This subject contains a 6 day Compulsory Residential School.
The residential school helps to develop the student's ability to assess the sensory features of a wide range of wines through tutored tastings given by an industry specialist.
Compare wine sensory features across a range of countries of origin, styles and qualities with reference, where relevant, to systems of quality assessment and assurance used in Europe.
Extend the student's ability to assess Australian wine by examination of wine styles and varieties that are not presented in the subject WSC510 Sensory Science.
Develop the student's awareness of wine faults and taints.
Develop the student's experience of judging wine quality and of using the Australian wine show system of scoring.
Assessment of the student's ability to judge wine quality.
The 6 day residential school requirement is completed with a 3 day attendance at the mid year residential schools and with a further 3 days attendance at the mid session 2 residential school period.