Napa Valley College
Overview
Napa Valley College is a public community college in Napa whose Viticulture and Winery Technology program prepares students for wine-industry careers and helps current industry employees advance. It offers associate degrees and certificates in viticulture, winemaking, and wine marketing and sales, plus local certificates in job skills such as pest scouting, pruning and wine laboratory work. Students learn hands-on in the college's teaching vineyard and bonded teaching winery and can earn credit for supervised work experience at vineyards and wineries. Prospective students and industry employees can reach the program through its coordinator.
What they do
Viticulture education
Prepares students for vineyard careers through degree and certificate study that combines grape-growing coursework with hands-on practice in the college's five-acre teaching vineyard.
Winemaking and cellar training
Trains students for cellar, lab, and production roles, covering winemaking, lab analysis, sensory evaluation, and cellar operations in the college's bonded teaching winery.
Wine business and sales
Teaches the business side of wine, including marketing, sales, and hospitality, for students and industry employees moving into those roles.
Workforce skills and work experience
Offers short job-skill certificates for entry-level and current vineyard and winery workers, and awards college credit for supervised work experience at vineyards and wineries.
Programs and services
Locations
- Campus address Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558, United States