Featured courses

Introduction to Wine and Winemaking
Whether you're interested in a career in the wine industry or are just a devoted enophile, you can take this unique UC Davis Extension course at home, at your convenience. Learn about topics such as wine and winegrowing areas around the world, fundamentals of the winemaking process, wine and health issues, how to interpret a wine label, basic wine tasting, and the history of wine.

Wine Filtration Short Course
Build a strong foundation for solving filtration problems and choosing filtration systems for particular applications by combining theory of filtration with lab exercises and manufacturer demonstrations. This intensive two-day program emphasizes group participation in lab-scale filtrations to apply concepts learned in lectures.

Everyday Compliance for Winery and Brand Owners
Develop your knowledge of winery compliance with this basic overview. The agenda includes guest speakers from the State of California Alcoholic Beverage Control and the State of California Department of Agriculture.

Transforming a Culture with Wine Marketing

Read about recent OIV Wine Marketing student Rene Renteria's experience in the program and how he's using what he learned to create a new market for wine in Mexico.