The Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College tasting room will be closed from Thursday, December 25th, 2025 – Thursday, January 1st, 2026, re-opening on Friday, January 2nd, 2026. We look forward to seeing you soon! Happy Holidays!!!
The Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College is a premier wine industry and community resource, offering a comprehensive hands-on education from vineyard-to-bottle with programs in enology, viticulture and business/entrepreneurship through its estate vineyard, teaching winery, fully-operational tasting room, and region-wide wine industry research epicenter.
In the News
- Omphalos Winery’s 2022 Triplet won the Governor’s Cup, the top prize at the 2025 azcentral Arizona Wine Competition…3/25
- Flagstaff Business News: Crushing It…5/21
- Southwest Wine Center Wines Win Again…12/20
- The winners of the 2020 azcentral.com Arizona wine competition revealed …11/20
- This Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Port. These Arizona Wineries Are Aging the Next Big Thing …8/20
Arizona Highways TV: Arizona Wine…3/20 - Southwest Wine Center: Occasional Wines …2/20
- Students at the Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College Produce Best Wine in Arizona…12/19
- Yavapai College Students Win Top Honors In Arizona Wine Competition…12/19
- Southwest Wine Center is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Innovator/Silver level…11/19
- How students in a college winemaking class produced the best wine in Arizona…11/19
- SWC Awarded “Best in Show” at the AZCentral Wine Competition…11/19
- Understanding Blind Wine Tasting and Judging at the Emerging Winemakers Competition and Symposium…11/19
- Why You Should Consider Taking Classes at the Southwest Wine Center…11/19
- The Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College Wins Environmental Excellence Award of Distinction…10/19
- Yavapai College wine programs fuel jobs, industry for region…9/19
- Verde Valley ranked 4th on national list of best wine regions…8/19
- Verde Valley tabbed by USA Today ahead of California areas…8/19
- Ten of North America’s most intriguing wine regions…9/18
- Somm Insider: Vol. 2 – Arizona Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium…3/18
- A Call to Emerging Wine Makers…12/17
- Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center and Arizona’s blossoming wine industry…12/17
- Yavapai College student-crafted wine triumphs at invitation-only Jefferson Cup…12/17
- Wine-Tasting Weekend in Arizona by Sunset Magazine…2/16
- A Conversation with Michael Pierce…6/15
- The School of Wine…12/04
- Southwest Wine Center Set to Open…7/14
- University of Arizona supports AZ Wine Industry…07/13
- Yavapai College Launches Associates Degree in Enology…11/12
- Arizona Wine Goes to School…10/12
- Arizona’s First Viticulture Begins with Ancient Italian Varietal