A Cellar Rat! When I first met Alan Baker, aka @thecellarrat, I was in my first year of making a mess wine at Crushpad. What I didn’t know, or rather, the connection I failed to make, is that he was the same Alan Baker who was the voice behind this crazy podcast that I had [...]
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Support your local grape!
As I was reading through my backlog of blogs, I came across my favorite Caveman, Mike Wangbickler, who reminded me that this week is the second annual Regional Wine Week. I’ve long been an advocate of shopping locally to somehow, in some tiny way, support my local merchants. It can be challenging and expensive in [...]
Crush It!
No doubt, you loyal readers have heard me spout the virtues of my local custom crush facility, Crushpad. Well, I’m excited to announce that June 20th is Crushpad’s Annual Open House! This event is ALWAYS a blast, and it’s our chance to celebrating the upcoming harvest and and the past year’s toils in winemaking at [...]
A Grape Stomp!
I first met Uzi Cohen, and his wife Kathryn, at at event at Crushpad about a year ago. After spending some time talking about the wines we were drinking, I came to learn that he actually made wine himself. Lo and behold after much planning and anticipation, I finally got to do some barrel tasting [...]
I don’t taste and tell, except for you!
As some of you might know, I am trying to be a winemaker. No, I don’t have carboys set up in the garage, and no I’m not living in the lap of luxury in Sonoma. I am lucky enough to live in a city that has it’s own community custom crush facility, Crushpad. I am [...]
I don't taste and tell, except for you!
As some of you might know, I am trying to be a winemaker. No, I don’t have carboys set up in the garage, and no I’m not living in the lap of luxury in Sonoma. I am lucky enough to live in a city that has it’s own community custom crush facility, Crushpad. I am [...]
G’day mate! Drink for a cause.
Wow it’s been a wet weekend. Fortunately we have been catching up on our drought ravaged region’s rain consumption, but Australia has not been as lucky. If you haven’t heard, there are over 13 separate out of control wild fires (called bushfires in Oz) burning as we speak. With Victoria being one of the most [...]
G'day mate! Drink for a cause.
Wow it’s been a wet weekend. Fortunately we have been catching up on our drought ravaged region’s rain consumption, but Australia has not been as lucky. If you haven’t heard, there are over 13 separate out of control wild fires (called bushfires in Oz) burning as we speak. With Victoria being one of the most [...]
When the lights go down, in the City. And the sun shines on the bay!
When the lights go down in the city And the sun shines on the bay I want to be there in my city Ooh, ooh It never fails to impress me how lucky I am living here in San Francisco. I am pretty much an hour from 4 world class wine producing areas: Sonoma Napa [...]
Bottle Shock REVIEW
Last night I was lucky enough (OK, so I paid) to attend the San Francisco premier of Bottle Shock as well as a modern day interpretation of the Judgment of Paris. Prior to the screening, we convened at Crushpad to taste 5 chardonnays and 5 Cabernet blends, to see if the current results would match [...]
