Wine Studies: Wine Cellar Worker

The Wine Studies: Wine Cellar Worker certificate of achievement teaches students,through hands-on experience, the theory and practices used in the production of wine, including basic grape growing practices and vineyard decisions, steps in the winemaking process from harvest to bottling, basic wine lab analyses, and use of winery production equipment. Students can also get a general background in the wines of Sonoma County and the world. The Wine Cellar Worker certificate can be completed in one year.

Estimated 10-15 completers annually.

1.           Execute all tasks required of an entry-level wine cellar worker.
2.           Describe the reason for winemaking procedures that are executed by a cellar worker.

The Wine Cellar Worker concentration prepares students for entry-level positions as wine cellar workers. If students later choose to advance in responsibility to jobs such as assistant winemaker or wine laboratory technicians, they can take the classes required for the Enology certificate or major. The Wine Cellar Worker and Enology concentrations differ primarily in the chemistry and wine lab classes required for the Enology certificate.

For students interested in the Wine Studies: Wine Cellar Worker AS degree,please see SRJC’s majors website.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CS 61.11A	Microsoft Excel, Part 1	1.5	S1
VIT 55	Basic Wine Grape Viticulture	3	S2
Wine 3	Intro to Enology	4	S2
Wine 42.1	Fall Winery Operations	2	S3
Wine 42.2	Spring Winery Operations	2	S4
Wine 70	Beginning Wine Sensory Analysis	1.5	S1
Wine 110	Adv. Wine Sensory Analysis	1.5	S3
VIT 1 or Wine 1	Intro to Viticulture, Winemaking, Wines of the World, or Intro to Viticulture, Winemaking, Wines of the World	3	S1
Wine 111.1 or Wine 111.2	Sonoma American Viticulture Areas-North County, or Sonoma American Viticulture of South County	1.5	S4
Total		20

This program shares coursework with the existing Wine Studies: Enology certificate and major.

Napa Valley College, approximately 40 miles away, offers 2 certificates and 3 degrees in Viticulture and Winery Technology. This proposed program differs from the offerings at Napa Valley College.