Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013
WINE MAMA (44)
LOVING THE GRAPE
INT: GATORTAIL RESTAURANT-BRIAN'S OFFICE-A.M.
SANDY AND BRIAN WORKING TOGETHER TRYING TO REORGANIZE THE OFFICE
SANDY
"This is like Mom and Pop going to work together, I Love this!"
BRIAN
"Yea, like take your significant other to work day...just hope we don't get bored with each other..."
SANDY
"Yea, we could actually start driving each other a little crazy...your right, and it will probably happen, too!"
BRIAN
"Eventually...too much of a good thing...you know what they say about the heart growing fonder with periods of separation?"
SANDY
"What...that's not the phrase?"
BRIAN
"Never mind, now I'm just babbling, not use'd to having someone in my office this time of the morning...but John, he doesn't count, but anyway look, if I start getting on your nerves, just go take in some fresh air, a field trip, go hand out at the vineyard, not everybody has their own vineyard to go hang out at, whatever..."
SANDY
"Oh shit, that's right...Doug Thomas at Sheffield is coming over to check out the vineyard today...this afternoon, boy I almost screwed that up!"
JOHN WALKS INTO OFFICE
JOHN
"Good morning happy couple, looks like boss and missy boss, you two make nice team, good looking couple...need to remind you about Mister Thomas with Sheffield coming to look at vineyard, also printer come by with new menus."
SANDY
"Check and check, now I know we're all on the same page, thanks for the reminder."
BRIAN
"All this chummy chummy family time is making me nauseous, can we just all separate and try to get some work done, here...go play with your menu, John do the inventory, and I'm going to run these tally's on the receipts, why don't you invite Thomas over here for a snack or something...I've never met the gentleman..."
SANDY
"Yea, I could give his secretary a call and see if he's game...by the way...thanks for a very nice evening...it was very good!
BRIAN
"Yea, I was pretty good...never mind the fact that I was trying to keep up with super woman.
JOHN LAUGHING
"Ever since you get injured, she try to control everything, she go crazy with power!"
BRIAN
"Yea, I kind of got a taste of that, sort of started last night, and as the sun rose this morning, it just continued on...but I already told her I like spunky!"
SANDY
"What's wrong boys, can't handle a strong girl?"
BRIAN
"It's not that...just didn't think it would come in a package like you...we were just taken a little bit off guard...I already told I like spunky, and I Love me some Sandy, so it's all good!
SANDY
"Now your starting to make me nauseous..."
(Fade To)
EXT: HUDSON VINEYARD-DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE-1 P.M.
SANDY AND BRIAN SITTING IN HER RANGE ROVER AS DOUG THOMAS PULLS UP IN BMW, EVERYBODY EXITS VEHICLES
DOUG THOMAS
"Hello Miss Hudson, and you must be...?"
BRIAN
"Brian Cashman, I just sort of tag along here...actually we're split partners, we get along!"
DOUG
"Like him already Sandy...good sense of humor will carry you well in this business...ah Sandy was telling me that you own the Gator Tail, that's a marvelous restaurant, very conceptual, we do a lot of take-out for the office...anyway let's get started, just wanted to shoot a little video, see what we're looking at here, maybe add some narration or comments as we go along, it helps verify the assessment and also verify's the actual crop, is that okay with you?"
BRIAN
"Sounds good, basically the vines were already established, had them certified at about ten years in, but they had been abandoned for a couple of years, so we pulled the dead ones out, dethatched everything, installed some fresh top soil, and fertilizer."
SANDY
"We really didn't think we were going to get anything in the first year...but boy, were we surprised...like everything just started popping!"
DOUG
"It happen, especially on these smaller runs...people can take the the time to nurture each vine, and from what I understand...your all natural, no pesticides...is that right?"
BRIAN
"Some cedar chips, a little nicotinic acid, some boric, no big deal, keeps 'em from setting up house!"
SANDY
"A lot of Bear shit, too!"
BRIAN
"Sandy...calm down!"
DOUG
"You've got Bear's in here?"
BRIAN
"There's still some across the street in the forest...not sure how many?"
SANDY
"Yea, we killed most of them off...long story, but it was them or us, fuck'in Bears!"
BRIAN
"Sandy, calm...down!"
DOUG
"I thought it was illegal to kill...well anyway, do you have any previous harvest numbers?"
SANDY
"Well, the last time my husband, he's dead now, died while porking me, still can't believe that shit...anyway his last harvest was like twenty-five thousand bushels, but I figured, sort of estimated, what was it Brian...my brain's not working?"
BRIAN
"I figured about twenty one, maybe twenty two for the first round...so explain to me how this all works?"
DOUG
It's basically a sixty-forty consignment plan...you are turning over your grapes to our processors...we pick them, clean them up, press them down, do the fermentation, and in your case...take it to the distillery like a Grey Goose product...oh by the way Sandy, we checked your Port certifications, and you we're right!"
SANDY
"I told you Doug, we're Grandfathered in!"
BRIAN
"Got to Love those crazy Californian wine rules..."
SANDY
"Get this Doug, Brian wanted to actually try and raise Gators out here and..."
BRIAN
"You would have thought I was petitioning to raise Arabian Wood Wasp or Killer Honey Bees...the boys that write the rules just freak on anything from the outside world!"
DOUG
"Yea, it took me a while to get adjusted to this place, but now everybody's growing pot, it's just nuts...anyway, once distilled, you can pick out your bottle design, we'll bottle it for you, you can use our distribution points, set up a little advertising, and see how the sales do...you keep sixty and we take the forty...looking at about a sixteen months of work to process, maybe another month to get it to market, and that's about it!"
