Next fall the Texas’ rapidly growing grape and wine industry will have a new group of trained professionals in the pipeline, thanks to a program known as the ‘Texas Tech Viticulture Certificate Program.’ But before anyone can even gaze on a grape, they’ll need to apply to the program.”We’ll have a new cohort of students for the Texas Tech Viticulture Program in the fall, so it’s time for potential students to start thinking about getting their applications completed,” said Kirk Williams, a viticulture certificate instructor at Texas Tech University-Fredericksburg.The application period runs from June 1 to Aug. 31, and the ...