VIEN 5620
Vineyard Management II
This course is designed to develop the relevant skills required for Winter and Spring vineyard management, as well as budget and business plan formation. Focused on hands-on, active learning, students will spend significant time in the Cornell University vineyards.
Topics
- Students will be able to use harvest and pruning statistics to make pruning decisions.
- Students will be able to analyze seasonal outcomes and create farming plans for the coming season.
- Students will be able to prune grapevines of various training methods.
- Students will be able to evaluate, design, and repair trellising.
- Students will be able to use and analyze timesheet data.
- Students will be able to examine financial and quality outcomes of pruning methods.
- Students will be able to create development and operational budgets for vineyards of various design specifications and uses.
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
background equivalent to: VIEN 1104; VIEN 2204; BIOG 1140 or BIOG 1440 or BIOG 1500 or BIOMG 1350 or BIOEE 1610 or BIOEE 1780 or BIOAP 1100 or PLSCI 1115; CHEM 2070 or CHEM 1560.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Vineyard Management II · 2.0 · Graduate