Wargrave Village Festival

Biennially, Wargrave Village hold a fortnight of festivals and events to support village schools, charities and organisations and this year Laithwaites Wine have been supporting the festivities with a plentiful supply of wine.

The evening of Monday 20th June turned out to be one of the best events in their calendar. It was due to be a tough crowd; Paul Daniels had appeared the Friday before (the crowd had only paid £12.50 a ticket to see his act, whilst they gladly paid £17.50 for our tasting), so we knew we had to be spot on. Ian Fritz, John Kemp & I, along with Laithwaites Wine’s very own Debbie McGee, Jo Carrier, wowed the 250 strong audience with a wine ‘call my bluff’, Laithwaites style!

From the off, the crowd were eating out of the palm of our hand, Ian’s jokes, some more funny than others, kept the evening going with a swing, with all of the guests laughing, jeering, clapping and slurping it almost sounded more like a pantomime than a wine tasting.

We finished the evening leaving everybody in the marquee with the knowledge that when it comes to wine, Laithwaites know what we are talking about and that we have a fun time doing it, as well.

Will