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Competition heads off the pitch, into the vineyard
GAME ON: WineArt manager Gisela Purcell, with Nelson mayor Aldo Miccio and winemaker Anna Seifried, gearing up for a competition between Italian, US and Nelson wines during the Rugby World Cup. Photo: Andrew Board.
While Italy and the United States battle for supremacy on the rugby field, its wines will go head-to-head off it, as part of a new event added to the Game On festival. The First Fifteen Wine Competition will pit the top aromatic wines from Italy and the United States against those from Nelson, with guest judges jetting in from the visiting nations. Nelson WineArt manager Gisela Purcell says the event is a fantastic opportunity to see just how Nelson wines compare to top wines from renowned wine-growing countries. The competition is the latest event to be added to the Game On festival, a Nelson City Council event that will see a number of events happening around the region, while the Rugby World Cup is played. Main attractions already on the festival calendar include a re-enactment of the first game of rugby played in New Zealand, between Nelson College and Nelson Rugby Club, Fanzones to watch the latter part of the tournament in the city centre and the Nelson Arts Festival. While wine judging is the most prestigious part of the competition it won’t be just the judges that get to taste the wine. A degustation dinner, tutored tasting of winning wines and a new release of Nelson wines will give Nelsonians, as well as tourists, an opportunity to taste the region’s top drops.
Fire message sinking in as call outs fall Andrew Board A big drop in the number of call outs for Nelson fire fighters is being put down to the safety message sinking in, says safety officer Rob Dalton. There were 640 call outs for the Nelson brigade in 2010, down 91 from the previous year and with figures pointing in the right direction Rob says he is pleased but is far from popping the champagne.
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“It is pleasing [the drop] down,” he says. but we can’t afford to be Rob says the drop in call complacent because a moouts is due to sustained As much as it is nice to see ments inattention can lead safety messages getting the numbers go down, it through to Nelsonians. to a fire so it’s a matter of people realising that some will be interesting to see if “We are actively promotwe can continue that. of the things they do every ing safety messages and we day still need attention. As take the opportunity every – Rob Dalton. much as it is nice to see the time there is something numbers go down, it will be interesting to special happening, whether it’s the A&P see if we can continue to keep them going Show or other events, to get our demon-
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