Bottling under way - at one of the smallest wineries. They make award winning wines!
4 family members -Mum adding CO2 to the empty bottle, Dad filling the bottle with wine, No.1 grandson capping the bottle and No.2 grandson stacking the bottles in the big, blue bin.
Hi Casablanca- Funny you should say that. On our first trip around Oz in 1979 most of the wineries were like that - even those that are now Internationally successful eg Wolfblass, Tyrrells, Vasse Felix...... On our last trip most of them were either very large corporate affairs or very small boutique, family affairs. The granite belt is a bit of a mix but mainly still family run. Lovely to visit because you can have a good old chat while tasting their wines.. :) Cheers Rob
Good memories and stories in this shot, Rob @robz. I remember when some of the now big name wineries around Rutherglen used to sell from roadside sheds. And I remember buying one wine in particular in plastic carboys (demijohns) and bottling it ourselves
Interesting narrative and capture Rob, we have visited the Hunter Valley vineyard’s on our holidays and have alway come back with wine, we always ended up at the Tyrrell’s vineyard to stock up:)
@pcoulson Hi Peter. Yes, Tyrrells is one of our favourites still. And one of the originals in the Hunter. When we first went there 20 years ago Mr Tyrrell himself was serving in the tasting room - he was quite a character!! At that stage some of the wines on the Granite Belt were pretty average -and that's being kind. They are vastly different now - often achieving over 95 points in the Halliday rating scheme. A great place to live if you like wine! :)
Wow...a real family business! I love small family businesses since that is what my husband has been involved in for almost 60 years. :). My husband started at age 11 after school. You need to retire sometime.
@gardenfolk Hi Cathee. What you said is so true - and this family is definitely going to be remembered in our area for a long time - there are leaving behind a wonderful winery that will live on into the future. If your husband has now retired I hope he's enjoying his new found free time. Cheers Rob
@robz No...my husband has no plans of retiring. He says he loves what he does and he has worked a minimum of 6 days a week (10-12 hour days) for the 42 years of our marriage and before. He hasn't taken a true vacation in 10 years either. So if I am invited by friends to travel, I go before my time runs out.
Ian
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