Place 15 gallons of grapes into the WinePod, and this four-foot-tall, stainless steel, egg-shaped device will automatically see them through fermentation and aging, eventually providing four to five cases of custom-made wine. The WinePod evaluates temperature and sugar levels, provides a digital readout that can be synced to a home computer, and will even tell you when you need to punch down the cap of fermenting skins ($3,500, not including grapes; winepod.net).

—Megan Krigbaum