Fledgling Wine by Twitter - Fledgling wine by Twitter is the newest idea by social networking giant based in San Francisco to raise money for literacy while providing a good, reasonably priced wine.
The Fledgling wine by Twitter idea was inspired by a team-building activity for Twitter employees, but then became an idea for a literacy cause, Room to Read.
Wine by Twitter does not mean that the social networking giant will be entering the vineyard or bottling business. They will be using a company called Crushpad.
Crushpad is also based in San Francisco and provides customers with the grapes, equipment, and storage facilities to make their own unique wines.
Twitter wine will be called Fledgling and will come in two varieties: a chardonnay and a pinot noir. The grapes have already begun the process of becoming Fledgling wine and a barrel taste test will be conducted in San Francisco in early 2010 along with some remote locations sampling shipped wine. Tasters will then tweet their opinions.
Bottles of Fledgling, wine made by Twitter, will sell for about $20 per bottle and $5 of that will be donated toward their chosen literacy charity, Room to Read, who establishes schools and libraries in developing countries.
We like another suggested name, Twine, instead of Fledgling. What would you have named the new Fledgling Wine by Twitter?
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October 20th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Twitter in the wine making business? Seems strange to me but I love wine so I might try some
October 21st, 2009 at 3:35 am
Wine made by Twitter. Strange but I’ll give it a try