Advertisement
California

Photos: Winemaking at California colleges

Students Kevin Gerbracht, left, and Julieta Munoz work in a Zinfandel vineyard at Cal Poly Pomona. Grapes from these plants will be used in wine production classes. A new California law exempts underage students from the current ban on tasting alcoholic beverages they are learning to make.

Students Kevin Gerbracht, left, and Julieta Munoz work in a Zinfandel vineyard at Cal Poly Pomona. Grapes from these plants will be used in wine production classes. A new California law exempts underage students from the current ban on tasting alcoholic beverages they are learning to make.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Share

California has long been among the world’s leading wine producers and well-regarded for its academic programs that teach the science and art of growing grapes and making wine. But it lags New York, Oregon and several other states in one key aspect of the business: College students taking courses in wine production and beer brewing are unable to taste the fruits of their studies until they turn 21, the legal drinking age.

Winemaking at California colleges

Adam Mason positions a young zinfandel grape vine along a trellis at a Cal Poly Pomona vineyard. Grapes from these plants will be used in wine production classes.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Winemaking at California colleges

Julieta Munoz coaxes a tendril of a zinfandel vine along the trellis at a Cal Poly Pomona vineyard.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Winemaking at California colleges

Adam Mason prunes a young zinfandel grape vine at a Cal Poly Pomona vineyard.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

CaliforniaEducation

More From the Los Angeles Times

Advertisement