Wine Plan
The wine itself will be made inside of Provina, Inc.'s WinePod. This part of the setup is the most expensive. The WinePod runs $3500 plus $400 in shipping costs. In addition, I will need to buy storage barrels for aging, bottles, and a bottling device. Although Provina is really pushing their frozen Napa grapes, I am planning to get fresh grapes this September from New York's Finger Lakes region. I will probably also buy the yeasts and additives from the vineyard that sells the grapes. While the WinePod offers electronic sensors and temperature control for fermentation, I will still need to closely monitor the wine at the beginning of the fermentation process. I will probably need to take PTO or work from the house for the first week of fermentation. Since I will be making the wine 85 miles away from the city, it is important to have a remote control mechanism to monitor the wine. I decided to purchase Symantec PC Anywhere Version 12.1. The control center will be my old