A major need of the wine industry is workforce development. To serve this need, Mizzou’s Grape and Wine Institute is building a commercial fermentation sciences center within an existing building on the Mizzou campus.

The center replicates the machines, fermentation tanks, pumps, barrels and bottling all found within a typical commercial wine production facility. This allows Mizzou’s Grape and Wine Institute faculty to train and educate new winemakers, winery owners, vineyard managers and stakeholders in a setting they will encounter in any commercial wine production facility to better serve them in the future.

The overall goal is to add value to Missouri agriculture commodities.