Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers
earth, wind & wine
In 2007 the Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers members were excited to announce the establishment of an annual scholarship in viticulture and or enology to be awarded through the Washington Wine Industry Foundation.
The HHH Wine Growers were pleased to present their first scholarship award to Lindsey Taylor at the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers awards luncheon on Friday, February 8, 2008 in conjunction with the WAWGG annual convention and meeting in the Tri-Cities, WA. The awards luncheon also included the Walter Clore and John Farmer scholarship recipients.
Lindsey is from Prosser, WA and is excited about a bright future in the Washington wine industry. She will be attending WSU, and we wish her good luck in her studies. The award was presented by Horse Heaven Hills Wine Grower members Paul & Judy Champoux ( Champoux Vineyards ) and Milo & Kay May ( Discovery Vineyards )
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We are proud to announce the winner of this years Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers Scholarship
award.
On Friday, February 6, 2009 our chairman Paul Champoux awarded Rudy Hurtado our 2009 HHHWG
scholarship at the awards luncheon at the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers convention
and meeting at the Three Rivers convention center in Kennewick, WA. Rudy is from the Yakima area
and is attending Yakima Valley College at Grandview. He is involved in the viticulture and enology
program there and is very excited about the future. Rudy is the first to attend college in his family.
We see the difference scholarships like ours make to students trying to continue their education in
the grape and wine industry. On hand to congratulate Rudy were members Rob Andrews (Andrews
Horse Heaven Ranch Vnyd), Paul & Judy Champoux (Champoux Vineyards) & Milo & Kay May
(Discovery Vineyard)
Rudy hopes to be a great wine maker someday. Salute~~~Rudy


2010 Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers Scholarship Award
The Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers are proud to announce their 3rd annual scholarship award
recipient. On Friday, February 5, 2010 our Vice Chairman Mimi Nye awarded Suzanne Kaye our 2010
HHHWG scholarship at the awards luncheon at the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers
convention at the Three Rivers convention center in Kennewick, WA.
Suzanne is attending the viticulture/enology program at WSU Tri-Cities. Some of her interest include
crop disease prevention/entomology/pest management/organic and sustainable agriculture, and
environmental science. We wish Suzanne great success.
HHHWG members present to congratulate Suzanne were Kay May (Discovery Vineyard), Sandy Rowell
(McKinley Springs Winery), Milo May (Discovery Vineyard), Mimi Nye (Canoe Ridge Estate Vineyard),
and Mike Andrews (Coyote Canyon Vineyard)

Attention Students Who Will Be Applying for the HHHWG Scholarship For 2012
The Horse Heaven Hills Wine Growers is proud to once again offer two scholarships in viticulture and enology. The Washington Wine Industry Foundation managing the scholarship program is taking applications. All application materials are now requested to be postmark by June 1, 2012. Awards will be announced after July 30, 2012 and funds will be paid to students and their schools after August 1, 2012. Additionally, applicants may now use one universal form to apply for any scholarships of interest. Below we have provided at link to the WWIF website for the applications. Once at the website page click on scholarships for application and guideline forms.
www.washingtonwinefoundation.org
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