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.
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- Arizona’s Scenic Wine Country Has Train Rides & Wild West Vibes…11/22
- Looking for the perfect Arizona getaway? Nead north to Clarkdale…5/22
- Best Arizona Wines: Top bottles and winemakers in the azcentral 2022 wine competition…3/22
- Pecan & Wine Festival Returns to Camp Verde…2/22
Southwest Wine Center Wines WIN AGAIN…12/20
- 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
- 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
- The SWC at Yavapai College Wins Environmental Excellence Award of Distinction…8/19
- 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
- Walking thru the vines toward to a Degree…01/14
- 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
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