{"id":15563,"date":"2018-05-01T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T12:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15563"},"modified":"2018-05-01T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T12:54:29","slug":"wine-spectator-learning-center-opens-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/wine-spectator-learning-center-opens-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Spectator Learning Center Opens Soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15564\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15564\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15564\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3317aDSC_3776-282x300-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson to attend the Grand Opening of The Wine Spectator Learning Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Wine Spectator Learning Center at Sonoma State University is scheduled to open at the end of May. The Grand Opening including a ribbon cutting ceremony takes place May 29 between 6pm and 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Those who would like to attend can RSVP <a href=\"http:\/\/web.sonoma.edu\/sbe\/wine-business-institute\/wine-spectator-learning-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wine Spectator Learning Center will be the Wine Business Institute\u2019s new headquarters\u00a0and\u00a0is considered to be a state-of-the-art center.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will have numerous dedicated spaces including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 classrooms with advanced technology<\/li>\n<li>a student commons<\/li>\n<li>a caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>garden areas<\/li>\n<li>faculty and business leaders collaborative spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sonoma.edu\/article\/grand-opening-wine-spectator-learning-center-sonoma-state-university-may-29\">Sonoma State University<\/a> announcement about the Grand Opening, \u201cThis state-of-the-art center is a true reflection of both the character and business needs of our wine-growing region,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0President Judy K. Sakaki.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement included remarks by Executive Director of the Wine Business Institute, Ray Johnson. \u201cThis is not only the grand opening of a customized learning environment, it also creates a home for us to execute on our mission to be the educational nucleus of the global wine industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several dignitaries will be at the Grand Opening including U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson, who founded the Congressional Wine Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Wine Spectator Learning Center Opens Soon!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15563\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine Spectator Learning Center at Sonoma State University has Grand Opening scheduled for May 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[15,3971,98,2334,1276],"class_list":["post-15563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-california","tag-sonoma-university","tag-wine","tag-wine-education","tag-wine-spectator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15566,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563\/revisions\/15566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}