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Summary
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➡ This text discusses the influence and power of various figures in organized crime, including their roles, reputations, and impacts. Key figures mentioned include Carlo Gambino, who led his family for 20 years without going to prison, and Al Capone, who is recognized as one of the most well-known gangsters globally. The text also mentions Tony Salerno, a powerful boss during the author’s era, and John Gotti, who is noted for his media attention and orchestrating a hit on a boss. The author categorizes these figures based on their influence, power, and notoriety.
➡ The text discusses the author’s opinions on various figures in the mob world, including John, Bugsy Siegel, and Joe Colombo. The author categorizes them based on their influence, power, and media attention, with John being a show-off and power player, Bugsy Siegel being a big timer due to his influence over Las Vegas, and Joe Colombo also being a big timer due to his influence and high profile. The author invites readers to share their thoughts and emphasizes that he is not glorifying mob life, but sharing his experiences and insights. He ends by promoting his non-alcoholic wine.
➡ The speaker is excited about their new cherry and strawberry wines and invites people to become partners in their growing wine business. They believe their company will be very successful, as suggested by USA Today. The speaker also encourages safety, health, and awareness of mental health issues in the country. Lastly, they remind everyone to be careful with their food choices and to always read labels.
Transcript
You know, we do a lot of content on this platform, but you always like the mob stuff. That’s how I started, that’s how I built the channel. So I got to keep going to it and it’s okay with me. I mean, I enjoy it at times. And one of the things that you’ve been enjoying a lot lately as we’ve been doing these documentary style videos on these 50 mob people that you see in the back on this great portrait that was done by my good friend. And so we continue to do that. You continue to like it.
The comments are great. So we got something a little bit different today. But I know you’re going to enjoy it because especially all of you mob enthusiasts, you’re always talking to me about certain people in that life. Michael, why don’t you do this? How do you feel this guy is? How does he rank, you know, all time biggest mob bosses or biggest mob people? Those who had the biggest presence. So today we’re going to do something. I have 25 guys in that life that I consider very prominent. They’re all on the portrait behind me. And, and we’re going to rank them, but we’re not going to rank them according to who is the greatest, you know, right down to who is the worst.
We’re going to rank them in five categories and these categories are greatest of all times, the big timers, the power players, the contenders and the show offs. So I’m going to go down the list of 25. I have them here on my phone. I got them in front of me here on this computer. And I’m going to give you who, what category I feel they should be in and go along with me in the comments. And I know I’m going to get some saying, come on, this guy don’t belong there. And I think it’s this guy.
And you’re forgetting that I love that. Let’s go back and forth and, and let’s Rank them together. I think it’ll be fun. And again, people, when I’m doing this, I’m not glorifying the life, but listen, come to terms with it, people. The Mafia in America had a tremendous impact. It’s part of the history of this country, especially in the last hundred plus years. No doubt about it. We control the unions at one time. If you control the unions in this country, you control the country. Trust me. Why? Because you control politicians, Michael. Why do you say that? Very simple.
You all know this. What do politicians want? They want money and they want votes. Well, with the Teamsters, unions and unions of that size, the dock workers, the retail bartenders and waitresses, labor unions, you name them, we had huge pension funds, huge pension funds that can support campaign donations. And of course, like the Teamsters, two and a half million members, plus their families, we got votes. So when you can control that politically, you control the country in a big way. We had a big impact on presidential elections. One in particular. We don’t have to get into that again.
We had a lot of control in this country. We had a lot of influence in this country. Part of our history, like it or not. And you know what I say, right now, the biggest Mafia in America is in the halls of Washington D.C. and so many of you agree with me, especially in the last several years, what we’re seeing going on. So when we’re doing this, we’re not glorifying your life. We’re not saying that. We’re just going over a part of history that is of tremendous interest to many people. I know that I’ve been speaking for 30 years over always get a good reaction and have found all throughout the world, people are intrigued with this life.
