Viticulture and Enology - Winemaking
Certificate of Achievement Viticulture and Enology · Allan Hancock College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Award Type: Certificate of Achievement (16+ units)
The Winemaking concentration offers students an intense, hands-on experience in fall and spring winery operations and the essential introduction to winemaking procedures, including wine lab analysis. The practices are performed in a college-bonded winery with grapes grown mostly at the college, making wines that are available to the public.
The graduate of the Certificate of Achievement (16+ units) in Viticulture and Enology - Winemaking will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of winemaking and wine cellar practices, including product evaluation
- Demonstrate knowledge of general chemistry principles, wine microbiology fundamentals, and wine laboratory techniques
- Demonstrate practices of wine analysis methods during cellaring operations.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| A total of 32 units is required for the certificate. | ||
| Required core courses (22 units): | 22 | |
| VEN 114 | Wine Business | 3 |
| VEN 316 | Introduction to Wine Microbiology | 3 |
| VEN 311 | Winemaking Operations II | 2 |
| VEN 310 | Winemaking Operations I | 2 |
| VEN 308 | Wine Analysis | 3 |
| VEN 103 | Sensory Evaluation of Wine | 3 |
| VEN 102 | Introduction to Viticulture | 3 |
| VEN 101 | Introduction to Winemaking/Enology | 3 |
| Plus a minimum of 10 units from the following: | 10 | |
| CHEM 120 | Introductory Chemistry | 4 |
| AG 149 | Work Experience Education | 1 |
| VEN 308 | Wine Analysis | 3 |
| VEN 104 | Advanced Sensory Evaluation of Wine | 3 |
| VEN 121 | Viticulture Operations 2 | 3 |
| VEN 122 | Viticulture Operations 3 | 1 |
| VEN 120 | Viticulture Operations 1 | 3 |
| VEN 302 | Progressive Wine and Food Pairing | 0.5 |
| VEN 301 | Pairing Wine and Food | 0.5 |
| VEN 330 | Harvest Boot Camp | 0.5 |
| VEN 325 | Vineyard Equipment Practices | 1 |
| VEN 324 | Small Acreage Grapegrowing | 1 |
| VEN 321 | Winemaking Operations III | 2 |
| VEN 322 | Winemaking Operations IV | 2 |
| VEN 135 | Grapevine Physiology | 1 |
| VEN 130 | Integrated Pest Management | 4 |
| VEN 106 | Winery and Vineyard Financial Management | 3 |
| VEN 314 | Organic/Biodynamic Winegrowing | 3 |
| Total | 32 | |