WIN3304 Viticultural Practice 2 (FOSCI)

Units 1.0 (019905) Band 6

Pre-requisite: WIN2203

Synopsis

This course mainly comprises a compulsory, intensive 5 day residential school, based at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism, and provides a practical introduction to ampelography, vine structure, flowering, vineyard management, spraying, pest & disease management, fertilisation, irrigation, floor management, cover crops and canopy management during the spring vineyard management period, through activities in the Queensland College of Wine Tourism vineyard facilities and field trips to local commercial vineyards. In addition students will be guided through appropriate preparatory activities prior to the residential school and follow-up activities will include completion of a report on activities and outcomes. The practical experience in this course is set in context of relevant viticultural activities and relates to elements of the theoretical courses WIN2205 (Viticultural Principles) and WIN3302 (Viticultural Production). It builds upon skills developed in WIN2203 (Viticultural Practice 1).