Let’s do it. Let’s have some fun. Don’t make a big. You know, Michael, this is serious. You’re influencing other. No, we’re not. We’re just having some fun with it. And we’re. And we’re doing something that I think people are interested in. So let’s go. All right, so in terms of, again, greatest of all time, big timers, power players, contenders, show offs. Let’s go down the list. First one being Lucky Luciano. Well, listen, we all know about Lucky. I would have to say that he’s got to be placed in the goat. The greatest of all time. One of the greatest of all times.
Why? Because it was his foresight that really created the Commission. And the Commission was kind of the ruling body of that life for right up until today. I don’t know how Effective or how much influence the. The Commission has today, because the mob does still exist. Not nearly as influential as it was during my day. Not nearly as powerful as it was during my era. I always say the golden years of Cosa Nostra in this country, mid-40s, through Luciano’s era, right through the mid-80s when the RICO act came in and started to do, you know, a lot of destruction, let’s put it that way, good or bad, whatever side of that life you’re on.
So we got to put Lucky in there. He had a tremendous influence. Him, Meyer Lansky, you know, Bugsy Siegel, all those guys. They came up at the same time and had a major influence, and he was a major player. Got rid of Mozeria, got rid of Maranzano. You know, he was a major player in that life. You know that. The influence he had during World War II, okay, he helped the U.S. government and the Allies in Sicily at that time. He helped at the docks to protect the docks during that time. They were very worried, CIA.
They came to him and he. He had a lot of influence in a positive way. So let’s. Let’s get Lucky Luciano in there for one of the greatest of all times. All right, next, Paul Castellano, Gambino family boss. We all know who he is. I would have to put him as a major power player. Obviously, I don’t consider him a big timer. You know, look, every boss obviously has a lot of juice and a lot of power. Paul Castellano, because he, you know, is the boss of one of the biggest families in the country, the Gambino family.
I just don’t know in how high of regard he was held by other people in that family, other bosses in that family. And of course, we know what happened to him. So I would put Paul obviously, as a power player, but he certainly wasn’t the greatest of all time, and he certainly wasn’t a big timer, in my view. When you look at the total picture of all these mob bosses. Okay, let’s continue. Tony Big Tuna Accardo, Chicago outfit boss. I definitely put him as a big timer. You know, he ruled that family for quite a long time, had a tremendous amount of influence, had influence during the Kennedy era, the JFK era.
You know what I said about that? As far as the assassination, he was very close with Carlos Marcelo. He was close with bosses in New York. I’d have to put him as a big timer. Had tremendous influence in that life, and. And obviously over the city of Chicago. So let’s put Tony Accardo in as A big timer. Joseph Bonanno. Well, listen, reluctantly, I have to put him in as a big timer also because he was one of the original families and he did have a major influence on the life in. In, you know, developing that life in this country.
So even though, again, you know, for those of you that don’t know the story, he pulled a power play that was later, you know, unearthed or seen by everybody. And as a result, they spared his life. He could have gotten killed, but they told him, basically, you’re on the shelf, get out of town, and we’ll spare your life because you are a boss. So they moved him out, or he moved out to Phoenix, Arizona. But you have to say that he was a big timer because he was one of the original guys that came over here from Italy and he played a major role in developing Cosa Nostra, the mafia in this country.
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And I know people are going to disagree with that, but I have some inside information. So I definitely put Carlos in the big timer fashion. Vincent, the Chindiganti. You know what? Again, a big timer. He was the real power in New York during my era, for sure. And let me tell you something. I don’t want to lessen the power that Fat Tony Salerno had. I don’t want to lessen that, but I think every major move. I’m pretty sure that every major move that Fat Tony made, I’m sorry to call it for Fat Tony, but that’s how I knew him.
By every move that he made that was major, he would discuss it with Chin, because Chin was the real power over the Genovese family. And he had a lot of influence over all five families and over, you know, all of Cosa Nostra in general in the United States. So I have to put him as a big timer, for sure. Russell Bufalino, I’d have to say Russ was a power player. He had influence, especially in the Northeast. He was well respected. If you saw the movie the Irishman, you saw that he was involved to a degree with Jimmy Hoffa.
