A huge thank you to all who attended last night’s NSPCC Fine Wine Challenge. With a couple more tables crammed in this year, this was the biggest yet, and even so, thanks to the other committee members solid work pre-Christmas, we even had a waiting list for tables. A huge thank you too to all the L&S staff who gave their time for the evening, accurately pouring over 2500 glasses in the hour before the quiz began, to Andrew Hooper, L&S alumnus and quizzer extraordinaire for his witty quiz which included a lot of references to 30th anniversaries, and especially to the magnificent Matthew Jukes and MC and quizmaster who managed (just) to keep the room under control.
This was the 21st year of L&S’s support for the Fine Wine Challenge, and we love the way that this event leverages our contribution to make such a staggering sum in one evening. (The total raised was in excess of £250,000, with counting still continuing.) It is then somewhat humbling that, at £46,000 a day to run Childline, this event only keeps it going for less than six days.
For anyone who attended and would like a reminder so they can BUY SOME, the wines last night were:
Reception Champagne
GONET-MÉDEVILLE Tradition Brut 1er Cru NV
Quiz Whites
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2023 SANCERRE Silex Chavignol Domaine Delaporte
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2022 SAINT VÉRAN Les Pommards Domaine Barraud
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2023 ALBERELLI DI GIODO Carricante
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2023 RIESLING Ried Kögl Salomon Undhof
Quiz Reds
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2023 FLEURIE Cuvée Tardive Clos de La Roilette
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2020 POMMARD Tavannes Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot
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2020 GIGONDAS Clos Derrière Vieille Domaine Santa Duc
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2020 BAROLO Castellero Barale Fratelli
Matthew Jukes mentioned that at a recent lunch at the River Cafe for his wife Amelia’s birthday, he had taken along some quite fancy wines but that they had bought a bottle from the list which Amelia declared the best wine of the day – that was 2021 TASSINAIA Castello del Terriccio.
If you would like to try some of these again, do remember that you can mix and match to get to the 12 bottle discount.