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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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Former Mondavi Director Joins Crushpad

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Last week we made a huge addition to our team at Crushpad.  We’ve added Mitchell Klug as the Director of Vineyard Management to help maximize the quality of the fruit, from our already rocking portfolio of vineyards.  This is a position that has been in the works for a while but when we were able [...]

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Crushing Grapes the Old Fashioned Way

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Yesterday Kristen, one of our new 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 punchdowns.

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Go Grab a Bottle of Cindy’s Wine

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Crushpad’s Lab Manager Extraordiannaire, Cindy Cosco also makes a fantastic unoaked Chardonnay with us under her Passaggio label.  It’s been available for purchase online for a little while, but now you can also pick up a bottle (or two) at both of the Wine Merchant shops: at Ferry Plaza in San Francisco and the Oxbow [...]

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“Right Said Fred” are Back

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Oh wait, it’s just Crushpad’s Stuart Ake and Kian Tavakoli sporting their new cleanly shaven heads.

And in case the Right Said Fred reference is too obscure, this video may jog your memory.

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Crushpad’s Cindy Cosco interviewed on Vin Village Radio

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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 an interesting interview.  I, for one, didn’t know that Cindy was formerly a cop.
You can listen [...]

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Mike Z. Talks About Bottle Shock on Vin Village Radio

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Nice interview with Z (Crushpad Chief Winemaker, Michael Ziztlaff) on Vin Village’s “Wine & Dine Radio.” He talks about the new feature film, Bottle Shock, and our recent Premiere Party and Judgment of Paris Redux in celebration of the movie.
You can give it a listen here.

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Bigfoot Just a Rubber Gorilla Suit

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

So proclaims this breaking news from the Associated Press today.
No word on whether the Crushpad monkey was involved in the hoax.  Archival footage of the monkey can be found in the video below.

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Welcome Emi Foldi, Crushpad’s newest wine maker

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Hungary’s loss is Crushpad’s gain.
Our newest wine maker, Emi Foldi, comes to us from Hungary — by way of Australia and Washington state — having worked at the likes of Chateau Ste Michelle, Palmaz Vineyards and Chappellet. She’ll be specializing in Bordeaux varietals for Crushpad. Welcome Emi!

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