That whole story in the Irishman is not all true. Sheer Hand did not have the influence that they claimed he had. And he wasn’t one of the shooters in the Hoffa matter. I know that for a fact. But Russ Bufalino did have a lot of juice, so I would definitely put him in as a power player. Salvatore Maranzano, I would have to put him in. I’d have to put him in as a big timer. Why would I say that? He was one of the original Cosa Nostra guys with power here. And after Mazaria got killed, he.
He orchestrated that. Lucky Luciano was the shooter in that or one of the shooters, but Maranzano orchestrated that. And after that, he was the one that divided Cosa Nostra up into families. He was the one that did it. And obviously he got too big. He wanted to be the boss of all bosses again, and then Lucky Luciano took him out. But he was absolutely a big timer in this life. No doubt about it. Okay, let’s go to number nine, Nicodemo Scarver. I’d have to put him in as a. As a power player, only because he, he was a boss of Philadelphia for quite some time.
I wouldn’t say he was a big timer in the whole picture of Cosa Nostra, but he certainly had a lot of influence and power in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, it didn’t last too long. He was in and out of prison all the time. So I would put him as a power player. Number 10, Carmine Persico, Colombo family boss. My boss. I’d have to put him in again as a. I would say a power player because he did have quite a lot of control over the family and he did have some influence among the five families in New York.
But unfortunately for Junior, as I called him in and out of prison all the time, he could never really function as mob boss effectively because if he wasn’t in prison, he was on parole. He was always under, you know, FBI watch. So I would definitely put him as a power player because again, he was a boss, but certainly not a big timer or the greatest of all times. Okay, number 11, Frank Costello. Definitely a big timer in my view. I said this many times. He was a boss, an acting boss, and later maybe the real boss under Luciano.
I always say that one of the most effective bosses was Frank Costello. Why? Violence, Last resort for him. He was a big power player in that regard, in that he knew how to use the Mafia to really benefit himself in business. He had great political connections. They called him the Prime Minister. If the bosses would model themselves after Frank Costello, I think we would had a more effective organization across the board. Cosa Nostra would have been more effective. We know what happened with him. Vito Genovese tried to take him out and then he said, I’m done.
He was smart in that regard too. He knew when to, you know, wrap it up and say, I’m done. So definitely a big timer in my view. All right, let’s go to number 12, Vincent Vinny Gorgeous Basciano Bonanno family boss. He was after my time. But, you know, I recently had a sit down with Dominic Cicali, a good friend. And, and he was quite friendly, I would say, with Vinnie, knew him very well. And I would say Vinnie, I would have to put him in as a contender. He didn’t really have a lot of power and influence.
The Bonanno family on a whole, didn’t a lot of. Didn’t have a lot of power and influence. I can’t say too much about him. Don’t know him well. He’s doing, I believe, life in prison at this point. So he didn’t have time to really have that much influence or power. But during his time as a Bonanno family guy, he was well respected, as far as I know. Okay, Joey Messino. You know, I don’t know where to put Joey Massino. I mean, he’s a guy, he was a Bonanno family boss. I knew Joey. I’d met him on several occasions.
He came out of my neighborhood in Greenpoint. But he, while in prison, after getting a 300 year prison sentence, obviously convicted Enrico. He started to cooperate with the government and wired himself up against other people, one of them being Vincent Basciano. And that’s why Vinny’s gotten all this time. So I don’t even know where to place him in this category. You know, not a show off, I guess you got to put him down as a contender. He was a boss. Maybe you can put him as a, as a big timer, but I’d have to put him in as a contender for what he ultimately did.
He really hurt that family in a big way and, and bought himself out of prison. But, you know, it’s one thing being a cooperator, but another thing wiring yourself up while you’re in prison and putting other people in trouble in that regard. I don’t even know what to say about that. Okay, number 14, Raymond patriarchal. The patriarchal family boss. I would have to put him as a power player. He had a lot of influence, a lot of power, especially in the Northeast. And I never had really the opportunity to meet with him, but I met people around him.
