Wine Appreciation I - Exploring Varietals
Special interest course focussed on tasting wines from Canada and around the world. Learn and improve your skills and be able to distinguish among wine varieties including Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Cabernet. Exploration of factors that affect wine quality.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Available to the general public. Admission to the course requires application through CCOVI. OEVI majors may take this course in year 2 or year 3.
Introduction to the Wines of Ontario
Special interest course focussed on the wines of Ontario: how they are grown and made. Become familiar with VQA wines and the viticultural areas in which they are grown.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Available to the general public. Admission to the course requires application through CCOVI. OEVI majors may take this course in year 2 or year 3. Includes the Wine Council of Ontario Certification.
Wine Appreciation II - Exploring Wine Regions of the World
Deepening and refining wine tasting skills as well as exploring the major wine regions of the world. Discover wines from historic Old World regions as well as emerging New World wine regions including South Africa and New Zealand.
Prerequisite: OEVI 0N01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Available to the general public. Admission to the course requires application through CCOVI.
Wine Sales and Service
Insight into the wine consumer, practice the dimensions of quality service and learn how to 'sell' wine through facilitation rather than a 'hard' sell.
Prerequisite: OEVI 0N02 or permission of the instructor.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Available to the general public. Admission to the course requires application through CCOVI. Includes the CCOVI Wine Sales and Service Training Certificate.
Experiential Learning: Ice Wine Production
Participation in the full range of procedures for ice wine production
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Employment Experience Viticulture
Participation in an appropriate range of vineyard operations.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Employment Experience The Crush and Fermentation
Participation in an appropriate range of winery operations during the crush and early phases of the wine making process.
Restriction: restricted to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Employment Experience Cellar Operations
Participation in an appropriate range of winery operations during a period of time other than the crush and early phases of the wine making process.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Employment Experience Tourism and Marketing
Participation in a range of experiences in sales and/or promotion of local grape products and/or events.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Co-op Work Term I
Work experience in an appropriate sector of the Grape and Wine industry.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Co-op Work Term II
Work experience in an appropriate sector of the Grape and Wine industry.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Co-op Work Term III
Work experience in an appropriate sector of the Grape and Wine industry.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Co-op Work Term IV
Optional work experience in an appropriate sector of the Grape and Wine industry.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Co-op Work Term V
Optional work experience in an appropriate sector of the Grape and Wine industry.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors. Consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning regarding permission to register.
Introduction to Wines
Survey of wine producing regions of the world; principles of wine production. Topics include grape growing, fermentation and stabilization of wine, application of sensory science to the evaluation of wine quality, health aspects, classification, regulation and marketing of wine.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 2 hours per week.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Other students should consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning.
Cultural Practices
Site selection, pruning, training, canopy management, crop control, mechanization, soil management and vineyard establishment.
Lectures, lab, 6 hours per week; field trips.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: OEVI 2P99.
Note: students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Other students should consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OEVI 3P45.
Introduction to Soil Science
(also offered as GEOG 2P97)
Physical, chemical, biological, and hydrological processes within the soil system, their interrelationships and relationships between these processes and the potential use of the soil. Emphasis on soils in Southern Ontario and individual student analysis of those soils.
Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI, GEOG (single or combined) and GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: GEOG 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
Grapevine Biology
Varieties, rootstocks, clones, physiology and biochemistry of grapevine growth and fruit maturation; soil science, winter hardiness; grapevine propagation.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: BIOL 1F90 and CHEM 1F92.
Note: students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Other students should consult the Co-ordinator of Experiential Learning.
Climate and Winegrape Production
(also offered as GEOG 3P12)
Climatological aspects of winegrape production emphasizing selected wine regions of the world. Effects of climate, weather-related diseases, topography, soil and viticultural practices on winegrape production.
Lectures, lab, field work, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI, GEOG (single or combined) and GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: GEOG 2P04 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students enrolled in the OEVI program and OEVI certificate students are permitted to register without the prerequisite.
Wine Processing and Equipment
Theory and operation of grape and wine processing equipment in commercial wineries, including crushers, presses, filters, pumps, tanks; winery layout; sanitation and waste water management.
Lectures, lab, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: OEVI 3P25 and CHEM 1F92; PHYS 1P23 or IP93.
Note: materials fee required. The laboratory section will include fermentations to demonstrate the equipment being used. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Wine Chemistry
(also offered as BCHM 3P25)
Sugars, acids, nitrogenous compounds in grape juice; antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of sulfur dioxide; must adjustments; biochemistry of alcoholic and malo-lactic fermentation; bitartrate and protein stability; fining agents; wine aging and phenolic oxidation. Laboratories include juice/wine chemical analysis, fermentation and stability tests.
Lectures, lab, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI, BCHM, BIOL (single or combined) and BTEC majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: BIOL 2F01, CHEM 2P20 and 2P42.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. It is strongly recommended that students take BCHM 3P01 prior to or concurrent with OEVI 3P25.
Wine Microbiology
(also offered as BIOL 3P98)
Identification and enumeration of indigenous micro-organisms in grape must. Alcoholic fermentation; metabolism of nitrogen compounds and organic acids; production of sulphur compounds; killer yeasts; malolactic fermentation; wine spoilage micro-organisms; genetic improvement of wine yeasts.
Lectures, lab, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI, BCHM, BIOL (single or combined) and BTEC majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: OEVI 3P25, BCHM 3P01, BIOL 2F01 and 2P98.
Note: students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. It is strongly recommended that students take BIOL 3P50 prior to or concurrent with OEVI 3P98.
Research Project
Experimental research carried out under faculty supervision.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Chair.
Note: to be taken concurrently with OEVI 4F91.
Thesis
Thesis will incorporate results of the research project and will form the basis of a seminar presented by the student.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Chair.
Note: to be taken concurrently with OEVI 4F90.
Library Research Essays
Students will carry out two detailed studies of the scientific literature under faculty supervision.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: for students not registered in OEVI 4F90 and 4F91. The results of the studies will be presented in major essays and presented as formal seminars. One research topic is to be completed each term.
Sensory Evaluation of Wine
Measurement techniques used in the sensory evaluation of wine, physiology of taste and olfaction, chemistry of aroma and flavour, origins of off-odours in wines and readings in current topics in sensory evaluation and sensory science.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: MATH 1P98.
Note: materials fee required. Students must be a minimum of 18 years of age. It is strongly recommended that OEVI 3P25 be taken prior to OEVI 4P20.
Grape Pest Management
(also offered as BIOL 4P30)
Biology and dynamics of grapevine pest activity - insects, diseases, weeds, nematodes, vertebrates. Integrated pest management approach looking at all aspects of control chemical, biological, cultural. Application techniques, pest identification and monitoring.
Lectures, lab, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI, BCHM, BIOL and BTEC majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: OEVI 2P99.
Wine Marketing
(also offered as MKTG 4P92)
Understanding the wine consumer, segmentation, positioning, marketing mix, marketing research, marketing strategy, domestic and international wine marketing issues.
Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors and OEVI certificate students or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in MKTG 2P52, OEVI 4V92 and SPMA 3P65.
Special Topics in Oenology and Viticulture
Selected issues in Oenology and Viticulture on the basis of faculty expertise.
Restriction: open to OEVI majors.
Note: under certain circumstances a student may carry out, under faculty supervision a detailed study of the scientific literature pertinent to a specific topic. The results of this study will be presented as a major essay and as a formal seminar.