Harrisburg Area Community College has added two wine-production programs to the school’s fall class schedule.

The new curriculum will feature classes in viticulture, or grape growing, and enology, or wine making. Students who enter the program can earn an associate's degree in applied science or a certificate in grape growing/wine making, school officials said.

Classes will be offered online and during weekend camps at vineyards and wineries in the region. Internships will also be offered.

HACC hopes to draw students from across the eastern U.S., Canada and other cool climate, grape-growing regions, officials said.

Pennsylvania is the fourth largest wine-grape producer in the U.S. and is home to 230 wine-grape growers, HACC officials said. The commonwealth also ranks seventh in the production of

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