Academic year: 2024-2025
Winemaking: Enology- Associate Degree
Program Code: 103202
Careers in the wine industry exist right here in Northeast Wisconsin. As a graduate of the Winemaking program, you ' re prepared for a career as a winemaker, winemaking assistant, cellar worker, or tasting room host. You ' re skilled in fermentation, clarification, and aging of juice and wine; lab methodologies; sanitization; quality control; winery equipment operation; grape maturity testing; and wine and must analysis. The Winemaking program offers students an internship at a local winery, providing an intense level of practical and realistic winery experiences.
Delivery
Online: Some courses are held in the early evening at specific times each week.
Explore Locations
This program is offered at:
Green Bay
Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $ 13,285, Books: $ 0, Supplies: $ 0 Total Approximate Costs $ 13,285 See costs of tuition, books, and supplies.
This program is fully eligible for financial aid.
Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tutition and fees for this program. https:// www. nwtc. edu / admissions-and-aid / paying-for-college / tuition-and-fees? ProgramCode = 103202
Requirements for Program Entry
Individuals interested in this program must email Lynn. White @ nwtc. edu
Program Outcomes
Examine grape samples to ascertain sweetness and acidity of crop, and determine harvest time based off of this information. Select yeasts for fermentation and barrels for aging. Communicate with vineyard manager regarding crop load, harvest time, and other issues related to crop quality. Correct sugar and acid levels of must and wine if necessary.
Oversee primary fermentation by punching down the grape skin cap, regulating fermentation temperature and the amount of time the skins are in contact with the must, and initiating malolactic fermentation.
Supervise workers in crushing and pressing processes, or perform those duties themselves.
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the Winemaking( Enology) associate degree in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester 10320109- VIN146-Intro to Enology 3 10320121- VIN105-Molec Prin Grape / Wine 4 10320112- VIN110-Intro to Wine Microorgs 3 10801136- English Composition 1 3 10102158- Business Principles 3
Semester Total 16
Second Semester 10320110- VIN148-Winery Sanitation 3 10320111- VIN160-Winery Equip Operation 2 10320118- VIN290-Vineyard & Wine Safety 3 10145189- Writing a Business Plan-Sm Bus 3 10320126- VIN117-Cold Climate Viti & Eno 1 10804113- College Technical Math 1A 3
Semester Total 15
Third Semester 10320116- VIN268-Wine / Must Analysis 3 10320113- VIN246-Intermed Enology-Harves 2 10320114- VIN257-Fall Wine Prod Intern 3 10809198- Intro to Psychology 3 10801196- Oral / Interpersonal Comm 3 Elective 3
Semester Total 17
Fourth Semester 10320115- VIN259-Cellar Ops Technology 2 10320117- VIN266-Sensory Evaluation 3 10809172- Intro to Diversity Studies 3 10809195- Economics 3 10320124- VIN247-Inter Enology-Post Harv 2 10806112- Principles of Sustainability 3
Semester Total 16
Total Credits 64
Supervise cellar operations during secondary fermentation with tasks such as aging, topping off barrels, and clearing wine of fermentation residue.
Direct and coordinate blending and bottling of wine, or perform those duties themselves.
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