Argyle Winery’s collaboration with the Pacific Northwest College of Art is now in its ninth year, a fact illustrated by the unveiling of the annual “Art of Sparkling” collection of labels designed by student interns from PNCA.
The program, according to a release from the winery, is designed to provide student artists with real world experience that will allow them to advance professionally.
In mid-September the work of this year’s interns — India Rel-McNeese, Savannah Sanford and Arie Brock — were unveiled in a special event held at the Dundee winery. It included a three-bottle set of Argyle’s 2021 Vintage Brut, adorned with the labels designed by the interns, who won out in a juried competition created by the winery in collaboration with the PNCA “to promote the value of creativity and artistic storytelling,” the release said.
The internship, held each year in conjunction with the winery’s latest vintage, culminates with the release of the labels. After being selected, the interns travel to Dundee to be immersed in a program by winemaker Nate Klostermann, vineyard manger Eric Miller and other members of the Argyle team.