Very well respected, one of the rougher guys, I would say, but definitely a contender. Okay, number 15, Vito Genovese. Genovese family boss. I’d have to put him in as a big timer. I really do. I mean, look, he had a lot of influence. They continued to name the family after him even. There have been a couple of bosses, Fat Tony Salerno, Vinnie Gigante, and bosses after him. But the family is still given his name. He even got the name taken from Luciano, taken from Costello, and they named it for him. So you got to put him as a big timer.
And he did help to build that family into the most powerful, I think, of all the families in America. So let’s put him in the air as a big time. I’m not going to continue to tell his story because everybody knows it. We just did a, a, a documentary style video on him. Got a good response, very well received. So go back and look at the video. It’s posted up there now. Anthony, Tony Ducks Corallo, somebody that I knew met him on Several occasions. He was a Lucchese family boss. I’d have to put him up there as a real power player.
He had a lot of influence. He’s very well respected in New York. Unfortunately, he was caught on tape. The Jaguar that they were driving was. There was a bug installed in that. And a lot of conversation that he had on that bug was the basis for the commission case. So unknowingly he did harm to himself and the family. Again, unknowingly. He never cooperated or did anything like that. He ended up getting 100 years on the Commission case. So he certainly was a power player in that life. A well respected guy. Carlo Gambino, number 17. I have to put Carlo in as one of the greatest of all, all times.
He ruled his family for 20 years. He built the Gambino family into one of the biggest families in the country. He never went to prison. He was not a show off in any way. He knew that he had to maintain a low profile in order to survive. He did that well while building his family. Very well respected. The family still carries his name, the Gambino family. So without a doubt, one of the greatest of all times. And there could be an argument made that Tony Accardo should be put in one of the greatest of all times category also.
And you know, I may rethink that for a minute. He ran his family for well over 20 years. And in that regard, I think I’m going to move him out of the big timers and put him in one of the greatest of all times just because of his longevity and because of the fact that he was able to maintain a fairly low profile. And I got to move him up into that category. I think he belongs there. Okay, Al Capone. Well, you definitely got to put him as a show off, no doubt about it. But again, he fits in different categories because you want to put him as one of the greatest of all times.
Look, during Prohibition he knew how to build his family up. You know, how to build. It wasn’t even a family at that time. It was just the Capone group, the Capone family, whatever you want to call it. It hadn’t been divided up Cosa Nostradamus at that time. But you got to put him in different categories. You put him in the greatest of all time because he’s the most well known gangster that there is probably on the planet, certainly in the United States. I mean, he’s always there. So I think we can put him in a couple of categories.
Let’s put him in the greatest of all times. Just because of the mark that he left, you know, on Cosa Nostra, on this country in general, you have to. I mean, they still talk about him. More movies are made about him than anybody else. But then you got to put him in as a show off because he was a very showy guy. No question about it. You know, he wanted to be seen, he wanted to be known. So you got to put him in two categories. I think he could even be it as a big timer because, look, during Prohibition, he knew how to use prohibition to really build up his.
His group in Chicago. So he fits into a lot of different categories. But let’s put him in the greatest of all time and let’s put him in a show off. All right, so far, Al Capone is the only one that was in two categories, and I think he fits both well. Tommy Lucchese, Lucchese family boss. I would have to say that he was a contender. You don’t hear too much about him. He did run his family fairly well. Lucchese was the Henry Hill Group and Jimmy Burke and all of those guys. You saw the movie Goodfellas that was about their family.
But again, you don’t hear too much about him. He was one of the early guys. He was around. The original family was named in his name, and it stays in that name until today. But I don’t see him having, you know, just that much. You don’t hear too much about him. So let’s put him in there as a contender. I think that’s. That’s a proper category for him. Meyer Lansky. Well, Meyer Lansky wasn’t a made member of Cosa Hoshna. Obviously he was Jewish. So where would I put him? You know, he worked very closely with Lucky Luciano.
