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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Silicon Valley WinePod celebration at Joseph George Wines in San Jose, California. We had a great crowd and enjoyed meeting everyone.
We poured barrel samples from the WinePod and also tasted wines made from the same vineyard sources as ours such as Tandem Pinot Noir and Rombauer Chardonnay.
We [...]
WinePodder of the Month: Doug Kingsbury
I make my home in: Houston, Texas
A little about me: I’m a native Texan who started a helicopter business about 15 years ago called Central Helicopter Service Inc. We fly mostly off shore to super tankers. One of our biggest clients is a Saudi petroleum shipping division.
Currently reading: A book [...]
The WinePod will make its New York City debut on September 18th at Wine 2.0, an annual event that showcases how technology and the web are changing the way wine is made, marketed and sold.
With the WinePod in the Big Apple, we’re planning the ultimate social experiment by organizing the largest simultaneous personal wine ferment [...]
The approach of harvest time signals the beginning of the indoor social season. Why not make your next party a unique one and share the joy of making wine with your friends and family? If you haven’t yet made your WinePod purchase, consider a joint acquisition and divide up the fun.
NY Grapes of New York [...]
If you love wine and want to learn more about winemaking, then join us this September and learn how wine enthusiasts are making their own great wine at home with the WinePod personal winery. We’re hosting Winemaking for Wine Enthusiasts at the Silver Creek Valley Country Club in San Jose, California. And, you don’t have [...]
We’re pretty excited to have Wired Magazine blogger, Chris Null, taking the plunge into making wine with WinePod. What’s even better is that Chris is going to be detailing his experience in a series on the Wired blog network, giving everyone first-hand insight into the whole process.
Chris is a self-proclaimed “total oenology geek,” who also [...]
Yesterday, I found out that we were unable to purchase fruit from a very well known vineyard in Oakville (Napa). That’s unfortunate, because I was very excited about these grapes—it’s the kind of fruit that makes you daydream of friends begging for just one bottle of that fantastic wine you made yourself.
As some of you [...]