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Las Positas College

Wine Production

 

New Teaching Winery Opens

Las Positas College opened its NEW Teaching Winery and Classroom Building in August 2024, just in time for Fall classes.  

Architectual rendering of new teaching winery facility

The new facilities include:

  • Building 3700: A covered crush pad (shown on far right of image above) for bins, lugs, grape elevator, destemmer, vibrating sorting table, sorting conveyor, crusher/rollers, and pneumatic press.
  • Building 3700: Winemaking space (building on right) for jacketed temperature controlled stainless steel tanks; concrete eggs; bottling line; pumps and hoses. Includes a cold storage room for fruit chilling and case storage, a barrel room with temperture and humidity control, and an analysis benchtop.
  • Building 3600: Classroom (building on left) for viticulture, enology, and sensory classes; tasting area and patio; prep lab to support food and wine pairing classes; 2 offices; and restrooms.
  • Gated yard for vineyard support equipment including ATVs, vineyard truck, and vineyard supplies.