Wining
November 27th 2008 09:08
Friends of ours have their own vineyard. They took it up late in their careers, and though they're not quite at the retirement stage, it's probably something they'll continue to work on once they've finished their 'normal' jobs.
To me it seems quite a commitment, because it's two or three hours up country from Dunedin, and means they have to stay away from home overnight to do any work on it - work which mostly takes place at the weekends these days. Admittedly they've got a crib (holiday home for those who don't speak the vernacular) near the vineyard (about 15 kms or so) but they're also in the process of building a house here in town, so they're obviously not planning on moving up near the vineyard in a hurry.
They've already had a harvest off the vineyard, and have sold some grapes to a company that will bottle on their behalf. Apparently we might sample some of this before Christmas. Other grapes have gone to a company that doesn't deal in private bottling, so their grapes become part of a larger production line, as far as I can make out.
It sounds like quite a lot of hard work to me, though just how much of the work they actually do I'm not sure. Obviously there are people who help them pick the grapes in season, but it's still quite something to have to care for.
Well, we'll be looking out their bottles to be in the wine of the month club at some point....way down the track!
To me it seems quite a commitment, because it's two or three hours up country from Dunedin, and means they have to stay away from home overnight to do any work on it - work which mostly takes place at the weekends these days. Admittedly they've got a crib (holiday home for those who don't speak the vernacular) near the vineyard (about 15 kms or so) but they're also in the process of building a house here in town, so they're obviously not planning on moving up near the vineyard in a hurry.
They've already had a harvest off the vineyard, and have sold some grapes to a company that will bottle on their behalf. Apparently we might sample some of this before Christmas. Other grapes have gone to a company that doesn't deal in private bottling, so their grapes become part of a larger production line, as far as I can make out.
It sounds like quite a lot of hard work to me, though just how much of the work they actually do I'm not sure. Obviously there are people who help them pick the grapes in season, but it's still quite something to have to care for.
Well, we'll be looking out their bottles to be in the wine of the month club at some point....way down the track!
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