VIEN 1105

Introduction to Wines and Vines Laboratory

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

Students learn in the vineyard, teaching winery, laboratory, and on a winery field trip. Includes practice of techniques relevant to growing grapes, making and evaluating wines, and writing scientific papers.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Viticulture and Enology majors and minors.

• Identify parts of a grapevine.
• Describe the process for preparing yeast & supplying proper nutrients for them during fermentations, and explain why each step is important.
• Demonstrate some winemaking and analytical methods.
• Complete a scientific research paper, demonstrating improved literature review, critical evaluation, and scientific writing skills.
• Write useful wine descriptions for personal wine evaluation logs and in a format for sharing with others (as an article and blog posts).

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