A Teaching Lab for Students
The on-campus winery serves as a teaching lab where students learn the concepts of producing wine by providing them with the opportunity for hands-on learning that cannot be duplicated in a classroom setting alone. The winery has the production areas and barrel and case storage sufficient to support the commercial production of 3,000 cases of wine per year.
Students craft wine at true industry scale under the guidance of Yavapai College instructors. At the Southwest Wine Center, winemaking follows the same seasonal rhythm as local wineries, beginning with grape harvest in late summer and early fall.
Learn Wine Making From Crush to Cork
From crush to cork, students manage every stage of production — including processing, fermentation, racking, lab analysis, blending, fining, filtration, and bottling. The experience culminates in a finished wine labeled with student photographs and tasting notes, proudly offered for sale in the SWC Tasting Room.
