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Sugarloaf Wine Co. Introduces Affordable and Accessible Rosé Flight for $20
Sugarloaf Wine Co. is thrilled to announce the launch of its Rosé Flight — a vibrant new tasting experience celebrating the elegance and versatility of rosé wines. Priced at just $20, this curated flight features four distinct pours, including both still and sparkling varieties, thoughtfully selected to please every palate.
Whether you're a seasoned wine enthusiast or simply looking to explore something new, the Rosé Flight offers a refreshing and approachable way to enjoy one of wine’s most beloved styles in a relaxed, welcoming setting.
Come sip, savor, and discover your new favorite rosé at Sugarloaf Wine Co.
Sugarloaf Wine Co. Welcomes Back Summer Concerts!
Sugarloaf Wine Co. is excited to welcome back its Sunday summer concert series, kicking off June 8 and continuing every other Sunday through September. Sugarloaf will host live music, local vendors, and an inviting atmosphere where guests can enjoy wine, food, and good company. Lawn chairs are welcome, and the views and vibes are always free.
Founded in 2016, Sugarloaf Wine Co. is a custom crush tasting room that highlights a selection of wines from a host of local winemakers. The tasting room offers guests a chance to explore small-batch, locally crafted wines in an approachable setting. Conveniently located right off historic Highway 12, Sugarloaf has become a community hub offering breathtaking views, cozy outdoor spaces and a welcoming environment making it a favorite gathering spot for both locals and visitors.
This year, Sugarloaf is also introducing food offerings. Guests can now enjoy a California cheese plate loaded with local artisan cheeses or a Wine Country meat board featuring premium regional meats, perfect pairings for a glass of wine and good times.
Sugarloaf welcomes all inquiries and encourages guests to reach out with questions or to schedule a tasting. Tyler@sugarloafwineco.com
Santa Rosa Custom Crush Facility Lures Locals with New Brunch
Sugarloaf Crush in Santa Rosa has expanded its hospitality program with a wine-paired brunch and the Press Democrat has the story.
“[O]ne of the things you don’t think about when you’re in the throes of making wine is what it will take to sell that bottle in three to four years,” Ronald Du Preez said. “That why Joe and I decided we wanted to be the first to build a custom-crush studio that focused not just on equipment and customer service, but also offered a space for winemakers to host wine tastings, pickup parties and private events.”
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We were delighted to be featured in an article by Sonoma Magazine about how custom crush benefits the wine industry and small producers. Check it out to see some great photos of our facility and hear from winemakers about how custom crush fulfills their needs. Cheers!
Taste Rare Small-Production Wines at Sonoma?s Custom Crush Facilities
Guests can see the work in action, meet one-on-one with winemakers and explore rare wines they might never find otherwise.
Premium Crush Facility Ramps Up Equipment, Operations and Hospitality Services
Since 2016, Sugarloaf Crush has put together a winning combination of stellar production equipment and tailored processes designed to create ultra-premium wines of all varieties. As the winemaking community eagerly anticipates California’s full reopening sometime this summer, Sugarloaf Crush is prepared for client-hosted tastings and event opportunities on property.
“Our expertise lies in small-lot production and custom winemaking. With fermentation tanks in a range of sizes and specialized technology, we are able to customize our practices to fit clients’ specific needs. Onsite barrel storage and bottling capabilities reduce complications for member wineries, while our state-of-the-art tasting room allows for clients to develop direct relationships with their clientele,” explains Ronald Du Preez, Sugarloaf Crush General Manager. “It’s a huge benefit that we’re able to offer TankNet and InnoVint technologies to ensure stellar temperature control and complete transparency to our clients throughout the entire winemaking process. We’re continuing to provide no-cost upgrades to make sure our equipment, processes and services remain cutting edge.”
Sugarloaf Crush is outfitted with a comprehensive range of production equipment and facility enhancements that include:
- 10’ sorting table
- 50 and 100 HL Vaslin-Bucher Bladders press options
- Basket Presses, Carlsen and Vaslin Bucher
- Fruit delivery all via vibrating hopper, pre-destemmer sorting table and post-destemming mechanical berry sorting table
- Destemming by a Vaslin-Bucher 200 Oscillys destemmer
- We use a WECO Optical Sorter for the ultimate perfect berry in tank
- Transfer to tank via stainless steel dump bins or
- A Vaslin Bucher Perstalic pumps
- Air pumps of various sizes for pump-overs
- Waukesha pumps
- Open top tanks, with increments of 2-,4- and 6-ton sizes
- Larger lot tanks with 8- and 12-ton capabilities
- All tanks are TankNet controlled with hot and cold glycol
Sugarloaf was an early adopter of InnoVint, a winery management software program that tracks workflow from bud break to bottle. Du Preez notes that Sugarloaf Clientele has the option to add an accounting module to the base software Sugarloaf Crush hosts.
“We’re pleased that our clients are able to have this cost tracking functionality module within InnoVint as an added benefit from the software the facility uses,” Du Preez confirms. “Wines are made in the vineyards, and to allow clients to spend more time away from their desks is an added benefit for all.”
