MANAWATU WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL

12 AND 13TH JUNE 2010

AWAPUNI FUNCTION CENTRE

PALMERSTON NORTH

For more information visit

http://www.mwff.co.nz/the-best-wine-and-boutique-food-festival-this-winter

To book on line visit www.ticketdirect.co.nz

Askerne will be exhibiting at this festival

TROPHY FOLLOWS 5 GOLDS FOR ASKERNE GEWURZTRAMINER 2007

Askerne collected the trophy for the top Gewurztraminer at the Liquorland Top 100 Wine Competition on Friday 2nd October 2009.

Askerne owner John Loughlin said ' our 2007 Gewurztraminer has now won five gold medals in New Zealand Wine Competitions and we are delighted to have taken the next step and won a tropy with this wine. The consistency of results is particularly pleasing especially after winning gold medals with our 2005 and 2006 vintages".

Last year Askerne won its first trophy for its 2006 Noble Semillon at the Romeo Bragato Wine Competition.

   2010 CONCERT SEASON

Update re Beat Girls 2010 concert The Beat Girls played as scheduled on 31 January 2010. They have played in worse conditions and the sound crew judged that it was safe for the concert to proceed. A small number of concert goers enjoyed the show in muddy conditions. Around noon on the day of the concert we made the decision to proceed in accordance with the advertised terms that the concert would go ahead "rain, hail or shine" and no "refunds". The weather forecast for the "rain day on Monday"was worse and ground conditions would certainly have been worse. We were concerned that the extreme conditions would prevent many people enjoying the concert in the way that they hoped and we intended. Thus we decided to give customers the choice of attending in the wet conditions or exchanging their tickets for tickets at one of our concerts next year. Our decision is different from the way others handle these situations, but was one of principle and reflects our appreciation of your support for our concerts. We hadn't given much thought as to how we would work the exchange on Sunday. We've now given some thought as to how we might do the ticket exchange. Its administatively harder than we thought but we will make it work. We would like you to email Christine at christineh@askerne.co.nz letting her know your ticket numbers and contact details so that she can contact you when we have finalised our events program for 2011. Then please keep your tickets in a safe place to exchange them when the time comes. We will work on a aprogram for next year. That's always a challenge as  we need to sort out who is available, dates, costs,what's happpening with competing events etc. We are planning to have the Beat Girls again in 2011. When we have our programme sorted out we will email you with the choices. You will be able to exchange your tickets for equivalent value in terms of tickets for an event in 2011. Thank you for your patience. We appreciate your support of our concerts and our wines.   Johna and Kathryn Loughlin