Following the earthquake, Felton Road vineyard in Central Otago put up their entire UK stock as a clearance sale, and have announced their decision to donate the proceeds, without deduction, to the Red Cross disaster relief appeal.

They say:

Everybody has seen the horrific pictures of crushed buildings and buried people. As the initial shock dies down, what will remain is the wreckage of many thousands of lives. There are three thousand homeless families in the city now, and with a huge percentage of the business premises destroyed, a great many people are simultaneously stripped of their possessions, their homes and their income.

New Zealand is a prosperous country, but a small one. With only 4 million people, it is not possible to simply absorb the shock within the larger community. We will have families displaced and struggling for years to come, just as it will take years to reconstruct our third largest city.

We have a plan to help. Right now, we are going to sell every case of wine we have in the UK sales stock and give all the money to the Earthquake Red Cross appeal. That comprises 85 mixed cases of wine, which we will sell through our website at www.feltonroad.com. The cases cost NZ$550 dollars including UK taxes and delivery to mainland UK (which takes 3-4 days) (£254 at todays exchange rates). That makes $46,750 we can give to the appeal. The cases include our Block 3 and Block 5 Pinot Noirs and the total price of the case is significantly less than the current UK retail prices. Every penny paid to us will go straight to the Red Cross appeal.

Please do your bit and let anyone you know in the UK about this offer so they can raise a glass to help those in Christchurch. We'll do our bit and pass the money through as soon as we get it.

Anyone in the UK can purchase one of these packs via our website at: http://www.feltonroad.co.nz/buy-wine/united-kingdom/

2009 sampler pack (NZ$550, approx. £260) contains:
2 x 2009 Felton Road Pinot Noir Bannockburn
1 x 2009 Felton Road Pinot Noir Cornish Point
1 x 2009 Felton Road Pinot Noir Calvert
1 x 2009 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 3
1 x 2008 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 5
1 x 2009 Felton Road Dry Riesling
1 x 2009 Felton Road Riesling
1 x 2009 Felton Road Riesling Block 1
1 x 2009 Felton Road Chardonnay Elms
1 x 2009 Felton Road Chardonnay Bannockburn
1 x 2008 Felton Road Chardonnay Block 2

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mel

Mel,

Hi, I believe this has all been sold now ??

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He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Yep, all gorn. "Massively oversubscribed".

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Four wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul.

Our hearts go out to the families who have lost a love one in the Christchurch earthquake.

For the Felton Road offer, I read a note about that on Tuesday, or was it Monday ? But did not look. Glad they decided that Facebook and Twitter were not appropriate

I wish them every success with their rebuilding programme, and my thoughts go out to the bereft families.

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Duncan