Advanced Principles of Winemaking - Harvest Ops 3 days

This course is designed for Winemakers, Operations Managers and Cellar hands to learn about systematic preparation of the winery for harvest operations to streamline operations, minimize delays, and ensure a successful harvest season.

Harvest can be a stressful time for vineyards and wineries. This course aims to teach techniques to help students plan for an efficient harvest. It will cover preparing the winery facilities, monitoring fruit ripeness, preparing the laboratory facilities, health and safety considerations, regulations for winemaking and transporting grapes and essential record keeping.

What will you study?

Topics include: 

•    Planning for harvest and ordering yeast, enzymes and adjuvants 
•    Juice analysis and monitoring ripeness 
•    Yield forecasting and predicting harvest dates 
•    Laboratory preparation for receiving samples for testing
•    Liaising with the Vineyard team on logistics 
•    Preparing the winery for fruit receival 
•    Harvest health and safety
•    Organising the workflow for fruit receival and processing
•    Organising the winery space and tank space management
•    Organising and training seasonal winery staff
•    Regulations for wine making and documentation
•    Record keeping