So you might have heard of STORMHOEK wines and their amazingly successful campaign to use social networking to market their wines… But what you might not have heard of is the collapse of Orbital Wines and how it is going to affect the wine making industry in SA.
So the big news is that after weeks of negotiations with banks, Stormhoek have com up with a brilliant idea to try and save jobs in the industry.
Ever a group to embrace new trends They are using their old friend social networks to spread the word of this campaign and we hope it catches on. Let’s raise awareness of this initiative and get the sponsor’s rolling in.
It is R2000 to own a vine and with this “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.”. What is more is that you will get your money back when the current debt to the suppliers is repaid. So you are really loaning them the money…
All of the money raised will go to repaying the Orbital debts to South African grape-growing, wine making and support services
Stormhoek has supplied many a case for free to the community, so isn’t time the community gave a little help (and a little money) and gave back to those in need.
One of the questions involves our use of an off-shore bank account.
We would never have done this unless we had to.
If you are in the banking or accountancy business, you will understand that the SA Reserve Bank does not allow anyone to freely send small (R2000) amounts of money into an ordinary SA bank account, and allow the repatriation of this money (with or without interest) whenever.
I have tried to find a way for nearly 2 months.
In Mauritius, this type of account is allowed. The account is a no profit/no loss account. There is a set of annual fees which Stormhoek will pay. No one else will have any charge