Not just one but two exotic-looking creatures arrived at RedHeads last week.
One.....
.... Two
Even though the first one, Kurt Brill (whose catchphrase “sensational” is catching on like wildfire throughout the winery), has been described by a fellow vintage worker as looking like a Miami porn star, his passion for RedHeads is so strong he's even written in his will that he wants his ashes to be spread here in McLaren Vale. Sensational!
Meanwhile the Bearded Dragon caused a bit of a stir with the ladies (unlike Kurt) when it was found lurking in one of the bins of Shiraz that came off McMurtrie Road. It nearly went head-first into the crusher but was rescued just in time and now takes up residence in RedHeads' cellar door.
The Bearded Dragon and Kurt weren't the only arrivals last week, we also had a couple of in-house guests. Dan Parrott, Direct Wines’ Australia and NZ Buyer, dropped in from his base in Melbourne to taste his way through a mountain of samples, and from the UK we welcomed Direct Wines’ Managing Director Simon McMurtrie, whose thoughts on RedHeads and the region can be seen on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/RedHeadsStudio
The Bearded Dragon and Kurt weren't the only arrivals last week, we also had a couple of in-house guests. Dan Parrott, Direct Wines’ Australia and NZ Buyer, dropped in from his base in Melbourne to taste his way through a mountain of samples, and from the UK we welcomed Direct Wines’ Managing Director Simon McMurtrie, whose thoughts on RedHeads and the region can be seen on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/RedHeadsStudio
The harvest is so damn late this year that vintage volunteers are already starting to move on to their next commitments. So before the farewells started, we took a couple of Team 2011 pics in their V11 t-shirts last Thursday - see below.
At the end of last week, we said goodbye to Croatian Josipa Andrijanic (below with Andrew Pieri, left, and Adam Hooper, right), in a Friday evening send-off that ended in Studio Member Nat McMurtrie’s winemaking shed, as he finished off his yeast inoculation while everyone drank from his cellar, ate Chinese takeaway, listened to his slightly dodgy collection CD collection and played the odd round of darts.
At the end of last week, we said goodbye to Croatian Josipa Andrijanic (below with Andrew Pieri, left, and Adam Hooper, right), in a Friday evening send-off that ended in Studio Member Nat McMurtrie’s winemaking shed, as he finished off his yeast inoculation while everyone drank from his cellar, ate Chinese takeaway, listened to his slightly dodgy collection CD collection and played the odd round of darts.
So what does this week have in store? Apart from yet another party at the cellar door tonight (two more vintage workers are moving on), after another bout of rain last night, fruit's scheduled to come in thick and fast this week, so by Friday we reckon RedHeads is going to be cooking on gas.
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