The UC Davis cabernet sauvignons and a sauvignon blanc from Hilgard631. (Credit: Jael Mackendorf/UC Davis)

For the first time in its storied history, the University of California, Davis, is selling wines to the public made by students, staff and faculty from grapes they grow in the Napa Valley and around campus in Yolo County.

Hilgard631 has been in the works for more than 10 years and was made possible by a 2021 state law that allows the transfer of as much as 20,000 gallons of Department of Viticulture and Enology wines to a nonprofit that will handle public sales. With this release, the department bottled roughly 500 gallons of wine to sell.

Money from the sales will support student scholarships and reduce waste.

Read the whole story at the UC Newsroom

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