VIEN 1105

Introduction to Wines and Vines Practicum

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Students learn in the classroom and teaching winery. Activities include practice of techniques relevant to making and analyzing wines, writing focused on wine topics, and sensory evaluation of wine. Writing assignments include a scientific paper and wine-related pieces geared towards different audiences. Significant work is expected between class sessions. Preference given to V&E majors.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: VIEN 1104 and one FWS or equivalent course.

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

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023FA, 2022FA

Outcomes

• 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 articles and blog posts).
• Improve Wikipedia pages relevant to wine by critically evaluating a current page, finding resources for attributing statements, removing incorrect and adding additional information to the page and following wiki format for a bibliography and in-page citations.

When Offered Spring.

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