distributors and retailers.It must remove Jungle Juice products, and materials such as advertising, from distributors' inventories.It shall ensure distributors cease sales of Jungle Juice products, and work to have inventory removed from retail stores by July 1.

Great Lakes Bottling and its agents are prohibited from selling Jungle Juice in packaging that is 'confusingly similar' to Bug Juice.District Judge Paul Maloney issued the injunction, and ordered the sides to agree on sanctions or he would decide. 'The parties' goods are functionally identical, are sold in nearly identical packaging and are shelved together on convenience store shelves and refrigerator cases,' David Gass, an attorney for Brighton-based Bug Juice, wrote in a request for a preliminary injunction. Bug Juice has spent millions marketing its product, and said Jungle Juice benefited by essentially copying its packaging, bottle design and jungle theme. in Walker, said Thursday.īug Juice maintained that upstart Jungle Juice traded on Bug Juice's good name. 'We've changed the name, and have a new slogan: 'Same great taste with a new, cool look,'' Duane DeWitt Sr., owner of Great Lakes Bottling Co. It's the fallout of a federal lawsuit that pitted Jungle Juice against Bug Juice, with allegations that Jungle Juice's packaging bore too strong a resemblance to Bug Juice's. GRAND RAPIDS - Jungle Juice, a popular fruit drink for kids, is coming off store shelves.

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