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Peter joined Crushpad as CEO after over 20 years of wine, technology and luxury goods experience. Previously, Peter was Executive Vice President and...
Liz Willette was bitten by the wine bug while living in Beaune, France. At the time she was working for Butterfield & Robinson, a high-end active travel company...
Richard Leahy has been writing about wine for consumers and producers since 1986. He was a regional editor for Kevin Zraly’s American Wine Guide, and was...
Ashton Keefe is the Owner/Executive Chef of Ashton Keefe LLC. Culinary Lifestyle Services, which specializes in boutique catering, food styling and culinary...
Sondra Barrett, PhD fell in love with food early on when she starting reading cook books as a young girl. She hasn’t stopped since. She earned a PhD in biochemistry...
Jon Thorsen is the founder of the popular blog The Reverse Wine Snob: Thumbing My Nose At Bottles Over $20!. The idea behind the blog...
Kay Zink the founding president of www.AtoZinfandel.com and serves on the company’s national board as the Director of Social Media and writer. She is also...
James Melendez is the author of the blog, "James the Wine Guy." He is a San Francisco-based wine writer, videographer, educator...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Crushpad’s Cindy Cosco interviewed on Vin Village Radio
Nice interview with Crushpad Lab Manager, Cindy Cosco on Vin Village’s Wine & Dine Radio. Cindy’s voice is a little garbled — sounds a bit like she’s talking through Peter Frampton’s guitar — but don’t let that dissuade you. It’s … Continue reading
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Potrero Hill Grape Sorting
A big part of winemaking is adjusting to changing circumstances. On Monday night the Potrero Group figured that out when the truck from Doctor’s Vineyard arrived a few hours late. So what did we do with our spare time? We … Continue reading
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Michael Brill Talks Harvest ’08 with KGO’s Gene Burns
Gene Burns, host of KGO radio’s “Dining Around” program here in San Francisco interviewed our own Michael Brill this past weekend. Michael talked about this year’s “fire and ice” growing season in California and what’s shaping up to be a … Continue reading
Countdown to “Chocolate Seizure”
We’re almost sold out for our “Chocolate Seizure” event on Thursday night, so if you’ve been thinking about attending, you should buy your tickets now. It’s going to be a lot of fun. Crushpad’s wine makers are teaming up with … Continue reading
The Floodgates Open as Grapes Pour into Crushpad
We had been getting grapes into the winery in dribs and drabs until this past weekend. Then the floodgates opened and 58 tons of grapes arrived, with another 18 tons or so scheduled for today. Needless to say, the sorting … Continue reading
Stuey Sporting the Wine Label Scarf Look
Sure to be the rage this season.
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Gary Vaynerchuk Talks “Vayniac Cab” on Vin Village Radio
Nice interview with Gary Vaynerchuk on Vin Village’s “Wine & Dine Radio,” including a little Crushpad shout out a minute or two into the segment. Gary and his legion of his “Vayniacs” — fans of his wildly popular WineLibraryTV podcast … Continue reading
Crushpad Workshop on Starting a Wine Business
If you’ve ever kicked around the idea of starting your own winery but quickly run into the usual hurdles — time, money, don’t live in wine country, etc.. — you might want to check out our Crushpad Commerce Sales & … Continue reading
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