A plethora of wines and a balmy early summer’s evening were all that were required to complete yet another laughter filled evening of education and fellowship in the Isle of Axholme.

Simon Cliff engaged the services of James Grant from Pagendam Pratt of York, who spoke on a range of 9 wines from a delicate German white to a lusty Spanish red.  We enjoyed the warm evening air, gently swirling, sniffing and checking to see if the wines had “legs” whilst learning about grape varieties, alcohol content, storage, aging and finding foods to complement the flavours we were experiencing. Some people found the experience so exciting that they had to take a walk down the garden to cool off a little; others found that a bounce on the trampoline did the trick!!!

Tesco of Scunthorpe kindly donated cheese to the value of £20 to add to a light buffet and a  raffle was held for 3 prizes of wine (what else??!!) to lift the evening’s total raised for Foundation to £200+.

Many thanks are owed to Andrew and Leanne Gatecliff for welcoming bawdy bacchanalians into their home and garden and to Simon Cliff for organising the speaker.