VIDEO: The stars shined brightly at inaugural Skin Côntact concert for Wine Relief raising £10,000
The wine industry's first ever rock band, Skin Côntact, took the wine trade by storm on Monday night on stage at London's Vinopolis wowing the audience and helping to raise over £10,000 for Wine Relief, the wine trade's initiative for Comic Relief.
Skin Côntact Live!The amazingly talented cover band Skin Côntact, from the UK wine trade, on stage at Vinopolis for its one off concert to raise money for Comic Relief.
The wine industry's first ever rock band, Skin Côntact, took the wine trade by storm on Monday night on stage at London's Vinopolis wowing the audience and helping to raise over £10,000 for Wine Relief, the wine trade's initiative for Comic Relief.
The stars of the evening included the band members Richard Hemming on keyboards, Alex Hunt MW, Berkmann Wines on lead guitar, Ben Smith of Concha y Toro on bass, Matt James founder of The Bordeaux Cellar, on drums and Anne McHale MW of Berry Bros & Rudd and PR star, Helen Chesshire on backing vocals.
The guest lead singers covering classics from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s included Tim Atkin MW, Charles Metcalfe, Anne Jones, David Williams, Ewan Murray, Lucy Britner and Joe Wadsack.
Over 300 tickets were sold as part of the fundraising effort as well as 832 raffle tickets being sold.
Raffle winners include:
- Alex Layton: 12 bottles of Rhône wine, donated by InterRhône
- Jim Budd: 6 bottles of Rhône wine, donated by InterRhône
- Leah de Felice Renton: 6 bottles of Rhône wine, donated by InterRhône
- David Searle: a signed copy of the fourth edition of the Oxford Companion to Wine, due for release this autumn, donated by Jancis Robinson
- Anthony Rose: two Zalto red wine glasses and a decanter, donated by Around Wine
- Gustavo Lobianco: a copy of Wine Grapes signed by all three authors, donated by Jancis Robinson
- Justin Howard-Sneyd: two tickets to the Vinopolis Wine Tasting Experience, donated by Vinopolis
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In case you missed it check out the Harpers.co.uk compilation of amazingly talented singers and don't be surprised if you see of them on the next series of the X Factor.
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The stars shined brightly at inaugural Skin Côntact benefit concert
The concert was the brainchild of Richard Hemming of JancisRobinson.com and was made possible by events sponsor Côtes du Rhône Wines.
Skin Contact Live, March 9 2015
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