Springbank Distillers Ltd have joined forces with the Kintyre Branch of Cancer Research in a bid to raise funds by auctioning a VIP Tour of the Springbank Distillery. This will be a wonderful experience for any whisky lover as the tour includes the chance to select and bottle 12 bottles from a cask in the Springbank warehouses.
Springbank Distillers Ltd have joined forces with the Kintyre Branch of Cancer Research in a bid to raise funds by auctioning a VIP Tour of the Springbank Distillery. This will be a wonderful experience for any whisky lover as the tour includes the chance to select and bottle 12 bottles from a cask in the Springbank warehouses.
The full tour is for two people and may be taken on any week day until 15th December 2005. The date must be arranged with the Distillery beforehand. The day will comprise a morning tour of the Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries with Frank McHardy, the Distillery manager, followed by lunch as a guest of Springbank. The afternoon will be spent in the warehouses with the Manager and Assistant Manager where you will sample whisky direct from the cask then choose which cask you want to draw 12 bottles from then take the bottles to the bottling hall where you can watch them being labelled (or even do it yourself!). The labels will be numbered and signed by Frank McHardy and by you as the cask selection team. If you wish you can design your own label, subject to approval by the Distillery. Six of the bottles will be yours to keep as a souvenir of your day and the remaining six bottles will be donated to Cancer Research UK (Kintyre Branch) to raise even more money.
The auction for the VIP Tour will be held over a period of two weeks. Bids open at 12 noon on Friday 12th August 2005 and close at 7pm on Sunday 28th August 2005. Auction bids will only be accepted by e-mail and only at the following address VIPtour@talktalk.net. Bids in pounds Sterling please! Please DO NOT e-mail Springbank directly as we will not be able to accept your bid. This will be a Live auction so you will be able to up your bid if the original one is unsuccessful. All bidders will be e-mailed details of the highest bid on Friday 19th, 26th and finally around noon on Sunday 28th. The winner will be notified by e-mail and can then contact the Distillery directly to arrange their VIP Tour. If the winning bidder lives outside the Kintyre area 1 night?s B&B will be included for 2 people. You will have to make your own travel arrangements though!
If you don?t win the tour though, don?t give up - there is always the chance to bid for one of the remaining six extremely limited edition bottles. Details of how to bid for the bottles will be posted on the web site towards the end of September.