The students are doing all of that in 10 weeks.” “Even from fermentation onward, it could be one, two or three years before a product goes to market depending on the wine style. “Making wine is often a year or longer process,” Montpetit said. “The biggest challenge of this course is probably the timeframe that we do it in,” said one of the course’s instructors, Ben Montpetit, vice-chair and associate professor (yeast biology) of the departments of viticulture and enology, and food science and technology. Rather than worrying about midterms and finals, the students are focused on finishing their wine before the end of the spring quarter. Credit: Karin Higgins/UC Davis How long does it take to make wine? Left to right: Julia Bell, a fourth-year viticulture and enology major Lisa Sophie Jerusalem, a first-year exchange student from Germany, and Adam Halsey from Halsey Bottling. “We're happy to be a resource for students.” “Having real life experience along with classroom time is always really great,” said Halsey. The students are guided by instructors, teaching assistants, consultants and guest wine industry professionals like Halsey Bottling. And it's fun! All the microbiology and other stages of winemaking we learn in other classes, we apply here.” “You’re purely learning, having hands-on experience, applying what you learn. “You don't have any exams or quizzes,” said Hala Hark, a fourth-year transfer student in the viticulture and enology program. The goal of VEN127L is to give students the opportunity to put everything they’ve learned in the program to the test - but not the kind of test students normally take in college. There was a gap of knowledge in what came after that. From the focus group discussions, Block, who is also the Ernest Gallo Endowed Chair of Viticulture and Enology, discovered that student learning from vineyard through the wine fermentation process was the program’s strength.
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