Jess: So, here we are! Finally. In the new office.
Robin: I thought I said we'd never get an office. Where am I again?
Jess: Number 8, Woodstock Court, Marlborough.
Chris: Did you know the number eight is considered lucky in Chinese culture?
Jess: Why? What does it mean?
Chris: Means 'wealth' or 'fortune'. Also 'happiness'
Robin: I'll drink to that.
Helen: Will anyone miss the old office?
Tom: What, the old, cold, tiny one?
Jess: Where you had to fight for a desk?
Rachel: And use elbows in the tasting room?
Tom: Nah, don't think so.
Robin: So, now we’ve sold 30m bottles of Ogio from Italy, it’s time to get out.
Helen: What? Are you mad?
Robin: Out to other countries. You know, Ogio from other countries.
Helen: Oh. Yes. Absolutely. Thinking the same thing.
Robin: So, what rocks?
Helen: Spain, Chile, New Zealand.
Robin: France.
Chris: France?
Robin: France.
Helen: There’s life in the old dog yet. France, that is. Not you, Robin. Happy birthday, by the way.
Robin: So, who went where on holiday?
Helen: I went to France and drank wine.
Chris: I went to Spain and drank wine.
Stuart: I went festival camping and drank wine.
David: I went to Portugal and drank wine.
Jess: I went to France and drank wine.
Tom: I went to Greece and drank wine.
Rachel: I went to Spain and drank wine (in moderation).
Paul: I went to New Quay and drank wine.
Sandy: I'm having a staycation.
Sally: I went to the IOW and got engaged!
Robin: Nice.
Robin: Looks like we're going to need another project manager.
Paul : Great, where do we get one of those then?
Robin: Well, not sure they hang out in groups, we'll have to go a-looking.
Paul: What experience will they need?
Robin: New product development and project management skills.
Paul: Of course. Anything else?
Robin: A love of Marlborough and a sense of humour.
Paul: Two a penny, surely.
Robin: And be ambitious, driven, forward-thinking.
Paul: Right. Where do we find those again?
Robin: They'll be out there. Somewhere. Watch this space.
Jess: Ready for our office trip to the Semillons tomorrow night?
Helen: Oh yes.
Sally: Are any of the men from the Copestick Murray team joining us?
Helen: Er, no.
Jess: Anyone in the line up you are particularly looking forward to seeing in the (almost) buff?
Helen: Well, wondering if Barry Dick lives up to his name.
Sally: Can't believe you said that.
Helen: Sorry. Must remember not to say everything that comes into my head out loud.
Jess: Drinks beforehand?
Sally: Yes, at that new place in Mayfair, Tempo.
Helen: Wonder if Michael Cox...
Jess: Helen!
Robin: So, documents signed. We’re moving.
Stuart: Great! Much as I love the lived-in look, I think we may have outgrown this particular office space.
Robin: Marlborough Business Park, here we come. Well, not quite yet. September.
Stuart: Ample desk space for us all?
Robin: Yep.
Stuart: Parking?
Robin: Yep.
Stuart: Separate area for wine samples?
Robin: Uh-huh.
Stuart: Hot tub?
Robin: Don’t push it.
Stuart: Just checking.
Tom: So far so good. Great team, really varied role, lots to do, lots to learn.
Paul: Yep, it’s all hands to the pump here. Roll your sleeves up, don’t ask anyone to do something you wouldn’t do yourself.
Tom: Understood.
Paul: We’re a small but perfectly formed team. In less than salubrious surroundings.
Tom: Fine with that.
Paul: I mean, we’re no Glaxo.
Tom: Really?
Paul: Really. Bacon sandwich?
Jess: So, our first year at the London International Wine Fair with a stand. It’s been emotional.
Helen: It was brilliant. Burning question though Jess: how on earth did you do three full days on such fierce heels?
Jess: Fashion was never meant to be practical. No pain, no gain.
Helen: But you’re nearly 6ft tall without heels. Officially, our tallest employee. So, favourite moment of the Fair?
Jess: The madness of a stand crammed with customers and wines and team. Yours?
Helen: Our party with our producers at Medcalf in Exmouth Market on the Tuesday night.
Jess: That’s not strictly a Fair moment.
Helen: OK then, my Panini the following day.
Jess: With you there.
Helen: So, what do we think about next year?
Jess: We’re going to need a bigger stand.
Helen: With you there.
Paul: So, what's wrong with the team shirts I had made for the fair, why wont the team wear them on the stand?
Robin: Because they refuse to look like they are working in a fast food chain rather than for a really good wine company.
Paul: What am I going to do with them then? I've got 20 matching shirts and caps.
Robin: Run a competition. Come to N30, say the password and win a shirt. And matching cap.
Paul: That hurts.
Robin: Well, competitions via social networking are all the rage this year. At least this one only costs us $8 a pop.
Paul: Again, that hurts.
Robin: Still, the colour looks good on you. What is that colour?
Paul: Cinnamon, apparently.
Robin: OK, competition's off.
