Wine Technology

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2013:

This subject's contact hours are delivered via a 4 day residential school, and then via the Learning Management System (LMS) online.

Residential school to be held 15th - 18th April 2013 at the Dookie campus of the University of Melbourne.

Student are expected to devote 12 hours per week to this subject.

The prerequisites for this subject are;

Attend the one week residential school.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject investigates the processes involved in desining or upgrading a winery. Subject content includes;

• Preparing basic design strategies for the processing of fruit
• Designing an efficient layout to handle projected tonnage
• Establishing refrigeration and energy requirements
• Calculating wine storage and equipment needs to meet forecast production
• Developiong strategies to manage winery waste in an environmentally sound manner
• Investigating building construction and material selection
• Evaluating the application of different winemaking equipment and technologies on the final winemaking outcome

As above

Assignment 1 = 30% of total marks (due week 4)

Assignment 2 = 10% of total marks (due week 6)

Assignment 3 = 60% of total marks (due week 12)

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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