The Perfect Last Minute Holiday Gift for the Wine Enthusiast, WinePod Online School of Winemaking

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WinePod, the world’s first personal winery that allows wine enthusiasts to make world-class wine at home, announces the perfect last minute affordable holiday gift for the aspiring winemaker—WinePod Online School of Winemaking. The $99 cost includes a four-week online winemaking school taught by WinePod’s professional winemakers and hosted by award-winning author and sommelier Courtney Cochran.

Each purchase of the WinePod Online School of Winemaking between December 1 and December 31, 2008 will automatically enter the purchaser into a drawing for a WinePod personal winemaking system, a $4,499 value.

WinePod also announces that it will be introduced to a nationwide TV audience on NBC’s “In Wine Country” on December 13-14 and “The Today Show” on December 23.

WinePod Online School of Winemaking

$99.00

Give the wine lover on your holiday list the WinePod Online School of Winemaking—a four-week winemaking course that teaches wine enthusiasts how to make their own hand-crafted wine.

Hosted by award-winning author and sommelier Courtney Cochran and taught by WinePod’s professional winemakers, this unprecedented hands-on custom crush class takes a batch of premium grapes through the key steps in the winemaking process.

Course participants learn how the world’s preeminent wines go from grape to glass and come away with a deeper appreciation and knowledge of winemaking and their own personal bottle of wine (where allowed by law).

For more information and to purchase the WinePod Online School of Winemaking as a last minute gift for the wine lover on your holiday list go to http://winepod.net/learning-center/online-school.html.

Each purchase of the WinePod Online School of Winemaking between December 1 and December 31, 2008 will automatically enter the purchaser into a drawing for a WinePod winemaking system, a $4,499 value.

The $99 cost includes custom crush of your favorite varietal, 24/7 access to the online collaboration dashboard and curriculum including an overview of the winemaking process and common terminology.

WinePod Featured on NBC’s “In Wine Country” and “The Today Show”

WinePod, the world’s first personal winery that allows wine enthusiasts to make world-class wine at home, will be introduced to more than one million viewers on NBC’s award-winning weekly series “In Wine Country” the weekend of December 13-14, 2008.

Hosted by Mary Babbitt, the show, which airs on more than 200 NBC stations nationwide, celebrates the unique wine country lifestyle and goes behind the scenes to show the best of wine country, including world-famous wineries, celebrity chefs, gardens, decorating ideas, arts, artisan foods, great escapes and how to enjoy wine country living at home.

“In Wine Country’s” WinePod segment will tell the story of Cliff and Felice Livingston of Santa Cruz, California, who served their own private label Cabernet Sauvignon, made in the WinePod, at their recent wedding.

WinePod will also be featured on NBC's “The Today Show”, on December 23, as part of the holiday giving segment hosted by Cat Schwarz, The HiTEchMommy.

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

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

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