Du Preez is enthused to announce that the onsite Sugarloaf Crush Hospitality Center is able to resume operations for member wineries and their preferred clientele.
The Hospitality Center features a public tasting room, separate suites for private tastings and a commercial kitchen to prepare bites during normal tasting hours. Sugarloaf Clientele have the option to host catered lunches or dinners as well as large events entertaining up to 200 guests at the facility.
The tasting room lounges offer indoor/outdoor flexibility as well as multiple music streaming capabilities. The 7000-square-foot Center is designed with contemporary furnishings and custom finishes, as well as a welcoming fireplace and climate-controlled spaces for an ultimate, wine tasting hospitality experience.
Tastings and events are set up through Sugarloaf Crush member clients. For more information, go to www.sugarloafcrush.com.
Sugarloaf Crush: Custom Crush with a Luxury Experience for Your Guests
Located in the heart of Sonoma County, our beautifully modern crush facility doubles as an upscale event venue. From intimate, private tastings to large-scale events, our hospitality wing allows our custom crush clients to interact directly with consumers and facilitates the development of a retail clientele. As we have seen over the past year, these relationships are vital—wineries have been hurting from a lack of tasting room sales, but are benefiting from the relationships made at previous visits to sell their products online. Sugarloaf clients are able to utilize our hospitality space to build and expand these relationships, developing connections that can support their business over the years.
Our spacious Grand Room offers views of Trione-Annadel State Park and provides your guests with plenty of seating for a casual gathering. Looking for something a bit smaller and more private? Book one of our suites for your next meeting or private tasting. Want to enjoy the great outdoors? Host an indoor/outdoor event and navigate your guests from our lawn into the Grand Room. Our hospitality team is here to work with you and ensure your event meets and exceeds all expectations.
Join us! Capacity available for 2021 Harvest. Contact info@slcrush.com
Custom Crush Space Available for 2021 Harvest - Join us at Sugarloaf Crush!
Sugarloaf Crush was designed from day one with the premier, small-lot producer in mind. From the location in the beautiful Sonoma Valley to the state-of-the-art equipment and technological integration, Sugarloaf has set a new standard in custom crush winemaking. With multiple presses, a broad range of small-lot fermentation tanks, on-site barrel storage and bottling, and a tasting room with event permits, we want our clients to feel as though this is their winery, not someone else’s.
Sugarloaf Crush provides a true grape-to-glass pipeline for our clients: clients will have access to our database system to view their real-time inventory and work orders. With efficiency-integrated and multiple-process capability at the SLC facility, client wines are processed as soon as possible. Every client is a priority, and our ultimate objective is to provide a stress-free winemaking process for you.
For more information, please visit our website sugarloafcrush.com or contact us at info@slcrush.com.
Congratulations for Ronald Du Preez!
Congratulations to Ronald Du Preez, our General Manager and Head Winemaker, for receiving this year’s Winery Custom Crush Award by North Bay Business Journal's Wine, Beer & Spirits Awards! 🎉 It is exciting to see his dedication to make outstanding wines from world-class vineyards being celebrated!
Sugarloaf Crush Seeking Seasonal Winery Intern/Worker
Harvest Winemaking Intern Experience
Sugarloaf Crush
Santa Rosa, CA
Sugarloaf Crush is an ultra-premium service winery, located just outside of Santa Rosa/Kenwood on Sonoma Highway, specializing in custom crush winemaking services. We provide a state-of-the art winemaking facility where our world-renowned consulting or owner winemakers partner with us to craft their ultra-premium wines. We process 35 different grape varietals, from the classical to not-so-classical varieties, grown in 48 different American Viticultural Areas. Our clients contract some of the most sought-after fruit sources in California, including Pinot noir from eclectic vineyards in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast as well as Cabernet Sauvignon from the world famous Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard in Napa Valley.
We invite enthusiastic individuals passionate about wine and dedicated to making wines of exceptional quality to join us in the role of Harvest Intern for the 2020 harvest. This is a very comprehensive internship and a rare opportunity to work hands-on with a wide variety of small-lot wines and be exposed to a myriad of different winemaking techniques. Sugarloaf Harvest Interns work directly alongside extraordinary winemakers and closely with seasoned Sugarloaf staff, assisting with all aspects of the winemaking processes. We assign Harvest Interns to specific clients and give Harvest Interns full responsibility/ownership of dedicated fermentations from crush pad to barrel while under direction of clients and supervision by Sugarloaf staff. Forklift training is provided to all harvest interns. The team at Sugarloaf pride themselves in promoting safe working practices and an excellent harvest experience. At Sugarloaf, you will see it all!
General Description:
The Sugarloaf harvest internship will begin early in August and conclude around mid-December, depending on Mother Nature. We start with Pinot noir and then end with a steady pace of our later season Cabernets. With the fun varieties in between. The right candidates need to be energetic and highly motivated, with outstanding attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile for our clients. We expect the Harvest Intern to be cooperative team members and contribute to the overall positive energy of our work environment.
