Crushnet Series
- Crushnet Group Videos
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Group : Michael Buchetto's 2006 Wines
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Kian spills some of your precious wine...
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Kian Tavakoli helped Mike Buchetto and his group craft a great barrel
of To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon. Now comes the penultimate step of
enjoying that wine - getting it into bottle.
Next up, pulling those corks back out to drink these beauties.
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Group : Potrero/Dogpatch Community Crush Group
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Andy Mitchell shows us the Potrero/Dogpatch Community Crush vineyard
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The Potrero Hill and Dogpath community crush project is getting their grapes from Doctors Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands. Director of Vineyard Operations for Hahn Estates, Andy Mitchell, took time to walk us through the vineyard to get a look at the grapes mid-season.
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Group : Vayniac Nation
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Pouring samples of the Vayniac Cab at Gary's store
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Stu flies across the country to pour barrel samples of the 2007 Vayniac
Cab at Gary's New Jersey store. At this point the Vayniac Cab has only
been in barrel for seven months, but it's already taking shape. Check
out what the Vayniacs had to say about the young wine when they visited
Wine Library.
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Group : Vayniac Nation
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Gary leads his peeps through the first blending session with Kian Tavakoli
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What do you get when you combine eight different blending wines from
four vineyards, 12 Vayniacs, one purple-toothed winemaker, and Gary V
in a wine blending smackdown? A rockin' base wine for the Vayniac Cab,
That's what!
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Group : Newbern, George
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Chris represents the George Newbern group
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Chris Scibelli happened to be in the city when it was time to press his Syrah. He and three other friends live in Los Angeles and this marks the first time any of them have been able to check out the facilities. Here's to their future in winemaking.
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Group : Wanderlust Wines
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The Wanderlust team crushes Grenache from Eaglepoint Ranch.
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Trisha, Sabine, Heather, and James brought (part of) Wanderlust Wines to Crushpad recently. We got these four (out of 18!) on camera to talk about their group, their name, and blending with their Grenache.
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Group : Christenson, Mark
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Steve Williams crushes his Syrah.
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Steve Williams came into Crushpad to sort his Syrah grapes from the Stolpman Vineyard. His friend Mark Christenson couldn't make it, but Steve discussed their reasons for going with the Stolpman Syrah, as well as the next best thing to owning your own vineyard.
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Group : Lissin, Dmitri
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Team Durect crushes their Zinfandel.
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Dmitri Lissin couldn't make it, but 6 other Durect employees made it to Crushpad to sort their Zinfandel from the Beatty Ranch Vineyard. They told us what they love about the process, what they're looking for in their wine, and the pressures of representing the rest of their department.
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Group : Bottle of Red/Bottle of White
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Joe, Craig, and Jim get their press on.
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Joe Fahrner, Jim Calhoun, and Craig Stanford came down to Crushpad for the pressing of their Cabernet Sauvignon from Vineyard X. They shared how Crushpad has made winemaking more approachable and the four barrels they're making. It's just a hobby...for now.
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Group : DestinationValley
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Bently and Manuel press their grapes.
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Bently Luneau and Manuel Gotera Jr. came in to press some of their Destination Valley Zinfandel and Merlot. While they were here they talked about the learning curve, Crushpad, and smooth, elegant wine.
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