Oenology (also enology; ) is the science and study of
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
and
winemaking
Winemaking or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid. The history of wine-making stretches over millennia. The science of wine and ...
. Oenology is distinct from
viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for '' vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of '' Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...
, which is the science of the growing, cultivation, and harvesting of
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
s. The English word oenology derives from the Greek word ''oinos'' (
οἶνος) "wine" and the suffix ''–logia'' (
-λογία) the "study of". An oenologist is an expert in the science of wine and of the arts and techniques for making wine.
Education and training
University programs in oenology and viticulture usually feature a concentration in science for the degree of
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
(B.S, B.Sc., Sc.B), and as a terminal master's degree — either in a scientific or in a research program for the degree of
Master of Science
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast t ...
(M.S., Sc.M.), e.g. the
master of professional studies
Master or masters may refer to:
Ranks or titles
* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans
* Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...
degree. Oenologists and viticulturalists with doctorates often have a background in
horticulture
Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...
,
plant physiology, and
microbiology.
Related to oenology are the professional titles of ''
sommelier
A sommelier ( or or ; ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing. The role of the wine steward in fin ...
'' and
master of wine
Master of Wine (MW) is a qualification (not an academic degree) issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom. The MW qualification is generally regarded in the wine industry as one of the highest standards of professional knowle ...
, which are specific certifications in the
restaurant business and in
hospitality management Hospitality management may refer to:
*Hospitality industry
The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and drink service, event planning, theme parks, travel and tourism. It inc ...
. Occupationally, oenologists usually work as winemakers, as wine chemists in commercial laboratories, and in oenologic organisations, such as the
Australian Wine Research Institute
The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) is a research institute with a focus on Australian wine, based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Location
It is based at the Wine Innovation Cluster, situated in the Waite Research Precinct, in the Adela ...
.
Australia
Schools in Australia tend to offer a "bachelor of viticulture" or "master of viticulture" degree.
*
Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria. Established in 1989, it was named in honour of Captain Charles Napier Sturt, a British explore ...
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
*
Curtin University of Technology
Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, P ...
- Perth, Western Australia
*
Melbourne Polytechnic/La Trobe University
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
- Melbourne Australia
*
Queensland College of Wine Tourism - Stanthorpe, Queensland
*
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
- Adelaide, South Australia
Brazil
*
Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul
The Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, IFRS), or in full: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, link=no, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tec ...
- Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre, Feliz, Sertão, Canoas, Porto Alegre-Restinga, Caxias do Sul, Osório, Erechim, and Rio Grande
*
Federal University of Pampa
The Federal University of Pampa ( pt, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Unipampa) is a public university established in 2006 in the Southern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Unipampa was created by Law 11640 of January 11, 2008 as the Fede ...
- Dom Pedrito Campus, Rio Grande do Sul
Canada
*
Brock University
Brock University is a public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The university bears t ...
- St. Catharines, Ontario
France
Official National Diploma of Oenology:
*
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
Toulouse Institute of Technology (also called National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse or INPT) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of University of Toulouse. It was founded in 1969. The institute is composed of seven ...
- Toulouse
*
Jules Guyot Institute
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of:
People with the name
* Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
*Jules Abadie (1876–19 ...
- Dijon
*
University of Bordeaux
The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a Lists of universities in France, public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southern France, southwestern France.
It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bor ...
- Bordeaux
*
University of Montpellier I
The Montpellier 1 University (''Université Montpellier 1'') is a French university, in the Academy of Montpellier. It is one of the three successor universities to the University of Montpellier following the split in 1970.
In January 2015, Mont ...
- Montpellier
*
University of Reims
The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (; URCA), also known simply as the University of Reims, is a public university based in Reims, France.
In addition to the main campus in Reims, the university has several campuses located throughout t ...
- Reims
Other wine diplomas:
*
Université de Bourgogne
The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is a public university located in Dijon, France.
The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the east ...
- Dijon
*
Université du Vin - Suze-la-Rousse
Germany
*
Hochschule Geisenheim University
' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right t ...
- Geisenheim
Israel
*
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
- Rehovot
Italy
*
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1 ...
br>
- International Vintage Master - Piacenz
*
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...
- Cesena
*
University of Padua
The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from ...
- Conegliano
*
University of Palermo
The University of Palermo ( it, Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties.
History
The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its ...
- Marsala
*
University of Perugia
University of Perugia (Italian ''Università degli Studi di Perugia'') is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale.
Th ...
- Perugia
*
University of Salento
The University of Salento ( it, Università del Salento, called until 2007 ''Università degli Studi di Lecce'') is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 by Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli.
The university of Salento commenced act ...
- Lecce
*
University of Trento
The University of Trento (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Trento'') is an Italian university located in Trento and nearby Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research, and international relations accor ...
-
Edmund Mach Foundation - Trento, San Michele all'Adige
*
University of Udine - Udine
*
University of Verona - Verona
New Zealand
*
Eastern Institute of Technology
The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is a government owned tertiary education institution with three campuses: Hawke’s Bay, Auckland, and Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Zealand. It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay, EIT Tairāw ...
- Hawke's Bay
*
Lincoln University - Christchurch
University of Auckland-Auckland
Peru
*
Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista - Ingeniería en Enología y Viticultura - Lima, Ica, Chincha
Portugal
*
Universidade do Porto
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad".
The Universiade is referred t ...
- Porto
*
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro - Vila Real
*
Universidade de Évora - Évora
South Africa
*
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...
