Hardly a surprise, since in these troubled times of receivership and strife, the only people who can make money are those who create strife. Bureaucrats.
Is it just me, or was there a considerable amout of trumpeting recently about the significant increase in export earnings from the wine industry?
Wine export growth outshines all others
New Zealand wines have gone from zero to hero
Yet for some reason, there are vineyards going down the gurgler and sav blanc may as well be hemlock
Wine Country over a barrel?
Twenty drinks to avoid in 2010
Wine hard to sellYet for some reason, there are vineyards going down the gurgler and sav blanc may as well be hemlock
Wine Country over a barrel?
Twenty drinks to avoid in 2010
So in these incredibly successful, but financially crippling times, lets plough money into Bureaucracy. Here's the trick. Hype the profit margin and skim the surplus.
Grape growers sign off on industry levyYou're a grape grower under financial pressure. You voted to increase the levies to an organisation that skims money off you via an act of parliament right?
So back to Court they go. 'Cos that's where the money is. It won't matter if you're fighting a battle that is lost already. It's not the winning that counts. It's the fighting. I'd be increasing the levies again. They'll need it. If it's not here, it'll be in Tasman or the Hurunui or Otago or Hawkes Bay. Money going down the drain faster than 2008 Sav Blanc.
So back to Court they go. 'Cos that's where the money is. It won't matter if you're fighting a battle that is lost already. It's not the winning that counts. It's the fighting. I'd be increasing the levies again. They'll need it. If it's not here, it'll be in Tasman or the Hurunui or Otago or Hawkes Bay. Money going down the drain faster than 2008 Sav Blanc.
