2009-2010 president's report of Surry Community College.

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Grapevine
Through The
Shelton- Badgett NC Center for
Viticulture & Enology
After the groundbreaking ceremony in May 2009, construction
for the Center began with Blue Ridge Enterprises as the project
contractor. Construction continued throughout the 2009- 2010 fiscal
year and completion of the facility is scheduled for October 2010.
The Center will house a state- of- the- art, commercially bonded,
teaching winery. Crushing, fermentation, and barrel storage areas
will allow students to carry out the process of transforming grapes
into wine. Students will bottle, label, and market the wine produced.
The Center will have classrooms, instructor offices, a resource
library, a climate- controlled wine cellar, a microbiology lab, and
a 3,800 square foot hall for college and community special events.
A dedicated website for the Center ( www. NCviticulturecenter. com)
features program updates, provides industry resources, announces
SCC viticulture and enology events, and invites the public to sign
up for a quarterly newsletter.
August 2009
December 2009
June 2010
Uptown Wine & Gallery
Surry Cellars, Surry Community College’s student- produced wine, won
three prestigious awards this year in wine competitions. In January, the
2008 Chardonel won a silver medal in the white hybrid category at the
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition — the largest and one of
the best known wine competitions in the United States.
In addition, the Chardonel won a bronze medal in the Finger Lakes
International Wine Competition in New York, where more than 50
judges tasted 3,010 wines from all 50 states. The 2008 Petit Manseng
won a bronze medal in the same competition.
Uptown Wine & Gallery is a unique, collaborative venture among the
non- profit Yadkin Arts Council, Surry Community College, and River de
Vine Vineyards. This unlikely trio banded together during a challenging
economic time to create a cross- market for art and wine, which is a
natural pairing. In recognition of this partnership that made the Uptown
Wine and Gallery a reality, Surry Community College was presented
with an Economic Development Award by the Yadkin County Chamber.
Uptown Wine and Gallery, 240 East Main Street, Yadkinville, is adjacent
to the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center ( now under construction and slated
for an early fall opening). Located in the center of a growing downtown
cultural cluster, Uptown will benefit from the addition of the Cultural
Arts Center when it starts to provide live performances, art exhibitions
and workshops.
Plans to introduce working artists’ studios are underway as a third
component of this cultural cluster. Dubbed “ YARD” for Yadkin
Artists Residing Downtown, the artists will create and sell their work
from these publicly accessible spaces. Visitors will be able to view the
creative process of glass blowers, potters, weavers, painters, and other
skilled craftsmen.
Surry Cellars
Above: Surry Cellars’ Award Winning Wines
Below: Uptown Wine and Gallery in Yadkinville