Master of Wine Rose Murray Brown is again supporting Wine Relief*, the biennial wine-related fundraiser for Comic Relief (which this year will be supporting tsunami victims as well as their admirably well-monitored projects in the UK and Africa). She promises that the tasting in Edinburgh on wed 02 mar will be the biggest wine tasting ever held in the UK in aid of Comic Relief. There’s a challenge for the Sassenachs among you, surely?
wed 02 mar 05
7pm-9pm
Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh
Tickets are £12 each and are available from Rose Murray Brown tel 01334 870731 masterclass@rosemurraybrown.com www.rosemurraybrown.com or from Scottish wine merchants Peter Green, Villeneuve Wines and Great Grog.
Rose Murray Brown MW says: Bring your RED NOSES to taste about 100 wines being sold in aid of WINE RELIEF 2005 from more than 20 different exhibitors which include all the top supermarkets, high street retailers and independent merchants: Oddbins, Majestic, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Somerfield, Threshers, Valvona & Crolla, Great Grog, Peter Green, Cockburns, Villeneuve Wines, Corney & Barrow….and other Scottish independents.
This is Scotland’s largest charity wine tasting. This year there will also be added attractions to make this a unique event and raise extra funds for Wine Relief 2005/Comic Relief, including a Wine Quiz, mystery bottle competition, grand raffle and guest of honour appearance.
Wine Relief 2005
*I shall be reporting in detail on 12 feb on the wines you can buy in major retailers to raise funds for Comic Relief which this year culminates in Red Nose Day on fri 11 mar. Below are details of participating stores and when you can buy the selected wines knowing that 10 per cent of the price goes straight to Comic Relief’s projects. (Not a penny from the funds raised for Comic Relief goes on overheads.)
Retailer Number of wines Promotional period
Arthur Rackham 12 07 feb-13 mar
Asda 4 19 feb-13 mar
Booths 8 01 feb-13 mar
Majestic 12 01 feb-14 mar
Marks & Spencer 10 21 feb-13 mar
Morrison/Safeway 14 21 feb-20 mar
Oddbins 7 07 feb-12 mar
Sainsbury’s 9 02 feb-15 mar
Somerfield 13 09 feb-15 mar
Tesco 12?+ 06 feb-12 mar
Thresher Group 12 01 feb-11 mar
Waitrose 6 04 feb-11 mar