Wine & Cheese Experience

About The Event

The Wine & Cheese Experience Will Be An Evening Of:

Fundraising

The funds raised will directly affect the Metro Orlando area and the work of the organizations, initiatives and Education Foundation listed on the beneficiaries page. Click on each name to learn more about the efforts your tax-deductible donations will support. We awarded $32,500 in scholarships last year. A member of our YMOD program was selected to attend the National Scout Jamboree in July We delivered over one thousand (1,000) books and large quantities of supplies to four head start centers in Orange County last year We are on pace to duplicate that support this year The Onward and Upward Movement continues through our diligent dedication to the Alpha national initiatives including: Project Alpha, A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People, and Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College.

Live Entertainment

The Wine & Cheese Experience will feature a variety of fun, games and live entertainment. The Such & Such band will set the mood with their soulful renditions of some of your favorite jazz, ne0-soul and R&B songs. Later in the evening DJ Such & Such will get the party going by spinning the hip-hop, R&B, Reggae and dance classics The Wine & Cheese Experience will also include a Monte Carlo Night featuring Blackjack, Roulette and Craps tables At the end of the night, guests will turn in their chips and receive raffle tickets at a fixed “exchange rate” for their chips. The tickets are then placed in a raffle drum where winning prize tickets are drawn

We chose to make the Wine & Cheese Experience a semi-formal event so our guests will have a wide range of choices to express their style and personality. We encourage creative use of colors, cuts, and accessories. Outfit options include but are not limited to: suits, blazers, button-down shirts, dress pants, and dress shoes for men or jumpsuits, tea dresses, and knee-length dresses for women

Sophistication

The Wine & Cheese Experience is a great way to experience different wines that a winery or vineyard may offer. It allows you to have small glasses of a variety of different types and flavors of wines which can help you determine which you may want to take home with you By using the 5 S’s (see, swirl, sniff, sip, and savor), you’ll be able to get the most out of any glass of wine. Need to know which wine to serve with cheddar? Is port the only thing that goes with Stilton? Our on site Sommelier will educate guests on pairing your favorite wines with cheeses and other foods.

Commemoration

This year’s Wine & Cheese Experience is dedicated to our beloved Brother Sylvester “Sly” Taylor who passed away in 2021. Brother Taylor was initiated into the Iota Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Florida State University Brother Taylor had over 40 years of experience in the Hospitality Industry, with 28 of those years spent at Walt Disney World Resort in Hospitality. His most rewarding roles were Certified Meeting Planner and Wine Sommelier in Convention Services

He brought his passion for hospitality and his love for wine to the Wine & Cheese Experience as the chair of this event for multiple years. To honor Sly, we are partnering with his family to award a scholarship in his honor to a student pursuing a career in hospitality