Thomas Cabrol reviews the Air Cork ! Thomas has a fantastic company in France focused on wine and wine education. Click below to see his video review….in French!  

We were fortunate enough to be on the pilot episode of the original show back in October. Kind of under the radar. No advertisement, no mention on Food Network’s website etc…… but we were selected to go to NY and pitch to Lifetime Brands. The show was picked up by Food Network and a series now produced (with a new name – Invention Hunter’s). We are very pleased to have been included in the new full series. We also changed our name since the show

FlavorHD Interview where we discussed Shark Tank, re-branding and product success.  Click “read more”!

See our featured piece on Housewares TV from the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show.  Just click “read more” to see the segment.

Great experience. We ultimately retained full ownership and control of the company. A lot of passion about the show and the apparent result. Read more on our blog. Video is not available here.

Wine Balloon is now Air Cork.  New name but the same team behind it. We’ve been working on the conversion and rebranding for several months and are very pleased to announce this new direction for our product.  Yes, it sure is a big deal to change the name once you get some traction in the industry but we feel the change will be for the better. Last summer we had the opportunity to work with the very talented folks at Swerve in New York.  From

Thank you all for the support and comments about our “swim with the sharks”. You are obviously all very passionate inventors and entrepreneurs. It was a flurry of activity at the peak. We are still in control of the company but still in touch with the Sharks. You never know what the future holds. We’d still like to partner. We shall see.

It has been a great experience. Our segment airs tonight on ABC’s Shark Tank. Can’t tell the outcome ahead of time but it has been a lot of fun meeting so many intelligent and driven individuals. The product is now on the verge of getting the boost it needs. If you have an idea or product, keep the faith and make it happen.

Wine Balloon on Food Network pilot show, Kitchen Inventor’s.  Click “read more” to see a shortened segment of the show.