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Simon Lawson reposted thisSimon Lawson reposted this🚨NEW WORK!🚨 We’re thrilled to share the first of three new HunkyDory films for Yellow Tail wines, directed by Dean Blumberg, in collaboration with the very fine people at isobel. Check out the rest of the campaign: https://shots.re/181b8a Good on ya to everyone involved! Credits Client: Yellow Tail Managing Director: Simon Lawson Marketing Director: Kevin Chinn Marketing Manager: Sarah Leahy Agency: isobel Executive Creative Director: Ben Stump Executive Creative Director: Simon Findlater Head of Onscreen Production: Amy Hansen Head of Account Management: Lisa Roscoe Senior Account Manager: Francesca Houlding Prod Co: HunkyDory Films Director: Dean Blumberg Executive Producer: John Doris Producer: Charlie Doris Production Manager: Lisa Lake Production Coordinator: Lauris Beinerts Junior Production Assistant: Lola Walton Location Manager: BEN CARTER LOCATIONS LIMITED Location Assistant: Emily Sunderland 1st AD: Rob Thorpe 2nd AD: Danny Zanre Runner: Oscar Ginn Runner: George Walker Runner: Richard Ainsley DOP: Dan Holland 1st AC: Hopi Demattio 2nd AC: Harry Bennett Grip: Kevin Foy DIT: Paul Swann Video Playback: Robert Toft Sound Recordist: Paul Cameron Gaffer: Paul Allen Electrician: Adam Bell Electrician: Sebastian Nowell Generator Operator: Alex Kerr Art Director: Chloe Brady Prop Buyer: Lee Seton Prop Master: Chris Brett Props Assistant: Portia Van De Braam Carpenter: Fred Crouch Carpenter: Fionn Hunter Carpenter: Leo Coombs SFX Supervisor: antonio cardoso (MACHINESHOP) SFX Technician: Anthony Jacob Christian Bowser Operator: Paul Marshall Costume Designer: Alexandra Day Costume Assistant: Amy Prior Hair & Make Up: Eve Coles Hair & Make Up Assistant: Sophie Scott Dog Handler: Raoudha Moiros Vet: Cara Bicheno Edit: Marshall Street Editors Edit Producer: Stephen James O'Mara Editor: Matt Pochettino Grade: No.8 Colourist: Matt Turner
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Simon Lawson reposted thisSimon Lawson reposted thisBrexit was meant to relieve us of burdensome red tape, but removing the wine duty easement will result in the exact opposite. Watch the full video here. https://lnkd.in/eeEzTagR #WSTA #CutDrinksDuty #WineEasement Miles Beale HM Treasury
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Simon Lawson reposted thisThis is rather silly. From February, tax bands on wine will rise from just 1 band … to 30! An administrative nightmare, not to mention an increase in cost for the consumer. Common sense needs to prevail here. https://lnkd.in/e2Kx3Rwv‘Complex’ post-Brexit tax rules means price rises for UK wine drinkers‘Complex’ post-Brexit tax rules means price rises for UK wine drinkers
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Simon Lawson reposted thisSimon Lawson reposted thisHigh inflation, particularly in alcohol prices, is hitting both consumers and businesses hard. Miles Beale, Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, highlights the urgency for action. With alcohol inflation doubling in a year, it's time for the Government to rethink excise duties to ease the burden. https://lnkd.in/eAkKnH4D #Inflation #WSTA #CutDrinksDuty #WineAndSpirits
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Simon Lawson reposted thisSimon Lawson reposted thisThe Wine and Spirit Trade Association board met this week. On behalf of its 300+ members the board was united in its concerns that this Government continues to be unwilling to discuss the impact of Rishi Sunak's new duty system. It is asking for 2 simple asks of Jeremy Hunt at #Budget2024... #CutDrinksDuty HM Treasury, Waitrose & Partners, Edrington, Kingsland Drinks, Majestic Wine, Be Inclusive Hospitality, Tesco, Freixenet Copestick, Liv-ex, Sainsbury's, Rémy Cointreau, Moët Hennessy, Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits, Mentzendorff & Co. Ltd, Cotswolds Distillery, Accolade Wines https://lnkd.in/gfVeZ88S #WSTA #WineAndSpirits #SpringBudget #Duty
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Simon Lawson shared thisIf you have the curiosity and nouse to find (even more) growth opportunity for [yellow tail], wines most amazing brand, and join a team of brilliant professionals in a family business building long term prosperity...drop a message to LukeSimon Lawson shared thisWe're hiring! Great opportunity to join the marketing team working with the fastest growing wine brand in the UK.
