Vicente Reyes / The CollegianFresno State, the first college campus in the nation to open a commercial winery, celebrated the 10-year anniversary mark on Saturday at the winery.
Professors, students, and many guests shared stories and drank their favorite Fresno State wines.
As guests walked in, there was a table set up showcasing a few of the many awards that were won by Fresno State wines. The room was filled with people enjoying a free wine tasting, while different professors gave speeches about the numerous accomplishments and progress that the winery has made.
Dr. Robert Wample, chair of the viticulture and enology department and director of the Viticulture and Enology Research Center, said that the winery was developed to give students an educational program through winemaking.
Viticulture is the study of grapes, and enology is the study of winemaking. Wample said the program consists of three enterprise aspects that are mainly run by student involvement. The picking of grapes and the processing of raisins are the two beginning parts. The third is the winery enterprise itself.
Wample said the department of viticulture and enology, combined with the Viticulture and Enology Research Center and the University Ag Laboratory, make up the three major components of the winemaking program.