Register by December 8 to receive your wine in time for the event
Insights series of virtual events
The MND Association are delighted to introduce you to our new Insights series of virtual events. Over the coming months Insights will bring you an exciting new range of online speaker events, all created especially for our valued supporters.
Register for Wine Tasting
Join us for an evening’s tasting with Berry Bros. & Rudd Wine Buyer, Davy Zyw.
The virtual tasting kindly sponsored by Berry Bros. & Rudd will start at 8.00pm on Thursday 10th December and last for approximately one hour. Tickets cost £100.00 per household and includes one 75cl bottle of Berry Bros. & Rudd Grand Cru Champagne by Mailly and one 75cl bottle of 2015 Berry Bros. & Rudd Brunello di Montalcino by La Màgia from Tuscany; so we encourage you to include any other adults from your household in the tasting.
Register your placeAbout Davy
Davy Zyw is Senior Wine Buyer at Berry Bros. & Rudd where he sources wines from Italy and Champagne amongst other regions. As well as ten plus years of wine buying experience, Davy is a published author, having published two books on his favourite topic - Champagne.
In April 2018, Davy was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. This August together with twin brother Tommy and a group of friends, Davy cycled the North Coast 500 route: 500 miles around the Scottish Highlands in 4 days, raising over £120,000 and earning him the Points of Light Award by the Prime Minister's office. Earlier this year MND Association was nominated by employees as Berry Bros. & Rudd’s company charity in support of Davy.
Upcoming Insights
In December we look forward to Christmas with two interactive sessions: a wreath-making workshop led by gold medal-winning RHS Chelsea designer Sue Hayward and a wine tasting run by Berry Bros. & Rudd Ltd, Britain's oldest fine wine and spirits merchant
Tuesday 8 December, 8pm
Thursday 10 December, 8pm
Frequently asked questions:
What topics will future Insights sessions cover?
Insights topics being planned for 2021 include cricket, astronomy, gardening, football, current affairs and the Olympics. Each session will feature expert speakers and famous faces with a connection to that topic. Often our speaker panel will also have a personal link to motor neurone disease. We encourage guests to put questions to our panel, either in advance or during the event itself.
Please let us know if you would like us to keep you informed about these events or have a question to submit to our speaker panel.
Do you have to pay to join an Insights session?
Most of the sessions will be free to join, including our second topic Insights: Global Perspectives, on Tuesday 24 November, for which guests should RSVP as soon as possible.
Occasionally, when the session is likely to be more interactive or involve products being sent to you as part of the event (for example our wine tasting session run by Berry Bros. & Rudd Ltd in December) a joining fee will be charged. An email invitation will be sent out in advance of each Insights session which will make clear whether a cost is involved.
How to join a Zoom meeting?
To join using the Zoom app (on PC/Mac/Smartphone)
The best way to join is to use the Zoom app:
- Click on the meeting invite link (URL) that we will send you via email. (if you don't have the Zoom desktop app installed, the page will ask you to download the app).
- Open the Zoom app.
- Approve the request for permission to use your computer's audio and camera.
You can also join by entering the meeting details into the Zoom app yourself:
- Download the Zoom desktop app on your Mac or PC (if you don’t already have it installed).
- Open the Zoom app.
- Click “Join a meeting”.
- Enter the Meeting ID (using the details from our invite) and your name
- Approve the request for permission to use your computer's audio and camera.
To join via a web browser without using the Zoom app
You don't need to install any extra software to join a Zoom meeting. You can do it all through a web browser.
- Click on the meeting invite link (URL) that we will send you via email.
- Ignore the request to download the app and scroll down to the small print: "If you cannot download or run the application, join from your browser."
- Click the highlighted text in "Join from your browser".
- Sign in with your name to join the meeting.