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Simon Lawson liked thisSimon Lawson liked thisNotes from the Finlaysons Roadshow and visiting with Aussie producers over the past week. Four regions in: the Hunter, Barossa, McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills (passing through Coonawarra tomorrow). A lot of soul-searching in Australian wine right now, and fair enough. But a week of discussion across the country has sharpened something for me: some of the "truths" this industry repeats about its own decline don't survive contact with the data. "Young people don't drink" is the one I keep hearing. Our platform data says they're drinking more selectively, not abstaining. The share of US legal-age Gen Z who drank in the past six months actually rose from 46 to 70 per cent. What's really moving the number is simpler and less comfortable: since 2019 the average bottle got about 30 per cent dearer while young drinkers' disposable income fell by more than 10. The industry has priced younger cohorts out, not given them a reason to discover and then blamed them for not buying. The producers I've met across these four regions who are growing are all doing the same thing: building community and giving people a reason to be in the room. More on that, with the data, later this week. What's the market "truth" in your patch that you suspect doesn't hold up? Fero Finlaysons Lauren Thompson
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Simon Lawson liked thisSimon Lawson liked thisMy wife Rebecca and I welcomed our first child Freddie into the World on Friday. He’s gorgeous and I want to spend every minute with him, obvs. This glorious arrival happens to have coincided with NICE running a crowdfunding campaign with our friends at Crowdcube, closing in 9 days, which means it neatly aligns with my first two weeks of paternity leave 🤦🏻��️ Fancy investing in the round? Check it out below. crowdcube.com/nice That way I can get back to changing nappies and binge watching Game of Thrones with half an eye open.
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Simon Lawson liked thisSimon Lawson liked thisYellowTail Prosecco is ... Class? The danger of blind tasting rubbish bin wines is the chance one of them might surprise you, I accidentally quite liked this prosecco when I came across it blind and now I think my reputation is ruined. Tasting: Yellow Tail Prosecco, £11 from Sainsburys
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Simon Lawson liked thisI have known JUSTIN for a VERY long time, and I've always loved his ability to take some aspects of the wine industry extremely seriously (he has often been my only ally in the campaign to get the English sparkling wine industry to acknowledge that it is producing far too much and selling far too little; and he's great on regeneration); while having a tongue that's never too far from his cheek.Simon Lawson liked thisAs a busy wine consultant, I spend a lot of time telling other people NOT to do what we did. Amanda and I bought a small block of vines 22 years ago. No plan. Not much money. No name, no brand, no customers. No 'Vision', no 'Purpose', no 'Values'. Just an odd feeling that this was what we should be doing. Did we, immediately, sit down, sketch out our Vision, and build a business plan? Did we declare the values we live by? Did we even understand our motivation? No. We did not. We saw a road leading off somewhere - that we liked the look of. So we followed it. We gave away the grapes for the first 3 years. Then we made our first wine, and Domaine of the Bee was born. We found our first customers by letter, and slowly built a mailing list. In 2014, we launched our Wine Club. We now have a modest 450 members, who have found us almost entirely through word-of-mouth, and who now buy 80% of our production. In 2027, we hope to plant a new vineyard. To regenerate our land, and to bring hope to a drought-struck region. And as we pause to reflect, 22 years after we started, we have finally taken the time to work out, and write down, what has been motivating us all along. And it is CONNECTION. Connection to people Connection to land Connection to the seasons Connection to each other Wine has an extraordinary place in our culture. It sits at the intersection of geology, biology, cuisine, art, history, culture, psychology and philosophy. And the bottle also sits on the table we gather round to tell stories, and renew the bonds between us. Whether we are: - wine nerds - who centre the conversation around the wine, or - wine enjoyers - who just enjoy the flavour and the buzz (and many of us are both) ..... .....we firmly believe that wine is here to increase human happiness and thriving, by connecting us to what's important in life. Have a read of our manifesto - and if you share in this vision for wine's place in our lives, please share this post with your network. And tell us what you think in the comments. (and if you like the sound of our wine, and want to follow along with our regenerative vineyard project - sign up to our much-loved newsletters.... link in comments) Amanda Horton-Mastin Adam Wood Robert Joseph Pauline Vicard The Hive Wine Consulting
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