The community includes
professional winemakers launching their own brands, restaurateurs
producing private label wines , and avid wine lovers who want to dabble
in winemaking. Kian brings over a decade of winemaking
experience to Crushpad.

About Crushpad

Crushpad is a San Francisco winery that enables anyone with a
serious interest in wine to participate in the magic of winemaking.

Oeneo's 'Diam' Continues Positive Tracking with A.W.R.I.; Patented Closure Gets Strong Results in 24-Month Trial from World Leader in Closure Trials

"DIAM is a solution that our 'New World' markets have been
demanding, and we are doing our best to provide a timely response,"
said Mercier.

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After months of searching, Crushpad has secured contracts to
purchase fruit grown in more than 15 vineyards.

Crushpad Hires Bordeaux Varietal Specialist

To broaden customers' options, Crushpad has added Kian Tavakoli to
the winemaking team.crushpadwine. DIAM's raw cork granules undergo a
"supercritical CO2" TCA -extraction process, which removes all
measurable levels of TCA. "Of the two grades of natural cork tested
alongside DIAM, the higher end cork had the only comparable positive
outcome.

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For more
information, visit www. Given that DIAM corks cost a fraction of such natural corks
and undergo TCA-extraction, this is a win for both DIAM and the
winemaker who uses them. In addition to
natural corks, sparkling wine corks and a cork -based stopper for
liquor and spirits, Oeneo Closures USA is now engaged in pursuing a
full line of wine closure solutions.

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Crushpad
provides the equipment, winemaking talent, and fruit sourced from some
of California's most prestigious vineyards.

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Prior to Clos Du Val, Kian was with Opus One ,
also in Napa Valley.
The A. that DIAM contains no releasable TCA at 12, 18, and now 24
months . The Oeneo Group of companies is
also one of the world's largest barrel suppliers (Seguin Moreau and
Radoux brands) and is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN code
0000052680).

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The company was founded in
2004 by wine industry veterans and technology industry refugees
determined to liberate winemaking from its traditional stereotypes of
impossible wealth, expansive chateaus and golden retrievers ." According
to Oeneo Closures USA President Eric Mercier, after 24 months of
testing, the overall results were excellent on all enological and
organoleptic parameters.

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"Our unique winery model allows anyone
with the desire to make wine an opportunity to produce their own
branded, ultra-premium wine at an affordable cost, without giving up
their day job.

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Wine enthusiasts, small-scale professional winemakers, wine
retailers and restaurateurs can produce their own small-lot,
ultra -premium wine without the hassle of quitting their day jobs or
the cost of building their own winery .
The DIAM technology, developed jointly by Oeneo Bouchage in France
and the Supercritical Fluids Laboratory of the French Atomic Energy
Commission (CEA), is designed to selectively remove from raw cork
granules certain chemical compounds, including 2,4,6 Trichloroanisole
(TCA) and its precursors , that can contribute to undesirable sensory
deviations in bottled wines, before converting the raw material into a
range of cork closure products. The company is a subsidiary of
the France-based closures division of Oeneo, a global leader in
supplying value-added products to winemakers worldwide .

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Crushpad has customers in over 20 states and as far
away as Tokyo., a world leader in wine closure studies, began
testing the DIAM closure alongside two different grades of natural
cork in October 2002.

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Crushpad is conveniently located in San Francisco with full-time
winemakers ready to guide interested enophiles through the exciting
process of making their own branded and labeled wine.
Costs vary based primarily on vineyard location and grape prices,
varietal, and aging requirements .W.I. Mercier said the DIAM closure obtained even
better results than the screw cap and lower-end corks in terms of Free
and Total SO2, and in terms of bottle-to-bottle variations and
descriptors linked to wine reduction.oeneoclosuresusa.

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In December 2004, DIAM was awarded the
prestigious Vinitech Gold Medal for Wine Packaging Innovation.

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Business Editors/Wine Writers/Food/Beverage Editors

SAN FRANCISCO----Crushpad, a
community winery for aspiring winemakers, announced that customers can
now reserve fruit for the 2005 harvest by visiting
www. The company takes the process all the way through to
packaging and Crushpad customers determine their own level of
participation in the winemaking process.
The winery is designed to allow wine lovers, small scale professional
winemakers, wine retailers and restaurateurs to create as little as 25
cases of ultra-premium, branded wines at a reasonable cost.

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Crushpad Unveils Stellar Vineyard Sources for 2005 Harvest; Aspiring Winemakers Encouraged to Place Orders Now to Reserve Fruit

The vineyards, located
in Napa Valley, Russian River Valley, Anderson Valley, Dry Creek
Valley and Santa Barbara, include some of California's most
prestigious vineyards, many producing 95 to 100 point reviews in major
wine publications.W.R."
Oeneo Closures recently announced worldwide orders of DIAM from
notable wineries such as France's Louis Jadot, Australia's Marquee
Selections, New Zealand's Spencer Hill Estate and Napa Valley's
Cosentino.

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crushpadwine. The typical cost for a single barrel
(25 cases) ranges from $3,900 to $5,900, or $13 to $20 per bottle.W.

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There was no TCA observed in the
wines bottled under DIAM, which supports consistent findings by the
A.

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In its second year of operation, Crushpad has more than 100
customers, doubling the company's expectations. Most recently, he was winemaker at Clos Du
Val, where he ran the Napa Valley winery's Bordeaux varietals and
reserve wine programs.
More information on the revolutionary DIAM wine closure is now
available via the company's new Web site, www.

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Customers have
control over winemaking's many variables: varietal , vineyard source,
fermentation and aging preferences, as well as style, aroma and flavor
characteristics .

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"Crushpad is democratizing winemaking," says Michael Brill,
founder and CEO of Crushpad.

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Business Editors/Wine Writers

NAPA, Calif.----In the latest
chapter of trial outcomes to determine the benefits of alternative
wine closures, Oeneo Closures' DIAM composite closure continues to
show excellent results in tests conducted by the Australian Wine
Research Institute (A. A screw cap was used as the "control.
"The results from the 24-month trial confirm that DIAM's unique
homogeneous properties and measurable permeability are extremely
valuable for winemakers who choose to use this product in the bottling
process," said Mercier.com

About Oeneo Closures USA

Oeneo Closures USA, formally known as Sabate USA, was founded in
1995 and is based in Napa, California.

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