UPDATE - Issue 24 - Winter 2005
Feast of the Five Winemakers
One thing I learnt from my experience of prostate cancer and the ensuing prostatectomy was the almost complete lack of awareness of prostate problems. Questions such as what does the prostate do? and where is it? were not uncommon. As a result I decided to try and help raise awareness of the disease.
Together with wine merchant Andrew Wilson from Staffordshire who kindly donated his time and wines we organised a Dinner at the Vintners Hall, London on 19 October and called it the Feast of The Five Winemakers. Andrew arranged for five wine growers to bring and talk about their wines during a reception and five course dinner.
Tony Lea, author of this article
Nicholas Bonham kindly offered to conduct the Auction and this together with a raffle raised about £25,000. I was amazed at the generosity of individuals, companies and corporations who so willingly donated cash, auction and raffle prizes. My former company UBS Investment Bank sponsored the Dinner and in total we raised over £42,000 for the Prostate Research Campaign UK.