Monthly Archives: December 2008

The safest place for your money

Posted on December 23, 2008 by admin

Last Friday barrel man ventured out of his corner of the cellar at Crushpad and found his way to Union Square and the Financial District of San Francisco.  In addition to bemusing small children, frightening the elderly and entertaining the … Continue reading →

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Menu for Hope

Posted on December 15, 2008 by admin

For the second year we’re participating in Menu for Hope, an amazing food blogosphere fundraiser, appropriately benefiting the UN World Food Programme. Menu for Hope is essentially a big online raffle, with some pretty tantalizing prizes, put on by food … Continue reading →

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Dude, Where’s My 401K?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Michael Brill

A few weeks ago, after staring wide-eyed at the drooping Dow charts all day, we decided that it really wasn’t much fun worrying all the time about something beyond our control.  But watching the stock market bounce around has almost … Continue reading →

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All I want for Christmas is a Fusebox (the deal)

Posted on December 8, 2008 by admin

Fusebox is once again shaping up to be a great holiday product for us.  Just last week a small business owner, let’s call him Joe the Dry-Waller, purchased 20 Fuseboxes for his best clients.  It is not only a unique … Continue reading →

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Connor | Brennan Pinot Noir in Chronicle Top 100 Wines

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Michael Brill

This morning while reading the San Francisco Chronicle that I stole from my neighbor, I came across its annual Top 100 wines in the magazine and there’s Connor | Brennan in the list… and Crushpad even got a bit of … Continue reading →

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Tom Cleary on Vin Village Radio

Posted on December 4, 2008 by admin

Tom Cleary of Bohemian Vineyards was recently featured on Vin Village Radio talking Russian River, Pinot and Crushpad. Have a listen to Tom here.

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Wine Taxonomies – We’re bigger than Corks, Parker and Syrah

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Michael Brill

One of our favorite bloggers (and wine industry PR blackbelt), Tom Wark, recently published his 2×2 matrix that classified many things wine-related in terms of impact and permanence. Crushpad, the only winery listed on the Fermentations blog entry, ended up … Continue reading →

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