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Moving to the Coffs Coast and purchasing a vineyard sounds like an entry on a bucket list. Madonna and Barry Bannerman can tick it off their list, having recently purchased Two Tails Wines near Nana Glen and making a long overdue tree change. FOCUS took a tour of the vines, and the couple explained their plans to improve and expand this hidden gem.
ecently purchasing this business, is us and is going to be a huge learning curve. Neither of this part of a tree change for you us have a background in wine making. We are looking guys? forward to the challenges and learning as we go. Yes, I (Madonna) had lived in Coffs For those who have never visited the vineyard, can Harbour for many years and you describe where it is located? wanted to come home Two Tails Wines is located approximately 25 km to the Coffs Coast. After spending northwest of Coffs Harbour at Nana Glen in over 15 years in Sydney and then the heart of Orara Valley. The Orara Valley marrying Barry, who works on the is part of the incredibly beautiful Coffs Two Tails Pacific Motorway construction Harbour hinterland. Two Tails Wines is Wines is and moving every few years, it located on the left hand side, just bea totally new was time to return to the area. fore you enter the village of Nana Glen, d an adventure for us Two Tails Wines was the perfect about 10 km past Coramba. ge hu is going to be a opportunity for us to fulfil our Why did you choose this business; ” e. rv learning cu passion for a return to the Coffs what was the aspect that grabbed Coast. As soon as we saw the your interest? property, we fell in love with it and We had been looking to return to the knew that the ideas we had would Coffs Coast for about two years. We wanted work really well. We loved the small village a decent size block, and we looked at a number atmosphere that Nana Glen offered, with the of locations in and around Coffs Harbour. Then this rural lifestyle we craved. came on the market; we discussed it for over a year and Can you briefly tell us a bit about your backfell in love with the property from the day we saw it. We ground, where you come from and what you did love our food and wine and thought, “We can do this!” previous to purchasing the vineyard? with all the potential that was on offer. We just wanted a I had worked in the hospitality industry in and around business that was a bit different. the Coffs Harbour area and then moved into the recruitDo you have plans to change the look and feel of the ment field, running my own business for the past two business? Yes, we have huge plans for the vineyard. We have a years. Barry has worked on the roads as a consultant new logo and website up and running. We can now offer for the past 30 years, and we both felt it was time for a our customers the opportunity to order our selection of change. Two Tails Wines is a totally new adventure for
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