The First Annual Casa Wine Shop Golf Tournament at La Estancia

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Last Thursday the 1st of April, a group of over 50 intrepid golfers took part in the First Annual Casa Wine Shop Golf Tournament at La Estancia and despite rather a lot of rain it was great fun!The tournament began at 1pm shotgun, with rather ominous-looking grey skies overhead,  with everyone  in very high spirits and raring to go – we all zoomed to our allocated tee. I was playing with my parents and my boyfriend Philip – of the 4 of us, only 1 can be considered a ‘serious’ golfer and so we were looking forward to having some fun with just a slim possibility of actually playing some ‘real’ golf….. The La Estancia golf course is really very beautiful and we really enjoyed playing the first 7 holes – me especially who was playing the game of my life, with 3 pars (without cheating at all!) Unfortunately, after that is started to rain, and pour and we all got a little wet! I, however was playing so well that I persevered (like we do in England) and kept playing! Here I am enjoying the rain and the golf: As the rain continued, we were all forced to hide inside our golf carts (which due to the angle of the rain did very little to actually keep us dry.) Pass the beer! And so despite my protests (I was determined to continue) the tournament had to be cancelled and we all headed back to the clubhouse. 🙁 Of course, just because the tournament was over did not mean the event was – out came the rain and with it came the wine, cheese and other nibbles! Myself and the other guests were of course a little disappointed that the rain kept us from playing more golf, but we were nevertheless pleased with the great selection of wines and the lovely cheeses to go with them! To finish the event was the prize-giving ceremony and because there were no actual winners all the prizes went into the raffle – there were so many prizes nearly everyone won something! In fact there were 20 prizes, plus a case of wine and bottles of wine and with all the wonderful wine to drink at the bar – everyone went home happy! I left especially happy because I won 2 prizes in the raffle – Philip (my adoring boyfriend) won a $200 gift voucher for Everett Design Jewellery, which he will (obviously) use to buy me something nice AND I actually won a 3 hour massage at Six Senses Spa in Punta Cana. Here are all my photos of the prize-giving:

Carol Trembley and Pierre Gagnon who organised the event would like to thank all their sponsors, who generous donated prizes – which made the tournament even more fun!

The sponsors of the event were: La Estancia Golf Resort Tortuga Bay– Punta Cana – 2 nights for 2 including breakfast in a Junior Suite Casa de Campo Cygalle Spa Deliciel—Fromage de France Cocotal Golf Course Eventos & Catering Restaurant Le Chinois, La Marina Pierre Gagnon Golf Academy P.B. Dye—Arquitect x 2 foursomes at La Cana and the new Iberostar Jean Dye – 3 hours spa at Six Senses Spa Restaurant Tracadero, Bayahibe Bill Everett Jewelry Virginia Spa, La Romana Restaurant Lucas, Buena Vista Norte Restaurant Pizza al Rio, La Romana Casa de Campo Living 🙂 Papa Jack’s Bar Restaurant

During the event Carol took the opportunity to show case a number of her best wines and cheeses which she imports and sells through her business – Casa Wine Shop. Carol delivers directly to your Casa de Campo Villa, to find out more, click here. The wines on offer were: Italian – Luvaia (Sangiovese) 2007 Italian – Verdicchio di Jesi 2008 French – Cabernet Sauvignon – Domaine Sauvion 2008 French – Merlot Fildefere 2008 French – chardonnay Fildefere 2008 The cheeses on offer were: Brie Le Chateau, Saint Nectaire, Camembert , Double crème, Mamirolle Bon Pasteur, Bleu Creole, Chevrotin (goat’s cheese).