Online Schools for a Winemaking Vineyard

University of California at Davis

• UC Davis offers an online certificate program in winemaking through the UC Davis Extension program. The program focuses on the science of winemaking as it applies to a winery. Courses include an introduction to winemaking, establishing a small vineyard, quality control and analysis, sensory analysis, and viticulture for winemakers. Participants earn a winemaking certificate from this world-renowned program upon the successful completion of five quarter-long courses. The course consists of online learning and videos. The mid-term and final examinations must be proctored.

  UC Davis Extension

  1333 Research Park Dr.

  Davis, CA 95618

  800-752-0881

  extension.ucdavis.edu

Washington State University Extension

• The WSU Extension offers both a Viticulture Certificate program and an Enology Certificate program. The viticulture program consists of 11 online courses and three hands-on weekends in Prosser, Washington. In the online courses participants study the anatomy and physiology of the grapevine and several aspects of viticulture. During the hands-on weekends students will gain valuable experience and knowledge in pruning, diagnosing, and detecting disease in the grapevine and yield prediction. The enology program consists of nine online courses and three hands-on weekends and winery tours. Skills and techniques in wine chemistry, microbiology, processing, filtration, and sensory are included in this program.

  WSU Viticulture and Enology

  P.O. Box 646242

  Pullman WA 99164-6242

  509-372-7224

  wine.wsu.edu

VESTA

• The Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance, VESTA, is a partnership between the Missouri State University system, colleges in Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, state agriculture agencies, vineyards, and wineries that is funded by the National Science Foundation. VESTA serves to establish educational programs in viticulture and enology through collaborations with government agencies, universities, and the wine industry. VESTA offers several core courses in viticulture and enology, most of which are offered online.

  VESTA

  See www.vesta-usa.org/contact_us.htm for a list of contacts by region.

  www.vesta-usa.org