Vineyard owner custom crush · 2026 harvest
Turn your Temecula fruit into a finished wine.
Custom crush production for vineyard owners who want to bottle estate fruit, create a vineyard label, or test a wine program without building a winery first.
For growers ready to capture more value
- ✓ Grape receipt, crush, pressing, fermentation, lab work, aging, and storage
- ✓ Red, white, and rosé paths matched to your fruit and release plan
- ✓ 10,000 sq ft Temecula production environment
- ✓ Professional cellar support while you build sales, label, and vineyard story
Grower opportunities
Your fruit can do more than leave the vineyard by the ton.
Bottle part of your crop
Keep selling fruit where it makes sense, but reserve selected tons for a vineyard-label red, white, rosé, or small-lot release.
Build vineyard recognition
Move the vineyard name from a grower relationship into restaurants, events, private dinners, gifts, club offers, and direct customers.
Avoid building a winery too early
Use professional production, lab, aging, and storage infrastructure without buying tanks, presses, barrel space, or cellar equipment first.
First-release planning
Make the cellar plan match the sales plan.
- 01
Decide how many tons to bottle and how many to keep selling through current grape channels.
- 02
Choose the first commercial style: premium red, faster-release white or rosé, vineyard designate, or hospitality-friendly blend.
- 03
Map the timeline from harvest to aging, stability, bottling prep, label work, storage, and release.
- 04
Plan the sales path before production: restaurants, local retail, private events, corporate gifts, club allocations, or direct customers.
Reserve 2026 capacity
Tell us about your fruit and your release goal.
Send your expected tons, varietals, likely pick window, whether fruit is already committed, preferred wine style, and where you want the finished wine to be sold or poured.
Best-fit vineyard inquiries include
Vineyard location, acreage or tons, varietals, crop expectations, target cases, desired release timing, and whether you need packaging or bottling coordination.
Limited 2026 capacity
Check Harvest Availability
Tell us your tonnage, varietals, fruit status, timeline, and how close you are to a production decision. Include your best current estimates; you do not need a finalized production plan to ask about fit. If fruit is moving within 7 days, submit your details and call 951-395-3918.
FAQ
Can a Temecula vineyard owner bottle wine without owning a winery?+
Yes. A custom crush partner can manage the production infrastructure and cellar work while the vineyard owner focuses on fruit quality, brand positioning, packaging, sales relationships, and release planning.
How much fruit should a grower use for a first vineyard-label wine?+
Start with the commercial goal, not only the crop size. A first release should be large enough to support packaging and launch costs, but focused enough to protect cash, storage, and sales momentum.
When should vineyard owners reserve 2026 custom crush capacity?+
Before harvest pressure starts. Fruit source, tonnage, pick window, vessel needs, aging plan, lab work, storage, and release timing are easier to schedule early.