Ticket holders

Welcome!

We are very excited to bring you our Virtual Wine Tasting experience on Friday 12^th February 2021 at 8.30pm.

In partnership with Majestic Wine, we are delivering a wine tasting experience for your to enjoy from the comfort of your own home.

You will receive a selection of five 187ml mini bottles of wine to share along with information on how to join us online. If possible, please confirm the safe receipt of your wine by emailing sue.harris@careforveterans.org.uk.

On the night, join us for a virtual tasting experience via Zoom. Please see the information below.

As you taste each wine, an expert from Majestic Wine will be your guide, provide useful tips and answer your questions.

How tasting wine is helping disabled veterans…

We would like to thank you for helping to support the care and rehabilitation of physically disabled veterans. With almost all of our usual events cancelled due to the pandemic, we really appreciate your participation in this virtual event.

Care for Veterans provides long term nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end of life care to disabled ex-Service personnel. Read more about what we do.

We receive no regular Government funding, so your support helps us to raise the £1.9m needed each year for us to continue our work caring for veterans such as former Royal Engineer, Steve. Read about how we have helped Steve so far.

We are incredibly proud of the difference we can make at Care for Veterans. We hope you enjoy participating in this event even more knowing how your support helps.

Please find below a few notes that we would appreciate that you read in advance of the event to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Thanks again for your support and we look forward to seeing you on Friday!

The wine list:

Devils Creek Sauvignon Blanc.
Abbotts and Delaunay Viognier.
Passimento Rosso Pasqua.
Definition Pinotage.
Guv’nor Spanish Tempranillo.

Apologies that there is not a port on the tasting list, but we have been advised by Majestic Wine that this would not be a good fit, so has been replaced with a red wine.

Zoom

We will be asking you to join us on Zoom by sending you a link to a meeting. If you haven’t used Zoom before, we recommend visiting the site (https://support.zoom.us) and testing it out on your computer or the device you want to use. You may prefer to download the app. We would hate for any technical hitches to hinder your enjoyment of the evening and delay the tasting of your wine!

Join the Zoom Meeting (event)

https://zoom.us/j/99648443233?pwd=R3VHaU5lbTREOVNHOWNhNmZ1dC9FQT09

Meeting ID: 996 4844 3233

Passcode: 314368

How To Join A Zoom Meeting:

Join Using A Meeting Link – Just click on the meeting link or paste it into your web browser to join the meeting.
Join Using A Meeting ID – Open the Zoom app and click on the “Join” icon. Paste the Meeting ID above (996 4844 3233) in the box provided, add your display name for the meeting and click on the “Join” button. Enter the Passcode (314368) when prompted.

Please wait for us to start the meeting.

We will share the screen of our host and you can ask questions via the chat.

If you are finding you are experiencing connection issues, try switching off your video.

Ask a question

If you would like to submit your questions in advance, please email them to sue.harris@careforveterans.org.uk.

Please feel free to ask questions during each tasting via the chat. We will also have some time at the end of the event.

Please submit questions using the chat. You can access the chat by clicking the ‘chat’ button at the bottom of the screen. A window will appear and you can type your question. Please send your questions to everyone in the meeting, this will allow you to see if someone else has asked the same question already.

There is also the option to send private messages in the chat to others taking part.

Take a selfie to enter our prize draw!

We may be physically apart, but we can feel more connected! We would love it you could take a selfie and share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #CfVWine or send it to us via email at fundraising@careforveterans.org.uk.

If you feel like dressing up the occasion, even better! We will draw the lucky winner on Wednesday 17^thFebruary 2021. There will also be prizes for the most imaginative and best dressed!

Snacks with wine

Bread or biscuits to cleanse the palette between each wine.
If you would like cheese to accompany your wine, then we recommend a hard French cheese or a cheddar, but a mild one.
We are lucky to have Olly’s supporting us who are giving ticket holders a 20% discount off their whole range of natural nibbles. Visit ollys-ollys.com and use the code CFVWine2021 to get a 20% discount (expires 19^th February 2021).

Wine glasses

It is recommended to drink each wine from a clean glass. Ideally, you will have five glasses each (one for each wine) or at least two glasses so you have the time to rinse them between tastes.

Donations

We really appreciate you taking part in the wine tasting and supporting Care for Veterans. If you haven’t already, then please find us on social media and help us to spread the word! Make a donation.

Raffle ticket

Plus, there is going to be a surprise at the end of the wine tasting – there is a raffle ticket in this envelope, please keep it safe!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Majestic Wine for all their help planning this event and for donating their time.

We look forward to meeting you on the night!

Thank you so much for your support.

If you have any questions, please contact the fundraising team on 01903 218 444 or email fundraising@careforveterans.org.uk

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