tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post3252008695133704121..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: San Francisco loses CrushpadW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-59256066108596666792010-02-10T08:48:09.849-08:002010-02-10T08:48:09.849-08:00I have heard from about a dozen clients mostly in ...I have heard from about a dozen clients mostly in the South Bay about being unhappy about the move. Outside of Bay Area, commercial and longer-term clients have been vastly more supportive as they recognize that the range of their experience will be so much greater in Napa. <br /><br />But I completely understand why folks feel the rug was pulled out from underneath them - my personal reaction MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409445270285819221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-52196713367736553172010-02-10T07:21:57.909-08:002010-02-10T07:21:57.909-08:00Regarding barrel transport, it is not an uncommon ...Regarding barrel transport, it is not an uncommon occurrence to move barrels between the location where the original grapes were crushed over to a shared warehouse, then back again for racking or bottling.<br /><br /> Wine inside the barrels will be mixed up a bit from the transport, but I have found that mixing to be inconsequential, unless a racking or bottling was soon approaching.<br /><br />Jon Bjorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915787145103864827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-1083040911579716282010-02-10T04:26:38.153-08:002010-02-10T04:26:38.153-08:00Hi Anonymous, thanks for visiting. I'm not sur...Hi Anonymous, thanks for visiting. I'm not surprised to hear your comments. You must be in the "2%" of inconvenienced customers, according to Michael Brill.<br /><br />It might be a dream for Michael, and I'm sure he's right that many out-of-town people will be just as happy. But it is abrupt and a smack in the face to the San Francisco folks. You're right that there W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-60606874981760711422010-02-09T22:03:55.311-08:002010-02-09T22:03:55.311-08:00Blake,
Just noticed the article and posts. A...Blake,<br /><br /> Just noticed the article and posts. As an (anonymous) Crushpad client, many of us feel that this move has sold us all out. We went to Crushpad because it is "the urban winery scene..." To our knowledge, none of us were consulted about the move to Napa and it was sprung on us. Of course, few of us have any specific stock in Crushpad except the wines we make, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-50724513352993051172010-02-09T16:26:54.408-08:002010-02-09T16:26:54.408-08:00Thanks for visiting and explaining, Michael. Ladie...Thanks for visiting and explaining, Michael. Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Brill, Crushpad founder and possessor of one of the most wicked forehands in ultimate it has ever been my displeasure to feebly attempt to defend.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-82860652062035700372010-02-09T14:39:49.595-08:002010-02-09T14:39:49.595-08:00It's always been more about what we do rather ...It's always been more about what we do rather than where we do it. I'm going to miss my four block walk to work, but there is just too much upside for our clients and us to stay here... and we're not big enough to be able to afford two locations.<br /><br />We are not eliminating anything in Napa. On the contrary, we are offering all sorts of new experiences that we can't provide MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409445270285819221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-45092822103187728022010-02-09T09:34:13.207-08:002010-02-09T09:34:13.207-08:00Oops, thanks for catching the date. That's wha...Oops, thanks for catching the date. That's what I get for writing after midnight halfway around the world when I can't sleep but am not really awake. I think I blame that state of stupor for the Kevin Costner image ... ewwwwww.<br /><br />I think you're right, Jon: Crushpad was very different from an ordinary custom-crush place before. Now? We'll see.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-53501744264968527942010-02-09T08:55:51.879-08:002010-02-09T08:55:51.879-08:00I'm a big CrushPad fan.
I used to be in manag...I'm a big CrushPad fan.<br /><br />I used to be in management at one of Apple Macintosh's first external hard drive manufacturers, Jasmine Technologies.<br /><br />We felt that staying located in San Francisco was a big part of our corporate culture, even though all other hi-techs were down in Silicon Valley.<br /><br />We started in an old soap factory next door to Anchor Steam. Great Jon Bjorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915787145103864827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-84483429301881653502010-02-09T08:53:28.346-08:002010-02-09T08:53:28.346-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jon Bjorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915787145103864827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-31058929719618598322010-02-09T08:14:55.805-08:002010-02-09T08:14:55.805-08:00No question that it's better for growers. It&#...No question that it's better for growers. It's also better for Crushpad clients outside of California. <br /><br />Interesting that you point out that Crushpad might be downsizing. I hadn't thought of it that way, but you might be right. Subletting space at STWS has to be cheaper than renting in San Francisco.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-54150316535654190882010-02-09T07:22:12.174-08:002010-02-09T07:22:12.174-08:00I see this as a smart downsizing move by Michael B...I see this as a smart downsizing move by Michael Brill and the Cpad folks. I just wonder if STWS is big enough to house everything. I think Cpad has lots of 'stuff' like fermentaion bins, barrels, bottling equipment etc.<br /><br />It will make it easier for me to visit and deliver to them.Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337128512171035295noreply@blogger.com