Oregon's Original Wine Country Reborn

Wines & Vines (May 9 2012) Research/Education , Wine Business

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   Southern Oregon Wine Institute hopes to jumpstart local wine industry.  The Southern Oregon Wine Institute in the heart of Southern Oregon’s wine country is one of the newest college programs for training people to work in the wine business. It was established in 2005 at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg as the first viticulture and enology program in Oregon outside Willamette Valley. Ironically, the first commercial vineyards in Oregon were in the generally warmer southern part of the state, though the cooler Willamette Valley to the north now contains far more wineries and gets more attention.
   
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