ios are also important: What criteria should be estab-
lished if other family members (such as daughters or
sons) want a job in the family business? Should a job
opening exist in advance or will the company make
special arrangements for family members?
rules, Taylor recommends. "This is best managed with
a third party facilitator someone who can ask some
hard questions, and ensure that even the quieter fam-
ily members are heard."
always mean you are going to go into the industry,
but for Angela Brown, third generation in the famous
Brown Brothers' winemaking business, there was nev-
er any question. "I think I was born for it," she laughs.
Brown is co-owner of Brown Brothers Vineyard and,
along with her cousins, co-creator of the latest Brown
Brothers range Kid You Not. The wines are aimed
squarely at Gen X, right down to slick web marketing
and packaging inspired by Little Golden Books, icons
of any 1970s childhood.
Rutherglen were accelerated somewhat by his tragic
death in 2005. Her elder sister Eliza Brown (also a
director on the board of Brown Brothers) had already
joined All Saints three years before. Angela and her
brother Nicholas, a winemaker, had to cope with the
loss of their father while learning an entire business
in order to ensure its survival. "It was a steep learning
curve," she admits, but adds that family still comes
first.
us, we would give it up."