On the hunt for corks!
The Forres Heritage Trust needs your help. As part of its redevelopment of the old police office and cells in the Tolbooth, the Trustees have been undertaking some very serious research involving the 19 Crimes wines. The 19 Crimes wine was inspired by those who, beginning in 1787, were transported to Australia for a life of hard labour and the Trust has found some stories of that very thing happening to some local folk and want to make a feature from the corks. Transportation was an alternative to hanging during the Victorian era. Convicted criminals were transported to the colonies …