{"id":26654,"date":"2017-03-02T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26654"},"modified":"2017-03-03T22:02:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T22:02:22","slug":"nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26667\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CITY-FINE-WINE-CHALLENGE-2017-BLOG.jpg\" alt=\"CITY-FINE-WINE-CHALLENGE-2017\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #5a4eb5;\"><strong>A fantastic amount of money raised for a truly worthy cause.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lea and Sandeman have now been involved with the NSPCC and City Fine Wine Challenge for over a decade and this year the event raised an astonishing<span style=\"color: #c71e1e;\"><strong> \u00a3200,000<\/strong><\/span>!\u00a0This is a significant increase on last year and something about which everyone involved with the event should be very proud.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26655 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nspcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, the City Fine Wine Challenge was raising money for the NSPCC School Service. The money raised will see 67,000 children visited at school, and help to prevent them from becoming victims of abuse, and assist those who are victims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #c71e1e;\"><strong>A special thank you to Quiz Master Richard Hemming MW and Auctioneer Charlie Ross who set the tone for a great evening of entertainment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>THE QUIZ<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #b54a4a;\">Why not give them a go?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t attend the event, and you are wondering what you missed, then never fear, some of our favourite questions are below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight you have enjoyed wines from Burgundy, the Douro Valley, the Langhe Hills of Piedmont and, now, the Loire Valley. \u00a0What do all these areas have in common?<\/strong><br \/>\na) Bill Gates owns a vineyard in each one of them<br \/>\nb) production of ros\u00e9 wines is forbidden<br \/>\nc) they all make more red wine that white wine<br \/>\nd) they\u2019re all UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight, we present some of the finest wines available from LEA &amp; SANDEMAN. \u00a0But in which film does one of the lead characters demand \u201cWe want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!\u201d ?<\/strong><br \/>\na) A Clockwork Orange<br \/>\nb) The Godfather<br \/>\nc) Pulp Fiction<br \/>\nd) Withnail &amp; I<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midway between the Douro and Lisbon is the town of F\u00e1tima where, in 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children. \u00a0An animated film will be released this year to mark the centenary of the events. \u00a0Who is voicing the part of Pope Francis?<\/strong><br \/>\na) George Clooney<br \/>\nb) Ricky Martin<br \/>\nc) Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<br \/>\nd) Cliff Richard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight you have enjoyed wines from Burgundy, the Douro Valley, the Langhe Hills of Piedmont and, now, the Loire Valley. \u00a0What do all these areas have in common?<\/strong><br \/>\na) Bill Gates owns a vineyard in each one of them<br \/>\nb) production of ros\u00e9 wines is forbidden<br \/>\nc) they all make more red wine that white wine<br \/>\nd) they\u2019re all UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/what-you-can-do\/make-a-donation\/?source=ppc-brand&amp;utm_source=LeaSandeman&amp;utm_medium=LSBlog&amp;utm_campaign=LeaSandeman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26676\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/NSPCC-donate-button.png\" alt=\"NSPCC donate button\" width=\"542\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fantastic amount of money raised for a truly worthy cause. Lea and Sandeman have now been involved with the NSPCC and City Fine Wine Challenge for over a decade and this year the event raised an astonishing \u00a3200,000!\u00a0This is a significant increase on last year and something about which everyone involved with the event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[27,102],"class_list":["post-26654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge","tag-nspcc-cfwc","tag-the-city-fine-wine-challenge"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fantastic amount of money raised for a truly worthy cause. 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