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May’s trip will take us to Chianti, Montalcino and Montepulciano in the Tuscan Region. This will be a 4 day-3 night adventure. We will visit five wineries for a tour and wine tasting thru the weekend plus we will taste and enjoy the Tuscan cuisine, visit the birth place of Mona Lisa, a former Benedictine Monastery, a Bottle and Glass museum, and the opportunity to tour Siena and San Gimignano.

All this and more “Under the Tuscan Sun”.

Wear your best hat at the Kentucky Derby Luncheon

Our Wonderful Wednesdays group went to the Poli Grappa Distillery for a tour & tasting.

The "Under the Tuscan Sun" luncheon was all about herbs and tasted simply delectable!

We did some Valpolicella wine tasting!

Photos from our CIAO conference this year! It was two days of fun and learning!

Our Wonderful Wednesdays group took a cooking class with Trattoria all'Angelo!

Our Mardi Gras Gala was a ton of fun! We crowned a king and queen and auctioned off all kinds of items!

We had a great Wonderful Wednesday at Magia di Barbarano!

A trip to the Cleto Chiarli winery

That's right, we had a Beach Blanket Bingo event in January! Lots of big prizes!

We toured Castello Bonomi and discovered the Franciacorta, Italy's answer to champagne!

We enjoyed a tour through the historical Villa Valmarana ai Nani.

We toured the beautiful and historic Villa Valmarana ai Nani!

Our December luncheon theme was Candy Land, and we had some sweet and yummy fun with it!

We took a tour of the Zymé winery with our Culture & Wine Mini-Club!

The VCC in collaboration with Warrior Zone & BOSS Vicenza put together a rockin' Christmas Party for soldiers over at Del Din on the 24th! We had about 130-150 soldiers in attendance, homemade food, games, and we raffled off 45 gifts to attendees!

The Culture & Wine Club took a trip to Umbria for Thanksgiving!

Just a few photos from our Great Pumpkin luncheon. Thank you to everyone that helped put it together and to everyone that came!

We went on a tour of Bonamini, which included the opportunity to harvest some olives ourselves, a tour of the facility and some free tastings of all types of olive-related products (the pesto was a hit!). I'm pretty sure we cleaned out most of their store afterward, so much shopping and fun was had by all!

We got together for an evening of cigars and Caribbean rum tasting! 

We got together for some Bunco, with Polish Pottery prizes!

We visited beautiful Piovene Porto Godi for a tour and a wine tasting class!

October’s trip took us all the way to the south of Italy, to Lecce and Alberobello in the Puglia Region and to Matera in the Basilicata Region. We visited five wineries for a tour and wine tasting thru the weekend and we enjoyed the Pugliese & Basilicata cuisine. The weekend also included a tour and tasting at an olive oil farm and a museum dedicated to Primitivo wine. We visited various UNESCO sites and even spent the night in a Trullo and in the Sassi of Matera.

It was a VCC Wonderful Wednesday! Alex Uphill showed us some hidden gems of the Berici Hills. I think he exceeded our expectations with this 5 mile hike, the house in the rock, the quarry/ Museo della Pietra and the yummy merenda.

We experienced the Vendemmia--the harvesting of grapes to produce wine--in the hills of the Colli Berici.

Our "One in a Melon" event was a hit! We gave away all kinds of great stuff via raffles!

We had a really great day! Picked grapes, made our own picai, watched the new Merlot grapes arrive and had amazing food/wine. Good times were had.

We hosted a table at the MWR Pool Party at Ederle! A huge thanks to the smiling faces of those that helped man the table and spread the VCC love!

We said "Bon Voyage" to this year's VCC board (who did an amazing job this year, didn't they?!) and "Ahoy" to the new board at a luncheon.

Thursday evening the VCC celebrated all our Spring 2017 awardee's. It was a wonderful evening full of promise and excitement! Congratulations!

So wonderful to see our wonderful VCC board members and volunteers recognized at the ACS volunteer recognition ceremony tonight! Congratulations to board members Diane Houghton, Moira Neal, Aimee Randazzo and Kelly Wagner with over 500 hours of volunteer service, VCC President, JD Keith, with over 1000 hours of volunteer service and our VCC Volunteer of the year, Morgan O'Bryant, for all of her hard work on the CIAO conference!

The CIAO Conference was a huge success! If you didn't make it this year, you missed out on TWO DAYS of fun, gifts, and learning! Be on the lookout for it next year. 🙂

This year, the VCC's annual gala event was a Masquerade Ball. It was a hit!

Today's paint and sip luncheon was tons of fun. Great people and paintings! Michelle from arts and crafts was wonderful and it was neat seeing everyone walking around post afterwards with their masterpieces!

We kicked off the VCC season with a tailgate! Munchies, raffles, signups, and more! September 9, 2016.

We got together and played Bunco to win some Polish Pottery! So many winners! October 5th, 2016

At the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, we held a silent auction and raffled off bread bowls filled with all kinds of goodies!

We all got dressed up in our tackiest holiday sweaters for a luncheon and fun with trivia!

The VCC's annual formal event. "Hatsquerade" - Create, buy, and wear a beautiful or funky hat! January 2015.

Wine tasting and bingo combined! February 2015.

Bunco in crazy wigs! July 2016.

A wine tasting at Cantina Coffele in Soave, Italy. 2015.

Fun & Games, Refreshments, New Member Drive, Door Prizes, & More! September 2015.

Cooking demonstrations and wine tastings. October 2015.

Horror movie trivia just in time for Halloween! Best costume contest! October 2015.

CIAO Conference photo contest entries and winners, 2015.

Tree & Wreath Auction, December 2015.

Course Program: An Approach to Beer. German, Italian, and American beer as well as a buffet! Guys only! December 2015.