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Alfredo Koch
Coordinator and Professor
South Central Coast
Allan Hancock College
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Thomas Lamica
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Program Details
Viticulture and Enology - Winemaking
New Program
Viticulture, Enology, and Wine Business (010400)
06/15/26
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.
20 students.
Program Proposal Attributes
- Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
We are currently offering all the listed courses, but without a clear degree program. This Certificate of Achievement will correct this issue by providing a clear degree name and including all the existing courses in winemaking that we currently offer at Allan Hancock College. The study of winemaking offers students an intense, hands-on experience in fall and spring winery operations and the essential introduction to winegrowing and wine lab analysis.
The V&E program offers three areas of concentration: viticulture, winemaking, and wine business.
The Winemaking emphasis prepares students for entry-level positions as winery laboratory assistants, cellar masters, assistant winemakers, winery education directors, wine quality control specialists, and sensory evaluation personnel.
Course Units and Hours
32
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Course Report
New Credit Program: Viticulture and Enology - Winemaking - Certificate of Achievement
We are currently offering all the listed courses, but without a clear degree program. This Certificate of Achievement will correct this issue by providing a clear degree name and including all the existing courses in winemaking that we currently offer at Allan Hancock College. The study of winemaking offers students an intense, hands-on experience in fall and spring winery operations and the essential introduction to winegrowing and wine lab analysis.
The V&E program offers three areas of concentration: viticulture, winemaking, and wine business.
The Winemaking emphasis prepares students for entry-level positions as winery laboratory assistants, cellar masters, assistant winemakers, winery education directors, wine quality control specialists, and sensory evaluation personnel.
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.
A major of 32 units is required for the certificate.
This program will appropriately address the objective of the community college to increase students ready to join the industry as well as increase transfer rates to a 4-year university for the students who would like to continue with their education. Countless students have taken multiple winemaking courses at Allan Hancock College with the desire to transfer to a 4-year university to complete a degree in a number of wine-related sciences. This degree will bridge this gap for these students while at the same time improving transfer rates from AHC.
There is one AA degree designed to transfer to the UC system in both viticulture and enology, but no local degree is available.
No similar programs in the service area. We are the only 2-year college that offers winemaking.
| Course | Title | Units | Semester |
| VEN 101 | Intro to Winemaking | 3 | S1 |
| VEN 102 | Intro to Viticulture | 3 | S1 |
| VEN 310 | Winemaking Operations I | 2 | S1 |
| VEN 308 | Wine Analysis | 3 | S1 |
| VEN 311 | Winemaking Operations II | 2 | S2 |
| VEN/AG/CHEM | Core Elective - Winemaking AS | 2 | S2 |
| VEN 103 | Sensory Evaluation of Wine | 3 | S3 |
| VEN 114 | Wine Business | 3 | S3 |
| VEN 316 | Wine Microbiology | 3 | S3 |
| VEN/AG/CHEM | Core Elective - Winemaking AS | 3 | S3 |
| VEN/AG/CHEM | Core Elective - Winemaking AS | 2 | S4 |
| VEN/AG/CHEM | Core Elective - Winemaking AS | 3 | S4 |
| 32 |
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09/09/25 - 03:32 PM
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