MILTON FREEWATER, OR. – Two men from Walla Walla are using their college educations to start their own winery in Milton Freewater. Childhood friends Jeremy Petty and Jody Middleton have worked together in a juice plant for a decade. But a few years ago, an opportunity changed their lives. “Our company actually offered a little bit of schooling for the…
With more than 700 vineyards, Washington state has become a premier location for viticulture. One community college has created a winemaking degree that fosters economic, environmental and cultural sustainability in and around the city of Walla Walla where vineyards continue to sprout. Special correspondent John Tulenko reports.
Wines produced by Enology & Viticulture students won several Gold medals at the Seattle Wine Awards and Northwest Wine Summit Competition Students and faculty at Walla Walla Community College have reason to celebrate this week. Their student-made wines at College Cellars won not one, not two, but nine major awards over the weekend. Myles Anderson, Director of the Institute…
By SUDEEP REDDY WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Most colleges try to discourage students’ fondness for drink. Walla Walla Community College not only encourages students to enjoy alcohol, it also bottles and sells the stuff. And for the city of Walla Walla, the school’s courses on reds and whites have made for an unexpected infusion of green, helping turn the local…
Expansion of the research lab and office space at the Center for Enology and Viticulture on the Walla Walla Community College campus began October 13 and is expected to reach completion by March 30, 2009. The 1,077 square foot project is funded by an Innovation Partnership Zone (IPZ) grant through the Washington State Department of Commerce Trade and Economic Development.…
