Wine Business Management
Graduate

Wine Business Management

One Year | Ontario College Graduate Diploma
Program Code 0275
Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus

The Winery Business Management program has given me the tools to help the flourishing wine industry. From experience out in the vineyard to co-chairing the 2011 Winery Sales & Profitability Symposium, I feel very confident to enter the industry with a backbone of knowledge...

Jennifer Selvig, Sales and Marketing graduate, Post-Graduate student



Career Opportunities

This program will provide you with expertise in the business, retail, marketing and export aspects of the growing wine industry.

In addition to a wide range of management opportunities, graduates can pursue wine-related jobs in:

  • Agri-tourism development
  • Winery operations management
  • Export licensee and agency sales and operations
  • Marketing and public relations
  • Retail operations
  • Special events management

The NC Difference

  • The new Wine Visitor + Education Centre, unique in North America showcases Ontario and Canadian Wines and provides state-of-the-art facilities
  • Niagara College boasts Canada’s first and only commercial teaching winery
  • Niagara is located in the heart of Canada’s largest wine region
  • In addition to the award-winning Niagara College Teaching Winery, the college’s Niagara-on-the-Lake campus has two on-site vineyards
  • The College also has an award-winning Winery and Viticulture Technician diploma program, as well as tourism and hospitality, international business and management programs
  • Wine Business Management emphasizes applied learning with industry leaders and includes student participation in a major project with industry partners

Testimonials and Profiles

"The wine industry dates back to the Middle Ages, ranking it as one of the oldest industries in existence. This program helps students understand the complexities of today’s global wine industry and become the successful wine merchants of tomorrow."

Steve Gill, Wine Business Management
(Graduate Certificate) co-ordinator

 


Admission Requirements

  • Ontario College Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree, OR an acceptable combination of related work experience and post-secondary education (as determined by the College), AND
  • Proof of English proficiency.

Transportation

  • Students are responsible for their own transportation in order to complete practical lab requirements. Niagara cannot guarantee placements that are readily accessible by public transportation. Students are responsible for all costs connected with such transportation.

Graduate Certificate Bursary

A $750 bursary is available to eligible students who are enrolled full-time in a Graduate Certificate Program.

When applying for the bursary, you must complete a basic application form detailing your current financial status.

The Graduate Certificate Bursary application is available online at NiagaraCollege.ca/finaid

Educational Pathways

Niagara College has articulated agreements providing students with degree completion and credit transfer opportunities with many other colleges and universities.

General Information
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Tours

For more information please contact the InfoCentre.

Welland: 905-735-2211, ext. 7559
NOTL: 905-641-2252, ext. 4208

We look forward to meeting you!

Students in this program can gain real world skills through applied research projects.

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Program Information

Term One
BABH9501Event Planning and Management3
BUSN9119Project Management3
OEVT9104Sensory Evaluation of Wine for Industry Professionals3
OEVT9105Finance and Logistics3
OEVT9107Wine Tourism and Tasting Room Management3
OEVT9110Wine Growing Environmental Management3
PREL9131Public Relations Principles I3
Term Two
OEVT9106Wine Production4
OEVT9108Capstone Research and Thesis Project6
OEVT9109International Trade and Export Development3
OEVT9111Wine Marketing and Consumer Behaviour3
OEVT9112Wine Business Management and Regulatory Environment3
MGMT9700Principles of Human Resource Management3

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