Napa Valley College Nears Completion Of Wine Spectator Wine Education Center

On April 9, a group of Napa Valley College (NVC) donors known as the President’s Circle Giving Society took part in a hard-hat tour of the Wine Spectator Wine Education Center. Funded by a $10 million dollar gift, the largest donation ever made by the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation and the largest gift NVC has ever received, the center will offer hundreds of students the chance to pursue a career in wine. “We are going to be using all of these learning spaces to bring wine to life,” said professor Paul Gospodarczyk during the tour.

The groundbreaking ceremony was less than a year ago on May 17, 2024, and today the phase one building is nearing completion, expected to open for fall courses this year. The Wine Spectator Wine Education Center will more than double the Viticulture and Winery Technology (VWT) program’s classroom and training space, with 10,000 square feet of state-of-the-art learning areas. It includes two flexible sensory classrooms with seating for up to 80 students at a time and a laboratory classroom with 28 lab stations. The sensory lab will become the largest classroom on campus. Wine Spectator has more.

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