Course overview
This module enables students to explore the world of sparkling and fortified wines from start to finish. The module covers everything from the production factors of varieties of sherries, ports, champagnes etc through to profiling key business and the trade legislature affecting them. Upon completion of the module, students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the factors and processes that each of these sparkling and fortified wines undergo.
This module will include:
Production factors: regions, raw materials, production, maturation, blending and finishing, product variations, cost and pricing.
Trade and legal structures: legislation, duty, trade bodies, major business producers.
Sparkling wines of the world.
Including Champagne, Crémant, Cava, Prosecco, Asti and New World sparkling wines.
Fortified wines of the world including Sherry, Port, Madeira, Vins Doux Naturels and New World fortified wines.
The outcomes of this module:
Evaluate the key factors affecting the production, style, quality and commercial value of sparkling and fortified wines of the world.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the global trade, legal structures and markets for sparkling and fortified wines of the world.
Describe, analyse and evaluate the organoleptic characteristics of the principal examples of sparkling and fortified wines of the world.
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