Make Your Own Wine

I just came across a really cool service website based out of San Francisco that allows customers (either virtually or physically) to have a hand in making their very own California wine. Crush Pad offers you, either by yourself or with a group of friends, to make an entire barrel of wine. From start to finish, picking to bottling - you can have as much hands on experience as you want.

And, if your somebody like me who lives on the East Coast but wants to try it out anyway, they've got options to let you watch the process via streaming video on the net. Sure, it's not as great as being there to actually get your hands dirty, but I do like the idea of watching what you're drinking turning from one thing (ie, grapes) into another (ie, wine). Not to mention that when the process is over, you've got the equivalent of 25 cases of home-made vino. Which is pretty great, assuming that it turns out to be tasty. Anyway, I've linked to the site at the top of this post. Have a look for yourself and enjoy the weekend!