Your Guide to Setting up a Syndicate

Syndicates are the best way to ramp up the fun, affordability and chances of securing spectacular wines at the Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction.

Here’s how you do it

Pull together wine lovers like you

Have a chat to friends and family who love wine and the chance to seriously support Cranford Hospice. When you pool your money, you’re in a great position to bid on the wines you love and share the rewards.

Many of our lots are high volume barrel lots (75 – 300 bottles), along with other rare and desirable wines. With a syndicate you can split the cost and secure top Hawke’s Bay wines to share amongst your team.

Your checklist

  • Get your team together (over a couple of vinos), have a chat and decide how much you’ll each contribute.
  • Purchase your auction tickets.
  • Choose a fun name – why not!
  • Register your syndicate.
  • Come along to the Preview and Tasting night to sample the wines, chat to winemakers, have some fun and choose your favourites.
  • Talk/haggle with your team about the lots you’re targeting and the price limit you want to set.
  • Get together on the day in your best Spring outfit and be part of an unforgettable event.
  • Battle it out to see who’s in charge of the bidding paddle!
  • Help Cranford Hospice keep doing the wonderful work they do in the Bay.