(Decanter) - Recent clients of embattled California custom winemaking business Crushpad Inc could be helped out by the company's former Bordeaux operation, it has been revealed. The move follows the decision by Crushpad to call in US administrators, holding a public auction in San Francisco today (7 August) to sell off company assets, including wine produced by clients in the 2010 and 2011 vintages. The company hopes to find a single bidder for its assets, to protect as far as possible the wines and money put in by more than 500 private clients at its winemaking facility in Sonoma.