The latest event arranged by the organisation for former pupils, parents and staff of St Mary's College proved to be a ‘vintage' occasion.  The Friends of St Mary's held a very successful wine tasting and fun quiz night at the College, attended by around 80 members and guests.  The format of the event included six rounds of questions relating to mystery bottles of wine which competitors had the opportunity to try, interspersed with rounds of general knowledge questions.  The wines for the event were supplied by sponsors the Purple Wine Company, a Liverpool city centre-based merchant with decades of experience in supplying quality wines, most of which are not available from mainstream retail outlets.

Michael Mansour, Chair of the Friends of St Mary's, commented: "Following our black-tie annual dinner at the end of last year we decided to make our latest get-together a much more informal affair.  Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves...  It was a great opportunity for guests to enjoy some excellent wines - and an accompanying cheese board - and to learn more about the subject as well."

The Friends are also planning to put the accent on fun for their next event which will be an eighties reunion disco on May 2nd.