VIT-101 Fall Viticultural Practices
This course is designed to introduce students to the world of grapevines, autumn and winter viticultural practices, and thinking about a vineyard and grape growing from a scientific point of view. Orientation into the Viticulture and Wine Technology AAS program will occur in this class. Classroom topics include grapevine taxonomy and anatomy, wine producing regions, viticultural cycles, viticultural history, and fall and winter vineyard practices. Tasting wines will be integrated into this class to better understand the Finger Lakes and the NY regional wine styles, and this class will present a focus on the New York state wine industry.