OWU2 - Open Wine University 2
Ref. 82004
- Duration: 5 weeks
- Effort: 15 hours
- Pace: ~3 hours/week
- Languages: English, french and spanish
Description
Open Wine University is the viticulture and wine university open to all.
Created in 2015 by the University of Burgundy, the MOOC OWU1 was a pioneer in the field of viticulture and wine. Today, this MOOC returns with the version OWU2, including new content and activities, all fully available in four languages: French, English, Spanish and Chinese.
During this five-week course, participants will discover the many facets of wine.
After a few reminders on basic concepts, we will be asking whether wine is threatened by climate change, diseases or pests, and then we will explore the make-up of soils and how wine is made. Next, we will look at how ‘terroir’ develops and is promoted. Before the wine is ready to be served, we'll need to look at bottling and aging. We will be looking at wine economy and history. Finally, we will discover that wine communication is a world in its own right.
Format
Open Wine University is organized over 5 weeks.
There will be three lecture videos a week, each with its own quiz.
Throughout the program, participants are encouraged to create their own back label to describe a wine of their choice.
This activity is evaluated by the other students.
Prerequisites
This MOOC is open to all, with no prerequisites.
It is not necessary to have completed OWU1, to take OWU2.
Assessment and certification
Evaluation : weekly quizes, short written summaries each week, creation of a back-label (peer-reviewed).
A certificate of completion will be distributed at the end of the program.
Course plan
Week 1: Introduction
- Between soil and climate
- Wine micro-organisms
- First steps in wine-tasting
+ winemaking of white and red wines
Week 2: Is wine in danger?
- Climate and viticulture
- Major grapevine diseases and pests
- The global wine economy after the phyllioxera crisis
Week 3: Crafting wine
- Geology and soils of Burgundian terroirs
- Wine and microbial diversity
- Wine markets
Week 4: Harnessing your terroir
- Creating terroir in the context of viticulture
- Special winemaking techniques, example of winemaking of "vins jaunes/yellow wines" from Jura
- Wine flaws
Week 5: Final steps in getting the wine ready to be enjoyed
- Wine bottling
- Wine ageing
- Wine: an approach for communication
Course team
Sandrine Rousseaux
Categories
Pedagogic coordination. Assistant Professor of Viticulture and Microbiology, IUVV - uB
Jean-Jacques Boutaud
Categories
Professor of Communication and Information Science, UFR Langues et Comm' - uB
Claude Chapuis
Categories
Associate Professor, Wine and Culture, School of Wine & Spirits Business - BSB
License
License for the course content
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
You are free to:
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- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
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- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
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License for the content created by course participants
All rights reserved
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