Wine Making at Crushpad: Racking Wines

Do you leave the berries whole, or do you split them open to allow the juice to start mixing with the skins in the cold soak and fermentation tank? Crushpad winemaker,Kian Tavakoli, explains...

During fermentation of red wines, the grape skins & seeds float to the top of the bin. How you manage that cap of skins has a big impact on the style of wine that comes...

Depending on the style of wine you want to make, and the varietal of grape you are working with, you have a few choices when it comes to fermenation vessels. Crushpad winemaker Chris Nelson explains...

Red wine grapes often go through a "cold soak" prior to fermentation to allow the skins to release the color & flavor compounds that add to our enjoyment. Not all grape varieties need, long...

Kian Tavakoli, winemaker for Crushpad, explains when you do and do not want to think about including whole clusters in your...

The amount of alcohol in a wine is a key factor to how you experience that wine. Is there too much? too little? How can a wine with lower alcohol taste like it is strong...

Whether you are making your own wine, or just trying to find the right bottle at a local shop, you need to be able to express to others the style of wine you are looking...

Crushpad's Michael Brill and Mike Zitzlaff are working with Tom Leykis to create a Big Bad Syrah from the Premier Coastal Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. Tom wants a big Syrah -- one that...