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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...
Liz Willette got 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...
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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...
Monthly Archives: October 2008
2008 Grape Harvest Synchronicity
No sooner did our CEO, Michael Brill announce in Crushpad’s October newsletter that we were harvesting the last two vineyards of the year, then the skies opened up and began to rain — the first meaningful rainfall since spring. Bob … Continue reading
Minneapolis Star-Tribune interviews Crushpad customer, Peter Kitchak
Bill Ward, the wine writer for the Minneapolis Star-Triune posts a nice article on Crushpad customer, Peter Kitchak and his Kitchak Cellars brand. Peter lives in Minnesota but launched and operates his own award-winning Napa wine brand — Double Gold … Continue reading
Pinot on the River Festival
The 4th annual Pinot on the River Festival was held along the western edge of the Russian River AVA in Forestville last weekend. Autumn is in the vineyard, evidenced by senescence; the aging of vine canopies where leaves change from … Continue reading
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Showing Some Love for the 312
We’re really happy to be back in Chicago again this year, pouring at Pinot Days on Saturday, November 15th at Navy Pier. We’d love to see you there and share some amazing Sonoma Coast, Russian River and Anderson Valley pinot … Continue reading
Waits-Mast Cellars Redux
We posted some video a few days ago of Crushpad Commerce customers, Brian Mast and Jennifer Waits when they stopped in to sort their 2008 Pinot Noir from La Encantada! Now Brian is back. This time being interviewed on VinVillage … Continue reading
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More Love for Canine Wines
Congratulations to Crushpad Commerce customers, Matt Raymond and Kelly Naughtin and their Canine Wines brand. We wrote about them a few months back when they were featured in the Contra Costa Times. Now the American Winery site is showing them … Continue reading
Sip Some Pinot With Us at the Pinot on the River Festival
• Late October in sunny Northern California. • A Sunday day trip to the Russian River Valley. • Tasting from 100 small production artisinal Pinot Noir producers. If that sounds like a day well spent — and who could honestly … Continue reading
Crushing Grapes the Old Fashioned Way
Kristen, one of our winery staff members, got the honors of doing a little old fashioned grape stomping. This particular bin of grenache had some whole stem inclusion and we wanted to break up those berries that didn’t break during … Continue reading
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Barrel Making 101
In wine making, barrels are kind of the unsung heroes. Though easily taken for granted, they’re quite important to achieving the characteristics you want in your finished wine — a fact that my recent trip to the Radoux cooperage up … Continue reading
