Learn how to create your own al fresco Sicilian meal with recipes for delicious regional specialties featuring COPIA spring garden vegetables. Enjoy these Mediterranean delights with zesty Sicilian wines. Program includes lunch entree, salad and a seasonal dessert paired with three wines.

Featured Virginia Event: Oakencroft Spring Fiesta. Closest winery to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Our first event of the year. Featuring tours, tastings of our premier wines, picnic by the lake, enjoy the spring time in Jefferson Country and the panaromic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Live Music, light fare.

Featured Santa BarabaraEvent: Santa Barbara County Vintners Festival. Wineries from across Santa Barbara County will showcase their latest releases, complemented by local cuisine, stunning scenery, live music and ample good cheer. Dont miss this fun and fabulous event. Event will be held at the Firestone estate.

Featured San Luis Obispo Event: Roll Out the Barrels Wine Passport Event. Experience Barrel Tasting with an exciting Silent Barrel Auction and moveable feast of wine tasting and gourmet foods known as our Passport" event. The weekend offers a Progressive Food and Wine Pairing and themed Winemakers Dinner. Purchase your passport ticket to travel the San Luis Wineries Festivities!

Featured Mendocino Event: Redwood Coast Whale and Jazz Festival. A jazzed up" Whale Festival with Dinner and Jazz, Brunch and Jazz, Chowder, Wine and Micro-brew Tastings, plus Free Jazz on Saturday. Saturday Night Headliner: The Larry Vuckovich World-Class Sextet performs a tribute to Count Basie and Benny Goodman. Whale watching and activities at Point Arena Lighthouse. The three-day festival takes place on Friday through Sunday in Gualala and Point Arena.

Featured Monterey Event: Spring Winemaker Dinner at Chateau Julien Wine Estate. A bountiful Carmel Valley harvest of the finest local fare paired with limited release Estate Vineyard and Private Reserve wines acentuate the simple elegance and beauty of the Chateau this spring evening in the Valley. Barrel samplings and new releases selected by the Winemaker.

Featured Temecula Event: Flamenco Fridays at Miramonte Winery. Only a $5 cover, and that includes your initial wine tasting. Come early if you want to get a table. $5 tapas plates provided by Volker Lutz, owner and head chef of European Cafe and Vineyard Gourmet Catering. Music provided by the incomparable Jeffrey Briggs and Michael Murphy, both renowned Classical and Latin guitarists. Come enjoy delicious gourmet tapas, beautiful sunsets, panoramic valley views, and some of the best live music around. No cover charge for wine club members.

Featured Sonoma County Event: Rodney Strong Winemaker Dinner. The Inn at the Tides, Bay View Restaurant in Bodega Bay proudly hosts Winemaker Michael Eddy of Rodney Strong Winery for a spectacular 5-course dinner including a specially selected wine with each course. Reservations are a must!

Featured Napa Valley Event: Hands-on Cooking Class Hosted at CasaLana Bed and Breakfast in Calistoga with Terri Pischoff-Wuerthner this class is limited to 8 participants. The Topic is Classic Cajun". Includes recipe handouts, hands-on instruction, meals prepared and wine/beverage served with the meal. All equipment, tools and aprons are provided.