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The Institute for Enology and Viticulture

The mission of the Institute for Enology and Viticulture is to educate the next generation of vintners and viticulturists through hands-on training in the cutting-edge estate teaching winery, and to propagate and preserve wine industry partnerships throughout Washington state.

Our students have produced hundreds of award winning wines.

Our students cultivate 15 grape varieties in our 8 acres of teaching vineyards.

Educators and Wine Industry Members

Our Team

Leonard Law

Instructional Tech

Eli Magun

Tasting Room and Marketing Manager

Casey McClellan

Interim Director

Donna Murray

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What They Say

Graduate Stories

All students participate in making at least one red wine, but I got to do something really special. I started our Carmenère with a pied de cuve, which is a natural yeast prepared in the vineyard, from just the yeast found on the skin of the grapes. It involved hand picking, hand crushing, and a week’s worth of visiting the crushed grapes out in the vineyard, where they began their fermentation under the sun and the moon. The fermentation was really strong, and our Carmenère not only went through primary and malolactic fermentation faster than all the other reds, it tasted fantastic too!

2015 Carmenère

Abra Bennett, Class of 2017

I think what impressed me most was the quality of Seven Hills Fruit, especially in 2015.  The warmest year on record in Walla Walla brought a ton of rich, ripe fruit that made big, well-structured wines.  It has been a great learning experience for us as we now compare and contrast 2015 to the much cooler vintages of 2016 and 2017.  You realize what an important role mother nature plays each year in the vineyard and the corresponding impact to the wines you are able to make

2015 Merlot and 2015 “La Laurelia”

JJ Menozzi, Class of 2017

I was really excited to be able to work with Keith & the WWCC team on Stoney Vine Mourvèdre as this was a wine we had planned for Alton. Getting to work with the fruit in two different projects simultaneously was a great practical learning experience. It was so valuable for us to see how pick dates and fermentation choices impacted the finished wine. Having these types of hands-on experiences is what makes the WWCC program so valuable in my opinion.

2018 Mourvèdre, Stoney Vine Vineyard

Joe Woodworth, Class of 2020, Alton Wines

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Address: 3020 E Isaacs Ave Walla Walla, WA. 99362
Phone:  (509) 524-5170
E-mail: [email protected]