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Waits-Mast on Nightly News

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Last night one of our very own, Waits-Mast Cellars, was featured on the evening news for their awesome wines. Check it out.

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Catie’s Corner Vineyard Video

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Some of the best Viognier in California comes from Catie’s Corner Vineyard in the Russian River Valley.  Our clients have made some memorable ones over the years.  The Viogniers from Catie’s Corner always seem to be extremely balanced, floral and real crowd pleasers.  Check out this one from Jazz Cellars.

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A really good internship

Friday, May 1st, 2009

So you didn’t get picked for the “Really Goode Job” promotion? Well, we’ve got something that might be even better.
We’re taking applications for three and six month internships in our Wine Business MBA program.  The selected few will be able to work on mission critical projects touching just about every aspect of business here at [...]

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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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Wine for the Heart

Monday, April 20th, 2009

This year we participated in a fabulous charity event in Dallas called the Cotes de Coeur, benefiting the American Heart Association.  It is one of the most well run and impressive organizations we’ve come across.  The people we chatted with in Dallas were, to a person, enthusiastic about the possibilities of making wine at Crushpad.  [...]

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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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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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Tom Cleary on Vin Village Radio

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

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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Crushpad Customer, Tim Carl featured in St. Helena Star

Friday, November 7th, 2008

This has been a big few weeks for Crushpad Commerce customers in the news.  Keeping the hot streak going, Tim Carl and his Knights Bridge brand were just featured in the St. Helena Star newspaper. Tim joins a chorus of others who are praising 2008 as a “great vintage with a lot of potential for [...]

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New Haven Register Profiles Malcolm Nicholls

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Congratulations to Crushpad Commerce customer, Malcolm Nicholls and his Nicholls Wine, featured in a nice article in the New Haven Register — read it here.
Add this article to a bunch of awards that he raked in at the San Francisco International Wine Competition earlier in the year, and it looks like Malcolm is definitely on [...]

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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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Waits-Mast Cellars Redux

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

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 Radio.  Listen to it here.

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