On Thursday 24th March, Amphora hosted a tasting of 2 Ukrainian wines not YET available in this country, alongside 2 Moldovan and 2 Georgian wines. The wines were introduced by Anatolii Pavlovskyi, a Ukrainian living in Cambridge, and a regular at Amphora.
Teinturier (=red-fleshed) grape Odessa Black was a revelation to palates used predominantly to fruity tones: this wine was like a Provençal tomato salad full of freshly chopped parsley. We would very much like to try this with steak.
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All profits from the evening (ticket and wine sales) went directly to Anatolii’s charity Cambridge4Ukraine, with attendees donating generously. Indeed, the two Ukrainian wines we auctioned went for £200 each! This brought the net total to £1800.50. This sum went towards buying an ambulance to drive refugees from vulnerable parts of Ukraine to its borders.
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Amphora is happy and humbled to be able to support refugees in such a direct way. We thank the Amphora community for its generosity and wish the ambulance safe travels.