A day of discovery and philosophy in the winery, I’d find it hard to think of a better place for it.
First, Jess finds Fred. Missing for 12 months and presumed dead Fred was discovered hiding at the very back of the barrel shed. To be fair he was very well camouflaged due to the fact that he is himself a barrel. A barrel of Grenache to be more precise, lost due to mislabelling in a stack of Shiraz. After intense forensic testing the handwriting on Fred is deemed to belong to Pieri so the next case of Pale Ale is on him.
We're not losing him again - Fred is clearly marked
You wouldn’t think it by looking at him but Mr. Brill likes to move around the winery at speed, from barrel storage to fermenters to the press Kurt is some what of a blur. The problem is people running in wineries normally means something bad, so everyone stops to see what’s going on. ‘Kurt save the running for when something bad happens!’ Kurt ‘Kurfucious’ Brill has realised the error of his ways and even gave us this nugget of wisdom … ‘He who runs in the cellar covers little ground.’
Blink and you'll miss him - Kurfucious is on the move
At Longwood to see the ‘Godfather’ Phil Christiansen who is bringing in a few parcels of great looking Shiraz from down by the coast. Processing doesn’t take long at Longwood, gravity plays a major part in the procedure. Hard to know where he is going to put it though, the shed is already looking pretty full. And he hasn’t even started using his bright pink bins yet!
Further up the hill and we find plenty is going on at Pieri Wines too. Vintage is a little late this year as we all know and with his dad Mario in charge of the vineyards and growing more and more impatient Andrew is having to fight to keep his grapes on the vine. 
Those that have come off so far are looking good though. A new batch is on the drying table for his signature Amarone styled Azzardo and some dry fermenters are working there way to the press that is working so hard it is starting to warp, treats the grapes like VIPs though. 
