Pay it forward and buy a vine from Stormhoek wines
20 February 2008 Social Media, South Africa, Web 2.0
For those that don’t know, Stormhoek, the uber-cool Web 2.0 wine farm in Wellington that suppliers almost all the geek dinners and get togethers in SA with wine, had their UK partner bail out to the tune of R6 million in December. So, they started looking for partners to help them out, and as of yesterday, they turned to us (the small guys, bloggers, geeks, anyone really), to help them out!
The coolest thing is that for R2000 ($240) you will get to own a vine in one of their vineyards. Not only will you own a vine but you will get a certificate with a photograph of your vine and your name, plus a bottle of wine made from the crop of the vineyard block containing your vine. Oh, and don’t forget that they will contribute 5% of the production cost to a loan-repayment fund, to repay your loan with interest.
But its more than just about the money, its about saving people’s jobs and businesses. Its enough trying to have to survive in the wine industry of late in SA, but to also have to put up with rubbish UK partners that go bankrupt and leave you with all the debt.
If you ever have met the okes from Stormhoek, you’ll know that they an awesome bunch.
Read their post on “Own a vine. save a job” and pay it forward folks. I am.
More coverage:
- WineCountry supports Stormhoek
- Stormhoek’s Blogosphere Enabled Micro-financing Campaign: Own Your Own Stormhoek Vine and Protect a Farmworker’s Livelihood
- Digg - Own a vine. Save a job at Stormhoek wines in South Africa
- Storm in a Wine Glass
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4 comments so far...
Jason, your support is welcome. Thank you on behalf of all of those people that don’t have a voice.
I hope that your sentiments have an effect. I have started showing the internet response to our appeal, to the suppliers who are out of pocket.
Most of them are not very tech-savvy and are sceptical, but are nevertheless keen to hear good news. No one wants to lay off staff.
I encourage you to continue to spread the word.
5:45 pm
@graham - I most surely will keep it up! Thanks for stopping by.
10:01 pm
That figure re Orbital is fundamentally untrue… i think the real facts need to come out here - a lot of bad things have been said about a company that did not deserve it, nor the people that worked for it… this is not exactly what it seems sadly.
10:26 pm
Hi Caitlyn, I am guessing that you have some affiliation or maybe worked for Orbital at some stage.
Email me your side of the story and I’ll if what you are saying doesn’t correlate to what Graham is saying, I’ll gladly post it here on my blog.
5:41 pm
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