custom crush napa

Custom Crush, LP (Custom Crush) was created to fill a niche in the boutique winemaking community. Each year in the major winemaking regions of America, there are more grapes than space available to crush, ferment and store them. This issue is most evident in Napa Valley and Sonoma County where dozens of small vineyards and wine labels are born annually. Custom Crush was created to meet the demand of those boutique wine labels by developing a premiere production facility in Napa Valley. This is a revolutionary concept in the wine industry - one that benefits the wine labels and makes Custom Crush an integral part of their success.

Custom Crush, LP has negotiated a very attractive 99 year lease on a ten acre parcel of land in the heart of Napa Valley. The lease was written such that Custom Crush has the right to purchase the property - based on a fair market value appraisal - at any time during the lease period. The property is located on a hilltop between Silverado Trail and Soda Canyon Road, overlooking the City of Napa. Custom Crush has contracted with Bacchus caves, the leading cave contractor in Napa Valley, to design and build a 16,000 square foot cave in the mountain where our winery will be housed. Upon completion, the new facility will process approximately 200 tons of grapes annually - the equivalent of 13,000 cases of wine. This will provide several boutique labels with a state-of-the-art winemaking facility and a small, highly trained winemaking staff. Custom Crush will also provide critical assistance in building each wine label’s brand, and provide a retail sales outlet through an on-site tasting room. Production runs for the boutique wineries will range between 1000 and 6000 cases per year. Initially, each label will pay Custom Crush $40 per case (over an 18 month production run) to process their grapes. The cost-per-case fees will be re-evaluated and adjusted every year. Additional revenues will come from barrel storage fees, wine tasting fees paid by visitors and a minimum 35% margin on the sale of wine sold through the tasting room.