The Forefront of Sustainability

The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science consists of a state-of-the-art teaching and research complex and a LEED Platinum-certified winery, brewery, food pilot plant and milk processing laboratory. The complex houses the departments of Viticulture and Enology (VEN), and Food Science and Technology (FST), administrative offices, the UC Davis Olive Center, the Honey and Pollination Center, sensory facilities and a food innovation kitchen. The entire complex surrounds the Good Life Garden, a one-acre, edible plot featuring organic and sustainably-grown vegetables, herbs and flowers.