syllabus spring 18 hmgt 2402 goodlad
Week 1, January 31 Introduction to Wine & Beverage Management, Wine Composition, Viticulture, Beverage Terms
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 1, 3, 4, 5
Week 2, February 7 Viticulture & Vinification
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 5, 6, 7, 2
Week 3, February 14 Introduction to the Rules and Regulations of the European Union, Introduction to the Wine Regions of France (Loire and Alsace)
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 8, 9, 21
Tasting: French White Wine
Quiz: Viticulture, Vinification
Week 4, February 21 Wine of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and The Rhone Valley
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 9
Tasting: French Wine
Assignment Due: Questions for the Retail Analysis
Assignment Discussion: Retail Analysis and Beverage Experience
Week 5, February 28 Italy: Piedmont, Tuscany, Veneto, and Friuli-Venezia Giula
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 10
Tasting: Italian Regional Wine and Sparkling Wine
Quiz: France and EU Rules and Regulations
Week 6, March 7 Wine of Germany
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 13
Tasting: German Wine
Week 7, March 14 Prohibition; Sales: Rules, Regulations, Strategy; and Wine of North America: New York, Washington, Oregon
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 16 and 23
Required Media Review:
http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition/videos/america-goes-dry-with-prohibition
http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-prohibition
Tasting: New York, Washington, Oregon
Quiz: Italy and Germany
Assignment Due: Retail Analysis
Week 8, March 21 Wine of California
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 16
Tasting: California Wines
Week 9, March 28 Wine of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 18
Tasting: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa
Week 10, April 18 Wine of Argentina, Chile and the Iberian Peninsula
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 17 and 11
Tasting: Wine of Argentina, Chile and Rioja
Quiz: Prohibition, Sales, North America, California, NZ, AU and SA
Week 11, April 25 Fortified Wine
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 7, 11, 12
Tasting: Porto, Madeira, Sherry
Week 12, May 2 Sparkling Wine
Required reading: Society of Wine Educators, Chapter 6. Pages 109-112, 136-137, 160, 180
Tasting: Champagne, Cava, Prosecco and other Sparkling Wines
Week 13, May 9 Beer
Required reading: To be distributed
Tasting: Beer
Quiz: Fortified Wine and Sparkling Wine
Assignment Due: Tasting Notes
Week 14, May 16 Introduction to Distillation and Spirits of the World
Required reading: To be distributed
Required Media Review: http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition/videos/the-birth-of-bourbon
Tasting: None
Assignment Due: Beverage Experience
Week 15, May 23
Final
Tasting: Blind
