Custom Crushing, defined as paying a bonded winery other than your own (if you even own one at all) to process grapes into wine, is something that almost everyone seems to be doing these days. At a recent barbecue in Napa I realized that most of the winemakers present, who were representing 20-barrel start-up brands to well established large wineries, made at least some, if not all, of their gallons within the custom crush environment. The high cost of building ...