BRIAN
"All I know, is we're going to have to get the ball rolling pretty quick...cause those grapes are ready to hop!"
SANDY
"Do they really hop...like hop off the vines?"
BRIAN
"Yea Sandy, they hop off the vines and run down the road!"
SANDY
Them fuck'in Bear's probably waiting to get 'em and eat 'em up, too...huh?"
BRIAN
"What in the hell are you drinking Sandy?"
SANDY
"I dunno...something John made me when we left the office, shit's kinda screwing with me, pretty strong whatever it is...that's why I let you drive the Range Rover, I left the driving to my man!"
BRIAN
"Sorry about that Doug, how soon can we close on these contracts?"
DOUG
"Just come by the office...say Wednesday morning?"
BRIAN
"Sounds perfect, well...it was a pleasure meeting you."
DOUG
"Same here, glad Sandy was able to hook us up..."
SANDY
"You boys are so lucky to have me around, my lucky, lucky boys!"
BRIAN
"Excuse my exit...I think I need to get the little lady home and put some food in her gut!"
DOUG LAUGHING
"I think I see what you mean, you two be good...see you Wednesday, bye!"
SANDY
"Lucky, lucky boys..."
scene close
(Fade To)
EXT: HUDSON VINEYARD-DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE-1 P.M.
SANDY AND BRIAN SITTING IN HER RANGE ROVER AS DOUG THOMAS PULLS UP IN BMW, EVERYBODY EXITS VEHICLES
DOUG THOMAS
"Hello Miss Hudson, and you must be...?"
BRIAN
"Brian Cashman, I just sort of tag along here...actually we're split partners, we get along!"
DOUG
"Like him already Sandy...good sense of humor will carry you well in this business...ah Sandy was telling me that you own the Gator Tail, that's a marvelous restaurant, very conceptual, we do a lot of take-out for the office...anyway let's get started, just wanted to shoot a little video, see what we're looking at here, maybe add some narration or comments as we go along, it helps verify the assessment and also verify's the actual crop, is that okay with you?"
BRIAN
"Sounds good, basically the vines were already established, had them certified at about ten years in, but they had been abandoned for a couple of years, so we pulled the dead ones out, dethatched everything, installed some fresh top soil, and fertilizer."
SANDY
"We really didn't think we were going to get anything in the first year...but boy, were we surprised...like everything just started popping!"
DOUG
"It happen, especially on these smaller runs...people can take the the time to nurture each vine, and from what I understand...your all natural, no pesticides...is that right?"
BRIAN
"Some cedar chips, a little nicotinic acid, some boric, no big deal, keeps 'em from setting up house!"
SANDY
"A lot of Bear shit, too!"
BRIAN
"Sandy...calm down!"
DOUG
"You've got Bear's in here?"
BRIAN
"There's still some across the street in the forest...not sure how many?"
SANDY
"Yea, we killed most of them off...long story, but it was them or us, fuck'in Bears!"
BRIAN
"Sandy, calm...down!"
DOUG
"I thought it was illegal to kill...well anyway, do you have any previous harvest numbers?"
SANDY
"Well, the last time my husband, he's dead now, died while porking me, still can't believe that shit...anyway his last harvest was like twenty-five thousand bushels, but I figured, sort of estimated, what was it Brian...my brain's not working?"
BRIAN
"I figured about twenty one, maybe twenty two for the first round...so explain to me how this all works?"
DOUG
It's basically a sixty-forty consignment plan...you are turning over your grapes to our processors...we pick them, clean them up, press them down, do the fermentation, and in your case...take it to the distillery like a Grey Goose product...oh by the way Sandy, we checked your Port certifications, and you we're right!"
SANDY
"I told you Doug, we're Grandfathered in!"
BRIAN
"Got to Love those crazy Californian wine rules..."
SANDY
"Get this Doug, Brian wanted to actually try and raise Gators out here and..."
BRIAN
"You would have thought I was petitioning to raise Arabian Wood Wasp or Killer Honey Bees...the boys that write the rules just freak on anything from the outside world!"
DOUG
"Yea, it took me a while to get adjusted to this place, but now everybody's growing pot, it's just nuts...anyway, once distilled, you can pick out your bottle design, we'll bottle it for you, you can use our distribution points, set up a little advertising, and see how the sales do...you keep sixty and we take the forty...looking at about a sixteen months of work to process, maybe another month to get it to market, and that's about it!"
BRIAN
"All I know, is we're going to have to get the ball rolling pretty quick...cause those grapes are ready to hop!"
SANDY
"Do they really hop...like hop off the vines?"
BRIAN
"Yea Sandy, they hop off the vines and run down the road!"
SANDY
Them fuck'in Bear's probably waiting to get 'em and eat 'em up, too...huh?"
BRIAN
"What in the hell are you drinking Sandy?"
SANDY
"I dunno...something John made me when we left the office, shit's kinda screwing with me, pretty strong whatever it is...that's why I let you drive the Range Rover, I left the driving to my man!"
BRIAN
"Sorry about that Doug, how soon can we close on these contracts?"
DOUG
"Just come by the office...say Wednesday morning?"
BRIAN
"Sounds perfect, well...it was a pleasure meeting you."
DOUG
"Same here, glad Sandy was able to hook us up..."
SANDY
"You boys are so lucky to have me around, my lucky, lucky boys!"
BRIAN
"Excuse my exit...I think I need to get the little lady home and put some food in her gut!"
DOUG LAUGHING
"I think I see what you mean, you two be good...see you Wednesday, bye!"
SANDY
"Lucky, lucky boys..."
scene close
