Economics of Making and Marketing Wine

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of the principles of winemaking with emphases on wine production and economics for small wineries and home winemaking. The course also focuses on the investment costs of starting small wineries and the costs of making wine and successful market strategies for small wineries. The class includes a hands-on lab that includes selecting, crushing, fermenting grapes, and all the steps required through bottling the wine. Students must be 21 to enroll in the class. Consent of instructor required. May be repeated up to 3 credits.