{"id":34591,"date":"2022-03-04T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34591"},"modified":"2022-07-08T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:07:42","slug":"nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/nspcc-city-fine-wine-challenge-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"NSPCC City Fine Wine Challenge 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 City Fine Wine Challenge in aid of NSPCC Childline was held on the 3rd March, and we were delighted to be back in One Great George Street after the virtual event last year.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the swing and despite some nervousness and some absences with Covid still circulating (sadly including ex-chairman of the committee Andy Briggs himself), it was a great success and raised in excess of \u00a3187,000 for NSPCC Childline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34596 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Childline-NSPCC-Logo-lock-up_In-aid-of_RGB_Colour.png\" alt=\"The Childline Nspcc logo\" width=\"270\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Childline-NSPCC-Logo-lock-up_In-aid-of_RGB_Colour.png?format=webp&amp;quality=95&amp;bg=ffffff 600w, https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Childline-NSPCC-Logo-lock-up_In-aid-of_RGB_Colour-300x157.png?format=webp&amp;quality=95&amp;bg=ffffff 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid lightgrey; height: 1px; max-width: 150px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/div>\n<p>In an interesting innovation, three members of L&amp;S staff (Jack Chapman, Tom Lorimer and Angus Barcroft) were auctioned before the quiz began, to sit with the tables that &#8216;bought&#8217; them, perhaps providing some useful answers at key moments, or merely giving a different perspective on some of the wines tasted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34597\" class=\"wp-image-34597 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LS-team-auctioned.jpg\" alt=\"L&amp;S team auctioned\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LS-team-auctioned.jpg?format=webp&amp;quality=95&amp;bg=ffffff 600w, https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LS-team-auctioned-300x213.jpg?format=webp&amp;quality=95&amp;bg=ffffff 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The L&amp;S Team being auctioned<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid lightgrey; height: 1px; max-width: 150px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As usual, the quiz questions, still provided by Andrew Hooper, the now-retired manager of Barnes and then Chiswick L&amp;S shops for many years, included some technical wine questions and a few rather more whimsical ones where the connection to wine was more tenuous, such as:<\/p>\n<p>C<em>\u00f4te R\u00f4tie is famously divided between the C\u00f4te Blonde and the C\u00f4te Brune.\u00a0 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, says the 1953 film title, but which famous brunette starred alongside classic blonde Marilyn Monroe?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>a) Rita Hayworth<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Audrey Hepburn<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Jayne Mansfield<\/em><br \/>\n<em>d) Jane Russell **<\/em><\/p>\n<p>or the final question on Barolo:<\/p>\n<p><em>Barale Fratelli is a new producer for LEA &amp; SANDEMAN and nothing to do with popular Scottish pop combo The Fratellis. 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