Unique Holiday Gifts for Wine Enthusiasts: Garagiste by WinePod® and WinePod Crush Club -- WinePod® Releases Its Affordable, Entry–level Personal Winemaking System as well as Custom Vintages From Crush Club Just in Time for the Holidays

Provina, makers of the award–winning WinePod® personal winemaking system, announced today the release of Garagiste by WinePod®, an affordable, entry–level personal winemaking system that makes the perfect holiday gift for wine enthusiasts. The Garagiste by WinePod® presses and ferments wine in a sleek, self–contained unit and comes with WineCoachTM instructional software.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Business Wire EON) November 20, 2008 -- Garagiste by WinePod®$1,999

Garagiste by WinePod® is an affordable, entry–level personal winemaking system that makes the perfect holiday gift for wine enthusiasts.

Combined with premium grapes, advice from professional winemakers and online support from a worldwide social network of WinePod winemakers, Garagiste by WinePod® presses and ferments wine in one sleek, self-contained unit and gives step-by-step instructions with its WineCoach™ software.

Garagiste by WinePod® makes four cases of world-class wine per fermentation using premium grapes including cabernet sauvignon from Rancho Sarco and Napa River Ranch in Napa Valley; pinot noir and chardonnay from Sangiacomo Vineyard in Sonoma Valley and syrah from Annadel Vineyard in Sonoma Valley.

Garagiste by WinePod® is produced in San Jose, CA by Provina, the consumer electronics company co-founded by CEO and WinePod co-inventor, Greg Snell. Provina also makes the WinePod® Personal Winemaking System.

Crush Club: The gift of a custom winemaking experience in Napa ValleyA Partnership between WinePod and Napa's Gustavo Thrace Winery$1,872

Looking for a unique winemaking experience to give your loved one? WinePod has partnered with famed Napa Valley winemaker Gustavo Brambila (featured in last summer's indie film Bottle Shock) to offer a limited number of custom crush fermentations with various varietals.

At a cost of $1,872 ($39 a bottle), it's the perfect gift for those wine enthusiasts who want to make their own custom wines under the guidance and expertise of one of Napa's most beloved winemakers. Each custom crush yields four (4) cases of personalized wine with a custom-made private label.

For more information: http://www.winepod.net

WinePod® featured on MSNBC: http://tinyurl.com/winepodmsnbc

WinePod® press kit: http://www.prxinc.com/winepod/

To learn more about the Gustavo Thrace winery visit http://ebiz.netopia.com/gustavothrace.

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