The first Latino viticulture education program in Washington State doesn’t open its classroom doors until November, but already, the state’s wine industry has raised more than $20,000 to provide scholarships to students to offset program costs. The viticulture program is patterned after Wenatchee Valley College’s successful Hispanic Orchard Employee Education Program that has graduated more than a dozen classes. Leo Garcia and Francisco Sarmiento will teach the introduction to viticulture class at the Yakima Valley Community College branch campus in Grandview. Garcia is program director for WVC’s Latino Agricultural Education Program, which is an assortment of more than ten technical […]