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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Mike Z. Talks About Bottle Shock on Vin Village Radio
Nice interview with Z (Crushpad Chief Winemaker, Michael Ziztlaff) on Vin Village’s “Wine & Dine Radio.” He talks about the new feature film, Bottle Shock, and our recent Premiere Party and Judgment of Paris Redux in celebration of the movie. … Continue reading
Super Groupers Unite!
Last night we hosted the San Francisco Super Group Pinot Pizza Party. (That’s a mouthful huh?) Since we weren’t able to launch Community Crush in all San Francisco neighborhoods this year, The Super Group consists of a motley group of … Continue reading
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“Subculture Dining” Comes to Crushpad
Waist bands are still fitting a little snugger after our two Crushpad Harvest Dinners here at the winery this past weekend. But if you’ve got to move up a weight-class, this is definitely the way to go. 90 diners were … Continue reading
How Much is a Great Label Design Worth?
Stumbled on an interesting Sacramento Business Journal article about wine label design. “A label redesign in the Sacramento region can range from $2,000 to $8,000, depending on the experience and track record of the design firm. Design firms in large … Continue reading
Harvest 2008 to be ‘exceptional year’
After the fire and frost worries that Northern California vineyards dealt with earlier in the season, it’s reassuring to read recent headlines like this from the Napa Valley Register: Harvest 2008 to be ‘exceptional year’ You can read the full … Continue reading
Crushpad Japan in the News
Nice article about Crushpad Japan in “Tokyo Work Life”. Congrats to Makoto Kanda and Takahide Sugimoto, our representatives for Crushpad Japan. We launched the service about a year ago to serve the growing base of California wine enthusiasts in Japan — … Continue reading
Bigfoot Just a Rubber Gorilla Suit
So proclaims this breaking news from the Associated Press today. No word on whether the Crushpad monkey was involved in the hoax. Archival footage of the monkey can be found in the video below.
Forklift Training 101
Education is a big part of the wine making experience at Crushpad, for both our customers and our staff. With harvest fast approaching, it was time for a crash course (ok, poor choice of words) for the Crushpad staff in … Continue reading
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Seawind Wines Captures Silver at Orange County Competition
Congratulations to Crushapd Commerce customer, Ken Dunkley and his Seawind Wines. He recently won a Silver Medal from the Orange County Wine Society for his ’06 Sleepy Hollow Pinot Noir and second place in the label competition. He joins Commerce … Continue reading
Canada Shows Crushpad the Love
So this is nice. Had received a few Google alerts over the weekend that Crushpad was being discussed at VinoCamp up in Vancouver, BC. Thanks to Township 7 wine maker Bradley Cooper for making us part of his presentation.
Crushpad Customer, Scott Eaton Interviewed on Vin Village Radio
Nice interview with Crushpad customer, Scott Eaton on Vin Village radio today. You can check out the segment here. Scott is an environmental protection biologist in Atlanta making a 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon with us. Like a lot of our customers, … Continue reading
New Neighborhoods for Community Crush
Yesterday Community Crush launched its 4th and 5th groups for the 2008 harvest. The new groups are SOMA and the San Francisco Super Group. SOMA, which had the biggest crowd on the waiting list, is going to make a Syrah … Continue reading
Canine Wines — Wine for a Good Cause
Congratulations to Crushpad Commerce customers, Matt Raymond and Kelly Naughtin and their Canine Wines brand. The Contra Costa Times just wrote an interesting article about Matt and Kelly’s equally interesting — and philanthropic — wine business. With the motto, “Drink … Continue reading
Wine Maker’s Minute — Racking Wines
We’re always out to demystify wine making and make it more accessible. One way we try to do that is with our Wine Maker’s Minute videos. Check out our newest episode below. It covers “racking” — drawing the clear wine … Continue reading
Gold for Huron Mountain Winery
Congrats to Crushpad Commerce customer, Rich Baron and his Huron Mountain Winery Cabernet Sauvignon which just took Gold out of 3,200 wines at the Indy International Wine Competition. We love stories like Rich. He doesn’t live in wine country — … Continue reading
