VIEN 1105
Introduction to Wines and Vines Practicum
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.
Topics
- 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.
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
VIEN 1104; First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) course.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Introduction to Wines and Vines Practicum · 3.0 · Undergraduate