For those of you who would rather make your own wine rather than go down to the local vineyard or supermarket, I noticed a very interesting gadget while perusing this month issue of Wired Magazine (pg 106, November 2006). The gadget is a computer-controlled vat, which is available from www.mywinepod.com. The downside to this gadget though is the price coming in at $2,000. Have to say that’s a few bottles of cheap plonk, but to each their own and I’m sure you would get a sense of achievement, once the wine is ready.
I would be interested in tasting wine made in one of these computerised vats. I wonder if it’s worth getting one of these in at winelog.net on review… what do you think Jason/Kim? Stay tuned for my article coming up on sparkling wine that will be posted probably after my Birthday weekend trip away to London next weekend…
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4 Responses to “Desktop to Wine Glass”
They had one of these at the Wine2.0 event. I didn’t get a chance to talk to the guy who was presenting it, and I don’t know if they had wine to taste. Maybe Jeff or Josh did.
The charts in the WinePod dashboard remind me of the “geek sheets” that Twisted Oak has for their wines:
http://www.twistedoak.com/geeks.html
It would be cool to have data like this for wines on our site. Maybe someday all this will be digitized.
As for getting a pod to review: we’ll see what we can work out. $2000 is pretty steep, but maybe we can work something out with the WinePod folks. Like you, I would at least like to try some wine. Maybe we can “borrow” a pod and do a review of the software’s user interface.
I think I’ll leave it up to the experts for awhile! My Wine Log says that I prefer wines with the following flavors: apple, chocolate, vanilla, and blackberry. Does the WinePod have any system in place to help me pick grapes/varieties and the perfect/preferred yeast that would create these flavors? Without that kind of guidance, I’m afraid my wine would be terrible!
Kim
I think this is why I’d love to see one of these reviewed just to see what I could get out of 2k is a lot of cash. I do think though that trying to make something is always a risk, having made homemade beer I can testify to this…Mine was ok but not the best. However, the technology behind it was nowhere near as sophisticated . You know one day I’d loveto see a beerlog equivalent of winelog would be fun to see….lots of work to do that I guess but I’d definitely log to both… Anyway, off topic would love to see a review of the winepod and get to try a glass out of one…..
This thing looks so cool! Ive been dying to make a barrel of wine and this is actually not a bad way to do it. I checked into the Crushpad winemaking center in SF…its 6 grand to make a barrel…which is 25 cases. With winepod for 2 grand you can make as much or as little as you want over time. I bet I could even sell some to restaurants.
I asked to be added to the waiting list to purchase one so lets see what happens. Chances are I might have to wait til next year…which would be fine. I’ll get some Virginia Viognier grapes from my friends at Chrysalis Vineyards and see how it comes out. Might be fun!