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Virginia Beach Winery Academy

Make wine. Make memories.

A guided, four-session winemaking course that takes you from your first blend to bottles you can proudly take home.

Choose your tier See the four sessions
4 sessions · 8 hours September 12 – October 24, 2026
4Sessions
8Guided hours
3Ways to join

A course you can taste

Eight hours of hands-on instruction across four Saturday sessions, with a tier that fits how much of the process you want to own.

Each session builds on the last. You’ll learn the process, make decisions with our team, and leave with a finished result that feels like yours.

The journey

Four Saturdays, one finished wine.

01

September 12, 2026 · 10 AM–12 PM

Make the wine

Choose your direction, learn the fundamentals, and start the batch.

02

September 26, 2026 · 10 AM–12 PM

First rack

See the first transformation and learn the care your wine needs.

03

October 10, 2026 · 10 AM–12 PM

Clarify & refine

Rack again, clarify, and prepare your wine for its final stage.

04

October 24, 2026 · 10 AM–12 PM

Bottle day

Finish, bottle, label, and celebrate what you made.

Choose your experience

Start with the level of hands-on you want.

Guided

$175.00

Learn the process alongside a shared batch, with hands-on guidance through each stage and a share of the finished bottles.

  • Four guided sessions
  • Shared batch experience
  • A share of the finished bottles
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Personal

$375.00

Choose your kit, make your own batch with our guidance, and take your finished bottles home.

  • Everything in Guided
  • Your own participant-selected kit
  • Your batch and finished bottles

Fully Equipped

$525.00

Make your own batch from start to finish and take home the equipment package to keep making wine at home.

  • Everything in Personal
  • Your own equipment package
  • A head start on making wine at home

Seats are confirmed through Square checkout. We’ll follow up with your session details and next steps after purchase.