Our Supporters
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Our Founding Supporter
We would like to give special thanks to Liquid Icons Productions for their constant support of the Gérard Basset Foundation since our founding in 2021.
Co-Founded by Lewis Chester DipWSET, a dear friend of our namesake and fellow Co-Founder Gérard Basset OBE MS MW, and entrepreneur Alexander Lushnikov, Liquid Icons has since 2021 organised the annual Golden Vines® Awards, recognising and celebrating the world’s greatest wines and spirits.
As a part of these amazing Awards, for the last 3 years Liquid Icons has organised simultaneously an annual Golden Vines® Fine Wine, Rare Spirit & Experience Global Online Charity Auction, the proceeds of which are donated in their entirety to the Gérard Basset Foundation and which enable us to do our work of making the wine, spirits and hospitality industries more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive through our Grantee and Scholarship Programmes.
Without the support of Liquid Icons, and in particular the hard work of Lewis Chester and Alexander Lushnikov, who were both instrumental in setting up the Gérard Basset Foundation as Co-Founding Partners and who enabled us to begin delivering on our mandate, we would not have been able to have supported the 1,300 beneficiaries that we have so far.
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The Gérard Basset Foundation is delighted to announce its partnership with Tiny Wine, an online wine platform dedicated to making fine wine accessible and affordable to everyone.
Tiny Wine have generously pledged 10% of their profits to go towards the work of the Gérard Basset Foundation.
We are immensely grateful, and look forward to increasing accessibility in the wine, spirits and hospitality industries together.
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In 2024, William Kelley, Co-Founder of The Perfect Bottle, ran the Marathon du Médoc with the Gérard Basset Foundation as his chosen charity, raising a whopping £1,000 towards our work.
Now in 2025, we are thrilled to announce that the Gérard Basset Foundation has officially entered a partnership with The Perfect Bottle.
Situated on Old Church Street in Chelsea, The Perfect Bottle have generously pledged a regular number of free seats for our UK-based scholars to attend their highly-coveted fine wine tastings.
Additionally, 5% of all competition ticket sales from their sister company Winning Wines Ltd will be donated to support the Gérard Basset Foundation.
We are incredibly grateful to William Kelley and James McCormac for opening their shop door to our scholars and for helping us give everyone a fair chance.
Investing in people is investing in the industry.
Friends of the Foundation
