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The Business of Wine Management

ENOLGY X 407A

This course covers the business aspects of wine, including production, importing and distribution, retail sales, and restaurant wine management.

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What you can learn.

Explore production topics including the business of growing grapes, making wine, and getting the product to market
Gain knowledge of importing and distributing: getting the wine into the country and/or distributing it to retailers and restaurants
Understand the wine retail space: getting wine to end users while observing the complicated legal issues surrounding the three-tiered alcohol distribution system in the United States
Gain knowledge of restaurant wine management: working with purveyors, inventory, price controls, storage, constructing a wine list, and glassware

About this course:

This course covers the business aspects of wine. Topics include production: the business of growing grapes, making wine, and getting the product to market; importing and distributing: getting the wine into the country and/or distributing it to retailers and restaurants; retailing: getting wine to end users while observing the complicated legal issues surrounding the three-tiered alcohol distribution system in the United States; and the restaurant: dealing with purveyors, inventory, price controls, storage, constructing a wine list, creating a by-the-glass program, serving techniques, glassware, and basic service through full service.