Yakima Valley Vintners earn honors

Congratulations to YVC’s Vineyard & Winery Technology program, which recently earned honors at the 2020 Seattle Wine Awards and 2020 Cascadia International Wine Competition. A panel of prominent wine professionals judged all submitted YVC wines blindly alongside those produced by commercial wineries.

YVC award-winning wines from the 2020 Seattle Wine Competition

At the Seattle Wine Competition YVC’s 2018 Research Paper Roussanne received a double gold. The 2019 Easy A Chardonnay and 2017 Dean’s List Reserve Tempranillo each garnered gold medals; silver medals were awarded for the 2019 Study Skills Chardonnay and 2019 Study Break Semillon. Lastly, the 2017 Cap N Gown Cabernet Sauvignon earned a YVC award-winning wines from the 2020 Seattle bronze medal.

YVC award-winning wines from the 2020 Cascadia International Wine Competition

At the Cascadia International Wine Competition YVC’s 2017 Wine Competition Late Registration Petit Verdot and 2017 Coyote Canyon Vineyard Primitivo each earned gold medals and the 2017 Graduates Last Hyrah Syrah garnered a silver medal. YVC’s hands-on learning program produces between 400-700 cases of wine per year.

Produced by the students of the Vineyard & Winery Technology Program, the college’s award-winning wines have garnered more than 149 awards over the last ten vintages. These award-winning wines are available for purchase on the Yakima Valley Vintners website, with curbside pickup available at the Tasting Room. For more information about Yakima Valley Vintners and the Yakima Valley College Vineyard and Winery Technology Program visit our website or call 509.882.7007.