The Center serves the grape and wine industry, not only NC, but the entire Southeast by providing workforce training and industry support. It houses a state-of-the-art commercially bonded winery. The $5 Million-dollar complex is used to teach winery and includes innovative crusing technologies, fermentation and barrel storage areas where students make, bottle, label and learn to market the wine they produce. Their wines are sold at many locations in NC. The facility hosts the yearly Southeastern United Grape and Wine Symposium.