Course contents
D 1: Wine Production
The vine; growing environment; style, quality and price; approaches to grape growing; grape
growing options; grape yields and quality; wine components; winemaking options;
postfermentation options; quality control procedures
D 2: Wine Business
Supply and demand; costs; legislation; currency exchange; types of businesses engaged in the
production of wine; options for getting wine to the point of sale; considerations in wine
marketing
D 3: Wines of the World
Principal wine regions in
| France | Germany | Austria | Hungary |
| Greece | Italy | Spain | Portugal |
| USA | Canada | Chile | Argentina |
| South Africa | Australia | New Zealand | China |
growing environment; grape growing options; winemaking options; postfermentation options; wine law and regulation; wine business
D 4: Sparkling Wines
Principal sparkling wines (Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa,
South America, Spain, UK, USA); growing environment; grape growing options; winemaking
options; postfermentation options; industry associations and labelling terms; wine business
D 5: Fortified Wines
Principal fortified wines (Australia, France, Portugal, Spain); growing environment; grape
growing options; winemaking options; postfermentation options; industry associations and
labelling terms; wine business
D 6: Independent Research Assignment
Research a specified wine-related subject
D 7: Thesis
Thesis with a word count of 4,000 - 5,000 and a viva voce exam
Geisenheim
Rust
