{"id":6591,"date":"2008-10-13T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/novel-fund-raiser-drinking-for-charity\/"},"modified":"2008-10-13T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T09:20:00","slug":"novel-fund-raiser-drinking-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/10\/novel-fund-raiser-drinking-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVEL FUND-RAISER: DRINKING FOR CHARITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SPMS6yYvz-I\/AAAAAAAAEKs\/lcI9fqZF1jc\/s1600-h\/penna_shiraz-742928.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SPMS6yYvz-I\/AAAAAAAAEKs\/lcI9fqZF1jc\/s320\/penna_shiraz-742928.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256565991238782946\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SPMS7cwPUOI\/AAAAAAAAEK0\/E7LOG7TSmCw\/s1600-h\/PercyFamily%28small%29-744713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SPMS7cwPUOI\/AAAAAAAAEK0\/E7LOG7TSmCw\/s320\/PercyFamily%28small%29-744713.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256566002611605730\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Wc13Oct08<\/p>\n<p>YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN FOR W\/B 13 OCTOBER 2008<\/p>\n<p>wine with david ellis<\/p>\n<p>A SYDNEY couple has launched an on-line wine-buying service whose profits will go to charity and not-for-profit organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Damian and Terri Percy were respected ballroom dancers with over 45 national and international titles between them, but their lives took a totally new direction after the birth of their second son Callum 18 months ago: Callum was born with Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve experienced first-hand the immense difficulties faced by charity and not-for-profit organisations to raise enough funds to simply stay afloat,&#8221; Damian Percy said. &#8220;So we decided to launch The Charity Wine Shop, with its initial beneficiary Down Syndrome NSW and ten others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fine wine buyers have a choice of wines from six wineries that have so far teamed-up to supply to The Charity Wine Shop: buyers simply log onto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywineshop.com.au\/\">www.charitywineshop.com.au<\/a> to place their order and nominate the charity or non-profit organisation of their choice from an-already near-dozen on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Wines are delivered free, have a money-back guarantee, and at least  $20 a case goes to the nominated charity; wineries, charities or non-profit groups that would like to join-up can contact the Charity Wine Shop on 1300 854 707.<\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you&#8217;re having fun building up that wine cellar, make a note to invest in a couple of Penna Lane&#8217;s new-release 2006 Shiraz while its still just $25 \u2013 this is a ripper wine with a good ten years cellaring potential and will certainly only get more pricey in the years ahead (if not sold out first.)<\/p>\n<p>Winemakers Ray Klavins and Stephen Stafford-Brooks used 100 per cent fruit from the Clare Valley to craft a wine that&#8217;s loaded with spice, cherry and dark chocolate flavours, soft tannins and cedary oak complexities. If you can&#8217;t resist the temptation to try it now, do so with full-flavoured beef or kangaroo dishes or a good cheese platter.<\/p>\n<p>(Need a drink? We&#8217;re archived on <a href=\"http:\/\/vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>                                                       \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>[] DANCING to a new tune, the Percy family \u2013 Callum is with dad Damian.<\/p>\n<p>[] ONE for the cellar, or enjoy now with hearty beef, kangaroo or cheeses.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc13Oct08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN FOR W\/B 13 OCTOBER 2008 wine with david ellis A SYDNEY couple has launched an on-line wine-buying service whose profits will go to charity and not-for-profit organisations. Damian and Terri Percy were respected ballroom dancers with over 45 national and international titles between them, but their lives took a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}