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W. Blake Gray is author of “California Winetopia,” a Japanese-language guide to California wines. He was previously a staff wine writer/editor for the San Francisco...
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Crushpad Winery Beautification Project: Fall 2008 Phase
If you’re stopping by our winery this harvest, you’ll notice that we’ve gussied up our customer reception area a bit. Nothing fancy, but hopefully a little more comfortable and interesting setting to hang out in. Some of you may remember … Continue reading
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Mission community Crush Sort Tonight
Tonight the Mission group is sorting Syrah from the McGinley Vineyard. McGinley is the artist formerly known as Westerly Vineyard. The vineyard lives on the eastern edge of Santa Ynez in the smile inducing, and newly minted AVA called Happy … Continue reading
Making Killer Pinot Noir in Ohio
Chris Winslow is a Crushpad commercial customer in Columbus, Ohio who makes some killer Sonoma and Central Coast Pinot Noir under his Joelle wine brand. He talks about starting his own high-end California wine brand from 2,100 miles away in … Continue reading
Go Grab a Bottle of Cindy’s Wine
Crushpad’s Lab Manager Extraordiannaire, Cindy Cosco also makes a fantastic unoaked Chardonnay with us under her Passaggio label. It’s been available for purchase online for a little while, but now you can also pick up a bottle (or two) at … Continue reading
Still Time to Participate in our Crush Camps
The recent cool weather put a momentary halt to the wine grape harvest and the Crush Camps we’re hosting as part of our Community Crush neighborhood wine making project. A tsunami of grapes will start flowing back into our San … Continue reading
Richard Sanford’s Prized Santa Rita Hills Vineyard
Richard Sanford is one of the pioneers of Pinot in California. He was the first to discover the wine growing potential of the Santa Rita Hills and the first to plant Pinot Noir there, establishing the Sanford and Benedict vineyard … Continue reading
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Tagged alma rosa, la encantada, pinot noir, richard sanford, santa rita hills ava
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When we say you can be a Napa winemaker no matter where you live…..
…… we mean anywhere. We have customers as far away as Finland, China, France, Japan and now… the Tolovi’s from São Paulo, Brazil, who paid us a visit last week to get hand-on with the crush. Some of our international … Continue reading
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“Right Said Fred” are Back
Oh wait, it’s just Crushpad’s Stuart Ake and Kian Tavakoli sporting their new cleanly shaven heads. And in case the Right Said Fred reference is too obscure, this video may jog your memory.
Stolpman Vineyards
When we visited Stolpman Vineyards last weekend they were in the midst of a pre-harvest party under an old oak in the vineyard. As Tom Stolpman explained, by the end of harvest everyone is usually at wits end so the … Continue reading
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Tagged central coast wines, santa ynez, stolpman, syrah, Vineyards, viticulture, winemaking
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Michael Brill interviewed on “A Matter of Taste” radio program
“A Matter of Taste” is a great local radio program here in the Bay Area (960 AM) that covers food, wine and travel. The show’s hosts, David and Rachel Cane, had Michael Brill stop by the studio this past Sunday … Continue reading
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White Hawk in September
I had the opportunity to visit White Hawk Vineyard over the past weekend. It might also be referred to as White Hawk beach as the soil is almost pure sand. (I’ve got an interesting video clip of my Prius trying, … Continue reading
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Tagged ojai, santa ynez, sine qua non, syrah, Vineyards, white hawk
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A Hiatus in Harvest – How We Know When Fruit is Ready To Pick
So far, harvest 2008 looks like a combination of 2004 and 2007 – a very good and awesome year. 2004 because of the intense run of heat we had in August/early September and 2007 becauase of the dry year that … Continue reading
Chocolate Seizure Photos
Thanks to all the wine and chocolate lovers, chocolatiers, confectioners and media who participated in our Chocolate Seizure event this past Thursday night. Thanks to our event partner, TasteTV too. It was a lot of fun. Over 100 people crowded … Continue reading
When CEOs Become Winemakers
Timely post on BusinessWeek.com today titled “When CEOs Become Winemakers,” The sub-head tells it all: “Many successful CEO’s love wine and some choose to make their own. Then they find out just how difficult — and expensive — it can … Continue reading
Aver Family Vineyards Featured in Homestead Magazine
Great article on Crushpad customers, Carolyn and John Aver — and their Aver Family Vineyards — in the recent issue of Homestead Magazine. Most of our customers look to us to supply the fruit that goes into the wine that … Continue reading
