Wine Relief - Red Nose Day
The final day to support Wine Relief in the UK is March 16--this year's official Red Nose Day. From Jan 31st - March 16th, the UK's biggest wine retailers are donating 10 percent from the sale of selected wines to help tackle poverty and social injustice in the UK and Africa.
Wine relief, part of the larger Comic Relief initiative, has raised a staggering 2 million pounds since its launch in 1999, with this year's Wine Relief effort promising to be the biggest yet.
The project is driven by Jancis Robinson, who has been something of a hero of mine ever since I saw her presenting my favorite show, Channel 4's The Wine Programme, back in the early eighties.UK readers can support Wine Relief by rushing down (preferably wearing your red nose) to the following stores and purchasing select wines--just look out for the comic relief and wine relief logo: Majestic, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Somerfield, Tesco, Threshers, Waitrose, Cafe Rouge.
As a native Brit, this is an event I would love to be involved with on some level. Perhaps when Escafeld wines become available in the UK!
Elsbeth
Escafeld Vineyards
Labels: comic relief, red nose day, UK, wine relief
posted by Escafeld Vineyard Diary | 1:08 PM
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