A Natural Pairing

By Annelise Kelly Once a sleepy Washington college town, Walla Walla was best known for growing fruits, vegetables and grains, and the sweet onion that bears its name. In recent decades, folks realized that farmland could grow premium wine grapes. Today, the area boasts more than 120 wineries and dozens of restaurants; a transformation luring food and wine lovers to the town of 34,000 people. With its culinary and enology and viticulture programs, Walla Walla Community College, or WWCC, plays an active role in this flourishing environment. The two programs complement each other, as food and wine so naturally do, to the benefit of students in both. ORIGINS Two decades ago, as the college established its enology and viticulture program, it became clear the area could benefit from developing a culinary program as well. “When they were designing the facility for the enology program back in the early 2000s, a big question became ‘what do we need for the success of this as a wine

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