Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation Breaks Ground on New Education Center

A $10 million donation from the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation funds new Wine Education Center

Officials break ground on the Napa Valley College Wine Spectator Wine Education Center.
Napa Valley College instructors and administrators and Wine Spectator's Mel Mannion, second from left, break ground on the new center. (Israel Valencia/Infinity Visuals)

Shovels went into the ground May 17 as Napa Valley College celebrated the groundbreaking for the Wine Spectator Wine Education Center. Funded by a $10 million gift, the largest donation ever made by the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation, the center will dramatically expand and update the school's teaching facilities and Viticulture and Winery Technology program. How will the center shape the next generation of winemakers?

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