{"id":1260,"date":"2011-11-18T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2012-02-04T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T19:10:50","slug":"nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/11\/nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Lea &amp; Sandeman hosted the NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge for the sixth year running.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty four tables of ten, from leading city companies including KPMG, Grenpact, Diligenta and IBM, packed the room at RIBA following a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/benedick-grand-reserve-brut-5995-00.html?pack=2594&amp;categoryFilter=72&amp;page=\">Champagne Benedick<\/a> reception,\u00a0to take part in the interactive quiz while tasting eight wines, mostly blind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Wines-all-Poured.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Wines all Poured\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Wines-all-Poured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a captivating address by NSPCC supporter David Tait, in which he spoke of his four successful ascents of Everest, on behalf of the NSPCC, and his harrowing\u00a0 and dreadful abuse as a child which so dramatically\u00a0impacted his life, guests were invited to fill out pledge cards to the charity.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Briggs, chairman of the City Fine Wine Challenge committee, set an awesome target for the evening of \u00a3150,000.00, having raised \u00a3130,000.00 last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Before-the-off.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Before the off\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Before-the-off.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The quiz was fast and furious, with tables buying clues and\u00a0answers in order to tackle the very tricky questions,\u00a0and playing joker cards to\u00a0bolster their scores, all of which raised even more money\u00a0for the NSPCC coffers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Ready-to-Roll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Ready to Roll\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Ready-to-Roll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was followed by an auction run by Charlie Ross, who over the years has raised millions for numerous charities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Your-Debonair-Host-and-Energetic-Auctioneer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Your Debonair Host and Energetic Auctioneer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Your-Debonair-Host-and-Energetic-Auctioneer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we entered the final round the leaderboard had last year&#8217;s winners Goldman Sachs level -pegging with Virgin Media and a surprising jump into third place by table 6, CSC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/not-really-perplexed-just-havent-bought-the-answer-yet....png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"...not really perplexed, just haven't bought the answer yet...\" 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