It’s Wednesday, the sun is shining and all’s right with the
world. We’re spending today getting the
details finalised for the new business: registering the name, getting an ABN
and opening a bank account. Pamela and I
will put in a few dollars to give us some working capital; there are some
things we need to order like filter papers, new cartons and so on and we’re
going to be short of bottles when all the wine is ready.
Jamie is designing new labels and setting up a website. I’ve organised for an NBN account. The fibre is already connected so we’re just
waiting for the modem. We’ve gone for a
mid-range package which is 4 times faster than our current ADSL and has free
national calls and heaps of download capacity.
Our website will have an e-commerce facility so you can all order our
wines on-line and we’ll send them to you in the post.
There’s a Task Schedule on board in the winery. We have some wine ready for a final filtering
and have to get an order for 7 dozen for Ashgrove Cheese ready in the next few
days. Most of what we need is already
bottled but Michael wants some cherry. Pamela scratched around in a cupboard
and pulled out a demi-john of dark, dark wine.
No label, just a breathtaking aroma.
After a few sips, we decided it was probably cherry. It’s wonderful and nobody will quibble if it’s,
in fact, blueberry.
I have no experience of fruit wines but, if somebody had
told me it was a Cabernet, I would have accepted that. Blueberry is like a Merlot, the Elderflower I
had the other night is like a late-picked Riesling without the sticky
sweetness. A whole new world has opened
up.
After the weekend filtering we have several demi-johns
cluttering up the house. It was collected
from the bottom of the vats and is perfectly good wine but not crystal
clear. Pamela says it will make great
mulled wine or work well in marinades.
Maybe we could market marinades or wine vinegar!
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