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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
We’re thrilled to have WinePod featured on NBC’s “In Wine Country” last weekend.
Our friends at Cava Wine Bar in Capitola, California, recently conducted a blind tasting in which they pitted their own WinePod®-made Cabernet Sauvignon against several top-flight Cabs from their own inventory. And much to their surprise (and our delight), customers overwhelmingly preferred the [...]
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
We’re thrilled to announce that our friends over at Cava Wine Bar in Capitola, California, recently conducted a blind tasting in which they pitted their own WinePod®–made Cabernet Sauvignon against several top-flight Cabs from their own inventory. And much to their surprise (and our delight), customers overwhelmingly preferred the WinePod® Cab!
If you’d like to hear [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
The team here at Provina announced today via BusinessWire the release of Garagiste by WinePod®, our affordable, entry–level personal winemaking system that makes for a perfect holiday gift for wine enthusiasts.
The Garagiste version of WinePod® is great for those who want the simplicity of natural winemaking, but still want the convenience of modern equipment. With [...]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Come see the WinePod at La Honda Winery in Redwood City
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time: 11:00AM–5:00PM
WHERE:
La Honda winery
2645 Fair Oaks
Redwood City, CA, 94063
Interested in a wine tasting experience and want to learn more about making wine in the WinePod? Then join us for a La Honda winery open house wine tasting and WinePod event from [...]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Gustavo Thrace winery of Napa, CA. Renowned for its excellent, small lot wines, Gustavo Thrace winery will offer custom wines created in the WinePod and crafted by celebrated winemaker, Gustavo Brambila. The Gustavo Thrace tasting room, centrally located in downtown Napa across from Oxbow Marketplace and near [...]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
WinePodder of the Month: Eric Porres
I make my home in: New York and Connecticut
A little about me: A little over two years ago I started a wine tasting group in NY called New York Grapes as a way to learn more about wine and my friends and colleagues.
To be eligible in the group you have [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
WinePod recently held a unique event at the Silver Creek Country Club in San Jose, Calif. Thanks to all who participated and came out. Silver Creek is a premier private club that frequently holds popular wine-related activities such as wine tastings and musical performances. What they had never done before was an event about winemaking. [...]
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Ask any winemaker—they’ll tell you that if you are going to make excellent wine, you must start with excellent grapes. That’s why we started very early this year in choosing our 2008 vineyard selections for the grapes we’ll be offering through WinePod.
Contact Johanna Hirt at (408) 722-7313 or johanna.hirt@winepod.net for current pricing on grapes. [...]
Posted in Cabernet, Chardonnay, Club Ferment, Grapes, Pinot, Savingon Blanc, Syrah, Uncategorized, Vineyards, WinePod, WinePod Events, WinePod grapes, Winemaking Class, vineyard selection, winemaking | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The WinePod has been receiving a lot of attention lately, with our appearance at Wine 2.0 in New York and our most recent events in Silicon Valley. We’ve had stories on CNET, MSNBC, Wine Library TV with Gary Vaynerchcuk, and more. Read or watch some of our latest coverage by clicking on the links below.
CNET [...]
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Join us for our next Club Ferment on Friday October 10th, where we’ll be doing our first Pinot ferment for the WinePod.
If you know Pinot, then you know it is one of the most noble, yet exasperating varieties out there, with a character that is hard to define but has produced some of the world’s [...]
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