Case Study: Establishing A Wine Business

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Q1: The costs in the vineyard are in collaboration with the raw materials used such as grapes and juices. Finding the best grapes and juices can present with an opportunity to enhance the clientele. The risk of conservation of water, pest-risk, water quality, soil quality, severe weather is some of the risks for wine growers.
Q2: The cost of each vineyard activity includes the maintenance cost, irrigation, soil, harvesting, earthquake, and the procurement of raw material (Roy, 2016). Hiring contract workers would cost around $900 per month and they would require around 8 hours per day at the vineyard. It would cost $10,000 for each vineyard activity
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LEWIS, O. (2016). NZ wine industry's 'moral' issue - RSE workers face high rents and overcrowding. Retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/79385763/NZ-wine-industrys-moral-issue-RSE-workers-face-high-rents-and-overcrowding

New Zealand wine: a model for other small industries?. (2014). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08109028.2014.933601
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