Special Winemaking Techniques

General

• Code: TΑBO-54-E4
• Semester: 5th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Skills Development
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Tutorials (Theory) (3) / Laboratory Exercises (2)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://eclass.emt.ihu.gr/courses/FD288/
• Instructors: Karampatea Aikaterini
• Class Schedule:
  • Mon 12:00 - 14:00: Εργαστήριο, Αίθουσα Β1/Χημείο - Ομάδα Α
  • Mon 14:00 - 16:00: Εργαστήριο, Αίθουσα Β1/Χημείο - Ομάδα Β
  • Mon 16:00 - 18:00: Εργαστήριο, Αίθουσα Β1/Χημείο - Ομάδα Γ
  • Tue 16:00 - 18:00: Εργαστήριο, Αίθουσα Β1/Χημείο - Ομάδα Δ
  • Tue 13:00 - 16:00: Θεωρία, Αίθουσα Β1/Μεγάλο Αμφιθέατρο

Course Contents

• Selection of the vinification method to be applied depending on the characteristics and quality of the grapes, but also the type of wine we want to produce.
• Study of the production of special categories of wines such as fast drinking and aging red wines, fresh Beaujolais type, rosé, sweet, naturally sweet, sweet from grapes affected by noble rot (Sauternes, Tokay), Campanites, sparkling, the Jura, Xeres, Porto type.
• What are the special characteristics of the above wines, the winemaking equipment required for their production, the physicochemical mechanisms that take place.

Educational Goals

After the end of the course students will be able to:

• They can design the vinification protocol depending on the characteristics of the raw material they have and the profile of the final product.
• They know oenological products and their use in the various stages of winemaking.
• They know the special oenological equipment that is required to be used for the production of special categories of wines as the case may be.
• They know the characteristics and the production method of special types of wines.
• To direct and manage in a different way the available raw material, producing distinctly different, as the case may be, wine products.

General Skills

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies.
• Adaptation to new situations.
• Decision making.
• Autonomous work.
• Teamwork.
• Generating new research ideas.
• Project planning and management.

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Powerpoints presentations,
• assessment and self-check tests,
• learning and teaching support through the e-class electronic platform,
• laboratory exercises.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Short Answer Questions (20%)
• Multiple Choice Test (30%)
• Report / Report (20%)
• Laboratory Work (30%)

Recommended Bibliography

1. Βιβλίο [68382981]: ΟΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΓΝΩΣΙΑ, Ευάγγελος Ηρ. Σουφλερός.
2. Βιβλίο [12605]: ΟΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΑΡΓΥΡΗΣ ΤΣΑΚΙΡΗΣ.
3. Βιβλίο [8639]: Στοιχεία Οινολογίας, Μαρία Τζίτζη, Πάρις Κυπαρισσίου.
4. Βιβλίο [94688938]: Χημεία και Βιοχημεία – Ωρίμανση και Βελτίωση των Οίνων, Andrew L. Waterhouse, Gavin L. Sacks, David W. Jeffery.