yakima valley vintners

Pairing wine with bold Mexican dishes? Sounds daring and delicious—this event is sure to pique your interest!

Mark your calendars for April 10th, when YVC opens its teaching winery doors for a taste of local winemaking magic.

Yakima Valley Vintners earned multiple honors in the 2025-26 Great Northwest Wine Platinum Awards last month.

Yakima Valley Vintners, Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery, will host a French Market and Wine Release Party on Friday the 19th.

Yakima Valley Vintners received a host of honors at the 2025 Seattle Wine Awards. These latest honors bring YVC’s total to 255 awards, including 15 Platinum recognitions, the most of any educational institution in the Pacific Northwest.

Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery, Yakima Valley Vintners, will host a French Market and Wie Release Party on Friday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The event will take place in the school’s tasting room on the Yakima Campus, at 1606 West Nob Hill Blvd.  YVV officials say i...

Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery was recently honored in a number of categories.  Yakima Valley Vintners received multiple honors at the 2022 Great Northwest Wine Platinum Competition.  YVV’s 2017 Red Backpack Red Wine received double platinum while the 2018 Dean’s List Merlot and 2017 Senioritis Red Blend each earned platinum honors.  In addition, double-gold honors wer...

Congratulations to Yakima Valley Vintners the winner of several awards at the 2020 Seattle Wine Competition. Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery, was awarded double gold for their 2018 Research Paper Roussanne, as well as gold medals for the The 2019 Easy A Chardonnay and 2017 Dean’s List Reserve Tempranillo. The Seattle Wine Compe ...

Yakima Valley Vintners, YVC’s teaching winery, submitted four wines and received four awards at the 2018 Seattle Wine Competition.  YVC’s 2017 Textbook White Gewürztraminer received a double gold medal along with the 2015 Intern Tempranillo.  The 2014 Primitivo ...

The students at Yakima Valley College’s Teaching Winery, Yakima Valley Vintners, won eight awards at the 2017 Tri-Cities Wine Festival.   The 2015 Intern Tempranillo won a gold medal, while several other vintages took home silver medals.   A...