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The wine courses featured on the left are the core of the Diploma Oenotropae.
New students may enroll in either the Foundation & Intermediate Wine Courses. However, both programs must be completed prior to registering for any Advanced class.
The wine courses at the Wine School & the American wine foundation are designed to give a complete wine education. Each course is a semester long, which are organized into three grades: foundation, intermediate, and advanced.
The courses are broken up as follows:
Wine Foundation Grade
The single semester Wine Foundation Certificate
The Intermediate Grade
Two semesters long, the Intermediate consists of the Intermediate New World Wine Certificate and the Intermediate Old World Wine Certificate.
The Advanced Grade
The advanced consists of four semesters, and includes four of the following sections:
- The Geology of Terroir
- Terroir in Practice
- Italian Winemaking
- The Wine Regions of France
- Independent Study Program
When all three grades are successfully attained, the student is awarded the American Wine Foundation's Diploma Oenotopae.