Benalla U3A celebrated its annual Christmas break up on Tuesday 23rd November at the beautiful King Valley's Chrismont Winery. Established by two generations of the Pizzini family, it follows the typical history of Italian immigrants arriving in the King Valley to grow tobacco, then switching to vineyards...and the rest, as they say, is history.
Chrismont prides itself on its Italian hospitality and fine dining. Arriving at the Restaurant by bus or car, 63 U3A members enjoyed dining in style: a 2-course meal, naturally accompanied by Chrismont wines, which are top quality. Our hosts, Arnie Pizzini and his bubbly wife, Jo, made us all welcome, in spite of being run off their feet. They did find time to make Claire's 80th birthday a special one.
Originally organised by Heather and Keith Rogers, who found themselves unable to attend, Corrie Witlox completed the task of organising the event. Meg Dillon and U3A President, Dorothy Webber, thanked all members for attending and our hope for another successful U3A year ahead, hopefully one not interrupted by constant lockdowns!
Thanks to the capable treasurer, Corrie Witlox, Meg Dillon and of course our affable Benalla Bus Lines driver, Rod Farmer, we all agreed the Chrismont Christmas breakup was a great success.
Salut!
Bev Thornell.
Chrismont prides itself on its Italian hospitality and fine dining. Arriving at the Restaurant by bus or car, 63 U3A members enjoyed dining in style: a 2-course meal, naturally accompanied by Chrismont wines, which are top quality. Our hosts, Arnie Pizzini and his bubbly wife, Jo, made us all welcome, in spite of being run off their feet. They did find time to make Claire's 80th birthday a special one.
Originally organised by Heather and Keith Rogers, who found themselves unable to attend, Corrie Witlox completed the task of organising the event. Meg Dillon and U3A President, Dorothy Webber, thanked all members for attending and our hope for another successful U3A year ahead, hopefully one not interrupted by constant lockdowns!
Thanks to the capable treasurer, Corrie Witlox, Meg Dillon and of course our affable Benalla Bus Lines driver, Rod Farmer, we all agreed the Chrismont Christmas breakup was a great success.
Salut!
Bev Thornell.
Thanks to our 'Chief Photographer' Bev Thornell for such a wonderful array of photos and to Andi Stevenson and Jenny Sawyer for additional photograph/s.