- Stellenbosch
Slovenia
*
University of Nova Gorica - School for viticulture and enology - Vipava
Switzerland
*
Changins
Agroscope is the Swiss Confederation's center of excellence for agricultural research and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture, which is subordinate to the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. Agrosc ...
- Nyon
Spain
*
Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Tarragona
*
Universidad de La Rioja - La Rioja
*
Universidad de Cádiz
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to:
Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
...
- Cádiz, Andalusia
Ukraine
*
- Kyiv
*
National University of Food Technologies - Kyiv
*
Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies
Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies (ONAFT) is a public HEI with the highest level of accreditation. It was established in 1902 and today is a modern innovative scientific center for training of high qualified personnel. ONAFT is a multi ...
- Odessa
United Kingdom
*
Plumpton College - East Sussex
United States
*
Allan Hancock College
Allan Hancock College is a public community college in Santa Maria, California.
History
In 1920 Allan Hancock College was started by the Santa Maria High School District. Originally called Santa Maria Junior College, classes were held until ...
- Santa Maria, California
*
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, California
*
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, Colorado
*
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
- Ithaca and Geneva, New York
*
Finger Lakes Community College
Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) is a public community college in Canandaigua, New York. It is affiliated with the State University of New York and sponsored by Ontario County. The main campus is just east of the City of Canandaigua, with ...
- Canandaigua and Geneva, New York
*
Fresno State University
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bache ...
- Fresno, California
*
Grayson College
Grayson College is a public community college in Grayson County, Texas. The main campus is in Denison and it has branch campuses in Denison (west extension, at the site of the old Perrin Air Force Base) and Van Alstyne (south campus).
Histo ...
- Grayson, Texas
*
Kent State - Kent, Ohio
*
Miami University
Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the ...
- Oxford, Ohio
*
Napa Valley College
Napa Valley College, formerly Napa Junior College and Napa Community College, is a public community college in Napa, California. The tree-lined main campus is on overlooking the Napa River and includes a performing arts center, a child develop ...
- Napa, California
*
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering c ...
- Corvallis, Oregon
*
Patrick & Henry Community College
Patrick & Henry Community College (P&HCC or Patrick & Henry) is a public community college in Henry County, Virginia. It was founded in 1962 as part of the University of Virginia's School of General Studies. The college became an independent tw ...
- Henry County, Virginia
*
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smith's College is a private college in Paul Smiths, New York. Paul Smith's College offers associate and bachelor's degrees. Its 14,000-acre campus is one of the largest college campuses in the world. Approximately 1,000 students attend ...
- Paul Smiths, New York
*
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's ...
- Sonoma, California
*
Surry Community College - Dobson, North Carolina
*
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...
- Davis, California
*
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
- Columbia, Missouri
*
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...
(Virginia Tech) - Blacksburg, Virginia
*
Washington State University
Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant uni ...
- Pullman, Washington
*
Yavapai College
Yavapai College is a public community college in Yavapai County, Arizona. The main campus is in Prescott, with locations in Clarkdale, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley and Sedona.
History
Yavapai College was established in 1965 by means of a c ...
- Clarkdale, Arizona
Prominent oenologists
*
Alberto Antonini
*
Miguel Brascó
*
Cathy Corison
Cathy Corison is an American winemaker, entrepreneur and consultant. She specializes in Cabernet Sauvignon. Corison was the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' Winemaker of the Year in 2011.
Personal life and education
Cathy Corison grew up in Riversi ...
*
*
Peter Gago
*
Emma Gao
Emma Gao is a Chinese oenologist, who is the chief winemaker at Silver Heights winery, one of China's most prestigious vineyards.
Biography
Born in China, Gao moved to France in 1999, aged 21, to study oenology at the University of Bordeaux, w ...
*
Hermann Jaeger
Hermann Jaeger (March 23, 1844 – c. May 17, 1895) was a Swiss-American viticulturist, honored as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for his part in saving the French wine industry from the phylloxera root louse pest.
Early life
Hermann Ja ...
*
Max Léglise
*
Zelma Long
*
Justin Meyer
*
Hermann Müller (Thurgau)
: ''For other Hermann Müllers: see Hermann Müller (disambiguation).''
Hermann Müller (21 October 1850 in Tägerwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland – 18 January 1927, in Wädenswil, Zurich), was a Swiss botanist, plant physiologist, oenologist a ...
*
Ottavio Ottavi
*
Jacques Puisais
*
Michel Rolland
Michel Rolland (born December 24, 1947) is a Bordeaux-based oenologist, with hundreds of clients across 13 countries and influencing wine style around the world. "It is his consultancies outside France that have set him apart from all but a handfu ...
*
Carol Shelton
*
Păstorel Teodoreanu
Păstorel Teodoreanu, or just Păstorel (born Alexandru Osvald (Al. O.) Teodoreanu; July 30, 1894 – March 17, 1964), was a Romanian humorist, poet and gastronome, the brother of novelist Ionel Teodoreanu and brother in law of writer Ștefana Ve ...
*
Miguel A. Torres
*
Keith Wallace
References
External links
Website of the Œnology and Viticulture department of the University of California at Davis Oenologist.com - online resource about wine and professionals in the wine industry
VinoEnology.com - online wine-making calculators and resource about wine and professionals in the wine industryGlossary of Terms for Enology, Viticulture and Winemaking CCwinegroup.com, 2009 (PDF)
{{Authority control