The major is
based on fundamental and applied sciences, modern agribusiness
principles, and appropriate social sciences, the Wine and
Viticulture Major encompasses grape cultivation, enology, and wine
business - creating both an interesting and diverse undergraduate
opportunity. The proposed curriculum fosters an academic alliance
among production agriculture, food science, and agricultural
business interests and provides a "vine to glass" academic
opportunity. Graduates will gain extensive hands-on experience in
all aspects of the wine industry, encompassing viticulture, the
complexities of fermentation, and wine business.
The Wine and
Viticulture Major offers three multidisciplinary concentrations:
Enology, Viticulture, and Wine Business. Students taking advantage
of these diverse course offerings will enter industry as competent
and experienced employees.
After acceptance
into the Wine and Viticulture Major, students will choose one or
more major concentration(s).
- The enology
concentration emphasizes the chemical and physical
characteristics of wine fermentation. The microbiological and
biochemical aspects contributing to wine sensory quality will be
emphasized; as well as, packaging, plant sanitation
requirements, federal and state regulations.
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Viticulture
concentration: The viticulture concentration provides unique
cross-training for our students, combining an understanding of
vineyards, winemaking, and marketing; thus, preparing them for
upper echelon management.
-
The
agribusiness concentration focuses on specific issues unique to
this industry. The wine industry requires substantial long-term
capital commitments and is controlled by many levels of
government. The agribusiness concentration educates Wine and
Viticulture students in operational and strategic management,
while providing knowledge of retail marketing laws and various
regulatory constraints.
Cal Poly's
College of Agriculture currently offers a diverse faculty and nearly
9,000 acres of farmland, including a 100-acre state-of-the-art
commercial vineyard. This vineyard provides our students an
excellent opportunity to practice Cal Poly's trademark "Learn by
Doing" method of education. Graduates of the Wine and Viticulture
Major will be uniquely qualified to enter into the wine industry,
regardless of whether or not they wish to focus on a particular
aspect of the industry or be generalists.
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Mary E. Pedersen, PhD
Director, Wine and Viticulture Program
College of Agriculture, Food and
Environmental Sciences
Building 11 Room 211
805-756-2161 Fax: 805-756-5040
email: wvit@calpoly.edu
July Ackerman, MS
Director of Program Development:
College of Agriculture, Food and
Environmental Sciences
Building 11 Room 211
805-756-7319 Fax: 805-756-5040
e-mail:
wvit@calpoly.edu |
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