FAST.
RELIABLE.
INDEPENDENT.

Providing high quality analysis services to the wine industry since 2008.

Custom Crush offers a comprehensive wine analysis service covering most key analysis required during all steps of the winemaking process, from grape to wine, to all wine grape growers and wineries across the UK.

Our rapid and reliable services add a valuable new perspective and a deeper insight into the grapes and wines, contributing to an overall enhancement of quality.

 

We can help you with

  • Harvest Decisions

    Grape Quality and Maturity Assessment

    Grape/Juice Monitoring Panel

  • Fermentation Monitoring

    Juice/Must Panel 

    Yeast Nutrition Assessment

    Alcoholic and Malolactic Fermentation Monitoring

    Post-Fermentation Panel

  • Wine Management

    Monthly Quality Control Checks

    Wine Health Panel

    Fining Trials and Stability Tests

  • Bottling, Disgorging & Quality Control

    Preparation for Bottling

    Pre and Post Bottling Panels

    Dosage Trials

    Pre and Post Disgorging Panels

Custom Crush Customers

 

“I planted my vines at Breaky Bottom back in 1974. I’m a grape grower/winemaker, but not a wine chemist! I have come to value greatly the attention from Emma Rice and the team at Custom Crush. They offer a full comprehensive chemical analysis of each sample. Furthermore, Emma often adds her own comment on a wine, and I find these pre-bottling and pre-disgorging notes particularly useful”.

— Peter Hall, owner of Breaky Bottom, one of the most historic vineyards and winery in the UK

“I like relying on Custom Crush for my wine analyses. The lab team are accurate and very helpful and to top it off they have a short turnaround time.”

— Andrea Bontempo, Winemaker at Renegade London Wine

“Custom Crush has provided us with prompt and helpful lab analysis services since we started the winery in 2014. Highly recommend Emma and her team.”

— Kristin Syltevik, Oxney Organic Estate

FAQs

 

When will my results be ready?

Some analysis can be reported back to you on the same day or following working day. Please check the target turn-around time for each test on Analysis Page for more information. 

Note: all turn-around times refer to working days.

How should I label my sample?

Each sample should be clearly labelled with Client Info, Sample ID and required analysis. You can also print our own labels here.

What size sample do I need to send?

You can find sample requirements for each test on the Analysis Page.

How long will you keep my sample?

Grape/juice samples are disposed immediately after results are issued. Wine samples are kept for a period of 48 hours after results are reported back to you.

Where should I ship my sample to?

Samples should be sent to: Custom Crush Lab, Wield Yard, Lower Wield, Alresford, SO24 9AJ

How should I collect and ship my sample?

It’s important to take a sample that is representative of the wine that you are sending for testing, for accurate results. Therefore, we recommend sending the sample sealed in full plastic or glass containers, with no headspace, from a well-mixed tank and pre-flushing the valves before collecting the sample.

Fermenting samples can give inaccurate or misleading results, therefore for harvest samples, we recommend sending either 10 bunches of grapes from different vines across the vineyard OR 300 berries from 30 different vines (10 berries per vine). Samples should be sent in sealed plastic bags clearly identified.

Samples should be sent without delay and as quickly as possible to our Lab.

Contact us.

Feel free to get in touch with us at Custom Crush, we’d love to answer any questions you have.

Email

enquiries@customcrushlab.co.uk

Phone

01256 389033

Address

Custom Crush
Wield Yard,
Lower Wield, Nr Alresford
Hampshire
SO24 9AJ

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Opening hours may change during harvest.