SAY CHEERS Holds Wine Festival to Support Korle-bu Cardio Centre

Say Cheers, the number one wine retailers in Ghana, have over the weekend organized the first ever wine festival in the country. The maiden wine festival was held at the Labadi Beach Hotel on Friday & Saturday, September 26 & 27, 2009.

The event attracted wine makers, retailers, buyers, tasters and other stakeholders in the wine industry from a number of countries including France, South Africa and Chile. Say Cheers is the local representative of these and other wine makers around the world.

On Friday night a formal dinner prepared exclusively by Executive Chef Gary Lane, was at the Labadi Beach Hotel with each course featuring a different wine variety and brief wine appreciation information. Each table was named after the world-class wineries and brands such as Spier, Arniston Bay, 4 Cousins, Arabella, Springbok Rugby Player Schalk Burger’s Welbedacht, Saronsberg, Boekenhoutskloof, Rupert & Rothschild, Lanson and many more.
Some exotic and expensive wines were auctioned at the event to raise funds for the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Centre in Accra.

“We are delighted to be involved in this venture. We did not only have fun with good wine and food, we also raised funds to support a worthy cause. Say Cheers is happy to contribute to make society a better place. Good wine is good for the heart and Say Cheers is interested in anything pertaining to the human heart” says Herman Kuhn, CEO of Say Cheers.

Other items auctioned included an autographed Springbok Rugby Jersey of Schalk Burger Jnr, a photo of Springbok Rugby Father and Son, Schalk Snr & Schalk Jnr Burger, a dinner for the highest bidder and 10 friends in their own home by Executive Chef of the Labadi Beach Hotel and the big one: 2 Business Class return air tickets compliments of SAA to Cape Town with 2 nights’ accommodation at the Commodore Legacy Hotel and 4 nights at 4 different wine estates over harvesting time with vineyard tours and wine tasting at some of the participating wine estates.

Saturday was open to the public for wine tasting in the lush gardens of the Labadi Beach Hotel with entertainment from Salsa dancing to some of the top entertainers in Ghana. Also as part of the event on Saturday was Executive Chef of Labadi Beach Hotel, Mr. Gary Lane’s attempt to gain an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest pizza in Africa under the watchful eyes of officials from the Guinness Book of Records. In forty-seven minutes, the 105.7 metre-long pizza was made and was sold to guests at GhC5.00 a slice, the proceeds of which were also donated to the Korle-bu Cardiothoracic Centre.