Last updated 11:35, Friday, 09 May 2008

TWO west Cumbrian pubs are taking part in a wine festival later this month.

The Bransty Arch, in Bransty Row, Whitehaven, and The Henry Bessemer, in New Oxford Street, Workington, are calling on their customers to take part in a world record wine-tasting.

The pubs are staging the event as part of the Wetherspoon wine festival, which runs from Wednesday, May 21 until Sunday, June 8.

Two other pubs in Carlisle – The Woodrow Wilson and The William Rufus – will also make up the 680 Wetherspoon pubs across the UK which are hosting the synchronised wine-tasting in an attempt to create a new Guinness World Record.

The event take place at 6pm on Wednesday, May 21 with customers offered a free 50ml glass of wine.

Pub manager Craig Walker of The Woodrow Wilson said: “This is a great opportunity for people to be part of a Guinness World Record attempt.

“All they have to do is come to the pub and enjoy a glass of wine at the same time as other customers in Wetherspoon pubs across the UK.

“The current world record stands at 5,100 tasters and I am confident that it can be beaten.”