Geraldine de Burgh says she 'retired' in 1983,- at least that's when she left the Corporate Business world, where she had held management roles for 15 years. In 1983, she met and married Paul Day, and together they built The de Burgh-Day Wine Company (now Fine Wines of Europe) from a hobby business of Paul's. At that time she was a confirmed red drinker! 'White wine? Don't touch the stuff!' she was heard to say. She met Paul through a mutual friend and he set out to change her views by introducing her to French Sauternes and White Burgundy. 'Good red-drinker's whites', she agreed.
Already devotees of the serious dinner party, she and Paul decided to build a house at Mount Macedon to accommodate a serious country dinner party - five en-suite double bedrooms, on the basis that guests could stay overnight, rather than drive home.
In 1999, Geraldine, Paul and by now, two children, sold their house to another wine devotee, and moved to a remote valley near Cradle Mountain in northern Tasmania. Here they are building another large house, with poles and haybales, incorporating many ideas developed from the Mount Macedon house. This time they are planning for guests to stay for several days to a week, so there are a number of additional dwellings and a very large cellar.
Between building activities, running the business end of Fine Wines of Europe, handling much of the family's food production, home educating their children and enjoying visitors and good dinners, she also writes of the de Burgh-Day doings in Geraldine's Page for Fine Wines of Europe's Australia-wide customers.
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