Five Blenheim high school students are taking part in a new program all about the wine industry - before they're legally allowed to drink.
In a first, the New Zealand Wine School is teaching the teenagers, from Marlborough Boys College, all about the tricks of the trade, from winemaking to machinery operation, Stuff reports.
Unlike a typical school curriculum, the program had the class spending the year making three different wines and was largely self-directed.
"They all prefer it, the mix, and it's easy for them to tag onto other classes because there's only five of them," teacher Rebecca Kane said.
The "school within a school" is sponsored by several institutions in the Marlborough wine industry.
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