UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology

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The Department of Viticulture and Enology at the

Wine Country
the department has strong connections with wine producers in California and elsewhere. The department has produced many of the notable winemakers of the California wine industry.

History

The Department of

UC Berkeley campus, the department was closed in 1919 with the passage of prohibition into law. The department was re-established in 1935 on the Davis campus following the repeal of prohibition. Today the department includes a pilot winery and two research vineyards (one located on the main campus, and one located in the Napa valley). In 2001 Robert Mondavi
donated $25 million to the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for the establishment of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, which opened October 2008.

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