Brett Jones in full flow Brett Jones, the wine maestro, spent an hour this evening atop the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square raising awareness of the threat of prostate cancer conducting a wine tasting while highlighting mortality rates from the disease. Click here for the charity Prostate UK.
The Fourth Plinth
Arriving@the fourth plinth
Preparations
Brett says: "Pants to prostate cancer"
Brett and his plinth
Brett talking and tasting
Brett's audience
Brett Jones smiles@the end of his performance
Brett exits leftBrett tasted the following five wines:
2007 Con Class, Rueda Sauvignon Blanc, Rueda, Spain
2007 Con Class, Rueda Sauvignon Blanc, Rueda, Spain
2008 Domaine Bruno Lupin, Roussette de Savoie Cru, France
2006 Wakefield, Promised Land Shiraz-Cabernet, Clare Valley, Australia
2008 Terra Organica, Zuccardi, Terra Organica Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina
2006 Ridgeview Cuvée Merret Grosvenor, Sussex, England
Previous report on Brett's proposed tasting on the plinth.
Thanks, Jim, for posting this and the previous post to highlight the event - the only wine tasting so far that's been held on the plinth, we believe.
ReplyDeleteA piece of related wine trivia: no glass is allowed on the plinth, so Brett decanted the five wines into plastic water bottles and tasted out of a plastic glass. Leftovers from those plastic water bottles were in my fridge and I've just re-tasted them. All seem to be in perfectly decent condition (mind you, that's after a day of tasting Argentinian wines).
Wink – Glad it went well and that Brett got good support.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jim for your blogs about the 4th Plinth and the photos.
ReplyDeleteAs well as great support from the assembled audience in Trafalgar Square and on social media, the gold pants also gave me useful support...
Thanks Brett. I'm sure the gold pants will rapidly become a feature of the London tasting scene.
ReplyDeleteThis gentleman is my hero !
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