John Rivenburgh and Kelly Hagemeier, co-owners of Kerrville Hills Winery presented the program last Wednesday.
Kerrville Hills Winery is partnering with Schreiner University to train students in various jobs in the local wine industry, including harvesting from their own vineyard. The job training will emphasize technical skills for working in a winery so that students are prepared to start working once they receive a certificate from the program. Classes start this coming spring semester, and although the vineyard is the classroom, students will also gain knowledge and experience in a tasting room for their product.
In addition to running Kerrville Hills Winery, John and Kelly also provide a wine incubator service, which is a start up program for new wineries. Texas wines are a 22 billion dollar industry, and Texas is the number one consumer of wine in the U.S.
