“After touring the New Naumes Custom Processing facility, we were very impressed with the investment that they had made in top of the line capital equipment for their facility. This, coupled with their hiring of winemaker Chris Graves who has a solid technical and practical background in winemaking were instrumental reasons that convinced us to move our winemaking operations to their facility. We are just now tasting the results of our first vintage of wines made at Naumes and are very impressed with the early results.”
Dick Ellis, Pebblestone Cellars
“I have been very impressed with the Naumes Crush facility – the cold storage has allowed me flexibility in harvesting, processing and shipping my fruit to outside clients. Their state-of-the-art equipment has given me much confidence in the quality of sorting and processing. Chris and his staff are meticulous about every aspect of the winemaking process and are clearly focused on maximizing the potential of each and every lot of fruit they receive. Throw in Chris’ friendly, considerate and flexible personality and you have a great combination to achieve a fantastic finished product, consistently, and it’s a pleasure doing business. I am really looking forward to trying more wines made at Naumes Crush, no matter who’s name is on the label.”
Jaime McCleary, Jaxon Vineyards
“We are very pleased with the work that Naumes Crush did for us in 2015. Winemaker Chris Graves and all the crush team were highly professional and cooperative. Naumes’ state of the art grape processing and temperature controlled barrel storage has ensured that our wines will achieve optimal quality.”
Michael Donovan, Irvine Vineyards
“It has been a pleasure working with Chris at the Naumes crush facility. From the contract details to the delivery of the finished product it has been an easy, professional and pleasant experience. Chris listened to me about the style of the wine, the components we were looking for, respected the fruit and allowed me to participate in the details. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience and the wine is wonderful.”
Laura Lotspeich, Trium Wine and Pheasant Hill Vineyard
“It is with pleasure that I can recommend Chris Graves to you as a winemaker and custom crush operator. I began work with Chris in 2015 by providing our 2015 harvest of Cabernet Sauvignon to him for processing. Chris has been exceptionally open and responsive in all our dealings, and has demonstrated excellent knowledge and expertise in his handling of our crop. He is pleasant and easy to deal with, but applies his considerable expertise effectively in the decision-making necessary to proceed. The product so far is exceptional. Having provided grapes for custom crush processing to various winemakers for the past decade, I can say that Chris is the most pleasant and easiest to work with so far.”
Jim Davidian, Caprice Vineyards