I think he had a lot of influence on Lucky in many, many ways. He certainly was the conduit between the government and Luciano when they were working out that deal during World War II and working out the deal for Luciano to get his sentence reduced. And ultimately he was able to orchestrate that. So I’d have to put. I’d put Meyer Lansky as a big timer. Look, we. Everybody knows who Meyer Lansky is. They know his name, and he did have a lot of influence. So let’s put Meyer Lansky in the big timer category. Now, some of you are going to disagree with that.
I want to hear it. Number 20, Tony Salerno. I keep calling him Fat Tony. No disrespect, Tony, but that’s how we knew you affectionately as Fat Tony. And he was, as we know, the Genovese poor boss during the same time that Chin Gigante had a lot of power and probably could say that he was the real power or the real boss in that family. But again, I don’t like to demean Tony’s role in that because he wasn’t just a stand in. He wasn’t there for show and he wasn’t a puppet. He had a lot of control when it came to really serious matters or big matters.
I’m sure he consulted Chin in that regard. And Chin had a lot of influence. Chin wanted to remain, you know, his whole black for 30 years, you know, walking on the street as if he was, you know, on the verge of a mental institution. But that’s what he wanted, you know, so he wanted Tony to be in the position that he was in. So, again, I don’t want to demean him in that way. Tony had a lot of power and influence during that time. I think he was the most powerful boss during my era, without a doubt.
So I put Tony definitely in there as a big timer. He got 100 years on the commission case, no doubt about it. He was, I can tell you this. He was the one that gave the order. I say this upon good information, a good authority. He was the one that gave the order in the Hoffa killing. I’ll leave it at that. So let’s. Let’s put him in there as a big timer. Okay? Johnny Torrio, Chicago outfit, boss. Listen, you only know Johnny Torrio, I believe, because you know Al Capone, and Al Capone was under Johnny Torrio for a while.
He did have a lot of power and influence in Chicago. I would put him as a big timer because of that. But if you didn’t know, or Al Capone didn’t have all the fanfare that he had, I don’t know if too many people would know Johnny Torrio. They don’t make movies about him. You know, you hear him always alongside of Al Capone. So let’s put him in there as a power player. All right. John Gotti, number 23. Oh, boy. Listen, we got to be honest about John, and, you know, this is. This is tough for me.
And maybe the family doesn’t mind because I know and like his family. I really do. I like them very much. They’re good people. And I don’t like to say anything negative about John because of that. I’m sorry. You know, you say it. Come on, Michael. You got to call it like you see it. And then the most time, I do But I also have respect for people and I have respect for families and I have a lot of respect for John Gotti’s family, especially his wife Victoria, his daughter Angel. You know, John Gotti Jr. I respect these people and, but I have to be as honest as I possibly can.
I mean, was John a show off? Come on, we all know that he absolutely was. Does he belong in that category? Yes. Was he a big timer? You know, and don’t put him in that category yet. I’m just saying I’m going over this. He certainly wasn’t the greatest of all, all time. He was a big timer with regard to the type of media attention that he got, the type of publicity that he got, the fact that, you know, he was the one that orchestrated the Paul Castellano hit. But how did that do? What did that do for his family? Did that make his family any bigger, any better? No, it did not.
And I think nobody can argue with that. So in that regard, was he a power player? I mean, I have to say he was because he was able to orchestrate a hit on an, on a boss. You know, so he was a power player in that regard. So look, I think this is another guy that we have to put in two categories. If I didn’t say he was a show off, I would get slammed, and rightfully so, from all the comments. So, yes, you have to put him as a show off. John liked the camera. No, no doubt about that.
And I think you have to put him as a power player because anybody that can orchestrate killing a boss and managing not to get killed himself should be in, in that category also. So let’s put him as a power player. I would almost all, I would almost put him in as a big timer just because of the publicity and the media attention that he got. But I’m going to keep him out of that category because I don’t know if that’s, I don’t know if she should be in that category for that reason alone. So let’s leave him out of that.
