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Custom Crush Winemaking Facility Opening In Brooklyn

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Brooklyn New York is getting its own custom crush wine-making facility. Brooklyn Winery has been under construction for the past few months. The plant will import grapes from both California and the New York State wine regions and will have customers working on custom barrels or shared community barrels. Wine Business reports that the facility should open next month. It will also offer classes and professional events. Currently the entire New York area only has one similar facility, City Winery.

Resident winemaker Conor McCormack was formerly with the company that started it all, San Francisco's Crushpad and he will supervise production and instruct amateur winemakers in hands-on sessions. McCormack will also make house wines which will be sold at the wine bar and tasting room. A full barrel costs $5,700 and delivers 300 bottles. The price includes a barrel planning session with McCormack to help you select your varietal and region, and discuss wine style options. After that the potential winemakers learn more by taking part in five private winemaking sessions covering topics like fermentation, pressing, racking, barrel tasting and finally bottling. The bottles are finished with your own custom-designed wine label including the name of your choice. Custom Barrel may be shared by a group of up to 12 people and 1/2 barrels are also available.

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Les Garagistes Napa Will Give Small Wineries A Place To Shine

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It can be hard for small-production wineries in Napa to get off the ground. Wines and Vines reports on a new development that could help a select few. Tony Cartlidge and John Hawkins have announced plans to create a village of limited-production wineries for lease. Les Garagistes Napa will be home to 12 individual wineries, ranging in size from 3,500 to 6,500 square feet in four buildings surrounding a large courtyard. The spaces will small wineries a chance to have a tasting room and sales and the site will also be adjacent to a large winery that will offer barrel and case goods storage as well as a lab and bottling facility. No newbies wanted though, the founders caution that they are looking for established strong brands. It should be a benefit to consumers too, offering a chance to taste the work of 12 different winemakers in one space. The project is set to open in August 2009.

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Castello di Borghese Winery For Sale

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Another chance to own your own vineyard and live the winemaking dream. Marco and Ann Marie Borghese have put the Castello di Borghese winery on sale for $9.2 million. The 85-acre vineyard and winery are located on the North Fork of Long Island. They bought the estate in 1999 when it was Hargrave Vineyards for around $4 million. The Borgheses have increased production capacity and renovated the public rooms and offices. They aren't in a great hurry to sell but they have already had offers. The winery makes Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc and also hosts Wine Camp, an immersion experience in the creation of wine.

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French Winemaker Creates New Wine Of The Year Program

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Decanter reports that a Bordeaux winemaker has found a unique way to increase interest in their wines. Chateau d'Arsac will feature a different guest winemaker each year. The winemaker can choose 15 hectares (around 37 acres) of property from which to make their own vintage. The owner of Chateau d'Arsac, Philippe Raoux wants to prove that the person who makes the wine makes the difference. The wines will be listed by episode rather than vintage and Episode One will be created by Michel Rolland. Episode Two will be created by Denis Dubourdieu. For the third year they plan to work with an American (which makes good sense since they plan to market the wine in the U.S. and the U.K) and to have consultants from all around the world participate. There will be 60,000 bottles of the Rolland wine.

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Screaming Eagle Winery Sold

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One of Napa Valley's most well-regarded wineries, Screaming Eagle has been sold. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the winery was sold by Jean Phillips to two financial entrepreneurs, Charles Banks and Stanley Kroenke. Banks already owns a vineyard in the Santa Ynez region and Kroenke owns the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche and his wife is Ann Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune. They haven't revealed how much the winery sold for but it is estimated that the winery is worth around $30 million. Screaming Eagle produces just 500 cases of cult Cabernet Sauvignon per year and the wine always fetches top prices, most famously a six-liter bottle of the 1992 vintage sold for $500,000 at a charity auction in 2000.

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