After the judges had completed their
evaluation of the 191 wines entered in the 2014 Shiraz SA Wine Challenge the
management committee of Shiraz SA was faced with a problem. What to do with the
remaining unopened bottles that were left over? In this type of wine
competition additional stock is normally requested to compensate for faulty
wines, breakages and also to have wine available for the awards function. But
no matter how well you plan, a fair number of bottles still remain. To give the
wine back to the producers is not only a bit unpractical but also a logistical
nightmare. And to pack it away in storage, even more unpractical and nightmarish!
It was with a sigh of relief and much
excitement that the committee came across a solution … donate it to the Pebbles
Project. It will relieve them of stock that needs to be stored, assist in the
organisation’s Social Responsibility programme and boost much-needed income for
the Pebbles Project.
Pebbles have announced that they will be using
the ±500 bottles in various fundraising events and everybody is smiling!
