The 2009 Midlands Hawke's Bay Charity Wine Auction which was held over Queens Birthday Weekend raised a phenominal $160,625 for Cranford Hospice.
The auction and was attended by over 270 people and the bidding was feverish for the 39 lots that had been donated by HB wineries.
The Charity Wine Auction Painting, 'the Harlequin and the Magpie' by John Staniford, was also auctioned and acheived $7,700.
This is the 18th year the event has run and this total represents the 3rd highest total achieved, which is significant in the current economic climate.
Huge thanks to all involved including; HB Winegrowers and all their members, Midlands Mortgage Trust, Church Road Winery and all their staff, Gameplan event management, McEntee Hire, Blue Moon, Living Edge, Hastings Host Lions, Chris Tremain & Willie de Witt, Touch of Elegance venue hire, Flowerlands, the Copy Company .... the list is endless !