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ABOUT THE
Harvest Clubs AMICI WINE-MAKING CLUB club was represented in the table décor by placing grapevines, olive branches, clusters of grapes, and a sprig of hops on each. Separately, each Club planned how they’d showcase their specialty for their friends and neighbors. “George Macht, a member of all of the ‘Harvest Clubs’, has a background in culinary arts,” Rich explained. “He worked with Shay and Chef Ivan at Club Los Meganos on a menu for the event. One of his ideas was to serve an affogato for dessert but substitute the espresso with a home-brewed stout. I worked with him and tweaked a few recipes to make a Chocolate Milk Stout that wowed the crowd.” Additional items on the menu included an olive tapenade and dishes featuring Olivina extra virgin olive oil, a local producer, to represent the Olive Club. “VMC wine was featured at the dinner, and Don and I poured wine for all attendees who wanted to drink,” Glenn Bonagura of VMC explained. VMC’s 20.2 Reserve Red Wine and Josie Rosé Wine are made with the community’s Mourvèdre Grapes were served. The Amici Winemaking Club offered tastings of their wine and a special roving Barbershop Quartet, the Forget-Me-Nots, was assembled just for the event. “The night was a huge success,” said John Tomei, who is on the Board of the Amici Wine-making Club. Three hundred Members attended to the delight of all the Harvest Clubs. And from the outside looking in, the Harvest Celebration truly was more than just another event held for the community. “It was amazing to see these Members work together to create something so unique and special for the community,” said Club Los Meganos General Manager Steven Tsunekawa. “All of the events held here at the Club are a good time for our Members, but to have something like this created by Members, for Members, from the things that grow right in our community was something we’ve never experienced before. And I think it is something we’ll all remember for a long time.” n
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The first of the “Harvest Clubs” to be established, the Amici Wine-making Club is a group of volunteer members who started making wine from the grapes grown in the community in 2018. From harvesting and fermenting, to barreling, bottling, and labeling, this club does it all! Additionally, they provide vineyard, grape, and wine education for Members.
CRAFT BEER CLUB The Craft Beer Club brings Members together to brew – you guessed it – beer! The group began brewing out of any space they could find before they found a home in the community’s Wine Barn. Not long after, they proposed and planted the hop garden and now brew beer from the hops grown on site. The group also hosts educational sessions and outings to local breweries.
OLIVE CLUB The mission of the Olive Club is to create a fun, friendly, and participative learning environment focusing on the many features, uses, and benefits of olives and olive oil. In addition to educational sessions, potlucks, tastings, and field trips to local producers, members pick olives from Trilogy’s trees and cures them, both as part of the Club and individually.
VINEYARDS AT MARSH CREEK Otherwise known as VMC, operates under the direction of the community’s Viticulture Committee and produces and sells wine created from the grapes grown within the green spaces of Trilogy at the Vineyards. All sales proceeds of the wine and the grapes return to the coffers of the HOA to help offset the vineyard maintenance costs. Learn more about VMC and their wine at vineyardsatmarshcreek.com.
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