All right. Bugsy Siegel, number 24. You know, Bugsy Siegel, again, wasn’t a made guy. He was Jewish. Was he a big timer? Well, I’d have to say that he was. And again, let’s not categorize him yet, only because he was the guy that led people to Las Vegas and he started the mob control over Las Vegas. So in that regard, that was a big deal because other families followed him. New York followed him. He was part of the New York family, part of Lucky Luciano’s crew. And then obviously Cleveland, the Midwest, followed him out there. But he was the one with that vision.
Now, you could also make an argument. Well, you know, they were into gambling already. They were into Cuba until. Until the revolution in Cuba. And they would have got out to Vegas eventually. Okay, you could say that, and probably so. But Bugsy Cacao was the one that led them out there. So in that regard, I put Bugsy as a big timer. I really do. They make movies about him. You hear about him all the time. His. His eventual murder was big news. You hear about that all the time. Again, they made movies. They made a movie, Bugsy about him.
It was a great film, by the way. And so I’d have to put him in as a big timer because I think he had that much influence, I would say, over Las Vegas for sure. And just over Cosa Nostra, the image of Cosa Nostra for sure. All right, and let’s go to our last one on the list, and that was Joe Colombo, my boss at one time, somebody that I cared for very deeply, that I loved, very close to his family back then, and close with Chris Colombo, even though I don’t know. Chris had some things to say about me, but we patched it up.
I don’t know what was going on at that time, but anything is good. And look, you know, things happen on social media. I don’t take it all to heart, and I don’t know why people say things that they say at times, but forget that for a moment. Joe Colombo, where would he rank? Well, he certainly had a lot of influence, no question about that, because the family is. Was named Joe Colombo and he took it over from Joe Profaci. So why did they rename it Joe Colombo? Well, he had influence, that’s why, you know, and during the time that he was boss over the family, the family did very well.
I know that for a fact. It was during my era. My dad was his underboss. So the family did well under Joe Colombo’s rule. So was he a power player? He absolutely was. Listen, when he started the Italian American Civil Rights League, I mean, that thing grew because of his power, influence, and because of his charisma, no question about it. Now, obviously, I think he made some mistakes. The fact that he was. He got so much media attention, it didn’t help him out, didn’t help the family out later on. But he had the right intention, I want to make that clear.
He had the right intention with that and that he wanted to really, really do good for Italian Americans. He really did. And I can say that. And some people are going to knock me. Come on, Michael. It was a front for the Mafia. I don’t believe that until this day. And I believe that the FBI took him out. I really do. I don’t think it was Joe Gallo. I think it was the FBI that eventually took him out because of the impact that he was having and because Italian Americans were really, really influenced by him in a positive way.
He was doing things for kids at that time. So, you know, I have. I have good things to say about Joe Colombo and his family. I was very friendly with his two boys. Both of them are dead at this point in time. Both Joey and Anthony, Joey Jr. And Anthony. And now, like I said, I’m close with Chris. So I got to put Joe Colombo as a big timer and the family still has his name. Even though Persico took over after him, the family still has his name. So when somebody has that much influence and that much of a high profile in that regard, you got to put him in as a big timer, high profile in a good way.
With respect to Cosa Nostra. Okay, so I think we went through all 25. I am really anxious to hear what all of you are going to say about this. I know I’m going to get hit. I know that people are going to say, come on, Michael, you forgot this about this. But I welcome that. Let’s debate it. Let’s go back and forth. Hey, I wish we could interact while we were doing. This would be even better because I’d have you up there on the chat and I’d be getting banged and we’d be getting. Okay, I agree with you.
I disagree. It would be good, but we couldn’t do that, obviously, on this video. So that’s it. That’s my rankings from number one to 25 in those five categories. Chime in, tell me what you feel about it and tell me if you like this kind of stuff, because we can get creative and do some other things. And again, people, we’re not glorifying the life. And for all you Christians out there, don’t say, michael, why are you talking about this and you’re not talking about Jesus Christ? How many times I get that? Listen, I’m not on this platform to preach.
