A Wine Lovers Holiday Wish List!

It's a tad early to be making Christmas requests, BUT how COOL would this be?

A California Company called Crushpad enables anyone to launch their own wine brand. Crushpad handles the fermentation, refining, bottling, labeling and will even connect you with buyers for your wine. It's a tad pricey at $5,900 to $10,900 per barrel, which works out to around $19 a bottle on the low end, a D- on the affordability scale, but nonetheless a fun concept to think about for an entrepreneur or budding wine mogul! According to the website a few of their private label wines were ranked in the 90's by Wine Spectator, not too shabby!

The grapes are sourced from:

• Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, Red Mountain
• Merlot from Red Mountain
• Syrah from Santa Barbara, Mendocino
• Zinfandel from Howell Mountain, Dry Creek Valley
• Grenache from Mendocino
• Pinot Noir from Anderson Valley, Sonoma Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands
• Chardonnay from Sonoma Coast, Russian River

If anyone tries the service, please send me a bottle, I'd love to review it on the blog!

Cheers!