Qualifications:
• Preference for candidates with previous harvest experience, especially forklift experience
• Must commit to working full-time plus extended harvest hours through our harvest season
• Must be organized with acute attention to details
• Ability to communicate effectively in English
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment, safely
• Ability to work flexible and extended hours on short notice
• Must be at least 21 years of age and have legal United States work eligibility
- Work Environment Requirements:
- Ability to work in confined spaces and high places
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, bend, lift, twist, kneel, crouch, crawl, pull, push, carry, grasp, reach and stoop as needed and sometimes for extended periods
- Ability to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly
- Work with chemicals that require protective equipment (goggles, gloves, etc.)
- Ability to sit, stand, and walk on uneven surfaces for extended periods of time
- Perform work duties inside and outdoors
Compensation: Hourly pay, including overtime pay, based on California law. Typical work week during peak of harvest: 6 days, 10+ hours per day.
Crush Facility Focuses on State-of-the-Art Winemaking with Premium Producers in Mind
Ideally situated in in Sonoma Valley—just 45 minutes from the heart of Napa Valley and a short drive from the Russian River AVA—Sugarloaf Crush (SLC) provides the latest equipment, cutting-edge technology, and a dedicated, experienced team to deliver ultra-premium winemaking for a wide range of clients in the heart of California wine country.
Founded in 2016, SLC has assembled a winning combination of precision production equipment and tailored processes designed for crafting premium wines from all varieties. In 2019, SLC opened the doors of its spectacular, 7,000-foot Hospitality Center, complete with by-appointment tasting room, thoughtfully designed private tasting suites with indoor and outdoor seating, and a superbly appointed large-event space with class-two commercial kitchen.
“We’re located in a beautiful location between two mountain ranges with vineyards out in front of the property,” explains Ronald Du Preez, Sugarloaf Crush General Manager. “We offer the absolute best in custom winemaking for discerning clients, along with great hospitality and that classic wine country feel.”
Sugarloaf Crush is outfitted with a comprehensive range of quality production equipment and facility enhancements that include:
- A cold room for immediate reception of off-loaded fruit;
- A Carlsen vibrating cluster sorting table that extracts hard raisins and MOG prior to destemming;
- An Oscillys 200 destemmer with variable roller-width settings for the near perfect berry selection
- A post-destemming sorting table from Vaslin-Bucher integrated with a WECO optical sorter
Sugarloaf Cush offers two, four, six, eight and ten-ton fermentation tank options to accommodate a full range of production needs, with the goal to support clients crafting smaller lots of high-end fruit. The facility was designed with flexibility in mind.
For tank transfer, destemmed berries can be moved via stainless-steel bin dumping or peristaltic pump. All tanks are TankNet-controlled with hot and cold glycol capabilities.
Additionally, three separate barrel rooms provide a variety of heating, cooling and humidity settings to keep barrels in perfect condition throughout the lifecycle of individual wines.
InnoVint winery management software ties the operation together and ensures everyone is on the same page, with real-time access and processing updates facilitating clear communication between crew and clients, 24/7.
Because direct sales are an essential part of every fine wine equation, SLC recently opened its onsite Hospitality Center for member clients. Featuring a by-appointment tasting room, separate indoor/outdoor suites for private tastings, and a commercial kitchen with all the gourmet bells and whistles required for next-level entertaining, the Center is a key draw for those looking for a complete custom crush service offering.
For facility tours and more information, go to www.sugarloafcrush.com.
About
Sugarloaf Crush has come to life through the founders’ experiences of being a custom crush client. We have seen the strengths and challenges of being a service provider–complex reporting, unpredictable pricing, and wine movement between facilities, from crush to storage to bottling. To that end, Sugarloaf Crush was developed around customer service, quality, accessibility, and process efficiency. Efficiency provides the greatest opportunity for our experienced staff to mind the details for each client’s wine.
Sugarloaf was designed from day one with premier, small-lot producers in mind. From the stunning location in Sonoma Valley to the state-of-the-art equipment and technological integration, Sugarloaf has set a new standard in custom crush. Sugarloaf Crush provides a true grape-to-glass pipeline for our clients–clients have access to our cloud-based winery management system to view their inventory and work orders in real time. With efficiency-integrated and multiple-process capability at the facility, client wines are processed promptly to their unique specifications. Every client is a priority, and our ultimate objective is to provide a stress-free winemaking process for you.
Our unique facility offers additional client benefits, including a spacious hospitality wing designed to accommodate anything from intimate tastings to private events. We work to make Sugarloaf Crush your winery! If you are interested in setting up an appointment, send us an email at info@slcrush.com. We'd love for you to stop by.
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| Title | Name | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Manager | Ronald Du Preez | info@slcrush.com | 707-244-4885 |
Location List
| Locations | Address | State | Country | Zip Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Crush | 6705 Cristo Lane, Santa Rosa | CA | United States of America | 95409 |
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