Alice Kendall

Young Guns Charity Shoot at West Wycombe Park

The Young Guns Charity Clay Shoot, brilliantly organised by Tor Dashwood and Ella Hadsley Chaplin and hosted at the EJ Churchill Shooting School and afterwards at West Wycombe Park, raised an amazing £17,000 for Breast Cancer Research.

Having consigned the clays to dust, a flurry of thirsty guns and their guests drank Coates & Seely under the east portico of West Wycombe Park in perfect autumnal sunshine before moving to a glorious lunch under the house’s southern colonnade. Indefatigable, the day finally ended with a party at 5 Hertford Street.

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer

http://www.ejchurchill.com/

http://www.tatler.com/gallery/young-guns-charity-clay-pigeon-shooting-competition

What can be more Glorious than Goodwood in August?

A combination of thrilling racing, sartorial flair, natural beauty and an endless flow of chilled bubbles would make even the most hardened cynic smile, or determined puritan think twice.

For those of us happy transgressors, the five days were a celebration of all that’s best about England in the summer, even if it was a little damp from time to time…

The Coates & Seely Pavilion positively bubbled and we were delighted to be able to establish ourselves at the heart of one of the greatest British sporting events of the year.

https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/qatar-goodwood-festival/

Sparkling wine and game, set, match: What to drink while watching Wimbledon

In the Telegraph Online Victoria Moore wonders why Wimbledon – that most quintessentially English of sporting events – has not plumped for one of the “world class wines made from grapes grown on English soil”.

Notwithstanding Wimbledon’s reticence, Victoria plumps for five of the “finest English fizzes” including Coates & Seely’s Blanc de Blancs 2009 “La Perfide” as well as both of its two non-vintage wines, the Brut Reserve NV and the Rose NV.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/drinking-and-dining/english-sparkling-wines-drink-watching-wimbledon/

The Enlightened Princesses Exhibition at Kensington Palace

Coates & Seely were honoured to have their Brut Reserve NV sparkling wine served at the opening night of the ‘Enlightened Princesses’ exhibition at Kensington Palace.

Curated by the Historic Royal Palaces in conjunction with the Yale Center for British Art, the exhibition explores the lives of the three German princesses – Caroline of Ansbach, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Streliz – whose respective marriages to George II, George III and George IV placed then at the very heart of the Enlightenment underway in 18th century Britain, and the shaping of the modern world.

On what proved to be the hottest night of the year thus far, the chilled Coates & Seely proved a doubly welcoming refreshment to a fascinated and appreciative audience.

https://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/#gs.sm1XRnc

Photography by David Jensen

Brewin Dolphin at the Chelsea and Chatsworth Flower Shows

Coates & Seely were delighted to be asked again by Brewin Dolphin to provide the wines for their client entertainment at both this year’s RHS Chelsea and Chatsworth Flower Shows.

It is always a thrill to be at Chelsea, and this year Brewin Dolphin entertained clients with Coates & Seely’s award-winning sparkling Rosé within the splendours of Christopher Wren’s Royal Hospital, built by Charles II for veterans over 325 years ago and still dispensing accommodation and fellowship to retired British heroes to this day.

The highlight this year was, however, the inaugural Flower Show at Chatsworth – certainly one of the most beautiful houses in England – where the representation of Paxton’s Great Conservatory, built by the fourth Duke of Devonshire in 1841, dominated the skyline, across the river Derwent from the main façade of the house. The show was full of inspirational gardens and wonderful stalls, but it was the daring, style and innovation of the Great Conservatory, so characteristic of Chatsworth and its illustrious family, that constantly drew the eye.

https://www.brewin.co.uk/

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chatsworth-flower-show

Tinie Tempah, Pete Tong & Sigma at Goodwood

After dark, on three hot and sultry Friday nights in June, the hallowed turf of the Parade Ring at Goodwood, directly below the Coates & Seely Pavilion, switches from hooves to heels as Tinie Tempah, Pete Tong and Sigma drive the crowd to dance and the pounding of the racing earlier in the evening morphs to the pounding of a different, more glamorous beat.

This is a unique and thrilling combination of racing, music and dance, washed down with Coates & Seely’s sparkling wines that are available in the pavilions throughout the evening.

https://www.goodwood.com/sports/horseracing/fixtures-events/three-friday-nights/