After an early start, we arrived at 9 am the Lord Charles Hotel's Conference Centre in Somerset West
Registering at the entrance
The auctioners - Susie Goodman, director and auctioneer at Strauss & Co
and auctioneer and wine consultant Roland Peens
Wine consultant Higgo Jacobs and Sarah Jordaan, head of the Strauss & Co Wine Department
Keeping track of the prices
Guild members Pieter Ferreira, Rianie and Louis Strydom, Charles Hopkins, David Nieuwoudt
Nadia and David Sadie
Corlien Morris of Wine Menu in Johannesburg waiting to see if one of her bids was successful
As each wine was auctioned, the details were shown on screens round the room
Lunch break
Richard Kershaw (Kershaw), David Finlayson (Edgebaston), Duncan Savage (Savage Wines)
and Miles Mossop (Miles Mossop Wines)
Snacks as a starter
smoked chicken foccacia, plump Saldanha oysters, braaibroodjies and vegetable kebabs
Wines to accompany lunch
Marlvin Gweze of Newmark Hotels, bidding and observing
Henry Prins, Lord Charles Conference and Banqueting Manager and JP Hayward, Hospitality Banqueting Manager
A beautiful family - Duncan Savage with his wife Zani and daughter Kate
Lunch was prepated by five prominent chefs, three of whom were from independent restaurants
Dessert came later and was a selection of tiny Petite Fours
and then attention turned back to the auction
The Auction raised R493 300, adding to the R1 827 550 already raised throughout the year by the CWG members at various charity events
All funds raised in this sister event of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction go towards supporting the Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme
of the Cape Winemakers Guild and Strauss & Co teams
Roland Peens, Sarah Jordaan, Susie Goodman, Chantelle Johansson, Higgo Jacobs
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