It was the best of both worlds when the Rotary Club of Dauphin hosted its annual wine tasting event, Friday, in conjunction with its bi-annual book sale, which ran from Thursday to Saturday at the Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium.

The book sale itself proved to be a hit with a new record of just under $8,000 in books being sold over the three days, including more than $1,200 in sales on the evening of the wine tasting, for which 238 tickets were sold.

The combination worked quite well, according to organizer JL Guillas, with many positive comments from the wine vendors, who thought it was a unique and interesting combination.

Costs and profit for the wine event are still being calculated, but it was a definite success, Guillas said, with a lot of fun for attendees.