This year's Wine Relief fundraising campaign has been wonderfully envigorating, not least because such a wide range of donors were involved. There were modest two-digit contributions...

See my free overview here . Wine Relief is the wine-related fundraising campaign in aid of Comic Relief that has, to my amazement, raised nearly £4 million since 1999. Traditionally...

19 Mar - Very, very many congratulations to everyone involved in Comic Relief 2011, which has so far raised a record total of £74 million and the money is still coming in. We fully expect our...

You've heard of hostess anxiety causing some pretty silly oversights and domestic catastrophes - flat soufflés, burnt toast, champagne turned to ice in the deep freeze? How about the case of...

Bidding is open from today for the online auction of some very special bottles that have been generously donated in aid of Wine Relief . The auction is very kindly being run pro bono by Bid for...

See my full tasting notes on all 80 Wine Relief wines . Every two years I get involved in a national fundraising campaign in the UK for Comic Relief. Wine Relief is a vinous subset...

Purple pager and writer on wine and travel Wink Lorch does her bit for Wine Relief, offering a delicious and educational evening centred on the beautiful and increasingly fashionable Savoie...

28 Feb - I'm afraid and thrilled that our event is now fully booked. Thank you so very much, all who donated and helped us reach our target of £10,000 so relatively rapidly. Richard will be...

You may have seen my recent encouragement to dream up wine-related ways of raising funds via Wine Relief for the biennial Comic Relief call for help to mend lives in Africa in the UK. Purple...

From €10.40, £9.99, 53 zlotys and, erm, 1,390 roubles Find this wine There was a time when Piemontese Barbera was just a bit too much of a good thing,...