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Wine and Viticulture Technology Associate in Applied Science

Why study wine and viticulture technology at LMC?

From ground to glass. You’ll learn all aspects of the wine industry, studying everything from the soil to the tasting room. We’ll cover marketing, sensory and chemical analysis, distribution and compliance.

Savor hands-on experience. Students of the Wine and Viticulture program spend dozens of hours in the vineyard taking care of grape vines, as well as in the winery making wine for our fully licensed and bonded commercial teaching winery, Lake Michigan Vintners. The teaching winery is housed in a new state-of-the-art facility, one of the finest of its kind in the country.

Raise a glass to your future. Our program is designed to develop a professional class of vineyard managers, winemakers, enologists, and entrepreneurs to power the growth of the local and regional wine industry. Our graduates are well-represented in the Michigan industry and in wineries from California to New York.

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Viticulturists and vineyard managers
Winemakers and enologists
Tasting room managers and event coordinators
Equipment sales, barrels sales, and other suppliers
Equipment manufacturing and metal fabrication
Bulk wine sales and brokering
Warehousing and logistics
Wine distribution and sales

General Education Requirements	Credit Hours
Chemistry 104, Fundamentals of General, Organic & Biochemistry, or Chemistry 111, General Chemistry	4
English 101, English Composition	3
English 102, English Composition, or English 103, Technical Writing, or Communication 101, Introduction to Public Speaking	3
Humanities/Fine Arts	3
Mathematics 123, Quantitative Reasoning or Mathematics 122, Intermediate Algebra	4
Social Sciences	3

Major Requirements	Credit Hours
Agriculture 150, Integrated Pest Management	3
Biology 120, Plant Biology	4
Enology 101, Winemaking and Fermentation	3
Enology 105, Wines of the World I	1
Enology 106, Wines of the World II	1
Enology 111, Winery Hospitality Co-Op	2
Enology 180, Enology Harvest Lab OR Enology 190, Enology Co-Op I	2
Enology 181, Enology Cellar Lab OR Enology 191, Enology Co-Op II	2
Enology 210, Wine Chemistry	3
Enology 215, Methods of Wine Analysis	2
Enology 220, Winery Operations Management	3
Enology 290, Enology Co-Op III	4
Trade-Related Instruction 138, Industrial Safety	1
Physical Science 105, Soil Science	4
Viticulture 110, Establishing a Vineyard	2
Viticulture 115, Grapevine Pruning	1
Viticulture 120, Maintaining a Vineyard	2
Viticulture 121, Vineyard Maintenance Lab OR Viticulture 291, Viticulture Co-Op I	2

If you already have a college degree or college credits, you may be able to earn your Associate in Applied Science in Wine & Viticulture Technology in one year (three semesters), plus a capstone fall co-op, which can be at any winery in the world. The full two-year track course sequence includes general education courses.

Fall First Year
Course	Credit Hours
CHEM 104 or CHEM 111 Chemistry	4
ENOL 101 Winemaking and Fermentation	3
ENOL 105 Wines of the World I	1
ENOL 180 Enology Harvest Lab OR ENOL 190 Enology Co-op I	2
PHSC 105 Soil Science	4

Spring First Year
Course	Credit Hours
BIOL 120 Plant Biology	4
ENOL 106 Wines of the World II	1
ENOL 181 Enology Cellar Lab OR ENOL 190 Enology Co-Op II	2
ENOL 210 Wine Chemistry	3
ENOL 215 Methods of Wine Analysis	2
VITI 110 Establishing a Vineyard	2
VITI 115 Grapevine Pruning	1

Summer First Year
Course	Credit Hours
AGRI 150 Integrated Pest Management	3
ENOL 111 Winery Hospitality Co-Op	2
ENOL 220 Winery Operations Management	3
TRIN 138 Industrial Safety	1
VITI 120 Maintaining a Vineyard	2
VITI 121 Vineyard Management Lab OR VITI 291 Viticulture Co-Op	2

Fall Second Year
Course	Credit Hours
ENOL 290 Enology Co-op III	4

Lake Michigan Vintners is the Midwest's first and only teaching winery and tasting room. LM Vintners works in partnership with Lake Michigan College to provide students with practical, hands-on experience in every aspect of winemaking and vineyard management. Visit the Lake Michigan Vintners website to learn more and plan a trip to the LMV tasting room in the Welch Center on LMC's Benton Harbor Campus.