I’m not a preacher. I share my testimony whenever I have the opportunity to do that. But that’s not what this channel is about. But is there anybody there that doesn’t know that I’m a person of faith? I say it in my Opening. I say it in my closing quite often. I say it all the way through. And, and actually there is a video when I do nothing but share my faith. It’s a couple of videos back. Go and look at it right now. But man, for you legalistic Christians, take it easy. You know, Let me ask you a question.
If you’re an electrician, do you preach Jesus all day long while you’re doing your, your electrical work? Of course not. You got to earn a living. You’re an electrician. When you’re a teacher, when you’re an architect, when you’re a biochemist, when you’re a doctor, you’re still doing your trade. That doesn’t mean you’re not a person of faith. So I happen to be on, on this platform. A lot of people like to hear about the mob stuff. I’m not glorifying it in any way. I left the Life. And I’ve said many times, it’s an evil life. I don’t call the guys evil.
I call the life evil. Why? Because families get destroyed. That’s why I left the Life. So give me a break when it comes to that. People other than that, pour on. Michael, you made a mistake. How can you put this guy in that category? I think it should be something else. Whatever you want to do. Let’s go back and forth. I’ll try to get to as many as I can so we can have some fun with it. So, my friends, I want to take a glass of wine because that was a lot of work. I’m going to be honest with you.
And this is my non alcoholic wine. It’s available at Walmart. But people, I got to tell you this. Yes, I’m plugging it. Why? Because last year at this time, we were in 400 locations. This year, right now at this time, as I drink this, we’re in 3,500 locations. We’re in BE in 5,000, most likely by the end of the year. What does that tell you? People are enjoying the wine for the price. Tough to beat. I got to tell you this. Our fruit wines, our BlackBerry wine, I love it, I really do. Flying off the shelf.
It’s in a BlackBerry bottle. You got to get this for the holidays. It’s going to be beautiful all over your table and it tastes great. And our pomegranate wine, personally, I’m not into pomegranate. I’ll be honest with you. But it’s in a beautiful bottle with. We can’t keep that on the shelves. Flying off. This is going to be great for the holidays. Trust me, you’re going to love it. Plus, we’re coming up with a cherry wine and a strawberry wine. In a cherry bottle. In a strawberry bottle. You’re going to love this stuff. Trust me when I tell you people are loving it.
We can’t get enough. We got I think a big shipload coming in right now. But the wine is really growing and people look, you want to be partners with me? We’re doing another we funder call. They’ve been so successful. We, we have brought people in. We do it for a couple of reasons. Number one, I want to share the wealth. I really mean that because this is going to be a big company. USA Today said we’re going to be the next billion dollar wine company. I didn’t tell them to print it. That’s what they said because they’re watching our progress and they know that we’re onto something.
If you want to become my partner, and I really mean that and you want to get involved in this business and you want to be an ambassador for us, spread the word. Heading towards something really big, I believe. I’m not trying to oversell. I’m telling you what I believe. That’s why I’m involved in this business and the progress we have made. His bearing me out. But go to invest.franzeswine.com and you’ll see when our next call is. It’s going to be the last call. I promise you that. We’re not giving any more of this company up. That’s it.
Invest.franzeswine.com Go on this right now. We’ll tell you when the next call is. You have an opportunity to become my partner like so many people have. And I want you to, I want you to question those people and see if they’re happy with what they’ve seen so far and what they believe is coming for them all. So with that, I’m going to end this. How do I always leave you? Same way. Never going to change. Be safe. You know my feelings about that. People. I hope you watch my video about the rash of killings and slashings and everything that we’re having because of these mental health issues that are going on in this country.
Where does it start? At the top. I’m telling you right now. Trickles down to people that really can’t deal with it. So they act out. Watch that video. It’s important for all of you. Be safe, be healthy. Thank God for rfk. I’m telling you. Got that red dye out of our foods and a lot of other things. Be careful with what you eat. Read the labels. Read those labels. Be safe. Be healthy. Yes. God bless each and every one of you. Your neighborhoods, your communities, your families, your loved ones. God bless America. Yes. I’ll see you next time.
Salud. Francie Swan. Can’t beat it. It’s sa.
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