When forced to move online, do students’ classes shrivel like raisins in the sun, their glasses dried up and the neat rows of vineyards empty? Cal Poly’s wine and viticulture (WVIT) program is seeking fresh ways to answer this question, encourage collaboration and exploration of the wine industry.
Student wine pavilion design will display in Edna Valley
A student-created wine pavilion design has been selected by Cal Poly professors and staff members of the Wine History Project to be on display in Edna Valley.
Cal Poly joins Saucelito Canyon and Wine History Project to build an educational pavilion
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) teamed up with Saucelito Canyon and the Wine History Project to build an educational pavilion.
New Wine and Viticulture Center will break ground soon, open in 2020
Designs for the new JUSTIN and J. Lohr Center for Wine and Viticulture are complete and construction is expected to begin within the next two months. “It’s going to be the best thing that Cal Poly can do for this…
Cal Poly alumnus Austin Hope named Paso Robles Winemaker of the Year
Cal Poly alumnus and owner of Hope Family Wines Austin Hope was named the Paso Robles “Wine Person of the Year” on Jan. 18. “The past recipients of this award are icons in this industry and to be recognized along…
Rock the Vine: Students put on San Luis Obispo’s first wine farmer’s market
Two Cal Poly students start inaugural wine and cider tasting event at SLO Brew.
Wine and viticulture students get firsthand experience in wine making
The Center for Wine and Viticulture supports students in the creation of student wine, research wine and commercial wine.
QUIZ: Test your wine knowledge for a free wine tasting
Harmony Cellars is offering a free wine tasting to Cal Poly students and staff.
Students to bring ‘Wine — A Whimsical Commentary’ to the PAC
It will be staged at the Performing Arts Center Pavilion on Tuesday, May 30 and Thursday, June 1 at 8 p.m.
Art grounded in coffee: brewing passions together
The logical left side of the brain and the creative right side sometimes fight for dominance in our personalities. But, for artist and teacher Andrew Wilkie, it seems the sides of his brain have found a happy medium. An anatomy,…
From grads to grapes: Cal Poly alumni impact the local wine industry
Cal Poly alumni are slowly populating the wine industry in the San Luis Obispo county.