Naked Wines Rents Blackstone Winery From Ken Wilson, Offers $100/ton Custom Crush

Naked Wines has signed a deal with Ken Wilson to use the Blackstone Winery in Kenwood to offer custom crush operations at $100/ton to “experienced winemakers,” according to information received from Naked Wines. Founder Rowan Gormley said the deal adds to the more than $5.5 million “investment” the company has already made with American winemakers

“Naked aims to support independent winemakers by removing their greatest costs,” said Gormley. “All the winemaking up to post-malo, including crush and adds, can easily cost 10 times more than what we are offering. What’s more, with us, winemakers can take the time they need rather than work with crush facilities that are often in a hurry to get as much volume through the winery as possible.”

“We’re building a network of America’s most serious winemakers,” explains Robin Langton, Naked’s Director of Winemaking. Langton, has formerly served at Patz & Hall, Calera Wine, Vignobles Andre Lurton, Oyster Bay, and others.

Gormley says that most of the 100,000-case winery’s capacity is already accounted for with industry veterans like Ken Deis who is making his own Napa wine after heading up the winemaking at Flora Springs, Joseph Phelps, and Heitz for nearly 40 years.

Naked Wines says it is accepting applicants until August 6 and that interested winemakers should email suppliers@nakedwines.com with information about their experience as winemakers and the wine they would like to produce.

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