Viticulture & Winery Technology
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A campus within a campus, the Wine Education Complex will bring students and the community together around state-of-the-art wine education facilities.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Our Napa Valley College Viticulture and Winery Technology Program (VWT) trains students for careers in the wine industry here in the world-famous Napa Valley and throughout the world. Students can focus on Viticulture, Winery Technology or Wine Marketing and Sales. Our courses prepare students for new careers in the wine industry and help current industry employees to advance their careers. Students learn to apply viticulture and winemaking theory in production situations through a combination of classroom instruction and hands on practice. Our teaching facilities include a 5.5 acre student vineyard, a bonded teaching winery, wine lab space and very soon, a wine sales and hospitality lab. All program instructors are experienced wine industry professionals.
The Napa Valley College Teaching Winery was the first bonded winery in the California Community College System, and we released our inaugural 2008 vintage in the spring of 2009. Through the support of the college, and the local business community, VWT has built a state-of-the-art program where students can explore all aspects of the industry.
In the News
A look inside the viticulture education program at Napa Valley College. (Photos)
NVC Media Release (9/20/21): Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation Donates Record $10 Million to NVC
Napa Register (1/24/20) Napa's Paul Wagner, The Wine Industry's Marketing Guru
Inside California Education: A Career in Wine Country 05:01 (Airing on KQED 12/12/19 6:00 pm)
Napa Valley Register (11/29/19) Pruning
Expert Comes to Napa
Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40
Tastemaker 2019: Paul Gospodarczyk
Contact Us
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Program Coordinator, Professor
Molly Hodgins - (707) 256-7123
- Molly.Hodgins@napavalley.edu
- 3204/3200A Trefethen Bldg.
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Professor
Paul Gospodarczyk - (707) 256-7125
- pgospodarczyk@napavalley.edu
- 3203/3200A Trefethen Bldg.
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Assistant Vineyard Manager/Instructional Asst.
Ted Faraud - (707) 256-7120
- Theodore.Faraud@napavalley.edu
- Office: 3203
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Assistant Winery Manager/
Winery Tech.
Oscar Navarro - (707) 256-7121
- Oscar.Navarro@napavalley.edu
- Office: 3200D
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Manager of Hospitality, Winery, and Culinary Operations.
Enoch Shully -
TBD
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Office: 3308
- Viticulture (AS)
- Wine Marketing and Sales (AS)
- Winemaking (AS)
- Viticulture and Enology (Certificate of Achievement)
- Wine Marketing and Sales (Certificate of Achievement)
- Wine Production (Certificate of Achievement)
- Vineyard Management (Local Certificate)
- Vineyard Pest Scout (Local Certificate)
- Vineyard Pruning (Local Certificate)
- Viticulture Operations (Local Certificate)
- Wine Laboratory Technician (Local Certificate)
- Winery Management (Local Certificate)
- Winery Operations (Local Certificate)
