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Shaker Table Gently Bounces Cabernet

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Here a quick video taken from the end of the shaker table today of some absolutely primo Neal Vineyard Cabernet from Napa.  The shaker table is essentially a second sorting line, in addition to the conveyor belt line, that allows sorters to pull out jacks (the little green stem things) and sunburned berries after the [...]

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Social Winemaking for a Great Social Cause

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Our largest winemaking group to date is probably in the hundreds.  Gary Vaynerchuk made a Vayniac Cabernet with a bunch of crazy Vayniacs in 2007.  But today, with the launch of The Fledgling Initiative, we’re going to try social winemaking on a grander scale by inviting the tens of millions of people in the Twitter [...]

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Forget Snow Leopard OS, We’ve Got Snow Leopard Wine

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Snow Leopards are fantastically cool.  And if you’re reading the Crushpad blog we know you think wine is cool.  With all due respect to what I’m sure is a fabulous operating system from Apple, OSs are not that cool.  Now you can help save Snow Leopards and drink some smoking stuff with Snow Leopard The [...]

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Aver Family Vineyards

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Most Crushpad customers get their fruit from our source vineyards – some of the best AVAs and sites in California and Bordeaux. Crushpad Commerce clients John and Carolyn Aver wanted to take advantage of the bounty from their own backyard, however, when establishing Aver Family Vineyards wines in 2006.
The Aver clan lives and [...]

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Tyler Florence Makes Epic Zin

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

In addition to being our best cooking and best looking client, Tyler Florence makes some pretty damn good zin too!  Wine Spectator just picked up on this and gave his 2006 Dry Creek Zin 92 points and a heady review.
If you haven’t yet been to Tyler’s store in Mill Valley, it is a must visit.  [...]

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Bohemian Wins Shootout

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I feel like our clients are on a major roll lately.  In specific, our Pinot clients have been winning accolades right and left.  We’ve had Armanino, 5 Points, Lionheart, Joelle, Fulcrum, Dain and Rockroom all recently score 90+ points for their Pinots in Wine Spectator or Wine Advocate.  Plus, we’ve had great showings at the [...]

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Armanino. Latest Crushpad producer to score big with Wine Spectator

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

ARMANINO
“The Whitewing”
2007 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
91 points | $49 | 200 cases made | Red
Mixes savory herb, loamy earth, cola and dried currant and berry flavors in a tight, focused style. Full-bodied and intense without being heavy, ending with gripping, spice-laced tannins. Drink now through 2014. 200 cases made. –JL
Congrats to the Armanino team!

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Tarabini Speaks.

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Damian Rae Winery and San Francisco Wine Association president John Tarabini recently spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle in their 3 Questions column.  He’s doing some great things with both projects and he gave Crushpad some love in the interview.  Thanks John!
Speaking of the SFWA, they’re hosting a Spring Fling tasting on May 7 at [...]

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Rockroom Pinots a hit with Wine Spectator

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Today brought word that a pair of Pinots from Rockroom Wines were received very well by James Laube of the Wine Spectator.  The 2006 Hein and 2007 Bohemian bottlings were given 90 and 89 point ratings respectively.  Way more interesting than the scores (as usual) were the glowing tasting notes reprinted below.  Kudos to Scott [...]

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Winery in a Box

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Late last night we finalized a strategic partnership with Bin to Bottle in Napa that is a huge step forward in our ability to launch and support wine brands.  We will be providing our set of Crushpad Commerce services (compliance, e-commerce, marketing, logistics, etc) to the premiere custom crush facility in Napa.  This has the [...]

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5 Points Vineyards scores big in Wine Spectator

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

5 POINTS Pinot Noir Anderson Valley 2007 Score: 91 | $38
Firm, concentrated and full-bodied, with an underlying richness and minerality that’s compelling, joining firm wild berry, blackberry and fresh earth notes, ending with structured tannins. Drink now through 2014. 140 cases made. —J.L.
Visit 5 Points Cellars

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Huge Showing at Chronicle Wine Competition

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Big congratulations to all of our commerce members entered in the 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Although we’re know that many excellent wines are made here at Crushpad each year, it’s always nice to have outside validation.  It’s especially nice when that praise comes from the biggest competition of American wines in the world.
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John Aver on VinVillage Radio

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

As part of the ongoing series of profiles on VinVillage Radio, John Aver spent some time discussing his wine making journey with host Lynn Krielow Chamberlain. Have a listen as John discusses Aver Family Vineyards and the new San Francisco Wine Association.
http://snipurl.com/vvr-aver

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Minneapolis Star-Tribune interviews Crushpad customer, Peter Kitchak

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

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 at the SF International Wine Competition — using our Crushpad Commerce service.

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Pinot on the River Festival

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

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 photosynthesizing green to getting-ready-for-winter’s-slumber orange, yellow and red. The colorful backdrop was perfect for some [...]

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