WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Class isn’t even in session, and yet Walla Walla Community College’s famed winemaking program has its first wine from the 2015 vintage in bottle.

Yes, enology instructor Tim Donahue and a handful of his future students bottled the College Cellars 2015 Muscat from Washington’s Yakima Valley on Friday, Sept. 11.

“I’d be willing to bet no one has beat us to the bottle,” Donahue told Great Northwest Wine with a chuckle. “When we talk about hands-on winemaking, we’re not blowing smoke.” Read more…