beverage experience blog assignment f17
Due week 14
10% of course grade
Task
Visit a vineyard with a winery in any AVA. Explain the techniques the winery employs
when making their wine. Identify and analyze the unique qualities of the wine and wine
region visited using the following information:
Grapes varieties grown
Approach to agriculture
Vinification practices utilized
Knowledge of tasting room personnel
Customer service skill of tasting room personnel
Additional comments/recommendations
Role
As a student studying wine and beverage management, you will be in the role of investigator, seeking out a better understanding of how a variety of beverages are produced and how “place” becomes important in the sourcing and production of the beverage analyzed. Audience The audience is anyone interested in visiting a winery, vineyard, roaster, brewery or distillery as well as anyone wanting to know more about the production of a variety of beverages.
Format
o Create a new post on the course’s OpenLab for the analysis
o Change the “category” to “experiential learning analysis”
o Include eight (8) descriptive photos including at least one of each of the following:
tasting room, marketing material, production facility, specific equipment in the
production facility, vineyard or farm
o For each photo, explain what is portrayed in the image.
o There should be at least one photo of you at the production facility or vineyard
o Comment on at least one other student’s post
o ALTERNATIVE FORMAT, upon discretion of the instructor: Include all the
requirements in an APA format essay
Expectations
o Analysis must include a minimum of 10 vocabulary words (bold the word)
o The photos are included in the post in a logical manner
o The analysis is approximately 450-500 words in length
o APA formatted reference list with a minimum of three academically appropriate
sources (include the reference list at the bottom of the blog post).
o A minimum of three in-text citations to support the analysis.
Alternative Assignments to be approved by your instructor
