Viticulture, 4 Units

Req #
Course Number
Quarter, Year
Course Information:
Location:
Dates:
Field Trip Dates:

Room, Building (318, 1010 Westwood)

Date of the Week, Date Range, Time (Mon, 6/24-9/7, 7-10pm)
Date of the Week, Date, Time (Sat, 8/24, 9-1pm)

Schedule:

Session +
Date

Lesson 1

Field Trip #1

Topic

Viticulture overview
& Basic Botany of
Grape Vine

Visit vineyard of your

choice

Lesson 2

Rootstock & Vine

identification

Lesson 3

Vineyard
Establishment

Lesson 4

Coursework
Course & Final Project overview
Grapevine structure & function
Budburst and flowering
Fruit set and berry growth
Dormancy
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 1
Visit a vineyard of your choice and go
on the vineyard tour. Also do a tasting
if you are able.
Assignments
- Essay
North American grape rootstocks &
vines, identification & characteristics
History of grape breeding

Due
- RSQC2 on message
board

- RSQC2 on message
board

Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 2 & 3
- Choose a site for your final project
and a rootstock/vine combination.
Site Selection: Climate, topography
Designing the vineyard
Buying, handling, storage of vines
Planting, training and trellises
Frost protection
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 4 8, 28-29
- The Project Prospectus
- Start to flesh out the design of your
vineyard
Pruning & Canopy Management
Timing

Pruning
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 9 & 10

- The Project Prospectus

- RSQC2 on message
board

Field Trip #2

Lesson 5

Site to be determined

IPM

- Create pruning schedule and plan for

your vineyard.
Demonstration and practice of pruning
and grafting cuts
Common diseases, insets and
nematodes that affect grapevines
Biological controls and beneficial
insects
Creating an IPM Plan
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 21-23, 25-27
- Create IPM schedule and plan for
your vineyard.
Common weed ID & management
Grapevine nutrition & fertilization
Cover crops & erosion control

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Fertilization & Weed

Control

Vineyard Irrigation

Harvesting

Lesson 9

Viticulture for
Enology

Final Week

Presentations

Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 16-20, 24, 29-30
- Create a floor management plan for
your vineyard.
Vineyard water requirements
Irrigation scheduling & strategies
Drip Irrigation
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 11-15
- Identify the water needs and create
an irrigation plan for your vineyard
design.
Cost Estimation
Evaluation of grape maturity
Test harvest criteria
Harvesting techniques
Assignments
- GGH: Chapter 31-33
- Identify the test harvest criteria for
your vineyard and the steps to
harvest.
Basics of winemaking
Methods & Techniques
Grapes effect on winemaking and
quality
Final Presentations

- RSQC2 on message
board
- Pruning plan for early
review

- RSQC2 on message
board
- IPM Plan for early review

- RSQC2 on message
board
- Floor management plan
for early review

- RSQC2 on message
board
- Irrigation plan for early
review

- RSQC2 on message
board
- Harvest plan for early
review
- Essay
- Final Project