Working in Wine Country

A co-worker, Heather Mitchell, also helps manage the Langley vineyard for Township 7 wines. She enlists volunteers who will work in the vines in exchange for wine. For a day's work, Ben and I both got 2 bottles of wine. Not a bad exchange, really. Sunshine, birds chirping, fresh air, physical work, a glass of wine with lunch, good company.

I mentioned to her my idea of having prepared picnic baskets: sell the food, rent out the baskets. She thought there might be an interesting partnership between the Township 7 tasting room and my idea. There are definite connexions. There's a picnic area at their tasting room/vineyard location in Langley, there is a client base in the area with lots of horse ranches and big houses, and there's the clientele who come to the wine tasting rooms. On top of that, the picnic baskets can have wine pairing suggestions, which is an added selling point for the wines and a draw for the baskets.

Logistically, how could it work?

-The location needs some sort of refrigeration for food.

-Would it be by advanced order only, or could I have some picnics ready and hope someone buys?

-Would the baskets and the dishes be rented or would there be a deposit ie: credit card number reimbursed once dishes are counted and accounted for?

-How many dishes? What kinds of containers?

-What kinds of 'grades' of picnics? Basic to Deluxe?