VIEN 1105

VIEN 1105

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Students learn in the teaching winery, vineyard, and classroom. Includes practice of techniques relevant to making and evaluating wines, growing grapes, and writing scientific papers and pieces for different audiences. Sessions include training in sensory evaluation of wines. Significant work is expected between class sessions. 

When Offered Fall.

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

Comments This course receives more credit than typical for the meeting pattern due to substantial academic activity outside of instuctional hours.

Outcomes
  • 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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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: FDSC 1105

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17939 VIEN 1105   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17940 VIEN 1105   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person