1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Wine makers busy at the moment after collecting the grapes 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,519 Speaker 1: for the vintage and one about our more successful exporters 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: in VVO. They're currently in New York where tomorrow they're 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: going to be in the middle of City Field with 5 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Sarah Jessica Parker. City Field, of course, is the home 6 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: of the Mets. In VBO, co founder Tim Lightbourne is 7 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: in New York and as well as Tim, good morning, 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: good it Mike Summer in New York. Are you're vibing it? 9 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a beautiful weather over here. I think it's 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: today eighty Stahrenheight. Big day to morrows, so we're looking 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: forward to it. 12 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: Indeed, I checked the schedule. They're not back until next 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: week the Mets to play the marl And so you've 14 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: got the field to yourself. Are you on the field? 15 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Where are you? 16 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're we're in the middle of the field at 17 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 2: the stadium there. So we've got a little table on 18 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: second base with a film crew there. We're invited by 19 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: it'small across the US, so yeah, it's going to be 20 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: pretty exciting. 21 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: Why the middle of a baseball field. 22 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: So yeah, we said ben with her and we saw 23 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: it how can we make it big? How can we 24 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: open ourselves up to a big, bigger audience instead of 25 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: sort of being close in the room somewhere at a 26 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: winer or something. So we thought, why not at our 27 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: spectacular stadium, you know, get the film crew, get the 28 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: media there as well, and open it up to the US. 29 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: How difficult I mean, Sarah Jessica Parker helps, of course, 30 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: but how difficult is it to get noise and attention 31 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: in a place like New York, far less a market 32 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: like America. 33 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's super tough. So you've got to do things really, 34 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: really different. You know, we can't sit home in New 35 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: Zealand and cross our favors. Hope. They were, to my surprise, 36 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: up for it, so they had to describe what we're 37 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: going to be doing tasting wine in the middle of 38 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 2: the field. But we've just been there today checking it out, 39 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: and it's going to be pretty huge. I think the 40 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: media interested in what we're up to. We've got two 41 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: of the largest wine magazines in the US coming tomorrow. Good, so, 42 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: I mean, it's not another tasting in the fency restaurant 43 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: or at a trade show. It's something different from them. 44 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: Fantastic. What's you read on the economy and your ability 45 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: to sell the stuff. 46 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: Esp. Actually it's pretty good up here at New York 47 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: or Manhattan sens to be pumping. New Zealand wine is 48 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: still in vogue over here. I think, you know, they're 49 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: still a big opportunity for us up here. Talking to 50 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: retail yesterday, they still think savy on blank corn Yellanders 51 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: is probably one of the only growing countries and vitals fantastic. 52 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: I don't want to be a fanboy about it or anything, 53 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: but Sarah Jessica Parker, it might well be the loveliest 54 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: person in the world, might she not? 55 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's also a great partner. We got really lucky 56 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: with her. She's done. She's pretty hands on as well. 57 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: She comes to meetings with buyers with me, jumped on 58 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: a train for three hours just at one buyer, So 59 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: we couldn't have asked for a bit of partner. And 60 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 2: you know tomorrow she has no hesitation. She's a fan 61 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: of the Mets, same with her husband, Misthry Patrick. So 62 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: they fell well up for it tomorrow. 63 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: Good stuff. When she went on that train for three 64 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: hours to the buy did they did? They buy more 65 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: than one bottle? 66 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: They sent me did have one of the largest retailers 67 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: in the country. Yeah, she sat on that train and 68 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: came with us meeting. 69 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: Good on you mate, go well, nice to sketch up 70 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: Tim Lightbourne, who was the envbo co founder, and so 71 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: they're on, they're doing the serving. I was probably just 72 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: glad to get out of the shoe shop to be 73 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: to be fair, he was to be fair that story 74 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: if you didn't get she owns a shoe shop on 75 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: Bleaker Street and she's there every day. Obviously certainly not 76 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: nine to five. In fact, some of the stuff say 77 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: she's a bit slack. But anyway, when she does sn 78 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: up she happened to be the other day we were 79 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: there and we missed it by about two minutes. It 80 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: was a Saturday, so she pops in, so that would 81 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: be quite. 82 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: I wonder if she's interested in running a coffee kiosk. 83 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: I I missed that opportunity. 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