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2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EV 203 - Science of Winemaking I


Credits: 3
LEC hours per week: 2
LAB hours per week: 2
This is an advanced enology course open only to students enrolled in the Enology and Viticulture program. Topics include winemaking principles such as fruit selection, pre-harvest analyses, fruit processing, juice additions, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations, as well as winery hygiene and safety.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission. Grade of C or higher in EV 120 , AMATH 105  or higher and EV 102  and/or Director Permission.
Course Outcomes:
  • Prepare pre-harvest fruit and juice samples.
  • Analyze pre-harvest fruit and juice samples.
  • Model proper techniques of winery safety and sanitation processes.
  • Differentiate the techniques of red, white, and rosé wine grape processing.
  • Explain alcoholic and malolactic fermentations.
  • Calculate amounts of required compounds for juice and wine additions.
  • Perform juice and wine addition tasks.
Course Topics:
  1. Pre-harvest fruit selection and analysis
  2. Winery safety and sanitation
  3. Red, white and rosé wine production
  4. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations
  5. Juice and wine addition calculations
Course Attribute(s): None